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Joanna Ellis is affiliated with Public Health England in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to medical research, particularly in the field of infectious diseases. Their work focuses mainly on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, encompassing a range of topics from viral detection to epidemiological studies.

Ellis has published 128 works primarily in the field of Medicine, with notable subfields including Infectious Diseases (70 publications), Epidemiology (34), Health (8), Modeling and Simulation (8), and Neurology (8). The scientist's research covers key topics such as SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (50 publications), COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (44), Respiratory Viral Infections Research (32), SARS-CoV-2 Detection and Testing (28), Influenza Virus Research Studies (22), COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies (16), and Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 (16).

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Maria Zambon
  • Mary Ramsay
  • Angie Lackenby
  • Kevin Brown
  • Simon de Lusignan

Ellis often publishes in the following venues:

  • Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Eurosurveillance
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Infection

Among Ellis's recent papers are:

  • Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR, 2020, Eurosurveillance
  • Duration of infectiousness and correlation with RT-PCR cycle threshold values in cases of COVID-19, England, January to May 2020, 2020, Eurosurveillance
  • COVID-19 vaccine coverage in health-care workers in England and effectiveness of BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine against infection (SIREN): a prospective, multicentre, cohort study, 2021, The Lancet
  • Community transmission and viral load kinetics of the SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) variant in vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals in the UK: a prospective, longitudinal, cohort study, 2021, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • SARS-CoV-2 infection rates of antibody-positive compared with antibody-negative health-care workers in England: a large, multicentre, prospective cohort study (SIREN), 2021, The Lancet

Best Publications

  • Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR.

    Victor M. Corman;Olfert Landt;Marco Kaiser;Richard Molenkamp

  • Duration of infectiousness and correlation with RT-PCR cycle threshold values in cases of COVID-19, England, January to May 2020.

    Anika Singanayagam;Monika Patel;Andre Charlett;Jamie Lopez Bernal

  • Community transmission and viral load kinetics of the SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) variant in vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals in the UK: a prospective, longitudinal, cohort study.

    Anika Singanayagam;Anika Singanayagam;Anika Singanayagam;Seran Hakki;Jake Dunning;Jake Dunning;Kieran J Madon

  • COVID-19 vaccine coverage in health-care workers in England and effectiveness of BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine against infection (SIREN): a prospective, multicentre, cohort study.

    Victoria Jane Hall;Victoria Jane Hall;Sarah Foulkes;Ayoub Saei;Nick Andrews;Nick Andrews

  • SARS-CoV-2 infection rates of antibody-positive compared with antibody-negative health-care workers in England: a large, multicentre, prospective cohort study (SIREN).

    V J Hall;S Foulkes;A Charlett;A Atti

  • Risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 among patients in the Oxford Royal College of General Practitioners Research and Surveillance Centre primary care network: a cross-sectional study.

    Simon de Lusignan;Simon de Lusignan;Jienchi Dorward;Jienchi Dorward;Ana Correa;Ana Correa;Nicholas Jones

  • Characterisation of the transcriptome and proteome of SARS-CoV-2 reveals a cell passage induced in-frame deletion of the furin-like cleavage site from the spike glycoprotein.

    Andrew D Davidson;Maia Kavanagh Williamson;Sebastian D Lewis;Deborah K Shoemark

  • Multiplex PCR for Typing and Subtyping Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Viruses

    J. Stockton;J. S. Ellis;M. Saville;J. P. Clewley

  • Epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in England during the COVID-19 pandemic, measured by laboratory, clinical, and syndromic surveillance: a retrospective observational study

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  • Multiplex reverse transcription-PCR for surveillance of influenza A and B viruses in England and Wales in 1995 and 1996.

    J S Ellis;D M Fleming;M C Zambon

  • Antigen processing for presentation by class II major histocompatibility complex requires cleavage by cathepsin E.

    Bennett K;Levine T;Ellis Js;Peanasky Rj

  • Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness and immune response amongst individuals in clinical risk groups

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  • Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 and mortality in the United Kingdom: risk factors for death, April 2009 to March 2010.

    Richard Pebody;E. McLean;Hongxin Zhao;Paul Cleary

  • Neuraminidase Inhibitor Resistance after Oseltamivir Treatment of Acute Influenza A and B in Children

    Iain Stephenson;Jane Democratis;Angie Lackenby;Teresa McNally

  • Molecular diagnosis of influenza

    Joanna S. Ellis;Maria C. Zambon

  • Effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccine in preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza in primary care in the United Kingdom: 2014/15 end of season results.

    Richard Pebody;Fiona Warburton;Nick Andrews;Joanna Ellis

  • Vaccine effectiveness of 2011/12 trivalent seasonal influenza vaccine in preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza in primary care in the United Kingdom: evidence of waning intra-seasonal protection

    Richard Pebody;Nicholas Andrews;J. McMenamin;H. Durnall

  • Effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccine for adults and children in preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza in primary care in the United Kingdom: 2015/16 end-of-season results

    Richard Pebody;Fiona Warburton;Joanna Ellis;Nick Andrews

  • DNA vaccination protects against an influenza challenge in a double-blind randomised placebo-controlled phase 1b clinical trial.

    Suzanne Jones;Kirsten Evans;Hilary McElwaine-Johnn;Michaela Sharpe

  • Outbreak of low pathogenicity H7N3 avian influenza in UK, including associated case of human conjunctivitis.

    J S Nguyen-Van-Tam;P Nair;P Acheson;A Baker

  • Circulating Influenza Virus, Climatic Factors, and Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Time Series Study in England and Wales and Hong Kong

    Charlotte Warren-Gash;Krishnan Bhaskaran;Andrew Hayward;Gabriel M. Leung

  • Evaluation of four real-time PCR assays for detection of influenza A(H1N1)v viruses.

    J Ellis;M Iturriza;R Allen;A Bermingham

  • Evidence of person-to-person transmission within a family cluster of novel coronavirus infections, United Kingdom, February 2013.

    Mamoona Tahir;Roger Gajraj;Madhu Bardhan;Huda Mohammed

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Zambon
Maria Zambon Public Health England
Richard Pebody
Richard Pebody Public Health England
Nick Andrews
Nick Andrews Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Mary Ramsay
Mary Ramsay UK Health Security Agency
Shamez N. Ladhani
Shamez N. Ladhani UK Health Security Agency
Kevin E. Brown
Kevin E. Brown Public Health England
Chris Robertson
Chris Robertson University of Strathclyde
Gayatri Amirthalingam
Gayatri Amirthalingam Public Health England
Richard M. Myers
Richard M. Myers HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Jonathan S. Nguyen-Van-Tam
Jonathan S. Nguyen-Van-Tam University of Nottingham

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