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Miren Iturriza-Gomara

Miren Iturriza-Gomara

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Microbiology

D-Index
68
Citations
20755
World Ranking
2137
National Ranking
176

Overview

Miren Iturriza-Gomara is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on infectious diseases within the field of medicine, with a significant concentration on viral gastroenteritis and hepatitis viruses. Their work encompasses a range of subfields including hepatology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, epidemiology, as well as public health and environmental occupational health.

Their recent scholarly output includes several papers addressing viral infections and immunology, among other topics. Notable publications include:

  • Intracellular neutralisation of rotavirus by VP6-specific IgG (2020, PLoS Pathogens)
  • Impact of maternal antibodies and microbiota development on the immunogenicity of oral rotavirus vaccine in African, Indian, and European infants (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Rapid roll out of SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing-a concern (2020, BMJ)
  • Rotavirus Genotypes in Hospitalized Children With Acute Gastroenteritis Before and After Rotavirus Vaccine Introduction in Blantyre, Malawi, 1997-2019 (2020, The Journal of Infectious Diseases)
  • Rotavirus NSP1 Inhibits Type I and Type III Interferon Induction (2021, Viruses)

Their research covers a variety of focused topics, including:

  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Hepatitis viruses studies and epidemiology
  • Viral infections and immunology research
  • Animal virus infections studies
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Miren Iturriza-Gomara include Nigel A. Cunliffe, Khuzwayo C. Jere, Jonathan Mandolo, Daniel Hungerford, and Omar Rossi.

Their publications have appeared notably in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Viruses
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Nature Communications

Through their research activities, the scientist contributes to advancing knowledge in infectious diseases, with a strong emphasis on the epidemiology and immunology of viral agents affecting human health across diverse populations.

Best Publications

  • Assessing transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in England.

    Erik Volz;Swapnil Mishra;Meera Chand;Jeffrey C. Barrett

  • Uniformity of rotavirus strain nomenclature proposed by the Rotavirus Classification Working Group (RCWG).

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Max Ciarlet;Sarah M. McDonald;Houssam Attoui

  • Full Genome-Based Classification of Rotaviruses Reveals a Common Origin between Human Wa-Like and Porcine Rotavirus Strains and Human DS-1-Like and Bovine Rotavirus Strains

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Max Ciarlet;Erica Heiman;Ingrid Arijs

  • SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is an immune escape variant with an altered cell entry pathway

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  • SARS-CoV-2 evolution during treatment of chronic infection.

    Steven A. Kemp;Dami A. Collier;Dami A. Collier;Rawlings P. Datir;Isabella A. T. M. Ferreira

  • Recommendations for the classification of group A rotaviruses using all 11 genomic RNA segments.

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Max Ciarlet;Mustafizur Rahman;Mustafizur Rahman;Houssam Attoui

  • Sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 to mRNA vaccine-elicited antibodies.

    Dami A. Collier;Dami A. Collier;Anna De Marco;Isabella A. T. M. Ferreira;Bo Meng

  • Rotavirus genotyping: keeping up with an evolving population of human rotaviruses

    Miren Iturriza-Gómara;Gagandeep Kang;Jim Gray

  • Hospital admission and emergency care attendance risk for SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) compared with alpha (B.1.1.7) variants of concern: a cohort study.

    Katherine A Twohig;Tommy Nyberg;Asad Zaidi;Simon Thelwall

  • Recurrent emergence of SARS-CoV-2 spike deletion H69/V70 and its role in the Alpha variant B.1.1.7.

    Bo Meng;Steven A Kemp;Steven A Kemp;Guido Papa;Rawlings Datir

  • Detection by PCR of eight groups of enteric pathogens in 4,627 faecal samples: re-examination of the English case-control Infectious Intestinal Disease Study (1993–1996)

    C. F. L. Amar;C. L. East;J. Gray;M. Iturriza-Gomara

  • Evolutionary History and Global Spread of the Emerging G12 Human Rotaviruses

    Mustafizur Rahman;Mustafizur Rahman;Jelle Matthijnssens;Xuelei Yang;Thomas Delbeke

  • Reassortment In Vivo: Driving Force for Diversity of Human Rotavirus Strains Isolated in the United Kingdom between 1995 and 1999

    Miren Iturriza-Gómara;Beverley Isherwood;Ulrich Desselberger;Jim Gray

  • Changes in symptomatology, reinfection, and transmissibility associated with the SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7: an ecological study.

    Mark S Graham;Carole H Sudre;Anna May;Michela Antonelli

  • Rotavirus genotypes co-circulating in Europe between 2006 and 2009 as determined by EuroRotaNet, a pan-European collaborative strain surveillance network

    M. Iturriza-Gómara;Tim Dallman;K. Bányai;B. Böttiger

  • Geographical and temporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 clades in the WHO European Region, January to June 2020.

    Erik Alm;Eeva K Broberg;Thomas Connor;Emma B Hodcroft

  • Diversity within the VP4 Gene of Rotavirus P[8] Strains: Implications for Reverse Transcription-PCR Genotyping

    Miren Iturriza-Gómara;Jon Green;David W. G. Brown;Ulrich Desselberger

  • Causes of impaired oral vaccine efficacy in developing countries.

    Edward Pk Parker;Sasirekha Ramani;Benjamin A Lopman;James A Church

  • New oligonucleotide primers for P-typing of rotavirus strains: Strategies for typing previously untypeable strains.

    Mirjam Kühne Simmonds;George Armah;Richard Asmah;Indrani Banerjee

  • Rotavirus epidemiology and surveillance.

    Ulrich Desselberger;Miren Iturriza‐Gómara;Jim J. Gray

  • Comparison of specific and random priming in the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction for genotyping group A rotaviruses

    M. Iturriza-Gomara;J. Green;D.W.G. Brown;U. Desselberger

  • Molecular Epidemiology of Human Group A Rotavirus Infections in the United Kingdom between 1995 and 1998

    Miren Iturriza-Gómara;Jon Green;David W. G. Brown;Mary Ramsay

  • Diagnosing norovirus-associated infectious intestinal disease using viral load

    Gemma Phillips;Gemma Phillips;Ben Lopman;Ben Lopman;Clarence C Tam;Miren Iturriza-Gomara

Frequent Co-Authors

Jim Gray
Jim Gray Government of the United Kingdom
Nigel A. Cunliffe
Nigel A. Cunliffe University of Liverpool
Gagandeep Kang
Gagandeep Kang Christian Medical College & Hospital
Neil French
Neil French University of Liverpool
David Brown
David Brown Government of the United Kingdom
Robert S. Heyderman
Robert S. Heyderman University College London
Osamu Nakagomi
Osamu Nakagomi Nagasaki University
Chris I. Gallimore
Chris I. Gallimore Public Health England
Ulrich Desselberger
Ulrich Desselberger University of Cambridge
Nicholas C. Grassly
Nicholas C. Grassly Imperial College London

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