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Neil French is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with significant specialization in Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Further study areas include Health and Microbiology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as:

  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments

Neil French's recent publications include:

  • "Corticosteroid treatment of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID -19)" (2020) published in The Medical Journal of Australia
  • "RISK6, a 6-gene transcriptomic signature of TB disease risk, diagnosis and treatment response" (2020) published in Scientific Reports
  • "High residual carriage of vaccine-serotype Streptococcus pneumoniae after introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Malawi" (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • "Effectiveness and Safety of High Dose Tigecycline for the Treatment of Severe Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis" (2020) published in Advances in Therapy
  • "T cell receptor repertoires associated with control and disease progression following Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection" (2023) published in Nature Medicine

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Robert S. Heyderman
  • Todd D. Swarthout
  • Jacquline Msefula
  • Comfort Brown
  • Daniel Hungerford

Neil French's work has appeared in several publication venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • BMJ Open
  • The Lancet Global Health
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Microsatellite markers reveal a spectrum of population structures in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.

    Timothy J. C. Anderson;Bernhard Haubold;Jeff T. Williams;Jose G. Estrada-Franco§

  • Circulating microRNAs as potential markers of human drug‐induced liver injury

    Philip J. Starkey Lewis;James Dear;Vivien Platt;Kenneth J. Simpson

  • 23–valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in HIV-1-infected Ugandan adults: double-blind, randomised and placebo controlled trial

    N French;N French;J Nakiyingi;LM Carpenter;LM Carpenter;E Lugada

  • Cryptococcal infection in a cohort of HIV-1-infected Ugandan adults

    Neil French;Katherine Gray;Christine Watera;Jessica Nakiyingi

  • A trial of a 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in HIV-infected adults.

    Neil French;Stephen B. Gordon;Thandie Mwalukomo;Sarah A. White

  • Detection of Tuberculosis in HIV-Infected and -Uninfected African Adults Using Whole Blood RNA Expression Signatures: A Case-Control Study

    Myrsini Kaforou;Victoria J. Wright;Tolu Oni;Tolu Oni;Neil French;Neil French

  • Diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis and host RNA expression in Africa.

    Suzanne T. Anderson;Myrsini Kaforou;Andrew J. Brent;Victoria J. Wright

  • The uptake and accuracy of oral kits for HIV self-testing in high HIV prevalence setting: a cross-sectional feasibility study in Blantyre, Malawi.

    Augustine Talumba Choko;Nicola Desmond;Emily L. Webb;Kondwani Chavula

  • Corticosteroid treatment of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

    Lei Zha;Shirong Li;Lingling Pan;Boris Tefsen

  • Effect of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Type 1 Envelope Subtypes A and D on Disease Progression in a Large Cohort of HIV-1—Positive Persons in Uganda

    Pontiano Kaleebu;Pontiano Kaleebu;Neil French;Cedric Mahe;David Yirrell

  • Trends in antimicrobial resistance in bloodstream infection isolates at a large urban hospital in Malawi (1998–2016): a surveillance study

    Patrick Musicha;Patrick Musicha;Patrick Musicha;Jennifer E Cornick;Jennifer E Cornick;Naor Bar-Zeev;Naor Bar-Zeev;Neil French

  • Assessing the Safety of Stem Cell Therapeutics

    Chris E.P. Goldring;Paul A. Duffy;Nissim Benvenisty;Nissim Benvenisty;Peter W. Andrews

  • Corticosteroids for Bacterial Meningitis in Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Matthew Scarborough;Stephen B. Gordon;Christopher J.M. Whitty;Neil French

  • Increasing rates of malarial fever with deteriorating immune status in HIV-1-infected Ugandan adults.

    Neil French;Jessica Nakiyingi;Eric Lugada;Christine Watera

  • Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B*57:01-restricted activation of drug-specific T cells provides the immunological basis for flucloxacillin-induced liver injury

    Manal M. Monshi;Lee Faulkner;Andrew Gibson;Rosalind E. Jenkins

  • HIV infection as a cofactor for severe falciparum malaria in adults living in a region of unstable malaria transmission in South Africa

    Kate Grimwade;Neil French;Daniel D Mbatha;Dawn D Zungu

  • Distinct Salmonella Enteritidis lineages associated with enterocolitis in high-income settings and invasive disease in low-income settings

    Nicholas A. Feasey;James Hadfield;Karen Helena Keddy;Timothy J Dallman

  • Challenges and approaches for the development of safer immunomodulatory biologics

    Jean G. Sathish;Swaminathan Sethu;Marie Christine Bielsky;Lolke De Haan

  • Effectiveness of a monovalent rotavirus vaccine in infants in Malawi after programmatic roll-out: an observational and case-control study

    Naor Bar-Zeev;Naor Bar-Zeev;Lester Kapanda;Jacqueline E Tate;Khuzwayo C Jere;Khuzwayo C Jere

  • Profile: the Karonga Health and Demographic Surveillance System.

    Amelia C Crampin;Albert Dube;Sebastian Mboma;Alison Price

  • Invasive group B streptococcal infection in infants, Malawi.

    Katherine J. Gray;Sally L. Bennett;Neil French;Amos J. Phiri

  • The utility of HepG2 cells to identify direct mitochondrial dysfunction in the absence of cell death

    Laleh Kamalian;Amy E. Chadwick;Mark Bayliss;Neil S. French

  • Variation in Reported Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease Incidence in Developing Countries

    Alemnew F. Dagnew;Marianne C. Cunnington;Queen Dube;Morven S. Edwards

  • Group B streptococcus vaccination in pregnant women with or without HIV in Africa: a non-randomised phase 2, open-label, multicentre trial

    Robert S Heyderman;Robert S Heyderman;Shabir A Madhi;Shabir A Madhi;Neil French;Neil French;Clare Cutland

  • Diarrhoea, CD4 counts and enteric infections in a community-based cohort of HIV-infected adults in Uganda

    A. K. Brink;C. Mahe;C. Watera;E. Lugada

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert S. Heyderman
Robert S. Heyderman University College London
Stephen B. Gordon
Stephen B. Gordon Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Charles F. Gilks
Charles F. Gilks University of Queensland
Judith R. Glynn
Judith R. Glynn London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Nigel A. Cunliffe
Nigel A. Cunliffe University of Liverpool
James A. G. Whitworth
James A. G. Whitworth London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Dean J. Naisbitt
Dean J. Naisbitt University of Liverpool
B. Kevin Park
B. Kevin Park University of Liverpool
Miren Iturriza-Gomara
Miren Iturriza-Gomara University of Liverpool
Malcolm E. Molyneux
Malcolm E. Molyneux Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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