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Norman K. Fry is affiliated with Public Health England in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a concentration on epidemiology, microbiology, infectious diseases, endocrinology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The main topics of their work include pneumonia and respiratory infections, respiratory viral infections research, bacterial infections and vaccines, diphtheria, corynebacterium, and tetanus, pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment, influenza virus research studies, and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research.

Norman K. Fry has contributed to numerous publications across various venues. They have published significantly in the following journals:

  • Journal of Medical Microbiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Vaccine
  • Eurosurveillance

Recent papers featuring their work include:

  • Changes in the incidence of invasive disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis during the COVID-19 pandemic in 26 countries and territories in the Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance Initiative: a prospective analysis of surveillance data, 2021, The Lancet Digital Health
  • Impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic on Invasive Pneumococcal Disease and Risk of Pneumococcal Coinfection With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): Prospective National Cohort Study, England, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Serotype Replacement after Introduction of 10-Valent and 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines in 10 Countries, Europe, 2021, Emerging infectious diseases
  • Trends in invasive bacterial diseases during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic: analyses of prospective surveillance data from 30 countries and territories in the IRIS Consortium, 2023, The Lancet Digital Health
  • Increased Incidence of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Children after COVID-19 Pandemic, England, 2022, Emerging infectious diseases

Norman K. Fry has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • David Litt
  • Shamez Ladhani
  • Carmen Sheppard
  • Zahin Amin-Chowdhury
  • Seyi Eletu

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the validation and application of typing methods for use in bacterial epidemiology

    A. van Belkum;P.T. Tassios;L. Dijkshoorn;S. Haeggman

  • Effectiveness of maternal pertussis vaccination in England: an observational study

    Gayatri Amirthalingam;Nick Andrews;Helen Campbell;Sonia Ribeiro

  • Rapid increase in non-vaccine serotypes causing invasive pneumococcal disease in England and Wales, 2000–17: a prospective national observational cohort study

    Shamez N Ladhani;Shamez N Ladhani;Sarah Collins;Abdelmajid Djennad;Carmen L Sheppard

  • Changes in the incidence of invasive disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis during the COVID-19 pandemic in 26 countries and territories in the Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance Initiative: a prospective analysis of surveillance data.

    Angela B. Brueggemann;Melissa J. Jansen van Rensburg;David Shaw;Noel D. McCarthy

  • Consensus sequence-based scheme for epidemiological typing of clinical and environmental isolates of Legionella pneumophila

    Valeria Gaia;Norman K. Fry;Baharak Afshar;P. Christian Lück

  • A Case-Control Study to Estimate the Effectiveness of Maternal Pertussis Vaccination in Protecting Newborn Infants in England and Wales, 2012–2013

    Gavin Dabrera;Gayatri Amirthalingam;Nick Andrews;Helen Campbell

  • Addition of neuA, the Gene Encoding N-Acylneuraminate Cytidylyl Transferase, Increases the Discriminatory Ability of the Consensus Sequence-Based Scheme for Typing Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 Strains

    Sandra Ratzow;Valeria Gaia;Jürgen Herbert Helbig;Norman K. Fry

  • Global Population Structure and Evolution of Bordetella pertussis and Their Relationship with Vaccination

    Marieke J. Bart;Simon R. Harris;Abdolreza Advani;Yoshichika Arakawa

  • What to do and what not to do in serological diagnosis of pertussis: recommendations from EU reference laboratories

    N. Guiso;G. Berbers;N. K. Fry;Q. He

  • The use of 16S ribosomal RNA analyses to investigate the phylogeny of the family Legionellaceae.

    N K Fry;S Warwick;N A Saunders;T M Embley

  • Sustained Effectiveness of the Maternal Pertussis Immunization Program in England 3 Years Following Introduction.

    Gayatri Amirthalingam;Helen Campbell;Sonia Ribeiro;Norman K. Fry

  • Serotype Replacement after Introduction of 10-Valent and 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines in 10 Countries, Europe

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  • Distribution of Legionella pneumophila serogroups, monoclonal antibody subgroups and DNA sequence types in recent clinical and environmental isolates from England and Wales (2000–2008)

    T. G. Harrison;B. Afshar;N. Doshi;N. K. Fry

  • Pertussis Prevention: Reasons for Resurgence, and Differences in the Current Acellular Pertussis Vaccines.

    Susanna Esposito;Paola Stefanelli;Norman Fry;Giorgio Fedele

  • Effect of childhood pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on invasive disease in older adults of 10 European countries: implications for adult vaccination

    Germaine Hanquet;Pavla Krizova;Palle Valentiner-Branth;Shamez N. Ladhani

  • Whole genome sequencing of Streptococcus pneumoniae: development, evaluation and verification of targets for serogroup and serotype prediction using an automated pipeline

    Georgia Kapatai;Carmen L. Sheppard;Ali Al-Shahib;David J. Litt

  • Trends in invasive bacterial diseases during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic: analyses of prospective surveillance data from 30 countries and territories in the IRIS Consortium

    Unknown

  • Increased Incidence of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Children after COVID-19 Pandemic, England

    Unknown

  • Population structure of microbial communities associated with two deep, anaerobic, alkaline aquifers.

    Norman K. Fry;James K. Fredrickson;Susan Fishbain;Michael Wagner

  • Impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic on Invasive Pneumococcal Disease and Risk of Pneumococcal Coinfection With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): Prospective National Cohort Study, England.

    Zahin Amin-Chowdhury;Felicity Aiano;Anna Mensah;Carmen L Sheppard

  • Sequence-based typing of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 offers the potential for true portability in legionellosis outbreak investigation.

    Valeria Gaia;Norman K. Fry;Timothy G. Harrison;Raffaele Peduzzi

  • Detection of Legionella pneumophila using a real-time PCR hybridization assay.

    A. L. Ballard;N. K. Fry;L. Chan;S. B. Surman

  • Haemorrhagic colitis and Vero-cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli in England and Wales.

    H.R Smith;R.J Gross;B Rowe;N.K Fry

  • Related assemblages of sulphate-reducing bacteria associated with ultradeep gold mines of South Africa and deep basalt aquifers of Washington State.

    Brett J. Baker;Duane P. Moser;Duane P. Moser;Barbara J. MacGregor;Susan Fishbain

Frequent Co-Authors

Shamez N. Ladhani
Shamez N. Ladhani UK Health Security Agency
Nick Andrews
Nick Andrews Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Qiushui He
Qiushui He Capital Medical University
Gayatri Amirthalingam
Gayatri Amirthalingam Public Health England
Mary Ramsay
Mary Ramsay UK Health Security Agency
Jussi Mertsola
Jussi Mertsola Turku University Hospital
Nicole Guiso
Nicole Guiso Institut Pasteur
Mary P. E. Slack
Mary P. E. Slack Griffith University
Frits R. Mooi
Frits R. Mooi National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
Paolo Visca
Paolo Visca Roma Tre University

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