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Overview

Shamez N. Ladhani is affiliated with Public Health England in the United Kingdom and specializes in the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Clinical Psychology, Microbiology, and Neurology.

Their research encompasses a wide range of topics, including:

  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Ladhani include:

  • Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and perinatal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021, The Lancet Global Health)
  • Duration of infectiousness and correlation with RT-PCR cycle threshold values in cases of COVID-19, England, January to May 2020 (2020, Eurosurveillance)
  • Susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Children and Adolescents Compared With Adults (2020, JAMA Pediatrics)
  • Clinical characteristics of children and young people admitted to hospital with covid-19 in United Kingdom: prospective multicentre observational cohort study (2020, BMJ)
  • 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)

Ladhani has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Mary Ramsay
  • Zahin Amin-Chowdhury
  • Kevin Brown
  • Felicity Aiano
  • Ray Borrow

Their work has been published extensively across various academic venues, with numerous contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Infection
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Archives of Disease in Childhood

Best Publications

  • Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and perinatal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Barbara Chmielewska;Imogen Barratt;Rosemary Townsend;Erkan Kalafat;Erkan Kalafat

  • Susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Children and Adolescents Compared With Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

    Russell M. Viner;Oliver T. Mytton;Chris Bonell;G. J. Melendez-Torres

  • 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

  • Effect of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on invasive pneumococcal disease in England and Wales 4 years after its introduction: an observational cohort study

    Pauline A Waight;Nicholas J Andrews;Shamez N Ladhani;Carmen L Sheppard

  • Clinical characteristics of children and young people admitted to hospital with covid-19 in United Kingdom: prospective multicentre observational cohort study.

    Olivia V Swann;Olivia V Swann;Karl A Holden;Lance Turtle;Lance Turtle;Louisa Pollock

  • Serotype-specific effectiveness and correlates of protection for the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: a postlicensure indirect cohort study

    Nick J Andrews;Pauline A Waight;Polly Burbidge;Emma Pearce

  • 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

  • Clinical, Microbial, and Biochemical Aspects of the Exfoliative Toxins Causing Staphylococcal Scalded-Skin Syndrome

    Shamez Ladhani;Christopher L. Joannou;Denise P. Lochrie;Robert W. Evans

  • Robust SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell immunity is maintained at 6 months following primary infection.

    Jianmin Zuo;Alexander C Dowell;Hayden Pearce;Kriti Verma

  • Review of guidelines for the prevention and treatment of infection in patients with an absent or dysfunctional spleen: Prepared on behalf of the British Committee for Standards in Haematology by a Working Party of the Haemato-Oncology Task Force

    John M. Davies;Michael P. N. Lewis;Jennie Wimperis;Imran Rafi

  • COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy: Coverage and Safety.

    Helena Blakeway;Smriti Prasad;Erkan Kalafat;Paul T. Heath

  • The changing and dynamic epidemiology of meningococcal disease.

    Scott A. Halperin;Julie A. Bettinger;Brian Greenwood;Lee H. Harrison

  • SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical features and pregnancy outcomes.

    Asma Khalil;Asma Khalil;Erkan Kalafat;Erkan Kalafat;Can Benlioglu;Pat O'Brien;Pat O'Brien

  • Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae, an under-recognised pathogen.

    Johan Van Eldere;Johan Van Eldere;Mary P E Slack;Shamez Ladhani;Allan W Cripps

  • Changes in white blood cells and platelets in children with falciparum malaria: relationship to disease outcome.

    Shamez Ladhani;Brett Lowe;Brett Lowe;Andrew O. Cole;Ken Kowuondo

  • SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission in educational settings: a prospective, cross-sectional analysis of infection clusters and outbreaks in England.

    Sharif A Ismail;Sharif A Ismail;Vanessa Saliba;Jamie Lopez Bernal;Mary E Ramsay

  • Presentation of vitamin D deficiency

    S Ladhani;L Srinivasan;C Buchanan;J Allgrove

  • Effectiveness and impact of a reduced infant schedule of 4CMenB vaccine against group B meningococcal disease in England: a national observational cohort study

    Sydel R Parikh;Nick J Andrews;Kazim Beebeejaun;Helen Campbell

  • SARS-CoV-2 infection, clinical features and outcome of COVID-19 in United Kingdom nursing homes.

    Neil Sn Graham;Cornelia Junghans;Rawlda Downes;Catherine Sendall

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary Ramsay
Mary Ramsay UK Health Security Agency
Ray Borrow
Ray Borrow Manchester Royal Infirmary
Paul T. Heath
Paul T. Heath St George's, University of London
Mary P. E. Slack
Mary P. E. Slack Griffith University
Nick Andrews
Nick Andrews Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Norman K. Fry
Norman K. Fry Public Health England
Gayatri Amirthalingam
Gayatri Amirthalingam Public Health England
Mike Sharland
Mike Sharland St George's, University of London
Elizabeth Miller
Elizabeth Miller London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Kevin E. Brown
Kevin E. Brown Public Health England

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