Dr Matthew Snape wins prize for engaging the public
The 12 winners of the inaugural University of Oxford's Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Public Engagement with Research were announced on Friday 1 July by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Louise Richardson, in a ceremony at Merton College.
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Typhoid fever kills almost a quarter of a million people annually and infects about 21 million.
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Oxford vaccine test volunteers infected with typhoid
30 March 2017
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BBC: Would you trial an Ebola vaccine?
16 March 2017
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Burden of paediatric respiratory syncytial virus disease and potential effect of different immunisation strategies: a modelling and cost-effectiveness analysis for England.
Cromer D. et al, (2017), Lancet Public Health, 2, e367 - e374
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An evaluation of purified Salmonella Typhi protein antigens for the serological diagnosis of acute typhoid fever.
Tran Vu Thieu N. et al, (2017), J Infect, 75, 104 - 114
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The STRATAA study protocol: a programme to assess the burden of enteric fever in Bangladesh, Malawi and Nepal using prospective population census, passive surveillance, serological studies and healthcare utilisation surveys.
Darton TC. et al, (2017), BMJ Open, 7
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