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Govind S, Fritzsche M, Jenkins A, Cleveland M, Vallone P, Almond N, et al.
Viruses . 2023 Jun; 15(6). PMID: 37376589
Background: Reactivation of JC and BK polyomaviruses during immunosuppression can lead to adverse clinical outcomes. In renal transplant recipients, BKV-associated nephropathy can result in graft loss, while in patients with...
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Ho M, Dagg B, Govind S, Hockley J
Biologicals . 2023 Apr; 82:101667. PMID: 37004276
A need to develop an inactivated Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) preparation, to be used as a DNA standard, as an important and urgent requirement for Tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics standardization was identified...
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Jenkins A, Govind S, Morris C, Berry N
Microbiol Resour Announc . 2019 Oct; 8(43). PMID: 31649077
The complete genomic sequence was determined for the original biological material used to derive the WHO international standard for BK polyomavirus (BKV) DNA. The entire coding sequence and noncoding regions...
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Govind S, Hockley J, Morris C, Almond N
Biologicals . 2019 May; 60:75-84. PMID: 31105020
Immunocompromised patients are at significant risk from BKV reactivation, causing allograft dysfunction or loss. Patient management relies on viral DNA monitoring, using a viral load cut-off to reduce immunosuppression. However,...
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Prusty B, Gulve N, Govind S, Krueger G, Feichtinger J, Larcombe L, et al.
Front Microbiol . 2018 Sep; 9:1955. PMID: 30186267
Early-life infections and associated neuroinflammation is incriminated in the pathogenesis of various mood disorders. Infection with human roseoloviruses, HHV-6A and HHV-6B, allows viral latency in the central nervous system and...
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Harvala H, Broberg E, Benschop K, Berginc N, Ladhani S, Susi P, et al.
J Clin Virol . 2018 Feb; 101:11-17. PMID: 29414181
Enteroviruses (EV) can cause severe neurological and respiratory infections, and occasionally lead to devastating outbreaks as previously demonstrated with EV-A71 and EV-D68 in Europe. However, these infections are still often...
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Govind S, Berry N, Almond N, Morris C
Clin Chem . 2017 Oct; 63(12):1902-1903. PMID: 29038152
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Hegedus A, Nyamweya S, Zhang Y, Govind S, Aspinall R, Mashanova A, et al.
J Infect Dis . 2014 May; 210(5):752-61. PMID: 24803534
Background: Many human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-2-infected individuals remain aviremic and behave as long-term non-progressors but some progress to AIDS. We hypothesized that immune activation and T-cell turnover would be critical...
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Lang P, Govind S, Ten Bokum A, Kenny N, Matas E, Pitts D, et al.
Curr Top Med Chem . 2013 Sep; 13(20):2541-50. PMID: 24066892
Vaccines are powerful public health tools that have been of tremendous benefit in protecting vulnerable populations worldwide from many pathogens. However, vaccine- preventable diseases still remain a considerable burden and...
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Aspinall R, Govind S, Lapenna A, Lang P
Immun Ageing . 2013 Aug; 10(1):34. PMID: 23947636
Transfusion of autologous leukocytes after prolonged storage has been proposed as a means of rejuvenating the immune system of older individuals. The rationale for this approach is that age related...