Paul Hunter @Metadoc
Professor in Medicine researching transmission of emerging infectious diseases and impact of unsafe water on health in low income countries University of East Anglia Joined April 2010-
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Pretty good observational evidence that microplastics may indeed be reducing human life expectancy pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38446676/
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Whooping cough notifications are up on last year but still well below pre-covid levels. Pre-covid infections were higher than the prior decade. This is my article in the Conversation theconversation.com/whooping-cough…
I seem to have made this years Most Highly Cited researcher list for my peer-reviewed papers uea.ac.uk/about/news/art…
Our latest article for @ConversationUK discussing our review of the evidence that air treatment can or cannot reduce risk of respiratory infections theconversation.com/no-compelling-…
Our latest peer-reviewed paper, this one reviewing the evidence on air treatment and respiratory illness sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
My latest article this one on the "unprecedented" rise in Cryptosporidium infections in the UK over past 2 months. theconversation.com/infections-fro…
My latest article this one on the "unprecedented" rise in Cryptosporidium in UK theconversation.com/infections-fro… via @ConversationUK
Our latest covid paper comparing ways of monitoring the pandemic thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…
My latest article this on on the Nipah virus outbreak in India theconversation.com/nipah-virus-ou… via @ConversationUK
@LongDesertTrain @lasradoN I suspect it hasn't "spread across the world in a flash" but been building in Africa for several weeks ? South Africa and then seeded multiple countries from there.
"The occurrence of Legionella spp. in high numbers in drinking water supplies is preventable through implementation of basic water quality management measures" WHO Guide to Ship Sanitation. So a well known risk that should have been prevented. who.int/publications/i…
My latest comissioned article. This time on the surge of cholera cases we are seeing globally. theconversation.com/cholera-cases-…
Do #doctorstrike cause an increase in #deaths ? Probably not, at least in the short term, and may even lead to fewer deaths according to this review from 2008 europepmc.org/article/MED/18…
My article about the recent "pausing" of the @ONS covid survey which has published its final COVID infection survey and why it's been such a valuable resource theconversation.com/the-ons-has-pu… via @ConversationUK
I remember reading this paper almost 20 years ago and it shows why we need to be cautious about even usually short infection tranmsission chains in mammals as with avian flu nature.com/articles/natur…
This review shows why maintaining covid supression (delays infection) after vaccination leads to more severe disease (hospitalisation and death - Figure 3) as as seen in China thelancet.com/journals/lanin…
Last week of 2022 Omicron XBB.1.5 estimated at 40.5% of infections in U.S but this estimate has been revised down to just 18.3%. Still growing but a lot less rapidly than originally thought cnb.cx/3GLmvEr
My latest commissioned piece for the Conversation. China's COVID situation is dire – but it shouldn't pose a big risk to other countries theconversation.com/chinas-covid-s… via @ConversationUK
My latest article in French. La fonte du permafrost de l’Arctique libère d’anciens virus : faut-il s’inquiéter ? theconversation.com/la-fonte-du-pe… via @FR_Conversation
A repeat of the CDC study on mask mandates in schools and covid using a rather bigger dataset than previously. After the first few weeks no real difference in paediatric case rates journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-…
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