We are pleased to play a central role in a £5 million international research programme aiming to better understand & fight #StrepA.
This will enable researchers investigate how early-life exposure to Group A Streptococcus shapes immunity & contributes to heart disease.
More 👉 tinyurl.com/yun4wwrk
This will enable researchers investigate how early-life exposure to Group A Streptococcus shapes immunity & contributes to heart disease.
More 👉 tinyurl.com/yun4wwrk
MRCG at LSHTM to play key role in £5 million global programme to advance
MRCG at LSHTM to play key role in £5 million global programme to advance understanding of Strep A disease | LSHTM
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October 1, 2026 at 4:03 PM
We are pleased to play a central role in a £5 million international research programme aiming to better understand & fight #StrepA.
This will enable researchers investigate how early-life exposure to Group A Streptococcus shapes immunity & contributes to heart disease.
More 👉 tinyurl.com/yun4wwrk
This will enable researchers investigate how early-life exposure to Group A Streptococcus shapes immunity & contributes to heart disease.
More 👉 tinyurl.com/yun4wwrk
It’s a tremendous pleasure to host Prof Mark Walker as a Senior Global Fellow of the @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Today Mark shared his insights into #StrepA vaccine development with our biomedical science research community.
September 17, 2026 at 5:50 PM
It’s a tremendous pleasure to host Prof Mark Walker as a Senior Global Fellow of the @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Today Mark shared his insights into #StrepA vaccine development with our biomedical science research community.
Danke, es sind wieder StrepA🤡
September 13, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Danke, es sind wieder StrepA🤡
Hilfe. Irgendwann schicke ich alle Anderen Kitaeltern zu Dir, dann darfst Du die jungen Ärzte an denen herumexpimentieren lassen. Der 5yo hat wieder StrepA.
September 13, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Hilfe. Irgendwann schicke ich alle Anderen Kitaeltern zu Dir, dann darfst Du die jungen Ärzte an denen herumexpimentieren lassen. Der 5yo hat wieder StrepA.
Wir sind mit Bauchschmerzen und Verdacht auf Blinddarm hingefahren und mit StrepA rausbekommen. Irgendwann brauche ich echt einen Strafverteidiger.
September 13, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Wir sind mit Bauchschmerzen und Verdacht auf Blinddarm hingefahren und mit StrepA rausbekommen. Irgendwann brauche ich echt einen Strafverteidiger.
Danke 🫶🏻. Bislang ist nur der Speck infiziert. Bin froh, dass wir gefahren sind, wenn auch mit Verdacht auf Blinddarm. Bauchschmerzen müssen wohl typisch für StrepA sein. Mag mir gar nicht die Schmerzen vorstellen, wenn wir nicht gefahren wären. Das tut so höllisch weh.
September 13, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Danke 🫶🏻. Bislang ist nur der Speck infiziert. Bin froh, dass wir gefahren sind, wenn auch mit Verdacht auf Blinddarm. Bauchschmerzen müssen wohl typisch für StrepA sein. Mag mir gar nicht die Schmerzen vorstellen, wenn wir nicht gefahren wären. Das tut so höllisch weh.
It's strepA 🫠 we got antibiotics and everything already but man, it sucks. It should be illegal for kids to get sick.
Little one is sick now too. Just a mild fever at least. I obviously brought the plague to the house 💀
September 4, 2026 at 11:44 PM
It's strepA 🫠 we got antibiotics and everything already but man, it sucks. It should be illegal for kids to get sick.
📢 Abstract submissions are open for the First Global Strep A Vaccine Conference! Deadline- September 7, 2026! Original research, data & innovations welcome. Hope to see you in Kuala Lumpur in Feb 2027. Full details on our website: www.globalstrepavax.org
#GSAVConference2027 #StrepA #GlobalHealth
#GSAVConference2027 #StrepA #GlobalHealth
Global Strep A Vaccine Conference
The First Global Strep A Vaccine Conference. Bringing great science to global impact: Fast-tracking Strep A vaccine development
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August 25, 2026 at 3:14 PM
📢 Abstract submissions are open for the First Global Strep A Vaccine Conference! Deadline- September 7, 2026! Original research, data & innovations welcome. Hope to see you in Kuala Lumpur in Feb 2027. Full details on our website: www.globalstrepavax.org
#GSAVConference2027 #StrepA #GlobalHealth
#GSAVConference2027 #StrepA #GlobalHealth
Silent #StrepA infections may explain #immunity gained by #adulthood
Exposure to Streptococcus pyogenes that causes mild or no symptoms can trigger the body's immune response and build #rotection, potentially solving a nearly 100-yr-old mystery >> scitechupdates.com/s...
Exposure to Streptococcus pyogenes that causes mild or no symptoms can trigger the body's immune response and build #rotection, potentially solving a nearly 100-yr-old mystery >> scitechupdates.com/s...
August 25, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Silent #StrepA infections may explain #immunity gained by #adulthood
Exposure to Streptococcus pyogenes that causes mild or no symptoms can trigger the body's immune response and build #rotection, potentially solving a nearly 100-yr-old mystery >> scitechupdates.com/s...
Exposure to Streptococcus pyogenes that causes mild or no symptoms can trigger the body's immune response and build #rotection, potentially solving a nearly 100-yr-old mystery >> scitechupdates.com/s...
Day 4 of my #Sepsis journey. I had am connected to #ECMO, the source of my infection is confirmed as #StrepA, & I develop #CompartmentSyndrome, requiring emergency surgery.
I am fundraising for an adapted #mtb so me & Arthur can hit the trails, like we used to.
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I am fundraising for an adapted #mtb so me & Arthur can hit the trails, like we used to.
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August 2, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Day 4 of my #Sepsis journey. I had am connected to #ECMO, the source of my infection is confirmed as #StrepA, & I develop #CompartmentSyndrome, requiring emergency surgery.
I am fundraising for an adapted #mtb so me & Arthur can hit the trails, like we used to.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
I am fundraising for an adapted #mtb so me & Arthur can hit the trails, like we used to.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Kanada verzeichnet eine Rekordzahl von Fällen invasiver Streptokokken der Gruppe A, einer bakteriellen Infektion, an der etwa einer von zehn Erkrankten stirbt. 6 Kinder in Ontario sind seit Oktober an invasiven Streptokokken der Gruppe A gestorben.
#LongCovid #COVID19 #StrepA
#LongCovid #COVID19 #StrepA
January 17, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Kanada verzeichnet eine Rekordzahl von Fällen invasiver Streptokokken der Gruppe A, einer bakteriellen Infektion, an der etwa einer von zehn Erkrankten stirbt. 6 Kinder in Ontario sind seit Oktober an invasiven Streptokokken der Gruppe A gestorben.
#LongCovid #COVID19 #StrepA
#LongCovid #COVID19 #StrepA
Wow und das, obwohl schwere Grippe- und StrepA- Jahre dabei
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Covid kills children
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Covid kills children
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November 3, 2023 at 1:59 PM
Wow und das, obwohl schwere Grippe- und StrepA- Jahre dabei
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Covid kills children
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Covid kills children
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Death rates from serious #StrepA infections remain worryingly high, new research led by Prof Shiranee Sriskandan shows.
Study found no big difference between two key strains, but highlights the need for faster diagnosis & prevention.
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
Study found no big difference between two key strains, but highlights the need for faster diagnosis & prevention.
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
Mortality Among Patients With Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections Caused by the M1UK Lineage: A Retrospective Cohort Study in England and Wales
Emm1 invasive Strep A incurs a high case fatality rate. In this national cohort, 24.4% of those with M1UK iGAS died, though this was not different from anc
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October 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Death rates from serious #StrepA infections remain worryingly high, new research led by Prof Shiranee Sriskandan shows.
Study found no big difference between two key strains, but highlights the need for faster diagnosis & prevention.
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
Study found no big difference between two key strains, but highlights the need for faster diagnosis & prevention.
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
So many important insights on #StrepA immunity in this huge piece work by @alexjkeeley.bsky.social @thushan-desilva.bsky.social and the team in #TheGambia. A real privilege to have played a small role from down-under
🧵 Our paper out today in @naturemedicine.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
On development of #StrepA #Immunity over life course in #TheGambia raising hope for #vaccines on the horizon
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#Immunosky #IDsky #MicroSky #globalhealth.
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On development of #StrepA #Immunity over life course in #TheGambia raising hope for #vaccines on the horizon
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#Immunosky #IDsky #MicroSky #globalhealth.
www.nature.com
August 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
So many important insights on #StrepA immunity in this huge piece work by @alexjkeeley.bsky.social @thushan-desilva.bsky.social and the team in #TheGambia. A real privilege to have played a small role from down-under
The complete spectrum of serious #StrepA disease was observed in Auckland in 2023 - a mighty lab-based enhanced surveillance effort led by Andrew Fox-Lewis and Rachel Webb www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Capturing the complete clinical spectrum and incidence of severe acute Group A Streptococcus (GAS) disease: a population-based study in Auckland, New Zealand
This study demonstrates that the complete clinical spectrum of severe acute GAS disease
occurs in Auckland and is associated with a substantial health and economic burden.
The high incidence and entir...
www.thelancet.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The complete spectrum of serious #StrepA disease was observed in Auckland in 2023 - a mighty lab-based enhanced surveillance effort led by Andrew Fox-Lewis and Rachel Webb www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Following relaxation of #COVID19 restrictions surges in infections from respiratory pathogens like RSV and #StrepA have been seen in many countries including Aotearoa New Zealand.
Did waning immunity contribute? We explored this concept in our latest work, see 🧵 academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...
Did waning immunity contribute? We explored this concept in our latest work, see 🧵 academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...
Decline of antibodies to major viral and bacterial respiratory pathogens during the COVID-19 pandemic
Antibodies to respiratory syncytial virus and Group A Streptococcus waned significantly in a longitudinal cohort throughout the pandemic. This waning may h
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December 15, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Following relaxation of #COVID19 restrictions surges in infections from respiratory pathogens like RSV and #StrepA have been seen in many countries including Aotearoa New Zealand.
Did waning immunity contribute? We explored this concept in our latest work, see 🧵 academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...
Did waning immunity contribute? We explored this concept in our latest work, see 🧵 academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...
It was great fun hosting Yujiro Hirose from Osaka University as a visiting researcher in the Walker lab! Very much looking forward to meeting him again for the Lancefield Symposium in Brisbane later this year 🤩
#StrepA #GroupAStrep
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#StrepA #GroupAStrep
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Yujiro HIROSE | Assistant Professer | D. D. S. Ph. D. | Osaka University, Osaka | Handai | Department of Oral and Molecular Microbiology | Research profile
Yujiro HIROSE, Assistant Professer | Cited by 595 | of Osaka University, Osaka (Handai) | Read 52 publications | Contact Yujiro HIROSE
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February 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
It was great fun hosting Yujiro Hirose from Osaka University as a visiting researcher in the Walker lab! Very much looking forward to meeting him again for the Lancefield Symposium in Brisbane later this year 🤩
#StrepA #GroupAStrep
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#StrepA #GroupAStrep
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Happy New Year to the Strep A (and wider) research/science community from Australia!!! 🇦🇺 🥳 (a bit delayed because I was asleep)
May you not run out of funding in 2025, may all of your assays work, and may all of you stay healthy this year! 🥂
#Science #Research #Microbiology #StrepA
May you not run out of funding in 2025, may all of your assays work, and may all of you stay healthy this year! 🥂
#Science #Research #Microbiology #StrepA
December 31, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Happy New Year to the Strep A (and wider) research/science community from Australia!!! 🇦🇺 🥳 (a bit delayed because I was asleep)
May you not run out of funding in 2025, may all of your assays work, and may all of you stay healthy this year! 🥂
#Science #Research #Microbiology #StrepA
May you not run out of funding in 2025, may all of your assays work, and may all of you stay healthy this year! 🥂
#Science #Research #Microbiology #StrepA
Many, perhaps most, of the deaths from ‘nephropathies’ (8%) and heart disease (12%) would have been infection-related so >2/3 deaths likely infection-related. Many, probably most, due to APSGN & RHD (i.e. #StrepA). Guess what? 🇺🇸 made a vaccine (it worked). 🌏 needs to do it again.
July 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Many, perhaps most, of the deaths from ‘nephropathies’ (8%) and heart disease (12%) would have been infection-related so >2/3 deaths likely infection-related. Many, probably most, due to APSGN & RHD (i.e. #StrepA). Guess what? 🇺🇸 made a vaccine (it worked). 🌏 needs to do it again.
Tempting to think pre-emptive 💊 for mum may have helped?
Really the answer to this degree of unpredictability (known unknowns) is a #StrepA vaccine not more data. If there’s a 🇺🇸 report soon of 👶🏼 with HiB facial cellulitis & mum with HiB mastitis, we won’t need more data to know who to blame.
Really the answer to this degree of unpredictability (known unknowns) is a #StrepA vaccine not more data. If there’s a 🇺🇸 report soon of 👶🏼 with HiB facial cellulitis & mum with HiB mastitis, we won’t need more data to know who to blame.
April 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Tempting to think pre-emptive 💊 for mum may have helped?
Really the answer to this degree of unpredictability (known unknowns) is a #StrepA vaccine not more data. If there’s a 🇺🇸 report soon of 👶🏼 with HiB facial cellulitis & mum with HiB mastitis, we won’t need more data to know who to blame.
Really the answer to this degree of unpredictability (known unknowns) is a #StrepA vaccine not more data. If there’s a 🇺🇸 report soon of 👶🏼 with HiB facial cellulitis & mum with HiB mastitis, we won’t need more data to know who to blame.
Thanks for the warning‼️
As for other #StrepA soft-tissue infx, we don’t know the full (necrotizing + non-necrotizing mastitis) denominator.
Also, the proposal, to skip BF until 24h of 💊 for 👶🏼 misses the likelihood of pre-symptomatic/pre-diagnosis transmission?
As for other #StrepA soft-tissue infx, we don’t know the full (necrotizing + non-necrotizing mastitis) denominator.
Also, the proposal, to skip BF until 24h of 💊 for 👶🏼 misses the likelihood of pre-symptomatic/pre-diagnosis transmission?
April 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Thanks for the warning‼️
As for other #StrepA soft-tissue infx, we don’t know the full (necrotizing + non-necrotizing mastitis) denominator.
Also, the proposal, to skip BF until 24h of 💊 for 👶🏼 misses the likelihood of pre-symptomatic/pre-diagnosis transmission?
As for other #StrepA soft-tissue infx, we don’t know the full (necrotizing + non-necrotizing mastitis) denominator.
Also, the proposal, to skip BF until 24h of 💊 for 👶🏼 misses the likelihood of pre-symptomatic/pre-diagnosis transmission?
💥 A blinded #StrepA human challenge PK/PD RCT 💥
All-star collaboration between @thekidsau.bsky.social & #MCRI & #UWA.
@hicvac.bsky.social @1daysooner.bsky.social
Thanks @onisillos.bsky.social @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social for support of human challenge research!
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
All-star collaboration between @thekidsau.bsky.social & #MCRI & #UWA.
@hicvac.bsky.social @1daysooner.bsky.social
Thanks @onisillos.bsky.social @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social for support of human challenge research!
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Establishing the lowest penicillin concentration to prevent pharyngitis due to Streptococcus pyogenes using a human challenge model (CHIPS): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
When steady-state penicillin concentrations are greater than 9 ng/mL, few people will
develop experimental emm75 S pyogenes pharyngitis. These data will inform efforts
to improve long-acting penicilli...
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March 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
💥 A blinded #StrepA human challenge PK/PD RCT 💥
All-star collaboration between @thekidsau.bsky.social & #MCRI & #UWA.
@hicvac.bsky.social @1daysooner.bsky.social
Thanks @onisillos.bsky.social @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social for support of human challenge research!
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
All-star collaboration between @thekidsau.bsky.social & #MCRI & #UWA.
@hicvac.bsky.social @1daysooner.bsky.social
Thanks @onisillos.bsky.social @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social for support of human challenge research!
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
A terrific postscript!
Exciting @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded #StrepA work, with Ed Clarke, Hannah Frost, @precisionvaxlab.bsky.social, @njmoreland.bsky.social, @thushan-desilva.bsky.social, Penda Johm, Ya Jankey-Jagne, @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social, David Khoury, Andrew Steer.
Exciting @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded #StrepA work, with Ed Clarke, Hannah Frost, @precisionvaxlab.bsky.social, @njmoreland.bsky.social, @thushan-desilva.bsky.social, Penda Johm, Ya Jankey-Jagne, @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social, David Khoury, Andrew Steer.
March 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A terrific postscript!
Exciting @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded #StrepA work, with Ed Clarke, Hannah Frost, @precisionvaxlab.bsky.social, @njmoreland.bsky.social, @thushan-desilva.bsky.social, Penda Johm, Ya Jankey-Jagne, @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social, David Khoury, Andrew Steer.
Exciting @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded #StrepA work, with Ed Clarke, Hannah Frost, @precisionvaxlab.bsky.social, @njmoreland.bsky.social, @thushan-desilva.bsky.social, Penda Johm, Ya Jankey-Jagne, @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social, David Khoury, Andrew Steer.
💥 spectacular to see this Alex! An immense effort! Mazel tov to you, @thushan-desilva.bsky.social, @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social, & the entire MRCG #StrepA team. I’m feeling very lucky to be working with you rockstars (…an announcement coming soon…)
February 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
💥 spectacular to see this Alex! An immense effort! Mazel tov to you, @thushan-desilva.bsky.social, @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social, & the entire MRCG #StrepA team. I’m feeling very lucky to be working with you rockstars (…an announcement coming soon…)