Research project

Defining upper respiratory colonisation and microbiome evolution in mother-infant pairs following Neisseria lactamica inoculation in late pregnancy

Lead researchers:

Professor Robert Read
Research funder:

Medical Research Council
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Robert Read

Chair of Infectious Diseases

Connect with Robert

Email: [email protected]

Research outputs

Controlled human infection with Neisseria lactamica in late pregnancy to measure horizontal transmission and microbiome changes in mother-neonate pairs

Anastasia A Theodosiou, Jay R Laver, Adam P Dale, David W Cleary, Christine E Jones & Robert C Read, 2022, BMJ Open, 12(5)

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056081

Type: article

Manipulating the infant respiratory microbiomes to improve clinical outcomes

Anastasia A. Theodosiou, Robert B Dorey, Jay R. Laver, David W. Cleary, Robert C. Read & Christine E. Jones, 2021, Journal of Infection, 82(6), 247-252

DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.03.012

Type: review

The infant pharyngeal microbiomes: origin, impact and manipulation

Christine E Jones, Robert Read & Anastasia Theodosiou, 2020, Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 33(6), 548-555

DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000691

Type: article