D. Litt

A. Bermingham, D. Litt, J. Watson, 2012, Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin.

Impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic on Invasive Pneumococcal Disease and Risk of Pneumococcal Coinfection With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): Prospective National Cohort Study, England

N. Andrews, S. Ladhani, D. Litt, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Invasive Pneumococcal Disease and Risk of Pneumococcal Coinfection with SARS-CoV-2: prospective national cohort study, England

N. Andrews, S. Ladhani, D. Litt, 2020, Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Serotype e and f Disease, England and Wales

S. Ladhani, D. Litt, M. Ramsay, 2012, Emerging infectious diseases.

Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Serotype e and f Disease, England and Wales

S. Ladhani, D. Litt, M. Ramsay, 2012, Emerging infectious diseases.

Development of an Extended-Specificity Multiplex Immunoassay for Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype-Specific Antigen in Urine by Use of Human Monoclonal Antibodies

W. Lim, D. Litt, Kenneth Smith, 2017, Clinical and Vaccine Immunology.

Development of an Extended-Speciﬁcity Multiplex Immunoassay for Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype-Speciﬁc Antigen in Urine by Use of Human Monoclonal Antibodies

W. Lim, D. Litt, Kenneth Smith, 2017 .

Re-validation and update of an extended-specificity multiplex assay for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular serotype/serogroup-specific antigen and cell-wall polysaccharide in urine specimens

W. Lim, N. Andrews, D. Litt, 2020, Access microbiology.

Invasive pneumococcal disease due to 22F and 33F in England: A tail of two serotypes.

N. Andrews, S. Ladhani, D. Litt, 2021, Vaccine.

Effectiveness of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine against vaccine serotype pneumococcal pneumonia in adults: A case-control test-negative design study

W. Lim, T. McKeever, D. Litt, 2020, PLoS medicine.

The changing epidemiology of diphtheria in the United Kingdom, 2009 to 2017

D. Litt, M. Ramsay, A. Scobie, 2020, Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin.

Evolution of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 3 in England and Wales: A Major Vaccine Evader

N. Andrews, S. Ladhani, D. Litt, 2019, Genes.

Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) seroprevalence and current epidemiology in England and Wales.

S. Ladhani, D. Litt, E. Linley, 2017, The Journal of infection.

Risk of invasive Haemophilus influenzae infection during pregnancy and association with adverse fetal outcomes.

S. Ladhani, D. Litt, M. Ramsay, 2014, JAMA.

Hepatobiliary infections due to non-capsulated Haemophilus influenzae.

M. Newport, S. Lewis, D. Webster, 2011, Journal of medical microbiology.

A patient with respiratory toxigenic diphtheria in Greece after more than 30 years

M. Theodoridou, D. Litt, G. Panayiotakopoulos, 2020, Epidemiology and Infection.

Transmission of toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae by a fully immunised resident returning from a visit to West Africa, United Kingdom, 2017

B. Javid, D. Litt, N. Brown, 2018, Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin.

Case Report: Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Diphtheria-Like Infection in a Horse in the United Kingdom

K. Hopkins, D. Litt, K. Russell, 2021, Frontiers in Veterinary Science.

Improved quadruplex real-time PCR assay for the diagnosis of diphtheria.

S. Brisse, D. Litt, S. Guillot, 2019, Journal of medical microbiology.

Optimization and validation of a quadruplex real-time PCR assay for the diagnosis of diphtheria

S. Brisse, D. Litt, S. Guillot, 2019, bioRxiv.

Characteristics of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) caused by emerging serotypes after the introduction of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) in England; prospective observational cohort study, 2014-18.

N. Andrews, S. Ladhani, D. Litt, 2020, Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Investigation of a pertussis outbreak and comparison of two acellular booster pertussis vaccines in a junior school in South East England, 2019

N. Andrews, D. Litt, N. Fry, 2021, Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin.

Pertussis-Associated Persistent Cough in Previously Vaccinated Children

D. Litt, S. Esposito, N. Principi, 2017, Journal of medical microbiology.

PneumoKITy: A fast, flexible, specific, and sensitive tool for Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype screening and mixed serotype detection from genome sequence data

S. Manna, S. Ladhani, D. Litt, 2022, Microbial genomics.

Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans strains isolated in the UK between 2004-2017

D. Litt, R. Pike, N. Fry, 2019, Access Microbiology.

Changes in the incidence of invasive disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis during the COVID-19 pandemic in 26 countries and territories in the Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance Initiative: a prospective analysis of surveillance data

D. Murdoch, F. Zhou, B. Cao, 2021, The Lancet. Digital health.

Increased Incidence of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Children after COVID-19 Pandemic, England

S. Ladhani, D. Litt, M. Ramsay, 2022, Emerging infectious diseases.

Factor H, a regulator of complement activity, is a major determinant of meningococcal disease susceptibility in UK Caucasian patients

M. Hibberd, P. Langford, M. Levin, 2006, Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases.

Putative vaccine antigens from Neisseria meningitidis recognized by serum antibodies of young children convalescing after meningococcal disease.

R. Rappuoli, M. Pizza, M. Comanducci, 2004, The Journal of infectious diseases.

Spatial dynamics and vaccine-induced fitness changes of Bordetella pertussis

P. Lemey, J. Parkhill, S. Cauchemez, 2021, bioRxiv.

The Global Landscape of Pediatric Bacterial Meningitis Data Reported to the World Health Organization–Coordinated Invasive Bacterial Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance Network, 2014–2019

Hossam Abdel Rahman, A. Wasley, D. Litt, 2021, The Journal of infectious diseases.

Evaluation of the World Health Organization Global Invasive Bacterial Vaccine-Preventable Disease (IB-VPD) Surveillance Network's Laboratory External Quality Assessment Programme, 2014-2019.

D. Litt, E. Fagan, S. Gray, 2023, Journal of medical microbiology.

The Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance (IRIS) Initiative reveals significant reductions in invasive bacterial infections during the COVID-19 pandemic

D. Murdoch, F. Zhou, B. Cao, 2020, medRxiv.

Role of PCR in the diagnosis of pertussis infection in infants: 5 years' experience of provision of a same-day real-time PCR service in England and Wales from 2002 to 2007.

N. Crowcroft, D. Litt, R. George, 2009, Journal of medical microbiology.

A Haemophilus sp. dominates the microbiota of sputum from UK adults with non-severe community acquired pneumonia and chronic lung disease

P. Diggle, G. Gloor, M. Moffatt, 2019, Scientific Reports.

Detection of anti-pertussis toxin IgG in oral fluids for use in diagnosis and surveillance of Bordetella pertussis infection in children and young adults.

D. Litt, D. Samuel, A. Harnden, 2006, Journal of medical microbiology.

Changes in Genetic Diversity of the Bordetella pertussis Population in the United Kingdom between 1920 and 2006 Reflect Vaccination Coverage and Emergence of a Single Dominant Clonal Type

D. Litt, N. Fry, S. Neal, 2009, Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

Survey of Household Contacts of Infants With Laboratory-confirmed Pertussis Infection During a National Pertussis Outbreak in England and Wales

D. Litt, E. Kara, N. Fry, 2017, The Pediatric infectious disease journal.

Childhood bacterial meningitis in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2002-2004.

K. Edmond, D. Litt, J. Watt, 2009, Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Direct molecular typing of Bordetella pertussis from clinical specimens submitted for diagnostic quantitative (real-time) PCR.

D. Litt, E. Jauneikaite, N. Fry, 2012, Journal of medical microbiology.

It Takes Two to Tango: Combining Conventional Culture With Molecular Diagnostics Enhances Accuracy of Streptococcus pneumoniae Detection and Pneumococcal Serogroup/Serotype Determination in Carriage

E. L. Miller, E. Sanders, D. Litt, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology.

Phylogenetic Structure and Comparative Genomics of Multi-National Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Serotype a Isolates

X. Wang, A. van der Ende, D. Litt, 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology.

Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Childhood Invasive Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Disease in England and Wales

S. Ladhani, D. Litt, M. Ramsay, 2016, The Pediatric infectious disease journal.

Neonatal invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease in England and Wales: epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and outcome.

S. Ladhani, D. Litt, M. Ramsay, 2015, Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Oral fluid-based lateral flow point-of-care assays for pertussis serology.

D. Litt, N. Fry, Aapo Knuutila, 2023, Journal of medical microbiology.

Pneumococcal carriage following PCV13 delivered as one primary and one booster dose (1 + 1) compared to two primary doses and a booster (2 + 1) in UK infants.

E. L. Miller, P. Aley, N. Andrews, 2023, Vaccine.

Does the rise in seasonal respiratory viruses foreshadow the return of invasive pneumococcal disease this winter?

S. Ladhani, D. Litt, C. Sheppard, 2021, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

A spitting image: molecular diagnostics applied to saliva enhance detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae and pneumococcal serotype carriage

E. L. Miller, E. Sanders, D. Litt, 2023, Frontiers in Microbiology.

Retrospective cohort study investigating extent of pertussis transmission during a boarding school outbreak, England, December 2017 to June 2018

A. Charlett, D. Litt, J. Folliard, 2021, Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin.

Pneumococcal 23B Molecular Subtype Identified Using Whole Genome Sequencing

J. Furrer, D. Litt, M. Hilty, 2017, Genome biology and evolution.

Whole genome sequencing of Streptococcus pneumoniae: development, evaluation and verification of targets for serogroup and serotype prediction using an automated pipeline

D. Litt, A. Underwood, C. Sheppard, 2016, PeerJ.

Pneumococcal serotype trends, surveillance and risk factors in UK adult pneumonia, 2013–18

W. Lim, T. McKeever, S. Ladhani, 2019, Thorax.

Clinical streptococcal isolates, distinct from Streptococcus pneumoniae, but containing the β-glucosyltransferase tts gene and expressing serotype 37 capsular polysaccharide

D. Litt, M. Hannah, Ulf Schaefer, 2017, PeerJ.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Bordetella pertussis infections in England

D. Litt, N. Fry, G. Amirthalingam, 2022, BMC Public Health.

Oral Fluid Testing for Pertussis, England and Wales, June 2007–August 2009

N. Crowcroft, D. Litt, E. Miller, 2014, Emerging infectious diseases.