Leading the fight against Antimicrobial Resistance in Ghana | LSHTM

Alvaro Schwalb and colleagues conducted a mathematical modelling study to estimate the global burden of viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis--that which can cause disease and be transmitted--to help guid...

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In 2025, the Network’s seminar series invites 2-3 speakers for each event to present their work on a particular theme around prioritisation. This fourth seminar of the series presents ‘Equity in AMR

PHACTS: Unravelling PHAge-baCTeria-host immune dynamicS to inform phage therapy SUPERVISORY TEAM Supervisor Dr Zoe Dyson...

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Author summary Why was this study done? Infections caused by bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics are a major and growing threat to public health. Older adults and men are at higher risk of...

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Highlighting the importance of genomic data in the fight against AMR

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health concern and the leading infectious cause of mortality globally. The disease exhibits strong prevalence patterns by age and sex, but the implications of these...

This issue marks the first anniversary of The Lancet Microbe. This has been a year of profound change during which the world has experienced the most consequential infectious disease outbreak of the p...

This new WHO report presents a global analysis of antibiotic resistance prevalence and trends, drawing on more than 23 million bacteriologically confirmed cases of bloodstream infections, urinary trac...

Background Community-wide screening is a crucial strategy to end tuberculosis (TB), but a common concern is potential harm from overtreatment following false positive diagnoses. However, current refer...

World Sepsis Day 2025: 5 Facts x 5 Actions to tackle sepsis and antimicrobial resistance | LSHTM

Jody Phelan receives Gertrud Meissner Award | LSHTM

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Background: Klebsiella pneumoniae causes ~20% of sepsis in neonates, with ~40% crude mortality. A vaccine administered to pregnant women, protecting against 70% of K. pneumoniae infections, could aver...

Patterns of antibiotic use and the connectivity between wards are independently associated with the incidence of antimicrobial-resistant infections in hospital networks.

Exploring the social determinants of AMR | LSHTM

During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, mathematical modeling has been widely used to understand epidemiological burden, trends, and transmission dynamics, to facilitate policy decisions, and, t...

Introduction Antibiotic resistance (ABR) may increase hospital costs, utility loss and mortality risk per patient. Understanding these losses at national, regional and global scales is necessary for e...