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Strep GBI, 1-2 April 2027 in Durham @strepgbi.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Strep GBI 2026 registration is open. Join us for Streptococcus focused research. Keynote from Tom Parks @tom-parks.bsky.social "Streptococcus pyogenes - lessons from the host" 📌 Durham, March 30-31 🌐 strepgbi.wixsite.com/strep-gbi. Registration/abstracts 👉 pay.durham.ac.uk/event-durham.

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tom-parks.bsky.social @tom-parks.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Finally, we urgently need to invest in development of #StrepA vaccines to prevent these life-threatening infections as well as other #StrepA diseases like #RHD. tiny.cc/63vt001

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Immunity to S pyogenes and Common Respiratory Viruses at Age 0 to 4 Years

This cross-sectional study examines changes in immunity to Streptococcus pyogenes and other common respiratory pathogens among young children in 10 European countries after the introduction of nonphar...

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tom-parks.bsky.social @tom-parks.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

We think this might provide a biological basis for the 2022 to 2023 upsurge in severe #StrepA infections in young children. More importantly, it underscores the vulnerability of young children to dangerous #StrepA infections.

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tom-parks.bsky.social @tom-parks.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Key messages: Children aged 3-4 were ~1 year behind in #StrepA immunity after the pandemic This is the age group that experienced the greatest increase in life-threatening Strep A in 2022-23.

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tom-parks.bsky.social @tom-parks.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

We saw substantial changes in detection of common pathogens like #StrepA during the pandemic as previously reported.

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tom-parks.bsky.social @tom-parks.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

We measured #StrepA antibodies in samples from children recruited to the PERFORM and DIAMONDS studies before and after the pandemic. We focused on the group who were as representative as possible of children in the wider population excluding those with definite bacterial and viral infections.

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tom-parks.bsky.social @tom-parks.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

I’m hugely grateful to the many people who contributed, especially the @horizoneu.bsky.social funded DIAMONDS and PERFORM studies Key additional funding from @wellcometrust.bsky.social @ukri.org Important support from @imperialinfect.bsky.social and @imperialbrc.bsky.social and many others.

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tom-parks.bsky.social @tom-parks.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Why did severe #StrepA infections in children increase after the pandemic? Our new @jamanetworkopen paper suggests COVID restrictions delayed immunity development in young children. tiny.cc/63vt001

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Immunity to S pyogenes and Common Respiratory Viruses at Age 0 to 4 Years

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tom-parks.bsky.social @tom-parks.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Why did invasive #strepA infections increase in young children after the pandemic? In this new @imperialinfect.bsky.social PREPRINT *not peer-reviewed* we look at antibody responses to #strepA and resp viruses in European children before and after the pandemic: www.medrxiv.org/cgi/content/...

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Immunity to Streptococcus pyogenes and Common Respiratory Viruses at Age 0-4 Years after COVID-19 restrictions: A Cross-Sectional Study

Importance The upsurge in invasive disease caused by Streptococcus pyogenes among children reported in several European countries during 2022-2023 has not been fully explained. Objective To test the ...

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tom-parks.bsky.social @tom-parks.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Is there still rheumatic fever in the UK? bit.ly/3Py0X1P Join our @rcpch.bsky.social webinar next Friday to hear the answer as well as get a refresher on the clinical features and how we make or refute the diagnosis. #strepA #GAS #RHD #IDSky #PaedsSky #PaedsIDSky

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RCPCH-BPSU Webinar: Don’t forget rheumatic fever!

In this webinar, Dr Tom Parks and the panel will discuss the BPSU study and provide a refresher on Strep A disease and post-infectious disease at a time when UK children are at increased risk.

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Michael Marks @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

UK adult & paediatric Infectious Diseases clinicians. Would your site be interested in participating in an adaptive platform trial on invasive Group A Strep? We are developing our application currently - so if interested do get in touch with me. #IDSky

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Gabriele Pollara @gpollara.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

🚨 Delighted to share our paper defining a new role for IL-6 in TB. 🚨 We used genetic variation to show *reduced* IL-6 signalling is causally associated with *lower* risk of TB. Lead author @gushamilton.bsky.social #TBSky #IDSky #ImmunoSky www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Thread 👇 (1/8)

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Altered IL-6 signalling and risk of tuberculosis: a multi-ancestry mendelian randomisation study

Our findings propose a causal relationship between reduced IL-6 signalling and lower risk of tuberculosis, akin to the effect seen in other IL-6 mediated diseases. This study suggests that IL-6 antago...

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