Paul Hunter
@metadoc.bsky.social
Professor in Medicine at University of East Anglia, specialised in Medical Microbiology and Virology and in Communicable Disease Control. My research focuses on emerging infectious diseases.
My latest article. This one on the increased number of cases of chikungunya virus infections in travellers returning to the UK theconversation.com/chikungunya-...
Chikungunya: what UK travellers should know about this mosquito-borne virus
Chikungunya is a viral infection spread by the Aedes mosquito.
theconversation.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
My latest article. This one on the increased number of cases of chikungunya virus infections in travellers returning to the UK theconversation.com/chikungunya-...
Our latest paper on sensitivity of surveillance systems for covid after the emergence of omicron. bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Did COVID-19 surveillance system sensitivity change after Omicron? a retrospective observational study in England - BMC Infectious Diseases
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic in England, increases and falls in COVID-19 cases were monitored using many surveillance systems (SS). However, surveillance sensitivity may have changed as dif...
bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com
June 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Our latest paper on sensitivity of surveillance systems for covid after the emergence of omicron. bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
My latest article: Birmingham bin strikes: a threat to public health theconversation.com/birmingham-b...
Birmingham bin strikes: a threat to public health
Garbage continues to pile up on the streets of Birmingham. An expert in communicable disease explains the risks.
theconversation.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
My latest article: Birmingham bin strikes: a threat to public health theconversation.com/birmingham-b...
Our latest peer-reviewed article on the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 in waste water and infections in the community. Our analysis included data from over 94,000 samples from 259 Sewage Treatment Works and 193 Sewer Network Sites.
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Localised wastewater SARS-CoV-2 levels linked to COVID-19 cases: A long-term multisite study in England
Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) can monitor for the presence of human health pathogens in the population. During COVID-19, WBS was widely used to …
www.sciencedirect.com
January 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Our latest peer-reviewed article on the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 in waste water and infections in the community. Our analysis included data from over 94,000 samples from 259 Sewage Treatment Works and 193 Sewer Network Sites.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
My university has published an article about my latest project www.uea.ac.uk/health/resha...
Reshape: Resilience in Health Post-Extreme weather events
University of East Anglia
www.uea.ac.uk
September 11, 2024 at 3:26 PM
My university has published an article about my latest project www.uea.ac.uk/health/resha...