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h-index: 20
Works: 82
Citations: 2,599

Most-cited papers

Screening of healthcare workers for SARS-CoV-2 highlights the role of asymptomatic carriage in COVID-19 transmission
L. Rivett, Sushmita Sridhar, Dominic Sparkes, M. Routledge +133 more
2020medRxiv520 citations Open access
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Rapid implementation of SARS-CoV-2 sequencing to investigate cases of health-care associated COVID-19: a prospective genomic surveillance study
L. Meredith, William L. Hamilton, B. Warne, C. Houldcroft +24 more
2020Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)381 citations Open access
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Clinical and biological insights from viral genome sequencing
C. Houldcroft, M. Beale, J. Breuer
2017Nature Reviews Microbiology302 citations Open access
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Patterns of within-host genetic diversity in SARS-CoV-2
G. Tonkin-Hill, I. Martincorena, R. Amato, A. Lawson +35 more
2020bioRxiv157 citations Open access
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Disease-associated XMRV sequences are consistent with laboratory contamination
S. Hué, E. Gray, A. Gall, A. Katzourakis +9 more
2010Retrovirology152 citations Open access
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Human cytomegalovirus haplotype reconstruction reveals high diversity due to superinfection and evidence of within-host recombination
Juliana Cudini, Sunando Roy, C. Houldcroft, J. Bryant +8 more
2019Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America111 citations Open access
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Host genetics of Epstein–Barr virus infection, latency and disease
C. Houldcroft, P. Kellam
2014Reviews in Medical Virology89 citations Open access
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Detection of Low Frequency Multi-Drug Resistance and Novel Putative Maribavir Resistance in Immunocompromised Pediatric Patients with Cytomegalovirus
C. Houldcroft, J. Bryant, D. Depledge, Ben K. Margetts +9 more
2016Frontiers in Microbiology81 citations Open access
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Sampling bias and incorrect rooting make phylogenetic network tracing of SARS-COV-2 infections unreliable
C. Mavian, Sergei L Kosakovsky Pond, S. Marini, B. Magalis +32 more
2020Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America73 citations Open access
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Neanderthal genomics suggests a pleistocene time frame for the first epidemiologic transition.
C. Houldcroft, S. Underdown
2016American Journal of Physical Anthropology70 citations Open access
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Superspreaders drive the largest outbreaks of hospital onset COVID-19 infections
Christopher J. R. Illingworth, W. Hamilton, B. Warne, M. Routledge +36 more
2021eLife60 citations Open access
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Severe Epstein–Barr virus infection in primary immunodeficiency and the normal host
A. Worth, C. Houldcroft, C. Booth
2016British Journal of Haematology54 citations
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Use of Whole-Genome Sequencing of Adenovirus in Immunocompromised Pediatric Patients to Identify Nosocomial Transmission and Mixed-Genotype Infection
C. Houldcroft, Sunando Roy, S. Morfopoulou, Ben K. Margetts +11 more
2018Journal of Infectious Diseases50 citations Open access
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Ancient herpes simplex 1 genomes reveal recent viral structure in Eurasia
Meriam Guellil, L. van Dorp, S. Inskip, Jenna M. Dittmar +17 more
2022bioRxiv42 citations Open access
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COVID-19, the first pandemic in the post-genomic era
L. van Dorp, C. Houldcroft, D. Richard, F. Balloux
2021Current Opinion in Virology40 citations Open access
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Detection of human adenovirus F41 in wastewater and its relationship to clinical cases of acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology.
M. Reyne, D. Allen, A. Levickas, P. Allingham +12 more
2022Science of the Total Environment33 citations Open access
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High Viral Diversity and Mixed Infections in Cerebral Spinal Fluid From Cases of Varicella Zoster Virus Encephalitis
D. Depledge, Juliana Cudini, S. Kundu, C. Atkinson +14 more
2018Journal of Infectious Diseases29 citations Open access
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Genomic epidemiology of COVID-19 in care homes in the east of England
W. Hamilton, G. Tonkin-Hill, Emily I. Smith, D. Aggarwal +33 more
2021eLife22 citations Open access
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Latent Cytomegalovirus-Driven Recruitment of Activated CD4+ T Cells Promotes Virus Reactivation
S. Jackson, Kevin C. Chen, Ian J. Groves, George X. Sedikides +9 more
2021Frontiers in Immunology20 citations Open access
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The Role of aDNA in Understanding the Coevolutionary Patterns of Human Sexually Transmitted Infections
V. Pimenoff, C. Houldcroft, Riaan F. Rifkin, S. Underdown
2018Genes20 citations Open access
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Migrating microbes: what pathogens can tell us about population movements and human evolution
C. Houldcroft, Jean-Baptiste Ramond, Riaan F. Rifkin, S. Underdown
2017Annals of Human Biology20 citations Open access
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Assessing Anti-HCMV Cell Mediated Immune Responses in Transplant Recipients and Healthy Controls Using a Novel Functional Assay
C. Houldcroft, S. Jackson, Eleanor Y. Lim, George X. Sedikides +9 more
2020Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology19 citations Open access
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Network analysis of the hominin origin of Herpes Simplex virus 2 from fossil data
S. Underdown, K. Kumar, C. Houldcroft
2017bioRxiv18 citations Open access
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Host Genetic Variants and Gene Expression Patterns Associated with Epstein-Barr Virus Copy Number in Lymphoblastoid Cell Lines
C. Houldcroft, V. Petrova, Jimmy Z. Liu, D. Frampton +3 more
2014PLoS ONE18 citations Open access
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Genomic epidemiology of human adenovirus F40 and F41 in coastal Kenya: A retrospective hospital-based surveillance study (2013–2022)
A. Lambisia, T. Makori, M. Mutunga, R. Cheruiyot +6 more
2022medRxiv17 citations Open access
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Using Whole Genome Sequences to Investigate Adenovirus Outbreaks in a Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Unit
Chloe E. Myers, C. Houldcroft, Sunando Roy, Ben K. Margetts +10 more
2021Frontiers in Microbiology16 citations Open access
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An Adagio for Viruses, Played Out on Ancient DNA
T. de-Dios, C. Scheib, C. Houldcroft
2023Genome Biology and Evolution15 citations Open access
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Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) deletions as biomarkers of response to treatment of chronic active EBV
C. Venturini, C. Houldcroft, A. Lazareva, Fanny Wegner +11 more
2021British Journal of Haematology15 citations Open access
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Tales from the crypt and coral reef: the successes and challenges of identifying new herpesviruses using metagenomics
C. Houldcroft, J. Breuer
2015Frontiers in Microbiology14 citations Open access
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Rapid implementation of real-time SARS-CoV-2 sequencing to investigate healthcare-associated COVID-19 infections
Luke W. Meredith, William L. Hamilton, B. Warne, C. Houldcroft +24 more
2020medRxiv13 citations Open access
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Human Herpesvirus Sequencing in the Genomic Era: The Growing Ranks of the Herpetic Legion
C. Houldcroft
2019Pathogens13 citations Open access
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Identification of novel adenovirus genotype 90 in children from Bangladesh
C. Houldcroft, M. Beale, M. Sayeed, F. Qadri +2 more
2018Microbial Genomics13 citations Open access
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Infectious disease in the Pleistocene: Old friends or old foes?
C. Houldcroft, S. Underdown
2023American Journal of Biological Anthropology12 citations Open access
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A2B-COVID: A method for evaluating potential SARS-CoV-2 transmission events
Christopher J. R. Illingworth, W. Hamilton, C. Jackson, Ashley Popay +34 more
2020medRxiv12 citations Open access
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HCMV carriage in the elderly diminishes anti-viral functionality of the adaptive immune response resulting in virus replication at peripheral sites
E. L. Davies, Mahlaqua Noor, Eleanor Y. Lim, C. Houldcroft +5 more
2022Frontiers in Immunology11 citations Open access
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Multiplex MinION sequencing suggests enteric adenovirus F41 genetic diversity comparable to pre-COVID-19 era
M. Maes, F. Khokhar, S. Wilkinson, Andrew D. Smith +8 more
2023Microbial Genomics10 citations Open access
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31,600-year-old human virus genomes support a Pleistocene origin for common childhood infections
Sofie Holtsmark Nielsen, L. van Dorp, C. Houldcroft, A. Pedersen +10 more
2021bioRxiv8 citations Open access
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A2B-COVID: A tool for rapidly evaluating potential SARS-CoV-2 transmission
Christopher J. R. Illingworth, William L. Hamilton, Christopher H. Jackson, 5 Ben +39 more
20227 citations
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Author response: Screening of healthcare workers for SARS-CoV-2 highlights the role of asymptomatic carriage in COVID-19 transmission
L. Rivett, Sushmita Sridhar, Dominic Sparkes, M. Routledge +133 more
20206 citations Open access
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Rapid implementation of SARS-CoV-2 sequencing to investigate healthcare-associated COVID-19 infections: a genomic epidemiology study
L. Meredith, W. Hamilton, B. Warne, C. Houldcroft +2 more
20205 citations
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Multispecies Cocirculation of Adenoviruses Identified by Next-Generation Sequencing During an Acute Gastroenteritis Outbreak in Coastal Kenya in 2023
A. Lambisia, M. Mutunga, E. Katama, C. Agoti +1 more
2024Open Forum Infectious Diseases4 citations Open access
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Identification of coxsackievirus A24 variant during an acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis outbreak in coastal Kenya, 2024
A. Lambisia, John Mwita Morobe, E. Moraa, S. Mwarumba +14 more
2024medRxiv4 citations Open access
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Reply to Jensen and Kowalik: Consideration of mixed infections is central to understanding HCMV intrahost diversity
C. Houldcroft, Juliana Cudini, R. Goldstein, J. Breuer
2019Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America4 citations Open access
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Human biology and ancient DNA: exploring disease, domestication and movement
C. Houldcroft, Riaan F. Rifkin, S. Underdown
2019Annals of Human Biology4 citations Open access
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Human cancers and mammalian retroviruses: should we worry about bovine leukemia virus?
A. Munro, C. Houldcroft
20164 citations Open access
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Rabid about whole lyssa genomes
Eva J Archer, C. Houldcroft
2014Nature Reviews Microbiology4 citations
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2026 Bundibugyo virus outbreak: the role of genomics in Orthoebolavirus outbreaks
C. Houldcroft
2026Microbial Genomics3 citations Open access
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Adenovirus‐Specific T Cells in Adults Are Frequent, Cross‐Reactive to Common Childhood Adenovirus Infections and Boosted by Adenovirus‐Vectored Vaccines
Rookmini Mukhopadhyay, A. Lambisia, Jennifer Hoang, Benjamin J. Ravenhill +3 more
2024medRxiv3 citations Open access
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COVID-19 infection dynamics in care homes in the East of England: a retrospective genomic epidemiology study
W. Hamilton, G. Tonkin-Hill, Emily I. Smith, D. Aggarwal +34 more
2020medRxiv3 citations Open access
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Sequencing drug-resistant cytomegalovirus in pediatric patients: toward personalized medicine
C. Houldcroft
20153 citations
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