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M. Kaforou

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h-index: 30
Works: 119
Citations: 5,874

Most-cited papers

Clinical Characteristics of 58 Children With a Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Temporally Associated With SARS-CoV-2.
E. Whittaker, A. Bamford, J. Kenny, M. Kaforou +16 more
2020Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)1,770 citations Open access
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Immunomodulatory Treatment of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children
A. McArdle, O. Vito, Harsita Patel, Eleanor G. Seaby +15 more
2021New England Journal of Medicine265 citations Open access
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The SARS-CoV-2 variant, Omicron, shows rapid replication in human primary nasal epithelial cultures and efficiently uses the endosomal route of entry
T. Peacock, Jonathan C. Brown, Jie Zhou, Nazia Thakur +6 more
2022258 citations Open access
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SARS-CoV-2–related MIS-C: A key to the viral and genetic causes of Kawasaki disease?
V. Sancho-Shimizu, P. Brodin, A. Cobat, C. Biggs +147 more
2021Journal of Experimental Medicine133 citations Open access
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The altered entry pathway and antigenic distance of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant map to separate domains of spike protein
T. Peacock, Jonathan C. Brown, Jie Zhou, Nazia Thakur +16 more
2022bioRxiv123 citations Open access
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Diagnosis of Kawasaki Disease Using a Minimal Whole-Blood Gene Expression Signature
V. Wright, J. Herberg, M. Kaforou, C. Shimizu +16 more
2018JAMA pediatrics110 citations Open access
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Next-generation molecular diagnostics: Leveraging digital technologies to enhance multiplexing in real-time PCR
L. Kreitmann, L. Miglietta, Ke Xu, K. Malpartida-Cardenas +6 more
2023Trends in Analytical Chemistry (TrAC)68 citations Open access
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Guidance for Studies Evaluating the Accuracy of Biomarker-Based Nonsputum Tests to Diagnose Tuberculosis.
P. Drain, J. Gardiner, Haylea Hannah, T. Broger +10 more
2019Journal of Infectious Diseases63 citations Open access
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An Exported Kinase Family Mediates Species-Specific Erythrocyte Remodelling and Virulence in Human Malaria
Heledd Davies, Hugo Belda, Malgorzata Broncel, Xingda Ye +8 more
2020Nature Microbiology61 citations Open access
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Interferon-induced Protein-44 and Interferon-induced Protein 44-like restrict replication of Respiratory Syncytial Virus
D. C. Busse, D. Habgood-Coote, S. Clare, C. Brandt +7 more
2020bioRxiv57 citations Open access
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Diagnosis of Bacterial Infection Using a 2-Transcript Host RNA Signature in Febrile Infants 60 Days or Younger
M. Kaforou, J. Herberg, V. Wright, L. Coin +1 more
2017Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)56 citations
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Subgroups of Kawasaki disease patients: A data-driven cluster analysis
Hao Wang, C. Shimizu, Emelia Bainto, Shea Hamilton +8 more
2023The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health53 citations Open access
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A Novel Framework for Phenotyping Children With Suspected or Confirmed Infection for Future Biomarker Studies
R. Nijman, R. Oostenbrink, H. Moll, C. Casals-Pascual +29 more
2021Frontiers in Pediatrics50 citations Open access
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Translation of a Host Blood RNA Signature Distinguishing Bacterial From Viral Infection Into a Platform Suitable for Development as a Point-of-Care Test
I. Pennisi, J. Rodriguez-Manzano, Ahmad Moniri, M. Kaforou +3 more
2021JAMA pediatrics48 citations Open access
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Interferon-Induced Protein 44 and Interferon-Induced Protein 44-Like Restrict Replication of Respiratory Syncytial Virus
D. C. Busse, D. Habgood-Coote, S. Clare, Cordelia Brandt +7 more
2020Journal of Virology48 citations Open access
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Identification of Reduced Host Transcriptomic Signatures for Tuberculosis Disease and Digital PCR-Based Validation and Quantification
H. Gliddon, M. Kaforou, M. Alikian, D. Habgood-Coote +17 more
2021Frontiers in Immunology43 citations Open access
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Immunoglobulin, glucocorticoid, or combination therapy for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: a propensity-weighted cohort study
S. Channon-Wells, O. Vito, A. McArdle, Eleanor G. Seaby +21 more
2023The Lancet Rheumatology42 citations Open access
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Diagnosis of childhood febrile illness using a multi-class blood RNA molecular signature.
D. Habgood-Coote, Clare Wilson, C. Shimizu, A. M. Barendregt +34 more
2023i Medicina38 citations Open access
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Immunological factors, but not clinical features, predict visceral leishmaniasis relapse in patients co-infected with HIV
Y. Takele, T. Mulaw, E. Adem, C. Shaw +8 more
2021bioRxiv36 citations Open access
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Sensitivity of shotgun metagenomics to host DNA: abundance estimates depend on bioinformatic tools and contamination is the main issue
A. McArdle, M. Kaforou
2020Access Microbiology36 citations Open access
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Characterisation of the blood RNA host response underpinning severity in COVID-19 patients
H. Jackson, I. Rivero-Calle, C. Broderick, Dominic Habgood-Coote +86 more
2021Scientific Reports34 citations Open access
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Shigella sonnei infection of zebrafish reveals that O-antigen mediates neutrophil tolerance and dysentery incidence
V. Torraca, M. Kaforou, Jayne Watson, Gina M. Duggan +9 more
2019bioRxiv32 citations Open access
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Transcriptomics for child and adolescent tuberculosis
M. Kaforou, C. Broderick, O. Vito, M. Levin +2 more
2022Immunological Reviews30 citations Open access
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Discovery and validation of a three-gene signature to distinguish COVID-19 and other viral infections in emergency infectious disease presentations: a case-control and observational cohort study
Ho-Kwong Li, M. Kaforou, J. Rodriguez-Manzano, S. Channon-Wells +20 more
2021The Lancet Microbe27 citations Open access
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Host gene expression signatures to identify infection type and organ dysfunction in children evaluated for sepsis: a multicentre cohort study.
L. Schlapbach, D. Ganesamoorthy, Clare Wilson, Sainath Raman +19 more
2024The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health26 citations Open access
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A multi-platform approach to identify a blood-based host protein signature for distinguishing between bacterial and viral infections in febrile children (PERFORM): a multi-cohort machine learning study.
H. Jackson, J. Zandstra, Stephanie Menikou, M. S. Hamilton +35 more
2023The Lancet Digital Health26 citations Open access
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Whole Blood Gene Expression Reveals Specific Transcriptome Changes in Neonatal Encephalopathy
P. Montaldo, M. Kaforou, G. Pollara, D. Hervás-Marín +14 more
2018Neonatology24 citations Open access
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Antiviral metabolite 3′-deoxy-3′,4′-didehydro-cytidine is detectable in serum and identifies acute viral infections including COVID-19
Ravi Mehta, E. Chekmeneva, H. Jackson, Caroline J. Sands +14 more
2021medRxiv23 citations Open access
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Plasma lipid profiles discriminate bacterial from viral infection in febrile children
Xinzhu Wang, R. Nijman, S. Camuzeaux, Caroline J. Sands +19 more
2019Scientific Reports23 citations Open access
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Whole-Blood Gene Expression Profile After Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
P. Montaldo, Constance Burgod, J. Herberg, M. Kaforou +15 more
2024JAMA Network Open22 citations Open access
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Relationship between molecular pathogen detection and clinical disease in febrile children across Europe: a multicentre, prospective observational study
P. Shah, M. Voice, L. Calvo-Bado, I. Rivero-Calle +46 more
2023The Lancet Regional Health - Europe22 citations Open access
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Diagnosis of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children by a Whole-Blood Transcriptional Signature
H. Jackson, L. Miglietta, D. Habgood-Coote, Giselle D'Souza +48 more
2023Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society21 citations Open access
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Placental macrophage responses to viral and bacterial ligands and the influence of fetal sex
Paschalia Pantazi, M. Kaforou, Zhonghua Tang, V. Abrahams +3 more
2022iScience20 citations Open access
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A diagnostic host-specific transcriptome response for Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia to guide pediatric patient treatment
S. Viz-Lasheras, A. Gómez-Carballa, Xabier Bello, I. Rivero-Calle +29 more
2025Nature Communications19 citations Open access
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Host transcriptional response to TB preventive therapy differentiates two sub-groups of IGRA-positive individuals
C. Broderick, J. Cliff, Ji-Sook Lee, M. Kaforou +1 more
2020bioRxiv18 citations Open access
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Expression Atlas in 2026: enabling FAIR and open expression data through community collaboration and integration
Pedro Madrigal, Anil S. Thanki, Silvie Fexova, Iris D Yu +44 more
2025Nucleic Acids Research17 citations Open access
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Kawasaki Disease Patient Stratification and Pathway Analysis Based on Host Transcriptomic and Proteomic Profiles
H. Jackson, Stephanie Menikou, Shea Hamilton, A. McArdle +15 more
2021bioRxiv17 citations Open access
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Evaluation of Phoenix Sepsis Score Criteria: Exploratory Analysis of Characteristics and Outcomes in an Emergency Transport PICU Cohort From the United Kingdom, 2014–2016
M. Carter, Joshua Hageman, Y. Feinstein, J. Herberg +7 more
2025Pediatric Critical Care Medicine16 citations Open access
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Recurrent visceral leishmaniasis relapses in HIV co-infected patients are characterized by less efficient immune responses and higher parasite load
Y. Takele, T. Mulaw, E. Adem, R. Womersley +7 more
2022iScience16 citations Open access
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Unravelling the transcriptome of the human tuberculosis lesion and its clinical implications
Kaori L. Fonseca, J. Lozano, A. Despuig, D. Habgood-Coote +23 more
2022Nature Communications16 citations Open access
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Transcriptomic profile of adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes after neonatal encephalopathy
P. Montaldo, A. Cunnington, V. Oliveira, R. Swamy +31 more
2020Scientific Reports15 citations Open access
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Bacteremia in Childhood Life-Threatening Infections in Urban Gambia: EUCLIDS in West Africa
F. Secka, J. Herberg, I. Sarr, S. Darboe +21 more
2019Open Forum Infectious Diseases15 citations Open access
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SARS-CoV-2 human challenge reveals biomarkers that discriminate early and late phases of respiratory viral infections
J. Rosenheim, Rishi K. Gupta, C. Thakker, Tiffeney Mann +31 more
2024Nature Communications14 citations Open access
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Comparative transcriptomic analysis reveals translationally relevant processes in mouse models of malaria
Athina Georgiadou, Claire Dunican, Pablo Soro-Barrio, Hyun Jae Lee +2 more
2021bioRxiv14 citations Open access
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Immunity to Streptococcus pyogenes and Common Respiratory Viruses at Age 0 to 4 Years After COVID-19 Restrictions
K. Dokal, S. Channon-Wells, C. Davis, D. Estrada-Rivadeneyra +55 more
2025JAMA Network Open13 citations Open access
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Discrimination of bacterial and viral infection using host-RNA signatures integrated in a lab-on-chip platform.
I. Pennisi, Ahmad Moniri, N. Miscourides, L. Miglietta +7 more
2022Biosensors & bioelectronics13 citations Open access
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A 5-transcript signature for discriminating viral and bacterial etiology in pediatric pneumonia
S. Viz-Lasheras, A. Gómez-Carballa, J. Pardo-Seco, Xabier Bello +37 more
2024medRxiv11 citations Open access
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Plasma Protein Biomarkers Distinguish Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children From Other Pediatric Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases
S. Yeoh, D. Estrada-Rivadeneyra, H. Jackson, I. Keren +31 more
2024The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal10 citations Open access
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Heterozygous BTNL8 variants in individuals with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)
Evangelos Bellos, Dilys Santillo, P. Vantourout, H. Jackson +91 more
2024Journal of Experimental Medicine10 citations Open access
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Raising AWaRe-ness of Antimicrobial Stewardship Challenges in Pediatric Emergency Care: Results from the PERFORM Study Assessing Consistency and Appropriateness of Antibiotic Prescribing Across Europe
L. Kolberg, A. Khanijau, F. V. D. van der Velden, J. Herberg +33 more
2023Clinical Infectious Diseases10 citations Open access
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