| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Institution | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
| Degree | MSc Epidemiology |
| Module | Summer Project |
| Title | National-level drivers of heterogeneity of pneumococcal carriage |
| Candidate name | Megan Verma |
| Primary supervisor | Sam Clifford |
| Associate supervisor | Stefan Flasche |
Clifford, Samuel, Maria Knoll, W John Edmunds, Katherine O’Brien, Stefan Flasche, and Olivier le Polain de Waroux. 2022. 'Global landscape of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes colonising healthy individuals worldwide; a systematic review and meta-analysis'. 12th International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases, Toronto, Canada, 19-23 June 2022. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19923920
Flasche, Stefan, Olivier Le Polain de Waroux, Katherine L. O’Brien, and W. John Edmunds. 2015. 'The Serotype Distribution among Healthy Carriers before Vaccination Is Essential for Predicting the Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Invasive Disease'. Edited by Daniel Martin Weinberger. PLOS Computational Biology 11 (4): e1004173. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004173.
Le Polain de Waroux, Olivier, Stefan Flasche, David Prieto-Merino, and W. John Edmunds. 2014. 'Age-Dependent Prevalence of Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Streptococcus Pneumoniae before Conjugate Vaccine Introduction: A Prediction Model Based on a Meta-Analysis'. Edited by Hiroshi Nishiura. PLoS ONE 9 (1): e86136. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086136
This project is a secondary analysis of data collected as part of the RESPICAR project, funded by a grant to Oliver le Polain de Waroux from the World Health Organisation and by a Fellowship to Stefan Flasche jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society (grant number: 208812/Z/17/Z).
Ethical approval was granted by LSHTM's MSc Research Ethics Committe 13 July 2022 (Ref 27758) conditional on local approval being in place for primary data collection.
Homework tasks are found in the homework folder