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COVID-19: talk of ‘vaccine hesitancy’ lets governments off the hook Nature Katie Attwell, Adam Hannah & Julie Leask
Mucosal TLR2-activating protein-based vaccination induces potent pulmonary immunity and protection against SARS-CoV-2 in mice Nature Communications Anneliese S. Ashhurst, Matt D. Johansen, Joshua W. C. Maxwell, Skye Stockdale, Caroline L. Ashley, Anupriya Aggarwal, Rezwan Siddiquee, Stefan Miemczyk, Duc H. Nguyen, Joel P. Mackay, Claudio Counoupas, Scott N. Byrne, Stuart Turville, Megan Steain, James A. Triccas, Philip M. Hansbro, Richard J. Payne & Warwick J. Britton
Site-selective photocatalytic functionalization of peptides and proteins at selenocysteine Nature Communications Luke J. Dowman, Sameer S. Kulkarni, Juan V. Alegre-Requena, Andrew M. Giltrap, Alexander R. Norman, Ashish Sharma, Liliana C. Gallegos, Angus S. Mackay, Adarshi P. Welegedara, Emma E. Watson, Damian van Raad, Gerhard Niederacher, Susanne Huhmann, Nicholas Proschogo, Karishma Patel, Mark Larance, Christian F. W. Becker, Joel P. Mackay, Girish Lakhwani, Thomas Huber, Robert S. Paton & Richard J. Payne 
Off-season RSV epidemics in Australia after easing of COVID-19 restrictions Nature Communications John-Sebastian Eden, Chisha Sikazwe, Ruopeng Xie, Yi-Mo Deng, Sheena G. Sullivan, Alice Michie, Avram Levy, Elena Cutmore, Christopher C. Blyth, Philip N. Britton, Nigel Crawford, Xiaomin Dong, Dominic E. Dwyer, Kimberly M. Edwards, Bethany A. Horsburgh, David Foley, Karina Kennedy, Cara Minney-Smith, David Speers, Rachel L. Tulloch, Edward C. Holmes, Vijaykrishna Dhanasekaran, David W. Smith, Jen Kok, the Australian RSV study group
Co-infection with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and Delta variants revealed by genomic surveillance Nature Communications Rebecca J. Rockett, Jenny Draper, Mailie Gall, Eby M. Sim, Alicia Arnott, Jessica E. Agius, Jessica Johnson-Mackinnon, Winkie Fong, Elena Martinez, Alexander P. Drew, Clement Lee, Christine Ngo, Marc Ramsperger, Andrew N. Ginn, Qinning Wang, Michael Fennell, Danny Ko, Linda Hueston, Lukas Kairaitis, Edward C. Holmes, Matthew N. O’Sullivan, Sharon C.-A. Chen, Jen Kok, Dominic E. Dwyer & Vitali Sintchenko 
Rough and smooth variants of Mycobacterium abscessus are differentially controlled by host immunity during chronic infection of adult zebrafish Nature Communications Julia Y. Kam, Elinor Hortle, Elizabeth Krogman, Sherridan E. Warner, Kathryn Wright, Kaiming Luo, Tina Cheng, Pradeep Manuneedhi Cholan, Kazu Kikuchi, James A. Triccas, Warwick J. Britton, Matt D. Johansen, Laurent Kremer & Stefan H. Oehlers 
RNA viromes from terrestrial sites across China expand environmentalviral diversity  Nature Microbiology Yan-Mei Chen, Sabrina Sadiq, Jun-Hua Tian, Xiao Chen, Xian-Dan Lin, Jin-Jin Shen, Hao Chen, Zong-Yu Hao, Michelle Wille, Zhuo-Cheng Zhou, Jun Wu, Feng Li, Hong-Wei Wang, Wei-Di Yang, Qi-Yi Xu, Wen Wang, Wen-Hua Gao, Edward C. Holmes & Yong-Zhen Zhang
Diversity and evolution of the animal virome Nature Reviews Microbiology Erin Harvey & Edward C. Holmes
COVID-19—lessons for zoonotic disease Science Edward C. Holmes
The quality of energy- and macronutrient-balanced diets regulates host susceptibility to influenza in mice Cell Reports Taylor A. Cootes, Nayan D. Bhattacharyya, Susie S.Y. Huang, ..., Xinchun Chen, Stephen J. Simpson, Carl G. Feng 
An in situ analysis pipeline for initial host-pathogen interactions reveals signatures of human colorectal HIV transmission Cell Reports Heeva Baharlou, Nicolas Canete, Erica E. Vine, Scott N. Byrne, Anthony L. Cunningham, Andrew N. Harman.
Resistance Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant after Sotrovimab Use New England Journal of Medicine Rebecca Rockett, Kerri Basile, Susan Maddocks, Winkie Fong, Jessica E Agius, Jessica Johnson-Mackinnon, Alicia Arnott, Shona Chandra, Mailie Gall, Jenny Draper, Elena Martinez, Eby M Sim, Clement Lee, Christine Ngo, Marc Ramsperger, Andrew N Ginn, Qinning Wang, Michael Fennell, Danny Ko, H Ling Lim, Nicky Gilroy, Matthew V N O'Sullivan, Sharon C-A Chen, Jen Kok, Dominic E Dwyer , Vitali Sintchenko
Disease control tools to secure animal and public health in a densely populated world The Lancet Planetary Health Johannes Charlier, Herman W Barkema, Paul Becher, Paola De Benedictis, Ingrid Hansson, Isabel Hennig-Pauka, Roberto La Ragione, Lars E Larsen, Evelyn Madoroba, Dominiek Maes, Clara M Marín, Franco Mutinelli, Alasdair J Nisbet, Katarzyna Podgórska, Jozef Vercruysse, Fabrizio Vitale, Diana J L Williams, Ruth N Zadoks
Predictors of confidence and trust in government and institutions during the COVID-19 response in Australia The Lancet Regional Health -Western Pacific Brooke Nickel, Kristen Pickles, Erin Cvejic, Tessa Copp, Rachael H Dodd, Carissa Bonner, Holly Seale, Maryke Steffens, Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, Kirsten McCaffery
Inappropriate supply of antibiotics for common viral infections by community pharmacies in Vietnam: A standardised patient survey The Lancet Regional Health -Western Pacific Shukry Zawahir, Hien Thi Thu Le, Thu-Anh Nguyen, Justin Beardsley, Anh Duc Dang, Sarah Bernays, Kerri Viney, Thai Hung Cao, Dorothy Drabarek, Hoang Huy Tran, Son Tu Nguyen, Van Thi Thuy Pham, Tan Minh Luong, Hung Thi Mai Tran, Nhung Viet Nguyen, Stephen Jan, Ben J Marais, Joel Negin, Guy B Marks, Greg J Fox
Key lessons from the COVID-19 public health response in Australia The Lancet Regional Health -Western Pacific JM Basseal, CM Bennett, P Collignon, BJ Currie, DN Durrheim, J Leask, ES McBryde, P McIntyre, FM Russell, DW Smith, TC Sorrell, BJ Marais

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After the pandemic: perspectives on the future trajectory of COVID-19 Nature Amalio Telenti, Ann Arvin, Lawrence Corey, Davide Corti, Michael S. Diamond, Adolfo García-Sastre, Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Phillip S. Pang & Herbert W. Virgin.
Research priorities for COVID-19 sensor technology Nature Biotechnology Allison Tong, Tania C. Sorrell, Andrew J. Black, Corinne Caillaud, Wojciech Chrzanowski, Eugena Li, David Martinez-Martin, Alistair McEwan, Rex Wang, Alice Motion, Alvaro Casas Bedoya, Jun Huang, Lamiae Azizi, Benjamin J. Eggleton & the COVID-19 Sensor Research Priority-Setting Investigators.
In-depth single-cell analysis of translation-competent HIV-1 reservoirs identifies cellular sources of plasma viremia Nature Communications Basiel Cole, Laurens Lambrechts, Pierre Gantner, Ytse Noppe, Noah Bonine, Wojciech Witkowski, Lennie Chen, Sarah Palmer, James I. Mullins, Nicolas Chomont, Marion Pardons and Linos Vandekerckhove.
Human anogenital monocyte-derived dendritic cells and langerin+cDC2 are major HIV target cells Nature Communications Jake W. Rhodes,  Rachel A. Botting, Kirstie M. Bertram, Erica E. Vine, Hafsa Rana, Heeva Baharlou, Peter Vegh, Thomas R. O’Neil, Anneliese S. Ashhurst, James Fletcher, Grant P. Parnell, J. Dinny Graham, Najla Nasr, Jake J. K. Lim, Laith Barnouti, Peter Haertsch, Martijn P. Gosselink, Angelina Di Re, Faizur Reza, Grahame Ctercteko, Gregory J. Jenkins, Andrew J. Brooks, Ellis Patrick, Scott N. Byrne, Eric Hunter, Muzlifah A. Haniffa, Anthony L. Cunningham & Andrew N. Harman.
Neutralizing antibody levels are highly predictive of immune protection from symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection Nature Medicine David S. Khoury, Deborah Cromer, Arnold Reynaldi, Timothy E. Schlub, Adam K. Wheatley, Jennifer A. Juno, Kanta Subbarao, Stephen J. Kent, James A. Triccas & Miles P. Davenport.
SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Interest and Concern naming scheme conducive for global discourse Nature Microbiology Frank Konings, Mark D. Perkins, Jens H. Kuhn, Mark J. Pallen, Erik J. Alm, Brett N. Archer, Amal Barakat, Trevor Bedford, Jinal N. Bhiman, Leon Caly, Lisa L. Carter, Anne Cullinane, Tulio de Oliveira, Julian Druce, Ihab El Masry, Roger Evans, George F. Gao, Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Esther Hamblion, Belinda L. Herring, Emma Hodcroft, Edward C. Holmes, Manish Kakkar, Shagun Khare, Marion P. G. Koopmans, Bette Korber, Juliana Leite, Duncan MacCannell, Marco Marklewitz, Sebastian Maurer-Stroh, Jairo Andres Mendez Rico, Vincent J. Munster, Richard Neher, Bas Oude Munnink, Boris I. Pavlin, Malik Peiris, Leo Poon, Oliver Pybus, Andrew Rambaut, Paola Resende, Lorenzo Subissi, Volker Thiel, Suxiang Tong, Sylvie van der Werf, Anne von Gottberg, John Ziebuhr & Maria D. Van Kerkhove.
Addendum: A dynamic nomenclature proposal for SARS-CoV-2 lineages to assist genomic epidemiology Nature Microbiology Andrew Rambaut, Edward C. Holmes, Áine O’Toole, Verity Hill, John T. McCrone, Christopher Ruis, Louis du Plessis & Oliver G. Pybus.
Vaccine nationalism and the dynamics and control of SARS-CoV-2 Science Caroline C. Wagner, Chadi M. Saad-Roy, Sinead E. Morris, Rachel E. Baker, Michael, J. Mina, Jeremy Farrar, Edward C. Holmes, Oliver G. Pybus, Andrea I. Graham, Ezekiel, J. Emanuel, Simon A. Levin, C. Jessica E. Metcalf & Bryan T. Grenfel.
Epidemiological and evolutionary considerations of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine dosing regimes Science Chadi M. Saad-Roy Sinead E. Morris, C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Michael J. Mina,  Rachel E. Baker, Jeremy Farrar, Edward C. Holmes Oliver G. Pybus, Andrea I. Graham, Simon A. Levin, Bryan T. Grenfell & Caroline C. Wagner.
The origins of SARS-CoV-2: A critical review Cell Edward C. Holmes, Stephen A. Goldstein, Angela L. Rasmussen, David L. Robertson, Alexander Crits-Christoph, Joel O. Wertheim, Simon J. Anthony, Wendy S. Barclay, Maciej F. Boni, Peter C. Doherty, Jeremy Farrar, Jemma L. Geoghegan, Xiaowei Jiang, Julian L. Leibowitz, Stuart J.D. Neil, Tim Skern, Susan R. Weiss, Michael Worobey, Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry & Andrew Rambaut.

Identification of novel bat coronaviruses sheds light on the evolutionary origins of SARS-CoV-2 and related viruses

Cell Hong Zhou, Jingkai Ji, Xing Chen, Yuhai Bi, Juan Li, Qihui Wang, Tao Hu, Hao Song, Runchu Zhao, Yanhua Chen, Mingxue Cui, Yanyan Zhang, Alice C. Hughes, Edward C. Holmes & Weifeng Shi.
Dolutegravir as First- or Second-Line Treatment for HIV-1 Infection in Children New England Journal of Medicine Anna Turkova, Ellen White, Hilda A. Mujuru, Adeodata R. Kekitiinwa, Cissy M. Kityo, Avy Violari, Abbas Lugemwa, Tim R. Cressey, Philippa Musoke, Ebrahim Variava,Mark F. Cotton, Moherndran Archary, Thanyawee Puthanakit, Osee Behuhuma, Robin Kobbe, Steven B. Welch, Mutsa Bwakura-Dangarembizi, Pauline Amuge, Elizabeth Kaudha, Linda Barlow-Mosha, Shafic Makumbi, Nastassja Ramsagar, Chaiwat Ngampiyaskul, Godfrey Musoro, Lorna Atwine, Afaaf Liberty, Victor Musiime, Dickson Bbuye, Grace M. Ahimbisibwe, Suwalai Chalermpantmetagul, Shabinah Ali, Tatiana Sarfati, Ben Wynne, Clare Shakeshaft, Angela Colbers, Nigel Klein, Sarah Bernays, Yacine Saïdi, Alexandra Coelho, Tiziana Grossele, Alexandra Compagnucci, Carlo Giaquinto, Pablo Rojo, Deborah Ford and Diana M. Gibb, for the ODYSSEY Trial Team.
Neuroinflammation triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection: syndromes and therapies The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Russell C Dale, Shekeeb S Mohammad and Philip N Britton.
Testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection: a key strategy to keeping schools and universities open The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Archana Koirala, Nicholas Wood and Kristine Macartney.
COVID-19 vaccine intentions in Australia - The Lancet Infectious Diseases The Lancet Infectious Diseases Kristen Pickles, Tessa Copp, Rachael H Dodd, Erin Cvejic, Holly Seale, Maryke S Steffens, Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, Carissa Bonner and Kirsten J McCaffery.
Willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19 in Australia - The Lancet Infectious Diseases The Lancet Infectious Diseases Rachael H Dodd, Erin Cvejic, Carissa Bonner, Kristen Pickles and Kirsten J McCaffery.  
Concerns and motivations about COVID-19 vaccination The Lancet Infectious Diseases Rachael H Dodd, Kristen Pickles, Brooke Nickel, Erin Cvejic, Julie Ayre, Carys Batcup, Carissa Bonner, Tessa Copp, Samuel Cornell, Thomas Dakin, Jennifer Isautier and Kirsten J McCaffery.  
Time to prioritise influenza vaccination in pregnancy   The Lancet Infectious Diseases Jean Li-Kim-Moy and Kristine Macartney.  
Genomics-informed responses in the elimination of COVID-19 in Victoria, Australia: an observational, genomic epidemiological study - The Lancet Public Health The Lancet Public Health
Courtney R Lane, Norelle L Sherry, Ashleigh F Porter, Sebastian Duchene, Kristy Horan, Patiyan Andersson, Mathilda Wilmot, Annabelle Turner, Sally Dougall, Sandra A Johnson, Michelle Sait, Anders Gonçalves da Silva, Susan A Ballard, Tuyet Hoang, Timothy P Stinear, Leon Caly, Vitali Sintchenko, Rikki Graham, Jamie McMahon, Prof David Smith, Lex EX Leong, Ella M Meumann, Louise Cooley, Benjamin Schwessinger, Prof William Rawlinson, Sebastiaan J van Hal, Nicola Stephens, Mike Catton, Clare Looker, Simon Crouch, Brett Sutton, Charles Alpren, Deborah A Williamson, Torsten Seemann and Benjamin P Howden.
Community-wide active case finding and tuberculosis infection in children The Lancet Public Health Guy B Marks, Thu-Anh Nguyen and Gregory J Fox.  
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a health systems intervention for latent tuberculosis infection management (ACT4): a cluster-randomised trial The Lancet Public Health Olivia Oxlade, Andrea Benedetti, Mênonli Adjobimey, Hannah Alsdurf, Severin Anagonou, Victoria J Cook, Dina Fisher, Greg J Fox, Federica Fregonese, Panji Hadisoemarto, Philip C Hill, James Johnston, Faiz Ahmad Khan, Richard Long, Nhung V Nguyen, Thu Anh Nguyen, Joseph Obeng, Rovina Ruslami, Kevin Schwartzman, Anete Trajman, Chantal Valiquette, Dick Menzies.
The importance of addressing social inequalities and targeting the undecided to promote vaccination against COVID-19 The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific Tomas Rozbroj and Kirsten McCaffery.
How will mass-vaccination change COVID-19 lockdown requirements in Australia The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific Cameron Zachreson, Sheryl L. Chang, Oliver M. Cliff and Mikhail Prokopenko.
Experience in responding to COVID-19 outbreaks from Vietnam The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific Thu Anh Nguyen, Binh Thi Cam Nguyen, Duyen Thi Duong, Guy B. Marks and Greg J. Fox.