Publications: Dr Hamzah Farooq

Farooq HZ, Whitton L, Mwendera C, Divall P, Spitters SJIM, Anderson J, Thornhill JP ( 2024 ) . Virtual care pathways for people living with HIV: A mixed‐methods systematic review . HIV Medicine

Farooq HZ, James M, Abbott J, Oyibo P, Divall P, Choudhry N, Foster GR ( 2024 ) . Risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma associated with hepatitis C genotype 3 infection: A systematic review . World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology vol. 16 , ( 4 ) 1596 - 1612 .

Haigh DA, Mistry D, Farooq HZ, Ajdukiewicz KMB ( 2023 ) . A major pain in the hip - Destruction of the left acetabulum and femoral head secondary to Tuberculosis: A case report and review of the literature . Infectious Medicine vol. 3 , ( 1 )

Farooq HZ, Iqbal S, Davies E, Tholouli E, Machin N, Dignan FL ( 2023 ) . The reduced incidence of respiratory viral infections in transplant recipients during the COVID-19 pandemic – A retrospective observational cross-sectional analysis of admissions to a tertiary haematology unit . Clinical Infection in Practice vol. 20 ,

Farooq HZ, Apea V, Kasadha B, Ullah S, Hilton-Smith G, Haley A, Scherzer J, Hand J et al. ( 2023 ) . Study protocol: the ILANA study – exploring optimal implementation strategies for long-acting antiretroviral therapy to ensure equity in clinical care and policy for women, racially minoritised people and older people living with HIV in the UK – a qualitative multiphase longitudinal study design . BMJ Open vol. 13 , ( 7 )

O'Hara RW, Brown B, Hughes A, McEwan A, Birtles A, Hawker A, Davies E, Farooq HZ et al. ( 2022 ) . Evaluation of the artus® Prep&Amp UM RT-PCR for detection of SARS-CoV-2 from nasopharyngeal swabs without prior nucleic acid eluate extraction . Journal of Clinical Virology Plus vol. 2 , ( 3 )

Singh B, Lant S, Cividini S, Cattrall JWS, Goodwin LC, Benjamin L, Michael BD, Khawaja A et al. ( 2022 ) . Prognostic indicators and outcomes of hospitalised COVID-19 patients with neurological disease: An individual patient data meta-analysis . PLOS ONE vol. 17 , ( 6 )

Brown B, O'Hara RW, Guiver M, Davies E, Birtles A, Farooq H, Verma A, Guo H et al. ( 2022 ) . Evaluation of a novel direct RT-LAMP assay for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 from saliva samples in asymptomatic individuals . Journal of Clinical Virology Plus vol. 2 , ( 2 )

Davies E, Farooq HZ, Brown B, Tilston P, McEwan A, Birtles A, O'Hara RW, Ahmad S et al. ( 2022 ) . An Overview of SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Diagnostics in Europe . Clinics in Laboratory Medicine vol. 42 , ( 2 ) 161 - 191 .

Cannon L, Tholouli E, Ward C, Farooq H, Kingston M ( 2021 ) . Use of pritelivir in refractory aciclovir-resistant herpes simplex virus type 2 . International Journal of STD & AIDS vol. 32 , ( 10 ) 978 - 980 .

Farooq HZ, Davies E, Brown B, Whitfield T, Tilston P, McEwan A, Birtles A, O'Hara R et al. ( 2021 ) . Real-world SARS CoV-2 testing in Northern England during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic . Journal of Infection vol. 83 , ( 1 ) 84 - 91 .

Farooq HZ, Cirillo DM, Hillemann D, Wyllie D, van der Werf MJ, Ködmön C, Nikolayevskyy V ( 2021 ) . Limited Capability for Testing Mycobacterium tuberculosis for Susceptibility to New Drugs - Volume 27, Number 3—March 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC . Emerging Infectious Diseases vol. 27 , ( 3 ) 985 - 987 .

Farooq H, Beveridge N, Fletcher T, Ghani E, Jamil B, Hasan Z, Ikram A, Safdar RM et al. ( 2020 ) . A systematic review on the incidence and mortality of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in Pakistan . International Journal of Infectious Diseases . vol. 101 ,

Farooq HZ, Davies E, Ahmad S, Machin N, Hesketh L, Guiver M, Turner AJ ( 2020 ) . Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) — Surveillance and testing in North England from 2012 to 2019 . International Journal of Infectious Diseases vol. 93 , 237 - 244 .

Farooq HZ, Arfeen F, Davies C, Ahmad S, Ajdukiewicz KMB ( 2020 ) . Disseminated histoplasmosis complicated by concurrent opportunistic infections in a person living with HIV (PLHIV) — The need for infectious disease high dependency units in the United Kingdom . Clinical Infection in Practice vol. 3 ,

( 2019 ) . Abstracts of the 17th European AIDS Conference, Basel, Switzerland, 6-9 November 2019 . HIV Med vol. 20 Suppl 9 , 3 - 316 .

Thompson JV, Farooq HZ, Ajdukiewicz KMB ( 2019 ) . Severe malaria complicated by bilateral compartment syndrome of the forearms – A case report . Clinical Infection in Practice vol. 2 ,

( 2018 ) . HIV Glasgow 2018, 28–31 October 2018, Glasgow, UK . Journal of the International AIDS Society vol. 21 , ( Suppl Suppl 8 )

Spencer H, Ustianowski A, Farooq H ( 2018 ) . Assessment of fever in the returning traveller . British Journal of Hospital Medicine . vol. 79 , 560 - 566 .

Leoni MC, Ustianowski A, Farooq H, Arends JE ( 2018 ) . HIV, HCV and HBV: A Review of Parallels and Differences . Infectious Diseases and Therapy vol. 7 , ( 4 ) 407 - 419 .