Christopher Illingworth

About Christopher Illingworth

Christopher Illingworth, With an exceptional h-index of 29 and a recent h-index of 20 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Cambridge, specializes in the field of Population genetics, Rapid evolutionary processes, Pathogen evolution.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Genetic consequences of effective and suboptimal dosing with mutagenic drugs in a hamster model of SARS-CoV-2 infection

The airborne transmission of viruses causes tight transmission bottlenecks

The NOSTRA model: coherent estimation of infection sources in the case of possible nosocomial transmission

Epidemiological inference at the threshold of data availability: an influenza A (H1N2) v spillover event in the United Kingdom

A qualitative process evaluation using the behaviour change wheel approach: Did a whole genome sequence report form (SRF) used to reduce nosocomial SARS‐CoV‐2 within UK …

Insights into the implementation of a whole genome sequencing report form (SRF) to reduce nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 within UK hospitals: a qualitative process evaluation using …

FXR inhibition may protect from SARS-CoV-2 infection by reducing ACE2

Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in a UK university identifies dynamics of transmission

Christopher Illingworth Information

University

Position

MRC Biostatistics Unit

Citations(all)

3335

Citations(since 2020)

2361

Cited By

1658

hIndex(all)

29

hIndex(since 2020)

20

i10Index(all)

48

i10Index(since 2020)

33

Email

University Profile Page

Google Scholar

Christopher Illingworth Skills & Research Interests

Population genetics

Rapid evolutionary processes

Pathogen evolution

Top articles of Christopher Illingworth

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Genetic consequences of effective and suboptimal dosing with mutagenic drugs in a hamster model of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Virus Evolution

Christopher J R Illingworth

Jose A Guerra-Assuncao

Samuel Gregg

Oscar Charles

Juanita Pang

...

2024/1/1

The airborne transmission of viruses causes tight transmission bottlenecks

bioRxiv

Patrick Sinclair

Lei Zhao

Clive Beggs

Christopher JR Illingworth

2023/4/14

The NOSTRA model: coherent estimation of infection sources in the case of possible nosocomial transmission

arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.11837

David J Pascall

Chris Jackson

Stephanie Evans

Theodore Gouliouris

Chris Illingworth

...

2024/1/22

Epidemiological inference at the threshold of data availability: an influenza A (H1N2) v spillover event in the United Kingdom

bioRxiv

John A Fozard

Emma C Thomson

Christopher Illingworth

2024

A qualitative process evaluation using the behaviour change wheel approach: Did a whole genome sequence report form (SRF) used to reduce nosocomial SARS‐CoV‐2 within UK …

British Journal of Health Psychology

Paul Flowers

Ruth Leiser

Fiona Mapp

Julie McLeod

Oliver Stirrup

...

2023/11

Insights into the implementation of a whole genome sequencing report form (SRF) to reduce nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 within UK hospitals: a qualitative process evaluation using …

Ruth Leiser

Julie McLeod

Fiona Mapp

Oliver Stirrup

James Blackstone

...

2023/7/13

FXR inhibition may protect from SARS-CoV-2 infection by reducing ACE2

Nature

Teresa Brevini

Mailis Maes

Gwilym J Webb

Binu V John

Claudia D Fuchs

...

2023/3/2

Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in a UK university identifies dynamics of transmission

Nature Communications

Dinesh Aggarwal

Ben Warne

Aminu S Jahun

William L Hamilton

Thomas Fieldman

...

2022/2/8

Within-host virus evolution during the extended treatment of RSV infection with mutagenic drugs

medRxiv

Christopher JR Illingworth

Alexandra Y Kreins

Adriana Margarit-Soler

Tim Best

Patricia Dyal

...

2022/9/18

Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in a university outbreak setting and implications for public health planning

Scientific Reports

Sema Nickbakhsh

Joseph Hughes

Nicolaos Christofidis

Emily Griffiths

Sharif Shaaban

...

2022/7/19

An entropic safety catch controls hepatitis C virus entry and antibody resistance

eLife

Lenka Stejskal

Mphatso D Kalemera

Charlotte B Lewis

Machaela Palor

Lucas Walker

...

2022/7/7

Transmission of B. 1.617. 2 Delta variant between vaccinated healthcare workers

Scientific Reports

Steven A Kemp

Mark TK Cheng

William L Hamilton

Kimia Kamelian

Sujit Singh

...

2022/6/21

Addenbrooke’s Air Disinfection Study-Implementation of air disinfection to prevent hospital acquired infections on inpatient wards for older people: A pragmatic controlled …

Victoria Keevil

Robert Goudie

Matthew Butler

Andrew Conway-Morris

Clive Beggs

...

2022/11/3

A2B-COVID: a tool for rapidly evaluating potential SARS-CoV-2 transmission events

Molecular biology and evolution

Christopher JR Illingworth

William L Hamilton

Christopher Jackson

Ben Warne

Ashley Popay

...

2022/3/1

SARS-CoV-2 evolution during treatment of chronic infection

Nature

Steven A Kemp

Dami A Collier

Rawlings P Datir

Isabella ATM Ferreira

Salma Gayed

...

2021/4/8

Efficacy of FFP3 respirators for prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare workers

Elife

Mark Ferris

Rebecca Ferris

Chris Workman

Eoin O'Connor

David A Enoch

...

2021/11/16

Superspreaders drive the largest outbreaks of hospital onset COVID-19 infections

elife

Christopher JR Illingworth

William L Hamilton

Ben Warne

Matthew Routledge

Ashley Popay

...

2021/8/24

Applying prospective genomic surveillance to support investigation of hospital-onset COVID-19

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

William L Hamilton

Tom Fieldman

Aminu Jahun

Ben Warne

Christopher JR Illingworth

...

2021/7/1

Five challenges in the field of viral diversity and evolution

Frontiers in Virology

Rafael Sanjuán

Christopher JR Illingworth

Jemma L Geoghegan

Jaime Iranzo

Mark P Zwart

...

2021

Favipiravir and zanamivir cleared infection with influenza B in a severely immunocompromised child

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Casper K Lumby

Lei Zhao

Macarena Oporto

Tim Best

Helena Tutill

...

2020/10/1

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