Mechanisms of inter-epidemic maintenance of Rift Valley fever phlebovirus

M Rissmann, F Stoek, MJ Pickin, MH Groschup - Antiviral research, 2020 - Elsevier
Rift Valley fever phlebovirus (RVFV) is an arthropod-borne virus that has caused substantial
epidemics throughout Africa and in the Arabian Peninsula. The virus can cause severe …

Fathers' perspectives on breastfeeding: ideas for intervention

N Sherriff, V Hall, M Pickin - British Journal of Midwifery, 2009 - magonlinelibrary.com
This article presents the findings of a small-scale qualitative study with fathers which was part
of a larger social marketing project focusing on increasing rates of exclusive breastfeeding …

Evaluation of advanced access in the national primary care collaborative

M Pickin, A O'Cathain, FC Sampson, S Dixon - British Journal of General …, 2004 - bjgp.org
Background: An aim of the National Primary Care Collaborative is to improve quality and
access for patients in primary care using principles of Advanced Access. Aims: To determine …

[HTML][HTML] What role for statins: a review and economic model

…, GD Smith, C McCabe, N Payne, M Pickin… - Database of Abstracts …, 1999 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
MEDLINE and the Cochrane CENTRAL Register were searched from 1993 to Nov 1997 (search
terms listed). In addition, the reference lists of retrieved articles and previous meta-…

Evidence for viral mRNA export from Ebola virus inclusion bodies by the nuclear RNA export factor NXF1

…, J Brandt, DS Ushakov, BS Bodmer, MJ Pickin… - Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
… Afterward, the cells were treated with 0.1 M glycine in PBS and permeabilized using 0.1%
Triton X-100 in PBS. Cells were blocked with 10% FCS in PBS for 45 min before incubation …

[HTML][HTML] The multiple sclerosis risk sharing scheme monitoring study–early results and lessons for the future

M Pickin, CL Cooper, T Chater, A O'Hagan, KR Abrams… - BMC neurology, 2009 - Springer
Background Risk sharing schemes represent an innovative and important approach to the
problems of rationing and achieving cost-effectiveness in high cost or controversial health …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in blood-fed Hyalomma ticks collected from Mauritanian livestock

A Schulz, Y Barry, F Stoek, MJ Pickin, A Ba… - Parasites & …, 2021 - Springer
Background Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) belongs to the genus
Orthonairovirus (Nairovididae) and is a (re)emerging tick-borne pathogen. It is endemic in most …

Impact of same-day appointments on patient satisfaction with general practice appointment systems

F Sampson, M Pickin, A O'Cathain, S Goodall… - British Journal of …, 2008 - bjgp.org
Following recent concerns about patients' inability to book appointments in advance, this study
examined the relationship between the proportion of GP appointments reserved for same-…

Advanced access: more than just GP waiting times?

S Dixon, FC Sampson, A O'Cathain, M Pickin - Family practice, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Background. Advanced access has been forwarded as a strategy for reducing waiting times
in primary care; however, previous evaluations have raised important issues regarding its …

Comparison of crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever virus and aigai virus in life cycle modeling systems reveals a difference in l protein activity

MJ Pickin, S Devignot, F Weber… - Journal of Virology, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
… Encoded on the M segment, the glycoproteins are produced as a glycoprotein precursor (GPC)
polyprotein, which is cleaved and posttranslationally modified to give rise to the structural …