By Ms Madeeha Afzal

Journal articles

Urmi UL; Yasir M; Afzal M; Praet S; McDonald M; Willcox MDP, 2026, 'Antiviral potential of ViRaTonPBS system against enveloped and non-enveloped viruses', Journal of Hospital Infection, 174, pp. 45 - 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2026.05.024

Afzal M; Willcox MDP; Praet S; Mcdonald M; Yasir M, 2026, 'Evaluating the effectiveness of a novel environmental decontamination system utilizing low-energy hyper-charged photoelectrons against coronavirus', Journal of Virological Methods, 339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2025.115269

Chai CS; Al-Delfi Z; Santosa EO; Hurtado PR; Turville S; Afzal M; Aggarwal A; Sadlon TJ; Barry SC; Grubor-Bauk B; Yeung D; Coates PTH; Roberts MB; Perkins GB, 2026, 'Reduced TCF-1 expression after hematopoietic cell transplantation restricts the T-cell response to vaccination', Blood Immunology & Cellular Therapy, 2, pp. 100083, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bict.2026.100083

Praet S; Afzal M; McDonald M; Willcox M, 2024, 'A NOVEL ENVIRONMENTAL DECONTAMINATION SYSTEM TO REDUCE SARS-COV-2 TRANSMISSION RISK IN INDOOR SPORTS FACILITIES', Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 27, pp. s24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2024.08.183

Afzal M; Vijay AK; Stapleton F; Willcox M, 2022, 'The Relationship between Ciprofloxacin Resistance and Genotypic Changes in S. aureus Ocular Isolates', Pathogens, 11, pp. 1354, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11111354

Afzal M; Vijay AK; Stapleton F; Willcox MDP, 2022, 'Genomics of Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from Infectious and Non-Infectious Ocular Conditions', Antibiotics, 11, pp. 1011, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11081011

Afzal M; Vijay AK; Stapleton F; Willcox M, 2022, 'Virulence Genes of Staphylococcus aureus Associated With Keratitis, Conjunctivitis, and Contact Lens–Associated Inflammation', Translational Vision Science and Technology, 11, pp. 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/tvst.11.7.5

Willcox M; Afzal M; Enninful G; Kalaiselvan P; Masoudi S; Ozkan J; Peguda H; Vijay A; Yasir M, 2022, 'The COVID-19 pandemic at two years: Is the end in sight?', Contact Lens Spectrum

Afzal M; Vijay AK; Stapleton F; Willcox MDP, 2021, 'Susceptibility of ocular staphylococcus aureus to antibiotics and multipurpose disinfecting solutions', Antibiotics, 10, pp. 1203, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10101203

Conference Papers

Afzal M; Vijay A; Stapleton F; Willcox M, 2021, 'Antimicrobial susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus from different ocular conditions', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, ELECTR NETWORK, presented at Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), ELECTR NETWORK, 01 May 2021 - 07 May 2021

Conference Abstracts

Sara M; Kuppusamy R; Afzal M; Khan M; Yasir M; Kalaiselvan P; Hui A; Kumar N; Willcox M, 2021, 'Synergistic activity of a peptide mimic with quinolones and cephalosporins against Staphylococcus aureus', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, ELECTR NETWORK, Vol. 62, presented at Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), ELECTR NETWORK, 01 May 2021 - 07 May 2021

Preprints

Shapon MRUS; Afzal MA; Abir JH; Islam RS; Naqib SH, 2026, Pressure-Driven Evolution of the Physical Properties of Layered Y2GaB and Y2InB MAB Phases: A Comparative First-Principles Study

Aggarwal A; Ognenovska S; Ison T; Fichter C; Milogiannakis V; Afzal M; Stella AO; Asarnow D; Morgan AL; Waters S; Boecking T; Ng B; Esneau C; Bartlett N; Naik A; Pöhlmann S; Hoffmann M; Bröer S; Bröer A; Johansen MD; Brink R; Burrell LM; Patel SK; Ellis S; Wehrhahn M; Martinez E; Ginn A; Churchill MJ; Angelovich TA; Rawlinson W; Yeang M; Walker G; Foster C; Kok J; Sintchenkov V; Rocket R; Asquith W; Parry R; Sng JD; Neely G; Moreno C; Loo L; Spence M; Jackson C; Kelleher AD; Park Y-J; Gibson C; Merz B; Stewart C; Brilot F; Khromykh AA; Veesler D; Menachery VD; Turville SG, Proteolytic control of the SARS-CoV-2 furin cleavage site defines the phenotypic evolution from the pandemic to endemic state, http://dx.doi.org/10.64898/2026.09.23.753140

Aggarwal A; Ognenovska S; Ison T; Fichter C; Milogiannakis V; Afzal M; Stella AO; Waters S; Esneau C; Bartlett N; Pöhlmann S; Hoffmann M; Burrell LM; Patel SK; Ellis S; Wehrhahn M; Martinez E; Ginn A; Churchill M; Angelovich T; Rawlinson W; Yeang M; Kok J; Sintchenkov V; Parry R; Sng JD; Neely G; Moreno C; Loo L; Kelleher AD; Brilot F; Khromykh A; Turville SG, Replication of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineages is defined by TMPRSS2 use in environments where ACE2 is complexed with solute carriers SLC6A19 and SLC6A20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.07.663433

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