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Stephen R Knight

Researcher at University of Edinburgh

Publications -  67
Citations -  4184

Stephen R Knight is an academic researcher from University of Edinburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 35 publications receiving 1424 citations. Previous affiliations of Stephen R Knight include RMIT University.

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Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19.

Erola Pairo-Castineira, +1449 more
- 04 Mar 2021 - 
TL;DR: The GenOMICC (Genetics Of Mortality In Critical Care) genome-wide association study in 2244 critically ill Covid-19 patients from 208 UK intensive care units is reported, finding evidence in support of a causal link from low expression of IFNAR2, and high expression of TYK2, to life-threatening disease.
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COVID-19 vaccine coverage in health-care workers in England and effectiveness of BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine against infection (SIREN): a prospective, multicentre, cohort study.

Victoria Hall, +353 more
- 08 May 2021 - 
TL;DR: The SIREN study as discussed by the authors showed that the BNT162b2 vaccine can prevent both symptomatic and asymptomatic infection in working-age adults in the UK.
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SARS-CoV-2 infection rates of antibody-positive compared with antibody-negative health-care workers in England: a large, multicentre, prospective cohort study (SIREN).

V J Hall, +305 more
- 17 Apr 2021 - 
TL;DR: The SARS-CoV-2 Immunity and Reinfection Evaluation study as mentioned in this paper showed that a previous history of SARS infection was associated with an 84% lower risk of infection, with median protective effect observed 7 months following primary infection.
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Physical, cognitive, and mental health impacts of COVID-19 after hospitalisation (PHOSP-COVID): a UK multicentre, prospective cohort study.

Rachael A. Evans, +780 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of COVID-19-related hospitalisation on health and employment, to identify factors associated with recovery, and to describe recovery phenotypes were determined.