V Mithani
Health Protection Agency
8 Papers
39 Citations
V Mithani is an academic researcher from Health Protection Agency. The author has contributed to research in topics: Botulism & Thermization. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 8 publications.
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Papers
Microbiological quality of retail cheeses made from raw, thermized or pasteurized milk in the UK
Christine L. Little,Jonathan Rhoades,S. K. Sagoo,John P. Harris,M. Greenwood,V Mithani,Kathie Grant,Jim McLauchlin +7 more
TL;DR: Cheeses were of unsatisfactory quality more frequently when sampled from premises rated as having little or no confidence in management and control systems, and stored/displayed at above 8 degrees C.
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Changing Pattern of Human Listeriosis, England and Wales, 2001–2004
Iain A. Gillespie,James McLauchlin,Kathie Grant,Kathie Grant,Christine L. Little,Christine L. Little,V Mithani,Celia Penman,C. Lane,C. Lane,Martyn Regan +10 more
TL;DR: Disease has reemerged, mainly in patients ≥60 years of age with bacteremia, with concern for the long-term health of patients with this condition.
Wound botulism in injectors of drugs: upsurge in cases in England during 2004.
D Akbulut,J Dennis,M Gent,Kathie Grant,Vivian Hope,C Ohai,Jim McLauchlin,V Mithani,O Mpamugo,Fortune Ncube,L De Souza-Thomas +10 more
TL;DR: There was some geographical clustering of the cases during 2004, with most cases occurring in London and in the Yorkshire and Humberside region of northeast England, and of the 12 that were laboratory confirmed, 10 were due to type A.
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An investigation into the microflora of heroin.
James McLauchlin,V Mithani,F. J. Bolton,Gordon Nichols,M. A. Bellis,Q Syed,Rod Thomson,J. R. Ashton +7 more
TL;DR: The microflora of heroin samples seized in England during 2000 and 2002, which consisted of suspension of the drug in maximum recovery diluent (MRD) which was inoculated directly into Clostridium Botulinum Isolation Cooked Meat Broth (CBI), was investigated.
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Report of two unlinked cases of infant botulism in the UK in October 2007.
Kathie Grant,Ijeoma Nwarfor,O Mpamugo,V Mithani,Paula Lister,Garth Dixon,Grainne Nixon,Tim Planche,Max Courtney,Jaime Morgan,Jim McLauchlin +10 more
TL;DR: The laboratory investigation of two unlinked cases of infant botulism, caused by two distinct strains of Clostridium botulinum, demonstrated that a combination of the mouse bioassay, real-time PCR assays and conventional microbiological culture can provide rapid confirmation of a clinical diagnosis and affect patient management.