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Abdullah Brooks
Researcher at Johns Hopkins University
Publications - 8
Citations - 324
Abdullah Brooks is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 8 publications receiving 253 citations. Previous affiliations of Abdullah Brooks include International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh.
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Pneumococcal lineages associated with serotype replacement and antibiotic resistance in childhood invasive pneumococcal disease in the post-PCV13 era: an international whole-genome sequencing study.
Stephanie W. Lo,Rebecca A. Gladstone,Andries J. van Tonder,John A. Lees,Mignon du Plessis,Rachel Benisty,Noga Givon-Lavi,Paulina A. Hawkins,Jennifer E. Cornick,Brenda Kwambana-Adams,Brenda Kwambana-Adams,Pierra Y. Law,Pak-Leung Ho,Martin Antonio,Dean Everett,Ron Dagan,Anne von Gottberg,Keith P. Klugman,Lesley McGee,Robert F. Breiman,Stephen D. Bentley,Abdullah Brooks,Alejandra Corso,Alexander Davydov,Alison J. Maguire,Andrew J. Pollard,Anmol M. Kiran,Anna Skoczynska,Benild Moiane,Bernard Beall,Betuel Sigaúque,David M. Aanensen,Deborah Lehmann,Diego Faccone,Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko,Ebrima Bojang,Ekaterina Egorova,Elena Voropaeva,Eric Sampane-Donkor,Ewa Sadowy,Godfrey Bigogo,Helio Mucavele,Houria Belabbès,Idrissa Diawara,Jennifer C. Moïsi,Jennifer R. Verani,Jeremy D. Keenan,Jyothish N Nair Thulasee Bhai,Kedibone M. Ndlangisa,Khalid Zerouali,K L Ravikumar,Leonid Titov,Linda de Gouveia,Maaike Alaerts,Margaret Ip,Maria Cristina de Cunto Brandileone,Hasanuzzaman,Metka Paragi,Michele Nurse-Lucas,Mushal Ali,Naima Elmdaghri,Nicholas J. Croucher,Nicole Wolter,Nurit Porat,Ozgen Koseoglu Eser,Patrick Eberechi Akpaka,Paul Turner,Paula Gagetti,Peggy-Estelle Tientcheu,Philip E. Carter,Rafal Mostowy,Rama Kandasamy,Rebecca Ford,Rebecca Henderson,Roly Malaker,Sadia Shakoor,Samanta Cristine Grassi Almeida,Samir K. Saha,Sanjay Doiphode,Shabir A. Madhi,Shamala Devi Sekaran,Somporn Srifuengfung,Stephen K. Obaro,Stuart C. Clarke,Susan A. Nzenze,Tamara Kastrin,Theresa J. Ochoa,Veeraraghavan Balaji,Waleria Hryniewicz,Yulia Urban +89 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a whole-genome sequenced 3233 invasive pneumococcal disease isolates from laboratory-based surveillance programs in Hong Kong (n=78), Israel, South Africa, Malawi, Nigeria, The Gambia, and USA were collected from children younger than 3 years.
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Prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis B and C virus infections in an impoverished urban community in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Hasan Ashraf,Nur H. Alam,Christian Rothermundt,Abdullah Brooks,Abdullah Brooks,Pradip Kumar Bardhan,Lokman Hossain,Mohammed Abdus Salam,Mohammed S Hassan,Christoph Beglinger,Niklaus Gyr +10 more
TL;DR: The results indicate intermediate level of endemicity of HBV infection in Dhaka community, with much higher prevalence among family members of HBsAg positive individuals but low prevalence of HCV infections, clearly indicating need for universal hepatitis B vaccination.
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An evaluation of emerging vaccines for childhood pneumococcal pneumonia
Julia Webster,Evropi Theodoratou,Harish Nair,Harish Nair,Ang Choon Seong,Lina Zgaga,Tanvir M. Huda,Hope L. Johnson,Shabir A. Madhi,Craig E. Rubens,Jian Shayne F Zhang,Shams El Arifeen,Ryoko Krause,Troy Jacobs,Abdullah Brooks,Abdullah Brooks,Harry Campbell,Igor Rudan,Igor Rudan +18 more
TL;DR: Improved SP vaccines are a very promising investment that could substantially contribute to reduction of child mortality world-wide.
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Considerations for design and implementation of vaccine field trials for novel foot-and-mouth disease vaccines
Nicholas A. Lyons,T.J.D. Knight-Jones,Chris J. M. Bartels,David J. Paton,Giancarlo Ferrari,Meghan S. Vermillion,Abdullah Brooks,Roxann Motroni,Elizabeth Parker,Melissa L. Hefferin Berquist,Keith Sumption,Eyal Klement +11 more
TL;DR: This report provides a summary of the important issues to consider when designing a field efficacy study in livestock and proposes a study design that could be utilised for novel FMD vaccines.
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Monitoring influenza virus susceptibility to oseltamivir using a new rapid assay, iART.
Larisa V. Gubareva,Eric Fallows,Vasiliy P. Mishin,Erin Hodges,Abdullah Brooks,John R. Barnes,Alicia M. Fry,William Kramp,Roxanne Shively,David E. Wentworth,Kristin Weidemaier,Ross W. Jacobson +11 more
TL;DR: A new rapid assay for detecting oseltamivir resistance in influenza virus, iART, was used to test 149 clinical specimens and indicated 41 specimens as ‘resistant’, suggesting iART may facilitate broader antiviral resistance testing.