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Jeremy D. Keenan
Researcher at University of California, San Francisco
Publications - 296
Citations - 6381
Jeremy D. Keenan is an academic researcher from University of California, San Francisco. The author has contributed to research in topics: Trachoma & Azithromycin. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 259 publications receiving 4699 citations. Previous affiliations of Jeremy D. Keenan include Seva Foundation & University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Azithromycin to Reduce Childhood Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Jeremy D. Keenan,Robin L. Bailey,Sheila K. West,Ahmed M. Arzika,John Hart,Jerusha Weaver,Khumbo Kalua,Zakayo Mrango,Kathryn J. Ray,Catherine Cook,Elodie Lebas,Kieran S O'Brien,Paul M. Emerson,Travis C. Porco,Thomas M. Lietman +14 more
TL;DR: Among postneonatal, preschool children in sub‐Saharan Africa, childhood mortality was lower in communities randomly assigned to mass distribution of azithromycin than in those assigned to placebo, with the largest effect seen in Niger.
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A New Pneumococcal Capsule Type, 10D, is the 100th Serotype and Has a Large cps Fragment from an Oral Streptococcus
Feroze Ganaie,Jamil S. Saad,Lesley McGee,Andries J. van Tonder,Stephen D. Bentley,Stephanie W. Lo,Rebecca A. Gladstone,Paul Turner,Paul Turner,Jeremy D. Keenan,Robert F. Breiman,Moon H. Nahm +11 more
TL;DR: A new and the 100th capsule type, named serotype 10D, is described, by determining its unique chemical structure and biosynthetic roles of all capsule synthesis locus (cps) genes, which provides compelling evidence for a recent interspecies genetic transfer from oral streptococcus to pneumococcus.
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Effect of mass distribution of azithromycin for trachoma control on overall mortality in Ethiopian children: a randomized trial.
Travis C. Porco,Teshome Gebre,Berhan Ayele,Jenafir I. House,Jeremy D. Keenan,Zhaoxia Zhou,Kevin C. Hong,Nicole E. Stoller,Kathryn J. Ray,Paul M. Emerson,Bruce D. Gaynor,Thomas M. Lietman +11 more
TL;DR: In a trachoma-endemic area, mass distribution of oral azithromycin was associated with reduced mortality in children and this was a prespecified outcome for the clinical trial.
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A mobile phone-based retinal camera for portable wide field imaging
TL;DR: A novel portable handheld smartphone-based retinal camera capable of capturing high-quality, wide field fundus images that can be directly transmitted from the phone via the wireless telecommunication system for remote evaluation is described.