Respiratory Viral Epidemiology Group
Respiratory Viral Epidemiology Group
Usher Institute
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Publications

Key publications from members and collaborators of the group.

Key publications

  1. National burden estimates of hospitalisations for acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2019 among 58 countries: a modelling study. Li, Y., Johnson, E. K., Shi, T., Campbell, H., Chaves, S. S., Commaille-Chapus, C., Dighero, I., James, S. L., Mahé, C., Ooi, Y., Paget, J., van Pomeren, T., Viboud, C. & Nair, H., 21 Sep 2020, In : The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

  2. The temporal association of introducing and lifting non-pharmaceutical interventions with the time-varying reproduction number (R) of SARS-CoV-2: a modelling study across 131 countries. Usher Network for COVID-19 Evidence Reviews (UNCOVER) group, 21 Sep 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

  3. Global burden of acute lower respiratory infection associated with human metapneumovirus in children under five years for 2018: a systematic review and modelling study. Wang, X., Li, Y. & Nair, H., 26 Aug 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : The Lancet Global Health.

  4. Change in national, regional, and state-level pneumonia and severe pneumonia morbidity in India: modelled estimates for 2000 and 2015. Wahl, B., Deloria-Knoll, M., Shet, A., Gupta, M., Kumar, R., Liu, L., Chu, Y., Sauer, M., O'Brien, K. L., Santosham, M., Black, R. E., Campbell, H., Nair, H. & McAllister, D. A., 19 Aug 2020, In : The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. 4, 9, p. 678-687

  5. Unveiling the risk period for mortality after respiratory syncytial virus illness in young children using a self-controlled case series design. Li, Y., Campbell, H. & Nair, H., 14 Aug 2020, In : The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

  6. An analysis of clinical predictive values for radiographic pneumonia in children. Rees, C., Sudha, B., Gentile, A., Gessner, B., Kartasasmita, C., Lucero, M., Martinez, L., O'Grady, K-A., Ruvinsky, R., Turner, C., Campbell, H., Nair, H., Falconer, J., Williams, L. J., Horne, M., Strand, T., Nisar, Y. & Qazi, S., 13 Aug 2020, In : BMJ Global Health. 5, 8, 11 p.

  7. The role of RSV seasonality on RSV prevention strategy planning for passive immunisation of infants in low- and middle-income countries: a modelling study. Li, Y., Hodgson, D., Wang, X., Atkins, K. E., Feikin, D. R. & Nair, H., 10 Aug 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

  8. Global seasonality of human seasonal coronaviruses: a clue for post-pandemic circulating season of SARS-CoV-2 virus?. Li, Y., Wang, X. & Nair, H., 21 Jul 2020, In : The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

  9. Protecting children in low-income and middle-income countries from COVID-19. Ahmed, S., Mvalo, T., Akech, S., Agweyu, A., Baker, K., Bar-Zeev, N., Campbell, H., Checkley, W., Chisti, M. J., Colbourn, T., Cunningham, S., Duke, T., English, M., Falade, A. G., Fancourt, N. S., Ginsburg, A. S., Graham, H. R., Gray, D. M., Gupta, M., Hammitt, L. & 23 others, , 26 May 2020, In : BMJ Global Health. 5, 5

  10. Validating a GPS-based approach to detect health facility visits against maternal response to prompted recall survey. Marsh, A., Hirve, S., Lele, P., Chavan, U., Bhattacharjee, T., Nair, H., Campbell, H. & Juvekar, S., 2 May 2020, In : Journal of Global Health. 10, 1

  11. Respiratory syncytial virus-related death in children with Down syndrome: The RSV GOLD study. RSV GOLD study group, 23 Apr 2020, In : Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

  12. Global burden of respiratory infections associated with seasonal influenza in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study. Respiratory Virus Global Epidemiology Network, 1 Apr 2020, In : The Lancet Global Health. 8, 4, p. e497-e510

  13. An evidence-based framework for priority clinical research questions for COVID-19. Harris, C., Carson, G., Baillie, K., Horby, P. & Nair, H., 31 Mar 2020, In : Journal of Global Health. 10, 1

  14. Does respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory illness in early life cause recurrent wheeze of early childhood and asthma? Critical review of the evidence and guidance for future studies from a World Health Organization-sponsored meeting. Driscoll, A. J., Arshad, S. H., Bont, L., Brunwasser, S. M., Cherian, T., Englund, J. A., Fell, D. B., Hammitt, L. L., Hartert, T. V., Innis, B. L., Karron, R. A., Langley, G. E., Mulholland, E. K., Munywoki, P. K., Nair, H., Ortiz, J. R., Savitz, D. A., Scheltema, N. M., Simões, E. A. F., Smith, P. G. & 3 others, , 20 Jan 2020, In : Vaccine.

  15. Antigenic and Sequence Variability of the Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus F Glycoprotein Compared to Related Viruses in a Comprehensive Dataset. Mas, V., Nair, H., Campbell, H., Melero, J. A. & Williams, T., 29 Oct 2019, In : Vaccine.

  16. Approaches to use the WHO respiratory syncytial virus surveillance platform to estimate disease burden. Pebody, R., Moyes, J., Hirve, S., Campbell, H., Jackson, S., Moen, A., Nair, H., Simões, E. A. F., Smith, P. G., Wairagkar, N. & Zhang, W., 8 Oct 2019, In : Influenza and other respiratory viruses.

  17. Leveraging the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System for global respiratory syncytial virus surveillance-opportunities and challenges.Broor, S., Campbell, H., Hirve, S., Hague, S., Jackson, S., Moen, A., Nair, H., Palekar, R., Rajatonirina, S., Smith, P. G., Venter, M., Wairagkar, N., Zambon, M., Ziegler, T. & Zhang, W., 24 Aug 2019, In : Influenza and other respiratory viruses.

  18. Shi T, McAllister DA, O’Brien KL, Simoes EAF, Nair H. Global, regional and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015. Lancet 2017; 390 (10098): 946-58.
  19. Scheltema N, Gentile A, Lucion F, Nair H, Bont L. Global respiratory syncytial virus-associated mortality in young children (RSV GOLD): a retrospective case series. Lancet Glob Health 2017; 5(10): e984-991
  20. Mazur NI, Higgins D, Nunes MC, Melero JA, Nair H et al. The Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine Landscape. Lancet Infect Dis 2018
  21. Lafond K, Nair H, Rasooly MH, Valente, F, Booy R et al. Global role and burden of influenza in pediatric respiratory hospitalisations, 1982- 2012: a systematic analysis. PLoS Med 2016; 13(3): e1001977
  22. Theodoratou E, McAllister DA, Reed C, Adeloye DO, Rudan I, Muhe LM, Madhi SA, Campbell H, Nair H. Global, regional and national estimates of pneumonia burden in HIV-infected children in 2010: a systematic analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2014; 14(12):1250-8
  23. Seale AC, Blencowe H, Manu AA, Nair H, Bahl R et al. Estimates of possible severe bacterial infection in neonates in sub-Saharan Africa, south Asia, and Latin America for 2012: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2014;14(8):731-41
  24. Nair H, Simoes EAF, Rudan I, Gessner BD, Azziz-Baumgartner E et al. Global and regional burden of hospital admissions due to severe acute lower respiratory infections in young children: a systematic analysis. Lancet. 2013; 381(9875):1380-90
  25. Fisher-Walker C, Rudan I, Liu L, Nair H, O’Brien K, Theodoratou E, Bhutta ZA, Campbell H, Black RE Global Burden of Childhood Diarrhoea and Pneumonia, Leading Infectious Causes of Child Mortality. Lancet. 2013; 381(9875):1405-16
  26. Nair H, Nokes DJ, Gessner BD, Dherani M, Madhi SA, Singleton RJ, et al. Global burden of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet. 2010; 375(9725):1545-55.
  27. Nair H, Brooks WA, Katz M, Roca A, Berkley JA, Madhi SA et al. The global burden of respiratory infections due to seasonal influenza in young children. Lancet. 2011; 378: 1917-30.

 

 

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