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Barry S. Fields
Affiliation : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Kenya Medical Research Institute
- 33Publications (affiliation in Kenya)
Research profile
Barry S. Fields has 33 indexed publications (2002–2023). Their work appears mainly in “American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene”, “PLoS ONE” and “Journal of Clinical Microbiology”. Their most cited article, “Use of quantitative molecular diagnostic methods to identify causes of diarrhoea in children: a reanalysis of the GEMS case-control study” (2016), has been cited 869 times. 2 of these publications date from the last three years of activity. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers, including institutions in United States, Liberia, Belgium, Canada.
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- Dynamic Incidence of Typhoid Fever over a 10-Year Period (2010–2019) in Kibera, an Urban Informal Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya
- The genomic epidemiology of multi-drug resistant invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella in selected sub-Saharan African countries
- The epidemiology and estimated etiology of pathogens detected from the upper respiratory tract of adults with severe acute respiratory infections in multiple countries, 2014–2015
- The Clinical Presentation of Culture-positive and Culture-negative, Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR)-Attributable Shigellosis in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study and Derivation of a Shigella Severity Score: Implications for Pediatric Shigella Vaccine Trials
- Pathogen surveillance in the informal settlement, Kibera, Kenya, using a metagenomics approach
- The phylogeography and incidence of multi-drug resistant typhoid fever in sub-Saharan Africa
- Multi-drug resistant non-typhoidal Salmonella associated with invasive disease in western Kenya
- Identification and characterization of influenza A viruses in selected domestic animals in Kenya, 2010-2012
- Incidence of invasive salmonella disease in sub-Saharan Africa: a multicentre population-based surveillance study
- A diagnostic and epidemiologic investigation of acute febrile illness (AFI) in Kilombero, Tanzania
- Evaluation of a TaqMan Array Card for Detection of Central Nervous System Infections
- A Combined Syndromic Approach to Examine Viral, Bacterial, and Parasitic Agents among Febrile Patients: A Pilot Study in Kilombero, Tanzania
- Evaluation of the point-of-care Becton Dickinson Veritor™ Rapid influenza diagnostic test in Kenya, 2013–2014
- Use of quantitative molecular diagnostic methods to identify causes of diarrhoea in children: a reanalysis of the GEMS case-control study
- PlasmodiumParasitemia Associated With Increased Survival in Ebola Virus–Infected Patients
- Ebola Laboratory Response at the Eternal Love Winning Africa Campus, Monrovia, Liberia, 2014–2015
- Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Kenya, 2007
- Dengue and Chikungunya Virus Infections among Young Febrile Adults Evaluated for Acute HIV-1 Infection in Coastal Kenya
- Serologic evidence for hepatitis E virus infection among patients with undifferentiated acute febrile illness in Kibera, Kenya
- Development of a TaqMan Array Card for Acute-Febrile-Illness Outbreak Investigation and Surveillance of Emerging Pathogens, Including Ebola Virus
- Severe acute respiratory infection in children in a densely populated urban slum in Kenya, 2007–2011
- Environmental Transmission of Typhoid Fever in an Urban Slum
- Defining the Phylogenomics of Shigella Species: a Pathway to Diagnostics
- Seroprevalence of Infections with Dengue, Rift Valley Fever and Chikungunya Viruses in Kenya, 2007
- A Household Serosurvey to Estimate the Magnitude of a Dengue Outbreak in Mombasa, Kenya, 2013
- Etiology of Pediatric Fever in Western Kenya: A Case–Control Study of Falciparum Malaria, Respiratory Viruses, and Streptococcal Pharyngitis
- The Merits of Malaria Diagnostics during an Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak
- Etiology and Incidence of Viral Acute Respiratory Infections Among Refugees Aged 5 Years and Older in Hagadera Camp, Dadaab, Kenya
- Serologic Evidence of the Geographic Distribution of Bacterial Zoonotic Agents in Kenya, 2007
- Examining strain diversity and phylogeography in relation to an unusual epidemic pattern of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in a long-term refugee camp in Kenya
- Quantitative PCR for Detection of Shigella Improves Ascertainment of Shigella Burden in Children with Moderate-to-Severe Diarrhea in Low-Income Countries
- Classical and Latent Class Analysis Evaluation of Sputum Polymerase Chain Reaction and Urine Antigen Testing for Diagnosis of Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Adults
- An Outbreak of Travel‐Associated Legionnaires Disease and Pontiac Fever: The Need for Enhanced Surveillance of Travel‐Associated Legionellosis in the United States
Publication venues
- American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene × 6
- PLoS ONE × 6
- Journal of Clinical Microbiology × 4
- PLoS neglected tropical diseases × 3
- BMC Infectious Diseases × 3
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases × 3
Publications per year
- 20231
- 20211
- 20202
- 20191
- 20183
- 20175
- 20166
- 201510
- 20141
- 20131
Collaborations
Partner institutions : National Institutes of Health · Public Health Agency of Canada · Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research · Médecins Sans Frontières · Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
Co-authors’ countries : United States · Liberia · Belgium · Canada
Co-authors
- Joel M. Montgomery
- Clayton O Onyango
- Caroline Ochieng
- Melvin Ochieng
- Robert F. Breiman
- Leonard O. Cosmas
- Bonventure W. Juma
- Victor Omballa
- Jane Juma
- John Benjamin Ochieng
- Ondari Daniel Mogeni
- Newton Wamola
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