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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)

Overview

A. Duncan Steele is affiliated with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Infectious Diseases as well as related subfields, including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrinology, Hepatology, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to research topics such as Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, Viral Infections and Immunology Research, Animal Virus Infections Studies, Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology, Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, Vibrio bacteria research studies, and Escherichia coli research studies.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Vaccines, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vaccine, and Viruses. A. Duncan Steele has multiple recent papers published in these notable journals. Some of their recent publications are:

  • The Shigella Vaccines Pipeline, 2022, Vaccines
  • Understanding Rotavirus Vaccine Efficacy and Effectiveness in Countries with High Child Mortality, 2022, Vaccines
  • COVID-19 impact on Surgical Training and Recovery Planning (COVID-STAR) - A cross-sectional observational study, 2021, International Journal of Surgery
  • The Burden of Typhoid Fever in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Perspective., 2022, DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
  • Salmonella Combination Vaccines: Moving Beyond Typhoid, 2023, Open Forum Infectious Diseases

A. Duncan Steele collaborates frequently with several other researchers, including Martin M. Nyaga, Mapaseka Seheri, Jason M. Mwenda, M. Jeffrey Mphahlele, and Khuzwayo C. Jere.

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) in 2021.

Best Publications

  • 2008 estimate of worldwide rotavirus-associated mortality in children younger than 5 years before the introduction of universal rotavirus vaccination programmes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Jacqueline E Tate;Anthony H Burton;Cynthia Boschi-Pinto;A Duncan Steele

  • Rotavirus Vaccination and the Global Burden of Rotavirus Diarrhea Among Children Younger Than 5 Years.

    Christopher Troeger;Ibrahim A. Khalil;Puja C. Rao;Shujin Cao

  • Efficacy of pentavalent rotavirus vaccine against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants in developing countries in Asia: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    George E Armah;Samba O Sow;Robert F Breiman;Robert F Breiman;Michael J Dallas

  • Morbidity and mortality due to shigella and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli diarrhoea: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2016.

    Ibrahim A Khalil;Christopher Troeger;Brigette F Blacker;Puja C Rao

  • Systematic review of regional and temporal trends in global rotavirus strain diversity in the pre rotavirus vaccine era: insights for understanding the impact of rotavirus vaccination programs

    Krisztián Bányai;Brigitta László;Brigitta László;Jazmin Duque;A. Duncan Steele

  • Burden and Epidemiology of Rotavirus Diarrhea in Selected African Countries: Preliminary Results from the African Rotavirus Surveillance Network

    Jason M Mwenda;Kinkela Mina Ntoto;Almaz Abebe;Christabel Enweronu-Laryea

  • Rotavirus Vaccines: Targeting the Developing World

    Roger I. Glass;Joseph S. Bresee;Reina Turcios;Thea K. Fischer

  • Rotavirus Strain Types Circulating in Africa: Review of Studies Published during 1997–2006

    Stacy Todd;Nicola A. Page;A. Duncan Steele;A. Duncan Steele;Ina Peenze

  • Efficacy of human rotavirus vaccine against severe gastroenteritis in Malawian children in the first two years of life: a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trial.

    Nigel A. Cunliffe;Desiree Witte;Bagrey M. Ngwira;Stacy Todd

  • Changing Patterns of Rotavirus Genotypes in Ghana: Emergence of Human Rotavirus G9 as a Major Cause of Diarrhea in Children

    George E. Armah;Andrew Duncan Steele;Fred N. Binka;Mathew D. Esona

  • Human rotavirus vaccine Rotarix™ provides protection against diverse circulating rotavirus strains in African infants: a randomized controlled trial

    Andrew Duncan Steele;Kathleen M Neuzil;Nigel A Cunliffe;Shabir A Madhi

  • Etiology of Severe Acute Watery Diarrhea in Children in the Global Rotavirus Surveillance Network Using Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction

    Darwin J. Operario;James A. Platts-Mills;Sandrama Nadan;Nicola Page

  • Global impact of rotavirus vaccines

    Jacqueline E Tate;Manish M Patel;A Duncan Steele;Jon R Gentsch

  • Efficacy and immunogenicity of two or three dose rotavirus-vaccine regimen in South African children over two consecutive rotavirus-seasons: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

    Shabir A. Madhi;M. Kirsten;C. Louw;P. Bos

  • Health Impact of Rotavirus Vaccination in Developing Countries: Progress and Way Forward

    Umesh D. Parashar;Hope Johnson;A. Duncan Steele;Jacqueline E. Tate

  • Challenges and Opportunities for Typhoid Fever Control: A Call for Coordinated Action

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  • Efficacy and safety of a live attenuated influenza vaccine in adults 60 years of age and older.

    Pierre J T De Villiers;A Duncan Steele;Louis A Hiemstra;Ruth Rappaport

  • Norovirus epidemiology in Africa : a review

    Janet Mans;George E. Armah;A. Duncan Steele;Maureen B. Taylor

  • Secretor and Salivary ABO Blood Group Antigen Status Predict Rotavirus Vaccine Take in Infants.

    Abdul Momin Kazi;Margaret M Cortese;Ying Yu;Benjamin Lopman

  • Update on Rotavirus Vaccines

    Joseph S Bresee;Umesh D Parashar;Marc-Alain Widdowson;Jon R Gentsch

  • Identification of a New VP4 Serotype of Human Rotaviruses

    Giuseppe Gerna;Johnna Sears;Yasutaka Hoshino;A.Duncan Steele

  • Rotavirus vaccines: update on global impact and future priorities.

    Catherine Yen;Jacqueline E. Tate;Manish M. Patel;Margaret M. Cortese

  • Immunogenicity of the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine in African infants

    George E. Armah;Robert F. Breiman;Milagritos D. Tapia;Michael J. Dallas

Frequent Co-Authors

Umesh D. Parashar
Umesh D. Parashar Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kathleen M. Neuzil
Kathleen M. Neuzil University of Maryland, Baltimore
Max Ciarlet
Max Ciarlet Novartis (Switzerland)
Nigel A. Cunliffe
Nigel A. Cunliffe University of Liverpool
Jon R. Gentsch
Jon R. Gentsch Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Roger I. Glass
Roger I. Glass National Institutes of Health
Manish M. Patel
Manish M. Patel Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Monica M. McNeal
Monica M. McNeal University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Robert F. Breiman
Robert F. Breiman Emory University
Daniel R. Feikin
Daniel R. Feikin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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