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Angel Balmaseda is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on infectious diseases and public health.

Their body of work predominantly covers topics related to epidemiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, immunology, infectious diseases, and virology. Balmaseda's research spans several specific areas, including mosquito-borne diseases and control, respiratory viral infections, influenza virus research, HIV research and treatment, viral infections and vectors, malaria research and control, and pneumonia and respiratory infections.

Among their recent publications, notable works include:

  • Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in 2019: a systematic analysis (2022, The Lancet)
  • Characterization of antibiotic resistance and host-microbiome interactions in the human upper respiratory tract during influenza infection (2020, Microbiome)
  • Influenza Virus Infection Induces a Narrow Antibody Response in Children but a Broad Recall Response in Adults (2020, mBio)
  • Association of SARS-CoV-2 Seropositivity and Symptomatic Reinfection in Children in Nicaragua (2022, JAMA Network Open)
  • Frequency of dengue virus-specific T cells is related to infection outcome in endemic settings (2025, JCI Insight)

Balmaseda collaborates frequently with other researchers. The most frequent co-authors by number of joint publications are:

  • Eva Harris (10 publications)
  • Aubree Gordon (8 publications)
  • Guillermina Kuan (5 publications)
  • José Víctor Zambrana (4 publications)
  • Nery Sánchez (4 publications)

In terms of publication venues, Balmaseda has published multiple papers in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) and UNC Libraries, each accounting for four publications. Other venues include The Lancet, Microbiome, and mBio.

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study

    Ting Shi;David A. McAllister;Katherine L. O'Brien;Eric A. F. Simoes

  • Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in 2019: a systematic analysis

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  • Antibody-dependent enhancement of severe dengue disease in humans

    Leah C. Katzelnick;Lionel Gresh;M. Elizabeth Halloran;M. Elizabeth Halloran;Juan Carlos Mercado

  • Global burden of respiratory infections due to seasonal influenza in young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Harish Nair;Harish Nair;W Abdullah Brooks;Mark Katz;Anna Roca

  • The WHO dengue classification and case definitions: time for a reassessment.

    Jacqueline L Deen;Eva Harris;Bridget Wills;Angel Balmaseda

  • Differences in dengue severity in infants, children, and adults in a 3-year hospital-based study in Nicaragua.

    Samantha Nadia Hammond;Angel Balmaseda;Leonel Pérez;Yolanda Tellez

  • Typing of dengue viruses in clinical specimens and mosquitoes by single-tube multiplex reverse transcriptase PCR

    Eva Harris;T. Guy Roberts;Leila Smith;John Selle

  • Serotype-specific differences in clinical manifestations of dengue.

    Angel Balmaseda;Samantha N. Hammond;Leonel Pérez;Yolanda Tellez

  • Viremia and Clinical Presentation in Nicaraguan Patients Infected With Zika Virus, Chikungunya Virus, and Dengue Virus

    Jesse Waggoner;Lionel Gresh;Maria Jose Jose Vargas;Gabriela Ballesteros

  • Clinical, epidemiologic, and virologic features of dengue in the 1998 epidemic in Nicaragua.

    Eva Harris;Elsa Videa;Leonel Perez;Erick Sandoval

  • Dynamics of Dengue Disease Severity Determined by the Interplay Between Viral Genetics and Serotype-Specific Immunity

    Molly OhAinle;Angel Balmaseda;Alexander R. Macalalad;Yolanda Tellez

  • Association between pentavalent rotavirus vaccine and severe rotavirus diarrhea among children in Nicaragua.

    Manish Patel;Cristina Pedreira;Lucia Helena De Oliveira;Jacqueline Tate

  • Convergent antibody signatures in human dengue.

    Poornima Parameswaran;Yi Liu;Krishna M. Roskin;Katherine K.L. Jackson

  • Phenotyping of peripheral blood mononuclear cells during acute dengue illness demonstrates infection and increased activation of monocytes in severe cases compared to classic dengue fever

    Anna P. Durbin;Maria José Vargas;Kimberli Wanionek;Samantha N. Hammond

  • Symptomatic versus inapparent outcome in repeat dengue virus infections is influenced by the time interval between infections and study year.

    Magelda Montoya;Lionel Gresh;Juan Carlos Mercado;Katherine L. Williams

  • Evidence based community mobilization for dengue prevention in Nicaragua and Mexico (Camino Verde, the Green Way): cluster randomized controlled trial

    Neil Andersson;Neil Andersson;Elizabeth Nava-Aguilera;Jorge Arosteguí;Arcadio Morales-Perez

  • Multicentre prospective study on dengue classification in four South-east Asian and three Latin American countries

    Neal Alexander;Angel Balmaseda;Ivo C. B. Coelho;Efren Dimaano

  • Evaluation of the Traditional and Revised WHO Classifications of Dengue Disease Severity

    Federico Narvaez;Gamaliel Gutierrez;Maria Angeles Pérez;Douglas Elizondo

  • Impact of preexisting dengue immunity on Zika virus emergence in a dengue endemic region

    Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer;Federico Costa;Federico Costa;Federico Costa;Eduardo J. M. Nascimento;Nivison Nery Júnior;Nivison Nery Júnior

  • Zika virus infection enhances future risk of severe dengue disease

    Leah C. Katzelnick;César Narvaez;Sonia Arguello;Brenda Lopez Mercado

  • Obesity Increases the Duration of Influenza A Virus Shedding in Adults

    Hannah E Maier;Roger Lopez;Nery Sanchez;Sophia Ng

  • ASSESSMENT OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SCHEME FOR CLASSIFICATION OF DENGUE SEVERITY IN NICARAGUA

    Angel Balmaseda;Samantha Nadia Hammond;Maria Angeles Pérez;Ricardo Cuadra

Frequent Co-Authors

Eva Harris
Eva Harris University of California, Berkeley
Sergio R. Ojeda
Sergio R. Ojeda Oregon National Primate Research Center
Alessandro Sette
Alessandro Sette La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology
Daniela Weiskopf
Daniela Weiskopf La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology
Benjamin A. Pinsky
Benjamin A. Pinsky Stanford University
Anna P. Durbin
Anna P. Durbin Johns Hopkins University
Alba Grifoni
Alba Grifoni La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology
Aravinda M. de Silva
Aravinda M. de Silva University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ernesto T. A. Marques
Ernesto T. A. Marques University of Pittsburgh
David A. Relman
David A. Relman Stanford University

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