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Atul Humar is affiliated with the University Health Network in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on infectious diseases, epidemiology, surgery, immunology, and obstetrics and gynecology.

Their research addresses a broad spectrum of topics, notably in SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, COVID-19 clinical research studies, cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, herpesvirus infections and treatments, transplantation methods and outcomes, COVID-19 impact on reproduction, and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing.

Humar's recent publications include:

  • Randomized Trial of a Third Dose of mRNA-1273 Vaccine in Transplant Recipients, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • COVID-19: A global transplant perspective on successfully navigating a pandemic, 2020, American Journal of Transplantation
  • Peginterferon lambda for the treatment of outpatients with COVID-19: a phase 2, placebo-controlled randomised trial, 2021, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • Humoral and cellular immune response and safety of two-dose SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 vaccine in solid organ transplant recipients, 2021, American Journal of Transplantation
  • Letermovir vs Valganciclovir for Prophylaxis of Cytomegalovirus in High-Risk Kidney Transplant Recipients, 2023, JAMA

Frequent collaborative partners in their research include Deepali Kumar, Victor H. Ferreira, Matthew Ierullo, Victoria Hall, and Terrance Ku.

The primary venues for their published work are:

  • American Journal of Transplantation
  • Transplantation
  • The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • Transplant Infectious Disease
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases

Humar has contributed more than 200 publications in medicine, with particular emphasis on infectious diseases and epidemiology. Their work addresses clinical and translational challenges in transplantation and infectious disease control including SARS-CoV-2 and cytomegalovirus management.

Best Publications

  • The Third International Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Cytomegalovirus in Solid-organ Transplantation

    Camille N. Kotton;Deepali Kumar;Angela M. Caliendo;Shirish Huprikar

  • Efficacy and safety of valganciclovir vs. oral ganciclovir for prevention of cytomegalovirus disease in solid organ transplant recipients.

    Carlos Paya;Atul Humar;Ed Dominguez;Kenneth Washburn

  • American Society of Transplantation Recommendations for Screening, Monitoring and Reporting of Infectious Complications in Immunosuppression Trials in Recipients of Organ Transplantation

    A Humar;M Michaels

  • The efficacy and safety of 200 days valganciclovir cytomegalovirus prophylaxis in high-risk kidney transplant recipients

    Atul Humar;Yvon Lebranchu;Flavio Vincenti;Emily A.Emily Blumberg

  • Randomized Trial of a Third Dose of mRNA-1273 Vaccine in Transplant Recipients.

    Victoria G Hall;Victor H Ferreira;Terrance Ku;Matthew Ierullo

  • Oral Valganciclovir Is Noninferior to Intravenous Ganciclovir for the Treatment of Cytomegalovirus Disease in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

    A Asberg;A Humar;H Rollag;A G Jardine

  • Interferon-Mediated Immunopathological Events Are Associated with Atypical Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses in Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

    Mark J. Cameron;Longsi Ran;Luoling Xu;Ali Danesh

  • Outcomes from pandemic influenza A H1N1 infection in recipients of solid-organ transplants: A multicentre cohort study

    Deepali Kumar;Marian G. Michaels;Michele I. Morris;Michael Green

  • Assessment of Cytomegalovirus-Specific Cell-Mediated Immunity for the Prediction of Cytomegalovirus Disease in High-Risk Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients: A Multicenter Cohort Study

    Oriol Manuel;Shahid Husain;Deepali Kumar;Carlos Zayas

  • Clinical impact of community-acquired respiratory viruses on bronchiolitis obliterans after lung transplant

    Deepali Kumar;Dean Erdman;Shaf Keshavjee;Teresa Peret

  • Cryptococcus neoformans in Organ Transplant Recipients: Impact of Calcineurin-Inhibitor Agents on Mortality

    Nina Singh;Nina Singh;Barbara D. Alexander;Olivier Lortholary;Olivier Lortholary;Françoise Dromer

  • Parasight F test compared with the polymerase chain reaction and microscopy for the diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in travelers.

    Atul Humar;Colin Ohrt;Mary Anne Harrington;Dylan Pillai

  • An immune reconstitution syndrome-like illness associated with Cryptococcus neoformans infection in organ transplant recipients

    Nina Singh;Nina Singh;Olivier Lortholary;Barbara D. Alexander;Krishan L. Gupta

  • Clinical utility of quantitative cytomegalovirus viral load determination for predicting cytomegalovirus disease in liver transplant recipients.

    Atul Humar;Daniel Gregson;Angela M. Caliendo;Allison McGeer

  • Extended valganciclovir prophylaxis in D+/R- kidney transplant recipients is associated with long-term reduction in cytomegalovirus disease: two-year results of the IMPACT study.

    Atul Humar;Ajit P.Ajit Limaye;Emily A.Emily Blumberg;Ingeborg Anni Hauser

  • Changes in the spectrum and risk factors for invasive candidiasis in liver transplant recipients: prospective, multicenter, case-controlled study.

    Shahid Husain;Jan Tollemar;Edward A. Dominguez;Katherine Baumgarten

  • COVID-19: A global transplant perspective on successfully navigating a pandemic.

    Deepali Kumar;Oriol Manuel;Yoichiro Natori;Hiroto Egawa

  • West Nile virus infection in 2002: morbidity and mortality among patients admitted to hospital in southcentral Ontario

    Caitlin Pepperell;Neil Rau;Sigmund Krajden;Ralph Kern

  • Absence of Cytomegalovirus-Resistance Mutations after Valganciclovir Prophylaxis, in a Prospective Multicenter Study of Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients

    Guy Boivin;Nathalie Goyette;Christian Gilbert;Noel Roberts

  • Pharmacodynamics of oral ganciclovir and valganciclovir in solid organ transplant recipients.

    Hugh Wiltshire;Carlos V. Paya;Mark D. Pescovitz;Atul Humar

Frequent Co-Authors

Shahid Husain
Shahid Husain University Health Network
Shaf Keshavjee
Shaf Keshavjee University Health Network
Tony Mazzulli
Tony Mazzulli University Health Network
Gary A. Levy
Gary A. Levy University of Toronto
Nina Singh
Nina Singh University of Pittsburgh
Ajit P. Limaye
Ajit P. Limaye University of Washington
Alan G. Jardine
Alan G. Jardine University of Glasgow
Thomas K. Waddell
Thomas K. Waddell University Health Network
Trevor J. Pugh
Trevor J. Pugh Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Anders Hartmann
Anders Hartmann Oslo University Hospital

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