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Barry S. Fields is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. The scientist's work spans multiple disciplines within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The primary research domains include infectious diseases, epidemiology, endocrinology, food science, and molecular medicine.

The research emphasizes topics such as Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, Vibrio bacteria research, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, pneumonia and respiratory infections, respiratory viral infections, viral infections and vectors, and viral infections and outbreaks research.

Barry S. Fields has contributed to a number of publications, notably:

  • The genomic epidemiology of multi-drug resistant invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella in selected sub-Saharan African countries, 2021, BMJ Global Health
  • 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, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • 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, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Dynamic Incidence of Typhoid Fever over a 10-Year Period (2010-2019) in Kibera, an Urban Informal Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, 2023, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Etiology of acute febrile illnesses in Southern China: Findings from a two-year sentinel surveillance project, 2017-2019, 2022, PLoS ONE

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated on multiple projects include:

  • Ondari D. Mogeni
  • Robert F. Breiman
  • Joel M. Montgomery
  • Clayton Onyango
  • Se Eun Park

Barry S. Fields' work has appeared in several publication venues, including:

  • PLoS ONE
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • BMJ Global Health
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Best Publications

  • A novel coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome.

    Ksiazek Tg;Erdman D;Goldsmith Cs;Zaki

  • Legionella and Legionnaires' Disease: 25 Years of Investigation

    Barry S. Fields;Robert F. Benson;Richard E. Besser

  • Use of quantitative molecular diagnostic methods to identify causes of diarrhoea in children: a reanalysis of the GEMS case-control study

    Jie Liu;James A Platts-Mills;Jane Juma;Furqan Kabir

  • The molecular ecology of legionellae

    Barry S. Fields

  • Standardizing Chlamydia pneumoniae assays : Recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA) and the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control (Canada)

    Scott F. Dowell;Rosanna W. Peeling;Jens Boman;George M. Carlone

  • Evaluation and Improvement of Real-Time PCR Assays Targeting lytA, ply, and psaA Genes for Detection of Pneumococcal DNA

    Maria da Gloria S. Carvalho;Maria Lucia Tondella;Karen McCaustland;Luciana Weidlich

  • Role of biofilms in the survival of Legionella pneumophila in a model potable-water system

    Ricardo Murga;Terri S. Forster;Ellen Brown;Janet M. Pruckler

  • Mycobacterium avium Bacilli Grow Saprozoically in Coculture with Acanthamoeba polyphaga and Survive within Cyst Walls

    Michael Steinert;Kristin Birkness;Elizabeth White;Barry Fields

  • Incidence of invasive salmonella disease in sub-Saharan Africa: a multicentre population-based surveillance study

    Florian Marks;Vera von Kalckreuth;Peter Aaby;Yaw Adu-Sarkodie

  • Isolation of protozoa from water associated with a legionellosis outbreak and demonstration of intracellular multiplication of Legionella pneumophila.

    J M Barbaree;B S Fields;J C Feeley;G W Gorman

  • Proliferation of Legionella pneumophila as an intracellular parasite of the ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena pyriformis.

    B S Fields;E B Shotts;J C Feeley;G W Gorman

  • Application of TaqMan Low-Density Arrays for Simultaneous Detection of Multiple Respiratory Pathogens

    Maja Kodani;Genyan Yang;Laura M. Conklin;Tatiana C. Travis

  • Outbreak of Legionnaires' disease among cruise ship passengers exposed to a contaminated whirlpool spa

    D.B Jernigan;J Hofmann;M.S Cetron;J.P Nuorti

  • Hospital characteristics associated with colonization of water systems by Legionella and risk of nosocomial legionnaires' disease: a cohort study of 15 hospitals.

    Jacob L. Kool;David Bergmire-Sweat;Jay C. Butler;Ellen W. Brown

  • Reevaluation of the Definition of Legionnaires' Disease: Use of the Urinary Antigen Assay

    J. F. Plouffe;T. M. File;R. F. Breiman;B. A. Hackman

  • Nanopore Sequencing as a Rapidly Deployable Ebola Outbreak Tool

    Thomas Hoenen;Allison Groseth;Kyle Rosenke;Robert J. Fischer

  • Ten New Species of Legionella

    Don J. Brenner;Arnold G. Steigerwalt;George W. Gorman;Hazel W. Wilkinson

  • Association of shower use with Legionnaires' disease. Possible role of amoebae.

    Robert F. Breiman;Barry S. Fields;Gary N. Sanden;LaJean Volmer

  • Intracellular multiplication ofLegionella pneumophila in amoebae isolated from hospital hot water tanks

    Barry S. Fields;Gary N. Sanden;James M. Barbaree;William E. Morrill

  • Effect of monochloramine disinfection of municipal drinking water on risk of nosocomial Legionnaires'disease

    Jacob L Kool;Joseph C Carpenter;Barry S Fields

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert F. Breiman
Robert F. Breiman Emory University
Jay C. Butler
Jay C. Butler Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jonas M. Winchell
Jonas M. Winchell Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sandra S. Chaves
Sandra S. Chaves Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dean D. Erdman
Dean D. Erdman Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
M. Kariuki Njenga
M. Kariuki Njenga Washington State University
Scott F. Dowell
Scott F. Dowell Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Marc-Alain Widdowson
Marc-Alain Widdowson World Health Organization
Cynthia G. Whitney
Cynthia G. Whitney Emory University
Sherif R. Zaki
Sherif R. Zaki Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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