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  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)

Overview

Bernard L. Nahlen is affiliated with the University of Notre Dame in the United States. Their research is situated primarily within the field of Medicine, with a focus on public health and environmental factors. They have contributed extensively to studies related to malaria and vector-borne diseases, emphasizing both the biological and environmental aspects of disease transmission and control.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine

Their subfields of focus cover:

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • General Health Professions
  • Health
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Bernard L. Nahlen's work addresses several major topics, notably in the domain of tropical medicine and global health, including:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

Their recent scholarly output includes publications such as:

  • "Preliminary Report of Pyrethroid Resistance in Anopheles vagus, an Important Malaria Vector in Bangladesh" (2020) published in American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • "Composition of Anopheles species and bionomic characteristics over the peak malaria transmission season in Bandarban, Bangladesh" (2023) published in Malaria Journal
  • "Association of Malnutrition with Subsequent Malaria Parasitemia among Children Younger than Three years in Kenya: A Secondary Data Analysis of the Asembo Bay Cohort Study" (2020) published in American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • "Intergenerational persistence of health: Evidence from India" (2023) published in Economics Letters
  • "Fetal sex and risk of pregnancy-associated malaria in Plasmodium falciparum-endemic regions: a meta-analysis" (2023) published in Scientific Reports

The venues in which Bernard L. Nahlen frequently publishes include:

  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • UNC Libraries
  • Malaria Journal
  • Economics Letters
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

They have collaborated regularly with the following researchers:

  • Santosh Kumar
  • Holger W. Unger
  • Julie Gutman
  • Valérie Briand
  • Nadine Fiévet

In recognition of their contributions, Bernard L. Nahlen was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • The burden of malaria in pregnancy in malaria-endemic areas.

    Richard W. Steketee;Bernard L. Nahlen;Monica E. Parise;Clara Menendez

  • Relation between severe malaria morbidity in children and level of Plasmodium falciparum transmission in Africa

    Robert W Snow;Judy A Omumbo;Brett Lowe;Brett Lowe;Catherine S Molyneux;Catherine S Molyneux

  • Protective effects of the sickle cell gene against malaria morbidity and mortality

    Michael Aidoo;Dianne J Terlouw;Margarette S Kolczak;Peter D McElroy

  • COMMUNITY-WIDE EFFECTS OF PERMETHRIN-TREATED BED NETS ON CHILD MORTALITY AND MALARIA MORBIDITY IN WESTERN KENYA

    William A. Hawley;Penelope A. Phillips-Howard;Feiko O. Ter Kuile;Dianne J. Terlouw

  • Efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for prevention of placental malaria in an area of Kenya with a high prevalence of malaria and human immunodeficiency virus infection.

    Monica E. Parise;John G. Ayisi;Bernard L. Nahlen;Linda J. Schultz

  • A Low Interleukin-10 Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Ratio Is Associated with Malaria Anemia in Children Residing in a Holoendemic Malaria Region in Western Kenya

    Caroline Othoro;Altaf A. Lal;Bernard Nahlen;Davy Koech

  • The burden of malaria mortality among African children in the year 2000

    Alexander K. Rowe;Samantha Y. Rowe;Samantha Y. Rowe;Robert W. Snow;Robert W. Snow;Eline L. Korenromp

  • Efficacy of permethrin-treated bed nets in the prevention of mortality in young children in an area of high perennial malaria transmission in western Kenya.

    Penelope A. Phillips-Howard;Bernard L. Nahlen;Margarette S. Kolczak;Allen W. Hightower

  • Glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchors of Plasmodium falciparum: molecular characterization and naturally elicited antibody response that may provide immunity to malaria pathogenesis.

    Ramachandra S. Naik;Ora Lee H. Branch;Amina S. Woods;Matam Vijaykumar

  • Profile: The KEMRI/CDC Health and Demographic Surveillance System—Western Kenya

    Frank O Odhiambo;Kayla F Laserson;Maquins Sewe;Mary J Hamel

  • Longitudinal cohort study of the epidemiology of malaria infections in an area of intense malaria transmission II. Descriptive epidemiology of malaria infection and disease among children.

    P B Bloland;D A Boriga;T K Ruebush;J B McCormick

  • A longitudinal investigation of IgG and IgM antibody responses to the merozoite surface protein-1 19-kiloDalton domain of Plasmodium falciparum in pregnant women and infants: associations with febrile illness, parasitemia, and anemia.

    Oralee H. Branch;Venkatachalam Udhayakumar;Allen W. Hightower;Aggrey J. Oloo

  • REDUCTION OF MALARIA DURING PREGNANCY BY PERMETHRIN-TREATED BED NETS IN AN AREA OF INTENSE PERENNIAL MALARIA TRANSMISSION IN WESTERN KENYA

    Feiko O. Ter Kuile;Dianne J. Terlouw;Penelope A. Phillips-Howard;William A. Hawley

  • A new NOS2 promoter polymorphism associated with increased nitric oxide production and protection from severe malaria in Tanzanian and Kenyan children

    Maurine R Hobbs;Venkatachalam Udhayakumar;Marc C Levesque;Jennifer Booth

  • Factors affecting use of permethrin-treated bed nets during a randomized controlled trial in western Kenya

    Jane A. Alaii;William A. Hawley;Margarette S. Kolczak;Feiko O. Ter Kuile

  • Impact Of Permethrin-treated Bed Nets On Entomologic Indices In An Area Of Intense Year-round Malaria Transmission

    John E. Gimnig;John M. Vulule;Terrence Q. Lo;Luna Kamau

  • IMPLICATIONS OF THE WESTERN KENYA PERMETHRIN-TREATED BED NET STUDY FOR POLICY, PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION, AND FUTURE RESEARCH

    William A. Hawley;Feiko O. Ter Kuile;Richard S. Steketee;Bernard L. Nahlen

  • IMPACT OF PERMETHRIN-TREATED BED NETS ON MALARIA AND ALL-CAUSE MORBIDITY IN YOUNG CHILDREN IN AN AREA OF INTENSE PERENNIAL MALARIA TRANSMISSION IN WESTERN KENYA: CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY

    Feiko O. Ter Kuile;Dianne J. Terlouw;Penelope A. Phillips-Howard;William A. Hawley

  • Impact of malaria control on childhood anaemia in Africa – a quantitative review

    Eline L. Korenromp;Joanna R. M. Armstrong-Schellenberg;Brian G. Williams;Bernard L. Nahlen

  • Sustainability of reductions in malaria transmission and infant mortality in western Kenya with use of insecticide-treated bednets: 4 to 6 years of follow-up.

    Kim A. Lindblade;Thomas P. Eisele;John E. Gimnig;Jane A. Alaii

Frequent Co-Authors

Feiko O. ter Kuile
Feiko O. ter Kuile Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Penelope A. Phillips-Howard
Penelope A. Phillips-Howard Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Altaf A. Lal
Altaf A. Lal Sun Pharma (India)
Simon Kariuki
Simon Kariuki Kenya Medical Research Institute
Laurence Slutsker
Laurence Slutsker Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Richard W. Steketee
Richard W. Steketee Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
John M. Vulule
John M. Vulule Kenya Medical Research Institute
Venkatachalam Udhayakumar
Venkatachalam Udhayakumar Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
John E. Gimnig
John E. Gimnig Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Allen W. Hightower
Allen W. Hightower Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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