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Overview

Charles H. King is affiliated with Case Western Reserve University in the United States and has a broad research portfolio primarily within the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work spans various subfields including Parasitology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

Their frequent publication venues reflect a focus on tropical medicine, infectious diseases, and global health, with multiple contributions to the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Other notable venues for their work include Wellcome Open Research, The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, and OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) from La Trobe University.

Key topics in King's research encompass Parasites and Host Interactions, Global Maternal and Child Health, Global Health and Surgery, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, and Viral Infections and Vectors.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Jürg Utzinger, Daniel G. Colley, Francis Mutuku, A. Desirée LaBeaud, and Sue Binder, each having coauthored multiple publications with King.

The recent papers authored or coauthored by King demonstrate a concentration on infectious diseases, vaccine efficacy, and disease control strategies. These include:

  • "Review of 2022 WHO guidelines on the control and elimination of schistosomiasis" (2022, The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
  • "Measuring the global burden of chikungunya and Zika viruses: A systematic review" (2021, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
  • "Iron Deficiency Anemia at Time of Vaccination Predicts Decreased Vaccine Response and Iron Supplementation at Time of Vaccination Increases Humoral Vaccine Response: A Birth Cohort Study and a Randomized Trial Follow-Up Study in Kenyan Infants" (2020, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • "Elimination of schistosomiasis in China: Current status and future prospects" (2021, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
  • "Paving the way for human vaccination against Rift Valley fever virus: A systematic literature review of RVFV epidemiology from 1999 to 2021" (2022, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)

Best Publications

  • Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Theo Vos;Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi

  • Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Mohsen Naghavi;Rafael Lozano

  • 2015 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Jasvinder A. Singh;Kenneth G. Saag;S. Louis Bridges;Elie A. Akl

  • Helminth infections: the great neglected tropical diseases

    Peter J. Hotez;Paul J. Brindley;Jeffrey M. Bethony;Charles Harding King

  • 2012 American College of Rheumatology guidelines for management of gout. Part 1: Systematic nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic therapeutic approaches to hyperuricemia

    Dinesh Khanna;John D. FitzGerald;Puja P. Khanna;Sangmee Bae

  • The global burden of disease study 2010: interpretation and implications for the neglected tropical diseases.

    Peter J. Hotez;Miriam Alvarado;María-Gloria Basáñez;Ian Bolliger

  • 2015 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: ACR RA Treatment Recommendations

    Jasvinder A. Singh;Kenneth G. Saag;S. Louis Bridges;Elie A. Akl

  • Reassessment of the cost of chronic helmintic infection: a meta-analysis of disability-related outcomes in endemic schistosomiasis

    Charles Harding King;Katherine Dickman;Daniel J Tisch

  • 2012 American College of Rheumatology guidelines for management of gout. Part 2: therapy and antiinflammatory prophylaxis of acute gouty arthritis.

    Dinesh Khanna;Puja P. Khanna;John D. FitzGerald;Manjit K. Singh

  • 2020 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Management of Gout.

    John D. FitzGerald;Nicola Dalbeth;Ted Mikuls;Romina Brignardello-Petersen

  • Parasites and poverty: The case of schistosomiasis

    Charles Harding King

  • The unacknowledged impact of chronic schistosomiasis

    Charles H. King;Madeline Dangerfield-Cha

  • Soil-transmitted helminth reinfection after drug treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Tie-Wu Jia;Sara E Melville;Jürg Utzinger;Jürg Utzinger;Charles H. King

  • Diagnosis of nosocomial pneumonia in intubated, intensive care unit patients.

    R. A. Salata;M. M. Lederman;D. M. Shlaes;M. R. Jacobs

  • A five-country evaluation of a point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen urine assay for the prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni.

    Daniel G. Colley;Sue Binder;Carl Campbell;Charles H. King

  • The global burden of disease study 2013: What does it mean for the NTDs?

    Jennifer R. Herricks;Jennifer R. Herricks;Peter J. Hotez;Valentine Wanga;Luc E. Coffeng;Luc E. Coffeng

  • Toward the Elimination of Schistosomiasis

    Charles Harding King

  • Measuring the burden of arboviral diseases: the spectrum of morbidity and mortality from four prevalent infections

    ADesirée LaBeaud;ADesirée LaBeaud;Fatima Bashir;Charles H King

  • Asymmetries of poverty: why global burden of disease valuations underestimate the burden of neglected tropical diseases.

    Charles Harding King;Anne Marie Bertino

  • Prevalence of phenotypes of acute respiratory distress syndrome in critically ill patients with COVID-19: a prospective observational study.

    Pratik Sinha;Carolyn S Calfee;Shiney Cherian;David Brealey

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric M. Muchiri
Eric M. Muchiri Case Western Reserve University
Jürg Utzinger
Jürg Utzinger University of Basel
Uriel Kitron
Uriel Kitron Emory University
Daniel G. Colley
Daniel G. Colley University of Georgia
Adel A. F. Mahmoud
Adel A. F. Mahmoud Princeton University
John H. Ouma
John H. Ouma Kenya Medical Research Institute
John H. Ouma
John H. Ouma Maseno University
James W. Kazura
James W. Kazura Case Western Reserve University
Christopher L. King
Christopher L. King Case Western Reserve University
Eliézer K. N’Goran
Eliézer K. N’Goran Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny

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