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South Africa
2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
73
Citations
26695
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National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Cheryl Cohen is affiliated with the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and has a significant publication record in the field of medicine, with a focus on epidemiology and infectious diseases. Their work spans multiple aspects of respiratory viral infections, including the epidemiology of COVID-19 and influenza, and the development of modeling and simulation approaches to understand disease dynamics.

Their research covers main fields such as:

  • Medicine

Subfields prominently investigated include:

  • Epidemiology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Health
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Primary topics of their research involve:

  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

Cheryl Cohen has contributed to various scientific venues, with frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Lancet Global Health

Collaborative work features several frequent co-authors, such as:

  • Anne von Gottberg
  • Stefano Tempia
  • Nicole Wolter
  • Jocelyn Moyes
  • Sibongile Walaza

Representative publications by Cheryl Cohen 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
  • SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 escapes neutralization by South African COVID-19 donor plasma, 2021, Nature Medicine
  • Increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection associated with emergence of Omicron in South Africa, 2022, Science
  • Decreased Influenza Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic - United States, Australia, Chile, and South Africa, 2020, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • Global burden of respiratory infections associated with seasonal influenza in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study, 2020, The Lancet Global Health

Best Publications

  • Estimates of global seasonal influenza-associated respiratory mortality: a modelling study

    A Danielle Iuliano;Katherine M Roguski;Howard H Chang;David J Muscatello

  • 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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  • Increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection associated with emergence of Omicron in South Africa

    Unknown

  • SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 escapes neutralization by South African COVID-19 donor plasma.

    Constantinos Kurt Wibmer;Frances Ayres;Tandile Hermanus;Mashudu Madzivhandila

  • Decreased influenza activity during the COVID-19 pandemic-United States, Australia, Chile, and South Africa, 2020.

    Sonja J Olsen;Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner;Alicia P Budd;Lynnette Brammer

  • Global and regional burden of hospital admissions for severe acute lower respiratory infections in young children in 2010: a systematic analysis

    Harish Nair;Harish Nair;Eric Af Simões;Igor Rudan;Bradford D Gessner

  • Global patterns in monthly activity of influenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza virus, and metapneumovirus: a systematic analysis

    You Li;Rachel M Reeves;Xin Wang;Quique Bassat

  • Global burden of respiratory infections associated with seasonal influenza in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study.

    Xin Wang;You Li;Katherine L. O'Brien;Shabir A. Madhi

  • Effects of vaccination on invasive pneumococcal disease in South Africa.

    Anne von Gottberg;Linda de Gouveia;Stefano Tempia;Vanessa Quan

  • SARS-CoV-2 reinfection trends in South Africa: analysis of routine surveillance data

    Juliet R.C. Pulliam;Cari van Schalkwyk;Nevashan Govender;Anne von Gottberg

  • Clinical severity of COVID-19 in patients admitted to hospital during the omicron wave in South Africa: a retrospective observational study

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  • Vaccine effectiveness estimates, 2004-2005 mumps outbreak, England.

    Cheryl Cohen;Joanne M. White;Emma J. Savage;Judith R. Glynn

  • Global respiratory syncytial virus-associated mortality in young children (RSV GOLD): a retrospective case series

    Nienke M Scheltema;Angela Gentile;Florencia Lucion;D James Nokes;D James Nokes

  • Increased Prevalence of Severe Malaria in HIV-Infected Adults in South Africa

    Cheryl Cohen;Alan Karstaedt;John Frean;Juno Thomas

  • Global burden of influenza-associated lower respiratory tract infections and hospitalizations among adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Kathryn E. Lafond;Kathryn E. Lafond;Rachael M. Porter;Melissa J. Whaley;Zhou Suizan

  • High Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Density, Increased by Viral Coinfection, Is Associated With Invasive Pneumococcal Pneumonia

    Nicole Wolter;Stefano Tempia;Cheryl Cohen;Shabir A. Madhi

  • Respiratory Viral Coinfections Identified by a 10-Plex Real-Time Reverse-Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay in Patients Hospitalized With Severe Acute Respiratory Illness—South Africa, 2009–2010

    Marthi A Pretorius;Shabir A. Madhi;Shabir A. Madhi;Cheryl Cohen;Dhamari Naidoo

  • Global burden of acute lower respiratory infection associated with human metapneumovirus in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study.

    Xin Wang;You Li;Maria Deloria-Knoll;Shabir A Madhi

  • SARS-CoV-2 incidence, transmission, and reinfection in a rural and an urban setting: results of the PHIRST-C cohort study, South Africa, 2020–21

    Unknown

  • Interim report on pandemic H1N1 influenza virus infections in South Africa, April to October 2009: epidemiology and factors associated with fatal cases.

    Brett N. Archer;Brett N. Archer;Cheryl Cohen;Cheryl Cohen;Dhamari Naidoo;J. Thomas;J. Thomas

  • Severe influenza-associated respiratory infection in high HIV prevalence setting, South Africa, 2009-2011

    Cheryl Cohen;Jocelyn Moyes;Stefano Tempia;Michelle Groom

  • Nosocomial outbreak of novel arenavirus infection, Southern Africa.

    Janusz Tadeusz Paweska;Nivesh H. Sewlall;Thomas G. Ksiazek;Lucille H. Blumberg

  • Difference in mortality among individuals admitted to hospital with COVID-19 during the first and second waves in South Africa: a cohort study.

    Waasila Jassat;Caroline Mudara;Lovelyn Ozougwu;Stefano Tempia;Stefano Tempia

  • Influenza surveillance in 15 countries in Africa, 2006-2010

    Jennifer Michalove Radin;Mark A Katz;Stefano Tempia;Ndahwouh Talla Nzussouo

Frequent Co-Authors

Shabir A. Madhi
Shabir A. Madhi University of the Witwatersrand
Anne von Gottberg
Anne von Gottberg National Health Laboratory Service
Sibongile Walaza
Sibongile Walaza Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
Marietjie Venter
Marietjie Venter University of Pretoria
Nicole Wolter
Nicole Wolter National Health Laboratory Service
Meredith McMorrow
Meredith McMorrow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kathleen Kahn
Kathleen Kahn University of the Witwatersrand
Keith P. Klugman
Keith P. Klugman Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Adam L. Cohen
Adam L. Cohen Inova Health System
Nelesh P. Govender
Nelesh P. Govender National Health Laboratory Service

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