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David Alland is a researcher affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their main field of study is Medicine, with a focus on infectious diseases and epidemiology. Their research covers a broad range of topics primarily related to tuberculosis, respiratory infections, and viral diseases.

Alland's work spans several specific subfields, including:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Surgery
  • Biomedical Engineering

The major research topics they have contributed to include:

  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Alland has published numerous papers in respected scientific journals. Some of the recent papers they contributed to are:

  • "Multicenter Evaluation of the Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 Test," 2020, Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • "Classification of early tuberculosis states to guide research for improved care and prevention: an international Delphi consensus exercise," 2024, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • "Xpert MTB/XDR: a 10-Color Reflex Assay Suitable for Point-of-Care Settings To Detect Isoniazid, Fluoroquinolone, and Second-Line-Injectable-Drug Resistance Directly from Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Positive Sputum," 2020, Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • "Mycobacterium tuberculosis bloodstream infection prevalence, diagnosis, and mortality risk in seriously ill adults with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data," 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "Mycobacterium tuberculosis progresses through two phases of latent infection in humans," 2020, Nature Communications

The venues where Alland frequently publishes their research include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • Nature Communications
  • PLoS ONE

Throughout their career, Alland has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Soumitesh Chakravorty
  • Padmapriya P. Banada
  • Jerrold J. Ellner
  • Sukalyani Banik
  • Adam Penn-Nicholson

Best Publications

  • Rapid molecular detection of tuberculosis and rifampin resistance.

    Catharina C. Boehme;Pamela Nabeta;Doris Hillemann;Mark P. Nicol

  • A detailed analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA gene segments for the diagnosis of pathogenic bacteria.

    Soumitesh Chakravorty;Danica Helb;Michele Burday;Nancy Connell

  • Feasibility, diagnostic accuracy, and effectiveness of decentralised use of the Xpert MTB/RIF test for diagnosis of tuberculosis and multidrug resistance: a multicentre implementation study

    Catharina C. Boehme;Mark P. Nicol;Mark P. Nicol;Pamela Nabeta;Joy S. Michael

  • Rapid Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance by Use of On-Demand, Near-Patient Technology

    Danica Helb;Martin Jones;Elizabeth Story;Catharina Boehme

  • Transmission of tuberculosis in New York City. An analysis by DNA fingerprinting and conventional epidemiologic methods

    David Alland;Gary E. Kalkut;Andrew R. Moss;Ruth A. McAdam

  • Whole-Genome Comparison of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical and Laboratory Strains

    R. D. Fleischmann;D. Alland;Jonathan A Eisen;L. Carpenter

  • Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance: a prospective multicentre diagnostic accuracy study

    Susan E Dorman;Samuel G Schumacher;David Alland;Pamela Nabeta

  • The New Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra: Improving Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Resistance to Rifampin in an Assay Suitable for Point-of-Care Testing.

    Soumitesh Chakravorty;Ann Marie Simmons;Mazhgan Rowneki;Heta Parmar

  • Better tests, better care: improved diagnostics for infectious diseases.

    Angela M. Caliendo;David N. Gilbert;David N. Gilbert;Christine C. Ginocchio;Kimberly E. Hanson

  • Evaluation of the Analytical Performance of the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay

    Robert Blakemore;Elizabeth Story;Danica Helb;JoAnn Kop

  • Molecular beacon sequence analysis for detecting drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Amy S. Piatek;Sanjay Tyagi;Arno C. Pol;Amalio Telenti

  • SQ109 Targets MmpL3, a Membrane Transporter of Trehalose Monomycolate Involved in Mycolic Acid Donation to the Cell Wall Core of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Kapil Tahlan;Regina Wilson;David B. Kastrinsky;Kriti Arora

  • Variation in virulence among clades of Escherichia coli O157:H7 associated with disease outbreaks

    Shannon D. Manning;Alifiya S. Motiwala;A. Cody Springman;Weihong Qi

  • A Multi-institutional Outbreak of Highly Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Epidemiology and Clinical Outcomes

    Thomas R. Frieden;Lisa Fine Sherman;Khin Lay Maw;Paula I. Fujiwara

  • Population Genetics Study of Isoniazid Resistance Mutations and Evolution of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Manzour Hernando Hazbón;Michael Brimacombe;Miriam Bobadilla del Valle;Magali Cavatore

  • Xpert MTB/RIF: a New Pillar in Diagnosis of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis?

    Viral Vadwai;Catharina Boehme;Pamela Nabeta;Anjali Shetty

  • SIMULTANEOUS GENOTYPING AND SPECIES IDENTIFICATION USING HYBRIDIZATION PATTERN RECOGNITION ANALYSIS OF GENERIC MYCOBACTERIUM DNA ARRAYS

    Thomas R. Gingeras;Ghassan Ghandour;Eugene Wang;Anthony Berno

  • Global Phylogeny of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Based on Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Analysis: Insights into Tuberculosis Evolution, Phylogenetic Accuracy of Other DNA Fingerprinting Systems, and Recommendations for a Minimal Standard SNP Set

    Ingrid Filliol;Alifiya S. Motiwala;Magali Cavatore;Weihong Qi

  • Transfer of a point mutation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis inhA resolves the target of isoniazid.

    Catherine Vilchèze;Feng Wang;Masayoshi Arai;Manzour Hernando Hazbón

  • Targeting tuberculosis and malaria through inhibition of Enoyl reductase: compound activity and structural data.

    Mack R. Kuo;Hector R. Morbidoni;David Alland;Scott F. Sneddon

Frequent Co-Authors

William R. Jacobs
William R. Jacobs Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Fred Russell Kramer
Fred Russell Kramer Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
James C. Sacchettini
James C. Sacchettini Texas A&M University
Sanjay Tyagi
Sanjay Tyagi Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Catherine Vilchèze
Catherine Vilchèze Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Laurent Kremer
Laurent Kremer Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier
Clifton E. Barry
Clifton E. Barry National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Sang-Nae Cho
Sang-Nae Cho Yonsei University
Mark P. Nicol
Mark P. Nicol University of Western Australia
Laura E. Via
Laura E. Via National Institutes of Health

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