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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1982 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Edward W. Hook is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and immunology and microbiology, contributing a total of 78 publications across these main fields. The scientist has significant engagement in subfields such as microbiology, physiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, general health professions, and general social sciences.

Their scholarly output includes work on the following main topics:

  • Reproductive tract infections research
  • Syphilis diagnosis and treatment
  • HIV, TB, and STIs epidemiology
  • HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations
  • Reproductive health and contraception
  • Adolescent sexual and reproductive health
  • Female genital mutilation/cutting issues

Frequently publishing in respected venues, Edward W. Hook has contributed notably to:

  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • UNC Libraries
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Value in Health
  • New England Journal of Medicine

They have collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including:

  • Arlene C. Seña
  • Lorenzo Giacani
  • Kimberly Workowski
  • Nicole A. P. Lieberman
  • Sheila A. Lukehart

Among notable recent papers authored by or coauthored with Edward W. Hook are:

  • "Gonococcal vaccines: Public health value and preferred product characteristics; report of a WHO global stakeholder consultation, January 2019" (2020, Vaccine)
  • "Treponema pallidum genome sequencing from six continents reveals variability in vaccine candidate genes and dominance of Nichols clade strains in Madagascar" (2021, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
  • "Optimising treatments for sexually transmitted infections: surveillance, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, therapeutic strategies, and molecular resistance prediction" (2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
  • "Characteristics of Mycoplasma genitalium Urogenital Infections in a Diverse Patient Sample from the United States: Results from the Aptima Mycoplasma genitalium Evaluation Study (AMES)" (2020, Journal of Clinical Microbiology)
  • "Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic considerations for new and current therapeutic drugs for uncomplicated gonorrhoea-challenges and opportunities" (2020, Clinical Microbiology and Infection)

Edward W. Hook was awarded the fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1982.

Best Publications

  • Parental Monitoring: Association With Adolescents' Risk Behaviors

    Ralph J. DiClemente;Gina M. Wingood;Richard Crosby;Catlainn Sionean

  • Invasion of the central nervous system by Treponema pallidum: implications for diagnosis and treatment.

    Sheila A. Lukehart;Edward W. Hook;Sharon A. Baker-Zander;Ann C. Collier

  • Efficacy of an HIV Prevention Intervention for African American Adolescent Girls: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Ralph J. DiClemente;Gina M. Wingood;Kathy F. Harrington;Delia L. Lang

  • Gonorrhoea

    Unknown

  • Acquired syphilis in adults.

    Edward W. Hook;Christina M. Marra

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection among Patients Attending Clinics for Sexually Transmitted Diseases

    T C Quinn;D Glasser;R O Cannon;D L Matuszak

  • Multicenter Evaluation of the BDProbeTec ET System for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Urine Specimens, Female Endocervical Swabs, and Male Urethral Swabs

    Barbara Van Der Pol;Dennis V. Ferrero;Linda Buck-Barrington;Edward Hook

  • Condom use to prevent incident STDs: the validity of self-reported condom use.

    Jonathan M. Zenilman;Carol S. Weisman;Anne M. Rompalo;Nancy Ellish

  • Epidemiology, clinical presentation and antibody response to primary infection with herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 in young women

    David I. Bernstein;Abbie R. Bellamy;Edward W. Hook;Myron J. Levin

  • Syphilis

    Unknown

  • Failure of intensive care unit support to influence mortality from pneumococcal bacteremia.

    Edward W. Hook;Christy A. Horton;Dennis R. Schaberg

  • Herpes Simplex Virus Infection as a Risk Factor for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Heterosexuals

    Edward W. Hook;Robert O. Cannon;Robert O. Cannon;Andre J. Nahmias;Andre J. Nahmias;Francis F. Lee;Francis F. Lee

  • Vaginal swabs are the specimens of choice when screening for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae: results from a multicenter evaluation of the APTIMA assays for both infections.

    Julius Schachter;Max A. Chernesky;Dean E. Willis;Paul M. Fine

  • Epidemiologic and microbiologic correlates of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in sexual partnerships

    T.C. Quinn;C. Gaydos;M. Shepherd;L. Bobo

  • Performance of the APTIMA Combo 2 assay for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in female urine and endocervical swab specimens.

    C. A. Gaydos;T. C. Quinn;T. C. Quinn;D. Willis;A. Weissfeld

  • A Prospective Study of Exposure to Rap Music Videos and African American Female Adolescents’ Health

    Gina M. Wingood;Ralph J. DiClemente;Jay Michael Bernhardt;Kathy Harrington

  • Enterococcal endocarditis. An analysis of 38 patients observed at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center.

    Gerald L. Mandell;Donald Kaye;Matthew E. Levison;Edward W. Hook

  • Microbiologic Evaluation of Cutaneous Cellulitis in Adults

    Edward W. Hook;Thomas M. Hooton;Christy A. Horton;Marie B. Coyle

  • Performance of the Cepheid CT/NG Xpert Rapid PCR Test for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae

    Charlotte A. Gaydos;Barbara Van Der Pol;Mary Jett-Goheen;Mathilda Barnes

  • Partner type and condom use

    Unknown

  • Update to CDC's sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010

    Carlos del Rio;Geraldine Hall;King Holmes;Olusegun Soge

  • A randomized controlled trial to reduce HIV transmission risk behaviors and sexually transmitted diseases among women living with HIV: The WiLLOW Program.

    Gina M. Wingood;Ralph J. DiClemente;Isis Mikhail;Delia L. Lang

  • Update to CDC's sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2006

    C. Del Rio;G. Hall;E. W. Hook;K. K. Holmes

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas C. Quinn
Thomas C. Quinn Johns Hopkins University
M. Kim Oh
M. Kim Oh Boston College
Ralph J. DiClemente
Ralph J. DiClemente New York University
Gina M. Wingood
Gina M. Wingood Columbia University
David H. Martin
David H. Martin Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
Susan L. Davies
Susan L. Davies University of Alabama at Birmingham
Richard A. Crosby
Richard A. Crosby University of Kentucky
Jonathan M. Zenilman
Jonathan M. Zenilman Johns Hopkins University
Jane R. Schwebke
Jane R. Schwebke University of Alabama at Birmingham
Julius Schachter
Julius Schachter University of California, San Francisco

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