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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 2010 - ASM Moselio Schaechter Award in Recognition of a Developing-Country Microbiologist, American Society for Microbiology

Overview

Firdausi Qadri is affiliated with the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Bangladesh and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research also spans significant subfields including Endocrinology, Infectious Diseases, Food Science, Epidemiology, and Hepatology.

The scholar's work frequently appears in a set of key publication venues, demonstrating recurring contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Vaccine
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Main topics addressed in their research include Vibrio bacteria, Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, viral gastroenteritis, Escherichia coli, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, and COVID-19 epidemiological studies. These thematic areas reflect a focus on microbial pathogens and infectious diseases as they relate to public health.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Firdausi Qadri are:

  • Taufiqur Rahman Bhuiyan (72 co-authored works)
  • Farhana Khanam (51 co-authored works)
  • Fahima Chowdhury (48 co-authored works)
  • Ashraful Islam Khan (46 co-authored works)
  • Md Taufiqul Islam (43 co-authored works)

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Protection by vaccination of children against typhoid fever with a Vi-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine in urban Bangladesh: a cluster-randomised trial," 2021, The Lancet
  • "Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) vaccines: Priority activities to enable product development, licensure, and global access," 2021, Vaccine
  • "Global diversity and antimicrobial resistance of typhoid fever pathogens: Insights from a meta-analysis of 13,000 Salmonella Typhi genomes," 2023, eLife
  • "Diagnosis, Management, and Future Control of Cholera," 2022, Clinical Microbiology Reviews
  • "End COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries," 2022, Science

Firdausi Qadri has received recognition including the Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2011 and the ASM Moselio Schaechter Award in Recognition of a Developing-Country Microbiologist from the American Society for Microbiology in 2010.

Best Publications

  • A global reference for human genetic variation.

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: EPIDEMIOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY, CLINICAL FEATURES, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION

    Firdausi Qadri;Ann Mari Svennerholm;A. S.G. Faruque;R. Bradley Sack

  • A global reference for human genetic variation

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • Vibrio spp. infections.

    Craig Baker-Austin;James D. Oliver;Munirul Alam;Afsar Ali

  • Morbidity and mortality due to shigella and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli diarrhoea: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2016.

    Ibrahim A Khalil;Christopher Troeger;Brigette F Blacker;Puja C Rao

  • Host-induced epidemic spread of the cholera bacterium

    D. Scott Merrell;Susan M. Butler;Firdausi Qadri;Nadia A. Dolganov

  • Oral Phage Therapy of Acute Bacterial Diarrhea With Two Coliphage Preparations: A Randomized Trial in Children From Bangladesh

    Shafiqul Alam Sarker;Shamima Sultana;Gloria Reuteler;Deborah Moine

  • Stool Microbiota and Vaccine Responses of Infants

    M. Nazmul Huda;M. Nazmul Huda;Zachery Lewis;Karen M. Kalanetra;Mamunur Rashid

  • Cholera due to altered El Tor strains of Vibrio cholerae O1 in Bangladesh.

    G. Balakrish Nair;Firdausi Qadri;Jan Holmgren;Ann Mari Svennerholm

  • Blood Group, Immunity, and Risk of Infection with Vibrio cholerae in an Area of Endemicity

    Jason B. Harris;Ashraful I. Khan;Regina C. LaRocque;David J. Dorer

  • Diarrheal epidemics in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during three consecutive floods: 1988, 1998, and 2004.

    Brian S. Schwartz;Jason B. Harris;Ashraful I. Khan;Regina C. Larocque

  • Prevalence of Toxin Types and Colonization Factors in Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Isolated during a 2-Year Period from Diarrheal Patients in Bangladesh

    Firdausi Qadri;Swadesh Kumar Das;A. S.G. Faruque;George J. Fuchs

  • Disease Burden Due to Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in the First 2 Years of Life in an Urban Community in Bangladesh

    Firdausi Qadri;Amit Saha;Tanvir Ahmed;Abdullah Al Tarique

  • Susceptibility to Vibrio cholerae Infection in a Cohort of Household Contacts of Patients with Cholera in Bangladesh

    Jason B. Harris;Regina C. LaRocque;Fahima Chowdhury;Ashraful I. Khan

  • A 4-Year Study of the Epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae in Four Rural Areas of Bangladesh

    R. Bradley Sack;A. Kasem Siddique;Ira M. Longini;Azhar Nizam

  • Genes induced late in infection increase fitness of Vibrio cholerae after release into the environment

    Stefan Schild;Rita Tamayo;Eric J. Nelson;Firdausi Qadri

  • Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae Diarrhea, Bangladesh, 2004

    Firdausi Qadri;Ashraful I. Khan;Abu Syed G. Faruque;Yasmin Ara Begum

  • Gut Microbial Succession Follows Acute Secretory Diarrhea in Humans

    Lawrence A. David;Ana Weil;Edward T. Ryan;Stephen B. Calderwood

  • Clinical Outcomes in Household Contacts of Patients with Cholera in Bangladesh

    Ana A. Weil;Ashraful I. Khan;Fahima Chowdhury;Regina C. LaRocque

  • Evidence of a Dominant Lineage of Vibrio cholerae-Specific Lytic Bacteriophages Shed by Cholera Patients over a 10-Year Period in Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Kimberley D. Seed;Kip L. Bodi;Andrew M. Kropinski;Hans-Wolfgang Ackermann

  • Association of Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis Infection with Inflammatory Diarrhea

    Cynthia L. Sears;Salequl Islam;Amit Saha;Maleka Arjumand

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward T. Ryan
Edward T. Ryan Harvard University
Stephen B. Calderwood
Stephen B. Calderwood Massachusetts General Hospital
Jason B. Harris
Jason B. Harris Newcastle University
Ashraful Islam Khan
Ashraful Islam Khan International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
Regina C. LaRocque
Regina C. LaRocque Harvard University
John D. Clemens
John D. Clemens University of California, Los Angeles
Ann-Mari Svennerholm
Ann-Mari Svennerholm University of Gothenburg
Alejandro Cravioto
Alejandro Cravioto National Autonomous University of Mexico
David A. Sack
David A. Sack Johns Hopkins University
M. John Albert
M. John Albert Kuwait University

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