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Jonathan R. Carapetis

Jonathan R. Carapetis

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Medicine

D-Index
96
Citations
145600
World Ranking
9445
National Ranking
287

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science

Overview

Jonathan R. Carapetis is affiliated with the Telethon Kids Institute in Australia and has an extensive research portfolio primarily focused on medicine with significant contributions in public health, infectious diseases, epidemiology, clinical biochemistry, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their recent publications include:

  • Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990-2019, 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Global epidemiology of valvular heart disease, 2021, Nature Reviews Cardiology
  • Contemporary Incidence and Prevalence of Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease in Australia Using Linked Data: The Case for Policy Change, 2020, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Ending rheumatic heart disease in Australia: the evidence for a new approach, 2020, The Medical Journal of Australia
  • Preventing heart failure: a position paper of the Heart Failure Association in collaboration with the European Association of Preventive Cardiology, 2022, European Journal of Heart Failure

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Asha C Bowen (66 publications)
  • Jeffrey Cannon (28 publications)
  • Stephanie Enkel (26 publications)
  • Andrea Beaton (25 publications)
  • Laurens Manning (23 publications)

Jonathan R. Carapetis often publishes in venues such as:

  • BMJ Open (9 publications)
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases (8 publications)
  • Circulation (8 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (7 publications)
  • The Medical Journal of Australia (6 publications)

The main areas of their research include the following subfields:

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (124 publications)
  • Infectious Diseases (88 publications)
  • Epidemiology (56 publications)
  • Clinical Biochemistry (23 publications)
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (20 publications)

Core topics in their work cover:

  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (210 publications)
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (98 publications)
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (72 publications)
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (46 publications)
  • Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases (42 publications)
  • Neonatal and Maternal Infections (32 publications)
  • Rabies epidemiology and control (28 publications)

Jonathan R. Carapetis was recognized as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Theo Vos;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi;Kyle Foreman;Stephen Lim

  • 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

  • A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Stephen S. Lim;Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Goodarz Danaei

  • Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019: Update From the GBD 2019 Study

    Gregory A. Roth;George A. Mensah;Catherine O. Johnson;Giovanni Addolorato

  • 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

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohsen Naghavi;Haidong Wang;Rafael Lozano;Adrian Davis

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national burden of cardiovascular diseases for 10 causes, 1990 to 2015

    Gregory A. Roth;Catherine Johnson;Amanuel Abajobir;Foad Abd-Allah

  • The global burden of group A streptococcal diseases

    Jonathan R Carapetis;Andrew C Steer;E Kim Mulholland;Martin Weber

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Megha Arora;Ryan M. Barber;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013 : quantifying the epidemiological transition

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Ryan M. Barber;Kyle J. Foreman;Ayse Abbasoglu Ozgoren

  • Global, Regional, and National Burden of Rheumatic Heart Disease, 1990–2015

    David A. Watkins;David A. Watkins;Catherine O. Johnson;Samantha M. Colquhoun;Ganesan Karthikeyan

  • Global, regional, and national levels of neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Haidong Wang;Chelsea A. Liddell;Matthew M. Coates;Meghan D. Mooney

  • World Heart Federation criteria for echocardiographic diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease--an evidence-based guideline.

    Bo Remenyi;Nigel Wilson;Andrew Steer;Beatriz Ferreira

  • Revision of the Jones Criteria for the Diagnosis of Acute Rheumatic Fever in the Era of Doppler Echocardiography A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Michael H. Gewitz;Robert S. Baltimore;Lloyd Y. Tani;Craig A. Sable

  • Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

    Jonathan R. Carapetis;Jonathan R. Carapetis;Andrea Beaton;Madeleine W. Cunningham;Luiza Guilherme;Luiza Guilherme

  • Global emm type distribution of group A streptococci: systematic review and implications for vaccine development

    Andrew C Steer;Irwin Law;Laisiana Matatolu;Bernard W Beall

  • Antibiotic prophylaxis and recurrent urinary tract infection in children.

    Jonathan C. Craig;Judy M. Simpson;Gabrielle J. Williams;Alison Lowe

Frequent Co-Authors

Bart J. Currie
Bart J. Currie Charles Darwin University
Nigel Curtis
Nigel Curtis Royal Children's Hospital
Robert G. Weintraub
Robert G. Weintraub Royal Children's Hospital
Bongani M. Mayosi
Bongani M. Mayosi University of Cape Town
Alan D. Lopez
Alan D. Lopez University of Melbourne
Theo Vos
Theo Vos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Christopher J L Murray
Christopher J L Murray University of Washington
Amanda J. Leach
Amanda J. Leach Charles Darwin University
Samath D Dharmaratne
Samath D Dharmaratne University of Peradeniya
Mohsen Naghavi
Mohsen Naghavi Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

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