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Noga Givon-Lavi is affiliated with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on Epidemiology, Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work focuses on several key topics, including:

  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies

Among Noga Givon-Lavi's notable recent publications are:

  • Decline in Pneumococcal Disease in Young Children During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic in Israel Associated With Suppression of Seasonal Respiratory Viruses, Despite Persistent Pneumococcal Carriage: A Prospective Cohort Study (2021, Clinical Infectious Diseases)
  • The role of interspecies recombination in the evolution of antibiotic-resistant pneumococci (2021, eLife)
  • Dynamics of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Israel in Children and Adults in the 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13) Era: A Nationwide Prospective Surveillance (2021, Clinical Infectious Diseases)
  • COVID-19 in a Subset of Hospitalized Children in Israel (2021, Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society)
  • Effectiveness of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Against Community-acquired Alveolar Pneumonia Attributable to Vaccine-serotype Streptococcus pneumoniae Among Children (2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases)

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Vaccine
  • The Journal of Pediatrics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Noga Givon-Lavi collaborates regularly with several coauthors, notably:

  • Ron Dagan
  • Shalom Ben-Shimol
  • David Greenberg
  • Bart Adriaan van der Beek
  • Dana Danino

Best Publications

  • Reduction of nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae after administration of a 9-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine to toddlers attending day care centers.

    Ron Dagan;Noga Givon-Lavi;Orly Zamir;Merav Sikuler-Cohen

  • Comparative Immunogenicity and Efficacy of 13-Valent and 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines in Reducing Nasopharyngeal Colonization: A Randomized Double-Blind Trial

    Ron Dagan;Scott Patterson;Christine Juergens;David Greenberg

  • Pneumococcal lineages associated with serotype replacement and antibiotic resistance in childhood invasive pneumococcal disease in the post-PCV13 era: an international whole-genome sequencing study.

    Stephanie W Lo;Rebecca A Gladstone;Andries J van Tonder;John A Lees

  • Comparison of human metapneumovirus, respiratory syncytial virus and influenza A virus lower respiratory tract infections in hospitalized young children.

    Dana G Wolf;David Greenberg;Davina Kalkstein;Yonat Shemer-Avni

  • Introduction and proliferation of multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A clones that cause acute otitis media in an unvaccinated population.

    Ron Dagan;Noga Givon-Lavi;Eugene Leibovitz;David Greenberg

  • Decline in Pneumococcal Disease in Young Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Israel Associated with Suppression of seasonal Respiratory Viruses, despite Persistent Pneumococcal Carriage: A Prospective Cohort Study

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  • Effect of a conjugate pneumococcal vaccine on the occurrence of respiratory infections and antibiotic use in day-care center attendees.

    Ron Dagan;Merav Sikuler-Cohen;Orly Zamir;Jacob Janco

  • Serum Serotype-Specific Pneumococcal Anticapsular Immunoglobulin G Concentrations after Immunization with a 9-Valent Conjugate Pneumococcal Vaccine Correlate with Nasopharyngeal Acquisition of Pneumococcus

    Ron Dagan;Noga Givon-Lavi;Drora Fraser;Marc Lipsitch

  • Near-elimination of otitis media caused by 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) serotypes in southern Israel shortly after sequential introduction of 7-valent/13-valent PCV.

    Shalom Ben-Shimol;Noga Givon-Lavi;Eugene Leibovitz;Simon Raiz

  • Effect of a Nonavalent Conjugate Vaccine on Carriage of Antibiotic-Resistant Streptococcus Pneumoniae in Day-Care Centers

    Ron Dagan;Noga Givon-Lavi;Orly Zamir;Drora Fraser

  • Site-specific disease potential of individual Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes in pediatric invasive disease, acute otitis media and acute conjunctivitis.

    Dror S Shouval;David Greenberg;Noga Givon-Lavi;Nurith Porat

  • The contribution of smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke to Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae carriage in children and their mothers.

    David Greenberg;Noga Givon-Lavi;Arnon Broides;Irena Blancovich

  • Epidemiologic Evidence for Serotype-Specific Acquired Immunity to Pneumococcal Carriage

    Daniel M. Weinberger;Ron Dagan;Noga Givon-Lavi;Gili Regev-Yochay

  • Early impact of sequential introduction of 7-valent and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on IPD in Israeli children <5 years: an active prospective nationwide surveillance.

    Shalom Ben-Shimol;David Greenberg;Noga Givon-Lavi;Yechiel Schlesinger

  • Vaccination of day-care center attendees reduces carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae among their younger siblings.

    Noga Givon-Lavi;Drora Fraser;Ron Dagan

  • Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae shortly before vaccination with a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine causes serotype-specific hyporesponsiveness in early infancy.

    Ron Dagan;Noga Givon-Lavi;David Greenberg;Bernard Fritzell

  • Impact of Widespread Introduction of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines on Pneumococcal and Nonpneumococcal Otitis Media

    Shalom Ben-Shimol;Noga Givon-Lavi;Eugene Leibovitz;Simon Raiz

  • Acute Otitis Media Caused by Streptococcus pyogenes in Children

    Nili Segal;Noga Givon-Lavi;Eugene Leibovitz;Pablo Yagupsky

  • Relative Importance of Nasopharyngeal versus Oropharyngeal Sampling for Isolation of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae from Healthy and Sick Individuals Varies with Age

    David Greenberg;Arnon Broides;Irena Blancovich;Nechama Peled

  • Seasonality of Antibiotic-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae That Causes Acute Otitis Media: A Clue for an Antibiotic-Restriction Policy?

    Ron Dagan;Galia Barkai;Noga Givon-Lavi;Amir Z Sharf

  • Impact of PCV7/PCV13 introduction on community-acquired alveolar pneumonia in children <5 years

    David Greenberg;Noga Givon-Lavi;Shalom Ben-Shimol;Jacob Bar Ziv

Frequent Co-Authors

Ron Dagan
Ron Dagan Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
David Greenberg
David Greenberg Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Eugene Leibovitz
Eugene Leibovitz Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
William C. Gruber
William C. Gruber Pfizer (United States)
Daniel A. Scott
Daniel A. Scott Pfizer (United States)
Marc Lipsitch
Marc Lipsitch Harvard University
Helena Käyhty
Helena Käyhty Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Pablo Yagupsky
Pablo Yagupsky Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Stephen D. Bentley
Stephen D. Bentley Wellcome Sanger Institute
Claire-Anne Siegrist
Claire-Anne Siegrist University of Geneva

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