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Peter J. Gergen is affiliated with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States. Their research focuses predominantly on medicine, with particular specialization in physiology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, emergency medical services, epidemiology, and health toxicology and mutagenesis.

Their work centers on topics related to asthma and respiratory diseases, pediatric health and respiratory diseases, respiratory viral infections, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), allergic rhinitis and sensitization, noise effects and management, and respiratory and cough-related research.

Peter J. Gergen has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Association of respiratory allergy, asthma, and expression of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 (2020) in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Respiratory syncytial virus infection during infancy and asthma during childhood in the USA (INSPIRE): a population-based, prospective birth cohort study (2023) in The Lancet
  • Mepolizumab for urban children with exacerbation-prone eosinophilic asthma in the USA (MUPPITS-2): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial (2022) in The Lancet
  • Associations between outdoor air pollutants and non-viral asthma exacerbations and airway inflammatory responses in children and adolescents living in urban areas in the USA: a retrospective secondary analysis (2023) in The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Seasonal airway microbiome and transcriptome interactions promote childhood asthma exacerbations (2022) in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

The primary publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
  • The Lancet
  • Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Peter J. Gergen collaborates frequently with several coauthors, which include:

  • Leonard B. Bacharier
  • James E. Gern
  • Daniel J. Jackson
  • Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey
  • Cynthia M. Visness

Best Publications

  • THE ROLE OF COCKROACH ALLERGY AND EXPOSURE TO COCKROACH ALLERGEN IN CAUSING MORBIDITY AMONG INNER-CITY CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA

    David L. Rosenstreich;Peyton Eggleston;Meyer Kattan;Dean Baker

  • An economic evaluation of asthma in the united states

    Kevin B. Weiss;Peter J. Gergen;Thomas A. Hodgson

  • Prevalences of positive skin test responses to 10 common allergens in the US population: Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

    Samuel J. Arbes;Peter J. Gergen;Leslie Elliott;Darryl C. Zeldin

  • National trends in the morbidity and mortality of asthma in the US. Prevalence, hospitalization and death from asthma over two decades: 1965-1984.

    Richard Evans;Daniel I. Mullally;Ronald W. Wilson;Peter J. Gergen

  • National Survey of Prevalence of Asthma Among Children in the United States, 1976 to 1980

    Peter J. Gergen;Daniel I. Mullally;Richard Evans

  • Association of respiratory allergy, asthma, and expression of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2.

    Daniel J. Jackson;William W. Busse;Leonard B. Bacharier;Meyer Kattan

  • Management of asthma based on exhaled nitric oxide in addition to guideline-based treatment for inner-city adolescents and young adults: a randomised controlled trial

    Stanley J Szefler;Herman Mitchell;Christine A Sorkness;Peter J Gergen

  • Changing patterns of asthma hospitalization among children: 1979 to 1987.

    Peter J. Gergen;Kevin B. Weiss;Kevin B. Weiss

  • Preseasonal treatment with either omalizumab or an inhaled corticosteroid boost to prevent fall asthma exacerbations.

    Stephen J. Teach;Michelle A. Gill;Alkis Togias;Christine A. Sorkness

  • Healthcare expenditures for sinusitis in 1996: Contributions of asthma, rhinitis, and other airway disorders

    Nancy F. Ray;James N. Baraniuk;Mae Thamer;Cheryl S. Rinehart

  • The burden of environmental tobacco smoke exposure on the respiratory health of children 2 months through 5 years of age in the United States: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988 to 1994.

    Peter J. Gergen;Jean A. Fowler;Kurt R. Maurer;William W. Davis

  • A randomized clinical trial to reduce asthma morbidity among inner-city children: results of the National Cooperative Inner-City Asthma Study.

    Richard Evans;Peter J. Gergen;Herman Mitchell;Meyer Kattan

  • Effects of early-life exposure to allergens and bacteria on recurrent wheeze and atopy in urban children

    Susan V. Lynch;Robert A. Wood;Homer Boushey;Leonard B. Bacharier

  • A Population-Based Serologic Survey of Immunity to Tetanus in the United States

    Peter J. Gergen;Geraldine M. McQuillan;Michele Kiely;Trena M. Ezzati-Rice

  • Relationship of indoor allergen exposure to skin test sensitivity in inner-city children with asthma☆☆☆★★★♢

    Peyton A. Eggleston;David Rosenstreich;Henry Lynn;Peter Gergen

  • Characteristics of inner-city children with asthma: the National Cooperative Inner-City Asthma Study.

    Meyer Kattan;Herman Mitchell;Peyton Eggleston;Peter Gergen

  • Inner-city asthma. The epidemiology of an emerging US public health concern.

    Kevin B. Weiss;Peter J. Gergen;Ellen F. Crain

  • Breathing better or wheezing worse? The changing epidemiology of asthma morbidity and mortality.

    K B Weiss;P J Gergen;D K Wagener

  • Prevalence of allergic sensitization in the United States: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005-2006.

    Päivi M. Salo;Samuel J. Arbes;Renee Jaramillo;Agustin Calatroni

  • The prevalence of allergic skin test reactivity to eight common aeroallergens in the U.S. population: Results from the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

    Peter J. Gergen;Paul C. Turkeltaub;Mary Grace Kovar

Frequent Co-Authors

George T. O'Connor
George T. O'Connor Boston University
Meyer Kattan
Meyer Kattan Columbia University
Agustin Calatroni
Agustin Calatroni Rho Federal Systems (United States)
James E. Gern
James E. Gern University of Wisconsin–Madison
William W. Busse
William W. Busse University of Wisconsin–Madison
Robert A. Wood
Robert A. Wood Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Andrew H. Liu
Andrew H. Liu University of Colorado Denver
Carolyn M. Kercsmar
Carolyn M. Kercsmar Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Herman Mitchell
Herman Mitchell National Institutes of Health
Rebecca S. Gruchalla
Rebecca S. Gruchalla The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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