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Quique Bassat is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and has a significant body of research primarily focused on medicine, with an emphasis on public health, infectious diseases, and epidemiology. Their extensive work spans related subfields such as pediatrics, perinatology, child health, and general health professions.

The main topics in Bassat's research include malaria research and control, global maternal and child health, mosquito-borne diseases and control, pneumonia and respiratory infections, respiratory viral infections research, child nutrition and water access, and autopsy techniques and outcomes.

Bassat has contributed to a number of notable papers, including:

  • Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in 2019: a systematic analysis, 2022, The Lancet
  • Effect of High vs Low Doses of Chloroquine Diphosphate as Adjunctive Therapy for Patients Hospitalized With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection, 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • Methylprednisolone as Adjunctive Therapy for Patients Hospitalized With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19; Metcovid): A Randomized, Double-blind, Phase IIb, Placebo-controlled Trial, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Global burden of respiratory infections associated with seasonal influenza in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study, 2020, The Lancet Global Health
  • Transmission of COVID-19 in 282 clusters in Catalonia, Spain: a cohort study, 2021, The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Frequent coauthors in Bassat's collaborations include:

  • Inácio Mandomando
  • Rosauro Varo
  • Shabir A. Madhi
  • Lola Madrid
  • Dianna M. Blau

Their research is regularly published in several scientific venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Malaria Journal
  • PLoS ONE
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gregory A Roth;Gregory A Roth;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Solomon M Abay

  • Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study

    Ting Shi;David A. McAllister;Katherine L. O'Brien;Eric A. F. Simoes

  • Estimates of the global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of lower respiratory infections in 195 countries, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

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

  • Estimates of the global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of diarrhoea in 195 countries: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

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

  • First results of phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African children.

    Selidji Todagbe Agnandji;Bertrand Lell;Bertrand Lell;Solange Solmeheim Soulanoudjingar;Solange Solmeheim Soulanoudjingar

  • Effect of High vs Low Doses of Chloroquine Diphosphate as Adjunctive Therapy for Patients Hospitalized With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Mayla Gabriela Silva Borba;Fernando Fonseca Almeida Val;Vanderson Souza Sampaio;Marcia Almeida Araújo Alexandre

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Daniel Dicker;Grant Nguyen;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate

  • Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: A systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Nancy Fullman;Jamal Yearwood;Solomon M Abay;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Efficacy of the RTS,S/AS02A vaccine against Plasmodium falciparum infection and disease in young African children: randomised controlled trial

    Pedro L. Alonso;Jahit Sacarlal;John J. Aponte;Amanda J Leach

  • Artemether-lumefantrine treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a systematic review and meta-analysis of day 7 lumefantrine concentrations and therapeutic response using individual patient data

    EA Ashley;F Aweeka;KI Barnes;Q Bassat

  • Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health services in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

    Rafael Lozano;Nancy Fullman;John Everett Mumford;Megan Knight

  • The global burden of non-typhoidal salmonella invasive disease: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    J D Stanaway;A Parisi;K Sarkar;B F Blacker

  • Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Rafael Lozano;Nancy Fullman;Degu Abate;Solomon M. Abay

  • Mortality, morbidity, and hospitalisations due to influenza lower respiratory tract infections, 2017: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Christopher E Troeger;Brigette F. Blacker;Ibrahim A. Khalil;Stephanie R M Zimsen

  • Duration of protection with RTS,S/AS02A malaria vaccine in prevention of Plasmodium falciparum disease in Mozambican children: single-blind extended follow-up of a randomised controlled trial

    Pedro L Alonso;Jahit Sacarlal;John J Aponte;Amanda Leach

  • Maternal Colonization With Group B Streptococcus and Serotype Distribution Worldwide: Systematic Review and Meta-analyses.

    Jennifer Hall;Nadine Hack Adams;Linda Bartlett;Anna C Seale;Anna C Seale

  • Global patterns in monthly activity of influenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza virus, and metapneumovirus: a systematic analysis

    You Li;Rachel M Reeves;Xin Wang;Quique Bassat

  • Methylprednisolone as Adjunctive Therapy for Patients Hospitalized With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19; Metcovid): A Randomized, Double-blind, Phase IIb, Placebo-controlled Trial.

    Christiane Maria Prado Jeronimo;Maria Eduarda Leão Farias;Fernando Fonseca Almeida Val;Vanderson Souza Sampaio

  • Infant Group B Streptococcal Disease Incidence and Serotypes Worldwide: Systematic Review and Meta-analyses.

    Lola Madrid;Lola Madrid;Anna C. Seale;Anna C. Seale;Maya Kohli-Lynch;Maya Kohli-Lynch;Karen M. Edmond

  • A research agenda for malaria eradication: drugs.

    PL Alonso;Q Bassat

Frequent Co-Authors

Pedro L. Alonso
Pedro L. Alonso University of Barcelona
Clara Menéndez
Clara Menéndez University of Barcelona
Ivo Mueller
Ivo Mueller Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Robert F. Breiman
Robert F. Breiman Emory University
Shabir A. Madhi
Shabir A. Madhi University of the Witwatersrand
Jordi Vila
Jordi Vila University of Barcelona
Karen L. Kotloff
Karen L. Kotloff University of Maryland, Baltimore
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University
Benn Sartorius
Benn Sartorius University of Oxford

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