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Rebecca Garten is affiliated with the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the study of influenza viruses and other respiratory viral infections, contributing extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular emphasis on epidemiology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including:

  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches

Among the recent publications by Rebecca Garten are:

  • "Characterizing the Countrywide Epidemic Spread of Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Virus in Kenya between 2009 and 2018," 2021, published in Viruses
  • "Characterizing the countrywide epidemic spread of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus in Kenya between 2009 and 2018," 2021, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Local patterns of spread of influenza A(H3N2) virus in coastal Kenya over a one-year period revealed through virus sequence data," 2021, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Surveillance for neuraminidase inhibitor resistance among human influenza A and B viruses circulating worldwide from 2004 to 2008," 2023, published in UNC Libraries

Rebecca Garten frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • John Barnes
  • Sandra S. Chaves
  • D. James Nokes
  • Charles N. Agoti
  • D. Collins Owuor

The venues where this scientist most often publishes are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Viruses
  • UNC Libraries

The main fields of study related to Rebecca Garten's work include medicine, with specific attention to epidemiology. Their subfields of study span epidemiology, agronomy and crop science, modeling and simulation, infectious diseases, and molecular biology.

Best Publications

  • Emergence of a novel swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus in humans.

    Seema Jain;Lyn Finelli;Michael W. Shaw;Stephen Lindstrom

  • Antigenic and Genetic Characteristics of Swine-Origin 2009 A(H1N1) Influenza Viruses Circulating in Humans

    Rebecca J. Garten;C. Todd Davis;Colin A. Russell;Colin A. Russell;Bo Shu

  • Triple-Reassortant Swine Influenza A (H1) in Humans in the United States, 2005–2009

    Vivek Shinde;Carolyn B Bridges;Timothy M Uyeki;Bo Shu

  • The Global Circulation of Seasonal Influenza A (H3N2) Viruses

    Colin A. Russell;Terry C. Jones;Terry C. Jones;Terry C. Jones;Ian G. Barr;Nancy J. Cox

  • Surveillance for Neuraminidase Inhibitor Resistance among Human Influenza A and B Viruses Circulating Worldwide from 2004 to 2008

    Tiffany G. Sheu;Varough M. Deyde;Margaret Okomo-Adhiambo;Rebecca J. Garten

  • Evolution of H5N1 avian influenza viruses in Asia

    Jean Thierry Aubin;Saliha Azebi;Amanda Balish;Jill Banks

  • Influenza vaccine strain selection and recent studies on the global migration of seasonal influenza viruses

    Colin A. Russell;Terry C. Jones;Terry C. Jones;Terry C. Jones;Ian G. Barr;Nancy J. Cox

  • Influenza Activity — United States, 2015–16 Season and Composition of the 2016–17 Influenza Vaccine

    Stacy L Davlin;Lenee Blanton;Krista Kniss;Desiree Mustaquim

  • Update: drug susceptibility of swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) viruses, April 2009.

    L. Gubareva;M. Okomo-Adhiambo;V. Deyde;A. M. Fry

  • Update: Influenza Activity in the United States During the 2017–18 Season and Composition of the 2018–19 Influenza Vaccine

    Rebecca Garten

  • Rapid transmission of hepatitis C virus among young injecting heroin users in Southern China

    Rebecca J. Garten;Shenghan Lai;Jinbing Zhang;Wei Liu

  • Outbreak of Variant Influenza A(H3N2) Virus in the United States

    Michael A. Jhung;Scott Epperson;Matthew Biggerstaff;Donna Allen

  • Dual Resistance to Adamantanes and Oseltamivir Among Seasonal Influenza A(H1N1) Viruses: 2008–2010

    Tiffany G. Sheu;Alicia M. Fry;Rebecca J. Garten;Varough M. Deyde

  • Human infections with novel reassortant influenza A(H3N2)v viruses, United States, 2011.

    Stephen Lindstrom;Rebecca Garten;Amanda Balish;Bo Shu

  • Detection of Molecular Markers of Drug Resistance in 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Viruses by Pyrosequencing

    Varough M. Deyde;Tiffany G. Sheu;A. Angelica Trujillo;Margaret Okomo-Adhiambo

  • Continuing progress towards a unified nomenclature for the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses: Divergence of clade 2·2 viruses

    R. Donis;G. Smith;I. Brown;I. Capua

  • Structural characterization of a protective epitope spanning A(H1N1)pdm09 influenza virus neuraminidase monomers

    Hongquan Wan;Hua Yang;David A. Shore;Rebecca J. Garten

  • Comprehensive assessment of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus drug susceptibility in vitro

    Larisa V Gubareva;A Angelica Trujillo;Margaret Okomo-Adhiambo;Vasiliy P Mishin

  • Influenza in Outpatient ILI Case-Patients in National Hospital-Based Surveillance, Bangladesh, 2007–2008

    Rashid Uz Zaman;A. S. M. Alamgir;Mustafizur Rahman;Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner;Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner

  • Enhanced Genetic Characterization of Influenza A(H3N2) Viruses and Vaccine Effectiveness by Genetic Group, 2014-2015.

    Brendan Flannery;Richard K. Zimmerman;Larisa V. Gubareva;Rebecca J. Garten

  • Receptor Specificity of Influenza A H3N2 Viruses Isolated in Mammalian Cells and Embryonated Chicken Eggs

    James Stevens;Li-Mei Chen;Paul J. Carney;Rebecca Garten

  • Update: Influenza Activity — United States, September 30, 2018–February 2, 2019

    Lenee Blanton;Vivien G. Dugan;Anwar Isa Abd Elal;Noreen Alabi

  • Coinfection with HIV and Hepatitis C Virus among Injection Drug Users in Southern China

    Rebecca J. Garten;Jinbing Zhang;Shenghan Lai;Wei Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander Klimov
Alexander Klimov Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Xiyan Xu
Xiyan Xu Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Alicia M. Fry
Alicia M. Fry Emory University
Larisa V. Gubareva
Larisa V. Gubareva Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
David E. Wentworth
David E. Wentworth Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
John Barnes
John Barnes Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jacqueline M. Katz
Jacqueline M. Katz Emory University
Nancy J. Cox
Nancy J. Cox Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Ruben O. Donis
Ruben O. Donis University of Washington
Derek J. Smith
Derek J. Smith University of Cambridge

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