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Regina C. LaRocque

Regina C. LaRocque

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
29514
World Ranking
16411
National Ranking
6784

Overview

Regina C. LaRocque is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, focusing particularly on infectious diseases and public health.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these areas, LaRocque has concentrated on several subfields:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Endocrinology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Molecular Medicine

Key research topics that LaRocque has contributed to encompass:

  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Travel-related health issues
  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies

Regina C. LaRocque has published extensively in a range of venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Travel Medicine
  • The Journal of Climate Change and Health
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases

Recent notable papers are:

  • Persistence and decay of human antibody responses to the receptor binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in COVID-19 patients (2020) in Science Immunology
  • Phylogenetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in Boston highlights the impact of superspreading events (2020) in Science
  • Dynamics and significance of the antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 infection (2020) in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Structural basis for continued antibody evasion by the SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain (2022) in Science
  • An AAV-based, room-temperature-stable, single-dose COVID-19 vaccine provides durable immunogenicity and protection in non-human primates (2021) in Cell Host & Microbe

LaRocque collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Edward T. Ryan
  • Jason B. Harris
  • Richelle C. Charles
  • Taufiqur Rahman Bhuiyan
  • Stephen B. Calderwood

Best Publications

  • A global reference for human genetic variation.

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • A global reference for human genetic variation

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • Persistence and decay of human antibody responses to the receptor binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in COVID-19 patients.

    Anita S. Iyer;Forrest K. Jones;Ariana Nodoushani;Meagan Kelly

  • Phylogenetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in Boston highlights the impact of superspreading events.

    Jacob E. Lemieux;Jacob E. Lemieux;Katherine J. Siddle;Katherine J. Siddle;Bennett M. Shaw;Bennett M. Shaw;Christine Loreth

  • Blood Group, Immunity, and Risk of Infection with Vibrio cholerae in an Area of Endemicity

    Jason B. Harris;Ashraful I. Khan;Regina C. LaRocque;David J. Dorer

  • Diarrheal epidemics in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during three consecutive floods: 1988, 1998, and 2004.

    Brian S. Schwartz;Jason B. Harris;Ashraful I. Khan;Regina C. Larocque

  • Susceptibility to Vibrio cholerae Infection in a Cohort of Household Contacts of Patients with Cholera in Bangladesh

    Jason B. Harris;Regina C. LaRocque;Fahima Chowdhury;Ashraful I. Khan

  • Uptake and Metabolism of Sphingolipids in Isolated Intestinal Loops of Mice

    Eva-Maria Schmelz;Kara J. Crall;Regina Larocque;Dirck L. Dillehay

  • Gut Microbial Succession Follows Acute Secretory Diarrhea in Humans

    Lawrence A. David;Ana Weil;Edward T. Ryan;Stephen B. Calderwood

  • Clinical Outcomes in Household Contacts of Patients with Cholera in Bangladesh

    Ana A. Weil;Ashraful I. Khan;Fahima Chowdhury;Regina C. LaRocque

  • Dynamics and significance of the antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Anita S Iyer;Forrest K Jones;Ariana Nodoushania;Meagan Kelly

  • Leptospirosis during dengue outbreak, Bangladesh.

    Regina C. LaRocque;Robert F. Breiman;Mary D. Ari;Roger E. Morey

  • Global TravEpiNet: A National Consortium of Clinics Providing Care to International Travelers—Analysis of Demographic Characteristics, Travel Destinations, and Pretravel Healthcare of High-Risk US International Travelers, 2009–2011

    Regina C. LaRocque;Sowmya R. Rao;Jennifer Lee;Vernon Ansdell

  • Pre‐travel Health Advice‐Seeking Behavior Among US International Travelers Departing From Boston Logan International Airport

    Regina C. LaRocque;Sowmya R. Rao;Athe Tsibris;Thomas Lawton

  • Climate Change — A Health Emergency

    Caren G Solomon;Regina C LaRocque

  • Antigen-Specific Memory B-Cell Responses to Vibrio cholerae O1 Infection in Bangladesh

    Aaron M. Harris;M. Saruar Bhuiyan;Fahima Chowdhury;Ashraful I. Khan

  • Transcriptional Profiling of Vibrio cholerae Recovered Directly from Patient Specimens during Early and Late Stages of Human Infection

    Regina C. LaRocque;Jason B. Harris;Michelle Dziejman;Xiaoman Li

  • Meeting Cholera's Challenge to Haiti and the World: A Joint Statement on Cholera Prevention and Care

    Paul Farmer;Paul Farmer;Paul Farmer;Charles Patrick Almazor;Emily T. Bahnsen;Emily T. Bahnsen;Donna Barry;Donna Barry

  • Hyperinfectivity of Human-Passaged Vibrio cholerae Can Be Modeled by Growth in the Infant Mouse

    Ashfaqul Alam;Regina C. LaRocque;Jason B. Harris;Cecily Vanderspurt

  • Identification of in vivo-induced bacterial protein antigens during human infection with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi

    Jason B. Harris;Andrea Baresch-Bernal;Sean M. Rollins;Ashfaqul Alam

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward T. Ryan
Edward T. Ryan Harvard University
Jason B. Harris
Jason B. Harris Newcastle University
Firdausi Qadri
Firdausi Qadri International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
Stephen B. Calderwood
Stephen B. Calderwood Massachusetts General Hospital
Ashraful Islam Khan
Ashraful Islam Khan International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
Pardis C. Sabeti
Pardis C. Sabeti Harvard University
Aaron G. Schmidt
Aaron G. Schmidt Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
Stephen F. Schaffner
Stephen F. Schaffner Broad Institute
W. Abdullah Brooks
W. Abdullah Brooks Johns Hopkins University
Yun Li
Yun Li University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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