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Microbiology

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82
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24177
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1056
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Richard A. Adegbola publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Richard A. Adegbola sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 237 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Richard A. Adegbola D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Richard A. Adegbola sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 82 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences

Overview

Richard A. Adegbola is affiliated with GlaxoSmithKline in the United Kingdom and has a research focus mainly within the field of medicine, with particular attention to infectious diseases, epidemiology, microbiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and molecular biology.

Their research covers a range of topics related to respiratory infections and vaccine studies, including:

  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Pneumonia and respiratory infections
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • Bacterial infections and vaccines
  • COVID-19 clinical research studies
  • Vaccine coverage and hesitancy
  • Neonatal and maternal infections

Adegbola has published extensively, with a number of papers appearing in various notable scientific journals. Recent publications include:

  • "Vaccine confidence: the keys to restoring trust" (2020) in Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
  • "Pathogens Associated With Linear Growth Faltering in Children With Diarrhea and Impact of Antibiotic Treatment: The Global Enteric Multicenter Study" (2021) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "Within-host microevolution of Streptococcus pneumoniae is rapid and adaptive during natural colonisation" (2020) in Nature Communications
  • "Impact of the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumonia in The Gambia: 10 years of population-based surveillance" (2021) in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "Carriage Dynamics of Pneumococcal Serotypes in Naturally Colonized Infants in a Rural African Setting During the First Year of Life" (2021) in Frontiers in Pediatrics

The researcher frequently publishes in specific venues such as:

  • PLoS ONE
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Bulletin of the National Research Centre/Bulletin of the National Research Center
  • Advances in Infectious Diseases

Collaboration is a significant part of their work, with frequent co-authors including Babatunde Lawal Salako, Rosemary Audu, Chika Onwuamah, Ayorinde Babatunde James, and Fehintola Ige.

Richard A. Adegbola was recognized as a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences in 2019, an acknowledgment within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Burden and aetiology of diarrhoeal disease in infants and young children in developing countries (the Global Enteric Multicenter Study, GEMS): a prospective, case-control study.

    Karen L. Kotloff;James P. Nataro;William C. Blackwelder;Dilruba Nasrin

  • Efficacy of nine-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disease in The Gambia: randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    F. T. Cutts;S. M. A. Zaman;G. Enwere;S. Jaffar

  • Randomised trial of Haemophilus influenzae type-b tetanus protein conjugate for prevention of pneumonia and meningitis in Gambian infants

    Kim Mulholland;Stephen Hilton;Richard Adegbola;Stanley Usen

  • Cytological and Transcript Analyses Reveal Fat and Lazy Persister-Like Bacilli in Tuberculous Sputum

    Natalie J. Garton;Simon J. Waddell;Anna L Sherratt;Su Min Lee

  • Carriage of pneumococci after pneumococcal vaccination.

    Stephen K Obaro;R. A. Adegbola;W. S. Banya;B. M. Greenwood

  • Identifying Recent Adaptations in Large-Scale Genomic Data

    Shamai Aaron Grossman;Shamai Aaron Grossman;Shamai Aaron Grossman;Kristian G Andersen;Kristian G Andersen;Ilya Shlyakhter;Ilya Shlyakhter;Shervin Tabrizi;Shervin Tabrizi

  • The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) of Diarrheal Disease in Infants and Young Children in Developing Countries: Epidemiologic and Clinical Methods of the Case/Control Study

    Karen L. Kotloff;William C. Blackwelder;Dilruba Nasrin;James P. Nataro

  • Genome-wide association analyses identifies a susceptibility locus for tuberculosis on chromosome 18q11.2.

    Thorsten Thye;Fredrik O. Vannberg;Sunny H. Wong;Ellis Owusu-Dabo

  • Association of Serotype with Risk of Death Due to Pneumococcal Pneumonia: A Meta-Analysis

    Daniel M. Weinberger;Zitta B. Harboe;Elisabeth A. M. Sanders;Moses Ndiritu

  • Shigella Isolates From the Global Enteric Multicenter Study Inform Vaccine Development

    Sofie Livio;Nancy A. Strockbine;Sandra Panchalingam;Sharon M. Tennant

  • Investigation of the risk factors for tuberculosis: a case–control study in three countries in West Africa

    C Lienhardt;K Fielding;J S Sillah;B Bah

  • Elimination of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease from The Gambia after the introduction of routine immunisation with a Hib conjugate vaccine: a prospective study

    Richard A Adegbola;Ousman Secka;George Lahai;Nellie Lloyd-Evans

  • Progression to Active Tuberculosis, but Not Transmission, Varies by Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lineage in The Gambia

    Bouke C de Jong;Philip C Hill;Alex Aiken;Timothy Awine

  • The Burden of Cryptosporidium Diarrheal Disease among Children < 24 Months of Age in Moderate/High Mortality Regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, Utilizing Data from the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS).

    Samba O. Sow;Khitam Muhsen;Dilruba Nasrin;William C. Blackwelder

  • Intracellular lipophilic inclusions of mycobacteria in vitro and in sputum

    Natalie J. Garton;Henriette Christensen;David E. Minnikin;Richard A. Adegbola

  • Pattern and diversity of cytokine production differentiates between Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease.

    Jayne S. Sutherland;Ifedayo M. Adetifa;Philip C. Hill;Richard A. Adegbola

  • The etiology of pneumonia in malnourished and well-nourished Gambian children

    Richard Adegbola;Adegoke Falade;Benjamin Sam;Michael Aidoo

  • Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and other respiratory bacterial pathogens in low and lower-middle income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Richard A. Adegbola;Rodrigo DeAntonio;Philip C. Hill;Anna Roca

  • Large-Scale Evaluation of Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay and Skin Test for Diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection against a Gradient of Exposure in The Gambia

    Philip C. Hill;Roger H. Brookes;Annette Fox;Katherine Fielding

  • DC-SIGN (CD209), pentraxin 3 and vitamin D receptor gene variants associate with pulmonary tuberculosis risk in West Africans.

    R Olesen;C Wejse;C Wejse;D R Velez;C Bisseye

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip C. Hill
Philip C. Hill University of Otago
Brian Greenwood
Brian Greenwood London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Martin Antonio
Martin Antonio London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Tumani Corrah
Tumani Corrah Medical Research Council
Martin O. C. Ota
Martin O. C. Ota London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Keith P. W. J. McAdam
Keith P. W. J. McAdam London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Felicity Cutts
Felicity Cutts London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Hilton Whittle
Hilton Whittle London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Robin L. Bailey
Robin L. Bailey London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Shabbar Jaffar
Shabbar Jaffar University College London

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