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  • 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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