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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa

Overview

Shabir A. Madhi is affiliated with the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and has produced extensive research primarily in the field of medicine, with a focus on epidemiology and infectious diseases. Their work covers various subfields including public health, environmental and occupational health, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and health.

The scientist's main topics of research encompass:

  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Neonatal and Maternal Infections

Frequent co-authors include Marta C. Nunes, Vicky L. Baillie, Ziyaad Dangor, Alane Izu, and Gaurav Kwatra, indicating collaboration on numerous publications.

Common publication venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Vaccine
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • South African Medical Journal
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Shabir A. Madhi include:

  • Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK, 2020, The Lancet
  • 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
  • Efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Covid-19 Vaccine against the B.1.351 Variant, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Single-dose administration and the influence of the timing of the booster dose on immunogenicity and efficacy of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine: a pooled analysis of four randomised trials, 2021, The Lancet
  • SARS-CoV-2 Omicron-B.1.1.529 leads to widespread escape from neutralizing antibody responses, 2022, Cell

Shabir A. Madhi holds fellowships with scientific organizations including The World Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society of South Africa.

Best Publications

  • Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK.

    M Voysey;Clemens Sac.;S A Madhi;L Y Weckx

  • Global burden of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Harish Nair;Harish Nair;D James Nokes;D James Nokes;Bradford D. Gessner;Mukesh K Dherani

  • 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

  • Early Antiretroviral Therapy and Mortality among HIV-Infected Infants

    Avy Violari;Mark F. Cotton;Diana M. Gibb;Abdel G. Babiker

  • A trial of a 9-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children with and those without HIV infection.

    Keith P. Klugman;Keith P. Klugman;Shabir A. Madhi;Robin E. Huebner;Robert Kohberger

  • Single-dose administration and the influence of the timing of the booster dose on immunogenicity and efficacy of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine: a pooled analysis of four randomised trials.

    M Voysey;S A Costa Clemens;S A Madhi;L Y Weckx

  • Effect of human rotavirus vaccine on severe diarrhea in African infants.

    Shabir A. Madhi;Nigel A. Cunliffe;Duncan Steele;Desirée Witte

  • Efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Covid-19 Vaccine against the B.1.351 Variant.

    S. A. Madhi;V. Baillie;C. L. Cutland;M. Voysey

  • Global burden of respiratory infections due to seasonal influenza in young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Harish Nair;Harish Nair;W Abdullah Brooks;Mark Katz;Anna Roca

  • Global and regional burden of hospital admissions for severe acute lower respiratory infections in young children in 2010: a systematic analysis

    Harish Nair;Harish Nair;Eric Af Simões;Igor Rudan;Bradford D Gessner

  • Causes of severe pneumonia requiring hospital admission in children without HIV infection from Africa and Asia: the PERCH multi-country case-control study

    Katherine L. O'Brien;Henry C. Baggett;W. Abdullah Brooks;Daniel R. Feikin

  • Standardized interpretation of paediatric chest radiographs for the diagnosis of pneumonia in epidemiological studies

    Thomas Cherian;E. Kim Mulholland;John B. Carlin;Harald Ostensen

  • A role for Streptococcus pneumoniae in virus-associated pneumonia

    Shabir A Madhi;Keith P Klugman;Keith P Klugman

  • Reduced neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617 by vaccine and convalescent serum.

    C Liu;H M Ginn;W Dejnirattisai;P Supasa

  • Single-Dose Nirsevimab for Prevention of RSV in Preterm Infants.

    M. Pamela Griffin;Yuan Yuan;Therese Takas;Joseph B. Domachowske

  • Influenza Vaccination of Pregnant Women and Protection of Their Infants

    Abstr Act;Shabir A. Madhi;Clare L. Cutland;Locadiah Kuwanda

  • Efficacy of NVX-CoV2373 Covid-19 Vaccine against the B.1.351 Variant.

    Vivek Shinde;Sutika Bhikha;Zaheer Hoosain;Moherndran Archary

  • Estimates of the Burden of Group B Streptococcal Disease Worldwide for Pregnant Women, Stillbirths, and Children.

    Anna C. Seale;Fiorella Bianchi-Jassir;Neal J. Russell;Maya Kohli-Lynch

  • 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 burden of respiratory infections associated with seasonal influenza in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study.

    Xin Wang;You Li;Katherine L. O'Brien;Shabir A. Madhi

  • Influenza Vaccination of Pregnant Women and Protection of Their Infants

    Shabir A. Madhi;Clare L. Cutland;Locadiah Kuwanda;Adriana Weinberg

  • Global, regional, and national estimates of pneumonia burden in HIV-infected children in 2010: a meta-analysis and modelling study

    Evropi Theodoratou;David A McAllister;Craig Reed;Davies O Adeloye

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith P. Klugman
Keith P. Klugman Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Clare L. Cutland
Clare L. Cutland University of the Witwatersrand
Cheryl Cohen
Cheryl Cohen University of the Witwatersrand
Anne von Gottberg
Anne von Gottberg National Health Laboratory Service
Peter V. Adrian
Peter V. Adrian University of the Witwatersrand
Sibongile Walaza
Sibongile Walaza Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
Marietjie Venter
Marietjie Venter University of Pretoria
J. Anthony G. Scott
J. Anthony G. Scott University of London
David R. Murdoch
David R. Murdoch University of Otago
Eric A. F. Simões
Eric A. F. Simões University of Colorado Denver

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