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Shah M. Faruque 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 Shah M. Faruque sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 153 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shah M. Faruque 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 Shah M. Faruque sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% 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

  • 2007 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Shah M. Faruque is affiliated with Independent University in Bangladesh and specializes in research within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including Infectious Diseases, Endocrinology, Animal Science and Zoology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The scientist's research concentrates on a range of topics, notably:

  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Shinji Yamasaki, Iftekhar Bin Naser, Sharda Prasad Awasthi, Noritoshi Hatanaka, and Atsushi Hinenoya.

Their work has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Transportation research procedia
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Shah M. Faruque include:

  • In silico comparative genomics of SARS-CoV-2 to determine the source and diversity of the pathogen in Bangladesh, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Antimicrobial resistance in shigellosis: A surveillance study among urban and rural children over 20 years in Bangladesh, 2022, PLoS ONE
  • Prevalence, Serovar, and Antimicrobial Resistance of Nontyphoidal Salmonella in Vegetable, Fruit, and Water Samples in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2021, Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
  • Environmental prevalence of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 in Bangladesh coincides with V. cholerae non-O1 non-O139 genetic variants which overproduce autoinducer-2, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • In silico comparative genomics of SARS-CoV-2 to determine the source and diversity of the pathogen in Bangladesh, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Among the distinctions received, Shah M. Faruque was named a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Epidemiology, Genetics, and Ecology of Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae

    S M Faruque;M J Albert;J J Mekalanos

  • Large outbreak of clinical cholera due to Vibrio cholerae non-01 in Bangladesh

    M. John Albert;A.K. Siddique;M.S. Islam;A.S.G. Faruque

  • Seasonal epidemics of cholera inversely correlate with the prevalence of environmental cholera phages.

    Shah M. Faruque;Iftekhar Bin Naser;M. Johirul Islam;A. S. G. Faruque

  • Case-Control Study of Enteropathogens Associated with Childhood Diarrhea in Dhaka, Bangladesh

    M. John Albert;A.S.G. Faruque;S.M. Faruque;RB Sack

  • Molecular analysis of antibiotic resistance gene clusters in vibrio cholerae O139 and O1 SXT constins.

    Bianca Hochhut;Yasmin Lotfi;Didier Mazel;Shah M. Faruque

  • Large epidemic of cholera-like disease in Bangladesh caused by Vibrio cholerae 0139 synonym Bengal

    M.J. Albert;M. Ansaruzzaman;P.K. Bardhan

  • Transmissibility of cholera: In vivo-formed biofilms and their relationship to infectivity and persistence in the environment

    Shah M. Faruque;Kuntal Biswas;S. M. Nashir Udden;Qazi Shafi Ahmad

  • New Variants of Vibrio cholerae O1 Biotype El Tor with Attributes of the Classical Biotype from Hospitalized Patients with Acute Diarrhea in Bangladesh

    G. Balakrish Nair;Shah M. Faruque;N. A. Bhuiyan;M. Kamruzzaman

  • Self-limiting nature of seasonal cholera epidemics: Role of host-mediated amplification of phage

    Shah M. Faruque;M. Johirul Islam;Qazi Shafi Ahmad;A. S. G. Faruque

  • Cholera due to altered El Tor strains of Vibrio cholerae O1 in Bangladesh.

    G. Balakrish Nair;Firdausi Qadri;Jan Holmgren;Ann Mari Svennerholm

  • Genomic characterization of non-O1, non-O139 Vibrio cholerae reveals genes for a type III secretion system

    Michelle Dziejman;Davide Serruto;Vincent C. Tam;Derek Sturtevant

  • Genetic diversity and virulence potential of environmental Vibrio cholerae population in a cholera-endemic area

    Shah M. Faruque;Nityananda Chowdhury;M. Kamruzzaman;Michelle Dziejman

  • Modeling the role of bacteriophage in the control of cholera outbreaks

    Mark A. Jensen;Shah M. Faruque;John J. Mekalanos;Bruce R. Levin

  • Intercontinental dissemination of azithromycin-resistant shigellosis through sexual transmission: a cross-sectional study

    Kate Susan Baker;Timothy J Dallman;Philip M Ashton;Martin Day

  • Virulence genes in environmental strains of Vibrio cholerae.

    Soumen Chakraborty;Asish K. Mukhopadhyay;Rupak Kumar Bhadra;Amar Nath Ghosh

  • Pathogenicity islands and phages in Vibrio cholerae evolution.

    Shah M Faruque;John J Mekalanos

  • ToxR regulon of Vibrio cholerae and its expression in vibrios shed by cholera patients

    James Bina;Jun Zhu;Michelle Dziejman;Shah Faruque

  • Emergence and evolution of Vibrio cholerae O139

    Shah M. Faruque;David A. Sack;R. Bradley Sack;Rita R. Colwell

  • Controlled study of Escherichia coli diarrheal infections in Bangladeshi children.

    M. J. Albert;S. M. Faruque;A. S. G. Faruque;P. K. B. Neogi

  • A 4-Year Study of the Epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae in Four Rural Areas of Bangladesh

    R. Bradley Sack;A. Kasem Siddique;Ira M. Longini;Azhar Nizam

Frequent Co-Authors

John J. Mekalanos
John J. Mekalanos Harvard Medical School
G. Balakrish Nair
G. Balakrish Nair National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases
David A. Sack
David A. Sack Johns Hopkins University
R. Bradley Sack
R. Bradley Sack Johns Hopkins University
Firdausi Qadri
Firdausi Qadri International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
M. John Albert
M. John Albert Kuwait University
Stephen B. Calderwood
Stephen B. Calderwood Massachusetts General Hospital
Yoshifumi Takeda
Yoshifumi Takeda Okayama University
Rita R. Colwell
Rita R. Colwell University of Maryland, College Park
Nicholas R. Thomson
Nicholas R. Thomson Wellcome Sanger Institute

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