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Overview

Sherif R. Zaki was affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the fields of Medicine, with significant contributions in Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Dermatology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their work addressed several main topics including:

  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Dermatological and COVID-19 studies

Frequent co-authors included Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Roosecelis B. Martines, Wun-Ju Shieh, Jana M. Ritter, and Stephen R. Welch, each collaborating on multiple publications.

Major publication venues where Zaki's work appeared were:

  • UNC Libraries
  • The Lancet
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Emerging infectious diseases
  • Microorganisms

Some of the recent papers authored by Sherif R. Zaki include:

  • Electron microscopy of SARS-CoV-2: a challenging task, 2020, The Lancet
  • The Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus NSm Protein Is Dispensable for Growth In Vitro and Disease in Ifnar-/- Mice, 2020, Microorganisms
  • Pathology and Pathogenesis of Lassa Fever: Novel Immunohistochemical Findings in Fatal Cases and Clinico-pathologic Correlation, 2021, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Fatal Human Alphaherpesvirus 1 Infection in Free-Ranging Black-Tufted Marmosets in Anthropized Environments, Brazil, 2012-2019, 2022, Emerging infectious diseases
  • Virulent infection of outbred Hartley guinea pigs with recombinant Pichinde virus as a surrogate small animal model for human Lassa fever, 2020, Virulence

Best Publications

  • Nipah Virus: A Recently Emergent Deadly Paramyxovirus

    K. B. Chua;W. J. Bellini;P. A. Rota;B. H. Harcourt

  • Genetic identification of a hantavirus associated with an outbreak of acute respiratory illness

    Stuart T. Nichol;Christina F. Spiropoulou;Sergey Morzunov;Pierre E. Rollin

  • PROBABLE PERSON-TO-PERSON TRANSMISSION OF AVIAN INFLUENZA A (H5N1)

    Kumnuan Ungchusak;Prasert Auewarakul;Scott F. Dowell;Rungrueng Kitphati

  • Fatal encephalitis due to Nipah virus among pig-farmers in Malaysia.

    Kaw Bing Chua;Khean Jin Goh;Kum Thong Wong;Adeeba Kamarulzaman

  • Multiple Ebola Virus Transmission Events and Rapid Decline of Central African Wildlife

    Eric M. Leroy;Pierre Rouquet;Pierre Formenty;Sandrine Souquière

  • Investigation of bioterrorism-related anthrax, United States, 2001: epidemiologic findings.

    Daniel B. Jernigan;Pratima L. Raghunathan;Beth P Bell;Ross J. Brechner

  • Deaths of Children during an Outbreak of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in Sarawak, Malaysia: Clinical and Pathological Characteristics of the Disease

    L. G. Chan;Umesh D. Parashar;M. S. Lye;F. G. L. Ong

  • Transmission of West Nile virus from an organ donor to four transplant recipients.

    Martha Iwamoto;Daniel B Jernigan;Antonio Guasch;Mary Jo Trepka

  • A new arenavirus in a cluster of fatal transplant-associated diseases.

    Gustavo F. Palacios;Julian Druce;Lei Du;Thomas Tran

  • Influenza-Associated Deaths among Children in the United States, 2003–2004

    Niranjan Bhat;Jennifer G. Wright;Karen R. Broder;Erin L. Murray

  • Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome: Pathogenesis of an Emerging Infectious Disease

    Sherif R. Zaki;Patricia w. Greer;Lisa M. Coffield;Cynthia S. Goldsmith

  • Isolation of Genetically Diverse Marburg Viruses from Egyptian Fruit Bats

    Jonathan S. Towner;Brian R. Amman;Tara K. Sealy;Serena A. Reeder Carroll

  • Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome: A Clinical Description of 17 Patients with a Newly Recognized Disease

    Jeffrey S. Duchin;Frederick T. Koster;C. J. Peters;Gary L. Simpson;Gary L. Simpson

  • A New Phlebovirus Associated with Severe Febrile Illness in Missouri

    Laura K. McMullan;Scott M. Folk;Aubree J. Kelly;Adam MacNeil

  • Standardizing Chlamydia pneumoniae assays : Recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA) and the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control (Canada)

    Scott F. Dowell;Rosanna W. Peeling;Jens Boman;George M. Carlone

  • The Reemergence of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995

    Ali S. Khan;F. Kweteminga Tshioko;David L. Heymann;Bernard Le Guenno

  • Rickettsia parkeri: A newly recognized cause of spotted fever rickettsiosis in the United States

    Christopher D. Paddock;John W. Sumner;James A. Comer;Sherif R. Zaki

  • Virology, pathology, and clinical manifestations of West Nile virus disease.

    Edward B. Hayes;James J. Sejvar;Sherif R. Zaki;Robert S. Lanciotti

  • Avian Influenza (H5N1) Viruses Isolated from Humans in Asia in 2004 Exhibit Increased Virulence in Mammals

    Taronna R. Maines;Xui Hua Lu;Steven M. Erb;Lindsay Edwards

  • Notes from the Field: Evidence of Zika Virus Infection in Brain and Placental Tissues from Two Congenitally Infected Newborns and Two Fetal Losses — Brazil, 2015

    Martines Rb;Bhatnagar J;Keating Mk;Silva-Flannery L

  • A Mouse Model for the Evaluation of Pathogenesis and Immunity to Influenza A (H5N1) Viruses Isolated from Humans

    Xiuhua Lu;Terrence M. Tumpey;Timothy Morken;Sherif R. Zaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Wun-Ju Shieh
Wun-Ju Shieh Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Christopher D. Paddock
Christopher D. Paddock Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Cynthia S. Goldsmith
Cynthia S. Goldsmith Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jeannette Guarner
Jeannette Guarner Emory University
Pierre E. Rollin
Pierre E. Rollin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Thomas G. Ksiazek
Thomas G. Ksiazek The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Stuart T. Nichol
Stuart T. Nichol Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Clarence J. Peters
Clarence J. Peters The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Christina F. Spiropoulou
Christina F. Spiropoulou Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jacqueline M. Katz
Jacqueline M. Katz Emory University

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