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Overview

Stephen B. Gordon is affiliated with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine with particular focus on multiple subfields including Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Microbiology.

Their academic contributions cover a wide range of topics, with a significant concentration on Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, Respiratory Viral Infections Research, Bacterial Infections and Vaccines, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Influenza Virus Research Studies, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy.

Some of their recent publications include:

  • Patient outcomes associated with post-tuberculosis lung damage in Malawi: a prospective cohort study (2020, Thorax)
  • The long term effect of pulmonary tuberculosis on income and employment in a low income, urban setting (2020, Thorax)
  • High SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Health Care Workers but relatively low numbers of deaths in urban Malawi (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • Impact and effectiveness of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on population incidence of vaccine and non-vaccine serotype invasive pneumococcal disease in Blantyre, Malawi, 2006-18: prospective observational time-series and case-control studies (2021, The Lancet Global Health)
  • High SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in health care workers but relatively low numbers of deaths in urban Malawi (2020, Wellcome Open Research)

Stephen B. Gordon frequently publishes in several venues, among which the most common are:

  • Wellcome Open Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Lancet Global Health

The scientist collaborates often with a range of co-authors including Jamie Rylance, Daniela M. Ferreira, Marc Henrion, Ben Morton, and Kondwani Jambo.

Best Publications

  • Heterogeneity in the distribution and morphology of microglia in the normal adult mouse brain

    L.J. Lawson;V.H. Perry;P. Dri;S. Gordon

  • Macrophage receptors and immune recognition.

    Taylor Pr;Martinez-Pomares L;Stacey M;Lin Hh

  • Induction of proinflammatory cytokines in human macrophages by influenza A (H5N1) viruses: a mechanism for the unusual severity of human disease?

    C Y Cheung;L L M Poon;A S Lau;W Luk

  • Immunohistochemical localization of macrophages and microglia in the adult and developing mouse brain.

    V H Perry;D A Hume;S Gordon

  • Respiratory risks from household air pollution in low and middle income countries

    Stephen B. Gordon;Nigel G. Bruce;Jonathan Grigg;Patricia L. Hibberd

  • Indoor air pollution from biomass fuel smoke is a major health concern in the developing world

    Duncan G. Fullerton;Nigel Bruce;Stephen B. Gordon

  • Turnover of resident microglia in the normal adult mouse brain

    L.J. Lawson;V.H. Perry;S. Gordon

  • IFITM3 restricts the morbidity and mortality associated with influenza

    Aaron R. Everitt;Simon Clare;Thomas Charles Pertel;Sinu P. John

  • The macrophage response to central and peripheral nerve injury. A possible role for macrophages in regeneration.

    V H Perry;M C Brown;S Gordon

  • Absence of Wallerian Degeneration does not Hinder Regeneration in Peripheral Nerve.

    E. R. Lunn;V. H. Perry;M. C. Brown;H. Rosen

  • Immunohistochemical localization of a macrophage-specific antigen in developing mouse retina: phagocytosis of dying neurons and differentiation of microglial cells to form a regular array in the plexiform layers.

    D A Hume;V H Perry;S Gordon

  • A trial of a 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in HIV-infected adults.

    Neil French;Stephen B. Gordon;Thandie Mwalukomo;Sarah A. White

  • The acute inflammatory response to lipopolysaccharide in CNS parenchyma differs from that in other body tissues.

    P B Andersson;V H Perry;S Gordon

  • Cardioversion from Atrial Fibrillation without Prolonged Anticoagulation with Use of Transesophageal Echocardiography to Exclude the Presence of Atrial Thrombi

    Warren J. Manning;David I. Silverman;Stephen Gordon;Harlan M. Krumholz

  • The kinetics and morphological characteristics of the macrophage-microglial response to kainic acid-induced neuronal degeneration.

    P B Andersson;V H Perry;S Gordon

  • A cleaner burning biomass-fuelled cookstove intervention to prevent pneumonia in children under 5 years old in rural Malawi (the Cooking and Pneumonia Study): a cluster randomised controlled trial.

    Kevin Mortimer;Kevin Mortimer;Chifundo B Ndamala;Andrew W Naunje;Jullita Malava

  • Macrophage defences against respiratory tract infections.

    S B Gordon;R C Read

  • Non-typhoidal salmonella bacteraemia among HIV-infected Malawian adults: high mortality and frequent recrudescence.

    Melita A Gordon;Hastings T Banda;Macpherson Gondwe;Stephen B Gordon

  • Effect of a quadrivalent meningococcal ACWY glycoconjugate or a serogroup B meningococcal vaccine on meningococcal carriage: an observer-blind, phase 3 randomised clinical trial

    Robert C Read;David Baxter;David R Chadwick;Saul N Faust;Saul N Faust

  • Corticosteroids for Bacterial Meningitis in Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Matthew Scarborough;Stephen B. Gordon;Christopher J.M. Whitty;Neil French

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniela M. Ferreira
Daniela M. Ferreira Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Neil French
Neil French University of Liverpool
Malcolm E. Molyneux
Malcolm E. Molyneux Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Robert S. Heyderman
Robert S. Heyderman University College London
Robert C. Read
Robert C. Read University of Southampton
John R. Balmes
John R. Balmes University of California, Berkeley
Aras Kadioglu
Aras Kadioglu University of Liverpool
Melita A. Gordon
Melita A. Gordon University of Liverpool
V.H. Perry
V.H. Perry University of Southampton
David A. Hume
David A. Hume University of Queensland

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