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Syed A. Sattar

Syed A. Sattar

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Microbiology

D-Index
69
Citations
11995
World Ranking
2116
National Ranking
60

Overview

Syed A. Sattar is affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada. Their research predominantly focuses on medicine, with a significant emphasis on infectious diseases and related subfields.

The main fields of study for Syed A. Sattar include:

  • Medicine

Within medicine, their subfields of study encompass:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Epidemiology
  • Modeling and Simulation

The primary topics of their work cover a range of subjects related to infection and microbial control:

  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies
  • Infection Control in Healthcare
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Detection and Treatment
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Applications

Frequent publication venues where Syed A. Sattar has contributed multiple works include:

  • Modeling Earth Systems and Environment
  • PeerJ
  • Journal of Applied Microbiology
  • World Journal of Cardiology
  • Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Among their recent papers are:

  • Potential Role of Oral Rinses Targeting the Viral Lipid Envelope in SARS-CoV-2 Infection, 2020, Function
  • A review of Cryptosporidium spp. and their detection in water, 2020, Water Science & Technology
  • Combating SARS-CoV-2: leveraging microbicidal experiences with other emerging/re-emerging viruses, 2020, PeerJ
  • Quantifying pathogen infection risks from household laundry practices, 2021, Journal of Applied Microbiology
  • Highly sensitive magnetic-microparticle-based aptasensor for Cryptosporidium parvum oocyst detection in river water and wastewater: Effect of truncation on aptamer affinity, 2020, Talanta

Syed A. Sattar has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • M. Khalid Ijaz
  • Julie McKinney
  • Bahram Zargar
  • Charles P. Gerba
  • Raymond W. Nims

Best Publications

  • Rotavirus survival on human hands and transfer of infectious virus to animate and nonporous inanimate surfaces.

    S A Ansari;S A Sattar;V S Springthorpe;G A Wells

  • Survival Characteristics of Airborne Human Coronavirus 229E

    M. K. Ijaz;A. H. Brunner;S. A. Sattar;Rama C. Nair

  • Survival of hepatitis A virus on human hands and its transfer on contact with animate and inanimate surfaces.

    J N Mbithi;V S Springthorpe;J R Boulet;S A Sattar

  • Survival and Vehicular Spread of Human Rotaviruses: Possible Relation to Seasonality of Outbreaks

    Ansari Sa;Springthorpe Vs;Sattar Sa

  • Effect of relative humidity and air temperature on survival of hepatitis A virus on environmental surfaces.

    J N Mbithi;V S Springthorpe;S A Sattar

  • Potential role of hands in the spread of respiratory viral infections: studies with human parainfluenza virus 3 and rhinovirus 14.

    S A Ansari;V S Springthorpe;S A Sattar;S Rivard

  • Efficacies of selected disinfectants against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    M Best;S A Sattar;V S Springthorpe;M E Kennedy

  • Chemical disinfection of non-porous inanimate surfaces experimentally contaminated with four human pathogenic viruses

    S. A. Sattar;V. S. Springthorpe;Y. Karim;P. Loro

  • Contamination of foods by food handlers: experiments on hepatitis A virus transfer to food and its interruption.

    S. Bidawid;J. M. Farber;S. A. Sattar

  • Comparative efficacy of hand hygiene agents in the reduction of bacteria and viruses.

    Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett;David J. Weber;Maria F. Gergen-Teague;Mark D. Sobsey

  • Institutional outbreaks of rotavirus diarrhoea: potential role of fomites and environmental surfaces as vehicles for virus transmission.

    S. A. Sattar;N. Lloyd-Evans;V. S. Springthorpe;R. C. Nair

  • Transfer of bacteria from fabrics to hands and other fabrics: development and application of a quantitative method using Staphylococcus aureus as a model

    S.A. Sattar;S. Springthorpe;S. Mani;M. Gallant

  • Chemical disinfection of hepatitis A virus on environmental surfaces

    J N Mbithi;V S Springthorpe;S A Sattar

  • Fate of Cryptosporidium oocysts, Giardia cysts, and microbial indicators during wastewater treatment and anaerobic sludge digestion.

    Christian Chauret;Susan Springthorpe;Syed Sattar

  • Norovirus cross-contamination during food handling and interruption of virus transfer by hand antisepsis: experiments with feline calicivirus as a surrogate.

    S. Bidawid;N. Malik;O. Adegbunrin;S. A. Sattar

  • Heat inactivation of hepatitis A virus in dairy foods.

    S. Bidawid;J. M. Farber;S. A. Sattar;S. Hayward

  • Broad-spectrum microbicidal activity, toxicologic assessment, and materials compatibility of a new generation of accelerated hydrogen peroxide-based environmental surface disinfectant.

    Navid Omidbakhsh;Syed A. Sattar

  • Investigation of opportunistic pathogens in municipal drinking water under different supply and treatment regimes

    M. Pryor;S. Springthorpe;S. Riffard;T. Brooks

  • Childhood Asthma and Environmental Exposures at Swimming Pools: State of the Science and Research Recommendations

    Clifford P. Weisel;Susan D. Richardson;Benoit Nemery;Gabriella Aggazzotti

  • Activity of selected oxidizing microbicides against the spores of Clostridium difficile: relevance to environmental control.

    Justo Perez;V. Susan Springthorpe;Syed A. Sattar

  • Potential Role of Oral Rinses Targeting the Viral Lipid Envelope in SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

    Valerie B O'Donnell;David Thomas;Richard Stanton;Jean-Yves Maillard

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Yves Maillard
Jean-Yves Maillard Cardiff University
Brent R. Dixon
Brent R. Dixon University of Ottawa
Didier Pittet
Didier Pittet University of Geneva
Jules M. Blais
Jules M. Blais University of Ottawa
Charles P. Gerba
Charles P. Gerba University of Arizona
Juewen Liu
Juewen Liu University of Waterloo
George A. Wells
George A. Wells University of Ottawa
Herbert P. Schweizer
Herbert P. Schweizer Colorado State University
Earl G. Brown
Earl G. Brown University of Ottawa
Ludek Zurek
Ludek Zurek Mendel University Brno

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