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Thomas F. Wierzba is affiliated with Wake Forest University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. The primary subfields of study include Endocrinology, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Medicine, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The scientist's work frequently focuses on key topics such as Escherichia coli research studies, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, climate change and health impacts, child nutrition and water access, Vibrio bacteria research studies, and COVID-19 and mental health.

Wierzba has contributed to several publications, with a focus on infectious diseases and vaccine research. Their recent papers include:

  • Could a Shigella vaccine impact long-term health outcomes?: Summary report of an expert meeting to inform a Shigella vaccine public health value proposition, March 24 and 29, 2021 (2022, Vaccine X)
  • A Perspective on the Strategy for Advancing ETVAX®, An Anti-ETEC Diarrheal Disease Vaccine, into a Field Efficacy Trial in Gambian Children: Rationale, Challenges, Lessons Learned, and Future Directions (2023, Microorganisms)
  • The Immunogenicity and Properties of a Whole-Cell ETEC Vaccine Inactivated with Psoralen and UVA Light in Comparison to Formalin (2023, Microorganisms)
  • Assessment of sociodemographic factors associated with time to self-reported COVID-19 infection among a large multi-center prospective cohort population in the southeastern United States (2024, PLoS ONE)

The primary venues for Wierzba's publications are Microorganisms, Vaccine X, and PLoS ONE, with the highest number of publications appearing in Microorganisms.

Frequent coauthors in Wierzba's research include M. Jahangir Hossain, Ann-Mari Svennerholm, Nils Carlin, Umberto D'Alessandro, and Karoun H. Bagamian.

Best Publications

  • Burden of typhoid fever in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic, literature-based update with risk-factor adjustment

    Vittal Mogasale;Brian Maskery;R Leon Ochiai;Jung Seok Lee

  • Incidence of invasive salmonella disease in sub-Saharan Africa: a multicentre population-based surveillance study

    Florian Marks;Vera von Kalckreuth;Peter Aaby;Yaw Adu-Sarkodie

  • Status of vaccine research and development for Shigella.

    Sachin Mani;Thomas Wierzba;Richard I. Walker

  • 5 year efficacy of a bivalent killed whole-cell oral cholera vaccine in Kolkata, India: a cluster-randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

    Sujit K Bhattacharya;Dipika Sur;Mohammad Ali;Suman Kanungo

  • Status of vaccine research and development for enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.

    A. Louis Bourgeois;Thomas F. Wierzba;Richard I. Walker

  • Pathogenicity and Convalescent Excretion of Campylobacter in Rural Egyptian Children

    Malla R. Rao;Abdollah B. Naficy;Stephen J. Savarino;Remon Abu-Elyazeed

  • Early initiation of breastfeeding and the risk of infant diarrhea in rural Egypt.

    J Clemens;R A Elyazeed;M Rao;S Savarino

  • Efficacy of a Single-Dose, Inactivated Oral Cholera Vaccine in Bangladesh.

    Firdausi Qadri;Thomas F. Wierzba;Mohammad Ali;Fahima Chowdhury

  • A systematic review of the epidemiology of hepatitis E virus in Africa

    Jong Hoon Kim;Kenrad E. Nelson;Ursula Panzner;Yogita Kasture

  • Infectious Etiologies of Acute Febrile Illness among Patients Seeking Health Care in South-Central Cambodia

    Matthew R. Kasper;Patrick J. Blair;Sok Touch;Buth Sokhal

  • Epidemiology of Rotavirus Diarrhea in Egyptian Children and Implications for Disease Control

    Abdollah B. Naficy;Remon Abu-Elyazeed;Jennifer L. Holmes;Malla R. Rao

  • Burden of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and shigella non-fatal diarrhoeal infections in 79 low-income and lower middle-income countries: a modelling analysis

    John D Anderson;John D Anderson;John D Anderson;Karoun H Bagamian;Farzana Muhib;Mirna P Amaya;Mirna P Amaya

  • Phenotypic Profiles of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Associated with Early Childhood Diarrhea in Rural Egypt

    Hind I. Shaheen;Sami B. Khalil;Malla R. Rao;T. Remon Abu Elyazeed

  • Effectiveness of an oral cholera vaccine in Zanzibar: findings from a mass vaccination campaign and observational cohort study

    Ahmed M. Khatib;Mohammad Ali;Lorenz von Seidlein;Deok Ryun Kim

  • Epidemiology of hepatitis E in low- and middle-income countries of Asia and Africa.

    Brittany L Kmush;Thomas F Wierzba;Lisa J Krain;Kenrad E Nelson

  • Oral, inactivated, whole cell enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli plus cholera toxin B subunit vaccine : Results of the initial evaluation in children

    Stephen J. Savarino;Eric R. Hall;Samir Bassily;F. Matthew Brown

  • High Disease Burden of Diarrhea Due to Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli among Rural Egyptian Infants and Young Children

    Malla R. Rao;Remon Abu-Elyazeed;Stephen J. Savarino;Abdollah B. Naficy

  • Short-Course Azithromycin for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Typhoid Fever in Children and Adolescents

    Robert W. Frenck;Adel Mansour;Isabelle Nakhla;Yehia Sultan

  • Diarrhea associated with Cryptosporidium parvum among young children of the Nile River Delta in Egypt.

    Ibrahim Adib Abdel-Messih;Thomas F. Wierzba;Remon Abu-Elyazeed;Abdel Fatah Ibrahim

  • Safety and Immunogenicity of an Oral, Killed Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli-Cholera Toxin B Subunit Vaccine in Egyptian Adults

    Stephen J. Savarino;F. Matthew Brown;Eric Hall;Samir Bassily

  • DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF DYSENTERY BY COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS

    Carine Ronsmans;MichaelL. Bennish;MichaelL. Bennish;Thomas Wierzba

  • Astrovirus Diarrhea in Egyptian Children

    Abdollah B. Naficy;Malla R. Rao;Jennifer L. Holmes;Remon Abu-Elyazeed

Frequent Co-Authors

John D. Clemens
John D. Clemens University of California, Los Angeles
Robert W. Frenck
Robert W. Frenck Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Stephen Baker
Stephen Baker Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Robert F. Breiman
Robert F. Breiman Emory University
Peter Aaby
Peter Aaby University of Southern Denmark
Ann-Mari Svennerholm
Ann-Mari Svennerholm University of Gothenburg
John A. Crump
John A. Crump University of Otago
Abraham Aseffa
Abraham Aseffa Armauer Hansen Research Institute
Lorenz von Seidlein
Lorenz von Seidlein Mahidol University
Sujit K. Bhattacharya
Sujit K. Bhattacharya Indian Council of Medical Research

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