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W. Evan Secor is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with extensive work in parasitology and related subfields. The scientist has contributed significantly to studies in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Ecology, and Microbiology.

Their work covers a range of topics, with a strong emphasis on parasites and host interactions, global maternal and child health, parasite biology, reproductive tract infections research, reproductive health and contraception, child nutrition and water access, as well as global health and surgery.

Secor has published numerous papers in several reputable scientific journals. Some of their recent publications include:

  • "Circulating Anodic Antigen (CAA): A Highly Sensitive Diagnostic Biomarker to Detect Active Schistosoma Infections-Improvement and Use during SCORE," 2020, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • "Integration of prevention and control measures for female genital schistosomiasis, HIV and cervical cancer," 2020, Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • "Association of schistosomiasis and HIV infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis," 2020, International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "A systematic review of the literature on mechanisms of 5-nitroimidazole resistance in Trichomonas vaginalis," 2020, Parasitology
  • "Diagnosis and Management of Trichomonas vaginalis: Summary of Evidence Reviewed for the 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines," 2022, Clinical Infectious Diseases

Secor frequently publishes in journals such as the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Parasitology, and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Notable frequent co-authors collaborating with Secor include:

  • Ryan E. Wiegand
  • Susan P. Montgomery
  • Christina A. Muzny
  • Charles H. King
  • Carl H. Campbell

Best Publications

  • Mast Cells Are Essential for Early Onset and Severe Disease in a Murine Model of Multiple Sclerosis

    Virginia H. Secor;W. Evan Secor;Claire Anne Gutekunst;Melissa A. Brown

  • Trichomonas vaginalis antimicrobial drug resistance in 6 US cities, STD Surveillance Network, 2009-2010.

    Robert D. Kirkcaldy;Peter Augostini;Lenore E. Asbel;Kyle T. Bernstein

  • Risk factors for kala-azar in Bangladesh.

    Caryn Bern;Allen W. Hightower;Rajib Chowdhury;Mustakim Ali

  • Geographic distribution of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Western Kenya: implications for anthelminthic mass treatment.

    Thomas Handzel;Diana M S Karanja;David G Addiss;Allen W Hightower

  • Evaluation of Urine CCA Assays for Detection of Schistosoma mansoni Infection in Western Kenya

    Hillary L. Shane;Jennifer R. Verani;Bernard Abudho;Susan P. Montgomery

  • A Review of Evidence-Based Care of Symptomatic Trichomoniasis and Asymptomatic Trichomonas vaginalis Infections

    Elissa Meites;Charlotte A. Gaydos;Marcia M. Hobbs;Patricia Kissinger

  • Trichomonas vaginalis-Induced Epithelial Monolayer Disruption and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Replication: Implications for the Sexual Transmission of HIV-1

    Patricia C. Guenthner;W. Evan Secor;Charlene S. Dezzutti

  • Molecularly Cloned SHIV-1157ipd3N4: a Highly Replication- Competent, Mucosally Transmissible R5 Simian-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Encoding HIV Clade C env

    R. J. Song;A.-L. Chenine;R. A. Rasmussen;C. R. Ruprecht

  • Molecular Epidemiology of Metronidazole Resistance in a Population of Trichomonas vaginalis Clinical Isolates

    L. J. Snipes;P. M. Gamard;E. M. Narcisi;C. B. Beard

  • High Prevalence and Presumptive Treatment of Schistosomiasis and Strongyloidiasis among African Refugees

    Drew L. Posey;Brian G. Blackburn;Michelle Weinberg;Elaine W. Flagg

  • In Vitro Metronidazole and Tinidazole Activities against Metronidazole- Resistant Strains of Trichomonas vaginalis

    Andrea L. Crowell;Kolby A. Sanders-Lewis;Kolby A. Sanders-Lewis;W. Evan Secor

  • Neglected Parasitic Infections in the United States: Trichomoniasis

    W. Evan Secor;Elissa Meites;Michelle C. Starr;Kimberly A. Workowski

  • T Regulatory Cell Levels Decrease in People Infected With Schistosoma mansoni on Effective Treatment

    Kanji Watanabe;Pauline N. M. Mwinzi;Carla L. Black;Erick M. O. Muok

  • The epidemiology of intestinal microsporidiosis in patients with HIV/AIDS in Lima, Peru.

    Caryn Bern;Vivian Kawai;Daniel Vargas;Jennifer Rabke-Verani

  • THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS AND ASYMPTOMATIC LEISHMANIAL INFECTION IN A HIGHLY ENDEMIC BANGLADESHI VILLAGE

    Caryn Bern;Rashidul Haque;Rajib Chowdhury;Mustakim Ali

  • The effect of treatment of schistosomiasis on blood plasma HIV-1 RNA concentration in coinfected individuals.

    Stephen D. Lawn;Diana M S Karanja;Pauline Mwinzi;Julius Andove

  • Trichomonas vaginalis prevalence, incidence, risk factors and antibiotic-resistance in an adolescent population.

    Jamie W. Krashin;Emilia H. Koumans;Ayanna C. Bradshaw-Sydnor;Jim R. Braxton

  • A diagnostics platform for the integrated mapping, monitoring, and surveillance of neglected tropical diseases: rationale and target product profiles.

    Anthony W. Solomon;Dirk Engels;Robin L Bailey;Isobel M. Blake

  • The effects of schistosomiasis on HIV/AIDS infection, progression and transmission.

    W. Evan Secor

  • Influence of Exposure History on the Immunology and Development of Resistance to Human Schistosomiasis Mansoni

    Carla L. Black;Pauline N. M. Mwinzi;Erick M. O. Muok;Bernard Abudho

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel G. Colley
Daniel G. Colley University of Georgia
Jürg Utzinger
Jürg Utzinger University of Basel
Charles H. King
Charles H. King Case Western Reserve University
Ruth M. Ruprecht
Ruth M. Ruprecht Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Penelope Vounatsou
Penelope Vounatsou University of Basel
Jane R. Schwebke
Jane R. Schwebke University of Alabama at Birmingham
Allen W. Hightower
Allen W. Hightower Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Caryn Bern
Caryn Bern University of California, San Francisco
Patricia Kissinger
Patricia Kissinger Tulane University
Rashidul Haque
Rashidul Haque International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research

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