Selected Publications
1. Brooks, W.A., Goswami, D., Rahman, M., Nahar, K., Fry, A., Balish, A., Iftekharuddin, N., Azim, T., Xiyan, X., Klimov, A., Bresee, J., Bridges, C., Luby, S., Influenza is a major contributor to childhood pneumonia in a tropical developing country, in press (Pediatr Infect Dis J). 2009.
2. Brooks, W.A., Alamgir, ASM., Sultana, R., Islam, MS., Rahman, M., Fry, A., Shu, B., Lindstrom, S., Nahar, K., Goswami, D., Haiddar, MS., Nahar, S., Butler, E., Hancock, K., Donis, RO., Davis, CT., Zaman, RU., Luby, SP., Uyeki, TM., Rahman, M., Pediatric H5N1 case detected through routine influenza surveillance in Bangladesh. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009. 15(8): p. 1311-1313.
3. Breiman, R.F., W.A. Brooks, D. Goswami, et al., A multinational, randomized, placebo-controlled trial to assess the immunogenicity, safety, and tolerability of live attenuated influenza vaccine coadministered with oral poliovirus vaccine in healthy young children. Vaccine, 2009.
4. Subhi, R., M. Adamson, H. Campbell, M. Weber, K. Smith, and T. Duke, The prevalence of hypoxaemia among ill children in developing countries: a systematic review. Lancet Infect Dis, 2009. 9(4): p. 219-27.
5. Luby SP, Brooks WA, Saha SK, el-Arifeen S, Naheed A, Sack D, et al. Use of multiple surveillance modalities to assess the epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in Bangladesh. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Mar 1;48 Suppl 2:S97-102.
6. Saha, S.K., Naheed, A., El Arifeen, S., Islam, M., Al-Emran, H., Amin, R., Fatima, K., Brooks, W.A., Breiman, R.F., Sack, D.A., and Luby, S.P., Surveillance for invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae disease among hospitalized children in Bangladesh: antimicrobial susceptibility and serotype distribution. Clin Infect Dis, 2009. 48 Suppl 2: p. S75-81.
7. Arifeen, S.E., Saha, S.K., Rahman, S., Rahman, K.M., Rahman, S.M., Bari, S., Naheed, A., Mannan, I., Seraji, M.H., Ahmed, N.U., Hassan, M.S., Huda, N., Siddik, A.U., Quasem, I., Islam, M., Fatima, K., Al-Emran, H., Brooks, W.A., Baqui, A.H., Breiman, R.F., Sack, D., and Luby, S.P., Invasive pneumococcal disease among children in rural Bangladesh: results from a population-based surveillance. Clin Infect Dis, 2009. 48 Suppl 2: p. S103-13.
8. Naheed, A., Saha, S.K., Breiman, R.F., Khatun, F., Brooks, W.A., El Arifeen, S., Sack, D., and Luby, S.P., Multihospital surveillance of pneumonia burden among children aged <5 years hospitalized for pneumonia in Bangladesh. Clin Infect Dis, 2009. 48 Suppl 2: p. S82-9.
9. Naheed, A., Ram, P.K., Brooks, W.A., Mintz, E.D., Hossain, M.A., Parsons, M.M., Luby, S.P., and Breiman, R.F., Clinical value of Tubex and Typhidot rapid diagnostic tests for typhoid fever in an urban community clinic in Bangladesh. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 2008. 61(4): p. 381-6.
10. Luby, S.P., Brooks, W.A., Zaman, K., Hossain, S., and Ahmed, T., Infectious diseases and vaccine sciences: strategic directions. J Health Popul Nutr, 2008. 26(3): p. 295-310.
11. Scott, J.A., Brooks, W.A., Peiris, J.S., Holtzman, D., and Mulhollan, E.K., Pneumonia research to reduce childhood mortality in the developing world. J Clin Invest, 2008. 118(4): p. 1291-1300.
12. Brooks, W.A., Breiman, R.F., Goswami, D., Hossain, A., Alam, K., Saha, S.K., Nahar, K., Nasrin, D., Ahmed, N., El Arifeen, S., et al. 2007. Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Burden and Implications for Vaccine Policy in Urban Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg 77:795-801.
13. Brooks, WA, Terebuh P, Bridges C, Klimov A, Goswami D, Sharmeen AT, Azim T, Erdman D, Hall H, Luby S, Breiman RF. Influenza A and B Infection among children in an urban slum population of Dhaka, Bangladesh: A Pilot Study. Emerg Infect Dis 13:1507-1508.
14. Brooks, WA., Erdman, D., Terebuh P, Klimov A, Goswami D, Sharmeen AT, Azim T, Luby S, Bridges C, Breiman RF. Human metapnuemovirus infection among children in an urban slum of Dhaka, Bangladesh: A pilot study. Emerg Infect Dis 13:1611-1613.
15. Ram, P.K., Naheed, A., Brooks, W.A., Hossain, M.A., Mintz, E.D., Breiman, R.F., and Luby, S.P., Risk factors for typhoid fever in a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Epidemiol Infect, 2007. 135(3): p. 458-65.
16. Islam, M.S., Brooks, A., Kabir, M. S., Jahid, I. K., Islam, M. S., Goswami, D., Nair, G. B., Larson, C., Yukiko, W., Luby, S., Faecal contamination of drinking water sources of Dhaka during the 2004 flood in Bangladesh and use of disinfectants for water treatment. J Appl Microbio, 2006.
17. Harris, J.B., Baresch-Bernal, A., Rollins, S.M., Alam, A., LaRocque, R.C., Bikowski, M., Peppercorn, A.F., Handfield, M., Hillman, J.D., Qadri, F., Calderwood, S.B., Hohmann, E., Breiman, R.F., Brooks, W.A., and Ryan, E.T., Identification of in vivo-induced bacterial protein antigens during human infection with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi. Infect Immun, 2006. 74(9): p. 5161-8.
18. Bose, A., Coles, C.L., Gunavathi, John, H., Moses, P., Raghupathy, P., Kirubakaran, C., Black, R.E., Brooks, W.A., and Santosham, M., Efficacy of zinc in the treatment of severe pneumonia in hospitalized children <2 y old. Am J Clin Nutr, 2006. 83(5): p. 1089-96; quiz 1207.
19. Brooks, W.A., Santosham, M., Naheed, A., Goswami, D., Wahed, M.A., Diener-West, M., Faruque, A.S., and Black, R.E., Effect of weekly zinc supplements on incidence of pneumonia and diarrhoea in children younger than 2 years in an urban, low-income population in Bangladesh: randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 2005. 366(9490): p. 999-1004.
20. Brooks, W.A., Santosham, M., Roy, S.K., Faruque, A.S., Wahed, M.A., Nahar, K., Khan, A.I., Khan, A.F., Fuchs, G.J., and Black, R.E., Efficacy of zinc in young infants with acute watery diarrhea. Am J Clin Nutr, 2005. 82(3): p. 605-10.
