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Baharak Afshar

Observed names: Afshar, BaharaK, Afshar, Baharak, B. AFSHAR, B. Afshar, BaharaK Afshar
Observed institutions: National Health Service, University of California, Los Angeles, King's College London, University of Tehran, London North West Healthcare NHS Trust, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, New York Hospital Queens, Public Health England, Ministry of Defence, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Research Council, Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi ed Informatica Antonio Ruberti, UK Health Security Agency, Health Protection Agency, Imperial College London, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Technische Universität Dresden
ORCID: 0000-0003-2116-3426
Observed ORCIDs: 0000-0003-2116-3426, 0009-0007-8099-6766
OpenAlex ID: A5026768340
Consensus Sequence-Based Scheme for Epidemiological Typing of Clinical and Environmental Isolates ofLegionella pneumophila
2005 · Valeria Gaia, Norman K. Fry, et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 365
Mycoplasma pneumoniae: delayed re-emergence after COVID-19 pandemic restrictions
2023 · Patrick M Meyer Sauteur, Michael L Beeton, et al. · The Lancet Microbe · 308
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Streptococcus agalactiae clones infecting humans were selected and fixed through the extensive use of tetracycline
2014 · Violette Da Cunha, Mark R. Davies, et al. · Nature Communications · 251
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae detections before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of a global survey, 2017 to 2021
2022 · Patrick M Meyer Sauteur, Michael L Beeton, et al. · Eurosurveillance · 172
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Distribution of Legionella pneumophila serogroups, monoclonal antibody subgroups and DNA sequence types in recent clinical and environmental isolates from England and Wales (2000–2008)
2009 · T. G. Harrison, B. Afshar, et al. · European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases · 156
Mycoplasma pneumoniae: gone forever?
2023 · Patrick M Meyer Sauteur, Michael L Beeton, et al. · The Lancet Microbe · 83
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Application of Legionella pneumophila-specific quantitative real-time PCR combined with direct amplification and sequence-based typing in the diagnosis and epidemiological investigation of Legionnaires’ disease
2012 · M. Mentasti, N. K. Fry, et al. · European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases · 77
Global spatiotemporal dynamics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae re-emergence after COVID-19 pandemic restrictions: an epidemiological and transmission modelling study
2025 · Patrick M Meyer Sauteur, Xu-Sheng Zhang, et al. · The Lancet Microbe · 76
Mycoplasma pneumoniae beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: where is it?
2022 · Patrick M Meyer Sauteur, Victoria J Chalker, et al. · The Lancet Microbe · 75
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Pneumonia outbreaks due to re-emergence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae
2024 · Patrick M Meyer Sauteur, Michael L Beeton, et al. · The Lancet Microbe · 72
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Evaluation of an Optimal Epidemiological Typing Scheme for Legionella pneumophila with Whole-Genome Sequence Data Using Validation Guidelines
2016 · Sophia David, Massimo Mentasti, et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 70
International External Quality Assurance for Laboratory Identification and Typing of Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococci)
2011 · Baharak Afshar, Karen Broughton, et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 67
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Identification of Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat (VNTR) Sequences in Legionella pneumophila and Development of an Optimized Multiple-Locus VNTR Analysis Typing Scheme
2007 · Christine Pourcel, Paolo Visca, et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 56
Group B streptococcal carriage, serotype distribution and antibiotic susceptibilities in pregnant women at the time of delivery in a refugee population on the Thai-Myanmar border
2012 · Claudia Turner, Paul Turner, et al. · BMC Infectious Diseases · 49
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Neonatal invasive disease caused by Streptococcus agalactiae in Europe: the DEVANI multi-center study
2022 · Florens Lohrmann, Markus Hufnagel, et al. · Infection · 46
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Seeding and Establishment of Legionella pneumophila in Hospitals: Implications for Genomic Investigations of Nosocomial Legionnaires’ Disease
2017 · Sophia David, Baharak Afshar, et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 45
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Legionella antibiotic susceptibility testing: is it time for international standardization and evidence-based guidance?
2021 · Edward Portal, Ghislaine Descours, et al. · Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy · 36
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Design and validation of a qPCR assay for accurate detection and initial serogrouping of Legionella pneumophila in clinical specimens by the ESCMID Study Group for Legionella Infections (ESGLI)
2015 · M. Mentasti, D. Kese, et al. · European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases · 33
Emergence of a novel lineage containing a prophage in emm/M3 group A Streptococcus associated with upsurge in invasive disease in the UK
2016 · Ali Al-Shahib, Anthony Underwood, et al. · Microbial Genomics · 32
Surveillance of tuberculosis (TB) cases attributable to relapse or reinfection in London, 2002-2015
2019 · Baharak Afshar, Jacqueline Carless, et al. · PLoS ONE · 29
Heated birthing pools as a source of Legionnaires' disease
2015 · S. L. COLLINS, B. AFSHAR, et al. · Epidemiology and Infection · 28
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Identification of Legionella spp. by 19 European reference laboratories: results of the European Working Group for Legionella Infections External Quality Assessment Scheme using DNA sequencing of the macrophage infectivity potentiator gene and dedicated online tools
2007 · N.K. Fry, B. Afshar, et al. · Clinical Microbiology and Infection · 27
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A quantitative descriptive study of the prevalence of carriage (colonisation) of haemolytic streptococci groups A, B, C and G in pregnancy
2011 · I. A. Hassan, T. S. Onon, et al. · Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology · 24
A European multi-centre External Quality Assessment (EQA) study on phenotypic and genotypic methods used for Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) drug resistance testing
2017 · Baharak Afshar, David F. Bibby, et al. · Journal of Clinical Virology · 20
Enhanced nasopharyngeal infection and shedding associated with an epidemic lineage of emm3 group A Streptococcus
2017 · Baharak Afshar, Claire E. Turner, et al. · Virulence · 19
Works count: 65
Citation count: 2,425
H-index: 23
I10-index: 37
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