Heather J. Zar

Research interests

Publications

• Efficacy of nirsevimab against respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract infections in preterm and term infants, and pharmacokinetic extrapolation to infants with congenital heart disease and chronic lung disease: a pooled analysis of randomised controlled trials

  The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health · 2023 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s2352-4642(22)00321-2

• Global Burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Through 2050

  JAMA Network Open · 2023 · https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.46598

• Bivalent Prefusion F Vaccine in Pregnancy to Prevent RSV Illness in Infants

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2023 · https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2216480

• Respiratory syncytial virus prevention within reach: the vaccine and monoclonal antibody landscape

  The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2022 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(22)00291-2

• Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in 2019: a systematic analysis

  The Lancet · 2022 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(22)00478-0

• Nirsevimab for Prevention of RSV in Healthy Late-Preterm and Term Infants

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2022 · https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2110275

• Worldwide trends in the burden of asthma symptoms in school-aged children: Global Asthma Network Phase I cross-sectional study

  The Lancet · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(21)01450-1

• Improving lung health in low-income and middle-income countries: from challenges to solutions

  The Lancet · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(21)00458-x

• Global burden of respiratory infections associated with seasonal influenza in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study

  The Lancet Global Health · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(19)30545-5

• The risk of tuberculosis in children after close exposure: a systematic review and individual-participant meta-analysis

  The Lancet · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(20)30166-5

• Complicated pneumonia in children

  The Lancet · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(20)31550-6

• Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccination during Pregnancy and Effects in Infants

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1908380

• Global patterns in monthly activity of influenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza virus, and metapneumovirus: a systematic analysis

  The Lancet Global Health · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(19)30264-5

• After asthma: redefining airways diseases

  The Lancet · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(17)30879-6

• Respiratory syncytial virus hospitalization and mortality: Systematic review and meta‐analysis

  Pediatric Pulmonology · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1002/ppul.23570

• Clinical Case Definitions for Classification of Intrathoracic Tuberculosis in Children: An Update

  Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/civ581

• Risk factors for respiratory syncytial virus associated with acute lower respiratory infection in children under five years: Systematic review and meta–analysis

  Journal of Global Health · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.05.020416

• The global burden of respiratory disease-Impact on child health

  Pediatric Pulmonology · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1002/ppul.23030

• International consensus on (ICON) pediatric asthma

  Allergy · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1398-9995.2012.02865.x

• Accuracy of the Xpert MTB/RIF test for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children admitted to hospital in Cape Town, South Africa: a descriptive study

  The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(11)70167-0

• Global strategy for the diagnosis and management of asthma in children 5 years and younger

  Pediatric Pulmonology · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1002/ppul.21321

• Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) 2008*

  Allergy · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1398-9995.2007.01620.x

• Global strategy for asthma management and prevention: GINA executive summary

  European Respiratory Journal · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.00138707

• Induced sputum versus gastric lavage for microbiological confirmation of pulmonary tuberculosis in infants and young children: a prospective study

  The Lancet · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(05)17702-2

• Diverse Pseudomonas aeruginosa gene products stimulate respiratory epithelial cells to produce interleukin-8.

  Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1995 · https://doi.org/10.1172/jci118275

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