Taj Azarian, PhD MPH

Taj Azarian, PhD MPH

University of Central Florida

H-index: 17

North America-United States

About Taj Azarian, PhD MPH

Taj Azarian, PhD MPH, With an exceptional h-index of 17 and a recent h-index of 17 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Central Florida, specializes in the field of Phylogenetics, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Genomic epidemiology, Public health surveillance.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

An ecological study of COVID-19 outcomes among Florida counties (preprint)

Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3 population structure in the era of conjugate vaccines, 2001–2018

Environmental surface monitoring as a noninvasive method for SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in community settings: Lessons from a university campus study

Antigen test swabs are comparable to nasopharyngeal swabs for sequencing of SARS-CoV-2

Draft genome sequence of a highly proteolytic Staphylococcus aureus USA300 isolate from human urine

Favipiravir Suppresses Zika Virus (ZIKV) through Activity as a Mutagen

Improving bacterial metagenomic research through long read sequencing

Joining forces against antibiotic resistance: The one health solution

Taj Azarian, PhD MPH Information

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Position

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Citations(all)

808

Citations(since 2020)

591

Cited By

423

hIndex(all)

17

hIndex(since 2020)

17

i10Index(all)

22

i10Index(since 2020)

20

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University of Central Florida

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Taj Azarian, PhD MPH Skills & Research Interests

Phylogenetics

Staphylococcus aureus

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Genomic epidemiology

Public health surveillance

Top articles of Taj Azarian, PhD MPH

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

An ecological study of COVID-19 outcomes among Florida counties (preprint)

Sobur Ali

Taj Azarian

2024

Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3 population structure in the era of conjugate vaccines, 2001–2018

Microbial genomics

Eleonora Cella

Catherine G Sutcliffe

Lindsay R Grant

Carol Tso

Robert C Weatherholtz

...

2024/3/18

Environmental surface monitoring as a noninvasive method for SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in community settings: Lessons from a university campus study

Science of The Total Environment

Sobur Ali

Eleonora Cella

Catherine Johnston

Ana C Rojas

Ashley N Brown

...

2024/2/20

Antigen test swabs are comparable to nasopharyngeal swabs for sequencing of SARS-CoV-2

Scientific Reports

Sayf Al-Deen Hassouneh

Alexa Trujillo

Sobur Ali

Eleonora Cella

Catherine Johnston

...

2023/7/12

Draft genome sequence of a highly proteolytic Staphylococcus aureus USA300 isolate from human urine

Microbiology Resource Announcements

Jessica K Jackson

Sarah J Kennedy

Emily A Felton

Eleonora Cella

Amorce Lima

...

2023/12/14

Favipiravir Suppresses Zika Virus (ZIKV) through Activity as a Mutagen

Microorganisms

Evelyn J Franco

Eleonora Cella

Xun Tao

Kaley C Hanrahan

Taj Azarian

...

2023/5/19

Improving bacterial metagenomic research through long read sequencing

bioRxiv

Noah Greenman

Sayf Al-Deen Hassouneh

Latifa S Abdelli

Catherine Johnston

Taj Azarian

2023/11/3

Joining forces against antibiotic resistance: The one health solution

Eleonora Cella

Marta Giovanetti

Francesca Benedetti

Fabio Scarpa

Catherine Johnston

...

2023/8/23

A collaborative approach to improving representation in viral genomic surveillance

PLOS Global Public Health

Paul Y Kim

Audrey Y Kim

Jamie J Newman

Eleonora Cella

Thomas C Bishop

...

2023/7/19

Carriage prevalence and genomic epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus among Native American children and adults in the Southwestern USA

Microbial genomics

Eleonora Cella

Catherine G Sutcliffe

Carol Tso

Ella Paul

Nina Ritchie

...

2022/5/13

Early emergence phase of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in Florida, US

Viruses

Eleonora Cella

Sobur Ali

Sarah E Schmedes

Brittany Rife Magalis

Simone Marini

...

2022/4/6

Making microbial genomics work for clinical and public health microbiology

Taj Azarian

Norelle L Sherry

Kate Baker

Kathryn E Holt

Iruka N Okeke

2022/9/16

Taj Azarian1*, Eleonora Cella1, Sarah L. Baines2, Margot J. Shumaker3, Carol Samel4, Mohammad Jubair1, David A. Pegues3, 4 and Michael Z. David3

Fighting an Elusive Enemy: Staphylococcus aureus and its Antibiotic Resistance, Immune-Evasion and Toxic Mechanisms

Fabio Bagnoli

2022/2/3

Complete genome sequences of nine Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3 clonal complex 180 strains

Microbiology Resource Announcements

Smitha Shambhu

Eleonora Cella

Mohammad Jubair

Taj Azarian

2022/7/21

Meaningful use of pathogen genomic data

Mbio

Taj Azarian

2022/6/28

The Importance of Pathogen Whole-Genome Sequencing in Evaluating Interventions to Reduce the Spread of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in the Healthcare Setting

Taj Azarian

2021/6/1

SARS-CoV-2 shifting transmission dynamics and hidden reservoirs potentially limit efficacy of public health interventions in Italy

Communications biology

Marta Giovanetti

Eleonora Cella

Francesca Benedetti

Brittany Rife Magalis

Vagner Fonseca

...

2021/4/21

Critical Care Resources and Disaster Preparedness Survey 2020

medRxiv

Simon Finfer

Naomi Hammond

Bharath Kumar Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan

Lowell Ling

Louise Thwaites

...

2021/4/13

ddPCR reveals SARS-CoV-2 variants in florida wastewater

medRxiv

Eben Gering

Jacob Colbert

Sarah Schmedes

George Duncan

Joe Lopez

...

2021/4/13

Introduction and community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 lineage A. 2.5 in Florida with novel spike INDELS

medRxiv

Sarah E Schmedes

Taj Azarian

Eleonora Cella

Jessy Motes

Omer Tekin

...

2021/12/5

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Co-Authors

H-index: 128
Marc Lipsitch

Marc Lipsitch

Harvard University

H-index: 98
John Glenn Morris, Jr.

John Glenn Morris, Jr.

University of Florida

H-index: 93
Christophe Fraser

Christophe Fraser

University of Oxford

H-index: 81
William Hanage

William Hanage

Harvard University

H-index: 57
Massimo Ciccozzi

Massimo Ciccozzi

Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma

H-index: 52
Robert L Cook

Robert L Cook

University of Florida

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