Radhika Gharpure

Datos Biográficos

ID7009714
NOMBRERadhika Gharpure
NOMBRESRadhika
APELLIDOGharpure
FIRMAGHARPURE R
AFILIACIONESCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
ORCID0000-0002-0702-5628
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS4
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR4
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2021
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • Early warning and response systems for respiratory disease outbreaks

    Open AccessPhilip Ngere, Radhika Gharpure et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    Investigating acute respiratory illnesses (ARIs) is difficult due to non-specific symptoms, varied health-seeking behaviors, and resource limitations; yet early detection is critical to global health security. Kenya's Ministry of Health (MOH) uses the Integrated Disease Surveillance strategy for public health surveillance, incorporating event-based surveillance (EBS) and indicator-based surveillance (IBS) for early warning system. MOH, supported …

  • A vicious cycle of frailty and acute lower respiratory infection among community-dwelling adults (≥ 60 years)

    Open AccessSiddhartha Saha, Ritvik Amarchand et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    We studied the relationship of frailty and acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) among a multi-site cohort of community-dwelling older adults aged ≥60 years in India. During January 2019‒January 2020, participants completed the Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS) at baseline and every 3 months at four sites in India, with each participant completing a maximum of four surveys. Participants were categorized as non-frail (0–5 points), vulnerable (6–7 poin…

  • Etiologies of influenza-like illness and severe acute respiratory infections in Tanzania, 2017–2019

    Open AccessMaria Ezekiely Kelly, Radhika Gharpure et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    In 2016, Tanzania expanded sentinel surveillance for influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) to include testing for non-influenza respiratory viruses (NIRVs) and additional respiratory pathogens at 9 sentinel sites. During 2017–2019, respiratory specimens from 2730 cases underwent expanded testing: 2475 specimens (90.7%) were tested using a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-developed assay co…

  • Performance of existing and novel surveillance case definitions for Covid-19 in household contacts of PCR-confirmed Covid-19

    Open AccessHannah E Reses, Mark Fajans et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    Existing COVID-19 case definitions appropriately screened in household contacts with COVID-19. Novel symptom combinations incorporating taste or smell dysfunction as a primary component improved accuracy. Case definitions tailored for children versus adults should be further explored