Research groups
Maia A. Rabaa
MHS, PhD
University Research Lecturer; Head of Molecular Epidemiology
Maia Rabaa co-leads the Molecular Epidemiology research group at the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where she has been based since 2012. Maia conducts research to better understand the molecular evolution and epidemiology of a variety of pathogens, using a combination of phylogenetic, epidemiological, and laboratory studies.
Her work on viral pathogens includes studies of the evolution and phylogeography of flaviviruses (especially dengue and Zika) and Rotavirus A, the genetic epidemiology of the dengue virus in relation to vaccine efficacy, and the evolution and epidemiology of viruses at the human-animal interface. Her interests in evolutionary processes have also led her to more recently focus on the evolution and spread of antimicrobial resistance in populations across Asia, especially Shigella spp., E. coli, and Salmonella Typhi, and to design experimental work to uncover the evolutionary mechanisms that drive antimicrobial resistance.
More broadly, her research interests are in the design of disease surveillance, experimental methods, and analytical methods to optimize epidemiological and evolutionary inference and provide a strong scientific basis for public health decision-making, particularly as it relates to the establishment of sustainable, evolution-proof immunization and disease control programs.
Recent publications
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The clinical features and genomic epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections at a tertiary hospital in Vietnam.
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Diep DTH. et al, (2023), Journal of global antimicrobial resistance
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A fatal outbreak of neonatal sepsis caused by mcr-10-carrying Enterobacter kobei in a tertiary care hospital in Nepal.
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Manandhar S. et al, (2022), The Journal of hospital infection, 125, 60 - 66
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Genomic epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance and virulence factors of Enterobacter cloacae complex causing potential community-onset bloodstream infections in a tertiary care hospital of Nepal.
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Manandhar S. et al, (2022), JAC-antimicrobial resistance, 4
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The evolutionary history of Shigella flexneri serotype 6 in Asia
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Mai S-NT. et al, (2021), Microbial Genomics, 7
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Genomic insights into the circulation of pandemic fluoroquinolone-resistant extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli ST1193 in Vietnam.
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Nguyen Q. et al, (2021), Microbial genomics, 7
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Viral genome-based Zika virus transmission dynamics in a paediatric cohort during the 2016 Nicaragua epidemic.
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Sun H. et al, (2021), EBioMedicine, 72
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Exploring the Genomic Diversity and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum in a Vietnamese Population.
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Chung The H. et al, (2021), Microbiology spectrum, 9
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Novel Mutation of SARS-CoV-2, Vietnam, July 2020.
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Phuong HVM. et al, (2021), Emerging infectious diseases, 27, 1519 - 1521
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The First 100 Days of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Control in Vietnam.
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Thai PQ. et al, (2021), Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 72, e334 - e342
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Evolutionary histories and antimicrobial resistance in Shigella flexneri and Shigella sonnei in Southeast Asia
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Chung The H. et al, (2021), Communications Biology, 4