Prof Ibrahim Abubakar
Clinical Professor in Health Protection
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Clinical Professor
in Health Protection |
I dot Abubakar at uea dot ac dot uk
Tel: +44 (0)1603 59 1238 |
Career
Professional Qualifications and professional memberships
2007 PhD University of East Anglia, UK
2006 FFPHM Faculty of Public Health Medicine, UK
2002 MFPHM Faculty of Public Health Medicine, UK
2001 DPH University of Cambridge
1999 MSc (Distinction) London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
1997 MWACP West African Postgraduate Medical College
1992 MBBS Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
Research interests
- Tuberculosis and other mycobacterial infections
- Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Career summary
- He currently holds a Consultant Infectious Disease Epidemiologist post with responsibility for tuberculosis epidemiology and surveillance at the national Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, Colindale, London
- Worked as a public trainee at the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Colindale, the HPA Regional Epidemiology Unit at the Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, Chemical Incident Response Service, London and in various Health Protection Units between 2000 and 2003.
- Worked in general medicine and infectious disease medicine between 1993 and 1998 and obtained the Membership of the West African College of Physicians in 1997.
Key Research Interests
Current research interests include various aspects of health protection:
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis epidemiology
- Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis in the aetiology of Crohn's disease
- Tuberculosis and HIV co-infection
- Epidemiology and diagnosis of Food Poisoning
Selected publications
- Abubakar I, Lipman M, Davies PDO, Anderson C, Zumla A. Tuberculosis in the UK – Time to Regain Control. BMJ. 343:d4281
- Jit M, Stagg H, Aldridge R, White PJ, Find and Treat Evaluation Group, Abubakar I. Cost-effectiveness analysis of a dedicated outreach service to hard-to-reach tuberculosis patients in London. BMJ. In Press
- Pareek, M. ; Watson, J.P. ; Ormerod, L.P. ; Kon, O.M. ; Woltmann, G. ; White, P.J. ; Abubakar, I. ; Lalvani, A. ; Screening of immigrants in the UK for imported latent tuberculosis: a multicentre cohort study and cost-effectiveness analysis. Lancet Infect Dis, 2011; 11(6):435-44
- Abubakar, I. ; Tuberculosis and air travel: a systematic review and analysis of policy. Lancet Infect Dis, 2010; 10(3):176-83
- Crofts, J.P. ; Andrews, N.J. ; Barker, R.D. ; Delpech, V. ; Abubakar, I. ; Risk factors for recurrent tuberculosis in England and Wales, 1998-2005. Thorax, 2010; 65(4):310-4
- Abubakar, I. ; Moore, J. ; Drobniewski, F. ; Kruijshaar, M. ; Brown, T. ; Yates, M. ; Anderson, C. ; Smith, E.G. ; Magee, J. ; Lipman, M. ; McMenamin, J. ; Ruddy, M. ; Watson, J.M. ; Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in the UK: 1995 to 2007. Thorax, 2009; 64(6):512-5
- Kruijshaar, M.E. ; Watson, J.M. ; Drobniewski, F. ; Anderson, C. ; Brown, T.J. ; Magee, J.G. ; Smith, E.G. ; Story, A. ; Abubakar, I. ; Increasing antituberculosis drug resistance in the United Kingdom: analysis of National Surveillance Data. BMJ, 2008; 336(7655):1231-4
- Paranjothy, S. ; Eisenhut, M. ; Lilley, M. ; Bracebridge, S. ; Abubakar, I. ; Mulla, R. ; Lack, K. ; Chalkley, D. ; Howard, J. ; Thomas, S. ; McEvoy, M. ; Extensive transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from 9 year old child with pulmonary tuberculosis and negative sputum smear. BMJ, 2008; 337:a1184
- Ditah I, Reacher M, Palmer C, Watson JM, Innes J, Kruijshaar ME, Luma HN, Abubakar I. Monitoring tuberculosis treatment outcome: analysis of national surveillance data from a clinical perspective. Thorax 2008 63(5):440-6.
- Abubakar, I. ; Myhill, D.J. ; Hart, A.R. ; Lake, I.R. ; Harvey, I. ; Rhodes, J.M. ; Robinson, R. ; Lobo, A.J. ; Probert, C.S. ; Hunter, P.R. ; A case-control study of drinking water and dairy products in Crohn's Disease--further investigation of the possible role of Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis. Am J Epidemiol, 2007; 165(7):776-83
Teaching Interests
- Current teaching activity is focussed mainly on research degree students (PGR).
- Postgraduate teaching also includes lectures to the MPhil Epidemiology/Public Health course (University of Cambridge) and MSc students (London School of Hygiene)
Article
Abubakar, I, Gautret, P, Brunette, GW, Blumberg, L, Johnson, D, Poumerol, G, Memish, ZA, Barbeschi, M and Khan, AS (2012) Global perspectives for prevention of infectious diseases associated with mass gatherings. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 12 (1). pp. 66-74. ISSN 14733099
Zenner, D, Kruijshaar, ME, Andrews, N and Abubakar, I (2011) Risk of Tuberculosis in Pregnancy: A National, Primary Care Based Cohort and Self-Controlled Case Series Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (Epub ahead of print). ISSN 1073-449X
Pimpin, L, Drumright, LN, Kruijshaar, ME, Abubakar, I, Rice, B, Delpech, V, Hollo, V, Amato-Gauci, A, Manissero, D and Kodmon, C (2011) Tuberculosis and HIV co-infection in European Union and European Economic Area countries. European Respiratory Journal, 38 (6). pp. 1382-1392. ISSN 0903-1936
Rechel, B, Suhrcke, M, Tsolova, S, Suk, J, Desai, M, McKee, M, Stuckler, D, Abubakar, I, Hunter, PR, Senek, M and Semenza, J (2011) Economic crisis and communicable disease control in Europe: a scoping review among national experts. Health Policy, 103 (2-3). pp. 168-175.
CROFTS, JP, KRUIJSHAAR, ME, DELPECH, V, NCUBE, F and Abubakar, I (2011) Tuberculosis and HIV co-infection in healthcare workers in England and Wales, 1999–2005. Epidemiology and Infection (Epub ahead of print). pp. 1-7. ISSN 0950-2688
Lake, IR, Jones, NR, Bradshaw, L and Abubakar, I (2011) Effects of distance to treatment centre and case load upon tuberculosis treatment completion. European Respiratory Journal, 38 (5). pp. 1223-1225. ISSN 0903-1936
Pareek, M, Abubakar, I, White, PJ, Garnett, GP and Lalvani, A (2011) U.K. immigrant screening is inversely related to regional tuberculosis burden. Thorax, 66 (11). p. 1010. ISSN 1468-3296
Abubakar, I, Matthews, T, Harmer, D, Okereke, E, Crawford, K, Hall, T, Collyns, T, Smith, G, Barrett, A and Baugh, S (2011) Assessing an outbreak of tuberculosis in an English college population. European Respiratory Journal, 38 (4). pp. 976-978. ISSN 0903-1936
O'Grady, J, Maeurer, M, Atun, R, Abubakar, I, Mwaba, P, Bates, M, Kapata, N, Ferrara, G, Hoelscher, M and Zumla, A (2011) Tuberculosis in prisons: anatomy of global neglect. European Respiratory Journal, 38 (4). pp. 752-754. ISSN 0903-1936
Rodrigues, LC, Mangtani, P and Abubakar, I (2011) How does the level of BCG vaccine protection against tuberculosis fall over time? BMJ, 343 (sep29 2). d5974-d5974. ISSN 0959-8138
Jit, M, Stagg, HR, Aldridge, RW, White, PJ and Abubakar, I (2011) Dedicated outreach service for hard to reach patients with tuberculosis in London: observational study and economic evaluation. BMJ, 343 (sep13 5). d5376-d5376. ISSN 0959-8138
Migliori, GB, Sotgiu, G, Blasi, F, Zumla, A., Loddenkemper, R, Raviglione, MC, Abubakar, I, Sandgren, A and Manissero, D (2011) Towards the development of EU/EEA Standards for Tuberculosis Care (ESTC). European Respiratory Journal, 38 (3). pp. 493-495. ISSN 0903-1936
Abubakar, I, Lipman, M, Anderson, C, Davies, P and Zumla, A (2011) Tuberculosis in the UK - time to regain control. BMJ, 343 (jul29 1). d4281-d4281. ISSN 0959-8138
Suhrcke, M, Stuckler, D, Suk, JE, Desai, M, Senek, M, McKee, M, Tsolova, S, Basu, S, Abubakar, I, Hunter, P, Rechel, B and Semenza, JC (2011) The impact of economic crises on communicable disease transmission and control: a systematic review of the evidence. PLoS One, 6 (6). e20724.
Cohen, T, Murray, M, Abubakar, I, Zhang, Z, Sloutsky, A, Arteaga, F, Chalco, K, Franke, MF and Becerra, MF (2011) Multiple Introductions of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis into Households, Lima, Peru. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 17 (6). pp. 969-975. ISSN 10806040
van Hest, R, Grant, A and Abubakar, I (2011) Quality assessment of capture-recapture studies in resource-limited countries. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 16 (8). pp. 1019-1041. ISSN 13602276
Mandal, S, Bradshaw, L, Anderson, LF, Brown, T, Evans, JT, Drobniewski, F, Smith, G, Magee, JG, Barrett, A, Blatchford, O, Laurenson, IF, Seagar, AL, Ruddy, M, White, PL, Myers, R, Hawkey, P and Abubakar, I (2011) Investigating Transmission of Mycobacterium bovis in the United Kingdom in 2005 to 2008. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 49 (5). pp. 1943-1950. ISSN 0095-1137
Abubakar, I, Matthews, T, Harmer, D, Okereke, E, Crawford, K, Hall, T, Collyns, T, Smith, G, Barrett, A and Baugh, S (2011) Assessing the effect of foreign travel and protection by BCG vaccination on the spread of tuberculosis in a low incidence country, United Kingdom, October 2008 to December 2009. Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 16 (12). pii: 19826. ISSN 1560-7917
Abubakar, I, Dara, M, Manissero, D and Zumla, A (2011) Tackling the spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe. The Lancet. ISSN 01406736 (In Press)
Cardona, P-J, Evans, JT, Serafino Wani, RL, Anderson, L, Gibson, AL, Smith, EG, Wood, A, Olowokure, B, Abubakar, I, Mann, JS, Gardiner, S, Jones, H, Sonnenberg, P and Hawkey, PM (2011) A Geographically-Restricted but Prevalent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strain Identified in the West Midlands Region of the UK between 1995 and 2008. PLoS ONE, 6 (3). e17930. ISSN 1932-6203
Kruijshaar, ME, Pimpin, L, Abubakar, I, Rice, B, Delpech, V, Drumright, LN, Hollo, V, Huitric, E, van de Laar, M, Amato-Gauci, A, Manissero, D and Kodmon, C (2011) The burden of TB-HIV in the EU: how much do we know? A survey of surveillance practices and results. European Respiratory Journal, 38 (6). pp. 1374-1381. ISSN 0903-1936
Nisser, A, Fordham, RJ, Abubakar, I and Bachmann, M (2011) The provider cost of treating tuberculosis in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2 (2).
Pai, M, Bradshaw, L, Davies, E, Devine, M, Flanagan, P, Kelly, P, O'Connor, K, Drobniewski, F, Nikolayevskyy, V and Abubakar, I (2011) The Role of the Interferon Gamma Release Assay in Assessing Recent Tuberculosis Transmission in a Hospital Incident. PLoS ONE, 6 (6). e20770. ISSN 1932-6203
Pai, M, Roy, A, Abubakar, I, Chapman, A, Andrews, N, Pattinson, M, Lipman, M, Rodrigues, LC, Figueroa, J, Tamne, S and Catchpole, M (2011) A Controlled Trial of the Knowledge Impact of Tuberculosis Information Leaflets among Staff Supporting Substance Misusers: Pilot Study. PLoS ONE, 6 (6). e20875. ISSN 1932-6203
Pareek, M, Watson, JP, Ormerod, LP, Kon, OM, Woltmann, G, White, PJ, Abubakar, I and Lalvani, A (2011) Screening of immigrants in the UK for imported latent tuberculosis: a multicentre cohort study and cost-effectiveness analysis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 11 (6). pp. 435-444. ISSN 14733099
Abubakar, I. and Kruijshaar, M. E. (2010) Vigilance is also required for pulmonary tuberculosis in UK-born subjects Reply. Thorax, 65 (12). pp. 1117-1118. ISSN 0040-6376
Aldridge, R. W., Story, A., Stagg, H., Lipman, M., Knight, J., Taubman, D., Shaji, K., Quinn, D., Watson, J., Abubakar, I. and Hayward, A. (2010) S6 Sensitivity and specificity of mobile digital chest radiography for the diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis. A cohort study in high risk groups in London. Thorax, 65 (Suppl 4). A6-A6. ISSN 0040-6376
Eriksen, J., Chow, J. Y., Mellis, V., Whipp, B., Walters, S., Abrahamson, E. and Abubakar, I. (2010) Protective effect of BCG vaccination in a nursery outbreak in 2009: time to reconsider the vaccination threshold? Thorax, 65 (12). pp. 1067-1071. ISSN 0040-6376
Kruijshaar, M. E., Pimpin, L., Kodmon, C., Lipman, M., Delpech, V., Rice, B., Drumright, L., Manissero, D. and Abubakar, I. (2010) P170 TB-HIV co-infection: how does the UK compare to Europe? Thorax, 65 (Suppl 4). A150-A150. ISSN 0040-6376
Lake, I. R., Swift, L., Catling, L.A., Abubakar, I., Sabel, C. E. and Hunter, P. (2010) Effect of water hardness on cardiovascular mortality: an ecological time series approach. Journal of Public Health, 32 (4). pp. 479-487. ISSN 1741-3842
Moore, JE, Kruijshaar, ME, Ormerod, L, Drobniewski, F and Abubakar, I (2010) Increasing reports of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 1995-2006. BMC Public Health, 10 (1). p. 612. ISSN 1471-2458
Erkens, CGM, Kamphorst, M, Abubakar, I, Bothamley, GH, Chemtob, D, Haas, W, Migliori, GB, Rieder, HL, Zellweger, J-P and Lange, C (2010) Tuberculosis contact investigation in low prevalence countries: a European consensus. European Respiratory Journal, 36 (4). pp. 925-949. ISSN 0903-1936
Vivancos, R, Abubakar, I and Hunter, PR (2010) Foreign travel, casual sex & STIs: Systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 14 (10). pp. 842-851.
Abubakar, I. (2010) Implementing IGRAs in the UK: constraints and opportunities. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 14 (6). S45-S47. ISSN 1027-3719
Anderson, C, Story, A, Brown, T, Drobniewski, F and Abubakar, I (2010) Tuberculosis in UK prisoners: a challenge for control. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 64 (4). pp. 373-6.
Crofts, JP, Andrews, NJ, Barker, RD, Delpech, V and Abubakar, I (2010) Risk factors for recurrent tuberculosis in England and Wales, 1998-2005. Thorax, 65 (4). pp. 310-4.
Abubakar, I, Story, A, Lipman, M, Bothamley, G, van Hest, R, Andrews, N, Watson, JM and Hayward, A (2010) Diagnostic accuracy of digital chest radiography for pulmonary tuberculosis in a UK urban population. European Respiratory Journal, 35 (3). pp. 689-92.
Kruijshaar, ME, Lipman, M, Essink-Bot, M, Lozewicz, S, Creer, D, Dart, S, Maguire, H and Abubakar, I (2010) Health status of UK patients with active tuberculosis. IJTLD, 14 (3). pp. 296-302.
Vivancos, R., Hunter, P. and Abubakar, I. (2010) Foreign travel associated with increased sexual risk: A cohort study. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 14. e134-e134. ISSN 12019712
Vivancos, R, Abubakar, I and Hunter, PR (2010) Foreign Travel associated with increased sexual risk taking, alcohol and drug use among UK university students, a cohort study. International Journal of STD and AIDS, 21 (1). pp. 46-51.
Abubakar, I (2010) Tuberculosis and Air Travel: Systematic Review and Analysis of Policy. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 10 (3). pp. 176-83.
Bassili, A., Grant, A.D., El-Mohgazy, E., Galal, A., Glaziou, P., Seita, A., Abubakar, I, Bierrenbach, A.L, Crofts, J.P. and van Hest, N.A. (2010) Estimating tuberculosis case detection rate in resource-limited countries: a capture-recapture study in Egypt. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 14 (6). pp. 727-732. ISSN 1027-3719
Devaux, I, Manissero, D, Fernandez de la Hoz, K, Kremer, K, van Soolingen, D and Abubakar, I (2010) Surveillance of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe, 2003-2007. Eurosurveillance, 15 (11). p. 19518.
Eisenhut, M, Paranjothy, S, Abubakar, I, Lilley, M, Bracebridge, S, Mulla, R, Lack, K, Chalkley, D, Howard, J, Thomas, S and McEvoy, M (2009) BCG vaccination reduces risk of infection with Myobacterium tuberculosis as detected by gamma interferon release assay. Vaccine, 27 (44). pp. 6116-6120.
Millership, SE, Anderson, C, Cummins, AJ, Bracebridge, S and Abubakar, I (2009) The Risk to Infants from Nosocomial Exposure to Tuberculosis. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 28 (10). pp. 915-6.
Swindells, JE, Aliyu, SH, Enoch, DA and Abubakar, I (2009) Role of interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) in health care workers. Journal of Hospital Infection, 73 (2). pp. 101-8.
Vivancos, R, Abubakar, I and Hunter, PR (2009) Sexual behaviour, drugs and alcohol use of international students at a British university: Cross-sectional survey. International Journal of STD and AIDS, 20 (9). pp. 619-22.
Abubakar, I, Moore, JM, Drobniewski, F, Kruijshaar, M, Brown, T and Yates, M (2009) Extensively drug resistant tuberculosis in the UK: 1995 to 2007. Thorax, 64 (6). pp. 512-515.
Gilbert, R, Antoine, D, French, C, Abubakar, I, Watson, JM and Jones, JA (2009) The impact of immigration on tuberculosis rates in the UK compared with other European countries. IJTLD, 13 (5). pp. 645-51.
French, C, Kruijshaar, M, Jones, J and Abubakar, I (2009) The influence of socio-economic deprivation on tuberculosis treatment delays in England, 2000-2005. Epidemiology and Infection, 137 (4). pp. 591-6.
Kruijshaar, ME and Abubakar, I (2009) Increase in extra pulmonary tuberculosis in England and Wales 1999-2006. Thorax, 64 (12). pp. 1090-1095. ISSN 0040-6376
Roy, A, Abubakar, I, Yates, S, Chapman, A, Lipman, M, Monk, P and Catchpole, M (2009) Evaluating knowledge gain from TB leaflets for prison and homeless sector staff: the National Knowledge Service TB pilot. European Journal of Public Health, 18 (6). pp. 600-3.
Abubakar, I, Laundy, T, French, C and Shingadia, D (2008) Epidemiology and treatment outcome of childhood tuberculosis in England and Wales: 1999 - 2006. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 93 (12). pp. 1017-1021.
Catling, LA, Abubakar, I, Lake, IR, Swift, L and Hunter, PR (2008) A systematic review of analytical observational studies investigating the association between cardiovascular disease and drinking water hardness. Journal of Water and Health, 6 (4). pp. 433-442.
Crofts, J, Gelb, D, Andrews, N, Delpech, V, Watson, JM and Abubakar, I (2008) Investigating tuberculosis trends in England. Public Health, 122 (12). pp. 1302-1310.
Neira-Munoz, E, Cockcroft, P, Basher, D and Abubakar, I (2008) Extensive transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis amongst children on a school bus. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 27 (9). pp. 835-7.
Roy, A., Abubakar, I., Yates, S., Chapman, A., Lipman, M., Monk, P. and Catchpole, M. (2008) Evaluating knowledge gain from TB leaflets for prison and homeless sector staff: the National Knowledge Service TB pilot. The European Journal of Public Health, 18 (6). pp. 600-603. ISSN 1101-1262
Paranjothy, S., Eisenhut, M., Lilley, M., Bracebridge, S., Abubakar, I., Mulla, R., Lack, K., Chalkley, D., Howard, J., Thomas, S. and McEvoy, M. (2008) Extensive transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from 9 year old child with pulmonary tuberculosis and negative sputum smear. BMJ, 337. a1184-a1184. ISSN 0959-8138
French, C, Glynn, J, Ditah, I, Kruijshaar, M, Delpech, M and Abubakar, I (2008) The association between HIV and anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in England and Wales. European Respiratory Journal, 32 (3). pp. 718-25.
Abubakar, I and Fernandez de la Hoz, K (2008) WHO publishes the third edition of guidelines for the prevention and control of air-travel-associated tuberculosis. Eurosurveillance, 13 (23).
Vivancos, R, Abubakar, I and Hunter, PR (2008) Sex, drugs and sexually transmitted infections in British university students. International Journal of STD and AIDS, 19 (6). pp. 370-377.
Kruijshaar, M, Watson, JM, Drobniewski, F, Anderson, C, Brown, TJ, Mcgee, JG, Smith, EG, Story, A and Abubakar, I (2008) Increasing antituberculosis drug resistance in the United Kingdom: analysis of national surveillance data. British Medical Journal, 336 (7655). pp. 1231-1234.
Ditah, I, Reacher, MH, Palmer, C, Watson, JM, Innes, JF, Kruijshaar, M, Luma, H and Abubakar, II (2008) Monitoring tuberculosis treatment outcome: analysis of national surveillance data from a clinical perspective. Thorax, 63 (5). pp. 440-446.
Abubakar, I, Myhill, DJ, Aliyu, SH and Hunter, PR (2008) Detection of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis from patients with Chron's disease using Nucleic Acid Based techniques: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 14 (3). pp. 401-410.
Crofts, J.P., Pebody, R., Grant, A., Watson, J.M. and Abubakar, I. (2008) Estimating tuberculosis case mortality in England and Wales, 2001-2002. The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 12 (3). pp. 308-313. ISSN 1027-3719
Abubakar, I., CROFTS, J. P., GELB, D., STORY, A., ANDREWS, N. and WATSON, J. M. (2008) Investigating urban–rural disparities in tuberculosis treatment outcome in England and Wales. Epidemiology and Infection, 136 (01). pp. 122-127. ISSN 0950-2688
Abubakar, I, Welfare, R, Moore, J and Watson, JM (2008) Surveillance of air-travel related tuberculosis incidents, England: 2007-2008. Eurosurveillance, 13 (23). pp. 1-3.
Abubakar, I., Myhill, D. J., Hart, A. R., Lake, I. R., Harvey, I., Rhodes, J. M., Robinson, R., Lobo, A. J., Probert, C. S. J. and Hunter, P. R. (2007) A Case-Control Study of Drinking Water and Dairy Products in Crohn's Disease--Further Investigation of the Possible Role of Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis. American Journal of Epidemiology, 165 (7). pp. 776-783. ISSN 0002-9262
Abubakar, II, Aliyu, SH, Arumugam, C, Usman, NK and Hunter, PR (2007) Treatment of cryptosporidiosis in immunocompromised individuals: systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 63 (4). pp. 387-393.
Abubakar, II, Arumugam, C, Usman, N, Aliyu, SH and Hunter, PR (2007) Prevention and treatment of cryptosporidiosis in immunocompromised patients: A Cochrane review. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 1 CD004932.
Abubakar, II, Crofts, JP, Gelb, D, Story, A, Andrews, N and Watson, JM (2007) Investigating urban-rural disparities in tuberculosis treatment outcome in England and Wales. Epidemiology and Infection, 15 (1). pp. 1-6.
Abubakar, II, Irvine, L, Aldus, CF, Wyatt, GM, Fordham, RJ, Schelenz, S, Shepstone, L, Howe, AC, Peck, M and Hunter, PR (2007) A systematic review of the clinical, public health and cost-effectiveness of rapid diagnostic tests for the detection and identification of bacterial intestinal pathogens in faeces and food. Health Technology Assessment , 11 (36). pp. 1-216.
Abubakar, II, Myhill, DJ, Hart, AR, Lake, IR, Harvey, IM, Rhodes, JM, Robinson, R, Lobo, AJ, Probert, CSJ and Hunter, R (2007) A Case-control of Drinking Water and Dairy Products in Crohn's Disease - Further Investigation of the Possible Role of Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis. American Journal of Epidemiology, 165 (7). pp. 776-783.
Aliko, A, Abubakar, II, Delpech, V and Watson, S (2007) Trends in TB and HIV coinfection in England and Wales. Thorax. (Submitted)
Anderson, C, Abubakar, II, Maguire, H and Sonnenberg, P (2007) Survey of tuberculosis incidents among health care workers in England and Wales. Journal of Public Health, 29 (3). pp. 292-297.
Crofts, J, Grant, R, Pebody, R, Watson, JM and Abubakar, II (2007) Estimating tuberculosis case mortality in England and Wales, 2001-2002. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 12 (3). pp. 308-313.
Abubakar, II, Chalkley, D, McEvoy, M, Stanley, N and Alshafi, K (2006) Evaluating compliance with national guidelines for the clinical, laboratory and public health management of tuberculosis in a low-prevalence English district. Public Health, 120 (2). pp. 155-160.
Ahmed, AB, Abubakar, II, Delpech, V, Lipman, M, Boccia, D, Forde, J, Antoine, D and Watson, JM (2006) The growing impact of HIV infection on the epidemiology of tuberculosis in England and Wales: 1999 to 2003. Thorax, 62 (8). pp. 672-676.
Aliyu, SH, Enoch, DA, Abubakar, II, Ali, R, Carmichael, AJ, Farrington, M and Lever, AML (2006) Candidaemia in a large teaching hospital: a clinical audit. QJM, 99 (10). pp. 655-663.
Doria, M, Abubakar, II, Kuipers, E, Syed, Q, Dunn, G, Hughes, S, Hunter, PR, Bebbington, PE, Fowler, DG and Freeman, D (2006) Perceived causes of sporadic cryptosporidiosis and their relation to sources of information. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 60 (9). pp. 745-750.
Abubakar, II, Williams, CJ and McEvoy, M (2005) Development and evaluation of a hand held computer based on-call pack for health protection out of hours duty: a pilot study. BMC Public Health, 5 (35).
Abubakar, II, Bracebridge, S and Willocks, L (2004) Monitoring the uptake of HIV testing among first attendees at GUM clinics in the East of England. Communicable Disease and Public Health, 7 (3). pp. 212-215.
Abubakar, II, Kanka, D, Arch, B, Porter, J and Weissberg, P (2004) Outcome after acute myocardial infarction: a comparison of patients seen by cardiologists and general physicians. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 4 (14).
Abubakar, II, Leonardi, GS, Edwards, N and Herriott, N (2004) Inter-rater agreement in defining chemical incidents at the National Poisons Information Service, London. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 58 (8). pp. 718-722.
Bracebridge, S and Abubakar, II (2004) Career focus - Developing a career in health protection. BMJ Careers, 43-44.
Ludlam, H, Sule, J, Abubakar, II and Knapton, M (2004) Can routine laboratory data guide empirical prescribing? Journal of Clinical Pathology, 57 (6). p. 672.
Abubakar, II and Flowers, J (2003) Sexual health in the East of England. Inpho, 6.
Abubakar, II and Kanka, D (2002) Access to invasive procedures can be audited by ethnic group. British Medical Journal, 324 (7351). p. 1454.
Aliyu, SH, Ludlam, H, Abubakar, II and Bentley, N (2002) What is the role of urine dipstick testing in the management of UTI? British Journal of General Practice, 52 (478). pp. 414-415.
Book Section
Abubakar, II (2006) Investigating changes in occurrence. In: Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198566557
Abubakar, II, Aliyu, SH and Hunter, PR (2004) Prevention and treatment of cryptosporidiosis in immunocompromised patients (Protocol for a Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd..
Conference or Workshop Item
Rechel, B, Suhrcke, M, Desai, M, Senek, M, McKee, M, Abubakar, I, Hunter, P, Stuckler, D, Suk, J, Tsolova, S and Semenza, J (2011) Economic crisis and infectious disease control in Europe. In: Medical Research Society/Academy of Medical Sciences. Meeting for Clinician Scientists in Training, 23 February 2011, Royal College of Physicians, London.
Crofts, J.P., Kruijshaar, M., Delpech, V., Ncube, F., Quinn, D. and Abubakar, I. (2009) Tuberculosis and HIV in Healthcare Workers. In: Winter Meeting of the British-Thoracic-Society, 02-04 December 2009, London, England.
Pareek, M., Abubakar, I., White, P.J., Garnett, G.P. and Lalvani, A. (2009) Inconsistent and Incoherent Methods of Screening New Entrants to the UK for Tuberculosis. In: Winter Meeting of the British-Thoracic-Society, 02-04 December 2009, London, England.
kruijshaar, M.E, Abubakar, I., Crofts, J.P. and Lipman, M. (2009) Tuberculosis in London and Other English Cities: Is the Capital the Special One? In: Winter Meeting of the British-Thoracic-Society, 02-04 December 2009, London, England.
Kruijshaar, M.E., Lipman, M., Essink-Bot, M.L., Lozewicz, S., Creer, D., Dart, S., Sadler, H., Maguire, H. and Abubakar, I. (2008) Health Status of UK Patients with Active Tuberculosis Starting Therapy. In: Winter Meeting of the British-Thoracic-Society, 03-05 December 2008, London, England.
Abubakar, II, Hunter, PR, Irvine, L and Shepstone, L (2006) Review of Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Campylobacteriosis. In: International Society for Infectious Diseases Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.
Abubakar, II, Irvine, L, Schelenz, S, Shepstone, L and Hunter, PR (2006) Systematic review of the rapid diagnostic test for Escherichia coli infection. In: ECMID conference, Nice, Italy.
Abubakar, II, Story, A, Hayward, A and Watson, JM (2006) Targeted Digital Chest Radiography in the Control of Tuberculosis Among High-risk Groups in London. In: Preliminary Evaluation International Society for Infectious Diseases Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.
Abubakar, II (2005) A case control study on the role of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis on the aetiology of Crohn's disease. In: Veterinary Epidemiology Meeting, Cambridge, UK.
Abubakar, II, Crofts, J, Sonnenberg, P and Wilkinson, JM (2005) Increasing incidence of extra pulmonary tuberculosis in England and Wales. In: British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting.
Abubakar, II, Myhill, DJ, Lake, IR, Harvey, IM, Hunter, PR and Hart, AR (2005) Crohn's disease: single or multiple pathology? Epidemiological evidence of different phenotypic risk factors. In: 13th United European Gastroenterology Week UEGW 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Abubakar, II, Myhill, DJ, Lake, IR, Harvey, IM, Hunter, PR and Hart, AR (2005) Johne's Disease and Admission Rates for Patients Newly Diagnosed with Crohn's Disease in English Counties: An Ecological Study. In: Standing Conference on Water and Health, Health Protection Agency, London.
Anderson, C, Sonnenberg, P, Abubakar, II and Watson, J (2005) Surveillance of Tuberculosis incidents and outbreaks. In: HPA Conference.
Crofts, J and Abubakar, II (2005) Trends in Tuberculosis incidence in England and Wales. 1999 to 2005. In: IUATLD conference, Paris.
Crofts, J, Abubakar, II and Antoine, D (2005) Tuberculosis Mortality in England and Wales. In: HPA Conference.
French, C, Antione, D, Crofts, J, Jones, J, Abubakar, II and Watson, J (2005) Treatment Outcome Monitoring in England and Wales. In: IUATLD Conference, Paris.
Myhill, DJ, Abubakar, II, Lake, IR, Harvey, IM, Hunter, PR and Hart, AR (2005) Drinking Water & Dairy Products in the Etiology of Crohn's Disease - A Possible Role for Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis. In: World Congress of Gastroenterology, Montréal, Canada.
Abubakar, II (2004) Using an electronic on call pack for health protection out of hours duty. In: HPA Conference, Warwick, UK.
Abubakar, II and McEvoy, M (2004) Using an electronic on call pack for health protection out of hours duty. In: HPA Annual Conference.
McEvoy, M, Abubakar, II, Chalkley, D and Alshafi, K (2004) Clinical, Laboratory and Public Management of Tuberculosis in a Low Prevalence District in England. In: 11th International Congress on Infectious Diseases, Cancun. Mexico, International Journal of Infecti.
Abubakar, II (2003) Inter rater agreement in defining chemical incidents at the National Poisons Information Service. In: HPA annual scientific meeting.
Abubakar, II (2002) Estimating the burden of viral infection among the immunocomprised in England. In: PHLS annual scientific meeting.
External Activities and Indicators of Esteem
- Associate Editor: BMC Public Health
- Chair, Working group, European Center for Disease Control - Infections and Air Travel RAGIDA group, 2009
- Member, Working group, Wolfheze European consensus paper on TB contact tracing 2008 -
- Member, WHO Stop TB New Diagnostics Working Group 2008 -
- Member, WHO Global Task Force on TB Impact Measurement 2008 -
- Member, WHO/Stop TB Europe, Implementation gaps working group 2007 -
- Member, WHO working group on the revision of TB and Air Travel Guidelines 2007-08
- Rapoteur, WHO expert working group on cardiovascular disease and water hardness 2008.
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- National:
- Interim Chair, National Knowledge Service for TB 2008
- Member, National Knowledge Service Tuberculosis Pilot Board. 2005 to date
- Member, NICE TB Recommendations Implementation Group 2005 to 2006
- Member, Health Protection Agency Tuberculosis Programme Board, 2005 to date
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- Regional:
- Member London TB Commissioning and Clinical Reference Steering Groups 2009 to date
- Member, Stopping TB in London Group 2005 to 2008
- Chair, Mobile X-ray Unit evaluation group 2005 to 2007
- Member, Regional Smallpox Response and Diagnosis Group, East of England 2003 - 2004
- Member, HPA working group on viral infections among the immunocompromised – a subcommittee of the HPA virology committee 2001 to 2003

