Sonu Shrestha
Research Assistant
Sonu Shrestha received her MSc in Microbiology from Brindavan College, Bangalore University, India. She is a microbiologist with 3 years of laboratory management experience at Intrepid Nepal, a molecular diagnostic and research centre in Kathmandu, Nepal. She was involved in detection of pathogenic viruses, bacteria and parasites using microbiological, molecular and immunological techniques. Before joining the Oxford Vaccine Group in July 2013, she worked as a visiting scientist and production technician at the Jenner institute, Oxford University. She will be working in the typhoid study project with Oxford Vaccine group.
Recent publications
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Decline in pneumococcal vaccine serotype carriage, multiple-serotype carriage, and carriage density in Nepalese children after PCV10 introduction: A pre-post comparison study.
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Kandasamy R. et al, (2024), Vaccine, 42, 4066 - 4071
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Immune responses to typhoid conjugate vaccine in a two dose schedule among Nepalese children <2 years of age.
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Bijukchhe SM. et al, (2024), Vaccine
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Evaluation of Acute and Convalescent Antibody Concentration Against Pneumococcal Capsular Polysaccharides for the Diagnosis of Pneumococcal Infection in Children with Community-Acquired Pneumonia
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Carter MJ. et al, (2024), Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 43, E67 - E70
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Effect of the of 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Nepal 4 years after introduction: an observational cohort study.
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Shrestha S. et al, (2022), Lancet Glob Health, 10, e1494 - e1504
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Effect of childhood vaccination and antibiotic use on pneumococcal populations and genome-wide associations with disease among children in Nepal: an observational study.
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Kandasamy R. et al, (2022), Lancet Microbe, 3, e503 - e511