Albert Icksang Ko MD
Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Medicine (Infectious Diseases); Department Chair - Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
Departments & Organizations
Global Health Initiative: Infectious Diseases
School of Public Health: Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases | Global Health
Internal Medicine: Infectious Diseases
Research Interests
Leptospirosis; Dengue; Bacterial meningitis; Urban poverty; Vaccine preventable diseases more...
Education
- BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981
- M.D., Harvard Medical School, 1991
Selected Publications
- Ko AI, Goarant C, Picardeau M. Leptospira: The dawn of the molecular genetics era for an emerging zoonotic pathogen. Nature Rev Microbiol. 2009;7(10)736-47.
- Szonyi B, Agudelo-Flórez P, Ramírez M, Moreno N, Ko AI. An outbreak of severe leptospirosis in capuchin (Cebus) monkeys. Vet J. 2010 PMID: 20554228.
- Campos LC, Carvalho MGS, Beall BW, Cordeiro SM, Takahashi D, Reis MG, Ko AI, Reis JN. Epidemiology and genetic diversity of S. pneumoniae serotype 6C isolates in Brazil. Diag Microbiol Infect Dis. 2009;65(2):112-15.
