Richard Franka

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — United States

Immunology and Microbiology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Rabies epidemiology and control(63), Microbial infections and disease research(21), Virology and Viral Diseases(18), Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research(17), Viral Infections and Vectors(16)

Publications87 total

Estimating proportions of missed children and reasons for non-vaccination following implementation of “reaching the unreached” multiantigen immunization campaign—south Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, July–August 2023
Frontiers in Public Health·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Putting the Polio Workforce to Work in a Public Health Crisis: Contributions of the National Stop Transmission of Polio (NSTOP) Program to the COVID-19 Response in Pakistan
Vaccines·2025Open Access
Putting the Polio Workforce to Work in a Public Health Crisis: Contributions of the National Stop Transmission of Polio (NSTOP) to the COVID-19 Response in Pakistan
Preprints.org·2025Open Access
Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication — Pakistan, January 2022–June 2023
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report·2023· 21 citedOpen Access
Assessing country compliance with circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 outbreak response standard operating procedures: April 2016 to December 2020
Vaccine·2023· 11 citedOpen Access
Historical reconstruction of inaccessibility status in Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Borno and Yobe States, Nigeria, 2010-2020
Pan African Medical Journal·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Seroprevalence of poliovirus antibodies in Nigeria: refining strategies to sustain the eradication effort
Pan African Medical Journal·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Lessons learned from early implementation of the Growing Expertise in E-health Knowledge and Skills (GEEKS) program in Nigeria, 2019 – 2021
Pan African Medical Journal·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication — Pakistan, January 2021–July 2022
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report·2022· 24 citedOpen Access
Wildlife Disease Surveillance Systems.
Journal of Wildlife Diseases·2022
Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication — Pakistan, January 2020–July 2021
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report·2021· 27 citedOpen Access
A broad-spectrum and highly potent human monoclonal antibody cocktail for rabies prophylaxis
PLoS ONE·2021· 12 citedOpen Access
Enhancing acute flaccid paralysis surveillance system towards polio eradication: reverse cold chain monitoring in Nigeria, 2017 to 2019.
PubMed·2021· 2 citedOpen Access
Strengthening facility-based immunization service delivery in local government areas at high risk for polio in Northern Nigeria, 2014-2015.
PubMed·2021· 2 citedOpen Access
Data management needs assessment for the scale-up of district health information system and introduction of routine (essential) immunization module in Bauchi State, Nigeria, 2015.
PubMed·2021· 1 citedOpen Access
A rapid qualitative assessment of barriers associated with demand and uptake of health facility-based childhood immunizations and recommendations to improve immunization service delivery in Sokoto State, Northwest Nigeria, 2017.
PubMed·2021· 24 citedOpen Access
Implementing the routine immunisation data module and dashboard of DHIS2 in Nigeria, 2014–2019
BMJ Global Health·2020· 37 citedOpen Access
Modeling Poliovirus Transmission in Borno and Yobe, Northeast Nigeria
Risk Analysis·2020· 14 citedOpen Access
SAFETY, IMMUNOGENICITY, AND EFFICACY OF INTRAMUSCULAR AND ORAL DELIVERY OF ERA-G333 RECOMBINANT RABIES VIRUS VACCINE TO BIG BROWN BATS (EPTESICUS FUSCUS)
Journal of Wildlife Diseases·2020· 9 citedOpen Access
Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication — Nigeria, January 2018–May 2019
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report·2019· 46 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Charles E. Rupprecht(31), Jesse D. Blanton(10), Michael Niezgoda(8), Andrés Velasco-Villa(7), Lillian A. Orciari(7), Xianfu Wu(7), Ryan M. Wallace(6), Felix R. Jackson(6), Robert F. Breiman(5), Ivan V. Kuzmin(5), Bernard Agwanda(4), Thomas A. Smith(4), Jaume Jorba(4), Omotayo Bolu(4), Deborah J. Briggs(3), Pamela A. Yager(3), Wanda Markotter(3), Conrad M. Freuling(3), Anthony R. Fooks(3), Brett W. Petersen(3)