Heather J. Zar

South African Medical Research Council — South Africa

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections(159), Respiratory viral infections research(156), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology(132), Asthma and respiratory diseases(121), Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment(95)

Publications954 total

Lung function trajectories and determinants from birth to 6-years in an African birth cohort: extending trajectories through infancy using oscillometry
European Respiratory Journal·2025
In utero HIV exposure and anthropometry trajectories from birth through 8 years of age: findings from a prospective birth cohort in South Africa
2025Open Access
Resting-state Functional Connectivity in HIV – Findings from the ENIGMA HIV Working Group
Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging·2025Open Access
Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma ( <scp>ARIA</scp> )‐ <scp>EAACI</scp> Guidelines—2024–2025 Revision: Part I—Guidelines on Intranasal Treatments
Allergy·2025Open Access
Methodology for the Development of the Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma ( <scp>ARIA</scp> )‐EAACI 2024–2025 Guidelines: From Evidence‐to‐Decision Frameworks to Digitalised Shared Decision‐Making Algorithms
Allergy·2025Open Access
Diagnostic accuracy of the WHO tuberculosis treatment decision algorithms for children with presumptive tuberculosis: An individual participant data meta-analysis
PLoS Medicine·2025Open Access
Assessment of the Effectiveness of Allergic Rhinitis Medications Using a Target Trial Emulation Approach Based on Mobile Health Data
Clinical & Experimental Allergy·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Association between maternal organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs) metabolite levels during pregnancy and internalizing and externalizing behaviors in children at 2-5 years
2025Open Access
A systematic scoping review of the use of surfactant replacement therapy for respiratory distress syndrome in preterm neonates in low- and middle-income countries
Frontiers in Pediatrics·2025Open Access
Immune transcriptomic differences in paediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2 compared to other lower respiratory tract infections
2025Open Access
Geographical structure and evolutionary trajectories of <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> serotype 19F lineages in South Africa
2025Open Access
Association of early life adversity with internalizing and externalizing behavior across 3 low- and middle-income countries
2025Open Access
The path to equitable respiratory syncytial virus prevention for infants: challenges and opportunities for global implementation
The Lancet Global Health·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Key biopsychosocial lessons from a South African birth cohort: A review and reflection
South African Journal of Psychiatry·2025Open Access
Maternal and child immune profiles are associated with neurometabolite measures of early-life neuroinflammation in children who are HIV-exposed and uninfected: a South African birth cohort
Wellcome Open Research·2025Open Access
Cell type-specific methylome-wide association studies of childhood ADHD symptoms
European Neuropsychopharmacology·2025Open Access
Investigating the population structure of Moraxella catarrhalis using a cgMLST scheme and LIN code system
Nature Communications·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Maternal and early-life longitudinal cytokine profiles in a South African birth cohort: the impact of HIV
2025Open Access
Associations between maternal lipid profiles and cardiovascular and metabolic outcomes among children who are HIV-exposed uninfected vs. HIV-unexposed children aged 5–8 years in a South African birth cohort
AIDS·2025Open Access
Longitudinally investigating patterns of maternal psychological distress in a South African birth cohort
BMC Public Health·2025Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Mark P. Nicol(10), Shabir A. Madhi(9), Eric A. F. Simões(8), Piotr Kuna(7), Cheryl Cohen(7), Harish Nair(7), Jean Bousquet(6), Ioana Agache(6), Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos(6), You Li(6), Xin Wang(6), Harry Campbell(6), Fernando P. Polack(6), Claus Bachert(5), Yoshitaka Okamoto(5), Quique Bassat(5), Florette K. Treurnicht(5), Neil Pearce(5), Lesley Workman(5), Whitney Barnett(5)