Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Medicine, Johns Hopkins University 1976 - 1977
  • Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Medicine, Harvard University 1975 - 1976
  • Resident in Preventive Medicine, Center for Disease Control 1974 - 1975
  • Medical Resident, Medicine, Johns Hopkins University 1970 - 1972
  • M.D., State University of New York at Brooklyn 1970
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Director, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2016 - 2017
  • Director of the Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2011 - 2016
  • Interim Vice President/Vice Provost of Global Strategies and Programs, Duke University 2011 - 2012
  • Director of Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2006 - 2011
  • Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2006
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • SEP 21, 2018

    Duke-NUS

    Merson to Lead New SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute Addressing Global Health Challenges in SE Asia

  • OCT 16, 2017

    Merson Book Sheds Light on Crucial Unknown Work in the AIDS Pandemic Crisis

  • JUN 27, 2017

    Duke Global Health Institute

    Five Questions with Outgoing DGHI Director Michael Merson

  • MAY 30, 2017

    Duke Global Health Institute

    DGHI Director Co-Authors National Academy Report on Role of Global Health in the U.S.

  • AUG 4, 2016

    New Duke MOOC Sets out to Inspire and Train Global Innovators

  • OCT 27, 2015

    Mike Merson on 50 Years in Global Health

  • OCT 25, 2015

    Michael Merson on Global Engagement: Duke Global Stories

  • JUL 16, 2015

    Durham Herald-Sun

    Dr. Michael Merson: Why should North Carolinians care about global health?

  • JUL 16, 2015

    the (Durham) Herald-Sun

    Why Should We Care About Global Health?

  • JUL 15, 2015

    The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Gives Duke Global Health Institute $20 Million

  • FEB 25, 2015

    allAfrica, IRIN News

    Dr. Michael Merson comments: 3 tips for WHO's new director for Africa

  • FEB 13, 2015

    News Tip: World Health Organization Needs ‘Major Reform,’ Duke Expert Says

  • NOV 11, 2014

    DGHI to Help Launch Amsterdam Health and Technology Institute

  • NOV 4, 2014

    The New York Times

    Dr. Michael Merson comments: Fighting an epidemic with hands tied
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  Awards & Honors

  • Member. Institute of Medicine of The National Academies. 2002
  • Bellagio Center Residence. Rockefeller Foundation, The. 2001
• Expertise
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  Global Scholarship

  • Expertise

    • Africa (Continent) 
    • Bangladesh (Country) 
    • India (Country) 

  • Research

    • Africa (Continent) 
    • Bangladesh (Country) 
    • Botswana (Country) 
    • China (Country) 
    • Congo (Country) 
    • Lesotho (Country) 
    • Namibia (Country) 
    • Russian Federation (Country) 
    • Singapore (Country) 
    • South Africa (Country) 
    • Swaziland (Country) 
    • Uganda (Country) 
    • United States of America (Country) 
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • An Ecosystem Approach to Funding & Scaling the Impact of Innovations in Healthcare awarded by US Agency for International Development 2012 - 2022
  • Control of Childhood Diarrhea Mortality: Past Success and Future Prospects awarded by Johns Hopkins University - School of Public Health 2016 - 2017
  • GHTC R&D Mapping awarded by PATH 2016 - 2017
  • Training for the Prevention and Treatment of Stroke in China awarded by National Institutes of Health 2010 - 2017
  • Peer-Based Duke-IITGN Research Partnership awarded by Research Triangle Institute International 2015 - 2016
  • Developing an Interdisciplinary Graduate Curriculum in Global Health awarded by National Institutes of Health 2008 - 2012
  • Enhancing Capacity in Human Subject Protections for Chinese Research Studies awarded by National Institutes of Health 2010 - 2012
  • You are What You Eat Awareness - Centered Nutrition Education Program awarded by Mary Duke Biddle Foundation 2008 - 2011
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Books

    • Merson, M, and Inrig, S. The AIDS pandemic: Searching for a global response. September 13, 2017.  Full Text

  • Academic Articles

    • Chen, S, Pender, M, Jin, N, Merson, M, Tang, S, and Gloyd, S. "Chinese medical teams in Africa: a flagship program facing formidable challenges.(Accepted)" Journal of Global Health 9, no. 1 (June 2019): 010311-null. (Review)  Full Text
    • Jacobs, M, and Merson, M. "Introductory commentary: a strategic review of options for building on lessons learnt from IMCI and iCCM." Bmj (Clinical Research Ed.) 362 (July 30, 2018): bmj.k3013-null.  Full Text
    • Fuster, V, Frazer, J, Snair, M, Vedanthan, R, Dzau, V, Abbam, G, Batson, A, Burkle, F, Chin, L, Fernald, LH, Ferguson, S, Lamptey, P, Laxminarayan, R, Merson, M, Narasimhan, V, Osterholm, M, and Puyana, JC. "The Future Role of the United States in Global Health: Emphasis on Cardiovascular Disease." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 70, no. 25 (December 26, 2017): 3140-3156. (Review)  Full Text
    • Wilson, BS, Tucci, DL, Merson, MH, and O'Donoghue, GM. "Global hearing health care: new findings and perspectives." Lancet (London, England) 390, no. 10111 (December 2017): 2503-2515. (Review)  Full Text
    • Bartlett, JA, Cao, S, Mmbaga, B, Qian, X, Merson, M, and Kramer, R. "Partnership Conference." Annals of Global Health (October 27, 2017).  Full Text
    • Batson, A, Merson, M, and Dzau, V. "Innovating through "interesting times" in global health." Lancet (London, England) 390, no. 10106 (October 2017): e33-e34.  Full Text
    • Boender, TS, Barré-Sinoussi, F, Cooper, D, Goosby, E, Hankins, C, Heidenrijk, M, de Jong, M, Kazatchkine, M, Laoye, F, Merson, M, Reiss, P, Rinke de Wit, TF, Rogo, K, Schellekens, O, Schultsz, C, Sigaloff, KCE, Simon, J, and Zewdie, D. "Research in action: from AIDS to global health to impact. A symposium in recognition of the scientific contributions of Professor Joep Lange." Antiviral therapy 20, no. 1 (January 2015): 101-108.  Full Text
    • Merson, MH. "University engagement in global health." The New England journal of medicine 370, no. 18 (May 2014): 1676-1678.  Full Text
    • Merson, MH, Curran, JW, Griffith, CH, and Ragunanthan, B. "The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief: from successes of the emergency response to challenges of sustainable action." Health Aff (Millwood) 31, no. 7 (July 2012): 1380-1388.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Ackerly, DC, Udayakumar, K, Taber, R, Merson, MH, and Dzau, VJ. "Perspective: global medicine: opportunities and challenges for academic health science systems." Acad Med 86, no. 9 (September 2011): 1093-1099. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Haglund, MM, Kiryabwire, J, Parker, S, Zomorodi, A, MacLeod, D, Schroeder, R, Muhumuza, M, and Merson, M. "Surgical capacity building in Uganda through twinning, technology, and training camps." World Journal of Surgery 35, no. 6 (June 2011): 1175-1182.  Full Text
    • Lamptey, P, Merson, M, Piot, P, Reddy, KS, and Dirks, R. "Informing the 2011 UN session on noncommunicable diseases: Applying lessons from the AIDS response." PLoS Medicine 8, no. 9 (2011).  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Thirumurthy, H, Jafri, A, Srinivas, G, Arumugam, V, Saravanan, RM, Angappan, SK, Ponnusamy, M, Raghavan, S, Merson, M, and Kallolikar, S. "Two-year impacts on employment and income among adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in Tamil Nadu, India: a cohort study." Aids (London, England) 25, no. 2 (January 2011): 239-246.  Full Text
    • NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group, . "Results of the NIMH collaborative HIV/sexually transmitted disease prevention trial of a community popular opinion leader intervention." Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) 54, no. 2 (June 2010): 204-214.  Full Text
    • Dzau, VJ, Ackerly, DC, Sutton-Wallace, P, Merson, MH, Williams, RS, Krishnan, KR, Taber, RC, and Califf, RM. "The role of academic health science systems in the transformation of medicine." Lancet (London, England) 375, no. 9718 (March 2010): 949-953.  Full Text
    • Tucci, D, Merson, MH, and Wilson, BS. "A summary of the literature on global hearing impairment: current status and priorities for action." Otology & Neurotology : Official Publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [And] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology 31, no. 1 (January 2010): 31-41. (Review)  Full Text
    • Beckwith, CG, Cornwall, AH, Dubrow, R, Chapin, K, Ducharme, R, Rodriguez, I, Velasquez, L, Merson, MH, Sikkema, KJ, and Mayer, K. "Identifying acute HIV infection in Rhode Island." Med Health R I 92, no. 7 (July 2009): 231-233.  Link to Item
    • Dubrow, R, Sikkema, KJ, Mayer, KH, Bruce, RD, Julian, P, Rodriguez, I, Beckwith, C, Roome, A, Dunne, D, Boeving, A, Kidder, TJ, Jenkins, H, Dobson, M, Becker, J, and Merson, MH. "Diagnosis of acute HIV infection in Connecticut." Conn Med 73, no. 6 (June 2009): 325-331.  Link to Item
    • Koplan, JP, Bond, TC, Merson, MH, Reddy, KS, Rodriguez, MH, Sewankambo, NK, Wasserheit, JN, and Consortium of Universities for Global Health Executive Board, . "Towards a common definition of global health." Lancet (London, England) 373, no. 9679 (June 2009): 1993-1995.  Full Text
    • Kerndt, PR, Dubrow, R, Aynalem, G, Mayer, KH, Beckwith, C, Remien, RH, Truong, H-HM, Uniyal, A, Chien, M, Brooks, RA, Vigil, OR, Steward, WT, Merson, M, Rotheram-Borus, MJ, and Morin, SF. "Strategies used in the detection of Acute/early HIV infections. The NIMH multisite acute HIV infection study: I." AIDS and Behavior 13, no. 6 (2009): 1037-1045.  Full Text
    • Merson, MH, O'Malley, J, Serwadda, D, and Apisuk, C. "The history and challenge of HIV prevention." Lancet (London, England) 372, no. 9637 (August 5, 2008): 475-488. (Review)  Full Text
    • Williams, RS, Casey, PJ, Kamei, RK, Buckley, EG, Soo, KC, Merson, MH, Krishnan, RK, and Dzau, VJ. "A global partnership in medical education between Duke University and the National University of Singapore." Academic Medicine 83, no. 2 (February 2008): 122-127.  Full Text
    • Merson, M, Padian, N, Coates, TJ, Gupta, GR, Bertozzi, SM, Piot, P, Mane, P, Bartos, M, and authors, FTLHIVPS. "Combination HIV prevention." The Lancet 372, no. 9652 (2008): 1805-1806.  Full Text
    • Merson, M, and Denny, TN. "The global health and diagnostic (flow) cytometry--breakthroughs in HIV and tuberculosis." Cytometry B Clin Cytom 74 Suppl 1 (2008): S4-S5.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Rosenberg, A, Hartwig, K, and Merson, M. "Government-NGO collaboration and sustainability of orphans and vulnerable children projects in southern Africa." Evaluation and Program Planning 31, no. 1 (2008): 51-60.  Full Text
    • Tarakeshwar, N, Srikrishnan, AK, Johnson, S, Vasu, C, Solomon, S, Merson, M, and Sikkema, K. "A social cognitive model of health for HIV-positive adults receiving care in India." AIDS and Behavior 11, no. 3 (2007): 491-504.  Full Text
    • Ntumbanzondo, M, Dubrow, R, Niccolai, LM, Mwandagalirwa, K, and Merson, MH. "Unprotected intercourse for extra money among commercial sex workers in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo." Aids Care 18, no. 7 (October 2006): 777-785.  Full Text
    • Merson, M. "Uganda's HIV/AIDS epidemic: Guest editorial." Aids and Behavior 10, no. 4 (July 1, 2006): 333-334.  Full Text
    • Merson, MH. "The HIV-AIDS pandemic at 25--the global response." N Engl J Med 354, no. 23 (June 8, 2006): 2414-2417.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Tarakeshwar, N, Krishnan, AK, Johnson, S, Solomon, S, Sikkema, K, and Merson, M. "Living with HIV infection: Perceptions of patients with access to care at a non-governmental organization in Chennai, India." Culture, Health and Sexuality 8, no. 5 (2006): 407-421.  Full Text
    • Rosenberg, A, Mabude, Z, Hartwig, K, Rooholamini, S, Oracca-Tetteh, D, and Merson, M. "Improving home-based care in Southern Africa: An analysis of project evaluations." Southern African Journal of Hiv Medicine , no. 19 (January 1, 2005): 30-36.
    • Kapczynski, A, Crone, ET, and Merson, M. "Global health and university patents." Science 301, no. 5640 (2003): 1629--.  Full Text
    • Kaplan, EH, and Merson, MH. "Allocating HIV-prevention resources: balancing efficiency and equity." Am J Public Health 92, no. 12 (December 2002): 1905-1907.  Link to Item
    • Holtgrave, DR, Pinkerton, SD, and Merson, M. "Estimating the cost of unmet HIV-prevention needs in the United States." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 23, no. 1 (2002): 7-12.  Full Text
    • Muehrer, PR, Salovey, P, Afifi, AA, Coyne, JC, Kring, AM, Merson, MH, Prohaska, TR, and Rozensky, RH. "Overcoming barriers to collaboration between basic behavioral scientists and public health scientists in research on mental disorders." Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings 9, no. 4 (2002): 253-266.  Full Text
    • Hale, P, Makgoba, MW, Merson, MH, Quinn, TC, Richman, DD, Vella, S, Wabwire-Mangen, F, Wain-Hobson, S, and Weiss, RA. "Mission now possible for AIDS fund." Nature 412, no. 6844 (July 19, 2001): 271-272.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Hale, P, Makgoba, MW, Merson, MH, Quinn, TC, Richman, DD, Vella, S, Wabwire-Mangen, F, Wain-Hobson, S, and Weiss, RA. "Success hinges on support for treatment." Nature 412, no. 6844 (July 19, 2001): 272-.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Merson, MH. "Early detection: the next steps." J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 25 Suppl 2 (December 15, 2000): S157-S159.  Link to Item
    • Dayton, JM, and Merson, MH. "Global dimensions of the AIDS epidemic: implications for prevention and care." Infect Dis Clin North Am 14, no. 4 (December 2000): 791-808. (Review)  Link to Item
    • Merson, MH, Dayton, JM, and O'Reilly, K. "Effectiveness of HIV prevention interventions in developing countries." Aids (London, England) 14 Suppl 2 (September 2000): S68-S84.
    • Blankenship, KM, Bray, SJ, and Merson, MH. "Structural interventions in public health." Aids (London, England) 14 Suppl 1 (June 2000): S11-S21. (Review)  Full Text
    • Merson, M, and Rosenfield, A. "The AIDS epidemic: lessons learned?." Lancet 356, no. 9236 (2000): 1204--.
    • Sumartojo, E, Doll, L, Holtgrave, D, Gayle, H, and Merson, M. "Enriching the mix: Incorporating structural factors into HIV prevention." AIDS 14, no. 11 SUPPL. (2000): S1-S2.  Full Text
    • Merson, MH. "Ethics of placebo-controlled trials of zidovudine to prevent the perinatal transmission of HIV in the Third World." N Engl J Med 338, no. 12 (March 19, 1998): 836-. (Letter)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Merson, MH, Feldman, EA, Bayer, R, and Stryker, J. "Rapid self testing for HIV infection." Lancet (London, England) 349, no. 9048 (February 1997): 352-353.  Full Text
    • Merson, M, and Bradley, EH. "Enhancing Awareness of Hospice Through Physician Assisted Living: Public Health Perspectives." Connecticut Medicine 61, no. 12 (1997): 789-791.
    • Merson, MH. "Returning home: reflections on the USA's response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic." Lancet 347, no. 9016 (June 15, 1996): 1673-1676.  Link to Item
    • Mertens, TE, Belsey, E, Stoneburner, RL, Beer, DL, Sato, P, Burton, A, and Merson, MH. "Global estimates and epidemiology of HIV-1 infections and AIDS: further heterogeneity in spread and impact." AIDS 9 Suppl A (1995): S259-S272.  Link to Item
    • Merson, MH. "Making AIDS prevention a national priority." Integration , no. 42 (December 1994): 2-5.  Link to Item
    • Merson, MH. "Explaining long-term HIV survivors." Int Nurs Rev 41, no. 6 (November 1994): 169-170.  Link to Item
    • Kim-Farley, RJ, Merson, MH, and Tulloch, JL. "Childhood immunizations." N Engl J Med 328, no. 19 (May 13, 1993): 1420-1421. (Letter)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Merson, MH. "Slowing the spread of HIV: agenda for the 1990s." Science (New York, N.Y.) 260, no. 5112 (May 1993): 1266-1268.  Full Text
    • Merson, MH. "Foreword." Aids 5, no. SUPPL. 1 (December 1, 1991).
    • Merson, MH. "Global AIDS prevention and control." Hygie 9, no. 4 (December 1990): 5-7.  Link to Item
    • Claeson, M, and Merson, MH. "Global progress in the control of diarrheal diseases." Pediatr Infect Dis J 9, no. 5 (May 1990): 345-355. (Review)  Link to Item
    • Petros-Barvazian, A, and Merson, M. "AIDS: a special threat to women." World Health , no. Nov-Dec (January 1, 1990).
    • Petros-Barvazian, A, and Merson, M. "AIDS: a special threat to women." World Health , no. Nov-Dec (1990).
    • Fariss, MW, Merson, MH, and O'Hara, TM. "α-tocopheryl succinate protects hepatocytes from chemical-induced toxicity under physiological calcium conditions." Toxicology Letters 47, no. 1 (January 1, 1989): 61-75.  Full Text
    • Martinez, CA, Barua, D, and Merson, MH. "Control of diarrhoeal diseases." World Health Stat Q 41, no. 2 (1988): 74-81.  Link to Item
    • Merson, MH. "[Confronting diarrhea on a worldwide scale]." Servir 34, no. 4 (July 1986): 198-199.  Link to Item
    • Merson, MH. "Confronting diarrhea on a worldwide scale." Servir (Lisbon, Portugal) 34, no. 4 (July 1, 1986): 198-199.
    • Merson, MH. "Oral rehydration therapy - from theory to practice ( diarrhoeal disease)." Who Chronicle 40, no. 3 (January 1, 1986): 116-118.
    • Merson, MKH, Lishnevskii, MS, and Oblapenko, GP. "[Oral rehydration in acute intestinal diseases]." Sovetskaia meditsina , no. 3 (January 1986): 60-63.
    • Litvinov, SK, Merson, MH, Oblapenko, GP, Herniman, R, and Lishnevskiĭ, MS. "[The WHO program for controlling diarrheic diseases: its status and developmental outlook--the organizational and operative components of the program]." Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol , no. 6 (June 1985): 93-98. (Review)  Link to Item
    • Litvinov, SK, Merson, MH, Oblapenko, GP, Herniman, R, and Lishnevskiǐ, MS. "The WHO program for controlling diarrheic diseases: its status and developmental outlook--the organizational and operative components of the program." Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii I Immunobiologii , no. 6 (June 1, 1985): 93-98. (Review)
    • Black, RE, Merson, MH, Eusof, A, Huq, I, and Pollard, R. "Nutritional status, body size and severity of diarrhoea associated with rotavirus or enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli." J Trop Med Hyg 87, no. 2 (April 1984): 83-89.  Link to Item
    • Sutton, RG, and Merson, MH. "Oral typhoid vaccine Ty21a." Lancet 1, no. 8323 (March 5, 1983): 523-.  Link to Item
    • Merson, MH. "Prevention of traveler's diarrhea." Gastroenterology 84, no. 2 (February 1983): 424-426.  Link to Item
    • Feachem, RG, Hogan, RC, and Merson, MH. "Diarrhoeal disease control: reviews of potential interventions." Bull World Health Organ 61, no. 4 (1983): 637-640. (Review)  Link to Item
    • Svennerholm, AM, Holmgren, J, Black, R, Levine, M, and Merson, M. "Serologic differentiation between antitoxin responses to infection with Vibrio cholerae and enterotoxin-producing Escherichia coli." Journal of Infectious Diseases 147, no. 3 (1983): 514-522.
    • Glass, RI, Becker, S, Huq, MI, Stoll, BJ, Khan, MU, Merson, MH, Lee, JV, and Black, RE. "Endemic cholera in rural Bangladesh, 1966-1980." American Journal of Epidemiology 116, no. 6 (December 1982): 959-970.  Full Text
    • Black, RE, Brown, KH, Becker, S, Alim, AR, and Merson, MH. "Contamination of weaning foods and transmission of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli diarrhoea in children in rural Bangladesh." Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 76, no. 2 (January 1982): 259-264.  Full Text
    • Snyder, JD, and Merson, MH. "The magnitude of the global problem of acute diarrhoeal disease: a review of active surveillance data." Bulletin of the World Health Organization 60, no. 4 (January 1982): 605-613.
    • Hughes, JM, Blumenthal, JR, Merson, MH, Lombard, GL, Dowell, VR, and Gangarosa, EJ. "Clinical features of types A and B food-borne botulism." Ann Intern Med 95, no. 4 (October 1981): 442-445.  Link to Item
    • Black, RE, Merson, MH, Huq, I, Alim, AR, and Yunus, M. "Incidence and severity of rotavirus and Escherichia coli diarrhoea in rural Bangladesh. Implications for vaccine development." Lancet 1, no. 8212 (January 17, 1981): 141-143.  Link to Item
    • Black, RE, Merson, MH, Rowe, B, Taylor, PR, Abdul Alim, AR, Gross, RJ, and Sack, DA. "Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli diarrhoea: acquired immunity and transmission in an endemic area." Bull World Health Organ 59, no. 2 (1981): 263-268.  Link to Item
    • Black, RE, Merson, MH, Taylor, PR, Yolken, RH, and Sack, DA. "Glucose vs sucrose in oral rehydration solutions for infants and young children with rotavirus-associated diarrhea." Pediatrics 67, no. 1 (January 1981): 79-83.  Link to Item
    • Mahalanabis, D, Merson, MH, and Barua, D. "Oral rehydration therapy: Recent advances." World Health Forum 2, no. 2 (January 1, 1981): 245-249.
    • Oberle, MW, Merson, MH, Islam, MS, Rahman, AS, Huber, DH, and Curlin, G. "Diarrhoeal disease in Bangladesh: epidemiology, mortality averted and costs at a rural treatment centre." Int J Epidemiol 9, no. 4 (December 1980): 341-348.  Link to Item
    • Black, RE, Merson, MH, Rahman, AS, Yunus, M, Alim, AR, Huq, I, Yolken, RH, and Curlin, GT. "A two-year study of bacterial, viral, and parasitic agents associated with diarrhea in rural Bangladesh." J Infect Dis 142, no. 5 (November 1980): 660-664.  Link to Item
    • Ryder, RW, Blake, PA, Murlin, AC, Carter, GP, Pollard, RA, Merson, MH, Allen, SD, and Brenner, DJ. "Increase in antibiotic resistance among isolates of Salmonella in the United States, 1967-1975." J Infect Dis 142, no. 4 (October 1980): 485-491.  Link to Item
    • Merson, MH, Rowe, B, Black, RE, Huq, I, Gross, RJ, and Eusof, A. "Use of antisera for identification of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli." Lancet 2, no. 8188 (August 2, 1980): 222-224.  Link to Item
    • Merson, MH, Yolken, RH, Sack, RB, Froehlich, JL, Greenberg, HB, Huq, I, and Black, RW. "Detection of Escherichia coli enterotoxins in stools." Infect Immun 29, no. 1 (July 1980): 108-113.  Link to Item
    • Merson, MH, Sack, RB, Islam, S, Saklayen, G, Huda, N, Huq, I, Zulich, AW, Yolken, RH, and Kapikian, AZ. "Disease due to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in Bangladeshi adults: clinical aspects and a controlled trial of tetracycline." J Infect Dis 141, no. 6 (June 1980): 702-711.  Link to Item
    • Taylor, PR, Merson, MH, Black, RE, Mizanur Rahman, AS, Yunus, MD, Alim, AR, and Yolken, RH. "Oral rehydration therapy for treatment of rotavirus diarrhoea in a rural treatment centre in Bangladesh." Arch Dis Child 55, no. 5 (May 1980): 376-379.  Link to Item
    • Merson, MH, Black, RE, Sack, DA, Svennerholm, AM, and Holmgren, J. "Maternal cholera immunisation and scecretory IgA in breast milk." Lancet 1, no. 8174 (April 26, 1980): 931-932. (Letter)  Link to Item
    • Chen, LC, Black, RE, Sarder, AM, Merson, MH, Bhatia, S, Yunus, M, and Chakraborty, J. "Village-based distribution of oral rehydration therapy packets in Bangladesh." Am J Trop Med Hyg 29, no. 2 (March 1980): 285-290.  Link to Item
    • Huq, I, Alam, AKMJ, Morris, GK, Wathen, G, and Merson, M. "Foodborne outbreak of shigellosis caused by an unusual Shigella strain." Journal of Clinical Microbiology 11, no. 4 (1980): 337-339.
    • Merson, MH. "Doxycycline and the traveller." Gastroenterology 76, no. 6 (June 1979): 1485-1488.  Link to Item
    • Merson, MH, Sack, RB, Kibriya, AK, Al-Mahmood, A, Adamed, QS, and Huq, I. "Use of colony pools for diagnosis of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli diarrhea." J Clin Microbiol 9, no. 4 (April 1979): 493-497.  Link to Item
    • Merson, MH, Orskov, F, Orskov, I, Sack, RB, Huq, I, and Koster, FT. "Relationship between enterotoxin production and serotype in enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli." Infect Immun 23, no. 2 (February 1979): 325-329.  Link to Item
    • Blake, PA, Merson, MH, Weaver, RE, Hollis, DG, and Heublein, PC. "Disease caused by a marine Vibrio. Clinical characteristics and epidemiology." The New England Journal of Medicine 300, no. 1 (January 1979): 1-5.  Full Text
    • Greenberg, HB, Levine, MM, Merson, MH, Sack, RB, Sack, DA, Valdesuso, JR, Nalin, D, Hoover, D, Chanock, RM, and Kapikian, AZ. "Solid-phase microtiter radioimmunoassay blocking test for detection of antibodies to Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin." J Clin Microbiol 9, no. 1 (January 1979): 60-64.  Link to Item
    • Morris, GK, Merson, MH, Huq, I, Kibrya, AK, and Black, R. "Comparison of four plating media for isolating Vibrio cholerae." J Clin Microbiol 9, no. 1 (January 1979): 79-83.  Link to Item
    • Sack, DA, Chowdhury, AM, Eusof, A, Ali, MA, Merson, MH, Islam, S, Black, RE, and Brown, KH. "Oral hydration rotavirus diarrhoea: a double blind comparison of sucrose with glucose electrolyte solution." Lancet 2, no. 8084 (August 5, 1978): 280-283.  Link to Item
    • Huang, CTL, Udall, JN, Merson, M, and Nichols, BL. "Fecal steroids in diarrhea. II. Travellers' diarrhea." American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 31, no. 4 (1978): 626-632.
    • Horwitz, MA, Pollard, RA, Merson, MH, and Martin, SM. "A large outbreak of foodborne salmonellosis on the Navajo Nation Indian Reservation, epidemiology and secondary transmission." Am J Public Health 67, no. 11 (November 1977): 1071-1076.  Link to Item
    • Yolken, RH, Greenberg, HB, Merson, MH, Sack, RB, and Kapikian, AZ. "Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin." J Clin Microbiol 6, no. 5 (November 1977): 439-444.  Link to Item
    • Dowell, VR, Hatheway, CL, Lombard, GL, McCroskey, LM, Hughes, JM, and Merson, MH. "Coproexamination for Botulinal Toxin and Clostridium botulinum: A New Procedure for Laboratory Diagnosis of Botulism." Jama: the Journal of the American Medical Association 238, no. 17 (October 24, 1977): 1829-1832.  Full Text
    • Dowell, VR, McCroskey, LM, Hatheway, CL, Lombard, GL, Hughes, JM, and Merson, MH. "Coproexamination for botulinal toxin and clostridium botulinum. A new procedure for laboratory diagnosis of botulism." JAMA 238, no. 17 (October 24, 1977): 1829-1832.  Link to Item
    • Gurwith, M, and Hinder, D. "Escherichia coli serotypes and diarrhea." The New England journal of medicine 297, no. 9 (September 1977): 510-511. (Letter)  Full Text
    • Ryder, RW, Lawrence, DN, Nitzkin, JL, Feeley, JC, and Merson, MH. "An evaluation of penicillin prophylaxis during an outbreak of foodborne streptococcal pharyngitis." Am J Epidemiol 106, no. 2 (August 1977): 139-144.  Link to Item
    • Horwitz, MA, Hughes, JM, Merson, MH, and Gangarosa, EJ. "Food-borne botulism in the United States, 1970-1975." J Infect Dis 136, no. 1 (July 1977): 153-159.  Link to Item
    • Gangarosa, EJ, and Merson, MH. "Epidemiologic assessment of the relevance of the so-called enteropathogenic serogroups of Escherichia coli in diarrhea." N Engl J Med 296, no. 21 (May 26, 1977): 1210-1213.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Hughes, JM, Merson, MH, and Gangarosa, EJ. "The safety of eating shellfish." JAMA 237, no. 18 (May 2, 1977): 1980-1981.  Link to Item
    • Merson, MH, Martin, WT, Craig, JP, Morris, GK, Blake, PA, Craun, GF, Feeley, JC, Camacho, JC, and Gangarosa, EJ. "Cholera on Guam, 1974: epidemiologic findings and isolation of non-toxinogenic strains." Am J Epidemiol 105, no. 4 (April 1977): 349-361.  Link to Item
    • Payne, CA, and Payne, SN. "Ciguatera in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands." The New England journal of medicine 296, no. 16 (April 1977): 949-950. (Letter)  Full Text
    • Hughes, JM, Horwitz, MA, Merson, MH, Barker, WH, and Gangarosa, EJ. "Foodborne disease outbreaks of chemical etiology in the United States, 1970-1974." Am J Epidemiol 105, no. 3 (March 1977): 233-244.  Link to Item
    • Kennedy, TL, and Merson, MH. "An infected wound as a cause of botulism in a 12-year-old boy: debridement, medical management, and intensive respiratory support resulted in complete recovery." Clin Pediatr (Phila) 16, no. 2 (February 1977): 151-153.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Blake, PA, Horwitz, MA, Hopkins, L, Lombard, GL, McCroan, JE, Prucha, JC, and Merson, MH. "Type A botulism from commercially canned beef stew." South Med J 70, no. 1 (January 1977): 5-7.  Link to Item
    • Moore, MA, Merson, MH, Charache, P, and Shepard, RH. "The characteristics and mortality of outpatient-acquired pneumonia." Johns Hopkins Med J 140, no. 1 (January 1977): 9-14.  Link to Item
    • Hughes, JM, and Merson, MH. "Current concepts fish and shellfish poisoning." N Engl J Med 295, no. 20 (November 11, 1976): 1117-1120.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Merson, MH, Morris, GK, Sack, DA, Wells, JG, Feeley, JC, Sack, RB, Creech, WB, Kapikian, AZ, and Gangarosa, EJ. "Travelers' diarrhea in Mexico. A prospective study of physicians and family members attending a congress." N Engl J Med 294, no. 24 (June 10, 1976): 1299-1305.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Morris, GK, Merson, MH, Sack, DA, Wells, JG, Martin, WT, Dewitt, WE, Feeley, JC, Sack, RB, and Bessudo, DM. "Laboratory investigation of diarrhea in travelers to Mexico: evaluation of methods for detecting enterotoxigenic Echerichia coli." J Clin Microbiol 3, no. 5 (May 1976): 486-495.  Link to Item
    • Ryder, RW, Sack, DA, Kapikian, AZ, McLaughlin, JC, Chakraborty, J, Mizanur Rahman, AS, Merson, MH, and Wells, JG. "Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Reovirus-like agent in rural Bangladesh." Lancet 1, no. 7961 (March 27, 1976): 659-663.  Link to Item
    • Patton, CM, Gangarosa, EJ, Weissman, JB, Merson, MH, and Morris, GK. "Diagnostic value of indirect hemagglutination in the seroepidemiology of Shigella infections." J Clin Microbiol 3, no. 2 (February 1976): 143-148.  Link to Item
    • Ryder, RW, Merson, MH, Pollard, RA, and Gangarosa, EJ. "Salmonellosis in the united states, 1968-1974." Journal of Infectious Diseases 133, no. 4 (January 1, 1976): 483-486.  Full Text
    • Horwitz, MA, Marr, JS, Merson, MH, Dowell, VR, and Ellis, JM. "A continuing common-source outbreak of botulism in a family." Lancet 2, no. 7940 (November 1, 1975): 861-863.  Link to Item
    • Merson, MH, and Gangarosa, EJ. "Travelers' diarrhea." Jama 234, no. 2 (October 1975): 200-201.  Full Text
    • Sack, DA, Merson, MH, Wells, JG, Sack, RB, and Morris, GK. "Diarrhoea associated with heat-stable enterotoxin-producing strains of Escherichia coli." Lancet 2, no. 7928 (August 9, 1975): 239-241.  Link to Item
    • Dowell, VR, Torres-Anjel, MJ, Riemann, HP, Merson, M, Whaley, D, and Darland, G. "A new criterion for implicating Clostridium perfringens as the cause of food poisoning." Revista latinoamericana de microbiologia 17, no. 3 (July 1975): 137-142.
    • Merson, MH. "Editorial: Toxigenic turista." N Engl J Med 292, no. 18 (May 1, 1975): 969-970.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Merson, MH, Hughes, JM, Wood, BT, Yashuk, JC, and Wells, JG. "Gastrointestinal Illness on Passenger Cruise Ships." Jama: the Journal of the American Medical Association 231, no. 7 (February 17, 1975): 723-727.  Full Text
    • Merson, MH, Hughes, JM, Wood, BT, Yashuk, JC, and Wells, JG. "Gastrointestinal illness on passenger cruise ships." Jama 231, no. 7 (February 1975): 723-727.  Full Text
    • Merson, MH, Tenney, JH, Meyers, JD, Wood, BT, Wells, JG, Rymzo, W, Cline, B, DeWitt, WE, Skaliy, P, and Mallison, F. "Shigellosis at sea: an outbreak aboard a passenger cruise ship." Am J Epidemiol 101, no. 2 (February 1975): 165-175.  Link to Item
    • Hughes, JM, Merson, MH, Craun, GF, and McCabe, LJ. "From the Center for Disease Control: outbreaks of waterborne for disease control: outbreaks of Waterborne disease in the United States, 1973." Journal of Infectious Diseases 132, no. 3 (January 1, 1975): 336-339.
    • Hughes, JM, Merson, MH, and Craun, GF. "EPIDEMIOLOGY OF WATERBORNE DISEASE IN THE UNITED STATES, 1971-1973." (January 1, 1975): 38-55.
    • Hughes, JM, Merson, MH, and Jr, RAP. "Food borne disease outbreaks in the United States, 1973." Journal of Infectious Diseases 132, no. 2 (1975): 224-228.
    • Merson, MH, Hughes, JM, Dowell, VR, Taylor, A, Barker, WH, and Gangarosa, EJ. "Current Trends in Botulism in the United States." Jama: the Journal of the American Medical Association 229, no. 10 (September 2, 1974): 1305-1308.  Full Text
    • Merson, MH, Hughes, JM, Dowell, VR, Taylor, A, Barker, WH, and Gangarosa, EJ. "Current trends in botulism in the United States." JAMA 229, no. 10 (September 2, 1974): 1305-1308.  Link to Item
    • Merson, MH, Goldmann, DA, Boyer, KM, Peterson, NJ, Patton, C, Everett, LG, Downs, H, Steckler, A, and Barker, WH. "An outbreak of Shigella sonnei gastroenteritis on Colorado River raft trips." American Journal of Epidemiology 100, no. 3 (September 1974): 186-196.  Full Text
    • Merson, MH, Baine, WB, Gangarosa, EJ, and Swanson, RC. "Scombroid fish poisoning. Outbreak traced to commercially canned tuna fish." Jama 228, no. 10 (June 1974): 1268-1269.  Full Text
    • Merson, MH, Barker, WH, and Taylor, A. "Surveillance of foodborne disease in the United States, 1971-1972." J Infect Dis 129, no. 3 (March 1974): 365-368.  Link to Item
    • Merson, MH, Barker, WH, Craun, GF, and McCabe, LJ. "Outbreaks of waterbone disease in the United States, 1971-1972." Journal of Infectious Diseases 129, no. 5 (January 1, 1974): 614-615.  Full Text
    • Sherr, HP, Light, RW, Merson, MH, Wolf, RO, Taylor, LL, and Hendrix, TR. "Origin of pleural fluid amylase in esophageal rupture." Annals of Internal Medicine 76, no. 6 (June 1972): 985-986.  Full Text
    • Merson, MH, and Dowell, VR. "Epidemiologic, Clinical and Laboratory Aspects of Wound Botulism." New England Journal of Medicine 289, no. 19 (November 8, 1973): 1005-1010.  Full Text

  • Book Sections

    • Hartwig, KA, Rosenberg, A, and Merson, M. "Corporate citizenship, aids and Africa: Lessons from bristol-myers squibb company’s secure the future™." In Corporate Citizenship in Africa: Lessons from the Past; Paths to the Future, 132-143. January 1, 2017.  Full Text
    • Heimer, R, Booth, RE, Irwin, K, and Merson, M. "HIV and drug use in Eurasia." In HIV/AIDS in Russia and Eurasia: Volume I, 141-163. January 1, 2007.  Full Text

  • Conference Papers

    • MERSON, MH. "AIDS: NEW DISEASES AND MORBIDITY PATTERNS." January 1, 1994.  Full Text
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  Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

  • Duke Global Health Outreach. Centre of Excellence in Global Health Policy Development and Governance in China. Fudan University . April 2015  2015

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