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Last published 2025
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Zain Alamarat

Researcher

UAMS

Also affiliated: Arkansas Children's Hospital (2022–2023); Hurley Medical Center (2017); Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (2019); The University of Texas Health Science Center (2020); Michigan State University (2017); The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (2019–2022)

Faculty Researcher

8 h-index 17 pubs 236 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

  • Humans
  • COVID-19
  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • COVID-19 Vaccines
  • Female
  • Male
  • Vaccination
  • Brain Diseases
  • Child, Preschool
  • Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic
  • Infant
  • Influenza, Human
  • Population Surveillance
  • United States

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Zain Alamarat's research focuses on infectious diseases, vaccine hesitancy, and pediatric health. He has investigated the use of whole-genome sequencing to track group A Streptococcus transmission and examined the clinical risks of acyclovir for herpes simplex virus infections in neonates and children. His work also addresses under-recognized infectious agents, including murine typhus and tularemia, through case reviews and studies of unique presentations. Alamarat has explored parental hesitancy and confidence regarding COVID-19 vaccination in children, contributing to a qualitative study and a randomized trial testing a vaccine communication app. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 8 with 17 publications and 229 citations. He has collaborated with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Paul M. Darden and J. RICHARD ALLISON.

Metrics

  • h-index: 8
  • Publications: 17
  • Citations: 236

Selected Publications

  • Mobile Vaccine Uptake (MoVeUP): a randomized effectiveness trial for a vaccine communication app (2026)
    Vaccine X DOI OpenAlex
  • Corrigendum to “Hesitancy and confidence in pediatric COVID-19 vaccination among diverse caregivers of unvaccinated children” [Vaccine 61 (2025) 127245] (2025)
    Vaccine DOI OpenAlex
  • Hesitancy and confidence in pediatric COVID-19 vaccination among diverse caregivers of unvaccinated children (2025)
    Vaccine 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Tularemia: A Unique Presentation for a Rare Disease (2025)
    Cureus 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Clinical Review of Risk of Nephrotoxicity with Acyclovir Use for Treatment of Herpes Simplex Virus Infections in Neonates and Children (2023)
    The Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Parents: A Qualitative Study (2023)
    PEDIATRICS 19 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The reasons why adolescents are not vaccinating, changes 2008–2020: national immunization survey – teen (2023)
    The American Journal of the Medical Sciences DOI OpenAlex
  • Use of whole-genome sequencing to detect transmission of group A Streptococcus in Houston, TX (2022)
    Access Microbiology 3 citations DOI OpenAlex

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