Jacob John

About

Public health physician at Centre for Public Health, CMC Vellore with a focus on prevention and control of infectious diseases.

Employment

• Christian Medical College Vellore Professor
  2014 - Present
• Christian Medical College Vellore Associate professor
  2010 - 2014
• Christian Medical College Vellore Assistant Professor
  2005 - 2010
• Emmanuel Hospital Association Medical Officer
  1999 - 2001

Education

• Imperial College London PhD
  2015 - 2020
• Universite de Geneve Faculte de Medecine Advanced Course in Vaccinology
  2006 - 2006
• Christian Medical College Vellore MD
  2002 - 2005
• Christian Medical College MBBS
  1993 - 1997

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (144)

• Development and validation of a genome-informed multiplex PCR for specific detection of typhoidal Salmonella serovars
  2026 DOI: 10.64898/2026.06.01.729223
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• Burden of antimicrobial resistance in culture-confirmed Salmonella Typhi isolates in India from 1977 to 2024: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES 2026 DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PNTD.0014206
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• Burden of typhoid fever and antimicrobial resistance in India (2023): a modelling study
  LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH - SOUTHEAST ASIA 2026 DOI: 10.1016/J.LANSEA.2025.100714
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• Drinking water quality and incidence of Diarrhoea in children aged 6 months to 15 years: Findings from a paediatric cohort in Vellore, Southern India
  medRxiv 2026 DOI: 10.64898/2026.01.13.26344065
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• Economic burden of typhoid fever by antimicrobial resistance in India: a modelling study 2023
  LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH - SOUTHEAST ASIA 2026 DOI: 10.1016/J.LANSEA.2026.100748
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• Emergence of ceftriaxone resistant Salmonella Kentucky in India driven by multiple novel variants of Salmonella genomic island carrying blaCTX-M-55
  MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS 2026 DOI: 10.1016/J.MICPATH.2026.108317
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• Exploring barriers to and motivations for vaccine uptake in a typhoid vaccine trial in Vellore, South India: a qualitative study
  BMC PUBLIC HEALTH 2026 DOI: 10.1186/S12889-026-26362-Z
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• Incidence and healthcare costs of symptomatic dengue in an urban, city-wide cohort in South India
  BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2026 DOI: 10.1186/S12879-026-12545-X
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• Predicting Salmonella Typhi incidence using prevalence metrics from sentinel studies of community-onset bloodstream infections
  2026 DOI: 10.12688/verixiv.2904.1
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• Advancing typhoid conjugate vaccine implementation in Asia: Regional policy priorities
  VACCINE 2025 DOI: 10.1016/J.VACCINE.2025.127848
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