Mercedes C. Becerra
- Title
- Assistant Professor of Social Medicine
- mbecerra@post.harvard.edu
- Telephone
- 617-432-6455
- Fax
- 617-432-6045
- Department
- Department of Social Medicine
- School
- Harvard Medical School
- Countries of Interest
- Peru
- Areas of Expertise
- Public Health
- Mailing Address
- Department of Social Medicine Harvard Medical School 641 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115
- Office Location
- Research Interest
- Documenting and reducing the burden of tuberculosis disease in the families of tuberculosis patients
- Web Page
- Courses
- Publications
- “Identifying early treatment failure on Category I therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis in Lima Ciudad, Peru.” (with Chavez-Pachas AM et al.) International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2004; 8(1):52-58.
1. “Contact investigations as a means of detection and timely treatment of persons with infectious multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.” (with Bayona J et al.) International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2003;7(12Suppl 3):501-9.
2. “Community-based therapy for children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.” (with Drobac P et al.) Pediatrics 2006;117:2022-29.
3. Rich ML, Socci AR, Mitnick CD, Nardell EA, Becerra MC, Bonilla C, Bayona J, Seung KJ, Furin JJ, Farmer PE, Mukherjee JS. “Representative drug-susceptibility patterns for guiding design of retreatment regimens for MDR-TB.” (with Rich ML et al.) International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2006;10(3):290-6.