Clinical Education Center

Detailed Transmission Network Analysis of a Large Opiate-Driven Outbreak of HIV Infection in the United States.

Authors: Campbell EM, Jia H, Shankar A, Hanson D, Luo W, Masciotra S, Owen SM, Oster AM, Galang RR, Spiller MW1, Blosser SJ, Chapman E, Roseberry JC, Gentry J, Pontones P, Duwve J, Peyrani P, Kagan RM, Whitcomb JM, Peters PJ, Heneine W, Brooks JT, Switzer WM
J Infect Dis. 2017 Oct 5. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jix307. [Epub ahead of print]

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Toxicology/Pain Management

Acid-fast bacterium detection and identification from paraffin-embedded tissues using a PCR-pyrosequencing method.

Authors: Bao JR, Clark RB, Master RN, Shier KL, Eklund LL.
J Clin Pathol. 2017 Jul 22; doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2016-204128. [Epub ahead of print]

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Laboratory, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine

Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Reproductive-Aged Women and Children in the United States, 2006 to 2014.

Authors: Ly KN, Jiles RB, Teshale EH, Foster MA, Pesano RL, Holmberg SD.
Ann Intern Med. 2017;166:775-782.

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Pediatrics, Women's Health/OB/GYN

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Elimination of falsely reactive results in a commercially-available West Nile virus IgM capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay by heterophilic antibody blocking reagents.

Authors: Prince HE, Lapé-Nixon M, Givens TS, Bradshaw T, Nowicki MJ.
J Immunol Methods. 2017;444:24-28

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy

Comparing the sensitivity of auramine-rhodamine fluorescence to polymerase chain reaction in the detection of Mycobacterium leprae in Fite-negative tissue sections.

Authors: Elston DM, Liranzo MO, Scollard DM.
J Am Acad Dermatol. 2017;76(5):992-993.

Specialties: Dermatology, Infectious Disease

Geographic Disparities in Access to Syringe Services Programs Among Young People with Hepatitis C Virus Infection in the US

Authors: Canary L, Hariri S, Campbell C, Young R, Whitcomb J, Kaufman H, Vellozzi C.
Clin Infect Dis. 2017; Apr 11

Specialties: Infectious Disease

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Four-year persistence of type-specific immunity after quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccination in HIV-infected children: Effect of a fourth dose of vaccine.

Authors: Levin MJ, Huang S, Moscicki AB, Song LY, Read JS, Meyer WA, Saah AJ, Richardson K, Weinberg A; IMPAACT P1085 Protocol Team.
Vaccine. 2017;35:1712-1720

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Pediatrics, Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy

Blood lead levels and neurodevelopmental function in perinatally HIV-exposed, uninfected children in a US-based longitudinal cohort study.

Authors: Tassiopoulos K, Huo Y, Braun J, Williams PL, Smith R, Aschengrau A, Nichols S, Hazra R, Meyer WA, Knapp K, Deygoo NS, Seage Iii GR.
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2017 Mar 21. doi: 10.1089/AID.2016.0265. [Epub ahead of print]

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Neurology, Pediatrics, Toxicology/Pain Management

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome associated with secondary syphilis.

Authors: Frunza-Stefan S, Acharya G, Kazlouskaya V, Vukasinov P, Chiou Y, Thet Z.
Int J STD AIDS. 2017;28:302-305.

Specialties: Dermatology, Infectious Disease, Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy, Urology

Four-Year Persistence of Type-Specific Immunity After Administration of Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine to HIV-infected Children: Effect of a Fourth Dose of Vaccine

Authors: Levin MJ, Huang S, Moscicki AB, Song LY, Read JS, Meyer WA, Saah AJ, Richardson K, Weinberg A
Vaccine 2017;35:1712-1720

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Pediatrics