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2012

Brown C, Ripp J, Kazura JPerspectives on Haiti two years after the earthquake.  Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Jan;86(1):5-6. No abstract available. PMCID: PMC3247098.

 

Conry SJ, Meng Q, Hardy G, Yonkers NL, Sugalski JM, Hirsch A, Davitkov P, Compan A, Falck-Ytter Y, Blanton RE, Rodriguez B, Harding CV, Anthony DD.  Genetically associated CD16(+)56(-) natural killer cell interferon (IFN)-αR expression regulates signaling and is implicated in IFN-α-induced hepatitis C virus decline.  J Infect Dis. 2012 Apr 1;205(7):1131-41. Epub 2012 Feb 20.  PMCID: PMC3295604 [Available on 2013/4/1].

 

Craig AG, Grau GE, Janse C, Kazura JW, Milner D, Barnwell JW, Turner G, Langhorne J; participants of the Hinxton Retreat meeting on Animal Models for Research on Severe Malaria.  The role of animal models for research on severe malaria.  PLoS Pathog. 2012 Feb;8(2):e1002401. Epub 2012 Feb 2. PMCID: PMC3271056.

 

Greene JA, Sam-Agudu N, John CC, Opoka RO, Zimmerman PA, Kazura JWToll-like receptor polymorphisms and cerebral malaria: TLR2 Δ22 polymorphism is associated with protection from cerebral malaria in a case control study.  Malar J. 2012 Feb 15;11:47.  PMCID:  PMC3306729.

 

Gurarie D, Karl S, Zimmerman PA, King CH, St Pierre TG, Davis TM.  Mathematical modeling of malaria infection with innate and adaptive immunity in individuals and agent-based communities.  PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e34040. Epub 2012 Mar 28. PMCID: PMC3314696.

 

Harhay MO, King CHGlobal burden of disease in young people aged 10-24 years.  Lancet. 2012 Jan 7;379(9810):27-8; author reply 28.

 

Henry-Halldin CN, Nadesakumaran K, Keven JB, Zimmerman AM, Siba P, Mueller I, Hetzel MW, Kazura JW, Thomsen E, Reimer LJ, Zimmerman PAMultiplex assay for species identification and monitoring of insecticide resistance in Anopheles punctulatus group populations of Papua New Guinea.  Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Jan;86(1):140-51.  PMCID: PMC3247123 [Available on 2013/1/1].

 

Hileman CO, Wohl DA, Tisch DJ, Debanne SM, McComsey GA.  Initiation of an Abacavir-Containing Regimen in HIV-Infected Adults Is Associated with a Smaller Decrease in Inflammation and Endothelial Activation Markers Compared to Non-Abacavir-Containing Regimens.  AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2012 Apr 26. [Epub ahead of print]

 

Jia TW, Melville S, Utzinger J, King CH, Zhou XN.  Soil-transmitted helminth reinfection after drug treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.  PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012 May;6(5):e1621. Epub 2012 May 8.  PMCID: PMC3348161.

 

Li J, Menard V, Benish RL, Jurevic RJ, Guillemette C, Stoneking M, Zimmerman PA, Mehlotra RK.  Worldwide variation in human drug-metabolism enzyme genes CYP2B6 and UGT2B7: implications for HIV/AIDS treatment.  Pharmacogenomics. 2012 Apr;13(5):555-70.

 

Mueller I, Schoepflin S, Smith TA, Benton KL, Bretscher MT, Lin E, Kiniboro B, Zimmerman PA, Speed TP, Siba P, Felger I.  Force of infection is key to understanding the epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Papua New Guinean children.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Jun 4. [Epub ahead of print]

 

Mupere E, Malone L, Zalwango S, Chiunda A, Okwera A, Parraga I, Stein CM, Tisch DJ, Mugerwa R, Boom WH, Mayanja H, Whalen CC.  Lean Tissue Mass Wasting is Associated With Increased Risk of Mortality Among Women With Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Urban Uganda.  Ann Epidemiol. 2012 Jul;22(7):466-73. Epub 2012 May 9.  PMCID: PMC3377556  [Available on 2013/7/1].

 

Ntumngia FB, Schloegel J, Barnes SJ, McHenry AM, Singh S, King CL, Adams JH.  Conserved and variant epitopes of Plasmodium vivax Duffy binding protein as targets of inhibitory monoclonal antibodies.  Infect Immun. 2012 Mar;80(3):1203-8. Epub 2012 Jan 3.  PMCID:  PMC3294652  [Available on 2012/9/1].

 

Ramesh A, Small ST, Kloos ZA, Kazura JW, Nutman TB, Serre D, Zimmerman PAThe complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the filarial nematode Wuchereria bancrofti from three geographic isolates provides evidence of complex demographic history.  Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2012 May;183(1):32-41. Epub 2012 Feb 1.

 

Senn N, Rarau P, Stanisic DI, Robinson L, Barnadas C, Manong D, Salib M, Iga J, Tarongka N, Ley S, Rosanas-Urgell A, Aponte JJ, Zimmerman PA, Beeson JG, Schofield L, Siba P, Rogerson SJ, Reeder JC, Mueller I.  Intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in Papua New Guinean infants exposed to Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax: a randomized controlled trial.  PLoS Med. 2012 Mar;9(3):e1001195. Epub 2012 Mar 27.  PMCID: PMC3313928.

 

Siddiqui AA, Xainli J, Schloegel J, Carias L, Ntumngia F, Shoham M, Casey JL, Foley M, Adams JH, King CLFine Specificity of Plasmodium vivax Duffy Binding Protein Binding Engagement of the Duffy Antigen on Human Erythrocytes.  Infect Immun. 2012 May 21. [Epub ahead of print]

 

Steiner KL, Malhotra I, Mungai PL, Muchiri EM, Dent AE, King CLIn utero activation of fetal memory T cells alters host regulatory gene expression and affects HIV susceptibility.  Virology. 2012 Mar 30;425(1):23-30. Epub 2012 Jan 26.

 

Tisch DJ, Alexander ND, Kiniboro B, Dagoro H, Siba PM, Bockarie MJ, Alpers MP, Kazura JW.  Reduction in acute filariasis morbidity during a mass drug administration trial to eliminate lymphatic filariasis in Papua New Guinea.  PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 Jul;5(7):e1241. Epub 2011 Jul 12. PMCID: PMC3134431.

 

2011

Barnadas C, Kent D, Timinao L, Iga J, Gray LR, Siba P, Mueller I, Thomas PJ, Zimmerman PA. A new high-throughput method for simultaneous detection of drug resistance associated mutations in Plasmodium vivax dhfr, dhps and mdr1 genes.Malar J. 2011 Sep 24;10:282. PMCID: PMC3192712.

Blank WA, Liu SF, Prasad J, Blanton REHost Mouse Strain Is Not Selective for a Laboratory Adapted Strain of Schistosoma mansoni.  J Parasitol. 2011 Jun;97(3):518-21. Epub 2010 Nov 19.

 Blanton RE, Blank WA, Costa JM, Carmo TM, Reis EA, Silva LK, Barbosa LM, Test MR, Reis MG.  Schistosomamansoni population structure and persistence after praziquantel treatment in two villages of Bahia, Brazil.  Int J Parasitol. 2011 Aug 15;41(10):1093-9. Epub 2011 Jul 13.  PMCID: PMC3155667 [Available on 2012/8/15].

 

Bustinduy AL, Thomas CL, Fiutem JJ, Parraga IM, Mungai PL, Muchiri EM, Mutuku F, Kitron U, King CHMeasuring fitness of Kenyan children with polyparasitic infections using the 20-meter shuttle run test as a morbidity metric.  PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 Jul;5(7):e1213. Epub 2011 Jul 5.  PMCID: PMC3130006.

 

Eppert HD, Goddard KB, King CLSuccessful treatment with drotrecogin alfa (activated) in a pregnant patient with severe sepsis.  Pharmacotherapy. 2011 Mar;31(3):333.

 

Grimberg BT, Mehlotra RKExpanding the Antimalarial Drug Arsenal-Now, But How?  Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2011 May 1;4(5):681-712.  PMCID: PMC3102560.

 

Grimberg BTMethodology and application of flow cytometry for investigation of human malaria parasites.  J Immunol Methods. 2011 Mar 31;367(1-2):1-16. Epub 2011 Feb 4. Review.  PMCID: PMC3071436  [Available on 2012/3/31].

 

Gurarie D, Wang X, Bustinduy AL, King CHModeling the effect of chronic schistosomiasis on childhood development and the potential for catch-up growth with different drug treatment strategies promoted for control of endemic schistosomiasis.  Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 May;84(5):773-81. PMCID: PMC3083746 [Available on 2012/5/5].

 

Henry-Halldin CN, Reimer L, Thomsen E, Koimbu G, Zimmerman A, Keven JB, Dagoro H, Hetzel MW, Mueller I, Siba P, Zimmerman PAHigh throughput multiplex assay for species identification of Papua New Guinea malaria vectors: members of the Anopheles punctulatus (Diptera: Culicidae) species group.  Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Jan;84(1):166-73. PMCID: PMC3005508 [Available on 2012/1/5].

 

Howes RE, Patil AP, Piel FB, Nyangiri OA, Kabaria CW, Gething PW, Zimmerman PA, Barnadas C, Beall CM, Gebremedhin A, Ménard D, Williams TN, Weatherall DJ, Hay SI.  The global distribution of the Duffy blood group.  Nat Commun. 2011;2:266.  PMCID: PMC3074097.

 

Jia TW, Utzinger J, Deng Y, Yang K, Li YY, Zhu JH, King CH, Zhou XN.  Quantifying quality of life and disability of patients with advanced schistosomiasis japonica.  PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 Feb 15;5(2):e966.  PMCID: PMC3039691.

 

Karl S, Gurarie D, Zimmerman PA, King CH, St Pierre TG, Davis TM.  A sub-microscopic gametocyte reservoir can sustain malaria transmission.  PLoS One. 2011;6(6):e20805. Epub 2011 Jun 14.  PMCID: PMC3114851.

 

Kazura JW, Ripp J, Milhous WK.  Back to the future: the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, its journal and the continuing commitment to global health. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Jan;84(1):3-4. No abstract available. PMCID: PMC3005509.

 

Koepfli C, Schoepflin S, Bretscher M, Lin E, Kiniboro B, Zimmerman PA, Siba P, Smith TA, Mueller I, Felger I.  How much remains undetected? Probability of molecular detection of human plasmodia in the field.  PLoS One. 2011 Apr 28;6(4):e19010. PMCID: PMC3084249.

 

Labeaud AD, Bashir F, King CHMeasuring the burden of arboviral diseases: the spectrum of morbidity and mortality from four prevalent infections.  Popul Health Metr. 2011 Jan 10;9(1):1. PMCID: PMC3024945.

 

LaBeaud AD, Cross PC, Getz WM, Glinka A, King CHRift Valley fever virus infection in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) herds in rural South Africa:   evidence of interepidemic transmission. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Apr;84(4):641-6.  PMCID: PMC3062463 [Available on 2012/4/5].

 

LaBeaud AD, Sutherland LJ, Muiruri S, Gray L, Zimmerman PA, Hise AG, King CH. Arbovirus Prevalence in Mosquitoes, Kenya. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 17:233-41, 2011. available at http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/17/2/233.htm.

 

LaBeaud AD, Sutherland LJ, Muiruri S, Muchiri EM, Gray LR, Zimmerman PA, Hise AG, King CHArbovirus prevalence in mosquitoes, Kenya.  Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Feb;17(2):233-41.

 

Mackroth MS, Malhotra I, Mungai P, Koech D, Muchiri E, King CLHuman Cord Blood CD4+CD25hi Regulatory T Cells Suppress Prenatally Acquired T Cell Responses to Plasmodium falciparum Antigens.  J Immunol. 2011 Jan 28. [Epub ahead of print].

 

McHenry AM, Barnes SJ, Ntumngia FB, King CL, Adams JH.  Determination of the Molecular Basis for a Limited Dimorphism, N417K, in the Plasmodium vivax Duffy-Binding Protein. PLoS One. 2011;6(5):e20192. Epub 2011 May 24. PMCID: PMC3101244.

 

Mehlotra RK, Cheruvu VK, Blood Zikursh MJ, Benish RL, Lederman MM, Salata RA, Gripshover B, McComsey GA, Lisgaris MV, Fulton S, Subauste CS, Jurevic RJ, Guillemette C,  Sutherland LJ, Cash AA, Huang YJ, Sang RC, Malhotra I, Moormann AM, King CL, Weaver SC, King CH, Labeaud ADSerologic Evidence of Arboviral Infections among Humans in Kenya.  Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Jul;85(1):158-61.  PMCID: PMC3122361[Available on 2012/7/1].

 

Tisch DJ, Alexander ND, Kiniboro B, Dagoro H, Siba PM, Bockarie MJ, Alpers MP, Kazura JW. Reduction in Acute Filariasis Morbidity during a Mass Drug Administration Trial to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis in Papua New Guinea.  PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 Jul;5(7):e1241. Epub 2011 Jul 12.  PMCID: PMC3134431.

Tobian AA, Savage WJ, Tisch DJ, Thoman S, King KE, Ness PM.  Prevention of allergic transfusion reactions to platelets and red blood cells through plasma reduction.  Transfusion. 2011 Jan 7. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.03008.x. [Epub ahead of print]

Zimmerman PA, Rodriguez B.  Chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 5 -2459 genotype in patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy: race-specific influence on virologic success.  J Infect Dis. 2011 Jul;204(2):291-8. PMCID: PMC3114473  [Available on 2012/7/15].

 

 

 

2010

 

Ménard D, Barnadas C, Bouchier C, Henry-Halldin C, Gray LR, Ratsimbasoa A, Thonier V, Carod JF, Domarle O, Colin Y, Bertrand O, Picot J, King CL, Grimberg BT, Mercereau-Puijalon O, Zimmerman PA.  Plasmodium vivax clinical malaria is commonly observed in Duffy-negative Malagasy people.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Mar 15. PMCID: PMC2851935.

 

Gambhir M, Bockarie M, Tisch D, Kazura J, Remais J, Spear R, Michael E.  Geographic and ecologic  heterogeneity in elimination thresholds for the major vector-borne helminthic disease, lymphatic filariasis.  BMC Biol. 2010 Mar 17;8:22. PMCID: PMC2848205.

 

Kahlon SS, Peters CJ, Leduc J, Muchiri EM, Muiruri S, Njenga MK, Breiman RF, Clinton White A Jr, King CHSevere Rift Valley fever may present with a characteristic clinical syndrome.  Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Mar;82(3):371-5. PMCID: PMC2829894 [Available on 2011/3/1].

 

King CH, Kahlon SS, Muiruri S, Labeaud ADFacets of the Rift Valley fever outbreak in Northeastern Province, Kenya, 2006-2007.  Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Mar;82(3):363. PMCID: PMC2829890.

 

Chootong P, Ntumngia FB, VanBuskirk KM, Xainli J, Cole-Tobian JL, Campbell CO, Fraser TS, King CL, Adams JH.  Mapping epitopes of the Plasmodium vivax Duffy binding protein with naturally acquired inhibitory antibodies.  Infect Immun. 2010 Mar;78(3):1089-95. Epub 2009 Dec 14.  PMCID: PMC2825952.

 

Sam-Agudu NA, Greene JA, Opoka RO, Kazura JW, Boivin MJ, Zimmerman PA, Riedesel MA, Bergemann TL, Schimmenti LA, John CC. TLR9 polymorphisms are associated with altered IFN-gamma levels in children with cerebral malaria. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Apr;82(4):548-55.] PMCID: PMC2844552 [Available on 2011/4/1].

 

Schoepflin S, Lin E, Kiniboro B, DaRe JT, Mehlotra RK, Zimmerman PA, Mueller I, Felger I.  Treatment with coartem (artemether-lumefantrine) in Papua New Guinea. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Apr;82(4):529-34. PMCID: PMC2844564 [Available on 2011/4/1].

 

Mehlotra RK, Gray LR, Blood-Zikursh MJ, Kloos Z, Henry-Halldin CN, Tisch DJ, Thomsen E, Mugwanya KK, Baeten JM, Nakku-Joloba E, Katabira E, Celum C, Whalen C. Knowledge and Attitudes About Male Circumcision for HIV-1 Prevention among Heterosexual HIV-1 Serodiscordant Partnerships in Kampala, Uganda. AIDS Behav. 2010 Apr 13. [Epub ahead of print].

 

Canaday DH, Amponsah NA, Jones L, Tisch DJ, Hornick TR, Ramachandra L.  Influenza-Induced Production of Interferon-Alpha is Defective in Geriatric Individuals. J Clin Immunol. J Clin Immunol. 2010 May;30(3):373-83. PMCID: PMC2875067 [Available on 2011/5/1].

Figueiredo MA, Rodrigues LC, Barreto ML, Lima JW, Costa MC, Morato V, Blanton R, Vasconcelos PF, Nunes MR, Teixeira MG.  Allergies and diabetes as risk factors for dengue hemorrhagic fever: results of a case control study.  PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2010 Jun 1;4(6):e699. PMCID: PMC2879373.

 Steiner K, Myrie L, Malhotra I, Mungai P, Muchiri E, Dent A, King CLFetal Immune Activation to Malaria Antigens Enhances Susceptibility to In Vitro HIV Infection in Cord Blood Mononuclear Cells. J Infect Dis. 2010 Aug 5. [Epub ahead of print]

 

Ménard D, Barnadas C, Bouchier C, Henry-Halldin C, Gray LR, Ratsimbasoa A, Thonier V, Carod JF, Domarle O, Colin Y, Bertrand O, Picot J, King CL, Grimberg BT, Mercereau-Puijalon O, Zimmerman PA.  Plasmodium vivax clinical malaria is commonly observed in Duffy-negative Malagasy people.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Mar 15. PMCID: PMC2851935 [Available on 2010/9/30].

 Gambhir M, Bockarie M, Tisch D, Kazura J, Remais J, Spear R, Michael E.  Geographic and ecologic  heterogeneity in elimination thresholds for the major vector-borne helminthic disease, lymphatic filariasis.  BMC Biol. 2010 Mar 17;8:22. PMCID: PMC2848205.

 

Sam-Agudu NA, Greene JA, Opoka RO, Kazura JW, Boivin MJ, Zimmerman PA, Riedesel MA, Bergemann TL, Schimmenti LA, John CC. TLR9 polymorphisms are associated with altered IFN-gamma levels in children with cerebral malaria. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Apr;82(4):548-55.]

 

Labeaud AD, Kazura JW, King CHAdvances in Rift Valley fever research: insights for disease  prevention. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2010 Jul 6. [Epub ahead of print].

 

Spring MD, Chelimo K, Tisch DJ, Sumba PO, Rochford R, Long CA, Kazura JW, Moormann AM.  Allele-specificity of IFN-{gamma} Responses to the Carboxyl Terminal Region of Plasmodium    Falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein 1 by Kenyan Adults with Naturally Acquired Immunity to Malaria.  Infect Immun. 2010 Aug 9. [Epub ahead of print].

 

Kahlon SS, Peters CJ, Leduc J, Muchiri EM, Muiruri S, Njenga MK, Breiman RF, Clinton White A Jr, King CHSevere Rift Valley fever may present with a characteristic clinical syndrome.  Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Mar;82(3):371-5.

 

King CH, Kahlon SS, Muiruri S, Labeaud ADFacets of the Rift Valley fever outbreak in Northeastern Province, Kenya, 2006-2007.  Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Mar;82(3):363. No abstract available.

 

Labeaud AD, Kazura JW, King CHAdvances in Rift Valley fever research: insights for disease prevention. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2010 Jul 6. [Epub ahead of print].

van Rensburg DJ, Perng RP, Mitha IH, Bester AJ, Kasumba J, Wu RG, Ho ML, Chang LW, Chung DT, Chang YT, King CH, Hsu MC.  Efficacy and Safety of Nemonoxacin versus Levofloxacin for Community-Acquired Pneumonia.  Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 Jul 26. [Epub ahead of print].

King CHHealth metrics for helminthic infections.  Adv Parasitol. 2010;73:51-69.

 

Gurarie D, King CH, Wang X.  A new approach to modelling schistosomiasis transmission based on stratified worm burden.  Parasitology. 2010 Jul 13:1-15. [Epub ahead of print].

 

Chootong P, Ntumngia FB, VanBuskirk KM, Xainli J, Cole-Tobian JL, Campbell CO, Fraser TS, King CL, Adams JH.  Mapping epitopes of the Plasmodium vivax Duffy binding protein with naturally acquired inhibitory antibodies.  Infect Immun. 2010 Mar;78(3):1089-95. Epub 2009 Dec 14.  PMCID: PMC2825952.

Schoepflin S, Lin E, Kiniboro B, DaRe JT, Mehlotra RK, Zimmerman PA, Mueller I, Felger I.  Treatment with coartem (artemether-lumefantrine) in Papua New Guinea. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Apr;82(4):529-34.

Mehlotra RK, Gray LR, Blood-Zikursh MJ, Kloos Z, Henry-Halldin CN, Tisch DJ, Thomsen E, Reimer L, Kastens W, Baea M, Baea K, Baisor M, Tarongka N, Kazura JW, Zimmerman PA. Molecular-Based Assay for Simultaneous Detection of Four Plasmodium spp. and Wuchereria bancrofti Infections. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jun;82(6):1030-3.

 

Dare JT, Kouri DP, Zimmerman PA, Thomas PJ.  Differentiating Plasmodium falciparum alleles by transforming Cartesian X,Y data to polar coordinates.  BMC Genet. 2010 Jun 29;11(1):57. [Epub ahead of print].

 

Canaday DH, Amponsah NA, Jones L, Tisch DJ, Hornick TR, Ramachandra L.  Influenza-Induced Production of Interferon-Alpha is Defective in Geriatric Individuals. J Clin Immunol. J Clin Immunol. 2010 May;30(3):373-83. PMCID: PMC2875067 [Available on 2011/5/1].

 

Mugwanya KK, Baeten JM, Nakku-Joloba E, Katabira E, Celum C, Tisch D, Whalen C. Knowledge and Attitudes About Male Circumcision for HIV-1 Prevention among Heterosexual HIV-1 Serodiscordant Partnerships in Kampala, Uganda. AIDS Behav. 2010 Apr 13. [Epub ahead of print].