Biography

    Davidson Hamer, MD, FACP (Professor of International Health and Medicine, Boston University Schools of Public Health and Medicine): Dr. Hamer is a board-certified specialist in infectious diseases, with a particular interest in tropical infectious diseases, who has twenty years of field research experience in micronutrients, malaria, HIV/AIDS, pneumonia, and diarrheal diseases. Dr. Hamer is also an Adjunct Professor of Nutrition at the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and an Adjunct Scientist in the Nutritional Immunology Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. During the last decade he has supervised and provided technical support to more than 50 studies in developing countries that evaluated interventions for the treatment and prevention of malaria, HIV/AIDS, micronutrient deficiencies, diarrheal disease, and pneumonia. He currently has active projects in Ecuador, Kenya, Mali, Tanzania, and Zambia.

    In addition to his research activities, Dr. Hamer provides primary care to HIV-positive patients and serves as the Director of the Travel Clinic at Boston Medical Center, which is based in the Center for Infectious Diseases.

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    1. Aneni EC, Hamer DH, Gill CJ. Systematic review of current and emerging strategies for reducing morbidity from malaria in sickle cell disease. Trop Med Int Health. 2013 Jan 16.
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    2. Marrero-Santos KM, Beltrán M, Carrión-Lebrón J, Sanchez-Vegas C, Hamer DH, Barnett ED, Santiago LM, Hunsperger EA. Optimization of the cutoff value for a commercial anti-dengue virus IgG immunoassay. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2013 Mar; 20(3):358-62.
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    3. Chen LH, Barnett ED, Wilson ME, Macleod W, Yanni EA, Ooi W, Karchmer AW, Kogelman L, Marano N, Hamer DH. Hepatitis B Screening in US Travelers Seen at the Boston Area Travel Medicine Network. J Travel Med. 2013 Jan; 20(1):29-36.
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    4. Vian T, Semrau K, Hamer DH, Loan le TT, Sabin LL. HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge and Behaviors Among Most-at-Risk Populations in Vietnam. Open AIDS J. 2012; 6:259-65.
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    5. Marsh DR, Hamer DH, Pagnoni F, Peterson S. Introduction to a special supplement: Evidence for the implementation, effects, and impact of the integrated community case management strategy to treat childhood infection. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Nov; 87(5 Suppl):2-5.
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    6. McGorman L, Marsh DR, Guenther T, Gilroy K, Barat LM, Hammamy D, Wansi E, Peterson S, Hamer DH, George A. A health systems approach to integrated community case management of childhood illness: methods and tools. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Nov; 87(5 Suppl):69-76.
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    7. Seidenberg PD, Hamer DH, Iyer H, Pilingana P, Siazeele K, Hamainza B, MacLeod WB, Yeboah-Antwi K. Impact of integrated community case management on health-seeking behavior in rural Zambia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Nov; 87(5 Suppl):105-10.
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    8. Hamer DH, Marsh DR, Peterson S, Pagnoni F. Integrated community case management: next steps in addressing the implementation research agenda. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Nov; 87(5 Suppl):151-3.
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    9. Han P, Yanni E, Jentes ES, Hamer DH, Chen LH, Wilson ME, Macleod WB, Ooi WW, Kogelman L, Karchmer AW, Barnett ED. Health challenges of young travelers visiting friends and relatives compared with those traveling for other purposes. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 Sep; 31(9):915-9.
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    10. Singh N, Singh MP, Wylie BJ, Hussain M, Kojo YA, Shekhar C, Sabin L, Desai M, Udhayakumar V, Hamer DH. Malaria prevalence among pregnant women in two districts with differing endemicity in Chhattisgarh, India. Malar J. 2012; 11:274.
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    11. Bridges DJ, Winters AM, Hamer DH. Malaria elimination: surveillance and response. Pathog Glob Health. 2012 Aug; 106(4):224-31.
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    12. Lown BA, Chen LH, Wilson ME, Sisson E, Gershman M, Yanni E, Jentes ES, Hochberg NS, Hamer DH, Barnett ED. Vaccine administration decision making: the case of yellow Fever vaccine. Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Sep; 55(6):837-43.
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    13. Gill CJ, Guerina NG, Mulenga C, Knapp AB, Mazala G, Hamer DH. Training Zambian traditional birth attendants to reduce neonatal mortality in the Lufwanyama Neonatal Survival Project (LUNESP). Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2012 Jul; 118(1):77-82.
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    14. Sabin LL, Knapp AB, Macleod WB, Phiri-Mazala G, Kasimba J, Hamer DH, Gill CJ. Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of Training Traditional Birth Attendants to Reduce Neonatal Mortality in the Lufwanyama Neonatal Survival Study (LUNESP). PLoS One. 2012; 7(4):e35560.
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    15. Hamer DH, Brooks ET, Semrau K, Pilingana P, Macleod WB, Siazeele K, Sabin LL, Thea DM, Yeboah-Antwi K. Quality and safety of integrated community case management of malaria using rapid diagnostic tests and pneumonia by community health workers. Pathog Glob Health. 2012 Mar; 106(1):32-9.
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    16. Lunze K, Hamer DH. Thermal protection of the newborn in resource-limited environments. J Perinatol. 2012 May; 32(5):317-24.
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    17. de Sousa A, Tiedje KE, Recht J, Bjelic I, Hamer DH. Community case management of childhood illnesses: policy and implementation in Countdown to 2015 countries. Bull World Health Organ. 2012 Mar 1; 90(3):183-90.
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    18. Zurovac D, Sudoi RK, Akhwale WS, Ndiritu M, Hamer DH, Rowe AK, Snow RW. The effect of mobile phone text-message reminders on Kenyan health workers' adherence to malaria treatment guidelines: a cluster randomised trial. Lancet. 2011 Aug 27; 378(9793):795-803.
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    19. Gill CJ, Hamer DH, Knapp AB. Dispelling the myths surrounding traditional birth attendants. BMJ. 2011; 343:d4481.
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    20. Vergidis P, Hamer DH, Meydani SN, Dallal GE, Barlam TF. Patterns of antimicrobial use for respiratory tract infections in older residents of long-term care facilities. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Jun; 59(6):1093-8.
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    21. Gill CJ, Phiri-Mazala G, Guerina NG, Kasimba J, Mulenga C, Macleod WB, Waitolo N, Knapp AB, Mirochnick M, Mazimba A, Fox MP, Sabin L, Seidenberg P, Simon JL, Hamer DH. Effect of training traditional birth attendants on neonatal mortality (Lufwanyama Neonatal Survival Project): randomised controlled study. BMJ. 2011; 342:d346.
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    22. Jeena PM, Reichert K, Adhikari M, Popat M, Carlin JB, Weber MW, Hamer DH. Clinical manifestations and outcome in HIV-infected young infants presenting with acute illness in Durban, South Africa. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2011; 31(1):15-26.
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    23. Sempértegui F, Estrella B, Tucker KL, Hamer DH, Narvaez X, Sempértegui M, Griffiths JK, Noel SE, Dallal GE, Selhub J, Meydani SN. Metabolic syndrome in the elderly living in marginal peri-urban communities in Quito, Ecuador. Public Health Nutr. 2011 May; 14(5):758-67.
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    24. Hochberg NS, Hamer DH. Anisakidosis: Perils of the deep. Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Oct 1; 51(7):806-12.
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    25. Yeboah-Antwi K, Pilingana P, Macleod WB, Semrau K, Siazeele K, Kalesha P, Hamainza B, Seidenberg P, Mazimba A, Sabin L, Kamholz K, Thea DM, Hamer DH. Community case management of fever due to malaria and pneumonia in children under five in Zambia: a cluster randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med. 2010; 7(9):e1000340.
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    26. Wylie BJ, Hashmi AH, Singh N, Singh MP, Tuchman J, Hussain M, Sabin L, Yeboah-Antwi K, Banerjee C, Brooks MI, Desai M, Udhayakumar V, Macleod WB, Dash AP, Hamer DH. Availability and utilization of malaria prevention strategies in pregnancy in eastern India. BMC Public Health. 2010; 10:557.
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    27. Saha S, Darmstadt G, Naheed A, Arifeen S, Islam M, Fatima K, Breiman R, Sack D, Hamer D. Improving the Sensitivity of Blood Culture for Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Trop Pediatr. 2011 Jun; 57(3):192-6.
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    28. Mohan S, Sarfaty S, Hamer DH. Human immunodeficiency virus postexposure prophylaxis for medical trainees on international rotations. J Travel Med. 2010 Jul-Aug; 17(4):264-8.
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    29. Krezanoski PJ, Comfort AB, Hamer DH. Effect of incentives on insecticide-treated bed net use in sub-Saharan Africa: a cluster randomized trial in Madagascar. Malar J. 2010; 9:186.
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    30. Sabin LL, Rizal A, Brooks MI, Singh MP, Tuchman J, Wylie BJ, Joyce KM, Yeboah-Antwi K, Singh N, Hamer DH. Attitudes, knowledge, and practices regarding malaria prevention and treatment among pregnant women in Eastern India. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jun; 82(6):1010-6.
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    31. Sabin LL, DeSilva MB, Hamer DH, Xu K, Zhang J, Li T, Wilson IB, Gill CJ. Using electronic drug monitor feedback to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-positive patients in China. AIDS Behav. 2010 Jun; 14(3):580-9.
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    32. Osei A, Houser R, Bulusu S, Joshi T, Hamer D. Nutritional status of primary schoolchildren in Garhwali Himalayan villages of India. Food Nutr Bull. 2010 Jun; 31(2):221-33.
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    33. Belisle SE, Hamer DH, Leka LS, Dallal GE, Delgado-Lista J, Fine BC, Jacques PF, Ordovas JM, Meydani SN. IL-2 and IL-10 gene polymorphisms are associated with respiratory tract infection and may modulate the effect of vitamin E on lower respiratory tract infections in elderly nursing home residents. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Jul; 92(1):106-14.
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    34. Osei AK, Rosenberg IH, Houser RF, Bulusu S, Mathews M, Hamer DH. Community-level micronutrient fortification of school lunch meals improved vitamin A, folate, and iron status of schoolchildren in Himalayan villages of India. J Nutr. 2010 Jun; 140(6):1146-54.
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    35. Barnett JB, Hamer DH, Meydani SN. Low zinc status: a new risk factor for pneumonia in the elderly? Nutr Rev. 2010 Jan; 68(1):30-7.
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    36. Hamer DH,Griffiths JK,Heggenhougen HK,Maguire JH,Quah SR. Infectious Disease and Public Health. San Diego:Elsevier. 2010.
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    37. van Seventer J, Hamer DH. From seasonal to pandemic influenza. In Hamer DH. Editor-in-chief. Griffiths JK, Heggenhougen HK, Maguire JH, and Quah SR, editors. Infectious Disease and Public Health. San Diego:Elsevier. 2010.
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    38. Hamer DH, Gorbach SL. Gastrointestinal infections. In DA Warrell, TM Cox, and JD Firth. Eds. The Oxford Textbook of Medicine. Oxford:Oxford University Press. 2010.
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    39. Hamer DH, Singh MP, Wylie BJ, Yeboah-Antwi K, Tuchman J, Desai M, Udhayakumar V, Gupta P, Brooks MI, Shukla MM, Awasthy K, Sabin L, MacLeod WB, Dash AP, Singh N. Burden of malaria in pregnancy in Jharkhand State, India. Malar J. 2009; 8:210.
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    40. Meydani SN, Hamer DH. Zinc supplementation in elderly nursing home residents. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Aug 1; 49(3):479; author reply 479.
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    41. Mokuolu OA, Falade CO, Orogade AA, Okafor HU, Adedoyin OT, Oguonu TA, Dada-Adegbola HO, Oguntayo OA, Ernest SK, Hamer DH, Callahan MV. Malaria at parturition in Nigeria: current status and delivery outcome. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2009; 2009:473971.
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    42. Vergidis PI, Falagas ME, Hamer DH. Meta-analytical studies on the epidemiology, prevention, and treatment of human immunodeficiency virus infection. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2009 Jun; 23(2):295-308.
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    43. Litzow JM, Gill CJ, Mantaring JB, Fox MP, MacLeod WB, Mendoza M, Mendoza S, Scobie R, Huskins CW, Goldman DA, Hamer DH. High frequency of multidrug-resistant gram-negative rods in 2 neonatal intensive care units in the Philippines. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Jun; 30(6):543-9.
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    44. Gill CJ, Sabin LL, Hamer DH, Keyi X, Jianbo Z, Li T, Wu WJ, Wilson IB, Desilva MB. Importance of dose timing to achieving undetectable viral loads. AIDS Behav. 2010 Aug; 14(4):785-93.
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    45. Bahl R, Martines J, Ali N, Bhan MK, Carlo W, Chan KY, Darmstadt GL, Hamer DH, Lawn JE, McMillan DD, Mohan P, Paul V, Tsai AC, Victora CG, Weber MW, Zaidi AK, Rudan I. Research priorities to reduce global mortality from newborn infections by 2015. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 Jan; 28(1 Suppl):S43-8.
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    46. Hamer DH. CD review: Cholera Outbreak Training and Shigellosis (COTS) Program. Clin Infect Dis. 2009; 49:323.
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    47. van Seventer JM, DeLouiereo A, Hamer DH. Emerging new infections: importance in child health. Annales Nestle. 2009; 67:103-118.
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    48. Hamer DH. Book review: The Travel and Tropical Medicine Manual. Clin Infect Dis. 2009; 49:1775.
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    49. Gill CJ, Mantaring JB, Macleod WB, Mendoza M, Mendoza S, Huskins WC, Goldmann DA, Hamer DH. Impact of enhanced infection control at 2 neonatal intensive care units in the Philippines. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Jan 1; 48(1):13-21.
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    50. Sabin L, Vian T, Hamer DH, Beard J, Loan LTT, McCoy K, Tuchman J, Hammett T, Lawrence D, Bachman DeSilva M. Evaluation of Presidential Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)-Funded Community Outreach HIV Prevention Programs in Vietnam: Report on Findings. Vietnam:PEPFAR. 2009.
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    51. Hamer DH, Gorbach SL. Infectious diarrhea. In Cunha BA (ed.): Educational Review Manual in Infectious Disease. New York:Castle Connolly Graduate Medical Publishing, LLC. 2009.
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    52. Hamer DH, Bhutta Z, Gorbach Sl. Infectious diseases. In Detels R, Beaglehole R, Lansan MA, Gulliford M, eds. Oxford Textbook of Public Health. Oxford:Oxford University Press. 2009.
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    53. Hamer DH, Sempértegui F, Estrella B, Tucker KL, Rodríguez A, Egas J, Dallal GE, Selhub J, Griffiths JK, Meydani SN. Micronutrient deficiencies are associated with impaired immune response and higher burden of respiratory infections in elderly Ecuadorians. J Nutr. 2009 Jan; 139(1):113-9.
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    54. Gill CJ, Mwanakasale V, Fox MP, Chilengi R, Tembo M, Nsofwa M, Chalwe V, Mwananyanda L, Mukwamataba D, Malilwe B, Champo D, Macleod WB, Thea DM, Hamer DH. Effect of presumptive co-trimoxazole prophylaxis on pneumococcal colonization rates, seroepidemiology and antibiotic resistance in Zambian infants: a longitudinal cohort study. Bull World Health Organ. 2008 Dec; 86(12):929-38.
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    55. Jeena PM, Adhikari M, Carlin JB, Qazi S, Weber MW, Hamer DH. Clinical profile and predictors of severe illness in young South African infants (<60 days). S Afr Med J. 2008 Nov; 98(11):883-8.
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    56. Sabin LL, Desilva MB, Hamer DH, Keyi X, Yue Y, Wen F, Tao L, Heggenhougen HK, Seton L, Wilson IB, Gill CJ. Barriers to adherence to antiretroviral medications among patients living with HIV in southern China: a qualitative study. AIDS Care. 2008 Nov; 20(10):1242-50.
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    57. Kimokoti RW, Hamer DH. Nutrition, health, and aging in sub-Saharan Africa. Nutr Rev. 2008 Nov; 66(11):611-23.
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    58. Brooks MI, Singh N, Hamer DH. Control measures for malaria in pregnancy in India. Indian J Med Res. 2008 Sep; 128(3):246-53.
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    59. Hamer DH, Gill CJ. Balancing individual benefit against public health risk: the impact of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in HIV-infected patients on antimicrobial resistance. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008 Sep; 79(3):299-300.
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    60. Osei AK, Houser RF, Bulusu S, Hamer DH. Acceptability of micronutrient fortified school meals by schoolchildren in rural Himalayan villages of India. J Food Sci. 2008 Sep; 73(7):S354-8.
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    61. Sabin L, Hamer DH, Vian T, Bachman DeSilva M, Lawrence D, McCoy K, Tuchman J, Loan LTT, Hammett T. Evaluation of Presidential Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)-Funded Community Outreach HIV Prevention Programs in Vietnam: Final Report. Boston:BUSPH, Center for International Health and Development. 2008.
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    62. Hamer DH, Ruffing R, Callahan MV, Lyons SH, Abdullah AS. Knowledge and use of measures to reduce health risks by corporate expatriate employees in western Ghana. J Travel Med. 2008 Jul-Aug; 15(4):237-42.
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    63. Falsey AR, Dallal GE, Formica MA, Andolina GG, Hamer DH, Leka LL, Meydani SN. Long-term care facilities: a cornucopia of viral pathogens. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Jul; 56(7):1281-5.
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    64. Ahmed T, Hamer DH, Meydani SN. Effects of repeated administration of intradermal skin test by Mantoux method on delayed-type hypersensitivity responses in healthy young and elderly subjects. Br J Nutr. 2008 Jun; 99(6):1388-90.
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    65. Zurovac D, Njogu J, Akhwale W, Hamer DH, Larson BA, Snow RW. Effects of revised diagnostic recommendations on malaria treatment practices across age groups in Kenya. Trop Med Int Health. 2008 Jun; 13(6):784-7.
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    66. Njogu J, Akhwale W, Hamer DH, Zurovac D. Health facility and health worker readiness to deliver new national treatment policy for malaria in Kenya. East Afr Med J. 2008 May; 85(5):213-21.
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    67. Gill CJ, Mwanakasale V, Fox MP, Chilengi R, Tembo M, Nsofwa M, Chalwe V, Mwananyanda L, Mukwamataba D, Malilwe B, Champo D, Macleod WB, Thea DM, Hamer DH. Impact of human immunodeficiency virus infection on Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization and seroepidemiology among Zambian women. J Infect Dis. 2008 Apr 1; 197(7):1000-5.
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    68. Yeboah-Antwi K, Addo-Yobo E, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Carlin JB, Plange-Rhule G, Osei Akoto A, Weber MW, Hamer DH. Clinico-epidemiological profile and predictors of severe illness in young infants (0-59 days) in Ghana. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2008 Mar; 28(1):35-43.
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    69. Zeba AN, Sorgho H, Rouamba N, Zongo I, Rouamba J, Guiguemdé RT, Hamer DH, Mokhtar N, Ouedraogo JB. Major reduction of malaria morbidity with combined vitamin A and zinc supplementation in young children in Burkina Faso: a randomized double blind trial. Nutr J. 2008; 7:7.
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    70. Sipilanyambe N, Simon JL, Chanda P, Olumese P, Snow RW, Hamer DH. From chloroquine to artemether-lumefantrine: the process of drug policy change in Zambia. Malar J. 2008; 7:25.
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    71. Zurovac D, Njogu J, Akhwale W, Hamer DH, Snow RW. Translation of artemether-lumefantrine treatment policy into paediatric clinical practice: an early experience from Kenya. Trop Med Int Health. 2008 Jan; 13(1):99-107.
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    72. Osei AK, Hamer DH. Zinc nutrition and tribal health in India. In K Bose. Ed. Health and Nutritional Problems of Indigenous Populations, Kamla-Raj Enterprises. Delhi. 2008; 111-119.
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    73. Hamer DH. The Young Infants Clinical Signs Study Group. Clinical signs predicting severe illness in young infants: a multicentre study. Lancet. 2008; 371:135-142.
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    74. Hamer DH . La vitamina A y el zinc podrían ser beneficiosos en casos de malaria. Nutriview. 2008; 2:6-8.
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    75. Hamer DH, Gorbach SL. Intestinal infections, overview. In Heggenhougen HK, Quah S, eds. International Encyclopedia of Public Health. San Diego:Academic Press. 2008; 3:683-695.
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    76. Hamer DH. The Young Infants Clinical Signs Study Group. Clinical signs predicting severe illness in young infants: a multicentre study. Lancet. 2008; 371:135-142.
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    77. Callahan MV, Hamer DH. Remote destinations. In Keystone J, Kozarsky P, Freedman DO, Nothdurft HD, Connor BA, eds. Travel Medicine. London:Elsevier Limited. 2008.
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    78. Osei AK, Hamer DH. Management of pediatric malaria: role of nutritional interventions. Annales Nestle. 2008; 66:31-47.
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    79. Orogade AA, Okafor HU, Falade CO, Mokuolu OA, Mamman AI, Ogbunu TA, Ogunkunle OO, Ernest SK, Callahan MV, Hamer DH. Clinical and laboratory features of congenital malaria in Nigeria. J Pediatr Infect Dis. 2008; 3:1-7.
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    80. Hamer DH . Micronutrients potentially beneficial in malaria. Nutriview. 2008; 2:6-8.
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    81. Griffiths JK, Hamer DH. Section co-editors, Communicable Diseases. In Heggenhougen HK, Quah S, eds. International Encyclopedia of Public Health. San Diego:Academic Press. 2008.
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    82. Gill CJ, Macleod WB, Mwanakasale V, Chalwe V, Mwananyanda L, Champo D, Mukwamataba D, Chilengi R, Thea DM, Hamer DH. Inferiority of single-dose sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine intermittent preventive therapy for malaria during pregnancy among HIV-positive Zambian women. J Infect Dis. 2007 Dec 1; 196(11):1577-84.
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    83. Hamer DH, Mwanakasale V, Macleod WB, Chalwe V, Mukwamataba D, Champo D, Mwananyanda L, Chilengi R, Mubikayi L, Mulele CK, Mulenga M, Thea DM, Gill CJ. Two-dose versus monthly intermittent preventive treatment of malaria with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in HIV-seropositive pregnant Zambian women. J Infect Dis. 2007 Dec 1; 196(11):1585-94.
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    84. Falade C, Mokuolu O, Okafor H, Orogade A, Falade A, Adedoyin O, Oguonu T, Aisha M, Hamer DH, Callahan MV. Epidemiology of congenital malaria in Nigeria: a multi-centre study. Trop Med Int Health. 2007 Nov; 12(11):1279-87.
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    85. Meydani SN, Barnett JB, Dallal GE, Fine BC, Jacques PF, Leka LS, Hamer DH. Serum zinc and pneumonia in nursing home elderly. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Oct; 86(4):1167-73.
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    86. Dorosko SM, Thea DM, Saperstein G, Russell RM, Paape MJ, Hinckley LS, Decker WD, Semrau K, Sinkala M, Kasonde P, Kankasa C, Aldrovandi GM, Hamer DH. Veterinary field test as screening tool for mastitis and HIV-1 viral load in breastmilk from HIV-infected Zambian women. Breastfeed Med. 2007 Sep; 2(3):172-5.
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    87. Falade CO, Yusuf BO, Fadero FF, Mokuolu OA, Hamer DH, Salako LA. Intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine is effective in preventing maternal and placental malaria in Ibadan, south-western Nigeria. Malar J. 2007; 6:88.
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    88. Jeena PM, Minkara AK, Corr P, Bassa F, McNally LM, Coovadia HM, Fox M, Hamer DH, Thea D. Impact of HIV-1 status on the radiological presentation and clinical outcome of children with WHO defined community-acquired severe pneumonia. Arch Dis Child. 2007 Nov; 92(11):976-9.
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    89. Hamer DH, Ndhlovu M, Zurovac D, Fox M, Yeboah-Antwi K, Chanda P, Sipilinyambe N, Simon JL, Snow RW. Improved diagnostic testing and malaria treatment practices in Zambia. JAMA. 2007 May 23; 297(20):2227-31.
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    90. Varma JL, Das S, Sankar R, Mannar MG, Levinson FJ, Hamer DH. Community-level micronutrient fortification of a food supplement in India: a controlled trial in preschool children aged 36-66 mo. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Apr; 85(4):1127-33.
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    91. Zurovac D, Ndhlovu M, Sipilanyambe N, Chanda P, Hamer DH, Simon JL, Snow RW. Paediatric malaria case-management with artemether-lumefantrine in Zambia: a repeat cross-sectional study. Malar J. 2007; 6:31.
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    92. Sempértegui F, Díaz M, Mejía R, Rodríguez-Mora OG, Rentería E, Guarderas C, Estrella B, Recalde R, Hamer DH, Reeves PG. Low concentrations of zinc in gastric mucosa are associated with increased severity of Helicobacter pylori-induced inflammation. Helicobacter. 2007 Feb; 12(1):43-8.
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    93. Connor BA, Hamer DH. Prevention of hepatitis A and hepatitis B infection in international travelers. CME Monograph on the live satellite symposium at the 10th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine. Chester:The Center for Medical Knowledge, LLC.. 2007.
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    94. Hamer DH. Book review: Plague ports. The global urban impact of bubonic plague. By Myron Echenberg. Int J African Hist Studies 1894-1901. 2007; 40:352-3.
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    95. Sempértegui F, Estrella B, Elmieh N, Jordan M, Ahmed T, Rodríguez A, Tucker KL, Hamer DH, Reeves PG, Meydani SN. Nutritional, immunological and health status of the elderly population living in poor neighbourhoods of Quito, Ecuador. Br J Nutr. 2006 Nov; 96(5):845-53.
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    96. Abdullah AS, Hamer DH. Travel-related health problems of Hong Kong residents: Assessing the need for travel medicine services. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2006 Dec; 4(6):324-31.
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    97. Louie TJ, Peppe J, Watt KC, Johnson D, Mohammed R, Dow G, Weiss K, Simon S, John JF, Garber G, Chasan-Taber S, Davidson DH. for the Tolevamer Study Investigator Group. Tolevamer, a novel nonantibiotic polymer, compared with vancomycin in the treatment of mild to moderately severe Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea. Clin Infect Dis. 2006; 43:411-420.
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    98. Hamer DH. Mineral intake needs and infectious diseases. In Report of the Committee on Mineral Requirements for Cognitive and Physical Performance of Military Personnel; Food and Nutrition Board. Washington:Institute of Medicine. 2006.
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    99. Hamer DH. Subclinical zinc deficiency. Tribal Health Bull. 2006; 10:1-10.
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    100. Hamer DH, Gorbach SL . Infectious diarrhea. In Cunha BA (ed.): Educational Review Manual in Infectious Disease. New York:Castle Connolly Graduate Medical Publishing, LLC.. 2006.
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    101. Gill CJ, Hamer DH. An uninvited dinner guest. Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Dec 15; 41(12):1764, 1810-1.
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    102. Saha SK, Darmstadt GL, Yamanaka N, Billal DS, Nasreen T, Islam M, Hamer DH. Rapid diagnosis of pneumococcal meningitis: implications for treatment and measuring disease burden. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2005 Dec; 24(12):1093-8.
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    103. Gismondi PM, Hamer DH, Leka LS, Dallal G, Fiatarone Singh MA, Meydani SN. Strategies, time, and costs associated with the recruitment and enrollment of nursing home residents for a micronutrient supplementation clinical trial. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2005 Nov; 60(11):1469-74.
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    104. Rodríguez A, Hamer DH, Rivera J, Acosta M, Salgado G, Gordillo M, Cabezas M, Naranjo-Pinto C, Leguísamo J, Gómez D, Fuenmayor G, Játiva E, Guamán G, Estrella B, Sempértegui F. Effects of moderate doses of vitamin A as an adjunct to the treatment of pneumonia in underweight and normal-weight children: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 Nov; 82(5):1090-6.
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    105. Zurovac D, Ndhlovu M, Rowe AK, Hamer DH, Thea DM, Snow RW. Treatment of paediatric malaria during a period of drug transition to artemether-lumefantrine in Zambia: cross sectional study. BMJ. 2005 Oct 1; 331(7519):734.
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    106. Gill CJ, Hamer DH, Simon JL, Thea DM, Sabin LL. No room for complacency about adherence to antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS. 2005 Aug 12; 19(12):1243-9.
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    107. Fox MP, Lash TL, Hamer DH. A sensitivity analysis of a randomized controlled trial of zinc in treatment of falciparum malaria in children. Contemp Clin Trials. 2005 Jun; 26(3):281-9.
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    108. Duggan C, MacLeod WB, Krebs NF, Westcott JL, Fawzi WW, Premji ZG, Mwanakasale V, Simon JL, Yeboah-Antwi K, Hamer DH. Plasma zinc concentrations are depressed during the acute phase response in children with falciparum malaria. J Nutr. 2005 Apr; 135(4):802-7.
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    109. Callahan MV, Hamer DH. On the medical edge: preparation of expatriates, refugee and disaster relief workers, and Peace Corps volunteers. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2005 Mar; 19(1):85-101.
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    110. Mangili A, Bica I, Snydman DR, Hamer DH. Daptomycin-resistant, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Apr 1; 40(7):1058-60.
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    111. Hamer DH . The respiratory benefits of vitamin E supplements. J Resp Dis. 2005; 26:368-9.
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    112. Meydani SN, Han SN, Hamer DH. Vitamin E and respiratory infection in the elderly. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2004 Dec; 1031:214-22.
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    113. Meydani SN, Leka LS, Fine BC, Dallal GE, Keusch GT, Singh MF, Hamer DH. Vitamin E and respiratory tract infections in elderly nursing home residents: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2004 Aug 18; 292(7):828-36.
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    114. Gill CJ, Sabin LL, Tham J, Hamer DH. Reconsidering empirical cotrimoxazole prophylaxis for infants exposed to HIV infection. Bull World Health Organ. 2004 Apr; 82(4):290-7.
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    115. Hamer DH, Connor BA. Travel health knowledge, attitudes and practices among United States travelers. J Travel Med. 2004 Jan-Feb; 11(1):23-6.
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    116. Gill CJ, Hamer DH. A Primer on Foodborne Illness. In Encyclopedia of Gastroenterology. Elsevier. 2004.
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    117. Hamer DH, Snydman DR. Food Poisoning. In Gorbach SL, Bartlett JG, Blacklow NR (eds): Infectious Diseases. Philadelphia:Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2004.
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    118. Callahan MV, Hamer DH. Remote destinations. In Keystone J, Kozarsky P, Nothdurft HD, Freedman DO, Connor B, eds. Travel Medicine. London:Elsevier Limited. 2004.
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    119. Callahan MV, Hamer DH. Intestinal Nematodes. In Gorbach SL, Bartlett JG, Blacklow NR (eds): Infectious Diseases. PA:Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2004.
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    120. Gill CJ, Hamer D, Thea DM. Questions regarding the effectiveness of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (cotrimoxazole) prophylaxis in African children. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Sep 15; 37(6):863-4; author reply 864.
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    121. Gill CJ, Lau J, Gorbach SL, Hamer DH. Diagnostic accuracy of stool assays for inflammatory bacterial gastroenteritis in developed and resource-poor countries. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Aug 1; 37(3):365-75.
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    122. Hamer DH, MacLeod WB, Addo-Yobo E, Duggan CP, Estrella B, Fawzi WW, Konde-Lule JK, Mwanakasale V, Premji ZG, Sempértegui F, Ssengooba FP, Yeboah-Antwi K, Simon JL. Age, temperature, and parasitaemia predict chloroquine treatment failure and anaemia in children with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Jul-Aug; 97(4):422-8.
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    123. Sempértegui F, Estrella B, Vallejo W, Tapia L, Herrera D, Moscoso F, Cerón G, Griffiths JK, Hamer DH. Selenium serum concentrations in malnourished Ecuadorian children: a case-control study. Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 2003 May; 73(3):181-6.
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    124. Hamer DH . Book Review: Diarrhoeal Diseases Research Perspective. American Society of Microbiology News. 2003; 69:206.
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    125. Hamer DH. Book review: Chemotherapeutic Targets in Parasites: Contemporary Strategies. American Society of Microbiology News. 2003; 69:471.
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    126. Hamer DH, Gorbach SL. Gastrointestinal infections. In DA Warrell, TM Cox, JD Firth and EJ Benz Jnr. Eds. The Oxford Textbook of Medicine. Oxford, England:Oxford University Press. 2003; 658-666.
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    127. Cash RA, Hamer DH. Cholera and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. In Armstrong D, Cohen J, eds. Infectious Diseases. London:Harcourt Brace & Company Ltd.. 2003.
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    128. Hamer DH. Treatment of bacterial and viral diarrhea and food poisoning. In Baddour L, Gorbach SL. Therapy of Infectious Diseases. Philadelphia:Elsevier Science. 2003.
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    129. Gill CJ, Hamer DH, Lau J. Risk of hemolytic uremic syndrome from antibiotic treatment of Escherichia coli O157:H7 colitis. JAMA. 2002 Dec 25; 288(24):3110-1; author reply 3112.
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    130. Gill CJ, Hamer DH. "Doc, there's a worm in my stool": Munchausen parasitosis in a returning traveler. J Travel Med. 2002 Nov-Dec; 9(6):330-2.
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    131. Hamer DH, Gill CJ. From the farm to the kitchen table: the negative impact of antimicrobial use in animals on humans. Nutr Rev. 2002 Aug; 60(8):261-4.
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    132. Gill CJ, Murphy MA, Hamer DH. Treatment of Staphylococcus epidermidis ventriculo-peritoneal shunt infection with linezolid. J Infect. 2002 Aug; 45(2):129-32.
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    133. Hamer DH, Egas J, Estrella B, MacLeod WB, Griffiths JK, Sempértegui F. Assessment of the Binax NOW Streptococcus pneumoniae urinary antigen test in children with nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Apr 1; 34(7):1025-8.
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    134. Hamer DH, Gorbach SL. Infectious diarrhea. In Cunha BA (ed.): Educational Review Manual in Infectious Disease. New York:Castle Connolly Graduate Medical Publishing. 2002.
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    135. Hamer DH. Zinc Against Plasmodium Study Group. Effect of zinc on the treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children: a randomized, controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2002; 76:805-12.
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    136. Hamer DH, Gorbach SL. Infectious diarrhea and food poisoning. In Sleisenger MH, Fordtran JS (eds): Gastrointestinal Disease. Philadelphia:W. B. Saunders. 2002.
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    137. Nguyen D, MacLeod WB, Phung DC, Cong QT, Nguy VH, Van Nguyen H, Hamer DH. Incidence and predictors of surgical-site infections in Vietnam. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2001 Aug; 22(8):485-92.
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    138. Hamer DH, Meydani SN. Immune function in the elderly. Arch Intern Med. 2001 Feb 12; 161(3):482-3.
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    139. Gill CJ, Hamer DH. Foodborne Illnesses. Curr Treat Options Gastroenterol. 2001 Feb; 4(1):23-38.
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    140. Linden PK, Moellering RC, Wood CA, Rehm SJ, Flaherty J, Bompart F, Talbot GH. for the Synercid Emergency-Use Study Group. Treatment of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium infections with quinupristin/dalfopristin. Clin Infect Dis. 2001; 33:1816-1823.
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    141. Cevallos AM, Bhat N, Verdon R, Hamer DH, Stein B, Tzipori S, Pereira ME, Keusch GT, Ward HD. Mediation of Cryptosporidium parvum infection in vitro by mucin-like glycoproteins defined by a neutralizing monoclonal antibody. Infect Immun. 2000 Sep; 68(9):5167-75.
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    142. Bica I, Hamer DH, Stadecker MJ. Hepatic schistosomiasis. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2000 Sep; 14(3):583-604, viii.
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    143. Hamer DH. Treatment of nosocomial pneumonia and tracheobronchitis caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa with aerosolized colistin. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2000 Jul; 162(1):328-30.
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    144. Hamer DH, Gorbach SL . Use of the quinolones for the treatment and prophylaxis of bacterial infections. In Andriole VT, ed. The Quinolones. San Diego:Academic Press. 2000.
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    145. Hamer DH, Cash RA. Cholera and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. In Armstrong D, Cohen J, eds. Infectious Diseases. Harcourt Brace & Company Ltd. London. 1999.
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    146. Gorbach SL, Bartlett JG, Falagas M, Hamer DH. Guidelines to Infectious Diseases in Primary Care. Williams and Wilkins. 1999.
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    147. Pattatucci AM, Patterson C, Benjamin J, Hamer DH. A crossover interaction between sex, sexual orientation, and handedness. Laterality. 1998 Oct; 3(4):331-42.
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    148. Hamer DH, Gorbach SL. Use of the quinolones for the treatment and prophylaxis of bacterial infections. In Andriole VT, ed. The Quinolones. San Diego:Academic Press. 1998.
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    149. Hamer DH, Despommier DD. Intestinal Nematodes. In Gorbach SL, Bartlett JG, Blacklow NR (eds): Infectious Diseases. W. B. Saunders. 1998.
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    150. Hamer DH, Simon J, Thea D, Keusch GT. Childhood diarrhea in sub-Saharan Africa. Child Health Research Consortium. Cambridge. 1998.
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    151. Elliot BC, Wisnewski AV, Johnson J, Fenwick-Smith D, Wiest P, Hamer D, Kresina T, Flanigan TP. In vitro inhibition of Cryptosporidium parvum infection by human monoclonal antibodies. Infect Immun. 1997 Sep; 65(9):3933-5.
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    152. Hamer DH. IDCP Guidelines: Infectious diarrhea (Part II) and food poisoning. Infect Dis Clin Pract. 1997; 6:141-152.
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    153. Hamer DH. IDCP Guidelines: Prevention of travel-related illness. Infect Dis Clin Pract. 1997; 6:221-231.
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    154. Hamer DH. Epiglottitis and otitis. Infect Dis Clin Pract. 1997; 6:500-505.
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    156. Hamer DH. IDCP Guidelines: Infectious diarrhea. Part I. Infect Dis Clin Pract. 1997; 6:6882.
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    157. Hamer DH . Intestinal nematodes. Infec Dis Clin Practice. 1996; 5:473-481.
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    158. Wyler DJ, Hamer DH . Leishmaniasis. In Nelson's Textbook of Pediatrics, 15th ed. 1996; 972-974.
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    159. Keusch GT, Hamer D, Joe A, Kelley M, Griffiths J, Ward H. Cryptosporidia--who is at risk? Schweiz Med Wochenschr. 1995 May 6; 125(18):899-908.
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    160. Joe A, Hamer DH, Kelley MA, Pereira ME, Keusch GT, Tzipori S, Ward HD. Role of a Gal/GalNAc-specific sporozoite surface lectin in Cryptosporidium parvum-host cell interaction. J Eukaryot Microbiol. 1994 Sep-Oct; 41(5):44S.
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    161. Hamer DH, Ward H, Tzipori S, Pereira ME, Alroy JP, Keusch GT. Attachment of Cryptosporidium parvum sporozoites to MDCK cells in vitro. Infect Immun. 1994 Jun; 62(6):2208-13.
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    162. Hamer DH, Wyler DJ. Cerebral malaria. Semin Neurol. 1993 Jun; 13(2):180-8.
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    163. Hamer DH, Barza M. Prevention of hospital-acquired pneumonia in critically ill patients. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1993 May; 37(5):931-8.
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    164. Flanigan TP, Wisnewski A, Wiest PM, Johnson J, Tzipori S, Hamer D, Lam N, Kresina TF. Human monoclonal antibodies against Cryptosporidium parvum generated by hypo-osmolar electrofusion. Trans Assoc Am Physicians. 1993; 106:86-90.
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    165. Hamer DH, Keusch GT. Protozoal gastrointestinal infections. Curr Opinions Infect Dis. 1992; 5:88-98.
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    166. Coe MD, Hamer DH, Levy CS, Milner MR, Nam MH, Barth WF. Gonococcal pericarditis with tamponade in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum. 1990 Sep; 33(9):1438-41.
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    167. Hamer DH, Lindsay J. Redefining true ventricular aneurysm. Am J Cardiol. 1989 Nov 15; 64(18):1192-4.
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    168. Hamer DH, Brooks ET, Semrau K, Pilingana P, MacLeod WB, Siazeele K, Sabin LL, Thea DM, Yeboah-Antwi K. Quality and safety of integrated community case management of malaria using rapid diagnostic tests and pneumonia by community health workers. Pathogens & Global Health, in press.
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    169. De Sousa A, Tiedje KE, Recht J, Bjelic I, Marsh DR, Hamer DH. Policy and implementation status of community case management of childhood illnesses in the countdown priority countries. Bulletin of the WHO, in press.
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    170. Hamer DH, Freedman DO. Tissue Nematodes. In Gorbach SL, Bartlett JG, Blacklow NR (eds): Infectious Diseases. Philadelphia:Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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    171. Lunze K, Bloom DE, Jamison DT, Hamer DH. The global burden of neonatal hypothermia: systematic review of a major challenge for newborn survival. BMC Med. 2013; 11:24.
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    172. Chen LH, Barnett ED, Wilson ME, Macleod W, Yanni EA, Ooi W, Karchmer AW, Kogelman L, Marano N, Hamer DH. Response to letter. J Travel Med. 2013 May; 20(3):210.
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    173. Gill CJ, Hamer DH. Underpricing the competition in the other drug war: a novel strategy for combatting the inappropriate use of artemisinin monotherapies. Pathog Glob Health. 2013 Apr; 107(3):108-9.
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