Physician
Infectious Disease
Dr. Thomas J. Spira, MD
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Thomas Spira works in the field of Infectious Disease. He went to medical school at Wayne State University School of Medicine. Wayne State University School of Medicine is ranked 63/85 in Research/PrimaryCare. Thomas Spira is a published MD. He has 100 papers published. The most current publication "Yersinia enterocolitica septicemia with septic arthritis."
Publications
- IgA-secreting cells in the blood of premature and term infants: normal development and effect of intrauterine infections.
- Direct detection of HIV RNA expression in seropositive subjects.
- Dot-ELISA, a potential immunoassay for the detection of Plasmodium falciparum antibodies.
- Risk of AIDS-related virus (human immunodeficiency virus) transmission through apheresis procedures.
- Effects of NPT 15392 in vitro on human leukocyte functions.
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome with severe gastrointestinal manifestations in Haiti.
- Urinary neopterin in the diagnosis of acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
- An expanded search for human infection with simian type D retrovirus.
- The search for human infection with simian type D retroviruses.
- The development of the immune system--importance in the ascertainment of immunophenotypic changes in perinatal HIV infection.
- Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection prior to onset of Kaposi's sarcoma.
- Persistently negative HIV-1 antibody enzyme immunoassay screening results for patients with HIV-1 infection and AIDS: serologic, clinical, and virologic results. Seron...
- Enumeration of human peripheral blood lymphocytes secreting immunoglobulins of major classes and subclasses in healthy children and adults.
- Alternative algorithms for human immunodeficiency virus infection diagnosis using tests that are licensed in the United States.
- Simple PCR assays improve the sensitivity of HIV-1 subtype B drug resistance testing and allow linking of resistance mutations.
- A quality management systems approach for CD4 testing in resource-poor settings.
- The WHO/PEPFAR collaboration to prepare an operations manual for HIV prevention, care, and treatment at primary health centers in high-prevalence, resource-constrained...
- A North American multilaboratory study of CD4 counts using flow cytometric panLeukogating (PLG): a NIAID-DAIDS Immunology Quality Assessment Program Study.
- Comparison of serologic responses between Kaposi's sarcoma-positive and -negative men who were seropositive for both human herpesvirus 8 and human immunodeficiency virus.
- Temporal relationship between V1V2 variation, macrophage replication, and coreceptor adaptation during HIV-1 disease progression.
- The syndrome of unexplained generalized lymphadenopathy in young men in New York City. Is it related to the acquired immune deficiency syndrome?
- Elevated urinary neopterin levels in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). A preliminary report.
- Unexplained immunodeficiency in children. A surveillance report.
- Lymphocyte-reactive antibodies in acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
- Lymphocytotoxic antibodies in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) associated with transfusions.
- National case-control study of Kaposi's sarcoma and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in homosexual men: Part 1. Epidemiologic results.
- The immunological and cytochemical characterization of T-cell lymphoproliferative diseases.
- Phase I study of intravenous gamma globulin in multiple myeloma.
- Genetic polymorphism in C8 beta-chains. Evidence for two unlinked genetic loci for the eighth component of human complement (C8).
- Thymosin in the early diagnosis and treatment of high risk homosexuals and hemophiliacs with AIDS-like immune dysfunction.
- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: specific aspects of the disease in Haiti.
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in male prisoners. New insights into an emerging syndrome.
- Tuberculosis, atypical mycobacteriosis, and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome among Haitian and non-Haitian patients in south Florida.
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the United States: an analysis of cases outside high-incidence groups.
- Antibodies to the core protein of lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV) in patients with AIDS.
- Transfusion-associated AIDS: serologic evidence of human T-cell leukemia virus infection of donors.
- National case-control study of Kaposi's sarcoma and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in homosexual men: Part 2. Laboratory results.
- Opportunistic infections and Kaposi's sarcoma among Haitians: evidence of a new acquired immunodeficiency state.
- The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the wife of a hemophiliac.
- Immunoregulatory subsets of the T helper and T suppressor cell populations in homosexual men with chronic unexplained lymphadenopathy.
- Value of lymph node biopsy in unexplained lymphadenopathy in homosexual men.
- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome in low-risk patients. Evidence for possible transmission by an asymptomatic carrier.
- Acquired immune deficiency in Haitians: opportunistic infections in previously healthy Haitian immigrants.
- Antibodies to human T cell leukaemia virus-associated membrane antigens in haemophiliacs: evidence for infection before 1980.
- AIDS--an immunologic reevaluation.
- Prevalence of antibody to lymphadenopathy-associated virus among drug-detoxification patients in New York.
- Recombination between cerebral sclerosis-Addison''s disease and the Xg blood-groups.
- Subchronic inhalation toxicity of isobutyl nitrite in BALB/c mice. I. Systemic toxicity.
- Tuberculous brain abscess and Toxoplasma encephalitis in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
- Sex of interviewer, place of interview, and responses of homosexual men to sensitive questions.
- HTLV-III/LAV infection of the central nervous system in a 57-year-old man with progressive dementia of unknown cause.
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) associated with blood transfusion: review of literature and report of two cases from Dominican Republic and Haiti.
- Immune status of blood product recipients.
- Subchronic inhalation toxicity of isobutyl nitrite in BALB/c mice. II. Immunotoxicity studies.
- Prevalence of HTLV-III/LAV antibodies among Haitians.
- Possible female-to-female transmission of human immunodeficiency virus.
- Human immunodeficiency virus viremia as a prognostic indicator in homosexual men with lymphadenopathy syndrome.
- Antibody response to human immunodeficiency virus in homosexual men. Relation of antibody specificity, titer, and isotype to clinical status, severity of immunodeficie...
- Nonrandom development of immunologic abnormalities after infection with human immunodeficiency virus: implications for immunologic classification of the disease.
- Myelodysplasia progressing to acute myeloblastic leukemia in an HTLV-III virus-positive homosexual man with AIDS-related complex.
- Neurological symptoms and neuropsychological abnormalities in lymphadenopathy syndrome.
- Neurological complications of human immunodeficiency virus infection in patients with lymphadenopathy syndrome.
- SI units in hematology.
- Reasons for decrease in sexual activity among homosexual men with HIV infection.
- Immune complexes in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS): relationship to disease manifestation, risk group, and immunologic defect.
- Lymphocyte subsets in lymph nodes of homosexual men with generalized unexplained lymphadenopathy. Correlation with morphology and blood changes.
- AIDS. Case for diagnosis series, 1988.
- Antibody to LAV, the putative agent of AIDS, in parenteral drug abusers and methadone-maintained patients: therapeutic, historical, and ethical aspects.
- Cell surface phenotype of the spontaneous immunoglobulin-secreting cells in peripheral blood from homosexual men with generalized lymphadenopathy or AIDS.
- Specificity of antibody tests for human immunodeficiency virus in alcohol and parenteral drug abusers with chronic liver disease.
- A stage model of HTLV-III LAV infection in intravenous drug users.
- Genomic diversity of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome retroviruses is reflected in alteration of its translational products.
- Primary lymph node pathology in AIDS and AIDS-related lymphadenopathy.
- A longitudinal study of patients with hemophilia: immunologic correlates of infection with HTLV-III/LAV and other viruses.
- Unexplained lymphadenopathy in homosexual men. A longitudinal study.
- Exposure to human T-lymphotropic virus type III/lymphadenopathy-associated virus and immunologic abnormalities in asymptomatic homosexual men.
- HTLV-III viremia in homosexual men with generalized lymphadenopathy.
- A six-year follow-up of HIV-infected homosexual men with lymphadenopathy. Evidence for an increased risk for developing AIDS after the third year of lymphadenopathy.
- Phenotypic distribution of T cells of patients who have subsequently developed AIDS.
- Common variable hypogammaglobulinemia complicated by an unusual T-suppressor/cytotoxic cell lymphoma.
- Lymphadenopathy syndrome in homosexual men. Evidence for continuing risk of developing the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
- Alterations of functional subsets of T helper and T suppressor cell populations in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and chronic unexplained lymphadenopathy.
- Development of AIDS, HIV seroconversion, and potential co-factors for T4 cell loss in a cohort of intravenous drug users.
- Comparison of methods for assessing chemotaxis of monocytes and polymorphonuclear leukocytes isolated from patients with AIDS or AIDS-related conditions.
- Neopterin as a predictive marker for disease progression in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.
- Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)-associated adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma in a patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1).
- Deterioration in immunologic status of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected homosexual men with lymphadenopathy: prognostic implications.
- Serial determinations of HIV-1 titers in HIV-infected homosexual men: association of rising titers with CD4 T cell depletion and progression to AIDS.
- Micromethod for assaying reverse transcriptase of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type III/lymphadenopathy-associated virus.
- Lack of correlation between human herpesvirus-6 infection and the course of human immunodeficiency virus infection.
- Individual probability for onset of full-blown disease in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1.
- Ten-year follow-up of HIV-infected homosexual men with lymphadenopathy syndrome: evidence for continuing risk of developing AIDS.
- The relationship between CD5+ and CD5- B cells, immunoglobulin-secreting cells (IgSC), and CD4 T cells in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
- CD5+ B cells in normal newborns and infants, and in those with HIV and intrauterine infections.
- Outbreak of clindamycin-associated colitis.
- Yersinia enterocolitica septicemia with septic arthritis.
- Rheumatoid nodulosis: a continuum of extra-articular rheumatoid disease.
- Cranial synostosis in Job''s syndrome.
Schools
Wayne State University
Doctors Specialties
- Infectious Disease Medicine
- Infectious Disease
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Education
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University of Chicago -
Wayne State University School of Medicine
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