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Erwin H. Braff
Publications - 4
Citations - 1351
Erwin H. Braff is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vaccination & Hepatitis B. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 1342 citations.
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Long-Term Immunogenicity and Efficacy of Hepatitis B Vaccine in Homosexual Men
Stephen C. Hadler,Donald P. Francis,James E. Maynard,Sumner E. Thompson,Franklyn N. Judson,Dean F. Echenberg,David G. Ostrow,Paul M. O'Malley,Kent A. Penley,Norman L. Altman,Erwin H. Braff,Gregory F. Shipman,Patrick J. Coleman,Eric J. Mandel +13 more
TL;DR: Both antibody loss and the risk of severe disease should be considered when booster-dose strategies for the hepatitis B vaccine are being designed.
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The prevention of hepatitis B with vaccine. Report of the centers for disease control multi-center efficacy trial among homosexual men.
Donald P. Francis,Stephen C. Hadler,Sumner E. Thompson,James E. Maynard,David G. Ostrow,Norman L. Altman,Erwin H. Braff,Paul M. O'Malley,Donald Hawkins,Franklyn N. Judson,Kent A. Penley,Thom Nylund,Graham Christie,Frank Meyers,Joseph N. Moore,Ann Gardner,Irene L. Doto,Joe H. Miller,Gladys H. Reynolds,Bert L. Murphy,Charles A. Schable,Brian T. Clark,James Curran,Allan G. Redeker +23 more
TL;DR: This vaccine appears to be safe, immunogenic, and efficacious in preventing infection with hepatitis B virus.
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The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in a cohort of homosexual men. A six-year follow-up study.
Harold W. Jaffe,Darrow Ww,Dean F. Echenberg,Paul M. O'Malley,Jane P. Getchell,Vaniambadi S. Kalyanaraman,Robert H. Byers,David P. Drennan,Erwin H. Braff,James W. Curran +9 more
TL;DR: A cohort of 6875 homosexual men, initially seen at the San Francisco City Clinic between 1978 and 1980, were studied to determine the incidence and prevalence of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, related conditions, and infection with the human T-lymphotropic virus, type III/lymphadenopathy-associated virus (HTLV-III/LAV).
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Cytomegalovirus Infections in Homosexual Men: An Epidemiological Study
TL;DR: Of seven sexual practices investigated, only passive anal-genital intercourse correlated with the acquisition of cytomegalovirus infection (p = 0.008), suggesting that frequent reactivation of latent infection or reexposure to exogenous virus had occurred.