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William A. Blattner
Researcher at University of Maryland, Baltimore
Publications - 345
Citations - 26953
William A. Blattner is an academic researcher from University of Maryland, Baltimore. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Virus. The author has an hindex of 80, co-authored 345 publications receiving 26023 citations. Previous affiliations of William A. Blattner include RTI International & Boston University.
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Determination of a unique and immunodominant epitope of human T cell lymphotropic virus type I.
J. J. Lipka,K. Boi,Gregory R. Reyes,R. Moeckli,Stefan Z. Wiktor,William A. Blattner,Edward L. Murphy,George M. Shaw,C. V. Hanson,John J. Sninsky,Steven K. H. Foung +10 more
TL;DR: Results indicate that MTA-4 is a unique and immunodominant epitope on HTLV-I and confirm the usefulness of human-derived monoclonal antibodies in an experimental approach to dissect the human humoral response to a viral pathogen.
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Human T-cell leukemia-lymphoma virus type 1 and adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma in Okinawa.
TL;DR: A serological survey for the presence of antibodies against the human T-cell leukemia virus, type 1 (HTLV-1) in patients seen at the Chubu Hospital in Okinawa was undertaken, finding that Okinawa is an endemic area for HTLV- 1.
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Individual and Sexual Network Predictors of HIV Incidence Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Nigeria.
Rebecca G. Nowak,Andrew Mitchell,Trevor A Crowell,Hongjie Liu,Sosthenes Ketende,Habib O. Ramadhani,Nicaise Ndembi,Sylvia Adebajo,Julie A Ake,Nelson L. Michael,William A. Blattner,Stefan Baral,Manhattan Charurat +12 more
TL;DR: These HIV incidence data reinforce the unmet HIV prevention needs among young MSM in Nigeria and highlight the need for novel implementation approaches in the context of MSM-friendly services.
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HTLV-I-associated leukemia: a model for chronic retroviral diseases
TL;DR: The clinical and pathological features of ATL are described and the epidemiology of this disease and of its putative etiological agent, HTLV‐I are reviewed.
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Trends in antiretroviral therapy and mother-infant transmission of HIV.
TL;DR: A decline in mother-infant transmission was temporally associated with advances in therapy, especially when regimens including a protease inhibitor were included in the analysis.