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TEMPLE MONKEYS AND HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF COMMENSALISM, KATHMANDU, NEPAL Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Jun;12(6):900-6 Jones-Engel L, Engel GA, Heidrich J, Chalise M, Poudel N, Viscidi R, Barry PA, Allan JS, Grant R, Kyes R University of Washington—National Primate Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA. [email protected] ABSTRACT The threat of zoonotic transmission of infectious agents at …

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INFECTIOUS AGENTS AND GENE-ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTIONS IN THE ETIOPATHOGENESIS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA Clinical Neuroscience Research 6 (2006) 97-109 Robert H. Yolken, E. Fuller Torrey Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Stanley Division of Developmental Neurovirology, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Blalock 1105, Baltimore, MD 21287-4933, USA; Stanley Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, MD USA ABSTRACT: Schizophrenia is a pervasive …

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION AND CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA AMONG YOUNG WOMEN IN THE GUANACASTE COHORT SHORTLY AFTER INITIATION OF SEXUAL LIF Sex Trans Dis 2007 Jan 17 [Epub ahead of print] Rodriguez AC, Burk R, Herrero R, Hildesheim A, Bratti C, Sherman ME, Solomon D, Guillen D, Alfaro M, Viscidi R, Morales …

The natural history of human papillomavirus infection and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia among young women in the guanacaste cohort shortly after initiation of sexual lif Read More »

A DANISH NATIONAL BIRTH COHORT STUDY OF MATERNAL HSV-2 ANTIBODIES AS A RISK FACTOR FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA IN THEIR OFFSPRING Schizophr Res 2010 Jun 30 [Epub ahead of print] Mortensen PB, Pederson CB, Hougaard DM, Nørgaard-Petersen B, Mors O, Børglum AD, Yolken RH National Centre for Register-based Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Aarhus, Taasingegade …

A danish national birth cohort study of maternal hsv-2 antibodies as a risk factor for schizophrenia in their offspring Read More »

SEROLOGICAL CROSS REACTIVITY BETWEEN POLYOMAVIRUS CAPSIDS Adv Exp Med Biol. 2006;577:73-84 Viscidi RP, Clayman B Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA ABSTRACT Mulitple methods have been used to measure antibodies to polyomavirus virions. In order to have a common method for all polyomaviruses, we developed enzyme immunoassays (EIAs) using virus-like-particles (VLPs) produced …

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OLIGODENDROCYTE DYSFUNCTION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA AND BIPOLAR DISORDER Lancet 362:798-805, 2003 Dmitri Takchev, Michael L. Mimmack, Margaret M. Ryan, Matt Wayland, Tom Freeman, Peter B. Jones, Michael Starkey, Maree J. Webster, Robert H. Yolken, Sabine Bahn ABSTRACT: Background: Results of array studies have suggested abnormalities in expression of lipid and myelin-related genes in schizophrenia. Here, we …

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A COMPREHENSIVE GENETIC ASSOCIATION AND FUNCTIONAL STUDY OF TNF IN SCHIZOPHRENIA RISK Schizophr Res. 2006 Mar;83(1):7-13. Shirts BH, Bamne M, Kim JJ, Talkowski M, Wood J, Yolken R, Nimgaonkar VL ABSTRACT: In view of prior reports suggesting associations between polymorphisms of the tumor necrosis factor gene (TNF) and schizophrenia, we sequenced all exons, introns and …

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THIAZOLE, OXADIAZOLE, AND CARBOXAMIDE DERIVATIVES OF ARTEMISININ ARE HIGHLY SELECTIVE AND POTENT INHIBITORS OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII J Med Chem. 2010 May 13:53(9):3594-601 Hencken CP, Jones-Brando L, Bordon C, Stohler R, Mott BT, Yolken R, Posner GH, Woodard LE Department of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA [email protected] ABSTRACT: …

Thiazole, oxadiazole, and carboxamide derivatives of artemisinin are highly selective and potent inhibitors of toxoplasma gondii Read More »

EVALUATING RNA STATUS FOR RT-PCR IN EXTRACTS OF POSTMORTEM HUMAN BRAIN TISSUE Biotechniques 36:628-633 Miller CL, Diglisic S, Leister F, Webster M, Yolken RH ABSTRACT: Total RNA was extracted from 105 individual postmortem human brain samples representing a range of postmortem conditions. To improve upon parameters currently used to screen for RNA quality, electropherogram patterns …

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META-ANALYSIS OF 12 GENOMIC STUDIES IN BIPOLAR DISORDER J Mol Neurosci. 2007;31(3):221-43 Elashoff M, Higgs BW, Yolken RH, Knable MB, Weis S, Webster MJ, Barci BM, Torrey EF Elashoff Consulting, Germantown, MD 20876, USA ABSTRACT Multiple genome-wide expression studies of bipolar disorder have been published. However, a unified picture of the genomic basis for the …

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