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  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David L. Thomas is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the field of medicine, with significant contributions in epidemiology, hepatology, infectious diseases, neurology, and general health professions.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Hepatitis B virus studies
  • Liver disease diagnosis and treatment
  • HIV, drug use, sexual risk
  • COVID-19 clinical research studies
  • HIV/AIDS research and interventions
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

David L. Thomas has published extensively, with recent papers such as:

  • "COVID-19 Serology at Population Scale: SARS-CoV-2-Specific Antibody Responses in Saliva" (2020, Journal of Clinical Microbiology)
  • "Screening and Testing for Hepatitis B Virus Infection: CDC Recommendations - United States, 2023" (2023, MMWR Recommendations and Reports)
  • "Detecting Liver Cancer Using Cell-Free DNA Fragmentomes" (2022, Cancer Discovery)
  • "Weak Induction of Interferon Expression by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Supports Clinical Trials of Interferon-λ to Treat Early Coronavirus Disease 2019" (2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases)
  • "COVID-19 serology at population scale: SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody responses in saliva" (2020, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Shruti H. Mehta
  • Yukari C. Manabe
  • Gregory D. Kirk
  • Andrea L. Cox
  • Annukka A.R. Antar

David L. Thomas has contributed to numerous publications appearing in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Viral Hepatitis
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases

In recognition of their scientific contributions, they were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1994.

Best Publications

  • Development of a simple noninvasive index to predict significant fibrosis in patients with HIV/HCV coinfection

    Richard K. Sterling;Eduardo Lissen;Eduardo Lissen;Nathan Clumeck;Ricard Sola

  • Diagnosis, management, and treatment of hepatitis C: An update

    Marc G. Ghany;Doris B. Strader;David L. Thomas;Leonard B. Seeff

  • Genetic variation in IL28B and spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus

    David L. Thomas;Chloe L Thio;Maureen P. Martin;Ying Qi

  • Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment of Hepatitis C

    Doris B. Strader;Teresa Wright;Teresa Wright;David L. Thomas;Leonard B. Seeff;Leonard B. Seeff

  • Antiretroviral Treatment of Adult HIV Infection: 2012 Recommendations of the International Antiviral Society–USA Panel

    Huldrych F Gunthard;Judith A Aberg;Joseph J Eron;Jennifer Frances Hoy

  • Multimodal population brain imaging in the UK Biobank prospective epidemiological study

    Karla L Miller;Fidel Alfaro-Almagro;Neal K Bangerter;David L Thomas

  • Carotid artery stenting compared with endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis (International Carotid Stenting Study): an interim analysis of a randomised controlled trial

    Jörg Ederle;Joanna Dobson;Joanna Dobson;Roland L. Featherstone;Leo H. Bonati;Leo H. Bonati

  • An Update on Treatment of Genotype 1 Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection: 2011 Practice Guideline by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

    Marc G. Ghany;David R. Nelson;Doris B. Strader;David L. Thomas

  • The Natural History of Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Host, Viral, and Environmental Factors

    David L. Thomas;Jacquie Astemborski;Rudra M. Rai;Frank A. Anania

  • HLA and NK Cell Inhibitory Receptor Genes in Resolving Hepatitis C Virus Infection

    Salim I. Khakoo;Chloe L. Thio;Maureen P. Martin;Collin R. Brooks

  • HIV-1, hepatitis B virus, and risk of liver-related mortality in the Multicenter Cohort Study (MACS)

    Chloe L Thio;Eric C Seaberg;Richard Skolasky;John Phair

  • Hepatotoxicity associated with antiretroviral therapy in adults infected with human immunodeficiency virus and the role of hepatitis C or B virus infection.

    Mark S. Sulkowski;David L. Thomas;Richard E. Chaisson;Richard D. Moore

  • Prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus among persons with hepatitis C virus infection in the United States.

    Shruti H. Mehta;Frederick L. Brancati;Mark S. Sulkowski;Steffanie A. Strathdee

  • A variant upstream of IFNL3 (IL28B) creating a new interferon gene IFNL4 is associated with impaired clearance of hepatitis C virus

    Ludmila Prokunina-Olsson;Brian Muchmore;Wei Tang;Ruth M Pfeiffer

  • Deployment of convalescent plasma for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19.

    Evan M. Bloch;Shmuel Shoham;Arturo Casadevall;Bruce S. Sachais

  • Severe Community-Onset Pneumonia in Healthy Adults Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carrying the Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes

    John S. Francis;Meg C. Doherty;Uri Lopatin;Cecilia P. Johnston

  • Measuring cerebral blood flow using magnetic resonance imaging techniques

    Fernando Calamante;David L. Thomas;Gaby S. Pell;Jonna Wiersma

  • Occult hepatitis B

    Michael Torbenson;David L Thomas

  • Hepatotoxicity associated with nevirapine or efavirenz-containing antiretroviral therapy: role of hepatitis C and B infections.

    Mark S. Sulkowski;David L. Thomas;David L. Thomas;Shruti H. Mehta;Richard E. Chaisson

  • Persistence of Viremia and the Importance of Long Term Follow-up after Acute Hepatitis C Infection

    Stephen A. Villano;David Vlahov;Kenrad E. Nelson;Sylvia Cohn

Frequent Co-Authors

Shruti H. Mehta
Shruti H. Mehta Johns Hopkins University
Mark S. Sulkowski
Mark S. Sulkowski Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
David Vlahov
David Vlahov Yale University
Jacquie Astemborski
Jacquie Astemborski Johns Hopkins University
Sebastien Ourselin
Sebastien Ourselin King's College London
Nick C. Fox
Nick C. Fox University College London
Chloe L. Thio
Chloe L. Thio Johns Hopkins University
Stuart C. Ray
Stuart C. Ray Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Gregory D. Kirk
Gregory D. Kirk Johns Hopkins University
Thomas C. Quinn
Thomas C. Quinn Johns Hopkins University

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