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Sheila A. Lukehart is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on infectious diseases, with significant emphasis on syphilis diagnosis and treatment, reproductive tract infections, and related microbiological and epidemiological studies.

The scientist's work spans several main fields of study, including Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their research activities also cover multiple subfields, such as Physiology, Microbiology, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Sociology and Political Science.

The main topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Reproductive tract infections research
  • Virology and Viral Diseases
  • Sex work and related issues
  • HIV, TB, and STIs Epidemiology
  • HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations
  • Forensic and Genetic Research

Sheila A. Lukehart has published numerous papers, including recent works such as:

  • "Global phylogeny of Treponema pallidum lineages reveals recent expansion and spread of contemporary syphilis," 2021, Nature Microbiology
  • "Treponema pallidum genome sequencing from six continents reveals variability in vaccine candidate genes and dominance of Nichols clade strains in Madagascar," 2021, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • "Advancing the understanding of treponemal disease in the past and present," 2020, American Journal of Physical Anthropology
  • "Previous Syphilis Alters the Course of Subsequent Episodes of Syphilis," 2021, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • "Longitudinal TprK profiling of in vivo and in vitro-propagated Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum reveals accumulation of antigenic variants in absence of immune pressure," 2021, PLoS neglected tropical diseases

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, PLoS neglected tropical diseases, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

Sheila A. Lukehart has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Lorenzo Giacani
  • Charmie Godornes
  • Natàlia Casamitjana
  • Barbara J. Molini
  • Nicole A. P. Lieberman

Best Publications

  • Biological Basis for Syphilis

    Rebecca E. LaFond;Sheila A. Lukehart

  • Invasion of the central nervous system by Treponema pallidum: implications for diagnosis and treatment.

    Sheila A. Lukehart;Edward W. Hook;Sharon A. Baker-Zander;Ann C. Collier

  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Abnormalities in Patients with Syphilis: Association with Clinical and Laboratory Features

    Christina M. Marra;Clare L. Maxwell;Stacy L. Smith;Sheila A. Lukehart

  • Genital ulceration as a risk factor for human immunodeficiency virus infection

    R M Greenblatt;S A Lukehart;F A Plummer;T C Quinn

  • Macrolide resistance in Treponema pallidum in the United States and Ireland

    Sheila A. Lukehart;Charmie Godornes;Barbara J. Molini;Patricia Sonnett

  • Common strategies for antigenic variation by bacterial, fungal and protozoan pathogens

    Kirk W. Deitsch;Sheila A. Lukehart;James R. Stringer

  • Neurologic relapse after benzathine penicillin therapy for secondary syphilis in a patient with HIV infection.

    Carol Dawn Berry;Thomas M. Hooton;Ann C. Collier;Sheila A. Lukehart

  • Enhanced Molecular Typing of Treponema pallidum: Geographical Distribution of Strain Types and Association with Neurosyphilis

    Christina M. Marra;Sharon K. Sahi;Lauren C. Tantalo;Charmie Godornes

  • Syphilis: using modern approaches to understand an old disease

    Emily L. Ho;Sheila A. Lukehart

  • Sensitive detection of Treponema pallidum by using the polymerase chain reaction.

    J. M. Burstain;E. Grimprel;S. A. Lukehart;Michael V Norgard

  • The endemic treponematoses.

    Georg Michael Antal;Sheila A. Lukehart;André Z. Meheus

  • Photochemical treatment of platelet concentrates with amotosalen and long-wavelength ultraviolet light inactivates a broad spectrum of pathogenic bacteria.

    Lily Lin;Roberta Dikeman;Barbara Molini;Sheila A. Lukehart

  • The Endemic Treponematoses

    Lorenzo Giacani;Sheila A. Lukehart

  • The response of symptomatic neurosyphilis to high-dose intravenous penicillin G in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.

    Steven M. Gordon;Molly E. Eaton;Rob George;Sandra Larsen

  • Gene conversion: a mechanism for generation of heterogeneity in the tprK gene of Treponema pallidum during infection.

    Arturo Centurion-Lara;Rebecca E. LaFond;Karin Hevner;Charmie Godornes

  • The wide utility of rabbits as models of human diseases

    Pedro J. Esteves;Joana Abrantes;Hanna Mari Baldauf;Lbachir BenMohamed

  • Treponema pallidum Major Sheath Protein Homologue Tpr K Is a Target of Opsonic Antibody and the Protective Immune Response

    Arturo Centurion-Lara;Christa Castro;Lynn Barrett;Caroline Cameron

  • Normalization of Serum Rapid Plasma Reagin Titer Predicts Normalization of Cerebrospinal Fluid and Clinical Abnormalities after Treatment of Neurosyphilis

    Christina M. Marra;Clare L. Maxwell;Lauren C. Tantalo;Sharon K. Sahi

  • Identification of Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum in a 200-year-old skeletal specimen.

    Connie J. Kolman;Arturo Centurion-Lara;Sheila A. Lukehart;Douglas W. Owsley

  • Azithromycin-resistant syphilis infection: San Francisco, California, 2000-2004.

    Samuel J. Mitchell;Joseph Engelman;Charlotte K. Kent;Sheila A. Lukehart

  • Opsonic Potential, Protective Capacity, and Sequence Conservation of the Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum Tp92

    Caroline E. Cameron;Sheila A. Lukehart;Christa Castro;Barbara Molini

Frequent Co-Authors

Wesley C. Van Voorhis
Wesley C. Van Voorhis University of Washington
Nicholas R. Thomson
Nicholas R. Thomson Wellcome Sanger Institute
Quique Bassat
Quique Bassat University of Barcelona
Matthew R. Golden
Matthew R. Golden University of Washington
Edward W. Hook
Edward W. Hook University of Alabama at Birmingham
H. Hunter Handsfield
H. Hunter Handsfield University of Washington
David Mabey
David Mabey London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
King K. Holmes
King K. Holmes University of Washington
Justin D. Radolf
Justin D. Radolf University of Connecticut Health Center
Laura E. Via
Laura E. Via National Institutes of Health

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