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Overview

Thomas J. Spira is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Medicine, with particular attention to subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Virology, and General Health Professions.

The main topics covered in their work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk, HIV Research and Treatment, and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Spira include:

  • Development, Assessment, and Outcomes of a Community-Based Model of Antiretroviral Care in Western Kenya Through a Cluster-Randomized Control Trial (2021), published in JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • Qualitative exploration of perceived benefits of care and barriers influencing HIV care in trans Nzoia, Kenya (2020), published in BMC Health Services Research

Frequent co-authors in Spira's research include:

  • Suzanne Goodrich
  • Abraham Siika
  • Violet Naanyu
  • Moses Bateganya
  • Cathy Toroitich-Ruto

The scientist's publications have appeared frequently in notable venues such as JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and BMC Health Services Research.

Best Publications

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Associated with Transfusions

    Curran Jw;Lawrence Dn;Jaffe H;Kaplan Je

  • Seroconversion to antibodies against Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-related latent nuclear antigens before the development of Kaposi's sarcoma

    Shou Jiang Gao;Lawrence Kingsley;Donald R. Hoover;Thomas J. Spira

  • HIV-1 Infection Among Intravenous Drug Users in Manhattan, New York City, From 1977 Through 1987

    Don C. Des Jarlais;Samuel R. Friedman;David M. Novick;Jo L. Sotheran

  • National Case-Control Study of Kaposi's Sarcoma and Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia in Homosexual Men: Part 1, Epidemiologic Results

    Harold W. Jaffe;Keewhan Choi;Pauline A. Thomas;Harry W. Haverkos

  • Tuberculosis atypical mycobacteriosis and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome among Haitian and non-Haitian patients in South Florida.

    Arthur E. Pitchenik;Clifford Cole;Bertrand W. Russell;Margaret A. Fischl

  • The emergence of HIV/AIDS in the Americas and beyond

    M. Thomas P. Gilbert;Andrew Rambaut;Gabriela Wlasiuk;Thomas J. Spira

  • Opportunistic Infections and Kaposi's Sarcoma Among Haitians: Evidence of a New Acquired Immunodeficiency State

    Arthur E. Pitchenik;Margaret A. Fischl;Gordon M. Dickinson;Daniel M. Becker

  • AIDS — An Immunologic Reevaluation

    Maxime Seligmann;Leonard Chess;John L. Fahey;Anthony S. Fauci

  • Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection prior to onset of Kaposi's sarcoma

    Patrick S. Moore;Lawrence A. Kingsley;Scott D. Holmberg;Thomas Spira

  • Acquired immune deficiency in Haitians: opportunistic infections in previously healthy Haitian immigrants.

    Jeffrey Vieira;Elliot Frank;Thomas J. Spira;Sheldon H. Landesman

  • Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome with severe gastrointestinal manifestations in Haiti

    R Malebranche;J.M Guérin;A.C Laroche;R Elie

  • National Case-Control Study of Kaposi's Sarcoma and Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia in Homosexual Men: Part 2, Laboratory Results

    Martha F. Rogers;David M. Morens;John A. Stewart;Rose M. Kaminski

  • DIRECT DETECTION OF HIV RNA EXPRESSION IN SEROPOSITIVE SUBJECTS

    Clyde Hart;Thomas Spira;Jennifer Moore;John Sninsky

  • Protein S deficiency in men with long-term human immunodeficiency virus infection

    Claire Philipp Stahl;Carol S. Wideman;Thomas J. Spira;Elizabeth C. Haff

  • Applying public health strategies to primary immunodeficiency diseases: a potential approach to genetic disorders.

    Lindegren Ml;Kobrynski L;Rasmussen Sa;Moore Ca

  • Alternative Algorithms for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Diagnosis Using Tests That Are Licensed in the United States

    S. M. Owen;C. Yang;T. Spira;C. Y. Ou

  • Immunoregulatory subsets of the T helper and T suppressor cell populations in homosexual men with chronic unexplained lymphadenopathy.

    J K Nicholson;J S McDougal;T J Spira;G D Cross

  • Antibodies to the core protein of lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV) in patients with AIDS

    V S Kalyanaraman;C D Cabradilla;J P Getchell;R Narayanan

  • Idiopathic CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia--an analysis of five patients with unexplained opportunistic infections.

    Thomas J. Spira;Bonnie M. Jones;Janet Nicholson;Renu B. Lal

  • Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in male prisoners. New insights into an emerging syndrome.

    Gary P. Wormser;Lauren B. Krupp;John P. Hanrahan;Gustave Gavis

  • AIDS—AN IMMUNOLOGIC REEVALUATION

    M. Seligmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan E. Kaplan
Jonathan E. Kaplan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Harold W. Jaffe
Harold W. Jaffe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Philip E. Pellett
Philip E. Pellett Wayne State University
Daniel B. Fishbein
Daniel B. Fishbein Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Renu B. Lal
Renu B. Lal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Lawrence B. Schonberger
Lawrence B. Schonberger Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Wing C. Chan
Wing C. Chan City of Hope
Robert C. Holman
Robert C. Holman Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Margaret A. Fischl
Margaret A. Fischl University of Miami
Donna Mildvan
Donna Mildvan Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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