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William A. Blattner is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with particular focus on subfields such as Virology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Neurology.

The scientist's work addresses several topics related to HIV/AIDS, including HIV Research and Treatment, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, HIV-related health complications and treatments, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Cervical Cancer and HPV Research, and HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations.

Frequent publication venues for their scholarly output include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • AIDS Research and Therapy
  • Scientific Reports
  • Virology Journal

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by William A. Blattner include:

  • "Immune status, and not HIV infection or exposure, drives the development of the oral microbiota" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Elevated Plasma Levels of sCD14 and MCP-1 Are Associated With HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorders Among Antiretroviral-Naive Individuals in Nigeria" (2020, JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes)
  • "Epidemiologic and viral predictors of antiretroviral drug resistance among persons living with HIV in a large treatment program in Nigeria" (2020, AIDS Research and Therapy)
  • "Predictors of first-line antiretroviral therapy failure among adults and adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in a large prevention and treatment program in Nigeria" (2020, AIDS Research and Therapy)
  • "High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Persistence and Anal Microbiota Among Nigerian Men Who Have Sex With Men Living With or At Risk for HIV" (2020, JCO Global Oncology)

William A. Blattner collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Manhattan Charurat, Nicaise Ndembi, Trevor A. Crowell, Jibreel Jumare, and Peter Alabi.

Best Publications

  • Identification and characterization of transmitted and early founder virus envelopes in primary HIV-1 infection

    Brandon F. Keele;Elena E. Giorgi;Elena E. Giorgi;Jesus F. Salazar-Gonzalez;Julie M. Decker

  • A cancer family syndrome in twenty-four kindreds.

    Frederick P. Li;Joseph F. Fraumeni;John J. Mulvihill;William A. Blattner

  • Germ-line transmission of a mutated p53 gene in a cancer-prone family with Li-Fraumeni syndrome.

    Shiv Srivastava;Zhiqiang Zou;Kathleen Pirollo;William Blattner

  • Combination antiretroviral strategies for the treatment of pregnant HIV-1-infected women and prevention of perinatal HIV-1 transmission.

    Ellen R. Cooper;Manhattan Charurat;Lynne Mofenson;I. Celine Hanson

  • Influence of combinations of human major histocompatibility complex genes on the course of HIV–1 infection

    Richard A. Kaslow;Mary Carrington;R. Apple;L. Park

  • Initial B-Cell Responses to Transmitted Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1: Virion-Binding Immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG Antibodies Followed by Plasma Anti-gp41 Antibodies with Ineffective Control of Initial Viremia

    Georgia D. Tomaras;Nicole L. Yates;Pinghuang Liu;Li Qin

  • The human type-C retrovirus, HTLV, in blacks from the Caribbean region, and relationship to adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma

    W A Blattner;V S Kalyanaraman;M Robert-Guroff;T A Lister

  • A Prospective Study of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection and the Development of AIDS in Subjects with Hemophilia

    James J. Goedert;Craig M. Kessler;Louis M. Aledort;Robert J. Biggar

  • ADULT T-CELL LYMPHOMA-LEUKAEMIA IN BLACKS FROM THE WEST INDIES

    D Catovsky;M Rose;A.W.G Goolden;J.M White

  • Infective dermatitis of Jamaican children: a marker for HTLV-I infection.

    W. Blattner;L. LaGrenade;B. Hanchard;V. Fletcher

  • Modelling the risk of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma in persons infected with human T-lymphotropic virus type I.

    E. L. Murphy;B. Hanchard;J. P. Figueroa;W. N. Gibbs

  • Clinical course of retrovirus-associated adult T-cell lymphoma in the United States.

    Paul A. Bunn;Geraldine P. Schechter;Elaine Jaffe;Douglas Blayney

  • Cancer Incidence in Nigeria: A Report from Population-based Cancer Registries

    Elima Jedy-Agba;Maria Paula Curado;Olufemi Ogunbiyi;Emmanuel Oga

  • Screening Test for HTLV-III (AIDS Agent) Antibodies: Specificity, Sensitivity, and Applications

    Stanley H. Weiss;James J. Goedert;M. G. Sarngadharan;Anne J. Bodner

  • Serum HIV-1 RNA levels and time to development of AIDS in the Multicenter Hemophilia Cohort Study

    Thomas R. O'Brien;William A. Blattner;David Waters;M. Elaine Eyster

  • Prevalence of antibodies to HTLV-I, -II, and -III in intravenous drug abusers from an AIDS endemic region.

    Marjorie Robert-Guroff;Stanley H. Weiss;Jose A. Giron;Andrea M. Jennings

  • DETERMINANTS OF RETROVIRUS (HTLV-III) ANTIBODY AND IMMUNODEFICIENCY CONDITIONS IN HOMOSEXUAL MEN

    James J. Goedert;Robert J. Biggar;Deborah M. Winn;Mark H. Greene

  • Non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma among people with AIDS: Incidence, presentation and public health burden

    Timothy R. Coté;Robert J. Biggar;Philip S. Rosenberg;Susan S. Devesa

  • Effect of T4 count and cofactors on the incidence of AIDS in homosexual men infected with human immunodeficiency virus.

    James J. Goedert;Robert J. Biggar;Mads Melbye;Dean L. Mann

  • Sexual transmission of human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I).

    E L Murphy;J P Figueroa;W N Gibbs;A Brathwaite

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert C. Gallo
Robert C. Gallo University of South Florida
James J. Goedert
James J. Goedert National Institutes of Health
Robert J. Biggar
Robert J. Biggar National Institutes of Health
Dean L. Mann
Dean L. Mann University of Maryland, Baltimore
Elaine S. Jaffe
Elaine S. Jaffe National Institutes of Health
Edward L. Murphy
Edward L. Murphy University of California, San Francisco
Marjorie Robert-Guroff
Marjorie Robert-Guroff National Institutes of Health
Clement Adebamowo
Clement Adebamowo University of Maryland, Baltimore
Linda Morris Brown
Linda Morris Brown RTI International
Joseph F. Fraumeni
Joseph F. Fraumeni National Institutes of Health

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