Andrew Spielman

Title

 Professor of Tropical Public Health, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Email

 aspielma@hsph.harvard.edu

Telephone

 617-432-2058

Fax

 617-432-1796

Department

 Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases

School

 Harvard School of Public Health

Regions of Interest

  Latin American Region-wide or Comparative Work, Caribbean Region

Countries of Interest

  Venezuela, Spain

Areas of Expertise

  Public Health

Mailing Address

 Harvard School of Public Health 665 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115

Office Location

 Longwood Campus

Research Interest

 Epidemiology of vector-borne infection

Web Page

 http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/faculty/AndrewSpielman.html

Courses

 

Publications

 

1.      Burke G, Wikel SK, Spielman A, Telford SR 3^rd, McKay K, Krause PJ and the Tick-borne Infection Study Group.  2005.  Hypersensitivity to ticks and Lyme Disease Risk. Emerg Infect Dis. 11:36-41.

2.      Camacho AT, Guitian FJ, Pallas E, Gestali JJ, Olmeda AS, Goethert H, Telford III SR and A Spielman.  2005.  Serum protein response and renal failure in canine Babesia annae infection.  Vet Research.

3.      Camacho AT, Guitian FJ, Pallas E, Gestali JJ, Olmeda AS, Habela MA, Telford III SR and A Spielman.  2005.  Theileria (Babesia) equi and Babesia caballi Infections in Horses in Galicia, Spain.  Trop Anim Health Prod 37:293-302.

4.      Telford SR and A Spielman. 2005. Babesiosis of Humans.  in FEG Cox, D Wakelin, SH Gillespie, DD Despommier (eds.) Microbiology and Microbial Infections, tenth Edition.  Topley & Wilson's. pp. 451-463.

5.      Trager L, Spielman A and L Simpson. 2005. Malaria, not down and certainly not out. Am J Trop Med Hyg 73:824-825.

6.      Reimer LJ, Tripet F, Slotman M, Spielman A, Fondjo E and GC Lanzaro.  2005. An unusual distribution of the kdr gene among populations of Anopheles gambiae on the island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea. Insect Mol Biol 14:683-688.

7.      Borggraefe I, Yuan J, Telford SR 3rd, Menon S, Hunter R, Shah S, Spielman A, Gelfand JA, Wortis HH and E Vannier. 2006. Babesia microti Primarily Invades Mature Erythrocytes in Mice. Infect Immun. 74:3204-12.

8.      Yasuoka J, Mangione TW, Spielman A and R Levins. 2006. Impact of education on knowledge, agricultural practices, and community actions for mosquito control and mosquito-borne disease prevention in rice ecosystems in Sri Lanka. Am J Trop Med Hyg 74: 1034-1042.

9.      Yasouka J, Levins R, Mangione TW and A Spielman. 2006. Community-based rice ecosystem management for suppressing vector anophelines in Sri Lanka. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg., in press.