John R. David

Title

 Richard Pearson Strong Professor Emeritus at the Harvard School of Public Health, Professor of Medicine, HMS

Email

 jdavid@hsph.harvard.edu

Telephone

 212-414-8646

Fax

 617-738-4914

Department

 Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases

School

 Harvard School of Public Health

Countries of Interest

  Cuba, Brazil

Areas of Expertise

  Public Health, Medicine

Mailing Address

 300 W 23rd Street, Apt 13K New York, New York 10011

Office Location

 Building I Room 811

Research Interest

 Mechanism of cytokines, especially the biological role of migration inhibitory factor (MIF); development of methods to control schistosomiasis and leishmaniasis; vaccines

Web Page

 http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/facres/dvd.html

Courses

 

Publications

 Bozza M, Satoskar AR, Lin G, Lu B, Humbles AA, Gerard C, David JR. Targeted disruption of MIF gene revealed its critical role in sepsis. J Exp Med. 1999; 189:341-346.

David JR, Stamm LM, Bezerra HS, Souza RN, Killick-Kendrick R, Lima JW Deltamethrin- impregnated dog collars have a potent anti-feeding and insecticidal effect on Lutzomyia longipalpis and Lutzomyia migonei. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2001, 96(6):839-47.

Reithinger R, Mohsen M, Wahid M, Bismullah M, Quinnell RJ, Davies CR, Kolaczinski J, David JR. Efficacy of thermotherapy to treat cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica in Kabul, Afghanistan: a randomized, controlled trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2005 40:1148-55 323

Lobo IMF. Soares MBP, Correia TM, de Freitas LAR, Oliveira MI, Nakatania M, Netto E, Badaro R, David JR. Heat therapy for cutaneous leishmaniasis elicits a systemic cytokine response similar to that of antimonial (Glucantime) therapy. Trans Roy Soc Trop Med Hyg 2006 100:642-649 July