Donald A. Harn, Jr.
- Title
- Professor of Tropical Public Health
- dharn@hsph.harvard.edu
- Telephone
- 617-432-1257
- Fax
- 617-432-2082
- Department
- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases
- School
- Harvard School of Public Health
- Regions of Interest
- Latin American Region-wide or Comparative Work
- Countries of Interest
- Venezuela, Mexico, Cuba, Brazil
- Areas of Expertise
- Public Health, Medicine
- Mailing Address
- Harvard School of Public Health Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases 677 Huntington Avenue, Bldg 1, Rm 805 Boston, MA 02115
- Office Location
- Bldg 1, Rm 805
- Research Interest
- Vaccine development for schistosomiasis and dengue; impact of helminth parasites on malaria and HIV infection
- Web Page
- http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/faculty/DonaldHarn.html
- Courses
- IMI 225, “Design and development of Vaccines.” 1MI 216, “Immunology of Infectious Diseases.”
- Publications
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Suruki RY, Mueller N, Hayashi K, Harn D, DeGruttola V, Raker CA, Tsubouchi H, Stuver SO. Host immune status and incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma among subjects infected with hepatitis C virus: a nested case-control study in Japan. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2006 Dec;15(12):2521-5.
Pashov AD, Plaxco J, Kaveri SV, Monzavi-Karbassi B, Harn D, Kieber-Emmons T.Multiple antigenic mimotopes of HIV carbohydrate antigens: relating structure and antigenicity. J Biol Chem. 2006 Oct 6;281(40):29675-83. Epub 2006 Aug 9.
Atochina O, Harn D. Prevention of psoriasis-like lesions development in fsn/fsn mice by helminth glycans. Exp Dermatol. 2006 Jun;15(6):461-8.
Da'Dara AA, Lautsch N, Dudek T, Novitsky V, Lee TH, Essex M, Harn DA. Helminth infection suppresses T-cell immune response to HIV-DNA-based vaccine in mice. Vaccine. 2006 Jun 12;24(24):5211-9. Epub 2006 Apr 18.
Birmann BM, Mueller NE, Okayama A, Hsieh CC, Tsubouchi H, Harn D, Stuver SO. Patterns of serum type 1 and type 2 immune markers in healthy carriers of HTLV-I. J Med Virol. 2006 Jun;78(6):847-52.