Dr. Jason H Barker MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
200 Hawkins Dr Iowa City IA, 52242About
Dr. Jason Barker is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Iowa City, IA. Dr. Barker specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Education and Training
Baylor College of Medicine 1999
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Natural IgM mediates complement-dependent uptake of Francisella tularensis by human neutrophils via complement receptors 1 and 3 in nonimmune serum.
- Attenuation of Leishmania infantum chagasi metacyclic promastigotes by sterol depletion.
- Metabolic labeling to characterize the overall composition of Francisella lipid A
- Evidence Suggesting That Francisella tularensis O-Antigen Capsule Contains a Lipid A-Like Molecule That Is Structurally Distinct from the More Abundant Free Lipid A.
- High-affinity caspase-4 binding to LPS presented as high molecular mass aggregates or in outer membrane vesicles.
- Bacterial lipoproteins and other factors released by Francisella tularensis modulate human neutrophil lifespan: Effects of a TLR1 SNP on apoptosis inhibition.
Fellowships
- Infectious Disease, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
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