Dr. Francis A Ennis M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
55 Lake Ave N Department Of Infect Worcester MA, 01655About
Dr. Francis Ennis is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Worcester, MA. Dr. Ennis 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
Tufts Univ Sch of Med, Boston Ma 1964
Tufts University School of Medicine 1964
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Early immune activation in acute dengue illness is related to development of plasma leakage and disease severity.
- Bystander target cell lysis and cytokine production by dengue virus-specific human CD4(+) cytotoxic T-lymphocyte clones.
- Immunopathogenesis of Dengue hemorrhagic fever.
- Impaired T cell proliferation in acute dengue infection.
- IL-1 is an effective adjuvant for mucosal and systemic immune responses when coadministered with protein immunogens.
- Human CD8+ and CD4+ T lymphocyte memory to influenza A viruses of swine and avian species.
- Human memory cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) responses to Hantaan virus infection: identification of virus-specific and cross-reactive CD8(+) CTL epitopes on nucleocapsid protein.
- High-yield reassortant influenza vaccine production virus has a mutation at an HLA-A 2.1-restricted CD8+ CTL epitope on the NS1 protein.
- Augmentation of human influenza A virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte memory by influenza vaccine and adjuvanted carriers (ISCOMS).
- Partial agonist effect influences the CTL response to a heterologous dengue virus serotype.
- Elevated plasma interleukin-10 levels in acute dengue correlate with disease severity.
- Early CD69 expression on peripheral blood lymphocytes from children with dengue hemorrhagic fever.
- High levels of viremia in patients with the Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.
- Dengue viremia titer, antibody response pattern, and virus serotype correlate with disease severity.
- Sensitive neutralization test for rubella antibody.
Professional Memberships
- Member UMass Memorial Medical Group
Fellowships
- Ntnl Institute Of Health, MD, Fellow 1966
- Cornell & The New York Hosp., Fellow 1968
Dr. Francis A Ennis M.D.'s Practice location
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