Dr. Christopher Dwight Huston M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
111 Colchester Ave Burlington VT, 05401Rating
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Dr. Christopher Huston is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Burlington, VT. Dr. Huston 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
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medicine Research, Pondicherry University 1994
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Parasite and host contributions to the pathogenesis of amebic colitis.
- Identification and characterization of EhABC A1, an Entamoeba histolytica Group A ABC transporter with similarity to Ced-7.
- Participation of the serine-rich Entamoeba histolytica protein in amebic phagocytosis of apoptotic host cells.
- Evidence of a continuous endoplasmic reticulum in the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica.
- C1q- and collectin-dependent phagocytosis of apoptotic host cells by the intestinal protozoan Entamoeba histolytica.
- Evidence for a novel Entamoeba histolytica lectin activity that recognises carbohydrates present on ovalbumin.
- A Sequential Model of Host Cell Killing and Phagocytosis by Entamoeba histolytica.
- Control of Entamoeba histolytica adherence involves metallosurface protease 1, an M8 family surface metalloprotease with homology to leishmanolysin.
- Entamoeba histolytica cell surface calreticulin binds human c1q and functions in amebic phagocytosis of host cells.
- Feed-forward regulation of phagocytosis by Entamoeba histolytica.
- Drug repurposing screen reveals FDA-approved inhibitors of human HMG-CoA reductase and isoprenoid synthesis that block Cryptosporidium parvum growth.
- Drug repurposing: mining protozoan proteomes for targets of known bioactive compounds.
- SNAP-tag technology optimized for use in Entamoeba histolytica.
- Identification of Cryptosporidium parvum active chemical series by Repurposing the open access malaria box.
Fellowships
- University of Virginia Health Sciences Center - Infectious Disease
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