Dr. Carter Lee Diggs MD
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
1300 Pennsylvania Ave Room 3 07-013 Washington DC, 20523About
Carter Diggs is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Washington, DC. Diggs specializes in the health of individuals, communities, and particular populations, focusing on how to protect and maintain health as well as prevent disease and dangers. As a preventative health specialist, Diggs participates in the planning and evaluation of health services, researches diseases in specific populations and helps manage health care organizations. Preventative medicine specialists can specialize further in aerospace medicine, occupational medicine, or public health and general preventive medicine.
Education and Training
Va Commonwealth Univ, Med Coll of Va Sch of Med, Richmond Va 1960
Virginia Commonwealth University / Medical College of Virginia School of Medic 1960
Board Certification
Preventative MedicineAmerican Board of Preventative MedicineABPM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Humoral immunity in rodent malaria. III: Studies on the site of antibody action.
- The cellular and humoral immune response to Schistosoma mansoni infections in inbred rats. I. Mechanisms during initial exposure.
- Delayed-type hypersensitivity in volunteers immunized with a synthetic multi-antigen peptide vaccine (PfCS-MAP1NYU) against Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites.
- Immunization of Aotus trivirgatus against Plasmodium falciparum with irradiated blood forms.
- Immunization of Aotus trivirgatus against Plasmodium falciparum with irradiated blood forms.
- Immediate-type hypersensitivity and other clinical reactions in volunteers immunized with a synthetic multi-antigen peptide vaccine (PfCS-MAP1NYU) against Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites.
- Development and pre-clinical analysis of a Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein-1(42) malaria vaccine.
- Coxsackie B-5 infections.
- Dermatomyositis with cystic fibrosis (honeycombing) of the lung. Case report.
- COMMENTS ON THE ANTIGENIC ANALYSIS OF PLASMODIA.
- SEROLOGICAL CROSS REACTIVITY BETWEEN PLASMODIUM VIVAX AND PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM
- Pre-clinical evaluation of the malaria vaccine candidate P. falciparum MSP1(42) formulated with novel adjuvants or with alum.
- The major merozoite surface protein as a malaria vaccine target.
- The clinical-grade 42-kilodalton fragment of merozoite surface protein 1 of Plasmodium falciparum strain FVO expressed in Escherichia coli protects Aotus nancymai against challenge with homologous erythrocytic-stage parasites.
- Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 in blood, plasma, and serum.
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