Dr. Laura Ann Guay MD
Infectious Disease Specialist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Infectious Diseases
600 N Wolfe St Carnegie 443 Baltimore MD, 21287About
Dr. Laura Guay is a pediatric infectious disease specialist practicing in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Guay specializes in recurring or persistent diseases caused by bacteria, parasites or fungus in infants, children and adolescents. Pediatric infectious disease specialists also provide consultation to other health care professionals dealing with complex cases.
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PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A phase I/II study of the safety and pharmacokinetics of nevirapine in HIV-1-infected pregnant Ugandan women and their neonates (HIVNET 006).
- Intrapartum and neonatal single-dose nevirapine compared with zidovudine for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 in Kampala, Uganda: HIVNET 012 randomised trial.
- From research to implementation: challenges in the prevention of mother to child HIV transmission in the developing world.
- Impact of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) subtype on women receiving single-dose nevirapine prophylaxis to prevent hiv-1 vertical transmission (hiv network for prevention trials 012 study).
- Intrapartum and neonatal single-dose nevirapine compared with zidovudine for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 in Kampala, Uganda: 18-month follow-up of the HIVNET 012 randomised trial.
- Comparison of nevirapine (NVP) resistance in Ugandan women 7 days vs. 6-8 weeks after single-dose nvp prophylaxis: HIVNET 012.
- The costs associated with adverse event procedures for an international HIV clinical trial determined by activity-based costing.
- Total lymphocyte count: not a surrogate marker for risk of death in HIV-infected Ugandan children.
- Predictors of early and late mother-to-child transmission of HIV in a breastfeeding population: HIV Network for Prevention Trials 012 experience, Kampala, Uganda.
- Early weaning of HIV-exposed uninfected infants and risk of serious gastroenteritis: Findings from two perinatal HIV prevention trials in Kampala, Uganda.
- Long-term follow-up of children in the HIVNET 012 perinatal HIV prevention trial: five-year growth and survival.
- Enhanced production of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 by in vitro-infected alveolar macrophages from otherwise healthy cigarette smokers.
- Detection of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) DNA and p24 antigen in breast milk of HIV-1-infected Ugandan women and vertical transmission.
- Mediation of entry of human immunodeficiency virus-1 into alveolar macrophages by CD4 without facilitation by surfactant-associated protein-A.
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