Dr. Maria Anna julia Westerink M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
171 ASHLEY AVE CHARLESTON SC, 29425About
Dr. Maria Westerink is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Toledo, OH. Dr. Westerink 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.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Elderly immune response to a TI-2 antigen: heavy and light chain use and bactericidal activity to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C polysaccharide.
- Molecular analysis of the heavy chain of antibodies that recognize the capsular polysaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis in hu-PBMC reconstituted SCID mice and in the immunized human donor.
- Human immune response to a peptide mimic of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C in hu-PBMC-SCID mice.
- Selection of an immunogenic peptide mimic of the capsular polysaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A using a peptide display library.
- Selection of an immunogenic and protective epitope of the PsaA protein of Streptococcus pneumoniae using a phage display library.
- A DNA vaccine encoding a peptide mimic of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 4 capsular polysaccharide induces specific anti-carbohydrate antibodies in Balb/c mice.
- IL-12-mediated increases in protection elicited by pneumococcal and meningococcal conjugate vaccines.
- Novel vaccine strategies to T-independent antigens.
- Differential V gene expression detected in the immune response to Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular polysaccharide between elderly and young adults.
- A novel approach to study variable heavy chain gene usage in response to the
- Vaccines against polysaccharide antigens.
- Induction of a protective capsular polysaccharide antibody response to a multiepitope DNA vaccine encoding a peptide mimic of meningococcal serogroup C capsular polysaccharide.
- Two different methods result in the selection of peptides that induce a protective antibody response to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C.
- Pluronic F127-based systemic vaccine delivery systems.
- Anti-idiotype induced protection against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C bacteremia.
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