Dr. Merlin Lee Robb M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Infectious Diseases
WRAMC Bldg 2, Department o Washington DC, 20307About
Dr. Merlin Robb is a pediatric infectious disease specialist practicing in Washington, DC. Dr. Robb 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- Forty-one near full-length HIV-1 sequences from Kenya reveal an epidemic of subtype A and A-containing recombinants.
- Among 46 near full length HIV type 1 genome sequences from Rakai District, Uganda, subtype D and AD recombinants predominate.
- Higher HIV-1 incidence and genetic complexity along main roads in Rakai District, Uganda.
- Distinguishing molecular forms of HIV-1 in Asia with a high-throughput, fluorescent genotyping assay, MHAbce v.2.
- HIV-1 genetic diversity and compartmentalization in mother/infant pairs infected with CRF01_AE.
- Failure of the Merck HIV vaccine: an uncertain step forward.
- Elevated natural killer cell activity despite altered functional and phenotypic profile in Ugandans with HIV-1 clade A or clade D infection.
- HIV-1 incidence rates and risk factors in agricultural workers and dependents in rural Kenya: 36-month follow-up of the Kericho HIV cohort study.
- A phase 1/2 study of a multiclade HIV-1 DNA plasmid prime and recombinant adenovirus serotype 5 boost vaccine in HIV-Uninfected East Africans (RV 172).
- High-throughput high-resolution class I HLA genotyping in East Africa.
- Phase I study of safety and immunogenicity of an Escherichia coli-derived recombinant protective antigen (rPA) vaccine to prevent anthrax in adults.
- HIV vaccine development: past, present and future.
- Risk factors for HIV-1 infection in a longitudinal, prospective cohort of adults from the Mbeya Region, Tanzania.
- Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection is associated with increased NK cell polyfunctionality and higher levels of KIR3DL1+ NK cells in ugandans carrying the HLA-B Bw4 motif.
- Innate and adaptive immune responses both contribute to pathological CD4 T cell activation in HIV-1 infected Ugandans.
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