Scott Halstead

Department of Preventive Medicine & Biostatistics,Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, United States of America

Professor Scott Halstead is currently Adjunct Professor at the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, Consultant, The Rockefeller Foundation, New York and Research Director and Senior Advisor, PDVI.

Honors and awards:
1965 Army Commendation Medal
1975 Fogarty International Fellowship
1981 Langmuir Lecture, CDC
1990 Hon. DSc, Mahidol Univ., Bangkok
1990-91 Pres. Amer Soc Trop Med Hyg
1992-96 Pres. Intl Fed. Trop Med
1996 Smadel Lecture, ISDA
1998 Member, Amer. Acad. Microbiology
2000 Kerr White Award, INCLEN
2001 W.M. Taylor Award, ASTMH

Professor Halstead has served on numerous national and international committees, consultantships, advisory boards and journal editorial boards. He has contributed to more than 225 scientific articles published in peer-reviewed medical journals.

Research Interests: Epidemiology and pathogenesis of arboviral infections, especially dengue. International health development policy and programs. Clinical epidemiology. Research on rubella, measles and polio vaccines. Dengue and Japanese encephalitis vaccine research and development.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Infectious Diseases > Tropical & Travel-Associated Diseases (since 14 November 2005)

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  Molecular mechanisms of antibody-mediated neutralisation of flavivirus infection.
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  Antibodies to envelope glycoprotein of dengue virus during the natural course of infection are predominantly cross-reactive and recognize epitopes containing highly conserved residues at the fusion loop of domain II.
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  Guidelines for Plaque-Reduction Neutralization Testing of Human Antibodies to Dengue Viruses.
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  Sonographic findings of healthy volunteers infected with dengue virus.
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  Quality of life of dengue patients.
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  Differences in global gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells indicate a significant role of the innate responses in progression of dengue fever but not dengue hemorrhagic fever.
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  Phenotyping of peripheral blood mononuclear cells during acute dengue illness demonstrates infection and increased activation of monocytes in severe cases compared to classic dengue fever.
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  Ultrasound measurement of gallbladder wall thickening as a diagnostic test and prognostic indicator for severe dengue in pediatric patients.
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  Prospective study to determine accuracy of rapid serological assays for diagnosis of acute dengue virus infection in Laos.
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  Analysis of repeat hospital admissions for dengue to estimate the frequency of third or fourth dengue infections resulting in admissions and dengue hemorrhagic fever, and serotype sequences.
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  Primary human splenic macrophages, but not T or B cells, are the principal target cells for dengue virus infection in vitro.
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  Characterization of the early events in dengue virus cell entry by biochemical assays and single-virus tracking.
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  Dengue virus (DENV) antibody-dependent enhancement of infection upregulates the production of anti-inflammatory cytokines, but suppresses anti-DENV free radical and pro-inflammatory cytokine production, in THP-1 cells.
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  Patterns of host genome-wide gene transcript abundance in the peripheral blood of patients with acute dengue hemorrhagic fever.
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  Evidence of vascular damage in dengue disease: demonstration of high levels of soluble cell adhesion molecules and circulating endothelial cells.
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  Cross-protective immunity can account for the alternating epidemic pattern of dengue virus serotypes circulating in Bangkok.
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  Murine model for dengue virus-induced lethal disease with increased vascular permeability.
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  Ecological and immunological determinants of dengue epidemics.
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  Transmission dynamics and epidemiology of dengue: insights from age-stratified sero-prevalence surveys.
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  Comparative analysis reveals no consistent association between the secondary structure of the 3'-untranslated region of dengue viruses and disease syndrome.
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  Slower rates of clearance of viral load and virus-containing immune complexes in patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever.
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  Evaluation of a commercial dengue NS1 antigen-capture ELISA for laboratory diagnosis of acute dengue virus infection.
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  Secondary dengue virus type 4 infections in Vietnam.
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  An outbreak of primary dengue infection among migrant Chinese workers in Singapore characterized by prominent gastrointestinal symptoms and a high proportion of symptomatic cases.
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  Spectrum of disease and relation to place of exposure among ill returned travelers.
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  Comparison of three fluid solutions for resuscitation in dengue shock syndrome.
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