Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pediatrics
Dr. Rita F. Helfand, MD
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Rita F. Helfand, MD is an expert in the field of Pediatrics. She went to Harvard Medical School. Harvard Medical School is a top medical college. Harvard Medical School is ranked 1/12 in Research/PrimaryCare. She over the years received 1 awards: "Fellow (FAAP)". Rita Helfand is a published physician as well. She has 33 publications published. The latest was: Nonclassic measles infections in an immune population exposed to measles during a college bus trip.
Publications
- Supplemental measles vaccine antibody response among HIV-infected and -uninfected children in Malawi after 1- and 2-dose primary measles vaccination schedules.
- Persistence of vaccine-induced measles antibody beyond age 12 months: a comparison of response to one and two doses of Edmonston-Zagreb measles vaccine among HIV-infec...
- Confirmation of rubella within 4 days of rash onset: comparison of rubella virus RNA detection in oral fluid with immunoglobulin M detection in serum or oral fluid.
- Evaluation of the immune response to a 2-dose measles vaccination schedule administered at 6 and 9 months of age to HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected children in Malawi.
- Dried blood spots versus sera for detection of rubella virus-specific immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG in samples collected during a rubella outbreak in Peru.
- Vaccines must be given in order to protect.
- Accurate clinical prediction of severe acute respiratory syndrome: are we there yet?
- Lack of evidence of measles virus shedding in people with inapparent measles virus infections.
- Immunogenicity of measles and rubella vaccines in Oman: a prospective clinical trial.
- The challenges and strategies for laboratory diagnosis of measles in an international setting.
- Cutaneous cryptococcosis mimicking molluscum contagiosum in a patient with AIDS.
- Echovirus 30 infection and aseptic meningitis in parents of children attending a child care center.
- Lack of evidence of endogenous avian leukosis virus and endogenous avian retrovirus transmission to measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine recipients.
- Viral meningitis in child care center staff and parents: an outbreak of echovirus 30 infections.
- The effect of timing of sample collection on the detection of measles-specific IgM in serum and oral fluid samples after primary measles vaccination.
- Serologic evidence of an association between enteroviruses and the onset of type 1 diabetes mellitus. Pittsburgh Diabetes Research Group.
- Induction of cytokine mRNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of infants after the first dose of measles vaccine.
- Timing of development of measles-specific immunoglobulin M and G after primary measles vaccination.
- Comparative detection of measles and rubella IgM and IgG derived from filter paper blood and serum samples.
- Negative impact of clinical misdiagnosis of measles on health workers'' confidence in measles vaccine.
- Nonclassic measles infections in an immune population exposed to measles during a college bus trip.
- Decline of measles-specific immunoglobulin M antibodies after primary measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination.
- Diagnosis of measles with an IgM capture EIA: the optimal timing of specimen collection after rash onset.
- Comparative detection of measles-specific IgM in oral fluid and serum from children by an antibody-capture IgM EIA.
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome in children.
- Transmission of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus by organ transplantation.
- Relationship of measles vaccination with anaemia and malaria in western Kenya.
- Evaluating the impact of the HIV pandemic on measles control and elimination.
- Foundations of the severe acute respiratory syndrome preparedness and response plan for healthcare facilities.
- Clinical issues and research in respiratory failure from severe acute respiratory syndrome.
- Limited duration of vaccine poliovirus and other enterovirus excretion among human immunodeficiency virus infected children in Kenya.
- Dried blood spots on filter paper as an alternative specimen for measles diagnostics: detection of measles immunoglobulin M antibody by a commercial enzyme immunoassay.
Schools
Harvard Medical School
Childn39s Hospital
Chldn39s Hospital Boston
Cdc Epidemic Intelligence Ga
Doctors Specialties
- Pediatrics
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Fellow (FAAP)
Education
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Boston Children's Hospital -
Harvard Medical School
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