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Liise-anne Pirofski, M.D.

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1988 …2021
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Cryptococcus neoformans Medicine & Life Sciences
Antibodies Medicine & Life Sciences
Streptococcus pneumoniae Medicine & Life Sciences
Polysaccharides Medicine & Life Sciences
Cryptococcosis Medicine & Life Sciences
Immunity Medicine & Life Sciences
Virulence Medicine & Life Sciences
HIV Medicine & Life Sciences

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Grants 1988 2021

Antibody therapy for pneumococcal disease

Pirofski, L.

National Institutes of Health

11/10/16 → 10/31/21

Project: Research project

Antibodies
Pneumonia
Monoclonal Antibodies
Vaccines
Pneumococcal Pneumonia

Effects of aging and HIV infection on the response to pneumococcal vaccine

Pirofski, L.

National Institutes of Health

5/1/14 → 4/30/19

Project: Research project

Pneumococcal Vaccines
HIV Infections
HIV
Polysaccharides
B-Lymphocytes

Antibody immunity to serotype 3 Streptococcus pneumoniae

Pirofski, L.

National Institutes of Health

9/10/13 → 8/31/16

Project: Research project

Streptococcus pneumoniae
Immunity
Antibodies
Polysaccharides
Vaccines

B cell subsets and immunity to cryptococcosis

Pirofski, L.

National Institutes of Health

4/1/12 → 3/31/18

Project: Research project

B-Lymphocyte Subsets
Cryptococcosis
Cryptococcus neoformans
Immunoglobulin M
Immunity

VARIABLE GENE DEFECTS AND PNEUMOCOCCAL SUSCEPTIBILITY

Pirofski, L.

National Institutes of Health

4/1/01 → 4/30/12

Project: Research project

Polysaccharides
Pneumococcal Vaccines
Genes
Pneumococcal Infections
Antibodies

Publications 1990 2019

Antibody Immunity and Natural Resistance to Cryptococcosis

Trevijano-Contador, N. & Pirofski, L., Jan 1 2019, In : Current Tropical Medicine Reports.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

Cryptococcal Meningitis
Cryptococcosis
Cryptococcus neoformans
Innate Immunity
Immunity
1 Citation (Scopus)

Antibody responses in HIV-infected patients with advanced immunosuppression and asymptomatic cryptococcal antigenemia

Hlupeni, A., Nakouzi, A., Wang, T., Boyd, K. F., Makadzange, T. A., Ndhlovu, C. E. & Pirofski, L., Jan 1 2019, In : Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 6, 1

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access
Immunosuppression
Antibody Formation
HIV
Antigens
Immunoglobulin G
3 Citations (Scopus)

Association Between Plasma Antibody Responses and Risk for Cryptococcus-Associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome

Yoon, H. A., Nakouzi, A., Chang, C. C., Kuniholm, M. H., Carreño, L. J., Wang, T., Ndung'u, T., Lewin, S. R., French, M. A. & Pirofski, L., Jan 9 2019, In : The Journal of infectious diseases. 219, 3, p. 420-428 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
Cryptococcus
Antibody Formation
Immunoglobulin M
Immunoglobulin G

Benefits and costs of animal virulence for microbes

Casadevall, A. & Pirofski, L., May 1 2019, In : mBio. 10, 3, e00863-19.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey

Open Access
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Virulence
Animal Diseases
Communicable Diseases
Costs and Cost Analysis

Double-Edged Role of Interleukin 17A in Streptococcus pneumoniae Pathogenesis During Influenza Virus Coinfection

Ambigapathy, G., Schmit, T., Mathur, R. K., Nookala, S., Bahri, S., Pirofski, L. & Khan, M. N., Jul 31 2019, In : The Journal of infectious diseases. 220, 5, p. 902-912 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Interleukin-17
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Orthomyxoviridae
Coinfection
Human Influenza