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| Samer S El-KamarySummaryAffiliation: University of Maryland Country: USA Publications
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A randomized controlled trial to assess the safety and efficacy of silymarin on symptoms, signs and biomarkers of acute hepatitisSamer S El-Kamary
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Phytomedicine 16:391-400. 2009..In this study, our purpose was to determine whether silymarin improves symptoms, signs and laboratory test results in patients with acute clinical hepatitis, regardless of etiology...- Hepatitis C virus-specific cell-mediated immune responses in children born to mothers infected with hepatitis C virusSamer S El-Kamary
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Pediatr 162:148-54. 2013..To investigate the association between hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific cell-mediated immunity (CMI) responses and viral clearance in children born to mothers infected with HCV... - Safety and tolerability of the Easy Vax™ clinical epidermal electroporation system in healthy adultsSamer S El-Kamary
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Mol Ther 20:214-20. 2012..In conclusion, the Easy Vax™ electroporation device is safe and well tolerated when administered over the lateral deltoid skin regions in healthy volunteers... - Identifying structures, processes, resources and needs of research ethics committees in EgyptHany Sleem
National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt
BMC Med Ethics 11:12. 2010..The purpose of this study was to survey the existing RECs in Egypt to better understand their functioning status, perceived resource needs, and challenges... - Attitudes, understanding, and concerns regarding medical research amongst Egyptians: a qualitative pilot studySusan S Khalil
Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
BMC Med Ethics 8:9. 2007..Such information would help clarify the type and extent of concerns regarding research participation of individuals from cultural, economic, and political backgrounds that differ from those in developed countries... 
All-cause, liver-related, and non-liver-related mortality among HCV-infected individuals in the general US populationSamer S El-Kamary
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Clin Infect Dis 53:150-7. 2011..Our objective was to determine HCV-associated all-cause, liver-, and non-liver-related mortality in the general US population...- Adjuvanted intranasal Norwalk virus-like particle vaccine elicits antibodies and antibody-secreting cells that express homing receptors for mucosal and peripheral lymphoid tissuesSamer S El-Kamary
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
J Infect Dis 202:1649-58. 2010..Noroviruses cause significant morbidity and mortality from acute gastroenteritis in all age groups worldwide... - Prospective cohort study of mother-to-infant infection and clearance of hepatitis C in rural Egyptian villagesFatma M Shebl
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine or Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
J Med Virol 81:1024-31. 2009..6%) and 8 (2.4%) infants born of HCV-RNA positive mothers had detectable HCV-RNA at one and 2-3 years of age. Investigating how infants clear infection may provide important information about protective immunity to HCV... - Strong hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific cell-mediated immune responses in the absence of viremia or antibodies among uninfected siblings of HCV chronically infected childrenMohamed Hashem
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
J Infect Dis 203:854-61. 2011..We investigated HCV-specific CMI responses in seronegative children living with HCV-infected siblings... - Intranasal vaccination with an adjuvanted Norwalk virus-like particle vaccine elicits antigen-specific B memory responses in human adult volunteersKarina Ramirez
Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 685 West Baltimore St, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Clin Immunol 144:98-108. 2012..This is the first demonstration of dose-dependent, functional B(M) responses in humans immunized intranasally with a NV-VLP vaccine... - Estimating incidence rates with misclassified disease status: a likelihood-based approach, with application to hepatitis C virusFatma M Shebl
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Int J Infect Dis 16:e527-31. 2012..In epidemiologic research, incidence is often estimated from data arising from an imperfect diagnostic test performed at unequally spaced intervals over time... - Calculating sample size for studies with expected all-or-none nonadherence and selection biasMichelle D Shardell
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Biometrics 65:635-9. 2009..Sample size formulas and tests for normally distributed outcomes are also developed in a Web Appendix that account for uncertainty of estimates from external or internal pilot data... 
Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in urban childrenSamer S El-Kamary
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Pediatr 143:54-9. 2003....- Hepatitis C vaccine: supply and demandG Thomas Strickland
International Health Division, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Lancet Infect Dis 8:379-86. 2008..Although there is a huge need for therapeutic vaccines, further immunological hurdles must be cleared before one becomes available... - Sensitivity analysis of informatively coarsened data using pattern mixture modelsMichelle Shardell
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Biopharm Stat 19:1018-38. 2009..Computer code using SAS PROC NLMIXED for fitting the models is provided... - Vaccines for enteric infectionsWilbur H Chen
Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Curr Opin Gastroenterol 28:18-23. 2012..To provide a review of currently licensed enteric vaccines and their efficacy based on completed field trials... - Low-serum carotenoid concentrations and carotenoid interactions predict mortality in US adults: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyMichelle D Shardell
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Nutr Res 31:178-89. 2011..Interventions of balanced carotenoid combinations are needed for confirmation... - Role of liver biopsy in management of chronic hepatitis C: a systematic reviewKelly A Gebo
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Hepatology 36:S161-72. 2002.... - Statistical analysis and application of quasi experiments to antimicrobial resistance intervention studiesMichelle Shardell
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Clin Infect Dis 45:901-7. 2007..An example of a hospital-based intervention to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection rates and reduce overall length of stay is used to explore these methods...