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ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2013

Antibody responses against Pneumocystis jirovecii in health care workers over time.

Serena Fong, Kieran R Daly, Renuka Tipirneni, Leah G Jarlsberg, Kpandja Djawe, Judy V Koch, Alexandra Swartzman, Brenna Roth, Peter D Walzer, Laurence Huang

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Article in Emerging infectious diseases, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Pneumocystis jirovecii Disease: Basis for the Revised EORTC/MSGERC Invasive Fungal Disease Definitions in Individuals Without Human Immunodeficiency Virus.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Serena Fong
Kieran R Daly
Renuka Tipirneni
Leah G Jarlsberg
Kpandja Djawe
Judy V Koch
Alexandra Swartzman
Brenna Roth
Peter D Walzer
Laurence Huang

Funding

International HIV-associated Opportunistic Pneumonias (IHOP) StudyR01HL090335 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI HUANG, LAURENCE · 2007 to 2011
$4.0M
Serum Antibodies to Recombinant Pneumocystis AntigensR01AI062492 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI WALZER, PETER D · 2005 to 2009
$2.1M
Patient-Oriented Research and Mentoring in PneumocystisK24HL087713 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI HUANG, LAURENCE · 2006 to 2018
$1.8M
NHLBI NIH HHS K24 HL087713NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL090335NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI062492
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In a previous cross-sectional study, we showed that clinical staff working in a hospital had significantly higher antibody levels than nonclinical staff to Pneumocystis jirovecii. We conducted a longitudinal study, described here, to determine whether occupation and self-reported exposure to a patient with P. jirovecii pneumonia were associated with antibody levels to P. jirovecii over time. Baseline and quarterly serum specimens were collected and analyzed by using an ELISA that targeted different variants of the Pneumocystis major surface glycoprotein (MsgA, MsgB, MsgC1, MsgC3, MsgC8, and MsgC9). Clinical staff had significantly higher estimated geometric mean antibody levels against MsgC1 and MsgC8 than did nonclinical staff over time. Significant differences were observed when we compared the change in antibody levels to the different MsgC variants for staff who were and were not exposed to P. jirovecii pneumonia-infected patients. MsgC variants may serve as indicators of exposure to P. jirovecii in immunocompetent persons.

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Occupational ExposureAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntibodies, FungalFemaleFungal ProteinsGlycoproteinsHealth PersonnelHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedPneumocystis cariniiPneumonia, PneumocystisSelf ReportAntibodies, FungalFungal ProteinsGlycoproteinsfungihealth care worker–patientHIVHIV/AIDS and other retroviruseshuman immunodeficiency virusmajor surface glycoproteinPneumocystis jiroveciipneumoniarespiratory diseasestransmission

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PMID24048016
PMCPMC3810734

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