Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
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2023 - Present
Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases,
Pediatrics
Assistant Research Professor of Global Health
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2023 - Present
Duke Global Health Institute,
University Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Antibodies to Tick Salivary Antigens AV422 and Calreticulin in Patients With Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses and Other Febrile Illnesses in Northern Tanzania.
Journal Article J Infect Dis · January 17, 2026 BACKGROUND: Timely and accurate diagnosis of spotted fever rickettsioses (SFR) is difficult due to nonspecific symptoms and testing challenges. We evaluated serum antibodies to the tick salivary proteins AV422 and calreticulin as potential markers of recen ... Full text Link to item CiteStill the same tune: unchanged antibiotic-associated adverse event rates support the need for outpatient antimicrobial stewardship.
Journal Article J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc · January 17, 2026 Full text Link to item CiteDerivation and Internal Validation of a Clinical Prediction Model for Diagnosis of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses in Northern Tanzania.
Journal Article Open Forum Infect Dis · March 2025 Spotted fever group rickettsioses (SFGR) pose a global threat as emerging zoonotic infectious diseases; however, timely and cost-effective diagnostic tools are currently limited. We used data from 449 patients presenting to 2 hospitals in northern Tanzania ... Full text Link to item CiteEducation
University of Oklahoma, College of Medicine ·
2016
M.D.