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Personnel:Research - Personal - Anita Shet |
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Anita Shet
Associate Professor
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Unit/Division |
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Department of Pediatrics
Adjunct Associate Professor, Unit of Infectious Diseases |
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Degrees |
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1994, MBBS, St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore University. |
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2000, Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics certified, University of Minnesota, USA |
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2003, Fellowship, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Minnesota, USA. |
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Research Interests |
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Infectious diseases in children, particularly HIV and tuberculosis, vector-borne emerging infectious diseases such as rickettsial and dengue infections. |
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Disease pathogenesis in HIV, HIV drug resistance, interaction between nutrition and infection, anemia of chronic infection |
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Awards & Certifications |
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2008 International Development Grant for Women Physician-Scientists, International Society for Infectious Diseases. |
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2004 Young Investigator Travel Award, Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections |
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2003 Rockefeller Clinical Scholarship, Rockefeller University, New York |
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2002 Clinical Research Award, Society for Pediatric Research, 2002 Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, Baltimore |
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1995 Dr. Menino Prize awarded for Best Outgoing Student |
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1994 Dr. Fred Noronha Award for Best Undergraduate Medical Student |
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1990 Major General S.L. Bhatia Memorial Prize for Physiology |
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Recent Publications |
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Shet A, Kumarasamy N. Management Issues among Children living with HIV: Looking Ahead. Indian Pediatrics, December 2008. |
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Shet A, Mathema B, Mediavilla JR, Kishii K, Mehandru S, Jeane-Pierre P, Laroche M, Willey B, Kreiswirth N, Markowitz M, Kreiswirth BN. Colonization and subsequent skin and soft tissue infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a cohort of healthy HIV-1 infected adults. J Infectious Diseases. December 2008, in press. |
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Mehandru S, Poles MA, Tenner-Racz K, Jean-Pierre P, Manuelli V, Lopez P, Shet A, Low A, Mohri H, Boden D, Racz P, Markowitz M. Lack of mucosal immune reconstitution during prolonged treatment of acute and early HIV-1 infection. PLoS Med. 2006 Dec 5;3(12):e484 |
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Mehandru S, Poles MA, Tenner-Racz K, Manuelli V, Jean-Pierre P, Lopez P, Shet A, Low A, Mohri H, Boden D, Racz P, Markowitz M. Mechanisms of gastrointestinal CD4+ T cell depletion during acute and early HIV-1 infection. J Virology. 2007 Jan;81(2):599-612. |
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Shet A, Markowitz, M. Transmitted multidrug resistant HIV-1: new and investigational therapeutic approaches. Curr Opin Investig Drugs. Aug 7;7(8) 709-20. |
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Shet A, Rowe L, Hogan C, Mehandru S, Simon V, Boden D, Markowitz M. Tracking the prevalence of transmitted HIV-1 drug resistance among newly-infected treatment-naïve patients: a decade of experience. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. April 2006, 41(4):439-446. |
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Markowitz M, Hiroshi M, Mehandru S, Shet A et al. Infection with multidrug resistant, dual-tropic HIV-1 and rapid progression to AIDS: a case report. Lancet. 2005 Mar 16;365(9464):1031-8. |
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Henry K, Brundage R, Weller D, Akinsete O, Shet A. Comparison of generic Zidovudine + Lamivudine (Cipla, Duovir) and the GlaxoSmithKline brand (Combivir) tablets. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. 2004 Mar 15;35(5):537 |
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Shet A, Kaplan E, Johnson D, Cleary P. The group A streptococcal C5a peptidase (SCPA) as a potential vaccine against group A streptococcal infections: human immunogenicity studies. The Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2004; 119 (Suppl) 95-98. |
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Shet A, Kaplan E. Addressing the burden of group A streptococcal disease in India: challenges in the management of streptococcal pharyngitis. The Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 2004 Jan;71(1):41-8. |
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Shet A, Ferrieri P. Neonatal group B streptococcal infections: clinical, microbiological, therapeutic and preventative aspects. The Indian Journal of Medical Research. September 2004;141-150 |
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Shet A, Kaplan E, Johnson D, Cleary P. The immune response to group A streptococcal C5a peptidase (SCPA) in children. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. Sept 2003; 188(6);809-817. |
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Shet A, Kaplan E. Group A streptococcal pharyngitis: controversies and challenges for the clinician. MTA-Pediatria, Vol 24(1):5-19, 2003. |
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Shet A, Kaplan E. The clinical use and interpretation of group A streptococcal antibody tests: a practical approach for the pediatrician or primary care physician. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2002; 21(5): 420-426. |
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Shet A, Kaplan E, Johnson D, Cleary P. The immune response to group A streptococcal (GAS) C5A peptidase (SCPA) in children. Pediatric Research 2002; 51(4): Part 2 Suppl S, 1641. |
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Johnson D, Watton J, Shet A, Kaplan E. A comparison of group A streptococci from invasive and uncomplicated infections: are virulent clones responsible for serious streptococcal infections? The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2002;185:1586-1595. |
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Shet A, Hayani K. A 5-month old with lethargy and neck stiffness – Tuberculous meningitis. Contemporary Pediatrics, 20 (3): 27-32, 2000. |
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