Eugene Shapiro, MD
Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) and of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases); Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pediatrics; Deputy Director, Investigative Medicine PhD Program; Co-Director of Education, Yale Center for CLinical Investigation
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The effectiveness of vaccines in clinical practice; Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease; clinical epidemiology; case-control studies; Pediatrics
Specialized Terms: Vaccines; Lyme disease; Epidemiology of infectious diseases
Extensive Research Description
Clinical epidemiologic research on the effectiveness of vaccines, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease.
Management of patients with medically unexplained symptoms presenting as Lyme disease;
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Research Interests
Education; Lyme Disease; Investigative Techniques; Pediatrics; Vaccines; Case-Control Studies; Infectious Disease Medicine; Translational Medical Research
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Deer tick, Unengorged and engorged adult female
Selected Publications
- A critical appraisal of "chronic Lyme disease".Feder HM, Johnson BJ, O'Connell S, Shapiro ED, Steere AC, Wormser GP, Agger WA, Artsob H, Auwaerter P, Dumler JS, Bakken JS, Bockenstedt LK, Green J, Dattwyler RJ, Munoz J, Nadelman RB, Schwartz I, Draper T, McSweegan E, Halperin JJ, Klempner MS, Krause PJ, Mead P, Morshed M, Porwancher R, Radolf JD, Smith RP, Sood S, Weinstein A, Wong SJ, Zemel L. A critical appraisal of "chronic Lyme disease". The New England Journal Of Medicine 2007, 357:1422-30.
- The clinical assessment, treatment, and prevention of lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, and babesiosis: clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.Wormser GP, Dattwyler RJ, Shapiro ED, Halperin JJ, Steere AC, Klempner MS, Krause PJ, Bakken JS, Strle F, Stanek G, Bockenstedt L, Fish D, Dumler JS, Nadelman RB. The clinical assessment, treatment, and prevention of lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, and babesiosis: clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication Of The Infectious Diseases Society Of America 2006, 43:1089-134.
- Effectiveness over time of varicella vaccine.Vázquez M, LaRussa PS, Gershon AA, Niccolai LM, Muehlenbein CE, Steinberg SP, Shapiro ED. Effectiveness over time of varicella vaccine. JAMA 2004, 291:851-5.
- Case-control studies of the effectiveness of vaccines: validity and assessment of potential bias.Shapiro ED. Case-control studies of the effectiveness of vaccines: validity and assessment of potential bias. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2004, 23:127-31.
- The effectiveness of the varicella vaccine in clinical practice.Vázquez M, LaRussa PS, Gershon AA, Steinberg SP, Freudigman K, Shapiro ED. The effectiveness of the varicella vaccine in clinical practice. The New England Journal Of Medicine 2001, 344:955-60.
- Misdiagnosis of Lyme disease: when not to order serologic tests.Seltzer EG, Shapiro ED. Misdiagnosis of Lyme disease: when not to order serologic tests. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 1996, 15:762-3.