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Nira Pollock, M.D., PH.D.

TitleAssistant Professor of Medicine
InstitutionBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
DepartmentMedicine
AddressBeth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr
Suite GB, Infectious Disease
110 Francis Street
Boston MA 02215
Phone617/732-8657
Fax617/632-0766

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  1. Pollock NR, Rolland JP, Kumar S, Beattie PD, Jain S, Noubary F, Wong VL, Pohlmann RA, Ryan US, Whitesides GM. A paper-based multiplexed transaminase test for low-cost, point-of-care liver function testing. Sci Transl Med. 2012 Sep 19; 4(152):152ra129.
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  2. Eisenberg RL, Pollock NR. Low yield of chest radiography in a large tuberculosis screening program. Radiology. 2010 Sep; 256(3):998-1004.
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  3. Pollock NR, Duong S, Cheng A, Han LL, Smole S, Kirby JE. Ruling out novel H1N1 influenza virus infection with direct fluorescent antigen testing. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Sep 15; 49(6):e66-8.
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  4. Pollock NR, Kashino SS, Napolitano DR, Sloutsky A, Joshi S, Guillet J, Wong M, Nardell E, Campos-Neto A. Evaluation of the effect of treatment of latent tuberculosis infection on QuantiFERON-TB gold assay results. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Apr; 30(4):392-5.
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  5. Pollock NR, Campos-Neto A, Kashino S, Napolitano D, Behar SM, Shin D, Sloutsky A, Joshi S, Guillet J, Wong M, Nardell E. Discordant QuantiFERON-TB Gold test results among US healthcare workers with increased risk of latent tuberculosis infection: a problem or solution? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Sep; 29(9):878-86.
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  6. Pollock, Nira, M.D., Ph.D.; Kashino, Suely, Ph.D.; Campos-Neto, Antonio, M.D., Ph.D. . Development of a Novel Urine Antigen Detection Test for Active Tuberculosis. 43rd Joint Tuberculosis/Leprosy Conference and Diagnostics Workshop . 2008.
  7. Kashino SS, Pollock N, Napolitano DR, Rodrigues V, Campos-Neto A. Identification and characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens in urine of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis: an innovative and alternative approach of antigen discovery of useful microbial molecules. Clin Exp Immunol. 2008 Jul; 153(1):56-62.
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  8. Napolitano DR, Pollock N, Kashino SS, Rodrigues V, Campos-Neto A. Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ornithine carboamyltransferase in urine as a possible molecular marker of active pulmonary tuberculosis. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2008 Apr; 15(4):638-43.
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  9. N. Pollock, A. Sloutsky, S. Joshi, M. Wong, and E. Nardell. Screening Health Care Workers (HCW) with Quantiferon-Gold: Possible False Negative Results in HCW with High Pre-Test Probability of Latent Tuberculosis Infection. Presented at the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD) Conference and Global Symposium on Interferon-gamma Assays, Vancouver, Canada, February 2007. 2007.
  10. Pollock N, Westerling J, Sloutsky A. Specimen dilution increases the diagnostic utility of the gen-probe mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test. Am J Clin Pathol. 2006 Jul; 126(1):142-7.
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  11. Pollock N, de Hostos EL, Turck CW, Vale RD. Reconstitution of membrane transport powered by a novel dimeric kinesin motor of the Unc104/KIF1A family purified from Dictyostelium. J Cell Biol. 1999 Nov 1; 147(3):493-506.
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  12. Pollock N. Reconstitution of Microtubule-based Organelle Transport Using Factors Purified from Dictyostelium. 1999.
  13. Pollock N, Koonce MP, de Hostos EL, Vale RD. In vitro microtubule-based organelle transport in wild-type Dictyostelium and cells overexpressing a truncated dynein heavy chain. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton. 1998; 40(3):304-14.
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