AsimAAhmedMD

Instructor, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

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Dr. Asim Ahmed, MD is a pediatric infectious disease specialist in Boston, Massachusetts. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Illinois. He is affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital and is an Instructor at Children's Hospital.

Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2004 - 2007
Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaResidency, Pediatrics, 2001 - 2003
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumInternship, Pediatrics, 2000 - 2001
Baylor College of MedicineClass of 2000

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Use of Advanced Diagnostics for Timely Identification of Travel-associated Leptospira santarosai Infection in Four Adolescents Through Plasma Microbial Cell-free DNA S...
Hai Nguyen-Tran, Guliz Erdem, P Marcelo Laufer, Lori Patterson, Asim A Ahmed
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2024-05-01
54 citations
VLDLR and ApoER2 are receptors for multiple alphaviruses.
Lars E Clark, Sarah A Clark, ChieYu Lin, Jianying Liu, Adrian Coscia
Nature. 2022-02-01
16 citations
Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi Cell-free DNA in Human Plasma Samples for Improved Diagnosis of Early Lyme Borreliosis.
John A. Branda, Jacob E. Lemieux, Lily Blair, Asim A. Ahmed, David K. Hong
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2021-10-05

Mosquito Season Has Come Again, and Health Experts Say EEE Is Likely to Return with ItJune 16th, 2020
Where Did the New Coronavirus Come from? Potentially a SnakeJanuary 31st, 2020
New Gene Tests for Germs Quickly Reveal Source of InfectionsJune 12th, 2019