Robert Francis Defraites MD MPH
Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
Adjunct Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine & Biostatistics, Uniformed Services Hebert SOM
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4301 Jones Bridge RoadDep of Preventive Medicine and BiostatisticsBethesda, MD 20814
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Education & Training
Madigan Army Medical Center Public Health and General Preventive MedicineFellowship, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, 1987 - 1989- Madigan Army Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1980 - 1983
Tulane University School of MedicineClass of 1980
Certifications & Licensure
MD State Medical License 2012 - 2020
WA State Medical License 1986 - 2012
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Preventive Medicine Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 4 citationsThe human immune response to saliva of Phlebotomus alexandri, the vector of visceral leishmaniasis in Iraq, and its relationship to sand fly exposure and infectionInes Lakhal-Naouar, Rami Mukbel, Robert F. DeFraites, Rupal M. Mody, Lina N. Massoud
Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2021-06-03 - 21 citationsAsymptomatic Visceral Leishmania infantum Infection in US Soldiers Deployed to Iraq.Rupal M. Mody, Ines Lakhal-Naouar, Jeffrey E. Sherwood, Nancy L. Koles, Dutchabong Shaw
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2019-05-30 - 3 citationsPredicting Risk of Imported Disease with Demographics: Geospatial Analysis of Imported Malaria in Minnesota, 2010-2014.Elizabeth H. Lee, Robin H. Miller, Penny Masuoka, Elizabeth Schiffman, Danushka Wanduragala
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2018-07-30
Journal Articles
- Oa Predicting Risk of Imported Disease with Demographics: Geospatial Analysis of Imported Malaria in Minnesota, 2010–2014Patrick Hickey, Robert DeFraites, Stephen Dunlop, The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Press Mentions
- Birth Defects Among Children of Persian Gulf War VeteransOctober 16th, 1997
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