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Ira Schwartz MD

  • Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
    Associate Professor
  • (404) 727-5660
  • ischwar@emory.edu
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Academic Appointment

  • Director of Admissions, Emory Univ School of Medicine
  • Associate Dean, Medical Education and Student Affairs, Emory Univ School of Medicine
  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Emory School of Medicine
  • Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health
  • Assistant Professor of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health
  • Associate Professor, Emory

Education

Degrees

  • No Degree from Université Libre de Bruxelles
  • MD from Chicago Medical School
  • BS from Union College

Research

Publications

  • Short report: hepatitis b infection and severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Vietnamese adults.
    Am J Trop Med Hyg Volume: 66 Page(s): 140 - 142
    02/01/2002 Authors: Barcus MJ; Hien TT; White NJ; Laras K; Farrar J; Schwartz IK; Corwin A; Baird JK
  • Promiscuity and the abuse of stigma.
    Lancet Volume: 355 Page(s): 659
    02/19/2000 Authors: Schwartz IK; Guest F
  • Promiscuity and the abuse of stigma.
    Lancet Volume: 355 Page(s): 659
    02/19/2000 Authors: Preston NW
  • Cost and Appropriateness of Treating Plasmodium falciparum Infections in the United States.
    J Travel Med Volume: 2 Page(s): 16 - 21
    03/01/1995 Authors: Bloland P; Colmenares J; Gartner G; Schwartz IK; Lobel H
  • Prevention of malaria.
    Infect Dis Clin North Am Volume: 6 Page(s): 313 - 331
    06/01/1992 Authors: Schwartz IK
  • The susceptibility of the Indonesian I/CDC strain of Plasmodium vivax to chloroquine.
    J Parasitol Volume: 78 Page(s): 344 - 349
    04/01/1992 Authors: Collins WE; Schwartz IK; Skinner JC; Morris C; Filipski VK
  • Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium vivax from Indonesia.
    N Engl J Med Volume: 324 Page(s): 927
    03/28/1991 Authors: Schwartz IK; Lackritz EM; Patchen LC
  • Safety and immunogenicity of a Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite vaccine: boosting of antibody response in a population with prior natural exposure to malaria.
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg Volume: 85 Page(s): 336 - 340
    01/01/1991 Authors: Sherwood JA; Oster CN; Adoyo-Adoyo M; Beier JC; Gachihi GS; Nyakundi PM; Ballou WR; Brandling-Bennett AD; Schwartz IK; Were JB
  • Antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum ring-infected erythrocyte surface antigen and P. falciparum and P. malariae circumsporozoite proteins: seasonal prevalence in Kenyan villages.
    Am J Trop Med Hyg Volume: 41 Page(s): 395 - 399
    10/01/1989 Authors: Deloron P; Campbell GH; Brandling-Bennett D; Roberts JM; Schwartz IK; Odera JS; Lal AA; Osanga CO; de la Cruz V; McCutchan TM
  • Identification of malaria species by ELISA in sporozoite and oocyst infected Anopheles from western Kenya.
    Am J Trop Med Hyg Volume: 39 Page(s): 323 - 327
    10/01/1988 Authors: Beier MS; Schwartz IK; Beier JC; Perkins PV; Onyango F; Koros JK; Campbell GH; Andrysiak PM; Brandling-Bennett AD
  • SAFETY AND IMMUNOGENICITY OF A FALCIPARUM SPOROZOITE VACCINE (FSV-1) AFTER PRIOR EXPOSURE TO SPOROZOITES IN KENYA
    CLINICAL RESEARCH Volume: 36 Page(s): A471 - A471
    04/01/1988 Authors: SHERWOOD JA; OSTER CN; ADOYOADOYO M; BEIER JC; GACHIHI GS; NYAKUNDI PM; BALLOU WR; BRANDLINGBENNETT AD; SCHWARTZ IK; WERE JBO
  • Age-specific prevalence of antibody to a synthetic peptide of the circumsporozoite protein of Plasmodium falciparum in children from three villages in Kenya.
    Am J Trop Med Hyg Volume: 37 Page(s): 220 - 224
    09/01/1987 Authors: Campbell GH; Collins FH; Brandling-Bennett AD; Schwartz IK; Roberts JM
  • Assessment of a synthetic DNA probe for Plasmodium falciparum in African blood specimens.
    Am J Trop Med Hyg Volume: 37 Page(s): 27 - 36
    07/01/1987 Authors: McLaughlin GL; Breman JG; Collins FH; Schwartz IK; Brandling-Bennett AD; Sulzer AJ; Collins WE; Skinner JC; Ruth JL; Andrysiak PM
  • In vivo response of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine in pregnant and non-pregnant women in Siaya District, Kenya.
    Bull World Health Organ Volume: 65 Page(s): 885 - 890
    01/01/1987 Authors: Steketee RW; Brandling-Bennett AD; Kaseje DC; Schwartz IK; Churchill FC
  • Sensitive analysis of blood for amodiaquine and three metabolites by high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection.
    J Chromatogr Volume: 383 Page(s): 375 - 386
    12/19/1986 Authors: Mount DL; Patchen LC; Nguyen-Dinh P; Barber AM; Schwartz IK; Churchill FC
  • Antibody response to preexposure human diploid-cell rabies vaccine given concurrently with chloroquine.
    N Engl J Med Volume: 314 Page(s): 280 - 284
    01/30/1986 Authors: Pappaioanou M; Fishbein DB; Dreesen DW; Schwartz IK; Campbell GH; Sumner JW; Patchen LC; Brown WJ
  • Time course of radiometric detection of positive blood cultures in childhood.
    Pediatr Infect Dis Volume: 5 Page(s): 333 - 336
    01/01/1986 Authors: Meadow WL; Schwartz IK
  • Recent trends in the importation of malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum into the United States from Africa.
    J Infect Dis Volume: 152 Page(s): 613 - 617
    09/01/1985 Authors: Lobel HO; Campbell CC; Schwartz IK; Roberts JM
  • Amodiaquine as a prodrug: importance of metabolite(s) in the antimalarial effect of amodiaquine in humans.
    Life Sci Volume: 36 Page(s): 53 - 62
    01/07/1985 Authors: Churchill FC; Patchen LC; Campbell CC; Schwartz IK; Nguyen-Dinh P; Dickinson CM
  • In vivo and in vitro susceptibility to chloroquine of Plasmodium falciparum in Kinshasa and Mbuji-Mayi, Zaire.
    Bull World Health Organ Volume: 63 Page(s): 325 - 330
    01/01/1985 Authors: Nguyen-Dinh P; Schwartz IK; Sexton JD; Egumb B; Bolange B; Ruti K; Nkuku-Pela N; Wery M
  • Studies on the Uganda I/CDC strain of Plasmodium malariae in bolivian Aotus monkeys and various anophelines.
    J Parasitol Volume: 70 Page(s): 677 - 681
    10/01/1984 Authors: Collins WE; Schwartz IK; Skinner JC; Broderson JR
  • Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in Southeast Asian refugees entering the United States.
    Am J Trop Med Hyg Volume: 33 Page(s): 182 - 184
    01/01/1984 Authors: Schwartz IK; Chin W; Newman J; Roberts JM
  • Analysis of filter-paper-absorbed, finger-stick blood samples for chloroquine and its major metabolite using high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection.
    J Chromatogr Volume: 278 Page(s): 81 - 89
    11/11/1983 Authors: Patchen LC; Mount DL; Schwartz IK; Churchill FC
  • Evaluation of amodiaquine treatment of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria on Zanzibar, 1982.
    Am J Trop Med Hyg Volume: 32 Page(s): 1216 - 1220
    11/01/1983 Authors: Campbell CC; Payne D; Schwartz IK; Khatib OJ
  • Malaria prophylaxis.
    JAMA Volume: 249 Page(s): 2781
    05/27/1983 Authors: Schwartz IK; Lobel HO; Bremen JG
  • Determination of chloroquine and its major metabolite in blood using perfluoroacylation followed by fused-silica capillary gas chromatography with nitrogen-sensitive detection.
    J Chromatogr Volume: 274 Page(s): 111 - 120
    05/13/1983 Authors: Churchill FC; Mount DL; Schwartz IK
  • In-vivo and in-vitro assessment of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Zanzibar.
    Lancet Volume: 1 Page(s): 1003 - 1005
    05/07/1983 Authors: Schwartz IK; Payne D; Campbell CC; Khatib OJ
  • ANALYSIS OF FILTER-PAPER-ABSORBED, FINGER-STICK BLOOD-SAMPLES FOR CHLOROQUINE AND ITS MAJOR METABOLITE USING HPLC WITH FLUORESCENCE DETECTION
    ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Volume: 186 Page(s): 143 - ANYL
    01/01/1983 Authors: PATCHEN LC; MOUNT DL; SCHWARTZ IK; CHURCHILL FC
  • Indications for the use of Fansidar in malaria.
    N Engl J Med Volume: 307 Page(s): 194
    07/15/1982 Authors: Schwartz IK; Campbell CC
  • "Bacteriological bit": Citrobacter diversus osteomyelitis in a neonate.
    Clin Pediatr (Phila) Volume: 20 Page(s): 791
    12/01/1981 Authors: Jansen RD; Meadow WL; Schwartz IK; Ogata ES
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