Dr. Paul J. Converse

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

• Bryk R, Gold B, Venugopal A, Singh J, Samy R, Pupek K, Cao H, Popescu C, Gurney M, Hotha S, Cherian J, Rhee K, Ly L, Converse PJ, Ehrt S, Vandal O, Jiang X, Schneider J, Lin G, Nathan C (Mar 2008) Selective killing of nonreplicating mycobacteria., Cell host & microbe, 3 (3), 137-45
• Jain SK, Hernandez-Abanto SM, Cheng QJ, Singh P, Ly LH, Klinkenberg LG, Morrison NE, Converse PJ, Nuermberger E, Grosset J, McMurray DN, Karakousis PC, Lamichhane G, Bishai WR (Jun 2007) Accelerated detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genes essential for bacterial survival in guinea pigs, compared with mice., The Journal of infectious diseases, 195 (11), 1634-42
• Mulatu, M. S. (2007) Bibliography on HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia and Ethiopians in the Diaspora: The 2006 Update., Ethiop. J. Health Dev, 21 (1), 70-91
• Shah SS, McGowan JP, Klein RS, Converse PJ, Blum S, Gourevitch MN (2006) Agreement between mantoux skin testing and QuantiFERON(R)-TB assay using dual mycobacterial antigens in current and former injection drug users, Med Sci Monit, 12 (4), 11-16
• Converse PJ, Mulatu MS, Kloos, H, Haile Mariam, D, Wuhib, T, Pankhurst, A (2006) Bibliography on HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia and Ethiopians in the Diaspora: The 2005 Update, Ethiop. J. Health Dev, 20, 60-71
• Mulatu MS, Kloos H, Converse P, Wuhib T, Pankhurst A (2005) Bibliography on HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia and Ethiopians in the Diaspora: The 2004 Update, Ethiop. J. Health Dev, 19, 65-85
• Sun R, Converse PJ, Ko C, Tyagi S, Morrison NE, Bishai WR (Apr 2004) Mycobacterium tuberculosis ECF sigma factor sigC is required for lethality in mice and for the conditional expression of a defined gene set, Molecular Microbiology, 52 (1), 25-38
• Geiman DE, Kaushal D, Ko C, Tyagi S, Manabe YC, Schroeder BG, Fleischmann RD, Morrison NE, Converse PJ, Chen P, Bishai WR (Mar 2004) Attenuation of late-stage disease in mice infected by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis mutant lacking the SigF alternate sigma factor and identification of SigF-dependent genes by microarray analysis, Infection and Immunity, 72 (3), 1733-45
• Converse PJ (2004) Dual Infection: The Challenge of HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis in Ethiopia, Northeast African Studies, 7 (1), 147-166
• Kloos H, Mulatu MS, Converse PJ (2004) Bibliography on HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia and Ethiopians in the Diaspora: 2003 Update, Ethiop. J. Health Dev, 18, 57-64
• Ando M, Yoshimatsu T, Ko C, Converse PJ, Bishai WR (Dec 2003) Deletion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis sigma factor E results in delayed time to death with bacterial persistence in the lungs of aerosol-infected mice, Infection and Immunity, 71 (12), 7170-2
• Ando M, Manabe YC, Converse PJ, Miyazaki E, Harrison R, Murphy JR, Bishai WR (May 2003) Characterization of the role of the divalent metal ion-dependent transcriptional repressor MntR in the virulence of Staphylococcus aureus, Infection and Immunity, 71 (5), 2584-90
• Converse PJ, Wuhib T, Mulatu MS, Kloos H (2003) Bibliography on HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia and Ethiopians in the diaspora, Ethiop. J. Health Dev, 17, 33-85
• Kimura M, Converse PJ, Astemborski J, Rothel JS, Vlahov D, Comstock GW, Graham NM, Chaisson RE, Bishai WR (May 1999) Comparison between a whole blood interferon-gamma release assay and tuberculin skin testing for the detection of tuberculosis infection among patients at risk for tuberculosis exposure, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 179 (5), 1297-300
• Converse PJ, Dannenberg AM Jr, Shigenaga T, McMurray DN, Phalen SW, Stanford JL, Rook GA, Koru-Sengul T, Abbey H, Estep JE, Pitt ML (Nov 1998) Pulmonary bovine-type tuberculosis in rabbits: bacillary virulence, inhaled dose effects, tuberculin sensitivity, and Mycobacterium vaccae immunotherapy, Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, 5 (6), 871-81
• DeKeyser FG, Wainstock JM, Rose L, Converse PJ, Dooley W (Sep 1998) Distress, symptom distress, and immune function in women with suspected breast cancer, Oncology Nursing Forum, 25 (8), 1415-22
• Sugisaki K, Dannenberg AM Jr, Abe Y, Tsuruta J, Su WJ, Said W, Feng L, Yoshimura T, Converse PJ, Mounts P (Apr 1998) Nonspecific and immune-specific up-regulation of cytokines in rabbit dermal tuberculous (BCG) lesions, Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 63 (4), 440-50
• Converse PJ, Jones SL, Astemborski J, Vlahov D, Graham NM (Jul 1997) Comparison of a tuberculin interferon-gamma assay with the tuberculin skin test in high-risk adults: effect of human immunodeficiency virus infection, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 176 (1), 144-50
• Converse PJ, Dannenberg AM Jr, Estep JE, Sugisaki K, Abe Y, Schofield BH, Pitt ML (Nov 1996) Cavitary tuberculosis produced in rabbits by aerosolized virulent tubercle bacilli, Infection and Immunity, 64 (11), 4776-87
• Esa AH, Converse PJ (Feb 1996) Nordihydroguaiaretic acid blocks IL-2-independent lymphocyte proliferation and enhances responses to PPD, Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, 43 (2), 127-33
• Converse PJ, Haines VL, Wondimu A, Craig LE, Meyers WM (Mar 1995) Infection of SCID mice with Mycobacterium leprae and control with antigen-activated "immune" human peripheral blood mononuclear cells, Infection and Immunity, 63 (3), 1047-54
• Ohman R, Walford C, Converse P, Ridell M, Reactions to antigens from actinomycetes including Mycobacterium leprae in leprosy patients., International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases : Official Organ of the International Leprosy Association., 59(2), 320-2, Jun 1991
• Converse PJ, Fehniger TE, Ehrnst A, Strannegard O, Britton S (Dec 1990) Immune responses to fractionated cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigens after HIV infection. Loss of cellular and humoral reactivity to antigens recognized by HIV-, CMV+ individuals, Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 82 (3), 559-66
• Kaleab B, Ottenoff T, Converse P, Halapi E, Tadesse G, Rottenberg M, Kiessling R (Dec 1990) Mycobacterial-induced cytotoxic T cells as well as nonspecific killer cells derived from healthy individuals and leprosy patients, European Journal of Immunology, 20 (12), 2651-9
• Converse P, Ottenhoff TH, Work Teklemariam S, Hancock GE, Dietz M, Becx-Bleumink M, Wondimu A, Kiessling R, Cohn ZA, Kaplan G (Aug 1990) Intradermal recombinant interleukin 2 enhances peripheral blood T-cell responses to mitogen and antigens in patients with lepromatous leprosy, Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, 32 (2), 83-91
• Ottenhoff TH, Converse PJ, Gebre N, Wondimu A, Ehrenberg JP, Kiessling R (Apr 1989) T cell responses to fractionated Mycobacterium leprae antigens in leprosy. The lepromatous nonresponder defect can be overcome in vitro by stimulation with fractionated M. leprae components, European Journal of Immunology, 19 (4), 707-13
• Kaplan G, Kiessling R, Teklemariam S, Hancock G, Sheftel G, Job CK, Converse P, Ottenhoff TH, Becx-Bleumink M, Dietz M, Et Al. (Mar 1989) The reconstitution of cell-mediated immunity in the cutaneous lesions of lepromatous leprosy by recombinant interleukin 2, The Journal of Experimental Medicine, 169 (3), 893-907
• Converse PJ, Ottenhoff TH, Gebre N, Ehrenberg JP, Kiessling R (May 1988) Cellular, humoral, and gamma interferon responses to Mycobacterium leprae and BCG antigens in healthy individuals exposed to leprosy, Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, 27 (5), 515-25
• Ottenhoff TH, Mengistu M, Tadesse G, De Vries RR, Converse PJ (Nov 1987) HLA-DR and DQ antigens in insulin-dependent diabetics in Ethiopia, Tissue Antigens, 30 (5), 193-7
• Converse PJ, Mshana RM, Bjune GJ (Sep 1987) Cimetidine inhibits suppressor factor production in Ethiopian lepromatous leprosy patients, International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases : Official Organ of the International Leprosy Association, 55 (3), 548-53
• Ottenhoff TH, Converse PJ, Bjune G, de Vries RR (Jun 1987) HLA antigens and neural reversal reactions in Ethiopian borderline tuberculoid leprosy patients, International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases : Official Organ of the International Leprosy Association, 55 (2), 261-6
• Esa AH, Converse PJ, Hess AD (1987) Cyclosporine inhibits soluble antigen and alloantigen presentation by human monocytes in vitro, International Journal of Immunopharmacology, 9 (8), 893-902
• Converse PJ, Bjune G (Dec 1986) Natural killer (NK) cell activity and reversal reaction in leprosy, International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases : Official Organ of the International Leprosy Association, 54 (4), 503-9
• Vogelsang GB, Hess AD, Berkman AW, Tutschka PJ, Farmer ER, Converse PJ, Santos GW (Sep 1985) An in vitro predictive test for graft versus host disease in patients with genotypic HLA-identical bone marrow transplants, The New England Journal of Medicine, 313 (11), 645-50
• Converse PJ, Hess AD (Feb 1985) Effect of cyclosporin and interleukin-2 on the restoration of in vitro immune responses to cytomegalovirus, Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, 21 (2), 109-18
• Converse PJ, Hess AD, Tutschka PJ, Santos GW (Sep 1983) Effect of cyclosporine on the response of normal human lymphocytes to cytomegalovirus in vitro, Infection and Immunity, 41 (3), 1226-33
• Converse PJ, Williams DR (Oct 1978) Increased HLA-B heterozygosity with age, Tissue Antigens, 12 (4), 275-8