Mohamed D. Abd-Alla, M.D. Ph.D. joined the faculty in December 2003 as Assistant Professor in Medicine (Infectious Diseases and International Medicine). He also has an adjunct appointment as Associate Professor with the Department of Tropical Medicine in Al-Azhar Medical School at Cairo, Egypt. Dr. Abd-Alla received his M.D. from Al Azhar University in 1983 and completed his residency in Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases at El-Hussein University Hospital, Al-Azhar School of Medicine. He completed in a Master Degree in 1989 in Tropical Medicine at Al Azhar University. Dr. Abd-Alla received post-doctoral training in Amebiasis research between 1991 and 1993 at Case Western Reserve University, OH, USA and completed his Ph.D in Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Al-Azhar Medical School in 1995. Dr. Abd-Alla's research has been focused since 1991 on human Amebiasis with major interest in host immunity, amebiasis diagnostic tests and application of an amebic lectin subuit vaccine.
Selected publications:
Abd-Alla MD, Jackson TFHG, Gathirim V, El-Hawey AM, and Ravdin JI. Differentiation of pathogenic and non pathogenic Entameba histolytica infection by detection of galactose inhibitable adherence protein antigen in sera and feces. J. Clin. Microbiol. 31:1845-2850, 1993.
Soong CJG, Kain KC, Abd-Alla MD, Jackson TFHG, and Ravdin JI. A recombinant cystein rich section of the Entameba histolytica galactose inhibitable adherence lectin is efficacious as a subunit vaccine in the gerbil model of amebic liver abscess. J.Infect.dis. 171:645-651, 1995.
Abd-Alla MD, Jackson TFHG, Reddy S, and Ravdin JI. Diagnosis of invasive amebiasis by ELISA of saliva to detect amebic lectin antigen and anti-lectin IgG antibodies. J. Clin. Microbiol. 38: 2344 2347, 2000.
Abd-Alla MD, and Ravdin JI. Diagnosis of amebic colitis by antigen cupture ELISA in patients presenting with acute amebic diarrhea in Cairo, Egypt. Tropical Medicine and International health, 7: 365-370, 2002.
Ravdin JI, Abd-Alla MD, Welles SL, Reddy S, and Jackson TFHG. Intestinal anti-lectin IgA antibody response and immunity to Entamoeba dispar infection following cure of amebic liver abscess. Infect & Immunol, 71: 6899-6905, 2003.
Mohamed D. Abd-Alla, Terry FGH Jackson, Ginny Soong, Mary Mazanec, and Jonathan I. Ravdin. Identification of the E. histolytica galactose-inhibitable lectin epitopes recognized by human IgA antibodies following cure of amebic liver abscess. Infect & Immunol (in press).
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