Moon H. Nahm University of Alabama at Birmingham Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Moon H. Nahm has not added a biography. If you are Moon H. Nahm and would like to personalize this page please email our Author Liaison for assistance. Publications Serocorrelates of Protection Against Infant Group B Streptococcus Disease The Lancet. Infectious Diseases. Jan, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30683467 Ficolin-2 Binds to Serotype 35B Pneumococcus As It Does to Serotypes 11A and 31, and These Serotypes Cause More Infections in Older Adults Than in Children PloS One. 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30586458 Measuring Quantity and Function of Pneumococcal Antibodies in Immunoglobulin Products Transfusion. Dec, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30536435 Interlaboratory Variability in Multiplexed Pneumococcal Antibody Testing The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Nov, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30468776 Measuring Immune Responses to Pneumococcal Vaccines Journal of Immunological Methods. Oct, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30098317 Development, Interlaboratory Evaluations, and Application of a Simple, High-Throughput Serum Bactericidal Assay MSphere. 06, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29898979 Effect of Prior Vaccination on Carriage Rates of Streptococcus Pneumoniae in Older Adults: A Longitudinal Surveillance Study Vaccine. 07, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29871816 Creation, Characterization, and Assignment of Opsonic Values for a New Pneumococcal OPA Calibration Serum Panel (Ewha QC Sera Panel A) for 13 Serotypes Medicine. Apr, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29703046 Randomized Clinical Trial of a Single Versus a Double Dose of 13-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Adults 55 Through 74 years of Age Previously Vaccinated with 23-valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Vaccine. 01, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29279281 WciG -Acetyltransferase Functionality Differentiates Pneumococcal Serotypes 35C and 42 Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 09, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28659323 The Pneumococcal Serotype 15C Capsule Is Partially O-Acetylated and Allows for Limited Evasion of 23-Valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine-Elicited Anti-Serotype 15B Antibodies Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : CVI. Aug, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28637806 Position of O-Acetylation Within the Capsular Repeat Unit Impacts the Biological Properties of Pneumococcal Serotypes 33A and 33F Infection and Immunity. 07, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28438972 Discovery of Novel Pneumococcal Serotype 35D, a Natural WciG-Deficient Variant of Serotype 35B Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 05, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28202800 Assignment of Opsonic Values to Pneumococcal Reference Serum 007sp for Use in Opsonophagocytic Assays for 13 Serotypes Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : CVI. Feb, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 27974397 Indirect Effects of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines in National Immunization Programs for Children on Adult Pneumococcal Disease Infection & Chemotherapy. Dec, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 28032483 Ficolin-2 Inhibitors Are Present in Sera After Prolonged Storage at -80 °C PeerJ. 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27896034 A High Throughput Serum Bactericidal Assay for Antibodies to Haemophilus Influenzae Type B BMC Infectious Diseases. 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27595992 Monoclonal Antibodies to Shigella Lipopolysaccharide Are Useful for Vaccine Production Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : CVI. 08, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27280622 Pneumococcus with the "6E" Cps Locus Produces Serotype 6B Capsular Polysaccharide Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Apr, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26818670 Molecular Epidemiology of Nonencapsulated Streptococcus Pneumoniae Among Japanese Children with Acute Otitis Media Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy : Official Journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy. Feb, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26705748 NOD-Like Receptors in Infection, Immunity, and Diseases Yonsei Medical Journal. Jan, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26632377 Pneumococcal Capsules and Their Types: Past, Present, and Future Clinical Microbiology Reviews. Jul, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26085553 Rapid and Efficient Purification of Ficolin-2 Using a Disposable CELLine Bioreactor Journal of Immunological Methods. Sep, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26021447 Genetic, Biochemical, and Serological Characterization of a New Pneumococcal Serotype, 6H, and Generation of a Pneumococcal Strain Producing Three Different Capsular Repeat Units Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : CVI. Mar, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25589550 Towards New Broader Spectrum Pneumococcal Vaccines: The Future of Pneumococcal Disease Prevention Vaccines. Feb, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 26344470 Nonencapsulated Streptococcus Pneumoniae Cause Acute Otitis Media in the Chinchilla That Is Enhanced by Pneumococcal Surface Protein K Open Forum Infectious Diseases. Sep, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25734113 Commercially Available Complement Component-depleted Sera Are Unexpectedly Codepleted of Ficolin-2 Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : CVI. Sep, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25030054 Identification of Streptococcus Pneumoniae Serotype 11E, Serovariant 11Av and Mixed Populations by High-resolution Magic Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (HR-MAS NMR) Spectroscopy and Flow Cytometric Serotyping Assay (FCSA) PloS One. 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24967818 Population-based Analysis of Invasive Nontypeable Pneumococci Reveals That Most Have Defective Capsule Synthesis Genes PloS One. 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24831650 Impact of Preceding Flu-like Illness on the Serotype Distribution of Pneumococcal Pneumonia PloS One. 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24691515 Low Invasiveness of Pneumococcal Serotype 11A is Linked to Ficolin-2 Recognition of O-acetylated Capsule Epitopes and Lectin Complement Pathway Activation The Journal of Infectious Diseases. Oct, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24683196 Impaired Serotype-specific Immune Function Following Pneumococcal Vaccination in Infants with Prior Carriage Vaccine. Apr, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24613524 Spectrum of Pneumococcal Serotype 11A Variants Results from Incomplete Loss of Capsule O-acetylation Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Mar, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24352997 Blood Collection Tubes Influence Serum Ficolin-1 and Ficolin-2 Levels Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : CVI. Jan, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24173025 Diagnosis of Pneumococcal Pneumonia: Current Pitfalls and the Way Forward Infection & Chemotherapy. Dec, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24475349 L-rhamnose is Often an Important Part of Immunodominant Epitope for Pneumococcal Serotype 23F Polysaccharide Antibodies in Human Sera Immunized with PPV23 PloS One. 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24391831 The 7-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Elicits Cross-functional Opsonophagocytic Killing Responses to Streptococcus Pneumoniae Serotype 6D in Children BMC Infectious Diseases. Oct, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24112237 Invasive and Noninvasive Streptococcus Pneumoniae Capsule and Surface Protein Diversity Following the Use of a Conjugate Vaccine Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : CVI. Nov, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24006139 Modified Opsonization, Phagocytosis, and Killing Assays to Measure Potentially Protective Antibodies Against Pneumococcal Surface Protein A Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : CVI. Oct, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23925886 Discovery of Streptococcus Pneumoniae Serotype 6 Variants with Glycosyltransferases Synthesizing Two Differing Repeating Units The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Sep, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23897812 Draft Genome Sequences of Five Multilocus Sequence Types of Nonencapsulated Streptococcus Pneumoniae Genome Announcements. Jul, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23887920 Streptococcus Pneumoniae Serotype 11D Has a Bispecific Glycosyltransferase and Expresses Two Different Capsular Polysaccharide Repeating Units The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Jul, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23737526 Pneumococcal Vaccine and Opsonic Pneumococcal Antibody Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy : Official Journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy. Jun, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23657429 Clinical Implications of Pneumococcal Serotypes: Invasive Disease Potential, Clinical Presentations, and Antibiotic Resistance Journal of Korean Medical Science. Jan, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23341706 Low Opsonic Activity to the Infecting Serotype in Pediatric Patients with Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Vaccine. Jan, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23153440 Device for Carrying Blood Samples at 37°C for Cryoglobulin Test Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : CVI. Sep, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22815150 Impaired Function of Antibodies to Pneumococcal Surface Protein A but Not to Capsular Polysaccharide in Mexican American Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : CVI. Sep, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22761295 Biochemical, Genetic, and Serological Characterization of Two Capsule Subtypes Among Streptococcus Pneumoniae Serotype 20 Strains: Discovery of a New Pneumococcal Serotype The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Aug, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22736767 From Quellung to Multiplex PCR, and Back when Needed, in Pneumococcal Serotyping Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Aug, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22692742 Long-term Comparative Immunogenicity of Protein Conjugate and Free Polysaccharide Pneumococcal Vaccines in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Sep, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22652582 PspA Family Distribution, Unlike Capsular Serotype, Remains Unaltered Following Introduction of the Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : CVI. Jun, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22539473 Nontypeable Pneumococci Can Be Divided into Multiple Cps Types, Including One Type Expressing the Novel Gene PspK MBio. 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22532557 Development of a Fourfold Multiplexed Opsonophagocytosis Assay for Pneumococcal Antibodies Against Additional Serotypes and Discovery of Serological Subtypes in Streptococcus Pneumoniae Serotype 20 Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : CVI. Jun, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22518015 Immune Responses to Pneumococcal Vaccines in Children and Adults: Rationale for Age-specific Vaccination Aging and Disease. Feb, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22500271 Issues and Challenges in the Development of Pneumococcal Protein Vaccines Expert Review of Vaccines. Mar, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22380821 Structural Characterization of Streptococcus Pneumoniae Serotype 9A Capsule Polysaccharide Reveals Role of Glycosyl 6-O-acetyltransferase WcjE in Serotype 9V Capsule Biosynthesis and Immunogenicity The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Apr, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22367197 Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine at 12 Months of Age Produces Functional Immune Responses The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Mar, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22305678 Differential Occurrence of Streptococcus Pneumoniae Serotype 11E Between Asymptomatic Carriage and Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Isolates Reflects a Unique Model of Pathogen Microevolution Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Mar, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22267713 Streptococcus Pneumoniae Serotype 9A Isolates Contain Diverse Mutations to WcjE That Result in Variable Expression of Serotype 9V-specific Epitope The Journal of Infectious Diseases. Nov, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21908730 Development of an Automated and Multiplexed Serotyping Assay for Streptococcus Pneumoniae Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : CVI. Nov, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21900529 Comparative Structural and Molecular Characterization of Streptococcus Pneumoniae Capsular Polysaccharide Serogroup 10 The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Oct, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21859716 Elucidation of Structural and Antigenic Properties of Pneumococcal Serotype 11A, 11B, 11C, and 11F Polysaccharide Capsules Journal of Bacteriology. Oct, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21803987 The 13-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13) Elicits Cross-functional Opsonophagocytic Killing Responses in Humans to Streptococcus Pneumoniae Serotypes 6C and 7A Vaccine. Sep, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21689707 Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Carriage of Children Attending Day Care Centers in Korea: Comparison Between Children Immunized with 7-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine and Non-immunized Journal of Korean Medical Science. Feb, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21286007 Pneumococcal Serotypes Causing Pneumonia with Pleural Effusion in Pediatric Patients Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Feb, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21123535 Multilaboratory Comparison of Streptococcus Pneumoniae Opsonophagocytic Killing Assays and Their Level of Agreement for the Determination of Functional Antibody Activity in Human Reference Sera Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : CVI. Jan, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21084458 Older Adults Have a Low Capacity to Opsonize Pneumococci Due to Low IgM Antibody Response to Pneumococcal Vaccinations Infection and Immunity. Jan, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21041499 Differential Circulation of Streptococcus Pneumoniae Serotype 6C Clones in Two Israeli Pediatric Populations Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Dec, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20943862 Non-typeable Streptococcus Pneumoniae Carriage Isolates Genetically Similar to Invasive and Carriage Isolates Expressing Capsular Type 14 in Brazilian Infants The Journal of Infection. Oct, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20637229 Cross-reactivity of Current Serogroup 6 Factor Sera from Statens Serum Institut with the Recently Described Pneumococcal Serotype 6d Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Aug, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20573866 A New Pneumococcal Serotype, 11E, Has a Variably Inactivated WcjE Gene The Journal of Infectious Diseases. Jul, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20507232 The Effect of Age on the Response to the Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine BMC Infectious Diseases. Mar, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20219110 Low-cost, High-throughput, Automated Counting of Bacterial Colonies Cytometry. Part A : the Journal of the International Society for Analytical Cytology. Aug, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20140968 Identification of Natural Pneumococcal Isolates Expressing Serotype 6D by Genetic, Biochemical and Serological Characterization Microbiology (Reading, England). Feb, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 19942663 Survey of Nonsusceptible Nasopharyngeal Streptococcus Pneumoniae Isolates in Children Attending Day-care Centers in Brazil The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Jan, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 19935117 Identification of 3-O-acetylglycerol, a Novel Structural Element in Bacterial Polysaccharides Carbohydrate Research. Dec, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19880097 Synthesis, Conjugation, and Immunological Evaluation of the Serogroup 6 Pneumococcal Oligosaccharides Chembiochem : a European Journal of Chemical Biology. Dec, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19856369 Superior Immune Response to Protein-conjugate Versus Free Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Sep, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19556517 Lipoprotein Lipase and Hydrofluoric Acid Deactivate Both Bacterial Lipoproteins and Lipoteichoic Acids, but Platelet-activating Factor-acetylhydrolase Degrades Only Lipoteichoic Acids Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : CVI. Aug, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19553557 Identification of a Simple Chemical Structure Associated with Protective Human Antibodies Against Multiple Pneumococcal Serogroups Infection and Immunity. Aug, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19451241 Production of a Unique Pneumococcal Capsule Serotype Belonging to Serogroup 6 Microbiology (Reading, England). Feb, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19202106 Immune Response in Infants to the Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Against Vaccine-related Serotypes 6A and 19A Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : CVI. Mar, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19144787 PCR-based Quantitation and Clonal Diversity of the Current Prevalent Invasive Serogroup 6 Pneumococcal Serotype, 6C, in the United States in 1999 and 2006 to 2007 Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Mar, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19116353 Structure of the Capsular Polysaccharide of Pneumococcal Serotype 11A Reveals a Novel Acetylglycerol That is the Structural Basis for 11A Subtypes The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Mar, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19114709 Increase in the Prevalence of the Newly Discovered Pneumococcal Serotype 6C in the Nasopharynx After Introduction of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine The Journal of Infectious Diseases. Feb, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19099489 Antibody to the Type 3 Capsule Facilitates Immune Adherence of Pneumococci to Erythrocytes and Augments Their Transfer to Macrophages Infection and Immunity. Jan, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19001076 Differential Effects of Pneumococcal Vaccines Against Serotypes 6A and 6C The Journal of Infectious Diseases. Dec, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18983249 Initial and Subsequent Response to Pneumococcal Polysaccharide and Protein-conjugate Vaccines Administered Sequentially to Adults Who Have Recovered from Pneumococcal Pneumonia The Journal of Infectious Diseases. Oct, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18710324 Pneumococcal Vaccination in Older Adults Induces Antibodies with Low Opsonic Capacity and Reduced Antibody Potency Vaccine. Oct, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18706464 Revaccination of Adults with Spinal Cord Injury Using the 23-valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18533412 A Four-parameter Logistic Model for Estimating Titers of Functional Multiplexed Pneumococcal Opsonophagocytic Killing Assay Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics. 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18327723 A New Model of Pneumococcal Lipoteichoic Acid Structure Resolves Biochemical, Biosynthetic, and Serologic Inconsistencies of the Current Model Journal of Bacteriology. Apr, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18245291 Lipoteichoic Acid is Important in Innate Immune Responses to Gram-positive Bacteria Infection and Immunity. Jan, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 17954723 Pneumococcal Vaccination for Patients with COPD: Current Practice and Future Directions Chest. Mar, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 17890468 Genetic Basis for the New Pneumococcal Serotype, 6C Infection and Immunity. Sep, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17576753 Discovery of a New Capsular Serotype (6C) Within Serogroup 6 of Streptococcus Pneumoniae Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Apr, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17267625 Development and Validation of a Fourfold Multiplexed Opsonization Assay (MOPA4) for Pneumococcal Antibodies Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : CVI. Sep, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16960111 Platelet-activating Factor-acetylhydrolase Can Monodeacylate and Inactivate Lipoteichoic Acid Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : CVI. Apr, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16603612 Use of Opsonophagocytosis for Serological Evaluation of Pneumococcal Vaccines Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : CVI. Feb, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16467321 Validation of a Multiplex Pneumococcal Serotyping Assay with Clinical Samples Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Feb, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16455888 Lipoteichoic Acid-induced Nitric Oxide Production Depends on the Activation of Platelet-activating Factor Receptor and Jak2 Journal of Immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). Jan, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16365452 Anti-idiotypic Antibody As a Potential Candidate Vaccine for Neisseria Meningitidis Serogroup B Infection and Immunity. Oct, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16177311 Simplified Method to Automatically Count Bacterial Colony Forming Unit Journal of Immunological Methods. Jul, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16002082 Monoacyl Lipoteichoic Acid from Pneumococci Stimulates Human Cells but Not Mouse Cells Infection and Immunity. Feb, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15664923 Rapid Multiplex Assay for Serotyping Pneumococci with Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Jan, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15634965 Pneumococcal Lipoteichoic Acid (LTA) is Not As Potent As Staphylococcal LTA in Stimulating Toll-like Receptor 2 Infection and Immunity. Oct, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 14500472 Efficiency of a Pneumococcal Opsonophagocytic Killing Assay Improved by Multiplexing and by Coloring Colonies Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology. Jul, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12853394 Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay for Quantitation of Human Antibodies to Pneumococcal Polysaccharides Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology. Jul, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12853378 The Influence of Maternal Immunization on Light Chain Response to Haemophilus Influenzae Type B Vaccine Vaccine. Jul, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12850347 Genetic Relatedness of Levofloxacin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus Pneumoniae Isolates from North America Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Jun, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12791865 Immunogenic Protein Contaminants in Pneumococcal Vaccines The Journal of Infectious Diseases. Mar, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12660950 Acquired, but Not Innate, Immune Responses to Streptococcus Pneumoniae Are Compromised by Neutralization of CD40L Infection and Immunity. Feb, 2000 | Pubmed ID: 10639411 Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Receptor I is Important for Survival from Streptococcus Pneumoniae Infections Infection and Immunity. Feb, 1999 | Pubmed ID: 9916064 Un haut débit de Shigella-test bactéricide spécifique Hailey P. Weerts1, Jigui Yu2, Robert W. Kaminski1, Moon H. Nahm2 1Department of Enteric Infections, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 2University of Alabama at Birmingham JoVE 59164 Immunology and Infection
Un haut débit de Shigella-test bactéricide spécifique Hailey P. Weerts1, Jigui Yu2, Robert W. Kaminski1, Moon H. Nahm2 1Department of Enteric Infections, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 2University of Alabama at Birmingham JoVE 59164 Immunology and Infection
