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Arnold S. Monto, M.D.

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Arnold S. Monto M.D.

Appointments

Expertise

Bioterrorism preparedness, SARS, flu vaccine, respiratory viruses, quarantine, TB, Public Health

  • Has assessed the global impact of influeza on death and hospitalization
  • Specializes in respiratory and enteric viruses and infectious diseases in developing countries
  • A leader in vaccine testing, he argues that vaccinating children as well as the elderly for the flu has a significant impact on controlling epidemics
  • Can speak about antiviral flu treatments zanamivir (Relenza) and oseltamivir (Tamiflu)
  • Studied the spread of respiratory infections in 10,000 residents of Tecumseh, Mich. in the 1960s and 1970s, finding that human coronavirus cases followed a trend much like the flu-more cases in the colder months, fewer in the spring and summer

Contact Information

Office Phone: (734) 764-5453

Other Phone: (734) 764-8094

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Web: http://www.sph.umich.edu/faculty/asmonto.html

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