Rima McLeod, MD

Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
Fellowship - Infectious Disease
1978

University of California
San Francisco, CA
Sr Asst Resident - Medicine
1974

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Jr Asst Resident - Medicine
1973

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Intern - Medicine
1972

University of California School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA
MD - Medicine
1971

University of California
Berkeley, CA
BA - Zoology
1967

From TgO/GABA-AT, GABA, and T-263 Mutant to Conception of Toxoplasma.
From TgO/GABA-AT, GABA, and T-263 Mutant to Conception of Toxoplasma. iScience. 2024 Jan 19; 27(1):108477.
PMID: 38205261

Genetic Variations in the Purinergic P2X7 Receptor Are Associated with the Immune Response to Ocular Toxoplasmosis in Colombia.
Genetic Variations in the Purinergic P2X7 Receptor Are Associated with the Immune Response to Ocular Toxoplasmosis in Colombia. Microorganisms. 2023 Oct 07; 11(10).
PMID: 37894166

Performances of ICT Toxoplasma IgG-IgM test in comparison with VidasĀ® toxo competition to determine the immune status against Toxoplasma gondii.
Performances of ICT Toxoplasma IgG-IgM test in comparison with VidasĀ® toxo competition to determine the immune status against Toxoplasma gondii. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2023 Nov; 42(11):1327-1335.
PMID: 37749274

CD4+ T Cell Responses to Toxoplasma gondii Are a Double-Edged Sword.
CD4+ T Cell Responses to Toxoplasma gondii Are a Double-Edged Sword. Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Sep 14; 11(9).
PMID: 37766162

Evaluation of the acceptability of point of care diagnostic test for prenatal toxoplasmosis (translational research phase III).
Evaluation of the acceptability of point of care diagnostic test for prenatal toxoplasmosis (translational research phase III). J Infect Public Health. 2022 Nov 23; 16(1):15-24.
PMID: 36446203

A fresh look at the role of spiramycin in preventing a neglected disease: meta-analyses of observational studies.
A fresh look at the role of spiramycin in preventing a neglected disease: meta-analyses of observational studies. Eur J Med Res. 2021 Dec 11; 26(1):143.
PMID: 34895348

High performance of a novel point-of-care blood test for Toxoplasma infection in women from diverse regions of Morocco.
High performance of a novel point-of-care blood test for Toxoplasma infection in women from diverse regions of Morocco. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2021 Dec; 10(1):1675-1682.
PMID: 34165384

Late Diagnosis of Congenital Toxoplasmosis with Macrocephaly in Dizygotic Twins after Incidental Detection of Leukocoria: A Case Report.
Late Diagnosis of Congenital Toxoplasmosis with Macrocephaly in Dizygotic Twins after Incidental Detection of Leukocoria: A Case Report. J Pediatr. 2021 Sep; 236:301-306.
PMID: 34023345

Engineering and characterization of a novel Self Assembling Protein for Toxoplasma peptide vaccine in HLA-A*11:01, HLA-A*02:01 and HLA-B*07:02 transgenic mice.
Engineering and characterization of a novel Self Assembling Protein for Toxoplasma peptide vaccine in HLA-A*11:01, HLA-A*02:01 and HLA-B*07:02 transgenic mice. Sci Rep. 2020 10 12; 10(1):16984.
PMID: 33046728

Potent Tetrahydroquinolone Eliminates Apicomplexan Parasites.
Potent Tetrahydroquinolone Eliminates Apicomplexan Parasites. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2020; 10:203.
PMID: 32626661

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DirectorToxoplasmosis Center
The University of Chicago
1996 - now

NIH Training Grant
Stanford University
1978

California Heart Association and USPHS Student Fellowships
University of California, San Francisco
1965