Coombs, Robert W., M.D., Ph.D.

Faculty

Coombs, Robert W., M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Laboratory Medicine, and Medicine

CONTACT INFORMATION
Box 359690
Harborview Medical Center
Virology
325 9th Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98104-2499
Phone: (206) 341-5200
Fax: (206) 341-5203
bcoombs@u.washington.edu

LINK TO ROBERT COOMBS COMMUNITY OF SCIENCE WEB SITE

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Coombs' research activities include the development of quantitative methods for studying cell-free and cell-associated HIV load in different biologic compartments and the role of these biologic determinants of HIV infection as surrogates for clinical outcome. Of particular interest has been the elucidation of the virologic compartmentalization of HIV between the blood and genital tract and the role of potential cofactor for regulating HIV shedding in the male and female genital tracts.

PUBLICATIONS

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Bardeguez AD, Shapiro DE, Mofenson LM, Coombs RW, Frenkel LM, Fowler MG, Huang S, Sperling RS, Cunningham B, Gandia J, Maupin R, Zorrilla CD, Jones T, O'Sullivan MJ, for the Pediatrics AIDS Clinical Trials Group 288 Protocol Team. Effect of cessation of zidovudine prophylaxis to reduce vertical transmission on maternal HIV disease progression and survival. J Aquir Immune Defic Syndr 32:170-81, 2003.

Coombs RW, Reichelderfer PS, Landay AL. Recent observations on HIV type-1 infection in the genital tract of men and women. AIDS 17:455-80, 2003.

Zuckerman RA, Whittington WLH, Celum CL, Collis T, Lucchetti A, Sanchez JL, Hughes JP, Sanchez JL, Coombs RW. Factors associated with oropharyngeal human immunodeficiency virus shedding. J Infect Dis 188:142-5, 2003.