Frank Bia, MD, MPH
Titles
- Professor Emeritus of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Education & Training
- Infectious Disease FellowYale School of Medicine (1979)
- 1972-73 Intern in Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 1973-75 Junior and Senior Asst. Resident in Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Includes three months in medicine and Infectious diseases at Saadi Hospital, PahlUniversity of Pennsylvania (1976)
- MPHHarvard School of Public Health (1972)
- MDCornell University (1971)
- BSFordham University (1967)
Languages Spoken
- English
- Español (Spanish)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- A) International/National/Regional 2007 The George Thornton Award in medical education from the American College of Physicians (CT Chapter) for lifetime achievement, Oct 2007. 2004 The Benjamin Kean Medal of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Awarded once every three years by the Society “to recognize a clinician or educator whose dedication to clinical tropical medicine and impact on the training of students, fellows and/or practitioners of tropical medicine is in keeping with the tradition established by Dr. Kean.” 1982 Exerpta Medica Foundation Travel Award in China Recipient of travel grant to teach medical and experimental virology in China. 1979 George A. Carden Scholar (1979-81). A renewable grant for the support of research in the virology of cytomegaloviruses. B) University 2000 AAMC/Pfizer Humanism in Medicine Nominee to nationals for 2000 award by students at Yale as a "medical faculty physician who embodies the finest qualities in a healer who teaches healing." 1996 Charles W. Bohmfalk Teaching Prize For outstanding teaching in the basic sciences (Microbiology), at the Yale University School of Medicine. Highest teaching award at Yale School of Medicine. 1983 Francis Gilman Blake Award "as that member of the faculty of the Yale School of Medicine designated by the senior class as the most outstanding teacher of the medical sciences". Cornell Medical College – AOA honor society ‘71 Fordham University, Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude ‘67 :
Board Certifications
- AB of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease (1980)
- AB of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (1975)
Publications
- Belzer A, Yeagle EM, Kohlenberg LK, Solberg M, Gudbranson E, Budge M, Batchelor HM, Fitzpatrick SE, Zhao A, Armengol VD, Hassan SF, Shum M, Bia M, Bia F, Desai NR, Kahn PA. Medical Student Patient Outreach to Ensure Continuity of Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Telemedicine Reports 2021, 2: 56-63. PMID: 35720754, PMCID: PMC9049823, DOI: 10.1089/tmr.2020.0030.
- Levy DA, Hill DR, Bia FJ, Feinn RS. Tablet-based Hearing Screening in Children Aged 5 to 17 in Rural Dominican Republic. Otology & Neurotology 2018, 39: 823-828. PMID: 29995002, DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000001857.
- Cox F, Bia F. Historical overview of global infectious diseases and geopolitics. 2017, 1-11. DOI: 10.1002/9781119085751.ch1.
- Nanda N, Bia F. 152 Transplant Patients and Tropical Diseases. 2013, 1069-1073. DOI: 10.1016/b978-1-4160-4390-4.00152-1.
- Solomon T, Danesi M, Bia F, Bleck T. CHAPTER 136 Neurologic Disease. 2011, 1017-1023. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-7020-3935-5.00136-1.
- Krause PJ, Gewurz BE, Hill D, Marty FM, Vannier E, Foppa IM, Furman RR, Neuhaus E, Skowron G, Gupta S, McCalla C, Pesanti EL, Young M, Heiman D, Hsue G, Gelfand JA, Wormser GP, Dickason J, Bia FJ, Hartman B, Telford SR, Christianson D, Dardick K, Coleman M, Girotto JE, Spielman A. Persistent and Relapsing Babesiosis in Immunocompromised Patients. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008, 46: 370-376. PMID: 18181735, DOI: 10.1086/525852.
- Rho M, Bia F, Brewster UC. Fellows’ Forum in Dialysis :edited by Mark A. Perazella: Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Peritonitis in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients. Seminars In Dialysis 2007, 20: 271-276. PMID: 17555495, DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139x.2007.00289.x.
- Stratidis J, Bia FJ, Edberg SC. Use of real-time polymerase chain reaction for identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus directly from positive blood culture bottles. Diagnostic Microbiology And Infectious Disease 2007, 58: 199-202. PMID: 17368796, DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.12.017.
- Ramos-Esteban JC, Servat JJ, da Silva R, Ambrósio R, Tauber S, Bia F. Necrotizing nocardial scleritis after combined penetrating keratoplasty and phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation: a case report and review of the literature. Arquivos Brasileiros De Oftalmologia 2007, 70: 355-359. PMID: 17589714, DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492007000200031.
- Hill DR, Ericsson CD, Pearson RD, Keystone JS, Freedman DO, Kozarsky PE, DuPont HL, Bia FJ, Fischer PR, Ryan ET. The Practice of Travel Medicine: Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2006, 43: 1499-1539. PMID: 17109284, DOI: 10.1086/508782.
- Ramos-Esteban JC, Servat JJ, Tauber S, Bia F. Bacillus megaterium delayed onset lamellar keratitis after LASIK. Journal Of Refractive Surgery 2006, 22: 309-12. PMID: 16602323, DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20060301-20.
- SOLOMON T, DANESI M, BIA F, BLECK T. Chapter 130 Neurologic Disease. 2006, 1601-1608. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-443-06668-9.50135-6.
- Servat JJ, Ramos-Esteban JC, Tauber S, Bia FJ. Mycobacterium chelonae–Mycobacterium abscessus complex clear corneal wound infection with recurrent hypopyon and perforation after phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation. Journal Of Cataract & Refractive Surgery 2005, 31: 1448-1451. PMID: 16105623, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.12.053.
- Coming of age in travel medicine and tropical diseases: a need for continued advocacy and mentorshipHill DR, Bia FJ. Coming of age in travel medicine and tropical diseases: a need for continued advocacy and mentorship. Infectious Disease Clinics Of North America 2005, 19: xv-xxi. PMID: 15701543, PMCID: PMC7119001, DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2004.11.003.
- Mariappan MR, Vielemeyer O, Fadare O, Paventy S, Bia FJ. Displaced bacterial colonies indicating Strongyloides larval migration on agar plates. Archives Of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2004, 128: 711-2. PMID: 15163219, DOI: 10.5858/2004-128-711-dbcisl.
- Finkelstein ES, Jekel J, Troidle L, Gorban-Brennan N, Finkelstein FO, Bia FJ. Patterns of infection in patients maintained on long-term peritoneal dialysis therapy with multiple episodes of peritonitis. American Journal Of Kidney Diseases 2002, 39: 1278-1286. PMID: 12046042, DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2002.33403.
- Vikram HR, Bia FJ. Severe Legionella pneumophila pneumonia in a patient with iron overload. Scandinavian Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2002, 34: 772-4. PMID: 12477334, DOI: 10.1080/00365540260348608.
- Mileno M, Suh K, Keystone J, Bia F. Special High‐Risk Travel Groups: Immunocompromised, Older, Disabled and Chronically Ill Travelers. 2001, 431-445. DOI: 10.1002/0470842512.ch26.
- Odnusi KO, Rutherford TJ, Olive DL, Bia F, Parkash V, Brown J, Zreik TG. Cryomyolysis in the management of uterine fibroids: technique and complications. Surgical Technology International 1999, 8: 173-8. PMID: 12451527.
- Buitrago MI, IJdo JW, Rinaudo P, Simon H, Copel J, Gadbaw J, Heimer R, Fikrig E, Bia FJ. Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis During Pregnancy Treated Successfully with Rifampin. Clinical Infectious Diseases 1998, 27: 213-215. PMID: 9675481, DOI: 10.1086/517678.
- Mileno M, Bia F. THE COMPROMISED TRAVELER. Infectious Disease Clinics Of North America 1998, 12: 369-412. PMID: 9658250, DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5520(05)70010-6.
- Alfaro D, Davis J, Kim S, Bia F, Bogard J, Briggs J, Liggett P. Experimental Bacillus cereus post-traumatic endophthalmitis and treatment with ciprofloxacin. British Journal Of Ophthalmology 1996, 80: 755. PMID: 8949723, PMCID: PMC505595, DOI: 10.1136/bjo.80.8.755.
- Hardalo C, Campbell S, Filatov V, Liggett P, Bia F. Tuberculous Choroiditis. Infectious Diseases In Clinical Practice 1996, 5: 336-338. DOI: 10.1097/00019048-199606000-00012.
- Hill D, Bia F. Tropical and travel-associated diseases. Current Opinion In Infectious Diseases 1994, 7: 525-528. DOI: 10.1097/00001432-199410000-00001.
- Frieden T, Bia F, Heald P, Eisen R, Patterson T, Edelson R. Cutaneous Cryptococcosis in a Patient with Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma Receiving Therapy with Photopheresis and Methotrexate. Clinical Infectious Diseases 1993, 17: 776-778. PMID: 8268362, DOI: 10.1093/clinids/17.4.776.
- Bia F, Barry M. Special health considerations for travelers. 1992, 76: 1295-1312. PMID: 1405820, DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7125(16)30288-7.
- Bia F. MEDICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE PREGNANT TRAVELER. Infectious Disease Clinics Of North America 1992, 6: 371-388. PMID: 1624782, DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5520(20)30447-5.
- Layton M, Bia F. Emerging issues in travel medicine. Current Opinion In Infectious Diseases 1992, 5: 338-344. DOI: 10.1097/00001432-199206000-00006.
- Grant W, Bia F, Chacko T, Jean-Baptiste M, Griffith B. Comparison of enzyme-linked immunosorbent and indirect immunofluorescence assays for the detection of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-I antibodies in sera from rural Haiti. Diagnostic Microbiology And Infectious Disease 1992, 15: 121-124. PMID: 1572136, DOI: 10.1016/0732-8893(92)90034-q.
- Bia F. Current prevention and management of acute mountain sickness. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 1992, 65: 337-41. PMID: 1290275, PMCID: PMC2589587.
- Bia F. Malaria prophylaxis: taking aim at constantly moving targets. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 1992, 65: 329-36. PMID: 1290274, PMCID: PMC2589577.
- SCHINDZIELORZ A, EDBERG S, BIA F. Strongyloides stercoralis Hyperinfection and Central Nervous System Involvement in a Patient With Relapsing Polychondritis. Southern Medical Journal 1991, 84: 1055-1057. PMID: 1882264, DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199108000-00030.
- Bia F. Emerging problems in parasitic and tropical diseases. Current Opinion In Infectious Diseases 1991, 4: 309-313. DOI: 10.1097/00001432-199106000-00008.
- Colson ER, Horwitz RI, Bia FJ, Viscoli CM. Zidovudine (AZT) for treatment of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1. An evaluation of effectiveness in clinical practice. JAMA Internal Medicine 1991, 151: 709-13. PMID: 2012453, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.151.4.709.
- Frieden T, Piepmeier J, Murdoch G, Bia F. Recurrent aseptic meningitis for 24 years: diagnosis and treatment of an associated lesion. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 1990, 63: 593-9. PMID: 2092416, PMCID: PMC2589416.
- Zheng Z, Lavallee J, Bia F, Griffith B. Thymic hypoplasia, splenomegaly and immune depression in guinea pigs with neonatal cytomegalovirus infection. Developmental & Comparative Immunology 1987, 11: 407-418. PMID: 3040485, DOI: 10.1016/0145-305x(87)90084-x.
- Markham D, Griffith B, Lerner E, Lucia H, Bia F. Effects of Cyclosporine on Chronic Cytomegalovirus Infection in the Guinea Pig. Intervirology 1987, 28: 171-180. PMID: 2836336, DOI: 10.1159/000150013.
- Barry M, Bia F. Departments of medicine and international health. The American Journal Of Medicine 1986, 80: 1019-1021. PMID: 3728498, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(86)90658-3.
- MacGregor M, Lucia H, Vine W, FitzGerald P, Bia F. Effects of Cyclosporine and Cortisone on the Pathogenesis of Primary Infection with Cytomegalovirus in the Guinea Pig. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1986, 153: 503-510. PMID: 3005426, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/153.3.503.
- Bia F, Barry M. Parasitic Infections of the Central Nervous System. Neurologic Clinics 1986, 4: 171-206. PMID: 3523201, DOI: 10.1016/s0733-8619(18)30994-0.
- Hsiung G, Griffith B, Bia F. CHAPTER 20 HERPESVIRUSES AND RETROVIRUSES OF GUINEA PIGS. 1986, 451-504. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-095785-9.50027-5.
- Bia F, Lucia H, Bia M, Vine W, Tuttle A. Effects of Cyclosporine on the Pathogenesis of Primary Cytomegalovirus Infection in the Guinea Pig. Intervirology 1985, 24: 154-165. PMID: 2999030, DOI: 10.1159/000149635.
- Miller S, Bia F, Coleman D, Lucia H, Young K, Root R. Pulmonary macrophage function during experimental cytomegalovirus interstitial pneumonia. Infection And Immunity 1985, 47: 211-216. PMID: 2981196, PMCID: PMC261498, DOI: 10.1128/iai.47.1.211-216.1985.
- Bia F, Miller S, Lucia H, Griffith B, Tarsio M, Hsiung G. Vaccination Against Transplacental Cytomegalovirus Transmission: Vaccine Reactivation and Efficacy in Guinea Pigs. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1984, 149: 355-362. PMID: 6325549, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/149.3.355.
- Barry M, Mellors J, Bia F. Haiti and the aids connection. Journal Of Clinical Epidemiology 1984, 37: 593-595. PMID: 6746848, DOI: 10.1016/0021-9681(84)90009-2.
- Fong C, Lucia H, Bia F, Hsiung G. Histopathologic and ultrastructural studies of disseminated cytomegalovirus infection in strain 2 guinea pigs. Laboratory Investigation 1983, 49: 183-94. PMID: 6308346.
- Bia F, Griffith B, Fong C, Hsiung G. Cytomegaloviral Infections in the Guinea Pig: Experimental Models for Human Disease. Clinical Infectious Diseases 1983, 5: 177-195. PMID: 6302812, DOI: 10.1093/clinids/5.2.177.
- Hirsch D, Bia F, Kashgarian M, Bia M. Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis during Antituberculous Therapy. American Journal Of Nephrology 1983, 3: 7-10. PMID: 6837655, DOI: 10.1159/000166679.
- Bia F, Lucia H, Fong C, Tarsio M, Hsiung G. Effects of Vaccination on Cytomegalovirus-Associated Interstitial Pneumonia in Strain 2 Guinea Pigs. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1982, 145: 742-747. PMID: 6281341, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/145.2.742.
- Yourtee E, Bia F, Griffith B, Root R. Neutrophil response and function during acute cytomegalovirus infection in guinea pigs. Infection And Immunity 1982, 36: 11-16. PMID: 6281184, PMCID: PMC351177, DOI: 10.1128/iai.36.1.11-16.1982.
- Griffith B, Lucia H, Bia F, Hsiung G. Cytomegalovirus-induced mononucleosis in guinea pigs. Infection And Immunity 1981, 32: 857-863. PMID: 6265366, PMCID: PMC351522, DOI: 10.1128/iai.32.2.857-863.1981.
- Bia F, Griffith B, Tarsio M, Hsiung G. Vaccination for the Prevention of Maternal and Fetal Infection with Guinea Pig Cytomegalovirus. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1980, 142: 732-738. PMID: 6257798, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/142.5.732.
- Bia F, Summers W, Fong C, Hsiung G. New endogenous herpesvirus of guinea pigs: biological and molecular characterization. Journal Of Virology 1980, 36: 245-253. PMID: 6255209, PMCID: PMC353635, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.36.1.245-253.1980.
- Hsiung G, Bia F, Fong C. Viruses of guinea pigs: considerations for biomedical research. Microbiology And Molecular Biology Reviews 1980, 44: 468-90. PMID: 6252434, PMCID: PMC373189, DOI: 10.1128/mr.44.3.468-490.1980.
- Bia F, Thornton G, Main A, Fong C, Hsiung GD. Western Equine Encephalitis Mimicking Herpes Simplex Encephalitis. JAMA 1980, 244: 367-369. PMID: 7190194, DOI: 10.1001/jama.1980.03310040049029.
- Fong C, Bia F, Hsiung G. Ultrastructural development and persistence of guinea pig cytomegalovirus in duct cells of guinea pig submaxillary gland. Archives Of Virology 1980, 64: 97-108. PMID: 6247997, DOI: 10.1007/bf01318013.
- Bia F, Hastings K, Hsiung G. Cytomegalovirus Infection in Guinea Pigs. III. Persistent Viruria, Blood Transmission, and Viral Interference. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1979, 140: 914-920. PMID: 232118, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/140.6.914.
- Fong C, Bia F, Hsiung G, Madore P, Chang P. Ultrastructural Development of Guinea Pig Cytomegalovirus in Cultured Guinea Pig Embryo Cells. Journal Of General Virology 1979, 42: 127-140. PMID: 215704, DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-42-1-127.
Titles
- Professor Emeritus of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Education & Training
- Infectious Disease FellowYale School of Medicine (1979)
- 1972-73 Intern in Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 1973-75 Junior and Senior Asst. Resident in Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Includes three months in medicine and Infectious diseases at Saadi Hospital, PahlUniversity of Pennsylvania (1976)
- MPHHarvard School of Public Health (1972)
- MDCornell University (1971)
- BSFordham University (1967)
Languages Spoken
- English
- Español (Spanish)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- A) International/National/Regional 2007 The George Thornton Award in medical education from the American College of Physicians (CT Chapter) for lifetime achievement, Oct 2007. 2004 The Benjamin Kean Medal of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Awarded once every three years by the Society “to recognize a clinician or educator whose dedication to clinical tropical medicine and impact on the training of students, fellows and/or practitioners of tropical medicine is in keeping with the tradition established by Dr. Kean.” 1982 Exerpta Medica Foundation Travel Award in China Recipient of travel grant to teach medical and experimental virology in China. 1979 George A. Carden Scholar (1979-81). A renewable grant for the support of research in the virology of cytomegaloviruses. B) University 2000 AAMC/Pfizer Humanism in Medicine Nominee to nationals for 2000 award by students at Yale as a "medical faculty physician who embodies the finest qualities in a healer who teaches healing." 1996 Charles W. Bohmfalk Teaching Prize For outstanding teaching in the basic sciences (Microbiology), at the Yale University School of Medicine. Highest teaching award at Yale School of Medicine. 1983 Francis Gilman Blake Award "as that member of the faculty of the Yale School of Medicine designated by the senior class as the most outstanding teacher of the medical sciences". Cornell Medical College – AOA honor society ‘71 Fordham University, Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude ‘67 :
Board Certifications
- AB of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease (1980)
- AB of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (1975)
Publications
- Belzer A, Yeagle EM, Kohlenberg LK, Solberg M, Gudbranson E, Budge M, Batchelor HM, Fitzpatrick SE, Zhao A, Armengol VD, Hassan SF, Shum M, Bia M, Bia F, Desai NR, Kahn PA. Medical Student Patient Outreach to Ensure Continuity of Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Telemedicine Reports 2021, 2: 56-63. PMID: 35720754, PMCID: PMC9049823, DOI: 10.1089/tmr.2020.0030.
- Levy DA, Hill DR, Bia FJ, Feinn RS. Tablet-based Hearing Screening in Children Aged 5 to 17 in Rural Dominican Republic. Otology & Neurotology 2018, 39: 823-828. PMID: 29995002, DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000001857.
- Cox F, Bia F. Historical overview of global infectious diseases and geopolitics. 2017, 1-11. DOI: 10.1002/9781119085751.ch1.
- Nanda N, Bia F. 152 Transplant Patients and Tropical Diseases. 2013, 1069-1073. DOI: 10.1016/b978-1-4160-4390-4.00152-1.
- Solomon T, Danesi M, Bia F, Bleck T. CHAPTER 136 Neurologic Disease. 2011, 1017-1023. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-7020-3935-5.00136-1.
- Krause PJ, Gewurz BE, Hill D, Marty FM, Vannier E, Foppa IM, Furman RR, Neuhaus E, Skowron G, Gupta S, McCalla C, Pesanti EL, Young M, Heiman D, Hsue G, Gelfand JA, Wormser GP, Dickason J, Bia FJ, Hartman B, Telford SR, Christianson D, Dardick K, Coleman M, Girotto JE, Spielman A. Persistent and Relapsing Babesiosis in Immunocompromised Patients. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008, 46: 370-376. PMID: 18181735, DOI: 10.1086/525852.
- Rho M, Bia F, Brewster UC. Fellows’ Forum in Dialysis :edited by Mark A. Perazella: Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Peritonitis in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients. Seminars In Dialysis 2007, 20: 271-276. PMID: 17555495, DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139x.2007.00289.x.
- Stratidis J, Bia FJ, Edberg SC. Use of real-time polymerase chain reaction for identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus directly from positive blood culture bottles. Diagnostic Microbiology And Infectious Disease 2007, 58: 199-202. PMID: 17368796, DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.12.017.
- Ramos-Esteban JC, Servat JJ, da Silva R, Ambrósio R, Tauber S, Bia F. Necrotizing nocardial scleritis after combined penetrating keratoplasty and phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation: a case report and review of the literature. Arquivos Brasileiros De Oftalmologia 2007, 70: 355-359. PMID: 17589714, DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492007000200031.
- Hill DR, Ericsson CD, Pearson RD, Keystone JS, Freedman DO, Kozarsky PE, DuPont HL, Bia FJ, Fischer PR, Ryan ET. The Practice of Travel Medicine: Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2006, 43: 1499-1539. PMID: 17109284, DOI: 10.1086/508782.
- Ramos-Esteban JC, Servat JJ, Tauber S, Bia F. Bacillus megaterium delayed onset lamellar keratitis after LASIK. Journal Of Refractive Surgery 2006, 22: 309-12. PMID: 16602323, DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20060301-20.
- SOLOMON T, DANESI M, BIA F, BLECK T. Chapter 130 Neurologic Disease. 2006, 1601-1608. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-443-06668-9.50135-6.
- Servat JJ, Ramos-Esteban JC, Tauber S, Bia FJ. Mycobacterium chelonae–Mycobacterium abscessus complex clear corneal wound infection with recurrent hypopyon and perforation after phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation. Journal Of Cataract & Refractive Surgery 2005, 31: 1448-1451. PMID: 16105623, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.12.053.
- Coming of age in travel medicine and tropical diseases: a need for continued advocacy and mentorshipHill DR, Bia FJ. Coming of age in travel medicine and tropical diseases: a need for continued advocacy and mentorship. Infectious Disease Clinics Of North America 2005, 19: xv-xxi. PMID: 15701543, PMCID: PMC7119001, DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2004.11.003.
- Mariappan MR, Vielemeyer O, Fadare O, Paventy S, Bia FJ. Displaced bacterial colonies indicating Strongyloides larval migration on agar plates. Archives Of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2004, 128: 711-2. PMID: 15163219, DOI: 10.5858/2004-128-711-dbcisl.
- Finkelstein ES, Jekel J, Troidle L, Gorban-Brennan N, Finkelstein FO, Bia FJ. Patterns of infection in patients maintained on long-term peritoneal dialysis therapy with multiple episodes of peritonitis. American Journal Of Kidney Diseases 2002, 39: 1278-1286. PMID: 12046042, DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2002.33403.
- Vikram HR, Bia FJ. Severe Legionella pneumophila pneumonia in a patient with iron overload. Scandinavian Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2002, 34: 772-4. PMID: 12477334, DOI: 10.1080/00365540260348608.
- Mileno M, Suh K, Keystone J, Bia F. Special High‐Risk Travel Groups: Immunocompromised, Older, Disabled and Chronically Ill Travelers. 2001, 431-445. DOI: 10.1002/0470842512.ch26.
- Odnusi KO, Rutherford TJ, Olive DL, Bia F, Parkash V, Brown J, Zreik TG. Cryomyolysis in the management of uterine fibroids: technique and complications. Surgical Technology International 1999, 8: 173-8. PMID: 12451527.
- Buitrago MI, IJdo JW, Rinaudo P, Simon H, Copel J, Gadbaw J, Heimer R, Fikrig E, Bia FJ. Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis During Pregnancy Treated Successfully with Rifampin. Clinical Infectious Diseases 1998, 27: 213-215. PMID: 9675481, DOI: 10.1086/517678.
- Mileno M, Bia F. THE COMPROMISED TRAVELER. Infectious Disease Clinics Of North America 1998, 12: 369-412. PMID: 9658250, DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5520(05)70010-6.
- Alfaro D, Davis J, Kim S, Bia F, Bogard J, Briggs J, Liggett P. Experimental Bacillus cereus post-traumatic endophthalmitis and treatment with ciprofloxacin. British Journal Of Ophthalmology 1996, 80: 755. PMID: 8949723, PMCID: PMC505595, DOI: 10.1136/bjo.80.8.755.
- Hardalo C, Campbell S, Filatov V, Liggett P, Bia F. Tuberculous Choroiditis. Infectious Diseases In Clinical Practice 1996, 5: 336-338. DOI: 10.1097/00019048-199606000-00012.
- Hill D, Bia F. Tropical and travel-associated diseases. Current Opinion In Infectious Diseases 1994, 7: 525-528. DOI: 10.1097/00001432-199410000-00001.
- Frieden T, Bia F, Heald P, Eisen R, Patterson T, Edelson R. Cutaneous Cryptococcosis in a Patient with Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma Receiving Therapy with Photopheresis and Methotrexate. Clinical Infectious Diseases 1993, 17: 776-778. PMID: 8268362, DOI: 10.1093/clinids/17.4.776.
- Bia F, Barry M. Special health considerations for travelers. 1992, 76: 1295-1312. PMID: 1405820, DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7125(16)30288-7.
- Bia F. MEDICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE PREGNANT TRAVELER. Infectious Disease Clinics Of North America 1992, 6: 371-388. PMID: 1624782, DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5520(20)30447-5.
- Layton M, Bia F. Emerging issues in travel medicine. Current Opinion In Infectious Diseases 1992, 5: 338-344. DOI: 10.1097/00001432-199206000-00006.
- Grant W, Bia F, Chacko T, Jean-Baptiste M, Griffith B. Comparison of enzyme-linked immunosorbent and indirect immunofluorescence assays for the detection of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-I antibodies in sera from rural Haiti. Diagnostic Microbiology And Infectious Disease 1992, 15: 121-124. PMID: 1572136, DOI: 10.1016/0732-8893(92)90034-q.
- Bia F. Current prevention and management of acute mountain sickness. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 1992, 65: 337-41. PMID: 1290275, PMCID: PMC2589587.
- Bia F. Malaria prophylaxis: taking aim at constantly moving targets. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 1992, 65: 329-36. PMID: 1290274, PMCID: PMC2589577.
- SCHINDZIELORZ A, EDBERG S, BIA F. Strongyloides stercoralis Hyperinfection and Central Nervous System Involvement in a Patient With Relapsing Polychondritis. Southern Medical Journal 1991, 84: 1055-1057. PMID: 1882264, DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199108000-00030.
- Bia F. Emerging problems in parasitic and tropical diseases. Current Opinion In Infectious Diseases 1991, 4: 309-313. DOI: 10.1097/00001432-199106000-00008.
- Colson ER, Horwitz RI, Bia FJ, Viscoli CM. Zidovudine (AZT) for treatment of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1. An evaluation of effectiveness in clinical practice. JAMA Internal Medicine 1991, 151: 709-13. PMID: 2012453, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.151.4.709.
- Frieden T, Piepmeier J, Murdoch G, Bia F. Recurrent aseptic meningitis for 24 years: diagnosis and treatment of an associated lesion. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 1990, 63: 593-9. PMID: 2092416, PMCID: PMC2589416.
- Zheng Z, Lavallee J, Bia F, Griffith B. Thymic hypoplasia, splenomegaly and immune depression in guinea pigs with neonatal cytomegalovirus infection. Developmental & Comparative Immunology 1987, 11: 407-418. PMID: 3040485, DOI: 10.1016/0145-305x(87)90084-x.
- Markham D, Griffith B, Lerner E, Lucia H, Bia F. Effects of Cyclosporine on Chronic Cytomegalovirus Infection in the Guinea Pig. Intervirology 1987, 28: 171-180. PMID: 2836336, DOI: 10.1159/000150013.
- Barry M, Bia F. Departments of medicine and international health. The American Journal Of Medicine 1986, 80: 1019-1021. PMID: 3728498, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(86)90658-3.
- MacGregor M, Lucia H, Vine W, FitzGerald P, Bia F. Effects of Cyclosporine and Cortisone on the Pathogenesis of Primary Infection with Cytomegalovirus in the Guinea Pig. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1986, 153: 503-510. PMID: 3005426, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/153.3.503.
- Bia F, Barry M. Parasitic Infections of the Central Nervous System. Neurologic Clinics 1986, 4: 171-206. PMID: 3523201, DOI: 10.1016/s0733-8619(18)30994-0.
- Hsiung G, Griffith B, Bia F. CHAPTER 20 HERPESVIRUSES AND RETROVIRUSES OF GUINEA PIGS. 1986, 451-504. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-095785-9.50027-5.
- Bia F, Lucia H, Bia M, Vine W, Tuttle A. Effects of Cyclosporine on the Pathogenesis of Primary Cytomegalovirus Infection in the Guinea Pig. Intervirology 1985, 24: 154-165. PMID: 2999030, DOI: 10.1159/000149635.
- Miller S, Bia F, Coleman D, Lucia H, Young K, Root R. Pulmonary macrophage function during experimental cytomegalovirus interstitial pneumonia. Infection And Immunity 1985, 47: 211-216. PMID: 2981196, PMCID: PMC261498, DOI: 10.1128/iai.47.1.211-216.1985.
- Bia F, Miller S, Lucia H, Griffith B, Tarsio M, Hsiung G. Vaccination Against Transplacental Cytomegalovirus Transmission: Vaccine Reactivation and Efficacy in Guinea Pigs. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1984, 149: 355-362. PMID: 6325549, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/149.3.355.
- Barry M, Mellors J, Bia F. Haiti and the aids connection. Journal Of Clinical Epidemiology 1984, 37: 593-595. PMID: 6746848, DOI: 10.1016/0021-9681(84)90009-2.
- Fong C, Lucia H, Bia F, Hsiung G. Histopathologic and ultrastructural studies of disseminated cytomegalovirus infection in strain 2 guinea pigs. Laboratory Investigation 1983, 49: 183-94. PMID: 6308346.
- Bia F, Griffith B, Fong C, Hsiung G. Cytomegaloviral Infections in the Guinea Pig: Experimental Models for Human Disease. Clinical Infectious Diseases 1983, 5: 177-195. PMID: 6302812, DOI: 10.1093/clinids/5.2.177.
- Hirsch D, Bia F, Kashgarian M, Bia M. Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis during Antituberculous Therapy. American Journal Of Nephrology 1983, 3: 7-10. PMID: 6837655, DOI: 10.1159/000166679.
- Bia F, Lucia H, Fong C, Tarsio M, Hsiung G. Effects of Vaccination on Cytomegalovirus-Associated Interstitial Pneumonia in Strain 2 Guinea Pigs. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1982, 145: 742-747. PMID: 6281341, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/145.2.742.
- Yourtee E, Bia F, Griffith B, Root R. Neutrophil response and function during acute cytomegalovirus infection in guinea pigs. Infection And Immunity 1982, 36: 11-16. PMID: 6281184, PMCID: PMC351177, DOI: 10.1128/iai.36.1.11-16.1982.
- Griffith B, Lucia H, Bia F, Hsiung G. Cytomegalovirus-induced mononucleosis in guinea pigs. Infection And Immunity 1981, 32: 857-863. PMID: 6265366, PMCID: PMC351522, DOI: 10.1128/iai.32.2.857-863.1981.
- Bia F, Griffith B, Tarsio M, Hsiung G. Vaccination for the Prevention of Maternal and Fetal Infection with Guinea Pig Cytomegalovirus. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1980, 142: 732-738. PMID: 6257798, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/142.5.732.
- Bia F, Summers W, Fong C, Hsiung G. New endogenous herpesvirus of guinea pigs: biological and molecular characterization. Journal Of Virology 1980, 36: 245-253. PMID: 6255209, PMCID: PMC353635, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.36.1.245-253.1980.
- Hsiung G, Bia F, Fong C. Viruses of guinea pigs: considerations for biomedical research. Microbiology And Molecular Biology Reviews 1980, 44: 468-90. PMID: 6252434, PMCID: PMC373189, DOI: 10.1128/mr.44.3.468-490.1980.
- Bia F, Thornton G, Main A, Fong C, Hsiung GD. Western Equine Encephalitis Mimicking Herpes Simplex Encephalitis. JAMA 1980, 244: 367-369. PMID: 7190194, DOI: 10.1001/jama.1980.03310040049029.
- Fong C, Bia F, Hsiung G. Ultrastructural development and persistence of guinea pig cytomegalovirus in duct cells of guinea pig submaxillary gland. Archives Of Virology 1980, 64: 97-108. PMID: 6247997, DOI: 10.1007/bf01318013.
- Bia F, Hastings K, Hsiung G. Cytomegalovirus Infection in Guinea Pigs. III. Persistent Viruria, Blood Transmission, and Viral Interference. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1979, 140: 914-920. PMID: 232118, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/140.6.914.
- Fong C, Bia F, Hsiung G, Madore P, Chang P. Ultrastructural Development of Guinea Pig Cytomegalovirus in Cultured Guinea Pig Embryo Cells. Journal Of General Virology 1979, 42: 127-140. PMID: 215704, DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-42-1-127.