Paul Michael Lantos
About
Dr. Paul M. Lantos is a physician specializing in pediatric infectious diseases, based at Duke Health in Durham, North Carolina. His clinical and research work centers on infectious disease in children, with a particular focus on Lyme disease, including its diagnosis, geographic spread, and the scientific evidence surrounding contested claims about chronic infection.
His published work includes a review of the controversies and science surrounding chronic Lyme disease, a study examining the positive predictive value of Lyme disease serologic testing, and research on the geographic expansion of Lyme disease in the southeastern United States. These publications reflect sustained engagement with both the clinical and public health dimensions of tick-borne illness. He holds medical licenses in North Carolina and Massachusetts.
Dr. Lantos has been involved in expert witness work in the context of Lyme disease-related malpractice cases, as reflected in disclosures appearing in his co-authored publications. His affiliation with Duke Health places him within a practice that encompasses both general pediatrics and pediatric infectious disease.
Credentials
Publications
- A Geographically Weighted Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Newborn Cytomegalovirus Screening.
- Mapping the distribution of Lyme disease at a mid-Atlantic site in the United States using electronic health data.
- Residential Structural Racism and Prevalence of Chronic Health Conditions.
- A Geospatial Analysis of Disparities in Access to Oncofertility Services.
- Escherichia coli ST131 Associated with Increased Mortality in Bloodstream Infections from Urinary Tract Source.
- Black and White Patients With Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Have Similar Outcomes but Different Risk Factors.
- Impact of maternal cytomegalovirus seroconversion on newborn and childhood hearing loss.
- Hotspots in a cold land-reported cases of rabies in wildlife and livestock in Mongolia from 2012-2018.
- Heterogeneity in the Effectiveness of Non-pharmaceutical Interventions During the First SARS-CoV2 Wave in the United States.
- Two-Tier Lyme Disease Serology in Children with Previous Lyme Disease.
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