General Internal Medicine

Paul Michael Lantos, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor in Pediatrics
Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute
Campus mail DUMC 100800, Durham, NC 27710
Phone (919) 681-8263
Email address paul.lantos@duke.edu

I am interested in the spatial epidemiology of infectious diseases. My research utilizes geographic information systems (GIS) and geostatistical analyses to understand the spatial and spatiotemporal distribution of diseases, and their relationship with environmental and demographic factors. I currently have active studies evaluating the spatial distribution of numerous domestic and international infectious diseases, as well as studies of neighborhood health disparities in obstetrical care and birth outcomes. I am  interested in GIS education and have conducted workshops on public health GIS in Mongolia and China.

Education and Training

  • Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 2004 - 2007
  • Med-Peds Resident, Medicine/Pediatrics, University of Connecticut, 2000 - 2004
  • M.S., Johns Hopkins University, 2016
  • M.D., University of Connecticut, 2000

Grants

Publications

Lantos, PM, Maradiaga-Panayotti, G, Barber, X, Raynor, E, Tucci, D, Hoffman, K, Permar, SR, Jackson, P, Hughes, BL, Kind, A, and Swamy, GK. "Geographic and Racial Disparities in Infant Hearing Loss." Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery : Official Journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (October 9, 2018): 194599818803305-null.

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30296906
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Lantos, PM, Hoffman, K, Permar, SR, Jackson, P, Hughes, BL, Kind, A, and Swamy, G. "Neighborhood Disadvantage is Associated with High Cytomegalovirus Seroprevalence in Pregnancy." Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 5, no. 4 (August 2018): 782-786.

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28840519
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Garro, A, Bennett, J, Balamuth, F, Levas, MN, Neville, D, Branda, JC, Maulden, AB, Lantos, PM, Nigrovic, LE, and Pedi Lyme Net, . "Positive Two-tiered Lyme Disease Serology is Uncommon in Asymptomatic Children Living in Endemic Areas of the U.S." The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal (July 31, 2018).

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30067595
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von Fricken, ME, Lkhagvatseren, S, Boldbaatar, B, Nymadawa, P, Weppelmann, TA, Baigalmaa, B-O, Anderson, BD, Reller, ME, Lantos, PM, and Gray, GC. "Estimated seroprevalence of Anaplasma spp. and spotted fever group Rickettsia exposure among herders and livestock in Mongolia." Acta Tropica 177 (January 2018): 179-185.

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29054570
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von Fricken, ME, Baigalmaa, B-O, Dalantai, G, Valenzuela, L, Tsogbadrakh, N, Painter, JE, and Lantos, PM. "A fatal case of imported malaria in a non-endemic developing country – Mongolia, 2016." Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease 7, no. 12 (November 27, 2017): 815-816.

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von Fricken, ME, Sukhbaatar, L, Bazartseren, B, Bekhochir, B, Nymadawa, P, Anderson, BD, Lantos, PM, and Gray, GC. "SEROPREVALENCE OF RICKETTSIA AND ANAPLASMA EXPOSURE IN HUMANS AND LIVESTOCK ACROSS A CENTRAL STRETCH OF MONGOLIA." November 2017.

Scholars@Duke

Lantos, PM, Hoffman, K, Permar, SR, Jackson, P, Hughes, BL, and Swamy, GK. "Geographic Disparities in Cytomegalovirus Infection During Pregnancy." Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 6, no. 3 (September 2017): e55-e61.

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28201739
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Paydar-Darian, N, Kimia, AA, Lantos, PM, Fine, AM, Gordon, CD, Gordon, CR, Landschaft, A, and Nigrovic, LE. "Diagnostic Lumbar Puncture Among Children With Facial Palsy in a Lyme Disease Endemic Area." Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 6, no. 2 (June 2017): 205-208.

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27422867
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Branda, JA, Strle, K, Nigrovic, LE, Lantos, PM, Lepore, TJ, Damle, NS, Ferraro, MJ, and Steere, AC. "Evaluation of Modified 2-Tiered Serodiagnostic Testing Algorithms for Early Lyme Disease." Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 64, no. 8 (April 2017): 1074-1080.

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28329259
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Woodworth, MH, Saullo, JL, Lantos, PM, Cox, GM, and Stout, JE. "Increasing Nocardia Incidence Associated with Bronchiectasis at a Tertiary Care Center." Annals of the American Thoracic Society 14, no. 3 (March 2017): 347-354.

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28231023
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