
Dr. Norbert J Roberts MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
301 University Blvd Galveston TX, 77555About
Dr. Norbert Roberts is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Galveston, TX. Dr. Roberts specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Respiratory syncytial virus F envelope protein associates with lipid rafts without a requirement for other virus proteins.
- Small interfering RNA profiling reveals key role of clathrin-mediated endocytosis and early endosome formation for infection by respiratory syncytial virus.
- Interleukin-6⁻¹⁷⁴ and tumor necrosis factor α⁻³⁰⁸ polymorphisms enhance cytokine production by human macrophages exposed to respiratory viruses.
- Human Alveolar Macrophages May Not Be Susceptible to Direct Infection by a Human Influenza Virus.
- Reduced activation and proliferation of human lymphocytes exposed to respiratory syncytial virus compared to cells exposed to influenza virus.
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