Mary Wilson, MD
Clinical Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School of Medicine

Grants and Projects

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• Training in Mechanisms of Parasitism, NIH, 1996-2026
• Extracellular vesicles from parasite and host in leishmaniasis, NIH, 2009-2024
• Innate inflammatory cells in leishmaniasis, NIH, 2013-2022
• Genetic Risk Factors for Visceral Leishmaniasis, NIH, 2009-2015
• Interactions between Leishmania and the Immune Response, NIH, 2001-2014
• Collaborative Development of a Vaccine against Cutaneous and Visceral Leishmanias, NIH, 2006-2013
• A role for microRNAs in global changes in gene expression induced by Leishmania, NIH, 2009-2012
• Immunogenetics of Leishmania chagasi Infection, NIH, 2001-2007
• Genetic Susceptibility to Visceral Leishmaniasis, NIH, 2000-2005
• The Major Surface Protease of Trypanosomatid Protozoa, NIH, 1992-2005
• Gp63 Expression in Leishmania Chagasi, NIH, 1992-2003
• Immunity to Leishmania Chagasi, NIH, 1997-2000
• Antigens Eliciting a T-cell Response in Leishmaniasis, NIH, 1991-1997
• Human T Cell Response to Recombinant Leishmania Antigens, NIH, 1994-1997
• Antigenic Basis of Cellular Immunity in Leishmaniasis, NIH, 1986-1991

Publications (77)

Top publication keywords:
Infectious Disease MedicineMedical TourismTravel MedicineZika Virus InfectionDisease Transmission, InfectiousMalariaAir TravelDengueDengue VirusAlphavirus InfectionsTravel-Related IllnessCommunicable DiseasesTravelInsect VectorsTopography, Medical

• How coronavirus disease will change the face of travel medicine.
  Current opinion in infectious diseases 2021 Wilson ME
• Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2.
  Science (New York, N.Y.) 2020 Prather KA, Marr LC, Schooley RT, McDiarmid MA, Wilson ME, Milton DK
• Re-starting travel in the era of COVID-19: preparing anew.
  Journal of travel medicine 2020 Wilson ME, Chen LH
• Travellers give wings to novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
  Journal of travel medicine 2020 Wilson ME, Chen LH
• What goes on board aircraft? Passengers include Aedes, Anopheles, 2019-nCoV, dengue, Salmonella, Zika, et al.
  Travel medicine and infectious disease 2020 Wilson ME

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• The afterlife of antibiotics.
  Journal of travel medicine 2020 Wilson ME
• Yellow fever control: current epidemiology and vaccination strategies.
  Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines 2020 Chen LH, Wilson ME
• Zika circulation, congenital syndrome, and current guidelines: making sense of it all for the traveller.
  Current opinion in infectious diseases 2019 Chen LH, Wilson ME
• Arbovirus on board - Predicting dengue importation into China.
  Travel medicine and infectious disease 2019 Wilson ME
• Epidemiological characteristics and determinants of dengue transmission during epidemic and non-epidemic years in Fortaleza, Brazil: 2011-2015.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2018 MacCormack-Gelles B, Lima Neto AS, Sousa GS, Nascimento OJ, Machado MMT, Wilson ME, Castro MC
• Surveillance of travel-related infections in China.
  The Lancet. Public health 2018 Leder K, Wilson ME
• Leptospirosis among Returned Travelers: A GeoSentinel Site Survey and Multicenter Analysis-1997-2016.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2018 de Vries SG, Visser BJ, Stoney RJ, Wagenaar JFP, Bottieau E, Chen LH, Wilder-Smith A, Wilson M, Rapp C, Leder K, Caumes E, Schwartz E, Hynes NA, Goorhuis A, Esposito DH, Hamer DH, Grobusch MP
• Business travel-associated illness: a GeoSentinel analysis.
  Journal of travel medicine 2018 Chen LH, Leder K, Barbre KA, Schlagenhauf P, Libman M, Keystone J, Mendelson M, Gautret P, Schwartz E, Shaw M, MacDonald S, McCarthy A, Connor BA, Esposito DH, Hamer D, Wilson ME, GeoSentinel …
• Reply: regarding business travelers.
  Journal of travel medicine 2018 Chen LH, Leder K, Schlagenhauf P, Libman M, Keystone J, Mendelson M, Gautret P, Schwartz E, Shaw M, MacDonald S, McCarthy A, Connor BA, Hamer DH, Wilson ME, GeoSentinel Surveillance Network
• Changing epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in northeastern Brazil: a 25-year follow-up of an urban outbreak.
  Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2017 Lima ÁLM, de Lima ID, Coutinho JFV, de Sousa ÚPST, Rodrigues MAG, Wilson ME, Pearson RD, Queiroz JW, Jerônimo SMB
• Measles on the move.
  Travel medicine and infectious disease 2017 Grobusch MP, Rodriguez-Morales AJ, Wilson ME
• Postmortem Findings for 7 Neonates with Congenital Zika Virus Infection.
  Emerging infectious diseases 2017 Sousa AQ, Cavalcante DIM, Franco LM, Araújo FMC, Sousa ET, Valença-Junior JT, Rolim DB, Melo MEL, Sindeaux PDT, Araújo MTF, Pearson RD, Wilson ME, Pompeu MML
• Closing the gap in travel medicine: reframing research questions for a new era.
  Journal of travel medicine 2017 Chen LH, Leder K, Wilson ME
• Travelers' Diarrhea and Other Gastrointestinal Symptoms Among Boston-Area International Travelers.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2017 Stoney RJ, Han PV, Barnett ED, Wilson ME, Jentes ES, Benoit CM, MacLeod WB, Hamer DH, Chen LH
• Pretravel Health Preparation of International Travelers: Results From the Boston Area Travel Medicine Network.
  Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes 2017 Hamer DH, MacLeod WB, Chen LH, Hochberg NS, Kogelman L, Karchmer AW, Ooi WW, Benoit C, Wilson ME, Jentes ES, Barnett ED
• Epidemiology, Prevention, and Potential Future Treatments of Sexually Transmitted Zika Virus Infection.
  Current infectious disease reports 2017 Hamer DH, Wilson ME, Jean J, Chen LH
• Disease and economic burdens of dengue.
  The Lancet. Infectious diseases 2017 Castro MC, Wilson ME, Bloom DE
• Self-reported illness among Boston-area international travelers: A prospective study.
  Travel medicine and infectious disease 2016 Chen LH, Han PV, Wilson ME, Stoney RJ, Jentes ES, Benoit C, Ooi WW, Barnett ED, Hamer DH
• Dengue Virus Seroconversion in Travelers to Dengue-Endemic Areas.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2016 Olivero RM, Hamer DH, MacLeod WB, Benoit CM, Sanchez-Vegas C, Jentes ES, Chen LH, Wilson ME, Marano N, Yanni EA, Ooi WW, Karchmer AW, Kogelman L, Barnett ED
• Rapid Spread of Zika Virus in The Americas--Implications for Public Health Preparedness for Mass Gatherings at the 2016 Brazil Olympic Games.
  International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 2016 Petersen E, Wilson ME, Touch S, McCloskey B, Mwaba P, Bates M, Dar O, Mattes F, Kidd M, Ippolito G, Azhar EI, Zumla A
• Aedes and the triple threat of DENV, CHIKV, ZIKV--Arboviral risks and prevention at the 2016 Rio Olympic games.
  Travel medicine and infectious disease 2016 Wilson ME, Schlagenhauf P
• Malaria Prevention Strategies: Adherence Among Boston Area Travelers Visiting Malaria-Endemic Countries.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2015 Stoney RJ, Chen LH, Jentes ES, Wilson ME, Han PV, Benoit CM, MacLeod WB, Hamer DH, Barnett ED, Boston Area Travel Medicine Network
• Characteristics of Travelers to Asia Requiring Multidose Vaccine Schedules: Japanese Encephalitis and Rabies Prevention.
  Journal of travel medicine 2015 Walker XJ, Barnett ED, Wilson ME, Macleod WB, Jentes ES, Karchmer AW, Hamer DH, Chen LH, Boston Area Travel Medicine Network (BATMN)
• Fifty years of travel medicine epidemiology: what have we learnt?
  International health 2015 Steffen R, Wilson ME
• Medical tourism.
  Journal of travel medicine 2015 Chen LH, Wilson ME
• Vector-borne infections in the Caribbean - exceptional Haiti.
  Travel medicine and infectious disease 2015 Wilson ME
• Dengue: update on epidemiology.
  Current infectious disease reports 2015 Wilson ME, Chen LH
• Preferences and decision needs of Boston-area travelers to countries with risk of Yellow fever virus transmission: implications for health care providers.
  Journal of travel medicine 2014 Lown BA, Chen LH, Han PV, Jentes ES, Wilson ME, Benoit CM, Avery KA, Ooi W, Hamer DH, Barnett ED, Boston Area Travel Medicine Network
• Travel to Brazil: analysis of data from the Boston Area Travel Medicine Network (BATMN) and relevance to travelers attending world cup and olympics.
  Journal of travel medicine 2014 Iliaki E, Chen LH, Hamer DH, Macleod WB, Jentes ES, Barnett ED, Wilson ME, Boston Area Travel Medicine Network
• Reply to Sadlier, Bergin, and Merry.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2014 Chen LH, Wilson ME
• Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of US practitioners who provide pre-travel advice.
  Journal of travel medicine 2014 Kogelman L, Barnett ED, Chen LH, Quinn E, Yanni E, Wilson ME, Benoit C, Karchmer AW, Ooi WW, Jentes ES, Hamer DH
• Illness in travelers returned from Brazil: the GeoSentinel experience and implications for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2014 Wilson ME, Chen LH, Han PV, Keystone JS, Cramer JP, Segurado A, Hale D, Jensenius M, Schwartz E, von Sonnenburg F, Leder K, GeoSentinel Surveillance Network
• Feeding preferences of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae), the sand fly vector, for Leishmania infantum (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae).
  Journal of medical entomology 2014 Macedo-Silva VP, Martins DR, De Queiroz PV, Pinheiro MP, Freire CC, Queiroz JW, Dupnik KM, Pearson RD, Wilson ME, Jeronimo SM, Ximenes Mde F
• International travel by persons with medical comorbidities: understanding risks and providing advice.
  Mayo Clinic proceedings 2013 Hochberg NS, Barnett ED, Chen LH, Wilson ME, Iyer H, MacLeod WB, Yanni E, Jentes ES, Karchmer AW, Ooi W, Kogelman L, Benoit C, Hamer DH
• Acceptability of hypothetical dengue vaccines among travelers.
  Journal of travel medicine 2013 Benoit CM, MacLeod WB, Hamer DH, Sanchez-Vegas C, Chen LH, Wilson ME, Karchmer AW, Yanni E, Hochberg NS, Ooi WW, Kogelman L, Barnett ED
• Prevalence of dengue virus infection in US travelers who have lived in or traveled to dengue-endemic countries.
  Journal of travel medicine 2013 Sanchez-Vegas C, Hamer DH, Chen LH, Wilson ME, Benoit C, Hunsperger E, Macleod WB, Jentes ES, Ooi WW, Karchmer AW, Kogelman L, Yanni E, Marano N, Barnett ED
• The globalization of healthcare: implications of medical tourism for the infectious disease clinician.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2013 Chen LH, Wilson ME
• Travel-associated illness trends and clusters, 2000-2010.
  Emerging infectious diseases 2013 Leder K, Torresi J, Brownstein JS, Wilson ME, Keystone JS, Barnett E, Schwartz E, Schlagenhauf P, Wilder-Smith A, Castelli F, von Sonnenburg F, Freedman DO, Cheng AC, GeoSentinel Surveillance Network
• Response to letter.
  Journal of travel medicine 2013 Chen LH, Barnett ED, Wilson ME, MacLeod W, Yanni EA, Ooi W, Karchmer AW, Kogelman L, Marano N, Hamer DH
• Business travelers: vaccination considerations for this population.
  Expert review of vaccines 2013 Chen LH, Leder K, Wilson ME
• GeoSentinel surveillance of illness in returned travelers, 2007-2011.
  Annals of internal medicine 2013 Leder K, Torresi J, Libman MD, Cramer JP, Castelli F, Schlagenhauf P, Wilder-Smith A, Wilson ME, Keystone JS, Schwartz E, Barnett ED, von Sonnenburg F, Brownstein JS, Cheng AC, Sotir MJ, Esposito DH, …
• Hepatitis B screening in US travelers seen at the Boston area travel medicine network.
  Journal of travel medicine 2013 Chen LH, Barnett ED, Wilson ME, Macleod W, Yanni EA, Ooi W, Karchmer AW, Kogelman L, Marano N, Hamer DH
• Dengue and chikungunya in travelers: recent updates.
  Current opinion in infectious diseases 2012 Chen LH, Wilson ME
• Health challenges of young travelers visiting friends and relatives compared with those traveling for other purposes.
  The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2012 Han P, Yanni E, Jentes ES, Hamer DH, Chen LH, Wilson ME, Macleod WB, Ooi WW, Kogelman L, Karchmer AW, Barnett ED
• Vaccine administration decision making: the case of yellow fever vaccine.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2012 Lown BA, Chen LH, Wilson ME, Sisson E, Gershman M, Yanni E, Jentes ES, Hochberg NS, Hamer DH, Barnett ED
• Latitudinal patterns of travel among returned travelers with influenza: results from the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network, 1997-2007.
  Journal of travel medicine 2011 Boggild AK, Castelli F, Gautret P, Torresi J, von Sonnenburg F, Barnett ED, Greenaway CA, Lim PL, Schwartz E, Wilder-Smith A, Wilson ME, GeoSentinel Surveillance Network
• Dengue and chikungunya infections in travelers.
  Current opinion in infectious diseases 2010 Chen LH, Wilson ME
• Vaccine preventable diseases in returned international travelers: results from the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network.
  Vaccine 2010 Boggild AK, Castelli F, Gautret P, Torresi J, von Sonnenburg F, Barnett ED, Greenaway CA, Lim PL, Schwartz E, Wilder-Smith A, Wilson ME, GeoSentinel Surveillance Network
• Travel-associated dengue infections in the United States, 1996 to 2005. Letter 1.
  Journal of travel medicine 2010 Chen LH, Wilson ME
• Yellow fever virus transmission via breastfeeding: follow-up to the paper on breastfeeding travelers.
  Journal of travel medicine 2010 Chen LH, Zeind C, Mackell S, LaPointe T, Mutsch M, Wilson ME
• Sex and gender differences in travel-associated disease.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2010 Schlagenhauf P, Chen LH, Wilson ME, Freedman DO, Tcheng D, Schwartz E, Pandey P, Weber R, Nadal D, Berger C, von Sonnenburg F, Keystone J, Leder K, GeoSentinel Surveillance Network
• Breastfeeding travelers: precautions and recommendations.
  Journal of travel medicine 2010 Chen LH, Zeind C, Mackell S, LaPointe T, Mutsch M, Wilson ME
• Illness in long-term travelers visiting GeoSentinel clinics.
  Emerging infectious diseases 2009 Chen LH, Wilson ME, Davis X, Loutan L, Schwartz E, Keystone J, Hale D, Lim PL, McCarthy A, Gkrania-Klotsas E, Schlagenhauf P, GeoSentinel Surveillance Network
• Tick-borne rickettsiosis in traveler returning from Honduras.
  Emerging infectious diseases 2009 Chen LH, Wilson ME
• Japanese encephalitis: new vaccines.
  Current infectious disease reports 2009 Wilson ME
• Threat of dengue to blood safety in dengue-endemic countries.
  Emerging infectious diseases 2009 Wilder-Smith A, Chen LH, Massad E, Wilson ME
• Recent developments leading toward a paradigm switch in the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to human leishmaniasis.
  Current opinion in infectious diseases 2008 Schriefer A, Wilson ME, Carvalho EM
• A comparative analysis of methodological approaches used for estimating risk in travel medicine.
  Journal of travel medicine 2008 Leder K, Wilson ME, Freedman DO, Torresi J
• Alternative drug treatments for visceral leishmaniasis: miltefosine.
  Current infectious disease reports 2008 Wilson ME
• Alternative drug treatments for visceral leishmaniasis: paromomycin.
  Current infectious disease reports 2008 Wilson ME
• Etiology of travel-related fever.
  Current opinion in infectious diseases 2007 Wilson ME, Freedman DO
• Controversies and misconceptions in malaria chemoprophylaxis for travelers.
  JAMA 2007 Chen LH, Wilson ME, Schlagenhauf P
• Prevention of malaria in long-term travelers.
  JAMA 2006 Chen LH, Wilson ME, Schlagenhauf P
• Parenteral artesunate for treatment of severe malaria.
  Current infectious disease reports 2006 Wilson ME
• Diarrhea in nontravelers: risk and etiology.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2005 Wilson ME
• Nosocomial dengue by mucocutaneous transmission.
  Emerging infectious diseases 2005 Chen LH, Wilson ME
• Malaria Vaccine Trial: Modest Protection, Good Progress.
  Current infectious disease reports 2005 Wilson ME
• Transmission of dengue virus without a mosquito vector: nosocomial mucocutaneous transmission and other routes of transmission.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2004 Chen LH, Wilson ME
• Dermatologic Infectious Diseases in International Travelers.
  Current infectious disease reports 2004 Wilson ME, Chen LH
• Yellow Fever Immunizations: Indications and Risks.
  Current infectious disease reports 2004 Wilson ME, Chen LH, Barnett ED
• Preventing infectious diseases during and after international adoption.
  Annals of internal medicine 2003 Chen LH, Barnett ED, Wilson ME
• Recent Advances and New Challenges in Travel Medicine.
  Current infectious disease reports 2002 Chen LH, Wilson ME