SURESH B BOPPANA, MD
Medical Practice at 7 Ave, Birmingham, AL
License number
Alabama MD.15386
Category
Osteopathic Medicine
Type
Emergency Medicine
License number
Alabama MD.15386
Category
Medical Practice
Type
Pediatrics
Address
Address
7Th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone
(205) 939-9587
(205) 975-4623 (Fax)
(205) 934-3795
(205) 975-4623 (Fax)
(205) 934-3795
Personal information
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Address
Phone
2505 Crossgate Pl, Vestavia, AL 35216
Birmingham, AL
2505 Crossgate Trl, Vestavia Hills, AL 35216
2505 Crossgate Pl, Birmingham, AL 35216
Organization information
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Categories:
Pediatrics Physicians & Surgeons
Phone:
(205) 934-2441 (Phone)
Professional information
Dr. Suresh B Boppana, Birmingham AL - MD (Doctor of Medicine)
Specialties:
Pediatric Infectious Disease Medicine
Address:
1600 7Th Ave S, Birmingham 35233
(205) 939-9587 (Phone), (205) 975-4623 (Fax)
(205) 939-9587 (Phone), (205) 975-4623 (Fax)
Certifications:
Allergy & Immunology, 1993, Pediatric Infectious Disease Medicine, 2002, Pediatrics, 1998
Awards:
Healthgrades Honor Roll
Languages:
English
Hospitals:
1600 7Th Ave S, Birmingham 35233
Children's of Alabama
1600 7Th Ave South, Birmingham 35233
Children's of Alabama
1600 7Th Ave South, Birmingham 35233
Education:
Medical School
Guntur Medical College, Ntr University Of Health Sciences
Graduated: 1980
UMDNJ RWJ Med School
Graduated: 1988
University Of California San Francisco
Graduated: 1990
Guntur Medical College, Ntr University Of Health Sciences
Graduated: 1980
UMDNJ RWJ Med School
Graduated: 1988
University Of California San Francisco
Graduated: 1990
Saliva Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay For Cytomegalovirus Infection
US Patent:
2013004, Feb 14, 2013
Filed:
May 2, 2011
Appl. No.:
13/581600
Inventors:
Suresh B. Boppana - Birmingham AL, US
Shannon Ross - Vestavia AL, US
Zdenek Novak - Hoover AL, US
Shannon Ross - Vestavia AL, US
Zdenek Novak - Hoover AL, US
Assignee:
The UAB Research Foundation - Birmingham AL
International Classification:
C12Q 1/70
US Classification:
435 5
Abstract:
Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is an important cause of disease in infants and immune-compromised adults. Most infants infected with CMV are not promptly identified because of the absence of symptoms. It has been discovered that an assay based on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for testing of saliva specimens for CMV is rapid, accurate, and inexpensive. Some versions of the assay employ primers that are specific for sequences flanking the highly conserved major envelope glycoprotein B or the highly conserved immediate early 2 exon 5 genes. The assay exceeds the standard rapid culture technique in accuracy, speed, and economy. When the assay is performed on dried saliva, it loses no significant amount of accuracy, and is surprisingly much more sensitive than a PCR assay using dried blood. This assay will permit broader testing to detect and intervene in congenital CMV infection, potentially avoiding numerous cases of associated disease.