Donor-Derived Ehrlichiosis Caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis from Living Donor Kidney Transplant.

Authors: Scolarici, Michael J.¹, Kuehler, Daniel², Osborn, Rebecca³, Doyle, Annie², Schiffman, Elizabeth K.⁴, Garvin, Alex⁴, Villalba, Julian A.⁵, Ramos, Carmen J.⁵, Paddock, Christopher D.⁵, Annambhotla, Pallavi D.⁵, Taylor, Marissa⁵, Salzer, Johanna S.⁵, Saddler, Christopher¹, Thiessen, Carrie¹, Kandaswamy, Raja², Odorico, Jon¹

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases; Mar2025, Vol. 31 Issue 3, p587-590, 4p

Bartonella quintana Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients from Donor Experiencing Homelessness, United States, 2022.

Authors: Beeson, Amy M.¹, amy.beeson@dhha.org, Rich, Shannan N.¹, Russo, Michael E.^2,3, Bhatnagar, Julu⁴, Kumar, Rebecca N.⁵, Ritter, Jana M.⁴, Annambhotla, Pallavi⁴, Takeda, Moe R.^2,3, Kuhn, Kira F.², Pillai, Prishanya⁵, DeLeon-Carnes, Marlene⁴, Scobell, Rebecca², Ekambaram, Maheswari², Finkel, Rachel², Reagan-Steiner, Sarah⁵, Martines, Roosecelis B.⁵, Satoskar, Rohit S.⁴, Vranic, Gayle M.^5,6, Mohammed, Raji⁷, Rivera, Gloria E.⁸

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases; Dec2024, Vol. 30 Issue 12, p2467-2475, 9p

Rickettsia parkeri Rickettsiosis in Kidney Transplant Recipient, North Carolina, USA, 2023.

Authors: Phadke, Gautam M.¹, Gajurel, Kiran¹, Kasten, Jennifer¹, DeLeon-Carnes, Marlene¹, Ramos, Carmen¹, Karpathy, Sandor E.¹, Gleaton, Arlyn N.¹, Adams, Sydney N.¹, Annambhotla, Pallavi D.¹, Basavaraju, Sridhar V.¹, Williams, Carl¹, Paddock, Christopher D.¹

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases; Jul2024, Vol. 30 Issue 7, p1459-1462, 4p

Incomplete tissue product tracing during an investigation of a tissue-derived tuberculosis outbreak

Authors: Marshall, Kristen E., Free, Rebecca J., Filardo, Thomas D., Schwartz, Noah G., Hernandez-Romieu, Alfonso C., Thacker, Tyler C., Lehman, Kimberly A., Annambhotla, Pallavi, Dupree, Peter B., Glowicz, Janet Burton, Scarpita, Ann M., Brubaker, Scott A., Czaja, Christopher A., Basavaraju, Sridhar V.

Source: In American Journal of Transplantation January 2024 24(1):115-122

Transmission of yellow fever vaccine virus through blood transfusion and organ transplantation in the USA in 2021: report of an investigation

Authors: Ajaimy, Maria, Al Azzi, Yorg, Annambhotla, Pallavi, Backenson, Bryon, Belden, Katherine, Colovai, Adriana, Coppock, Dagan, Du, Lydia, Estetter, Lindsey, Le, Marie, Martines, Roosecelis B., Pettengill, Matthew, Szymczak, Wendy, Vareechon, Chairut, Gould, Carolyn V ^*, Free, Rebecca J, Bhatnagar, Julu, Soto, Raymond A, Royer, Tricia L, Maley, Warren R, Moss, Sean, Berk, Matthew A, Craig-Schapiro, Rebecca, Kodiyanplakkal, Rosy Priya L, Westblade, Lars F, Muthukumar, Thangamani, Puius, Yoram A, Raina, Amresh, Hadi, Azam, Gyure, Kymberly A, Trief, Danielle, Pereira, Marcus, Kuehnert, Matthew J, Ballen, Vennus, Kessler, Debra A, Dailey, Kimberly, Omura, Charles, Doan, Thuy, Miller, Steve, Wilson, Michael R, Lehman, Jennifer A, Ritter, Jana M, Lee, Elizabeth, Silva-Flannery, Luciana, Reagan-Steiner, Sarah, Velez, Jason O, Laven, Janeen J, Fitzpatrick, Kelly A, Panella, Amanda, Davis, Emily H, Hughes, Holly R, Brault, Aaron C, St George, Kirsten, Dean, Amy B, Ackelsberg, Joel, Basavaraju, Sridhar V, Chiu, Charles Y, Staples, J Erin

Source: In The Lancet Microbe September 2023 4(9):e711-e721

Nationwide tuberculosis outbreak in the USA linked to a bone graft product: an outbreak report

Authors: Schwartz, Noah G ^{*, *}, Hernandez-Romieu, Alfonso C ^*, Annambhotla, Pallavi, Filardo, Thomas D, Althomsons, Sandy P, Free, Rebecca J, Li, Ruoran, Wyatt Wilson, W, Deutsch-Feldman, Molly, Drees, Marci, Hanlin, Emily, White, Kelly, Lehman, Kimberly A, Thacker, Tyler C, Brubaker, Scott A, Clark, Brychan, Basavaraju, Sridhar V, Benowitz, Isaac, Burton Glowicz, Janet, Cowan, Lauren S, Starks, Angela M, Bamrah Morris, Sapna, LoBue, Philip, Stewart, Rebekah J, Wortham, Jonathan M, Haddad, Maryam B

Source: In The Lancet Infectious Diseases November 2022 22(11):1617-1625

Tuberculosis Outbreak Linked to a Contaminated Bone Graft Product Used in Spinal Surgery — Delaware, March–June 2021

Authors: Li, Ruoran, Wilson, W. Wyatt, Schwartz, Noah G., Hernandez-Romieu, Alfonso C., Glowicz, Janet, Hanlin, Emily, Taylor, Malikah, Pelkey, Heather, Briody, Carol A., Gireesh, Lija, Eskander, Mark, Lingenfelter, Kenneth, Althomsons, Sandy P., Stewart, Rebekah J., Free, Rebecca, Annambhotla, Pallavi, Basavaraju, Sridhar V., Wortham, Jonathan M., Morris, Sapna Bamrah, Benowitz, Isaac, Haddad, Maryam B., Hong, Rick, Drees, Marci

Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2021 Sep 01. 70(36), 1261-1263.

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Unexpected Hepatitis B Virus Infection After Liver Transplantation — United States, 2014–2019

Authors: Bixler, Danae, Annambhotla, Pallavi, Montgomery, Martha P., Mixon-Hayden, Tonya, Kupronis, Ben, Michaels, Marian G., La Hoz, Ricardo M., Basavaraju, Sridhar V., Kamili, Saleem, Moorman, Anne

Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2021 Jul 01. 70(27), 961-966.

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Severe Non–Donor-Derived Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infection in 2 Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.

Authors: Sayyad, Leanna E, Smith, Kami L, Sadigh, Katrin S, Cossaboom, Caitlin M, Choi, Mary J, Whitmer, Shannon, Cannon, Debi, Krapiunaya, Inna, Morales-Betoulle, Maria, Annambhotla, Pallavi, Basavaraju, Sridhar V, Ruberto, Irene, Kretschmer, Melissa, Gutierrez, Nalleli, Zabel, Karen, Austin, Connie, Sandoval, Edith, Servellita, Venice, Foresythe, Abiodun, Sumimoto, Nanami

Source: Open Forum Infectious Diseases; Feb2025, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p1-9, 9p

Subject Terms: LYMPHOCYTIC choriomeningitis virus, MEDICAL personnel, TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc., HEART transplant recipients, KIDNEY transplantation

Posttransfusion Sepsis Attributable to Bacterial Contamination in Platelet Collection Set Manufacturing Facility, United States.

Authors: Kracalik, Ian¹, Kent, Alyssa G.¹, Villa, Carlos H.², Gable, Paige¹, Annambhotla, Pallavi¹, McAllister, Gillian¹, Yokoe, Deborah³, Langelier, Charles R.³, Oakeson, Kelly⁴, Noble-Wang, Judith¹, Illoh, Orieji², Halpin, Alison Laufer¹, Eder, Anne F.², Basavaraju, Sridhar V.¹, etu7@cdc.gov

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases; Oct2023, Vol. 29 Issue 10, p1979-1989, 11p

Donor-derived human herpesvirus 8 and development of Kaposi sarcoma among 6 recipients of organs from donors with high-risk sexual and substance use behavior

Authors: Dollard, Sheila C. ^*, Annambhotla, Pallavi, Wong, Phili, Meneses, Katherine, Amin, Minal M., La Hoz, Ricardo M., Lease, Erika D., Budev, Maria, Arrossi, Andrea Valeria, Basavaraju, Sridhar V., Thomas, Christie P.

Source: In American Journal of Transplantation February 2021 21(2):681-688

Fatal Invasive Mold Infections after Transplantation of Organs Recovered from Drowned Donors, United States, 2011-2021.

Authors: Wu, Karen¹ vom5@cdc.gov, Annambhotla, Pallavi¹, Free, Rebecca J.¹, Ritter, Jana M.¹, Leitgeb, Brooke¹, Jackson, Brendan R.¹, Toda, Mitsuru¹, Basavaraju, Sridhar V.¹, Gold, Jeremy A. W.¹

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases. Jul2023, Vol. 29 Issue 7, p1455-1458. 4p. 1 Color Photograph.

Subject Terms: *TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc., *INFECTION, *ORGAN donors

Geographic Terms: UNITED States

Outcomes in solid organ transplant recipients receiving organs from a donor with Fusarium solani species complex meningitis.

Authors: Griffin, Isabel S., Smith, Dallas J., Annambhotla, Pallavi, Gold, Jeremy A. W., Ostrosky‐Zeichner, Luis, Kauffman, Carol A., Gade, Lalitha, Litvintseva, Anastasia, Friedman, Daniel ZP, Nishio Lucar, Angie G, Parpia, Tarina C, Lieberman, Joshua, Bujan, Janet, Corkrean, Julie, Divatia, Mukul K., Grimes, Kevin, Lin, Jiejian, Mobley, Constance, Schwartz, Mary R., Hannawi, Bashar

Source: Transplant Infectious Disease; Oct2024, Vol. 26 Issue 5, p1-8, 8p

Subject Terms: EPIDURAL anesthesia, FUNGAL DNA, FUSARIUM solani, POLYMERASE chain reaction, MYCOSES

Investigation of donor‐derived Strongyloides stercoralis infection in multiple solid organ transplant recipients—California, Michigan, Ohio, 2022

Authors: Adeyemo, AdeSubomi, Montgomery, Susan, Chancey, Rebecca J., Annambhotla, Pallavi, Barba, Lilly, Clarke, Tyan, Williams, Jonathan, Malilay, Anne, Coyle, Joseph

Source: Transplant infectious disease. 25(3)

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Transmission of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus From an Organ Donor to 3 Transplant Recipients

Authors: Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Transplant Transmission Investigation Team, Pouch, Stephanie M., Katugaha, Shalika B., Shieh, Wun-Ju, Annambhotla, Pallavi, Walker, William L., Basavaraju, Sridhar V., Jones, Jefferson, Huynh, Thanhthao, Reagan-Steiner, Sarah, Bhatnagar, Julu, Grimm, Kacie, Stramer, Susan L., Gabel, Julie, Lyon, G. Marshall, Mehta, Aneesh K., Kandiah, Prem, Neujahr, David C., Javidfar, Jeffrey, Subramanian, Ram M., Parekh, Samir M., Shah, Palak, Cooper, Lauren, Psotka, Mitchell A., Radcliffe, Rachel, Williams, Carl, Zaki, Sherif R., Staples, J. Erin, Fischer, Marc, Panella, Amanda J., Lanciotti, Robert S., Laven, Janeen J., Kosoy, Olga, Rabe, Ingrid B., Gould, Carolyn V.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2019 Aug 01. 69(3), 450-458.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26852025

Sepsis Attributed to Bacterial Contamination of Platelets Associated with a Potential Common Source — Multiple States, 2018

Authors: Jones, Sydney A., Jones, Jefferson M., Leung, Vivian, Nakashima, Allyn K., Oakeson, Kelly F., Smith, Amanda R., Hunter, Robert, Kim, Janice J., Cumming, Melissa, McHale, Eileen, Young, Pampee P., Fridey, Joy L., Kelley, Walter E., Stramer, Susan L., Wagner, Stephen J., West, F. Bernadette, Herron, Ross, Snyder, Edward, Hendrickson, Jeanne E., Peaper, David R., Gundlapalli, Adi V., Langelier, Charles, Miller, Steve, Nambiar, Ashok, Moayeri, Morvarid, Kamm, Jack, Moulton-Meissner, Heather, Annambhotla, Pallavi, Gable, Paige, McAllister, Gillian A., Breaker, Erin, Sula, Erisa, Halpin, Alison Laufer, Basavaraju, Sridhar V.

Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2019 Jun . 68(23), 519-523.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26742165

Quantifying the risk of undetected HIV, hepatitis B virus, or hepatitis C virus infection in Public Health Service increased risk donors

Authors: Jones, Jefferson M. ^*, Gurbaxani, Brian M., Asher, Alice, Sansom, Stephanie, Annambhotla, Pallavi, Moorman, Anne C., Kamili, Saleem, Brooks, John T., Basavaraju, Sridhar V.

Source: In American Journal of Transplantation September 2019 19(9):2583-2593

Characteristics of Deceased Solid Organ Donors and Screening Results for Hepatitis B, C, and Human Immunodeficiency Viruses — United States, 2010–2017

Authors: Abara, Winston E., Collier, Melissa G., Moorman, Anne, Bixler, Danae, Jones, Jefferson, Annambhotla, Pallavi, Bowman, James, Levi, Marilyn E., Brooks, John T., Basavaraju, Sridhar V.

Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2019 Jan . 68(3), 61-66.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26588562

Risk of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission Through Solid Organ Transplantation and Outcomes of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Among Recent Transplant Recipients

Authors: Free, Rebecca J, Annambhotla, Pallavi, La Hoz, Ricardo M, Danziger-Isakov, Lara, Jones, Jefferson M, Wang, Lijuan, Sankthivel, Senthil, Levi, Marilyn E, Michaels, Marian G, Kuhnert, Wendi, Klassen, David, Basavaraju, Sridhar V, Kracalik, Ian T

Source: Open forum infectious diseases. 9(7)

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Donor‐derived tuberculosis among solid organ transplant recipients in the United States—2008 to 2018

Authors: Malinis, Maricar, La Hoz, Ricardo M., Vece, Gabriel, Annambhotla, Pallavi, Aslam, Saima, Basavaraju, Sridhar V., Bucio, Jamie, Danziger‐Isakov, Lara, Florescu, Diana F., Jones, Jefferson M., Rana, Meenakshi, Wolfe, Cameron R., Michaels, Marian G.

Source: Transplant infectious disease. 24(2)

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