Use of Real-Time PCR for Chlamydia psittaci Detection in Human Specimens During an Outbreak of Psittacosis — Georgia and Virginia, 2018

Authors: McGovern, Olivia L., Kobayashi, Miwako, Shaw, Kelly A., Szablewski, Christine, Gabel, Julie, Holsinger, Caroline, Drenzek, Cherie, Brennan, Skyler, Milucky, Jennifer, Farrar, Jennifer L., Wolff, Bernard J., Benitez, Alvaro J., Thurman, Kathleen A., Diaz, Maureen H., Winchell, Jonas M., Schrag, Stephanie

Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2021 Apr 01. 70(14), 505-509.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27049643

Initial findings from a novel population-based child mortality surveillance approach: a descriptive study

Authors: Acácio, Sozinho, Adam, Yasmin, Ajanovic, Sara, Alam, Muntasir, Alkis Ramirez, Rebecca, Badji, Henry, Bari, Sanwarul, Caneer, J. Patrick, Chowdhury, Atique Iqbal, Diaz, Maureen H., Fairchild, Karen D., Flora, Meerjady Sabrina, Garel, Mischka, Gibby, Adriana, Govender, Nelesh P., Greene, Carol L., Hale, Martin John, Hurtado, Juan Carlos, Johnson, J. Kristie, Kamal, Mohammed, Keita, Tatiana, Koka, Rima, Koné, Diakaridia, Lala, Sanjay G., Lombaard, Hennie, Mabunda, Rita, Martines, Roosecelis B., Mehta, Ashka, Menéndez, Clara, Mocumbi, Sibone, Moya, Claudia, Nhampossa, Tacilta, Onwuchekwa, Uma U., Parveen, Shahana, Petersen, Karen L., Phillipsborn, Rebecca Pass, Rahman, Mustafizur, Rakislova, Natalia, Ritter, Jana, Sazzad, Hossain M.S., Sidibe, Diakaridia, Sitoe, Antonio, Sivalogan, Kasthuri, Swanson, Jennifer M., Swart, Peter J., Tennant, Sharon M., Traoré, Cheick B., Varo Cobos, Rosauro, Vitorino, Pio, Valente, Marta, Velaphi, Sithembiso, Wadula, Jeannette, Waller, Jessica L., Wilkinson, Amanda L., Winchell, Jonas M., Taylor, Allan W ^*, Blau, Dianna M ^*, Bassat, Quique ^*, Onyango, Dickens, Kotloff, Karen L, Arifeen, Shams El, Mandomando, Inacio, Chawana, Richard, Baillie, Vicky L, Akelo, Victor, Tapia, Milagritos D, Salzberg, Navit T, Keita, Adama Mamby, Morris, Timothy, Nair, Shailesh, Assefa, Nega, Seale, Anna C, Scott, J Anthony G, Kaiser, Reinhard, Jambai, Amara, Barr, Beth A Tippet, Gurley, Emily S, Ordi, Jaume, Zaki, Sherif R, Sow, Samba O, Islam, Farzana, Rahman, Afruna, Dowell, Scott F, Koplan, Jeffrey P, Raghunathan, Pratima L, Madhi, Shabir A, Breiman, Robert F ^*

Source: In The Lancet Global Health July 2020 8(7):e909-e919

Causes of fever in primary care in Southeast Asia and the performance of C-reactive protein in discriminating bacterial from viral pathogens

Authors: Althaus, Thomas, Thaipadungpanit, Janjira, Greer, Rachel C., Swe, Myo Maung Maung, Dittrich, Sabine, Peerawaranun, Pimnara, Smit, Pieter W., Wangrangsimakul, Tri, Blacksell, Stuart, Winchell, Jonas M., Diaz, Maureen H., Day, Nicholas P.J., Smithuis, Frank, Turner, Paul, Lubell, Yoel

Source: In International Journal of Infectious Diseases July 2020 96:334-342

Development and Implementation of Multiplex TaqMan Array Cards for Specimen Testing at Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Site Laboratories

Authors: Diaz, Maureen H., Waller, Jessica L., Theodore, M. Jordan, Patel, Nishi, Wolff, Bernard J., Benitez, Alvaro J., Morris, Timothy, Raghunathan, Pratima L., Breiman, Robert F., Whitney, Cynthia G., Blau, Dianna M., Winchell, Jonas M.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2019 Oct . 69, S311-S321.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26819046

Mycoplasma pneumoniae Among Children Hospitalized With Community-acquired Pneumonia

Authors: Kutty, Preeta K., Jain, Seema, Taylor, Thomas H., Bramley, Anna M., Diaz, Maureen H., Ampofo, Krow, Arnold, Sandra R., Williams, Derek J., Edwards, Kathryn M., McCullers, Jonathan A., Pavia, Andrew T., Winchell, Jonas M., Schrag, Stephanie J., Hicks, Lauri A.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2019 Jan 01. 68(1), 5-12.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26574146

Clinical and Epidemiologic Features of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection Among Adults Hospitalized with Community-acquired Pneumonia.

Authors: Kutty, Preeta K., Jain, Seema, Diaz, Maureen H., Self, Wesley H., Williams, Derek, Yuwei Zhu, Grijalva, Carlos G., Edwards, Kathryn M., Wunderink, Richard G., Winchell, Jonas, Hicks, Lauri A.

Source: International Journal of Medical Sciences; 2024, Vol. 21 Issue 15, p3003-3009, 7p

Outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C outside the meningitis belt—Liberia, 2017: an epidemiological and laboratory investigation

Authors: Konway, Youhn, Wiah, Samson Q, Doedeh, Vivian, Bao, Umaru, Senneh, George, Gorwor, Lawrence, Gonotee, Philemon, Paasewe, Thomas, Tamatai, George, Yarkeh, James, Smith, Samuel, Brima-Davis, Annette, Dauda, George, Monger, Thomas, Gornor-Pewu, Leleh W, Lombeh, Siafa, Wilson, Himiede W, Korvayan, Mark, Dovillie, Nathaniel, Jetoh, Ralph, Taweh, Fahn, Vera Walker, Yatta, Hardy, Patrick, Freeman, Maxwell, George, Geraldine, Kerwillain, Garrison, Toe, Sylvester, Ghartey, Emmanuel, Larway, Lawrence, Gweh, Dedesco, Allen, Denise, Friesen, Suzanne, Gwesa, Gulu, Kinkade, Carl, Reed, Mulbah, Chang, Arthur, George, Josiah, Schier, Joshua, Thomas, Jerry, Diaz, Maureen H, Jenkins, Laurel T, Mahon, Barbara E, Schmink, Susanna E, Joseph, Sandeep J, Waller, Jessica L, Whaley, Melissa J, Winchell, Jonas M, Arthur, Ray R, Fuller, Serena, Christian, Kira, Redd, John T, Yealue, Kwuakuan D M, II, Naiene, Jeremias, Asamoah Frimpong, Joseph, Amo-Addae, Maame, Stephen, Olayinka, Von Gottberg, Anne, Taha, Muhamed, Bozio, Catherine H, Vuong, Jeni, Dokubo, E Kainne, Fallah, Mosoka P, McNamara, Lucy A, Potts, Caelin C, Doedeh, John, Gbanya, Miatta, Retchless, Adam C, Patel, Jaymin C, Clark, Thomas A, Kohar, Henry, Nagbe, Thomas, Clement, Peter, Katawera, Victoria, Mahmoud, Nuha, Djingarey, Harouna M, Perrocheau, Anne, Naidoo, Dhamari, Stone, Mardia, George, Roseline N, Williams, Desmond, Gasasira, Alex, Nyenswah, Tolbert, Wang, Xin, Fox, LeAnne M

Source: In The Lancet Infectious Diseases December 2018 18(12):1360-1367

Causes and incidence of community-acquired serious infections among young children in south Asia (ANISA): an observational cohort study

Authors: Saha, Samir K, Schrag, Stephanie J, El Arifeen, Shams, Mullany, Luke C, Shahidul Islam, Mohammad, Shang, Nong, Qazi, Shamim A, Zaidi, Anita K M, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Bose, Anuradha, Panigrahi, Pinaki, Soofi, Sajid B, Connor, Nicholas E, Mitra, Dipak K, Isaac, Rita, Winchell, Jonas M, Arvay, Melissa L, Islam, Maksuda, Shafiq, Yasir, Nisar, Imran, Baloch, Benazir, Kabir, Furqan, Ali, Murtaza, Diaz, Maureen H, Satpathy, Radhanath, Nanda, Pritish, Padhi, Bijaya K, Parida, Sailajanandan, Hotwani, Aneeta, Hasanuzzaman, M, Ahmed, Sheraz, Belal Hossain, Mohammad, Ariff, Shabina, Ahmed, Imran, Ibne Moin, Syed Mamun, Mahmud, Arif, Waller, Jessica L, Rafiqullah, Iftekhar, Quaiyum, Mohammad A, Begum, Nazma, Balaji, Veeraraghavan, Halen, Jasmin, Nawshad Uddin Ahmed, A S M, Weber, Martin W, Hamer, Davidson H, Hibberd, Patricia L, Sadeq-ur Rahman, Qazi, Mogan, Venkat Raghava, Hossain, Tanvir, McGee, Lesley, Anandan, Shalini, Liu, Anran, Panigrahi, Kalpana, Abraham, Asha Mary, Baqui, Abdullah H

Source: In The Lancet 14-20 July 2018 392(10142):145-159

Rapid Laboratory Identification of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C as the Cause of an Outbreak — Liberia, 2017

Authors: Patel, Jaymin C., George, Josiah, Vuong, Jeni, Potts, Caelin C., Bozio, Catherine, Clark, Thomas A., Thomas, Jerry, Schier, Joshua, Chang, Arthur, Waller, Jessica L., Diaz, Maureen H., Whaley, Melissa, Jenkins, Laurel T., Fuller, Serena, Williams, Desmond E., Redd, John T., Arthur, Ray R., Taweh, Fahn, Walker, Yatta Vera, Hardy, Patrick, Freeman, Maxwell, Katawera, Victoria, Gwesa, Gulu, Gbanya, Miatta Z., Clement, Peter, Kohar, Henry, Stone, Mardia, Fallah, Mosoka, Nyenswah, Tolbert, Winchell, Jonas M., Wang, Xin, McNamara, Lucy A., Dokubo, E. Kainne, Fox, LeAnne M.

Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2017 Oct . 66(42), 1144-1147.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26404498

Multistate Outbreak of Respiratory Infections Among Unaccompanied Children, June 2014–July 2014

Authors: Tomczyk, Sara, Arriola, Carmen S., Beall, Bernard, Benitez, Alvaro, Benoit, Stephen R., Berman, LaShondra, Bresee, Joseph, Carvalho, Maria da Gloria, Cohn, Amanda, Cross, Kristen, Diaz, Maureen H., Watkins, Louise K. Francois, Gierke, Ryan, Hagan, Jose E., Harris, Aaron M., Jain, Seema, Kim, Lindsay, Kobayashi, Miwako, Lindstrom, Stephen, McGee, Lesley, McMorrow, Meredith, Metcalf, Benjamin L., Moore, Matthew R., Moura, Iaci, Nix, W. Allan, Nyangoma, Edith, Oberste, M. Steven, Olsen, Sonja J., Pimenta, Fabiana, Socias, Christina, Thurman, Kathleen, Waller, Jessica, Waterman, Stephen H., Westercamp, Matthew, Wharton, Melinda, Whitney, Cynthia G., Winchell, Jonas M., Wolff, Bernard, Kim, Curi

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2016 Jul 01. 63(1), 48-56.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26371578

Mycoplasma pneumoniae Outbreak in a Long-Term Care Facility — Nebraska, 2014

Authors: Hastings, Deborah L., Harrington, Kari J., Kutty, Preeta K., Rayman, Rebecca J., Spindola, Dana, Diaz, Maureen H., Thurman, Kathleen A., Winchell, Jonas M., Safranek, Thomas J.

Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2015 Mar . 64(11), 296-299.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/24856410

Atypical Pneumonia in Three Members of an Extended Family — South Carolina and North Carolina, July–August 2013

Authors: Rhea, Sarah K., Cox, Stephanie W., Moore, Zack S., Mays, Ellen R., Benitez, Alvaro J., Diaz, Maureen H., Winchell, Jonas M.

Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2014 Aug . 63(33), 734-735.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/24855306

Investigation of a Chlamydia pneumoniae Outbreak in a Federal Correctional Facility in Texas

Authors: Conklin, Laura, Adjemian, Jennifer, Loo, Jennifer, Mandal, Sema, Davis, Carol, Parks, Sharyn, Parsons, Tina, McDonough, Brian, Partida, Jorge, Thurman, Kathleen, Diaz, Maureen H., Benitez, Alvaro, Pondo, Tracy, Whitney, Cynthia G., Winchell, Jonas M., Kendig, Newton, Van Beneden, Chris

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2013 Sep 01. 57(5), 639-647.

Access URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cit357

Contamination of Examination Gloves in Patient Rooms and Implications for Transmission of Antimicrobial‐Resistant Microorganisms

Authors: Diaz, Maureen H., Silkaitis, Christina, Malczynski, Michael, Noskin, Gary A., Warren, John R., Zembower, Teresa

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2008 Jan . 29(1), 63-65.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/524338

Multiplex Real-time PCR Assay for the Detection of all Chlamydia Species and Simultaneous Differentiation of C. psittaci and C. pneumoniae in Human Clinical Specimens.

Authors: Wolff, Bernard J., Gaines, Anna, Conley, Andrew B., Norris, Emily, Rishishwar, Lavanya, Chande, Aroon T., Eungi Yang, Diaz, Maureen H., Winchell, Jonas M.

Source: Annals of Laboratory Medicine; 2023, Vol. 43 Issue 4, p375-380, 6p

Subject Terms: CHLAMYDIA, CHLAMYDIA infections, SPECIES, CEREBROSPINAL fluid, POLYMERASE chain reaction, COUGH

Epidemiology and Molecular Identification and Characterization of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, South Africa, 2012-2015.

Authors: Carrim, Maimuna¹, maimunac@nicd.ac.za, Wolter, Nicole^1,2, Benitez, Alvaro J.³, Tempia, Stefano^1,3, du Plessis, Mignon^1,2, Walaza, Sibongile¹, Moosa, Fahima¹, Diaz, Maureen H.³, Wolff, Bernard J.³, Treurnicht, Florette K.¹, Hellferscee, Orienka¹, Dawood, Halima^4,5,6, Variava, Ebrahim^2,7,8, Cohen, Cheryl¹, Winchell, Jonas M.³, von Gottberg, Anne^1,2

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases; Mar2018, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p506-513, 8p, 3 Charts, 1 Graph

Comprehensive bioinformatics analysis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae genomes to investigate underlying population structure and type-specific determinants.

Authors: Diaz, Maureen H.¹, Desai, Heta P.¹, Morrison, Shatavia S.¹, Benitez, Alvaro J.¹, Wolff, Bernard J.¹, Caravas, Jason¹, Read, Timothy D.² zdx2@cdc.gov, Dean, Deborah^3,4, Winchell, Jonas M.¹

Source: PLoS ONE. 4/14/2017, Vol. 12 Issue 4, p1-21. 21p.

Subject Terms: *BIOINFORMATICS, *MYCOPLASMA pneumoniae, *BACTERIAL genomes, *RESPIRATORY diseases, *SINGLE nucleotide polymorphisms

The Role of ExoS in Dissemination of Pseudomonas aeruginosa during Pneumonia.

Authors: Rangel, Stephanie M.¹, Diaz, Maureen H.¹, Knoten, Claire A.¹, Zhang, Angelica¹, Hauser, Alan R.^1,2 ahauser@northwestern.edu

Source: PLoS Pathogens. Jun2015, Vol. 11 Issue 6, p1-27. 27p.

Subject Terms: *BACTERIA, *PHAGOCYTOSIS, *PNEUMONIA, *NOSOCOMIAL infections, *NEUTROPHILS

Effect of Time Since Death on Multipathogen Molecular Test Results of Postmortem Specimens Collected Using Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling Techniques.

Authors: Dawa, Jeanette, Walong, Edwin, Onyango, Clayton, Mathaiya, John, Muturi, Peter, Bunei, Milka, Ochieng, Washington, Barake, Walter, Seixas, Josilene N, Mayieka, Lillian, Ochieng, Melvin, Omballa, Victor, Lidechi, Shirley, Hunsperger, Elizabeth, Otieno, Nancy A, Ritter, Jana M, Widdowson, Marc-Alain, Diaz, Maureen H, Winchell, Jonas M, Martines, Roosecelis B

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases; 2021 Supplement, Vol. 73, pS360-S367, 8p

Subject Terms: LUNG microbiology, TISSUE analysis, RESPIRATORY diseases, CAUSES of death, MOLECULAR diagnosis, ENDOSCOPIC surgery, TIME, LIVER, RNA-binding proteins, BLOOD collection, FUNERAL industry, COLLECTION & preservation of biological specimens, HOSPITAL care of children

Optimization of Multiple Pathogen Detection Using the TaqMan Array Card: Application for a Population-Based Study of Neonatal Infection.

Authors: Diaz, Maureen H.¹, Waller, Jessica L.¹, Napoliello, Rebecca A.¹, Islam, Md. Shahidul², Wolff, Bernard J.¹ jwinchell@cdc.gov, Burken, Daniel J.¹, Holden, Rhiannon L.¹, Srinivasan, Velusamy¹, Arvay, Melissa³, McGee, Lesley¹, Oberste, M. Steven⁴, Whitney, Cynthia G.¹, Schrag, Stephanie J.¹, Winchell, Jonas M.¹, Saha, Samir K.²

Source: PLoS ONE. Jun2013, Vol. 8 Issue 6, p1-10. 10p.

Subject Terms: *COMMUNICABLE disease diagnosis, *PATHOGENIC microorganisms, *NEONATAL infections, *ETIOLOGY of diseases, *PATHOGENIC fungi, *PATHOGENIC bacteria, *PARASITES