Diphtheria Toxin–Producing Corynebacterium ramonii in Inner-City Population, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2019–2023

Authors: Christopher F. Lowe, Gordon Ritchie, Chiara Crestani, Miguel Imperial, Nancy Matic, Michael Payne, Aleksandra Stefanovic, Diana Whellams, Sylvain Brisse, Marc G. Romney

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 31, Iss 2, Pp 323-327 (2025)

Subject Terms: Corynebacterium ulcerans, Corynebacterium ramonii, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, diphtheria toxin, cutaneous diphtheria, next-generation sequencing, Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/2/24-1472_article; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6040; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6059

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Mecillinam activity against multidrug-resistant Shigella sonnei and Shigella flexneri

Authors: Aleksandra Stefanovic, Leah Gowland, Gordon Ritchie, Colin Lee, Sam Chorlton, Nancy Matic, Victor Leung, Michael Payne, Christopher F. Lowe, Marc G. Romney

Source: Microbiology Spectrum, Vol 13, Iss 3 (2025)

Subject Terms: mecillinam, multidrug resistance, Shigella, pivmecillinam, antimicrobial resistance, diarrhea, Microbiology, QR1-502

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2165-0497

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Evaluating in vivo effectiveness of sotrovimab for the treatment of Omicron subvariant BA.2 versus BA.1: a multicentre, retrospective cohort study

Authors: Carson K. L. Lo, Calvin K. F. Lo, Adam S. Komorowski, Victor Leung, Nancy Matic, Susan McKenna, Santiago Perez-Patrigeon, Prameet M. Sheth, Christopher F. Lowe, Zain Chagla, Anthony D. Bai

Source: BMC Research Notes, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2024)

Subject Terms: Sotrovimab, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, COVID-19 drug treatment, Omicron, BA.2 subvariant, Medicine, Biology (General), QH301-705.5, Science (General), Q1-390

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1756-0500

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Viral load kinetics and the clinical consequences of cytomegalovirus in kidney transplantation

Authors: Sabina Dobrer, Karen R. Sherwood, Ishan Hirji, James Lan, John Gill, Nancy Matic, Paul A. Keown

Source: Frontiers in Immunology, Vol 14 (2024)

Subject Terms: kidney transplant, cytomegalovirus, CMV, viral load kinetics, clinical outcomes, Immunologic diseases. Allergy, RC581-607

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1302627/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-3224

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Detection of multiple human enteropathogens in Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) from an under-resourced neighborhood of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Authors: Lisa K F Lee, Chelsea G Himsworth, Kaylee A Byers, Harveen K Atwal, Gus Gabaldon, Gordon Ritchie, Christopher F Lowe, Nancy Matic, Samuel Chorlton, Linda Hoang, Bruce K Wobeser, Victor Leung

Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 17, Iss 10, p e0011669 (2023)

Subject Terms: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0011669&type=printable; https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727; https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735

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No Isolate, No Problem: Using a Novel Insertion Sequence PCR to Link Rats to Human Shigellosis Cases in an Underserved Urban Community

Authors: Gordon Ritchie, Victor Leung, Chelsea G. Himsworth, Kaylee A. Byers, Lisa K. F. Lee, Samuel D. Chorlton, Aleksandra Stefanovic, Marc G. Romney, Nancy Matic, Christopher F. Lowe

Source: Microbiology Spectrum, Vol 11, Iss 4 (2023)

Subject Terms: Rattus norvegicus, Shigella flexneri, insertion sequence, Microbiology, QR1-502

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2165-0497

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Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern, Including B.1.1.28/P.1, British Columbia, Canada

Authors: Nancy Matic, Christopher F. Lowe, Gordon Ritchie, Aleksandra Stefanovic, Tanya Lawson, Willson Jang, Matthew Young, Winnie Dong, Zabrina L. Brumme, Chanson J. Brumme, Victor Leung, Marc G. Romney

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 27, Iss 6, Pp 1673-1676 (2021)

Subject Terms: 2019 novel coronavirus disease, coronavirus disease, COVID-19, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2, viruses, Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/6/21-0532_article; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6040; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6059

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Serial infection with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 following three-dose COVID-19 vaccination

Authors: Hope R. Lapointe, Francis Mwimanzi, Peter K. Cheung, Yurou Sang, Fatima Yaseen, Rebecca Kalikawe, Sneha Datwani, Rachel Waterworth, Gisele Umviligihozo, Siobhan Ennis, Landon Young, Winnie Dong, Don Kirkby, Laura Burns, Victor Leung, Daniel T. Holmes, Mari L. DeMarco, Janet Simons, Nancy Matic, Julio S.G. Montaner, Chanson J. Brumme, Natalie Prystajecky, Masahiro Niikura, Christopher F. Lowe, Marc G. Romney, Mark A. Brockman, Zabrina L. Brumme

Source: Frontiers in Immunology, Vol 13 (2022)

Subject Terms: COVID-19, vaccine, Omicron variant, reinfection, humoral immunity, Immunologic diseases. Allergy, RC581-607

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.947021/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-3224

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