2017
West Nile Virus Seroprevalence, Connecticut, USA, 2000–2014 - Volume 23, Number 4—April 2017 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Cahill ME, Yao Y, Nock D, Armstrong PM, Andreadis TG, Diuk-Wasser MA, Montgomery RR. West Nile Virus Seroprevalence, Connecticut, USA, 2000–2014 - Volume 23, Number 4—April 2017 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2017, 23: 708-710. PMID: 28322715, PMCID: PMC5367428, DOI: 10.3201/eid2304.161669.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Cathelicidin Insufficiency in Patients with Fatal Leptospirosis
Lindow JC, Wunder EA, Popper SJ, Min JN, Mannam P, Srivastava A, Yao Y, Hacker KP, Raddassi K, Lee PJ, Montgomery RR, Shaw AC, Hagan JE, Araújo GC, Nery N, Relman DA, Kim CC, Reis MG, Ko AI. Cathelicidin Insufficiency in Patients with Fatal Leptospirosis. PLOS Pathogens 2016, 12: e1005943. PMID: 27812211, PMCID: PMC5094754, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005943.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHost immune responseHigh bacterial loadBacterial loadAcute leptospirosisCase fatalityFatal casesDisease progressionImmune responseHigher systemic bacterial loadsValuable new therapeutic approachPro-inflammatory cytokine receptorsAdaptive immune signaturesSystemic bacterial loadsIndependent risk factorTime of hospitalizationDuration of illnessHigh case fatalityPoor clinical outcomeNew therapeutic approachesBlood transcriptional profilingLimited study sizeFatal leptospirosisLethal leptospirosisRANTES levelsSerum cathelicidinAge-related alterations in immune responses to West Nile virus infection
Montgomery R. Age-related alterations in immune responses to West Nile virus infection. Clinical & Experimental Immunology 2016, 187: 26-34. PMID: 27612657, PMCID: PMC5167051, DOI: 10.1111/cei.12863.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWest Nile virusToll-like receptorsDendritic cellsSevere diseaseBlood-brain barrier permeabilityImportant public health concernWest Nile virus infectionHuman dendritic cellsNatural killer cellsAnti-viral responseMonocytes/macrophagesPathogen recognition receptorsAge-related alterationsSpecific immune parametersPublic health concernImportant causative agentAge-related impairmentIndividual host factorsAge-related changesKiller cellsViral encephalitisImmune cellsRisk factorsBarrier permeabilityHigh prevalence
2015
Risk factors for West Nile virus infection and disease in populations and individuals
Montgomery RR, Murray KO. Risk factors for West Nile virus infection and disease in populations and individuals. Expert Review Of Anti-infective Therapy 2015, 13: 317-325. PMID: 25637260, PMCID: PMC4939899, DOI: 10.1586/14787210.2015.1007043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWest Nile virusWest Nile virus infectionComplex immune interactionsRisk factorsAdvanced ageVirus infectionImmune responseSevere diseaseImmune interactionsClinical casesMosquito-borneCDC reportNile virusNaïve bird populationsInfectionDiseasePositive-strand RNA virusesRNA virusesVirusNew York CityHypertensionImmunosuppressionPopulationYork City