2023
Paenibacillus spp infection among infants with postinfectious hydrocephalus in Uganda: an observational case-control study
Morton S, Hehnly C, Burgoine K, Ssentongo P, Ericson J, Kumar M, Hagmann C, Fronterre C, Smith J, Movassagh M, Streck N, Bebell L, Bazira J, Kumbakumba E, Bajunirwe F, Mulondo R, Mbabazi-Kabachelor E, Nsubuga B, Natukwatsa D, Nalule E, Magombe J, Erickson T, Ngonzi J, Ochora M, Olupot-Olupot P, Onen J, Ssenyonga P, Mugamba J, Warf B, Kulkarni A, Lane J, Whalen A, Zhang L, Sheldon K, Meier F, Kiwanuka J, Broach J, Paulson J, Schiff S. Paenibacillus spp infection among infants with postinfectious hydrocephalus in Uganda: an observational case-control study. The Lancet Microbe 2023, 4: e601-e611. PMID: 37348522, PMCID: PMC10529524, DOI: 10.1016/s2666-5247(23)00106-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMother-newborn pairsPostinfectious hydrocephalusCerebrospinal fluidNeonatal sepsisSpp infectionUgandan infantsMaternal bloodObservational case-control studyHospital OfficeInfant's cerebrospinal fluidBurden of morbidityCase-control studyRoute of infectionSubset of participantsMaternal feverCranial ultrasoundNeonatal infectionSepsis cohortOptimise treatmentTransplacental transmissionCord bloodObservational studyPlacental samplesSepsisHydrocephalusNeonatal Paenibacilliosis: Paenibacillus Infection as a Novel Cause of Sepsis in Term Neonates With High Risk of Sequelae in Uganda
Ericson J, Burgoine K, Kumbakumba E, Ochora M, Hehnly C, Bajunirwe F, Bazira J, Fronterre C, Hagmann C, Kulkarni A, Kumar M, Magombe J, Mbabazi-Kabachelor E, Morton S, Movassagh M, Mugamba J, Mulondo R, Natukwatsa D, Kaaya B, Olupot-Olupot P, Onen J, Sheldon K, Smith J, Ssentongo P, Ssenyonga P, Warf B, Wegoye E, Zhang L, Kiwanuka J, Paulson J, Broach J, Schiff S. Neonatal Paenibacilliosis: Paenibacillus Infection as a Novel Cause of Sepsis in Term Neonates With High Risk of Sequelae in Uganda. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2023, 77: 768-775. PMID: 37279589, PMCID: PMC10495130, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciad337.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeonatal sepsisPostinfectious hydrocephalusCerebrospinal fluidSigns of sepsisFull-term neonatesOptimal antibiotic treatmentUgandan referral hospitalQuantitative polymerase chain reactionNeonatal characteristicsClinical sepsisTerm neonatesUnderdiagnosed causeAntibiotic choiceMedian ageReferral hospitalUgandan hospitalNeurodevelopmental impairmentAdverse outcomesSpecimen typesAntibiotic treatmentPolymerase chain reactionClinical signsUnusual pathogensSepsisHigh risk
2021
Vaginal microbiome topic modeling of laboring Ugandan women with and without fever
Movassagh M, Bebell L, Burgoine K, Hehnly C, Zhang L, Moran K, Sheldon K, Sinnar S, Mbabazi-Kabachelor E, Kumbakumba E, Bazira J, Ochora M, Mulondo R, Nsubuga B, Weeks A, Gladstone M, Olupot-Olupot P, Ngonzi J, Roberts D, Meier F, Irizarry R, Broach J, Schiff S, Paulson J. Vaginal microbiome topic modeling of laboring Ugandan women with and without fever. Npj Biofilms And Microbiomes 2021, 7: 75. PMID: 34508087, PMCID: PMC8433417, DOI: 10.1038/s41522-021-00244-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntrapartum feverClinical variablesHigh prevalenceVaginal microbiomeUgandan womenLonger labour durationMaternal clinical featuresYoung maternal ageDuration of pregnancyOnset of laborMicrobial communitiesVaginal microbial communitiesAfebrile mothersFebrile mothersPeripartum courseMaternal feverNeonatal outcomesLabor durationClinical featuresMaternal ageVaginal microbesFeverOutcome riskVeillonella genusMicrobiome influences
2017
Overexpressed somatic alleles are enriched in functional elements in Breast Cancer
Restrepo P, Movassagh M, Alomran N, Miller C, Li M, Trenkov C, Manchev Y, Bahl S, Warnken S, Spurr L, Apanasovich T, Crandall K, Edwards N, Horvath A. Overexpressed somatic alleles are enriched in functional elements in Breast Cancer. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 8287. PMID: 28811643, PMCID: PMC5557904, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-08416-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer Gene CensusDNA sequence dataCancer-implicated genesSomatic allelesCancer Genome AtlasGenome regionsSequence dataCancer transcriptomeCGC genesAllele contentAllele expressionFunctional variantsGenesGenetic variantsGenome AtlasTranscriptomeFunctional elementsAllelesExpressionVariantsVariant allele fractionRNAAllele fractionOverexpressionInformation contentCo-Occurrence of COMT and BRCA1/2 Variants in a Population
Movassagh M, Mudvari P, Horvath A. Co-Occurrence of COMT and BRCA1/2 Variants in a Population. New England Journal Of Medicine 2017, 376: 2090-2091. PMID: 28538113, DOI: 10.1056/nejmc1701592.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
RNA2DNAlign: nucleotide resolution allele asymmetries through quantitative assessment of RNA and DNA paired sequencing data
Movassagh M, Alomran N, Mudvari P, Dede M, Dede C, Kowsari K, Restrepo P, Cauley E, Bahl S, Li M, Waterhouse W, Tsaneva-Atanasova K, Edwards N, Horvath A. RNA2DNAlign: nucleotide resolution allele asymmetries through quantitative assessment of RNA and DNA paired sequencing data. Nucleic Acids Research 2016, 44: e161-e161. PMID: 27576531, PMCID: PMC5159535, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw757.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Two methods for establishing primary human endometrial stromal cells from hysterectomy specimens.
Jividen K, Movassagh M, Jazaeri A, Li H. Two methods for establishing primary human endometrial stromal cells from hysterectomy specimens. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2014 PMID: 24894444, PMCID: PMC4207099, DOI: 10.3791/51513.Peer-Reviewed Original Research