2016
Indoor microbial communities: Influence on asthma severity in atopic and nonatopic children
Dannemiller KC, Gent JF, Leaderer BP, Peccia J. Indoor microbial communities: Influence on asthma severity in atopic and nonatopic children. Journal Of Allergy And Clinical Immunology 2016, 138: 76-83.e1. PMID: 26851966, PMCID: PMC5357886, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.11.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAsthma severityAtopic statusAtopic childrenNonatopic childrenLogistic regressionMicrobial exposureChildhood asthma severityCohort of childrenAsthmatic childrenAllergenic fungal speciesTotal fungal concentrationsSeverityHouse dustCryptococcus speciesExposure metricsChildrenT-testCohortQuantitative PCRFungal concentrationsAssociationExposureNext-generation DNA sequencingStatusRegression
2013
Identification of Viral Pathogen Diversity in Sewage Sludge by Metagenome Analysis
Bibby K, Peccia J. Identification of Viral Pathogen Diversity in Sewage Sludge by Metagenome Analysis. Environmental Science And Technology 2013, 47: 1945-1951. PMID: 23346855, PMCID: PMC3963146, DOI: 10.1021/es305181x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiversity of virusesHuman populationViral metagenomesPathogen diversityDNA sequencesMetagenome analysisVirus diversitySequence annotationViral metagenomicsHigh abundancePrimary fateNovel insightsLarge diversityDiversityViral occurrenceMinor abundanceIndependent PCRAbundanceHuman virusesAnnotationMetagenomesMetagenomicsSoil amendmentVirusWastewater treatment plants