Katarina Braun, MD, PhD
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2023
Avian H7N9 influenza viruses are evolutionarily constrained by stochastic processes during replication and transmission in mammals
Braun K, Haddock L, Crooks C, Barry G, Lalli J, Neumann G, Watanabe T, Imai M, Yamayoshi S, Ito M, Moncla L, Koelle K, Kawaoka Y, Friedrich T. Avian H7N9 influenza viruses are evolutionarily constrained by stochastic processes during replication and transmission in mammals. Virus Evolution 2023, 9: vead004. PMID: 36814938, PMCID: PMC9939568, DOI: 10.1093/ve/vead004.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Evolution of a globally unique SARS-CoV-2 Spike E484T monoclonal antibody escape mutation in a persistently infected, immunocompromised individual
Halfmann P, Minor N, Haddock L, Maddox R, Moreno G, Braun K, Baker D, Riemersa K, Prasad A, Alman K, Lambert M, Florek K, Bateman A, Westergaard R, Safdar N, Andes D, Kawaoka Y, Fida M, Yao J, Friedrich T, O’Connor D. Evolution of a globally unique SARS-CoV-2 Spike E484T monoclonal antibody escape mutation in a persistently infected, immunocompromised individual. Virus Evolution 2022, 9: veac104. PMID: 37692895, PMCID: PMC10491860, DOI: 10.1093/ve/veac104.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCharacterization of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.621 (Mu) variant
Halfmann P, Kuroda M, Armbrust T, Theiler J, Balaram A, Moreno G, Accola M, Iwatsuki-Horimoto K, Valdez R, Stoneman E, Braun K, Yamayoshi S, Somsen E, Baczenas J, Mitamura K, Hagihara M, Adachi E, Koga M, McLaughlin M, Rehrauer W, Imai M, Yamamoto S, Tsutsumi T, Saito M, Friedrich T, O'Connor S, O'Connor D, Gordon A, Korber B, Kawaoka Y. Characterization of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.621 (Mu) variant. Science Translational Medicine 2022, 14: eabm4908-eabm4908. PMID: 35579540, PMCID: PMC9392899, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abm4908.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnti-membrane Antibodies Persist at Least One Year and Discriminate Between Past Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection and Vaccination
Amjadi M, Adyniec R, Gupta S, Bashar S, Mergaert A, Braun K, Moreno G, O’Connor D, Friedrich T, Safdar N, McCoy S, Shelef M. Anti-membrane Antibodies Persist at Least One Year and Discriminate Between Past Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection and Vaccination. Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2022, 226: 1897-1902. PMID: 35758987, PMCID: PMC9278254, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiac263.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInfluenza A virus undergoes compartmentalized replication in vivo dominated by stochastic bottlenecks
Amato K, Haddock L, Braun K, Meliopoulos V, Livingston B, Honce R, Schaack G, Boehm E, Higgins C, Barry G, Koelle K, Schultz-Cherry S, Friedrich T, Mehle A. Influenza A virus undergoes compartmentalized replication in vivo dominated by stochastic bottlenecks. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 3416. PMID: 35701424, PMCID: PMC9197827, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31147-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCorrection for Riemersma et al., “Rapid Evolution of Enhanced Zika Virus Virulence during Direct Vertebrate Transmission Chains”
Riemersma K, Jaeger A, Crooks C, Braun K, Weger-Lucarelli J, Ebel G, Friedrich T, Aliota M. Correction for Riemersma et al., “Rapid Evolution of Enhanced Zika Virus Virulence during Direct Vertebrate Transmission Chains”. Journal Of Virology 2022, 96: e00501-22. PMID: 35499321, PMCID: PMC9131856, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00501-22.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2021
Interventions to Disrupt Coronavirus Disease Transmission at a University, Wisconsin, USA, August-October 2020.
Currie DW, Moreno GK, Delahoy MJ, Pray IW, Jovaag A, Braun KM, Cole D, Shechter T, Fajardo GC, Griggs C, Yandell BS, Goldstein S, Bushman D, Segaloff HE, Kelly GP, Pitts C, Lee C, Grande KM, Kita-Yarbro A, Grogan B, Mader S, Baggott J, Bateman AC, Westergaard RP, Tate JE, Friedrich TC, Kirking HL, O'Connor DH, Killerby ME. Interventions to Disrupt Coronavirus Disease Transmission at a University, Wisconsin, USA, August-October 2020. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2021, 27: 2776-2785. PMID: 34586058, PMCID: PMC8544969, DOI: 10.3201/eid2711.211306.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvidence of Early Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Involving a School-aged Child.
Temte J, Barlow S, Temte E, Goss M, Florek K, Braun K, Friedrich T, Reisdorf E, Bateman A, Uzicanin A. Evidence of Early Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Involving a School-aged Child. WMJ 2021, 120: 233-236. PMID: 34710308, PMCID: PMC8721881.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute SARS-CoV-2 infections harbor limited within-host diversity and transmit via tight transmission bottlenecks
Braun K, Moreno G, Wagner C, Accola M, Rehrauer W, Baker D, Koelle K, O’Connor D, Bedford T, Friedrich T, Moncla L. Acute SARS-CoV-2 infections harbor limited within-host diversity and transmit via tight transmission bottlenecks. PLOS Pathogens 2021, 17: e1009849. PMID: 34424945, PMCID: PMC8412271, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009849.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrevious exposure to dengue virus is associated with increased Zika virus burden at the maternal-fetal interface in rhesus macaques
Crooks C, Weiler A, Rybarczyk S, Bliss M, Jaeger A, Murphy M, Simmons H, Mejia A, Fritsch M, Hayes J, Eickhoff J, Mitzey A, Razo E, Braun K, Brown E, Yamamoto K, Shepherd P, Possell A, Weaver K, Antony K, Morgan T, Newman C, Dudley D, Schultz-Darken N, Peterson E, Katzelnick L, Balmaseda A, Harris E, O’Connor D, Mohr E, Golos T, Friedrich T, Aliota M. Previous exposure to dengue virus is associated with increased Zika virus burden at the maternal-fetal interface in rhesus macaques. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2021, 15: e0009641. PMID: 34329306, PMCID: PMC8357128, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009641.Peer-Reviewed Original Research