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Albert Ko, MD

Raj and Indra Nooyi Professor of Public Health and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Medicine (Infectious Diseases); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

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Dr. Ko’s research centers on the health problems that have emerged as a consequence of rapid urbanization and social inequity. He coordinates a research and training program on urban slum health in Brazil and conducts prospective cohort studies on leptospirosis, dengue, meningitis and respiratory infections. His research combines multidisciplinary epidemiology, ecology and translational research-based approaches to identify prevention and control strategies that can be implemented in slum communities. More recently, Dr. Ko and his team has mobilized the public health research capacity at their site in the city of Salvador to investigate the on-going outbreak of Zika virus infection and microcephaly.

Specialized Terms: Urban slum health, Leptospirosis; Dengue; Bacterial meningitis; Vaccine preventable diseases; Zika viral infections

Extensive Research Description

Disease determinants for urban leptospirosis
Rapid serodiagnostic test for leptospirosis
Natural history of urban leptospirosis
Transmission of drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Brazil
Genome-level protein microarray serodiagnostic antigen discovery in leptospirosis
Transmission dynamics of arboviral diseases including Zika, dengue and chikungunya
Natural history of congenital Zika syndrome
Randomized controlled trials to evaluate the effectiveness of vector control interventions on arboviral diseases
Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellows Program

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Dengue; Epidemiology; Leptospirosis; Urban Health; Global Health; Meningitis, Bacterial; Infectious Disease Medicine

Public Health Interests

Epidemiology Methods; Global Health; Infectious Diseases; Maternal & Child Health; Zoonotic Diseases; Health Equity, Disparities, Social Determinants and Justice; COVID-19

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Yale-Fiocruz site for community-based studies on urban health, Salvador, Brazil

Selected Publications

MIF is a Common Genetic Determinant of COVID-19 Symptomatic Infection and SeverityShin JJ, Fan W, Par-Young J, Piecychna M, Leng L, Israni-Winger K, Qing H, Gu J, Zhao H, Schulz WL, Unlu S, Kuster J, Young G, Liu J, Ko AI, Garcia A, Sauler M, Wisnewski AV, Young L, Orduña A, Wang A, Klementina O, Garcia AB, Hegyi P, Armstrong ME, Mitchell P, Ordiz DB, Garami A, Kang I, Bucala R. MIF is a Common Genetic Determinant of COVID-19 Symptomatic Infection and Severity QJM 2022, hcac234. PMID: 36222594, PMCID: PMC9620729, DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcac234.
Effectiveness of an inactivated Covid-19 vaccine with homologous and heterologous boosters against Omicron in BrazilRanzani OT, Hitchings MDT, de Melo RL, de França GVA, Fernandes CFR, Lind ML, Torres MSS, Tsuha DH, David LCS, Said RFC, Almiron M, de Oliveira RD, Cummings DAT, Dean NE, Andrews JR, Ko AI, Croda J. Effectiveness of an inactivated Covid-19 vaccine with homologous and heterologous boosters against Omicron in Brazil Nature Communications 2022, 13: 5536. PMID: 36202800, PMCID: PMC9537178, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33169-0.
Rickettsial Infections Causing Acute Febrile Illness in Urban Slums, Brazil - Volume 28, Number 10—October 2022 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDCFournier JB, Blanton LS, Nery N, Wunder EA, Costa F, Reis MG, Ribeiro GS, Walker DH, Ko AI. Rickettsial Infections Causing Acute Febrile Illness in Urban Slums, Brazil - Volume 28, Number 10—October 2022 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases 2022, 28: 2132-2134. PMID: 36148970, PMCID: PMC9514363, DOI: 10.3201/eid2810.220497.
Linking rattiness, geography and environmental degradation to spillover Leptospira infections in marginalised urban settings: An eco-epidemiological community-based cohort study in BrazilEyre MT, Souza FN, Carvalho-Pereira T, Nery N, de Oliveira D, Cruz JS, Sacramento GA, Khalil H, Wunder EA, Hacker KP, Hagan JE, Childs JE, Reis MG, Begon M, Diggle PJ, Ko AI, Giorgi E, Costa F. Linking rattiness, geography and environmental degradation to spillover Leptospira infections in marginalised urban settings: An eco-epidemiological community-based cohort study in Brazil ELife 2022, 11: e73120. PMID: 36111781, PMCID: PMC9560157, DOI: 10.7554/elife.73120.
Structural factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection risk in an urban slum setting in Salvador, Brazil: A cross-sectional surveyFofana MO, Nery N, Ticona J, de Andrade Belitardo EMM, Victoriano R, Anjos RO, Portilho MM, de Santana MC, dos Santos LL, de Oliveira D, Cruz JS, Muenker MC, Khouri R, Wunder EA, Hitchings MDT, Johnson O, Reis MG, Ribeiro GS, Cummings DAT, Costa F, Ko AI. Structural factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection risk in an urban slum setting in Salvador, Brazil: A cross-sectional survey PLOS Medicine 2022, 19: e1004093. PMID: 36074784, PMCID: PMC9499230, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004093.
Reliable estimation of SARS-CoV-2 anti-spike protein IgG titers from single dilution optical density values in serologic surveysBelitardo E, Nery N, Ticona J, Portilho MM, Mello IO, Ribeiro GS, Reis MG, Costa F, Cummings DAT, Ko AI, Fofana MO. Reliable estimation of SARS-CoV-2 anti-spike protein IgG titers from single dilution optical density values in serologic surveys Diagnostic Microbiology And Infectious Disease 2022, 104: 115807. PMID: 36162285, PMCID: PMC9428330, DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2022.115807.
Change in covid-19 risk over time following vaccination with CoronaVac: test negative case-control studyHitchings MDT, Ranzani OT, Lind ML, Dorion M, D'Agostini TL, de Paula RC, de Paula OFP, de Moura Villela EF, Scaramuzzini Torres MS, de Oliveira SB, Schulz W, Almiron M, Said R, de Oliveira RD, Vieira da Silva P, de Araújo WN, Gorinchteyn JC, Dean NE, Andrews JR, Cummings DAT, Ko AI, Croda J. Change in covid-19 risk over time following vaccination with CoronaVac: test negative case-control study The BMJ 2022, 377: e070102. PMID: 35697361, PMCID: PMC9189440, DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2022-070102.
Testing Frequency Matters | An Evaluation of the Diagnostic Performance of a SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Test in United States Correctional FacilitiesLind ML, Schultes OL, Robertson AJ, Houde AJ, Cummings DAT, Ko AI, Kennedy BS, Richeson RP. Testing Frequency Matters | An Evaluation of the Diagnostic Performance of a SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Test in United States Correctional Facilities Clinical Infectious Diseases 2022, ciac450. PMID: 35686341, PMCID: PMC9214176, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac450.
Omicron-specific mRNA vaccination alone and as a heterologous booster against SARS-CoV-2Fang Z, Peng L, Filler R, Suzuki K, McNamara A, Lin Q, Renauer PA, Yang L, Menasche B, Sanchez A, Ren P, Xiong Q, Strine M, Clark P, Lin C, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND, Wilen CB, Chen S. Omicron-specific mRNA vaccination alone and as a heterologous booster against SARS-CoV-2 Nature Communications 2022, 13: 3250. PMID: 35668119, PMCID: PMC9169595, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30878-4.
No evidence of fetal defects or anti-syncytin-1 antibody induction following COVID-19 mRNA vaccinationLu-Culligan A, Tabachnikova A, Pérez-Then E, Tokuyama M, Lee HJ, Lucas C, Monteiro V, Miric M, Brache V, Cochon L, Muenker MC, Mohanty S, Huang J, Kang I, Dela Cruz C, Farhadian S, Campbell M, Yildirim I, Shaw AC, Ma S, Vermund SH, Ko AI, Omer SB, Iwasaki A. No evidence of fetal defects or anti-syncytin-1 antibody induction following COVID-19 mRNA vaccination PLOS Biology 2022, 20: e3001506. PMID: 35609110, PMCID: PMC9129011, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001506.
Minimally-Invasive Resection of a Racemose Neurocysticercal Cyst.Trubin PA, Omay SB, Ko AI. Minimally-Invasive Resection of a Racemose Neurocysticercal Cyst. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2022, 107: 4-5. PMID: 35605635, PMCID: PMC9294708, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0100.
Unequal burden of Zika-associated microcephaly among populations with public and private healthcare in Salvador, BrazilAromolaran A, Araujo K, Ladines-Lim JB, Nery N, do Rosário MS, Rastely VN, Archanjo G, Daltro D, da Silveira Carvalho G, Pimentel K, de Almeida JRM, de Siqueira IC, Ribeiro HC, Oliveira-Filho J, de Oliveira D, Henriques DF, Rodrigues SG, da Costa Vasconcelos P, de Almeida ARP, Sacramento GA, Cruz JS, Sarno M, de Paula Freitas B, Mattos A, Khouri R, Reis MG, Ko AI, Costa F. Unequal burden of Zika-associated microcephaly among populations with public and private healthcare in Salvador, Brazil International Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2022, 120: 201-204. PMID: 35470025, PMCID: PMC9119857, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.04.030.
Closing the health inequity gap during the pandemic: COVID-19 mortality among racial and ethnic groups in Connecticut, March 2020 to December 2021Schultes O, Lind ML, Brockmeyer J, Sosensky P, Cummings DAT, Ko AI. Closing the health inequity gap during the pandemic: COVID-19 mortality among racial and ethnic groups in Connecticut, March 2020 to December 2021 Journal Of Epidemiology & Community Health 2022, 76: 695-696. PMID: 35428672, PMCID: PMC9209669, DOI: 10.1136/jech-2022-218975.
Rainfall and other meteorological factors as drivers of urban transmission of leptospirosisCunha M, Costa F, Ribeiro GS, Carvalho MS, Reis RB, Nery N, Pischel L, Gouveia EL, Santos AC, Queiroz A, Wunder EA, Reis MG, Diggle PJ, Ko AI. Rainfall and other meteorological factors as drivers of urban transmission of leptospirosis PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2022, 16: e0007507. PMID: 35404948, PMCID: PMC9022820, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007507.
Effectiveness of CoronaVac, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, BNT162b2, and Ad26.COV2.S among individuals with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection in Brazil: a test-negative, case-control studyCerqueira-Silva T, Andrews JR, Boaventura VS, Ranzani OT, de Araújo Oliveira V, Paixão ES, Júnior JB, Machado TM, Hitchings MDT, Dorion M, Lind ML, Penna GO, Cummings DAT, Dean NE, Werneck GL, Pearce N, Barreto ML, Ko AI, Croda J, Barral-Netto M. Effectiveness of CoronaVac, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, BNT162b2, and Ad26.COV2.S among individuals with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection in Brazil: a test-negative, case-control study The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2022, 22: 791-801. PMID: 35366959, PMCID: PMC8971277, DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(22)00140-2.
Use of Recently Vaccinated Individuals to Detect Bias in Test-Negative Case–Control Studies of COVID-19 Vaccine EffectivenessHitchings MDT, Lewnard JA, Dean NE, Ko AI, Ranzani OT, Andrews JR, Cummings DAT. Use of Recently Vaccinated Individuals to Detect Bias in Test-Negative Case–Control Studies of COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Epidemiology 2022, 33: 450-456. PMID: 35384900, PMCID: PMC9148635, DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000001484.
Insights into the limited global spread of the immune evasive SARS-CoV-2 variant Mu.Petrone ME, Lucas C, Menasche B, Breban MI, Yildirim I, Campbell M, Omer SB, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND, Iwasak A, Wilen CB, Vogels CBF, Fauver JR. Insights into the limited global spread of the immune evasive SARS-CoV-2 variant Mu. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2022 PMID: 35378749, PMCID: PMC8978943, DOI: 10.1101/2022.03.28.22273077.
De novo emergence of a remdesivir resistance mutation during treatment of persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection in an immunocompromised patient: a case reportGandhi S, Klein J, Robertson AJ, Peña-Hernández MA, Lin MJ, Roychoudhury P, Lu P, Fournier J, Ferguson D, Mohamed Bakhash SAK, Catherine Muenker M, Srivathsan A, Wunder EA, Kerantzas N, Wang W, Lindenbach B, Pyle A, Wilen CB, Ogbuagu O, Greninger AL, Iwasaki A, Schulz WL, Ko AI. De novo emergence of a remdesivir resistance mutation during treatment of persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection in an immunocompromised patient: a case report Nature Communications 2022, 13: 1547. PMID: 35301314, PMCID: PMC8930970, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29104-y.
Association of renalase with clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with COVID-19Safdar B, Wang M, Guo X, Cha C, Chun HJ, Deng Y, Dziura J, El-Khoury JM, Gorelick F, Ko AI, Lee AI, Safirstein R, Simonov M, Zhou B, Desir GV. Association of renalase with clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0264178. PMID: 35259186, PMCID: PMC8903289, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264178.
A multicenter evaluation of computable phenotyping approaches for SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 hospitalizationsKhera R, Mortazavi BJ, Sangha V, Warner F, Patrick Young H, Ross JS, Shah ND, Theel ES, Jenkinson WG, Knepper C, Wang K, Peaper D, Martinello RA, Brandt CA, Lin Z, Ko AI, Krumholz HM, Pollock BD, Schulz WL. A multicenter evaluation of computable phenotyping approaches for SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 hospitalizations Npj Digital Medicine 2022, 5: 27. PMID: 35260762, PMCID: PMC8904579, DOI: 10.1038/s41746-022-00570-4.
EVITA Dengue: a cluster-randomized controlled trial to EValuate the efficacy of Wolbachia-InfecTed Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in reducing the incidence of Arboviral infection in BrazilCollins MH, Potter GE, Hitchings MDT, Butler E, Wiles M, Kennedy JK, Pinto SB, Teixeira ABM, Casanovas-Massana A, Rouphael NG, Deye GA, Simmons CP, Moreira LA, Nogueira ML, Cummings DAT, Ko AI, Teixeira MM, Edupuganti S. EVITA Dengue: a cluster-randomized controlled trial to EValuate the efficacy of Wolbachia-InfecTed Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in reducing the incidence of Arboviral infection in Brazil Trials 2022, 23: 185. PMID: 35236394, PMCID: PMC8889395, DOI: 10.1186/s13063-022-05997-4.
Gut microbiome dysbiosis during COVID-19 is associated with increased risk for bacteremia and microbial translocation.Venzon M, Bernard-Raichon L, Klein J, Axelrad JE, Zhang C, Hussey GA, Sullivan AP, Casanovas-Massana A, Noval MG, Valero-Jimenez AM, Gago J, Putzel G, Pironti A, Wilder E, Thorpe LE, Littman DR, Dittmann M, Stapleford KA, Shopsin B, Torres VJ, Ko AI, Iwasaki A, Cadwell K, Schluter J. Gut microbiome dysbiosis during COVID-19 is associated with increased risk for bacteremia and microbial translocation. BioRxiv : The Preprint Server For Biology 2022 PMID: 35262080, PMCID: PMC8902880, DOI: 10.1101/2021.07.15.452246.
Omicron-specific mRNA vaccination alone and as a heterologous booster against SARS-CoV-2.Fang Z, Peng L, Filler R, Suzuki K, McNamara A, Lin Q, Renauer PA, Yang L, Menasche B, Sanchez A, Ren P, Xiong Q, Strine M, Clark P, Lin C, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND, Wilen CB, Chen S. Omicron-specific mRNA vaccination alone and as a heterologous booster against SARS-CoV-2. BioRxiv : The Preprint Server For Biology 2022 PMID: 35194606, PMCID: PMC8863141, DOI: 10.1101/2022.02.14.480449.
Structural factors contributing to SARS-CoV-2 infection risk in the urban slum setting.Fofana MO, Nery N, Aguilar Ticona JP, Belitardo EMMA, Victoriano R, Anjos RO, Portilho MM, de Santana MC, Dos Santos LL, de Oliveira D, Cruz JS, Muencker MC, Khouri R, Wunder EA, Hitchings MDT, Johnson O, Reis MG, Ribeiro GS, Cummings DAT, Costa F, Ko AI. Structural factors contributing to SARS-CoV-2 infection risk in the urban slum setting. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2022 PMID: 35194620, PMCID: PMC8863166, DOI: 10.1101/2022.02.13.22270856.
The role of prisons in disseminating tuberculosis in Brazil: A genomic epidemiology studyWalter KS, dos Santos PCP, Gonçalves TO, da Silva BO, da Silva Santos A, de Cássia Leite A, da Silva AM, Moreira F, de Oliveira RD, Lemos EF, Cunha E, Liu YE, Ko AI, Colijn C, Cohen T, Mathema B, Croda J, Andrews JR. The role of prisons in disseminating tuberculosis in Brazil: A genomic epidemiology study The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2022, 9: 100186. PMID: 35647574, PMCID: PMC9140320, DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2022.100186.
Neutralizing antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron variants following heterologous CoronaVac plus BNT162b2 booster vaccinationPérez-Then E, Lucas C, Monteiro VS, Miric M, Brache V, Cochon L, Vogels CBF, Malik AA, De la Cruz E, Jorge A, De los Santos M, Leon P, Breban MI, Billig K, Yildirim I, Pearson C, Downing R, Gagnon E, Muyombwe A, Razeq J, Campbell M, Ko AI, Omer SB, Grubaugh ND, Vermund SH, Iwasaki A. Neutralizing antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron variants following heterologous CoronaVac plus BNT162b2 booster vaccination Nature Medicine 2022, 28: 481-485. PMID: 35051990, PMCID: PMC8938264, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-022-01705-6.
Predicting daily COVID-19 case rates from SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentrations across a diversity of wastewater catchmentsZulli A, Pan A, M S, Crawford FW, Kaplan EH, Cartter M, Ko AI, Sanchez M, Brown C, Cozens D, Brackney DE, Peccia J. Predicting daily COVID-19 case rates from SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentrations across a diversity of wastewater catchments FEMS Microbes 2022, 2: xtab022. PMID: 35128418, PMCID: PMC8807199, DOI: 10.1093/femsmc/xtab022.
Change in COVID-19 risk over time following vaccination with CoronaVac: A testnegative case-control study.Hitchings MDT, Ranzani OT, Lind ML, Dorion M, D'Agostini TL, de Paula RC, de Paula OFP, de Moura Villela EF, Torres MSS, de Oliveira SB, Schulz W, Almiron M, Said R, de Oliveira RD, da Silva PV, de Araújo WN, Gorinchteyn JC, Dean NE, Andrews JR, Cummings DAT, Ko AI, Croda J. Change in COVID-19 risk over time following vaccination with CoronaVac: A testnegative case-control study. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2021 PMID: 34988559, PMCID: PMC8728874, DOI: 10.1101/2021.12.23.21268335.
De novo emergence of a remdesivir resistance mutation during treatment of persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection in an immunocompromised patient: A case report.Gandhi S, Klein J, Robertson A, Peña-Hernández MA, Lin MJ, Roychoudhury P, Lu P, Fournier J, Ferguson D, Mohamed Bakhash SA, Catherine Muenker M, Srivathsan A, Wunder EA, Kerantzas N, Wang W, Lindenbach B, Pyle A, Wilen CB, Ogbuagu O, Greninger AL, Iwasaki A, Schulz WL, Ko AI. De novo emergence of a remdesivir resistance mutation during treatment of persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection in an immunocompromised patient: A case report. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2021 PMID: 34909781, PMCID: PMC8669848, DOI: 10.1101/2021.11.08.21266069.
Effect of Sewerage on the Contamination of Soil with Pathogenic Leptospira in Urban SlumsCasanovas-Massana A, Souza F, Curry M, de Oliveira D, de Oliveira AS, Eyre MT, Santiago D, Santos M, Serra RMR, Lopes E, Xavier BI, Diggle PJ, Wunder EA, Reis MG, Ko AI, Costa F. Effect of Sewerage on the Contamination of Soil with Pathogenic Leptospira in Urban Slums Environmental Science And Technology 2021, 55: 15882-15890. PMID: 34767339, PMCID: PMC9302045, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c04916.
Longitudinal Immune Profiling of a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Reinfection in a Solid Organ Transplant RecipientKlein J, Brito AF, Trubin P, Lu P, Wong P, Alpert T, Peña-Hernández MA, Haynes W, Kamath K, Liu F, Vogels CBF, Fauver JR, Lucas C, Oh J, Mao T, Silva J, Wyllie AL, Muenker MC, Casanovas-Massana A, Moore AJ, Petrone ME, Kalinich CC, Dela Cruz C, Farhadian S, Ring A, Shon J, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND, Israelow B, Iwasaki A, Azar MM, Team F. Longitudinal Immune Profiling of a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Reinfection in a Solid Organ Transplant Recipient The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2021, 225: 374-384. PMID: 34718647, PMCID: PMC8807168, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiab553.
Effectiveness of ChAdOx1 vaccine in older adults during SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant circulation in São PauloHitchings MDT, Ranzani OT, Dorion M, D’Agostini T, de Paula RC, de Paula OFP, de Moura Villela EF, Torres MSS, de Oliveira SB, Schulz W, Almiron M, Said R, de Oliveira RD, Silva PV, de Araújo WN, Gorinchteyn JC, Andrews JR, Cummings DAT, Ko AI, Croda J. Effectiveness of ChAdOx1 vaccine in older adults during SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant circulation in São Paulo Nature Communications 2021, 12: 6220. PMID: 34711813, PMCID: PMC8553924, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26459-6.
Reply to: A finding of sex similarities rather than differences in COVID-19 outcomesTakahashi T, Ellingson MK, Wong P, Israelow B, Lucas C, Klein J, Silva J, Mao T, Oh JE, Tokuyama M, Lu P, Venkataraman A, Park A, Liu F, Meir A, Sun J, Wang EY, Casanovas-Massana A, Wyllie AL, Vogels CBF, Earnest R, Lapidus S, Ott IM, Moore AJ, Shaw A, Fournier JB, Odio CD, Farhadian S, Dela Cruz C, Grubaugh ND, Schulz WL, Ring AM, Ko AI, Omer SB, Iwasaki A. Reply to: A finding of sex similarities rather than differences in COVID-19 outcomes Nature 2021, 597: e10-e11. PMID: 34552250, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03645-6.
Willingness to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine among Residents of Slum SettlementsTicona J, Nery N, Victoriano R, Fofana MO, Ribeiro GS, Giorgi E, Reis MG, Ko AI, Costa F. Willingness to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine among Residents of Slum Settlements Vaccines 2021, 9: 951. PMID: 34579188, PMCID: PMC8472908, DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9090951.
Effectiveness of the CoronaVac vaccine in older adults during a gamma variant associated epidemic of covid-19 in Brazil: test negative case-control studyRanzani OT, Hitchings MDT, Dorion M, D'Agostini TL, de Paula RC, de Paula OFP, Villela EFM, Torres MSS, de Oliveira SB, Schulz W, Almiron M, Said R, de Oliveira RD, Vieira da Silva P, de Araújo WN, Gorinchteyn JC, Andrews JR, Cummings DAT, Ko AI, Croda J. Effectiveness of the CoronaVac vaccine in older adults during a gamma variant associated epidemic of covid-19 in Brazil: test negative case-control study The BMJ 2021, 374: n2015. PMID: 34417194, PMCID: PMC8377801, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.n2015.
Social determinants associated with Zika virus infection in pregnant womenNery N, Ticona J, Gambrah C, Doss-Gollin S, Aromolaran A, Rastely-Júnior V, Lessa M, Sacramento GA, Cruz JS, de Oliveira D, dos Santos LL, da Silva CG, Botosso VF, Soares CP, Araujo DB, Oliveira DB, dos Santos Alves RP, Andreata-Santos R, Durigon EL, de Souza Ferreira LC, Wunder EA, Khouri R, Oliveira-Filho J, de Siqueira IC, Almeida ARP, Reis MG, Ko AI, Costa F. Social determinants associated with Zika virus infection in pregnant women PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2021, 15: e0009612. PMID: 34329305, PMCID: PMC8323902, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009612.
Effectiveness of CoronaVac among healthcare workers in the setting of high SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant transmission in Manaus, Brazil: A test-negative case-control studyHitchings MDT, Ranzani OT, Torres MSS, de Oliveira SB, Almiron M, Said R, Borg R, Schulz WL, de Oliveira RD, da Silva PV, de Castro DB, de Souza Sampaio V, de Albuquerque BC, Ramos TCA, Fraxe SHH, da Costa CF, Naveca FG, Siqueira AM, de Araújo WN, Andrews JR, Cummings DAT, Ko AI, Croda J. Effectiveness of CoronaVac among healthcare workers in the setting of high SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant transmission in Manaus, Brazil: A test-negative case-control study The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2021, 1: 100025. PMID: 34386791, PMCID: PMC8310555, DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2021.100025.
Kynurenic acid may underlie sex-specific immune responses to COVID-19Cai Y, Kim DJ, Takahashi T, Broadhurst DI, Yan H, Ma S, Rattray NJW, Casanovas-Massana A, Israelow B, Klein J, Lucas C, Mao T, Moore AJ, Muenker MC, Oh JE, Silva J, Wong P, team Y, Ko AI, Khan SA, Iwasaki A, Johnson CH. Kynurenic acid may underlie sex-specific immune responses to COVID-19 Science Signaling 2021, 14: eabf8483. PMID: 34230210, PMCID: PMC8432948, DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.abf8483.
Maternal outcomes and risk factors for COVID-19 severity among pregnant womenVouga M, Favre G, Martinez-Perez O, Pomar L, Acebal LF, Abascal-Saiz A, Hernandez MRV, Hcini N, Lambert V, Carles G, Sichitiu J, Salomon L, Stirnemann J, Ville Y, de Tejada BM, Goncé A, Hawkins-Villarreal A, Castillo K, Solsona EG, Trigo L, Cleary B, Geary M, Bartels H, Al-Kharouf F, Malone F, Higgins M, Keating N, Knowles S, Poncelet C, Ribeiro-do-Valle CC, Surita F, Dantas-Silva A, Borrelli C, Luz AG, Fuenzalida J, Carvajal J, Canales MG, Hernandez O, Grechukhina O, Ko AI, Reddy U, Figueiredo R, Moucho M, Pinto PV, De Luca C, De Santis M, de Campos DA, Martins I, Garabedian C, Subtil D, Bohrer B, Da Rocha Oppermann ML, Wender MCO, Schuler-Faccini L, Sanseverino MTV, Giugliani C, Friedrich L, Scherer MH, Mottet N, Ducarme G, Pelerin H, Moreau C, Breton B, Quibel T, Rozenberg P, Giannoni E, Granado C, Monod C, Mueller D, Hoesli I, Bassler D, Heldstab S, Kölble NO, Sentilhes L, Charvet M, Deprest J, Richter J, Van der Veeken L, Eggel-Hort B, Plantefeve G, Derouich M, Calvache AJN, Lopez-Giron MC, Burgos-Luna JM, Escobar-Vidarte MF, Hecher K, Tallarek AC, Hadar E, Haratz KK, Amikam U, Malinger G, Maymon R, Yogev Y, Schäffer L, Toussaint A, Rossier MC, De Sa RAM, Grawe C, Aebi-Popp K, Radan AP, Raio L, Surbek D, Böckenhoff P, Strizek B, Kaufmann M, Bloch A, Boulvain M, Johann S, Heldstab SA, Bernasconi MT, Grant G, Feki A, Brochut AM, Giral M, Sedille L, Papadia A, Brugger RC, Weber B, Fischer T, Kahlert C, Saines KN, Cambou M, Kanellos P, Chen X, Yin M, Haessig A, Ackermann S, Baud D, Panchaud A. Maternal outcomes and risk factors for COVID-19 severity among pregnant women Scientific Reports 2021, 11: 13898. PMID: 34230507, PMCID: PMC8260739, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-92357-y.
Rapid, reliable, and reproducible cell fusion assay to quantify SARS-Cov-2 spike interaction with hACE2Zhao M, Su PY, Castro DA, Tripler TN, Hu Y, Cook M, Ko AI, Farhadian SF, Israelow B, Dela Cruz CS, Xiong Y, Sutton RE, . Rapid, reliable, and reproducible cell fusion assay to quantify SARS-Cov-2 spike interaction with hACE2 PLOS Pathogens 2021, 17: e1009683. PMID: 34166473, PMCID: PMC8263067, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009683.
Genetic Evidence for a Potential Environmental Pathway to Spillover Infection of Rat-Borne Leptospirosis.Casanovas-Massana A, de Oliveira D, Schneider AG, Begon M, Childs JE, Costa F, Reis MG, Ko AI, Wunder EA. Genetic Evidence for a Potential Environmental Pathway to Spillover Infection of Rat-Borne Leptospirosis. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2021, 225: 130-134. PMID: 34139761, PMCID: PMC8730487, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiab323.
Accuracy of Computable Phenotyping Approaches for SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19 Hospitalizations from the Electronic Health Record.Khera R, Mortazavi BJ, Sangha V, Warner F, Young HP, Ross JS, Shah ND, Theel ES, Jenkinson WG, Knepper C, Wang K, Peaper D, Martinello RA, Brandt CA, Lin Z, Ko AI, Krumholz HM, Pollock BD, Schulz WL. Accuracy of Computable Phenotyping Approaches for SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19 Hospitalizations from the Electronic Health Record. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2021 PMID: 34013299, PMCID: PMC8132274, DOI: 10.1101/2021.03.16.21253770.
Plasmodium infection induces cross-reactive antibodies to carbohydrate epitopes on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein.Lapidus S, Liu F, Casanovas-Massana A, Dai Y, Huck JD, Lucas C, Klein J, Filler RB, Strine MS, Sy M, Deme AB, Badiane AS, Dieye B, Ndiaye IM, Diedhiou Y, Mbaye AM, Diagne CT, Vigan-Womas I, Mbengue A, Sadio BD, Diagne MM, Moore AJ, Mangou K, Diallo F, Sene SD, Pouye MN, Faye R, Diouf B, Nery N, Costa F, Reis M, Muenker MC, Hodson DZ, Mbarga Y, Katz BZ, Andrews JR, Campbell M, Srivathsan A, Kamath K, Baum-Jones E, Faye O, Sall AA, Vélez JCQ, Cappello M, Wilson M, Ben-Mamoun C, Somé FA, Dabiré RK, Moukoko CEE, Ouédraogo JB, Boum Y, Shon J, Ndiaye D, Wisnewski A, Parikh S, Iwasaki A, Wilen CB, Ko AI, Ring AM, Bei AK. Plasmodium infection induces cross-reactive antibodies to carbohydrate epitopes on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2021 PMID: 34013301, PMCID: PMC8132281, DOI: 10.1101/2021.05.10.21256855.
Longitudinal immune profiling of a SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in a solid organ transplant recipient.Klein J, Brito A, Trubin P, Lu P, Wong P, Alpert T, Pena-Hernandez M, Haynes W, Kamath K, Liu F, Vogels C, Fauver J, Lucas C, Oh JE, Mao T, Silva J, Wyllie A, Muenker MC, Casanovas-Massana A, Moore A, Petrone M, Kalinich C, Cruz CD, Farhadian S, Ring A, Shon J, Ko A, Grubaugh N, Goldman-Israelow B, Iwasaki A, Azar M. Longitudinal immune profiling of a SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in a solid organ transplant recipient. Research Square 2021 PMID: 34013255, PMCID: PMC8132249, DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-405958/v1.
Divergent and self-reactive immune responses in the CNS of COVID-19 patients with neurological symptomsSong E, Bartley CM, Chow RD, Ngo TT, Jiang R, Zamecnik CR, Dandekar R, Loudermilk RP, Dai Y, Liu F, Sunshine S, Liu J, Wu W, Hawes IA, Alvarenga BD, Huynh T, McAlpine L, Rahman NT, Geng B, Chiarella J, Goldman-Israelow B, Vogels CBF, Grubaugh ND, Casanovas-Massana A, Phinney BS, Salemi M, Alexander JR, Gallego JA, Lencz T, Walsh H, Wapniarski AE, Mohanty S, Lucas C, Klein J, Mao T, Oh J, Ring A, Spudich S, Ko AI, Kleinstein SH, Pak J, DeRisi JL, Iwasaki A, Pleasure SJ, Wilson MR, Farhadian SF. Divergent and self-reactive immune responses in the CNS of COVID-19 patients with neurological symptoms Cell Reports Medicine 2021, 2: 100288. PMID: 33969321, PMCID: PMC8091032, DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2021.100288.
Maternal respiratory SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy is associated with a robust inflammatory response at the maternal-fetal interfaceLu-Culligan A, Chavan AR, Vijayakumar P, Irshaid L, Courchaine EM, Milano KM, Tang Z, Pope SD, Song E, Vogels CBF, Lu-Culligan WJ, Campbell KH, Casanovas-Massana A, Bermejo S, Toothaker JM, Lee HJ, Liu F, Schulz W, Fournier J, Muenker MC, Moore AJ, Team Y, Konnikova L, Neugebauer KM, Ring A, Grubaugh ND, Ko AI, Morotti R, Guller S, Kliman HJ, Iwasaki A, Farhadian SF. Maternal respiratory SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy is associated with a robust inflammatory response at the maternal-fetal interface Med 2021, 2: 591-610.e10. PMID: 33969332, PMCID: PMC8084634, DOI: 10.1016/j.medj.2021.04.016.
Evidence for SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein in the Urine of COVID-19 Patients.George S, Pal AC, Gagnon J, Timalsina S, Singh P, Vydyam P, Munshi M, Chiu JE, Renard I, Harden CA, Ott IM, Watkins AE, Vogels CBF, Lu P, Tokuyama M, Venkataraman A, Casanovas-Massana A, Wyllie AL, Rao V, Campbell M, Farhadian SF, Grubaugh ND, Dela Cruz CS, Ko AI, Berna Perez AZ, Akaho EH, Moledina DG, Testani J, John AR, Ledizet M, Mamoun CB. Evidence for SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein in the Urine of COVID-19 Patients. Kidney360 2021, 2: 924-936. PMID: 35373072, PMCID: PMC8791366, DOI: 10.34067/kid.0002172021.
The escalating tuberculosis crisis in central and South American prisonsWalter KS, Martinez L, Arakaki-Sanchez D, Sequera VG, Sanabria G, Cohen T, Ko AI, García-Basteiro AL, Rueda ZV, López-Olarte RA, Espinal MA, Croda J, Andrews JR. The escalating tuberculosis crisis in central and South American prisons The Lancet 2021, 397: 1591-1596. PMID: 33838724, PMCID: PMC9393884, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(20)32578-2.
Stability of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Nonsupplemented Saliva - Volume 27, Number 4—April 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDCOtt IM, Strine MS, Watkins AE, Boot M, Kalinich CC, Harden CA, Vogels CBF, Casanovas-Massana A, Moore AJ, Muenker MC, Nakahata M, Tokuyama M, Nelson A, Fournier J, Bermejo S, Campbell M, Datta R, Dela Cruz CS, Farhadian SF, Ko AI, Iwasaki A, Grubaugh ND, Wilen CB, Wyllie AL, . Stability of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Nonsupplemented Saliva - Volume 27, Number 4—April 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases 2021, 27: 1146-1150. PMID: 33754989, PMCID: PMC8007305, DOI: 10.3201/eid2704.204199.
Increased SARS-CoV-2 Testing Capacity with Pooled Saliva Samples - Volume 27, Number 4—April 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDCWatkins AE, Fenichel EP, Weinberger DM, Vogels CBF, Brackney DE, Casanovas-Massana A, Campbell M, Fournier J, Bermejo S, Datta R, Dela Cruz CS, Farhadian SF, Iwasaki A, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND, Wyllie AL, . Increased SARS-CoV-2 Testing Capacity with Pooled Saliva Samples - Volume 27, Number 4—April 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases 2021, 27: 1184-1187. PMID: 33755009, PMCID: PMC8007323, DOI: 10.3201/eid2704.204200.
Clinical characteristics and outcomes for 7,995 patients with SARS-CoV-2 infectionMcPadden J, Warner F, Young HP, Hurley NC, Pulk RA, Singh A, Durant TJS, Gong G, Desai N, Haimovich A, Taylor RA, Gunel M, Dela Cruz CS, Farhadian SF, Siner J, Villanueva M, Churchwell K, Hsiao A, Torre CJ, Velazquez EJ, Herbst RS, Iwasaki A, Ko AI, Mortazavi BJ, Krumholz HM, Schulz WL. Clinical characteristics and outcomes for 7,995 patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0243291. PMID: 33788846, PMCID: PMC8011821, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243291.
Poverty, sanitation, and Leptospira transmission pathways in residents from four Brazilian slumsKhalil H, Santana R, de Oliveira D, Palma F, Lustosa R, Eyre MT, Carvalho-Pereira T, Reis MG, Ko AI, Diggle PJ, Lopez Y, Begon M, Costa F. Poverty, sanitation, and Leptospira transmission pathways in residents from four Brazilian slums PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2021, 15: e0009256. PMID: 33788864, PMCID: PMC8041187, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009256.
Case Study: Longitudinal immune profiling of a SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in a solid organ transplant recipient.Klein J, Brito AF, Trubin P, Lu P, Wong P, Alpert T, Peña-Hernández MA, Haynes W, Kamath K, Liu F, Vogels CBF, Fauver JR, Lucas C, Oh J, Mao T, Silva J, Wyllie AL, Muenker MC, Casanovas-Massana A, Moore AJ, Petrone ME, Kalinich CC, Cruz CD, Farhadian S, Ring A, Shon J, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND, Israelow B, Iwasaki A, Azar MM. Case Study: Longitudinal immune profiling of a SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in a solid organ transplant recipient. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2021 PMID: 33791729, PMCID: PMC8010761, DOI: 10.1101/2021.03.24.21253992.
Incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis in incarcerated populations: a systematic review and meta-analysisCords O, Martinez L, Warren JL, O’Marr J, Walter KS, Cohen T, Zheng J, Ko AI, Croda J, Andrews JR. Incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis in incarcerated populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis The Lancet Public Health 2021, 6: e300-e308. PMID: 33765455, PMCID: PMC8168455, DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(21)00025-6.
Tracking smell loss to identify healthcare workers with SARS-CoV-2 infectionWeiss JJ, Attuquayefio TN, White EB, Li F, Herz RS, White TL, Campbell M, Geng B, Datta R, Wyllie AL, Grubaugh ND, Casanovas-Massana A, Muenker MC, Moore AJ, Handoko R, Iwasaki A, Martinello RA, Ko AI, Small DM, Farhadian SF, . Tracking smell loss to identify healthcare workers with SARS-CoV-2 infection PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0248025. PMID: 33657167, PMCID: PMC7928484, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248025.
Household rat infestation in urban slum populations: Development and validation of a predictive score for leptospirosisCosta F, Zeppelini CG, Ribeiro GS, Santos N, Reis RB, Martins RD, Bittencourt D, Santana C, Brant J, Reis MG, Ko AI. Household rat infestation in urban slum populations: Development and validation of a predictive score for leptospirosis PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2021, 15: e0009154. PMID: 33657101, PMCID: PMC7959339, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009154.
SARS-CoV-2 Infection Hospitalization Rate and Infection Fatality Rate Among the Non-Congregant Population in ConnecticutMahajan S, Caraballo C, Li SX, Dong Y, Chen L, Huston SK, Srinivasan R, Redlich CA, Ko AI, Faust JS, Forman HP, Krumholz HM. SARS-CoV-2 Infection Hospitalization Rate and Infection Fatality Rate Among the Non-Congregant Population in Connecticut The American Journal Of Medicine 2021, 134: 812-816.e2. PMID: 33617808, PMCID: PMC7895685, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.01.020.
Correction to: Slum Health: Arresting COVID-19 and Improving Well-Being in Urban Informal SettlementsCorburn J, Vlahov D, Mberu B, Riley L, Caiaffa WT, Rashid SF, Ko A, Patel S, Jukur S, Martínez-Herrera E, Jayasinghe S, Agarwal S, Nguendo-Yongsi B, Weru J, Ouma S, Edmundo K, Oni T, Ayad H. Correction to: Slum Health: Arresting COVID-19 and Improving Well-Being in Urban Informal Settlements Journal Of Urban Health 2021, 98: 309-310. PMID: 33570740, PMCID: PMC7877315, DOI: 10.1007/s11524-020-00491-1.
Developmental outcomes in children exposed to Zika virus in utero from a Brazilian urban slum cohort studyTicona J, Nery N, Ladines-Lim JB, Gambrah C, Sacramento G, de Paula Freitas B, Bouzon J, Oliveira-Filho J, Borja A, Adhikarla H, Montoya M, Chin A, Wunder EA, Ballalai V, Vieira C, Belfort R, Almeida A, Reis MG, Harris E, Ko AI, Costa F. Developmental outcomes in children exposed to Zika virus in utero from a Brazilian urban slum cohort study PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2021, 15: e0009162. PMID: 33544730, PMCID: PMC7891708, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009162.
Diverse Functional Autoantibodies in Patients with COVID-19.Wang EY, Mao T, Klein J, Dai Y, Huck JD, Liu F, Zheng NS, Zhou T, Israelow B, Wong P, Lucas C, Silva J, Oh JE, Song E, Perotti ES, Fischer S, Campbell M, Fournier JB, Wyllie AL, Vogels CBF, Ott IM, Kalinich CC, Petrone ME, Watkins AE, Cruz CD, Farhadian SF, Schulz WL, Grubaugh ND, Ko AI, Iwasaki A, Ring AM. Diverse Functional Autoantibodies in Patients with COVID-19. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2021 PMID: 33330894, PMCID: PMC7743105, DOI: 10.1101/2020.12.10.20247205.
A live attenuated-vaccine model confers cross-protective immunity against different species of the Leptospira genusWunder EA, Adhikarla H, Hamond C, Bonner K, Liang L, Rodrigues CB, Bisht V, Nally JE, Alt DP, Reis MG, Diggle PJ, Felgner PL, Ko A. A live attenuated-vaccine model confers cross-protective immunity against different species of the Leptospira genus ELife 2021, 10: e64166. PMID: 33496263, PMCID: PMC7837694, DOI: 10.7554/elife.64166.
SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy is associated with robust inflammatory response at the maternal-fetal interface.Lu-Culligan A, Chavan AR, Vijayakumar P, Irshaid L, Courchaine EM, Milano KM, Tang Z, Pope SD, Song E, Vogels CBF, Lu-Culligan WJ, Campbell KH, Casanovas-Massana A, Bermejo S, Toothaker JM, Lee HJ, Liu F, Schulz W, Fournier J, Muenker MC, Moore AJ, Konnikova L, Neugebauer KM, Ring A, Grubaugh ND, Ko AI, Morotti R, Guller S, Kliman HJ, Iwasaki A, Farhadian SF. SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy is associated with robust inflammatory response at the maternal-fetal interface. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2021 PMID: 33532791, PMCID: PMC7852242, DOI: 10.1101/2021.01.25.21250452.
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices regarding Leptospirosis among Visitors to a Recreational Forest in MalaysiaShafie NJ, Halim N, Zalipah M, Amin N, Esa S, Md-Nor S, Casanovas-Massana A, Ko AI, Palma F, Souza F, Costa F. Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices regarding Leptospirosis among Visitors to a Recreational Forest in Malaysia American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2021, 104: 1290-1296. PMID: 33534768, PMCID: PMC8045624, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0306.
Cutting Edge: Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Humans Is Defined by a Shift in the Serum Lipidome, Resulting in Dysregulation of Eicosanoid Immune MediatorsSchwarz B, Sharma L, Roberts L, Peng X, Bermejo S, Leighton I, Casanovas-Massana A, Minasyan M, Farhadian S, Ko AI, Team Y, Dela Cruz CS, Bosio CM. Cutting Edge: Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Humans Is Defined by a Shift in the Serum Lipidome, Resulting in Dysregulation of Eicosanoid Immune Mediators The Journal Of Immunology 2021, 206: ji2001025. PMID: 33277388, PMCID: PMC7962598, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2001025.
Saliva viral load is a dynamic unifying correlate of COVID-19 severity and mortality.Silva J, Lucas C, Sundaram M, Israelow B, Wong P, Klein J, Tokuyama M, Lu P, Venkataraman A, Liu F, Mao T, Oh JE, Park A, Casanovas-Massana A, Vogels CBF, Muenker CM, Zell J, Fournier JB, Campbell M, Chiorazzi M, Ruiz Fuentes E, Petrone M, Kalinich CC, Ott IM, Watkins A, Moore AJ, Nakahata MI, Grubaugh ND, Farhadian S, Dela Cruz C, Ko A, Schulz WL, Ring AM, Ma S, Omer S, Wyllie AL, Iwasaki A. Saliva viral load is a dynamic unifying correlate of COVID-19 severity and mortality. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2021 PMID: 33442706, PMCID: PMC7805468, DOI: 10.1101/2021.01.04.21249236.
Risk of Sexually Transmitted Zika Virus in a Cohort of Economically Disadvantaged Urban Residents.Aguilar Ticona JP, Baig H, Nery N, Doss-Gollin S, Sacramento GA, Adhikarla H, Muenker MC, Wunder EA, Nascimento EJM, Marques ETA, Reis MG, Ko AI, Costa F. Risk of Sexually Transmitted Zika Virus in a Cohort of Economically Disadvantaged Urban Residents. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2021, 224: 860-864. PMID: 33395487, PMCID: PMC8522079, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiab001.
Kinetics of antibody responses dictate COVID-19 outcome.Lucas C, Klein J, Sundaram M, Liu F, Wong P, Silva J, Mao T, Oh JE, Tokuyama M, Lu P, Venkataraman A, Park A, Israelow B, Wyllie AL, Vogels CBF, Muenker MC, Casanovas-Massana A, Schulz WL, Zell J, Campbell M, Fournier JB, Grubaugh ND, Farhadian S, Wisnewski AV, Cruz CD, Omer S, Ko AI, Ring A, Iwasaki A. Kinetics of antibody responses dictate COVID-19 outcome. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2020 PMID: 33398304, PMCID: PMC7781347, DOI: 10.1101/2020.12.18.20248331.
Exploratory neuroimmune profiling identifies CNS-specific alterations in COVID-19 patients with neurological involvement.Song E, Bartley CM, Chow RD, Ngo TT, Jiang R, Zamecnik CR, Dandekar R, Loudermilk RP, Dai Y, Liu F, Hawes IA, Alvarenga BD, Huynh T, McAlpine L, Rahman NT, Geng B, Chiarella J, Israelow B, Vogels CBF, Grubaugh ND, Casanovas-Massana A, Phinney BS, Salemi M, Alexander J, Gallego JA, Lencz T, Walsh H, Lucas C, Klein J, Mao T, Oh J, Ring A, Spudich S, Ko AI, Kleinstein SH, DeRisi JL, Iwasaki A, Pleasure SJ, Wilson MR, Farhadian SF. Exploratory neuroimmune profiling identifies CNS-specific alterations in COVID-19 patients with neurological involvement. BioRxiv : The Preprint Server For Biology 2020 PMID: 32935102, PMCID: PMC7491516, DOI: 10.1101/2020.09.11.293464.
Effects of Accounting for Interval-Censored Antibody Titer Decay on Seroincidence in a Longitudinal Cohort Study of LeptospirosisBonner K, Cruz JS, Sacramento GA, de Oliveira D, Nery N, Carvalho M, Costa F, Childs JE, Ko AI, Diggle PJ. Effects of Accounting for Interval-Censored Antibody Titer Decay on Seroincidence in a Longitudinal Cohort Study of Leptospirosis American Journal Of Epidemiology 2020, 190: kwaa253. PMID: 33274738, PMCID: PMC8096484, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwaa253.
Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes for 7,995 Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection.McPadden J, Warner F, Young HP, Hurley NC, Pulk RA, Singh A, Durant TJ, Gong G, Desai N, Haimovich A, Taylor RA, Gunel M, Dela Cruz CS, Farhadian SF, Siner J, Villanueva M, Churchwell K, Hsiao A, Torre CJ, Velazquez EJ, Herbst RS, Iwasaki A, Ko AI, Mortazavi BJ, Krumholz HM, Schulz WL. Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes for 7,995 Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2020 PMID: 32743602, PMCID: PMC7386526, DOI: 10.1101/2020.07.19.20157305.
Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2-Specific IgG Antibodies Among Adults Living in Connecticut: Post-Infection Prevalence (PIP) StudyMahajan S, Srinivasan R, Redlich CA, Huston SK, Anastasio KM, Cashman L, Massey DS, Dugan A, Witters D, Marlar J, Li SX, Lin Z, Hodge D, Chattopadhyay M, Adams MD, Lee C, Rao LV, Stewart C, Kuppusamy K, Ko AI, Krumholz HM. Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2-Specific IgG Antibodies Among Adults Living in Connecticut: Post-Infection Prevalence (PIP) Study The American Journal Of Medicine 2020, 134: 526-534.e11. PMID: 33130124, PMCID: PMC7598362, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.09.024.
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by multiplex RT-qPCRKudo E, Israelow B, Vogels CBF, Lu P, Wyllie AL, Tokuyama M, Venkataraman A, Brackney DE, Ott IM, Petrone ME, Earnest R, Lapidus S, Muenker MC, Moore AJ, Casanovas-Massana A, , Omer SB, Dela Cruz CS, Farhadian SF, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND, Iwasaki A. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by multiplex RT-qPCR PLOS Biology 2020, 18: e3000867. PMID: 33027248, PMCID: PMC7571696, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000867.
Seroepidemiology of Leptospira infection in slaughtered cattle in Gauteng province, South AfricaDogonyaro BB, van Heerden H, Potts AD, Kolo BF, Lotter C, Katsande C, Fasina FO, Ko AI, Wunder EA, Adesiyun AA. Seroepidemiology of Leptospira infection in slaughtered cattle in Gauteng province, South Africa Tropical Animal Health And Production 2020, 52: 3789-3798. PMID: 33009586, DOI: 10.1007/s11250-020-02417-0.
Measurement of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater tracks community infection dynamicsPeccia J, Zulli A, Brackney DE, Grubaugh ND, Kaplan EH, Casanovas-Massana A, Ko AI, Malik AA, Wang D, Wang M, Warren JL, Weinberger DM, Arnold W, Omer SB. Measurement of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater tracks community infection dynamics Nature Biotechnology 2020, 38: 1164-1167. PMID: 32948856, PMCID: PMC8325066, DOI: 10.1038/s41587-020-0684-z.
Tracking Smell Loss to Identify Healthcare Workers with SARS-CoV-2 Infection.Weiss JJ, Attuquayefio TN, White EB, Li F, Herz RS, White TL, Campbell M, Geng B, Datta R, Wyllie AL, Grubaugh ND, Casanovas-Massana A, Muenker MC, Handoko R, Iwasaki A, Martinello RA, Ko AI, Small DM, Farhadian SF. Tracking Smell Loss to Identify Healthcare Workers with SARS-CoV-2 Infection. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2020 PMID: 32935121, PMCID: PMC7491536, DOI: 10.1101/2020.09.07.20188813.
Kynurenic acid underlies sex-specific immune responses to COVID-19.Cai Y, Kim DJ, Takahashi T, Broadhurst DI, Ma S, Rattray NJW, Casanovas-Massana A, Israelow B, Klein J, Lucas C, Mao T, Moore AJ, Muenker MC, Oh J, Silva J, Wong P, Ko AJ, Khan SA, Iwasaki A, Johnson CH. Kynurenic acid underlies sex-specific immune responses to COVID-19. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2020 PMID: 32935119, PMCID: PMC7491534, DOI: 10.1101/2020.09.06.20189159.
Pooling saliva to increase SARS-CoV-2 testing capacity.Watkins AE, Fenichel EP, Weinberger DM, Vogels CBF, Brackney DE, Casanovas-Massana A, Campbell M, Fournier J, Bermejo S, Datta R, Dela Cruz CS, Farhadian SF, Iwasaki A, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND, Wyllie AL. Pooling saliva to increase SARS-CoV-2 testing capacity. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2020 PMID: 32909003, PMCID: PMC7480055, DOI: 10.1101/2020.09.02.20183830.
A multivariate geostatistical framework for combining multiple indices of abundance for disease vectors and reservoirs: a case study of rattiness in a low-income urban Brazilian communityEyre MT, Carvalho-Pereira TSA, Souza FN, Khalil H, Hacker KP, Serrano S, Taylor JP, Reis MG, Ko AI, Begon M, Diggle PJ, Costa F, Giorgi E. A multivariate geostatistical framework for combining multiple indices of abundance for disease vectors and reservoirs: a case study of rattiness in a low-income urban Brazilian community Journal Of The Royal Society Interface 2020, 17: 20200398. PMID: 32871096, PMCID: PMC7536052, DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2020.0398.
Early Release - Anicteric Leptospirosis-Associated Meningitis in a Tropical Urban Environment, Brazil - Volume 26, Number 9—September 2020 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDCNabity SA, Araújo GC, Hagan JE, Damião AO, Reis MG, Ko AI, Ribeiro GS. Early Release - Anicteric Leptospirosis-Associated Meningitis in a Tropical Urban Environment, Brazil - Volume 26, Number 9—September 2020 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases 2020, 26: 2190-2192. PMID: 32818405, PMCID: PMC7454101, DOI: 10.3201/eid2609.191001.
Saliva or Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens for Detection of SARS-CoV-2Wyllie AL, Fournier J, Casanovas-Massana A, Campbell M, Tokuyama M, Vijayakumar P, Warren JL, Geng B, Muenker MC, Moore AJ, Vogels CBF, Petrone ME, Ott IM, Lu P, Venkataraman A, Lu-Culligan A, Klein J, Earnest R, Simonov M, Datta R, Handoko R, Naushad N, Sewanan LR, Valdez J, White EB, Lapidus S, Kalinich CC, Jiang X, Kim DJ, Kudo E, Linehan M, Mao T, Moriyama M, Oh JE, Park A, Silva J, Song E, Takahashi T, Taura M, Weizman OE, Wong P, Yang Y, Bermejo S, Odio CD, Omer SB, Dela Cruz CS, Farhadian S, Martinello RA, Iwasaki A, Grubaugh ND, Ko AI. Saliva or Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 New England Journal Of Medicine 2020, 383: 1283-1286. PMID: 32857487, PMCID: PMC7484747, DOI: 10.1056/nejmc2016359.
SARS-CoV-2 infection of the placentaHosier H, Farhadian SF, Morotti RA, Deshmukh U, Lu-Culligan A, Campbell KH, Yasumoto Y, Vogels C, Casanovas-Massana A, Vijayakumar P, Geng B, Odio CD, Fournier J, Brito AF, Fauver JR, Liu F, Alpert T, Tal R, Szigeti-Buck K, Perincheri S, Larsen C, Gariepy AM, Aguilar G, Fardelmann KL, Harigopal M, Taylor HS, Pettker CM, Wyllie AL, Dela Cruz CS, Ring AM, Grubaugh ND, Ko AI, Horvath TL, Iwasaki A, Reddy UM, Lipkind HS. SARS-CoV-2 infection of the placenta Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2020, 130: 4947-4953. PMID: 32573498, PMCID: PMC7456249, DOI: 10.1172/jci139569.
Escape of TLR5 Recognition by Leptospira spp.: A Rationale for Atypical EndoflagellaHolzapfel M, Bonhomme D, Cagliero J, Vernel-Pauillac F, d’Andon M, Bortolussi S, Fiette L, Goarant C, Wunder EA, Picardeau M, Ko AI, Werling D, Matsui M, Boneca IG, Werts C. Escape of TLR5 Recognition by Leptospira spp.: A Rationale for Atypical Endoflagella Frontiers In Immunology 2020, 11: 2007. PMID: 32849665, PMCID: PMC7431986, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.02007.
Feasibility and acceptability of a pilot, peer-led HIV self-testing intervention in a hyperendemic fishing community in rural UgandaMatovu JKB, Bogart LM, Nakabugo J, Kagaayi J, Serwadda D, Wanyenze RK, Ko AI, Kurth AE. Feasibility and acceptability of a pilot, peer-led HIV self-testing intervention in a hyperendemic fishing community in rural Uganda PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0236141. PMID: 32764751, PMCID: PMC7413506, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236141.
Simply saliva: stability of SARS-CoV-2 detection negates the need for expensive collection devices.Ott IM, Strine MS, Watkins AE, Boot M, Kalinich CC, Harden CA, Vogels CBF, Casanovas-Massana A, Moore AJ, Muenker MC, Nakahata M, Tokuyama M, Nelson A, Fournier J, Bermejo S, Campbell M, Datta R, Dela Cruz CS, Farhadian SF, Ko AI, Iwasaki A, Grubaugh ND, Wilen CB, Wyllie AL. Simply saliva: stability of SARS-CoV-2 detection negates the need for expensive collection devices. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2020 PMID: 32793924, PMCID: PMC7418742, DOI: 10.1101/2020.08.03.20165233.
Severe SARS-CoV-2 infection in humans is defined by a shift in the serum lipidome resulting in dysregulation of eicosanoid immune mediators.Schwarz B, Sharma L, Roberts L, Peng X, Bermejo S, Leighton I, Massana AC, Farhadian S, Ko AI, Cruz CSD, Bosio CM. Severe SARS-CoV-2 infection in humans is defined by a shift in the serum lipidome resulting in dysregulation of eicosanoid immune mediators. Research Square 2020 PMID: 32743565, PMCID: PMC7386513, DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-42999/v1.
Severe SARS-CoV-2 infection in humans is defined by a shift in the serum lipidome resulting in dysregulation of eicosanoid immune mediators.Schwarz B, Sharma L, Roberts L, Peng X, Bermejo S, Leighton I, Massana AC, Farhadian S, Ko A, DelaCruz C, Bosio CM. Severe SARS-CoV-2 infection in humans is defined by a shift in the serum lipidome resulting in dysregulation of eicosanoid immune mediators. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2020 PMID: 32676616, PMCID: PMC7359541, DOI: 10.1101/2020.07.09.20149849.
Analytical sensitivity and efficiency comparisons of SARS-CoV-2 RT–qPCR primer–probe setsVogels CBF, Brito AF, Wyllie AL, Fauver JR, Ott IM, Kalinich CC, Petrone ME, Casanovas-Massana A, Catherine Muenker M, Moore AJ, Klein J, Lu P, Lu-Culligan A, Jiang X, Kim DJ, Kudo E, Mao T, Moriyama M, Oh JE, Park A, Silva J, Song E, Takahashi T, Taura M, Tokuyama M, Venkataraman A, Weizman OE, Wong P, Yang Y, Cheemarla NR, White EB, Lapidus S, Earnest R, Geng B, Vijayakumar P, Odio C, Fournier J, Bermejo S, Farhadian S, Dela Cruz CS, Iwasaki A, Ko AI, Landry ML, Foxman EF, Grubaugh ND. Analytical sensitivity and efficiency comparisons of SARS-CoV-2 RT–qPCR primer–probe sets Nature Microbiology 2020, 5: 1299-1305. PMID: 32651556, PMCID: PMC9241364, DOI: 10.1038/s41564-020-0761-6.
Severe leptospirosis after rat bite: A case reportVinholo T, Ribeiro GS, Silva NF, Cruz J, Reis MG, Ko AI, Costa F. Severe leptospirosis after rat bite: A case report PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2020, 14: e0008257. PMID: 32645040, PMCID: PMC7347098, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008257.
The Sensitivity of Respiratory Tract Specimens for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2: A Protocol for a Living Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Moore AJ, Nakahata MI, Kalinich CC, Nyhan K, Bromberg DJ, Shi X, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND, Casanovas-Massana A, Wyllie AL. The Sensitivity of Respiratory Tract Specimens for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2: A Protocol for a Living Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2020 PMID: 32637978, PMCID: PMC7340204, DOI: 10.1101/2020.07.02.20144543.
Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in a Brazilian Urban Slum - Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDCAnjos RO, Mugabe VA, Moreira PSS, Carvalho CX, Portilho MM, Khouri R, Sacramento GA, Nery NRR, Reis MG, Kitron UD, Ko AI, Costa F, Ribeiro GS. Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in a Brazilian Urban Slum - Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases 2020, 26: 1364-1373. PMID: 32568045, PMCID: PMC7323528, DOI: 10.3201/eid2607.190846.
Sex differences in immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 that underlie disease outcomes.Takahashi T, Wong P, Ellingson MK, Lucas C, Klein J, Israelow B, Silva J, Oh JE, Mao T, Tokuyama M, Lu P, Venkataraman A, Park A, Liu F, Meir A, Sun J, Wang EY, Wyllie AL, Vogels CBF, Earnest R, Lapidus S, Ott IM, Moore AJ, Casanovas-Massana A, Dela Cruz C, Fournier J, Odio CD, Farhadian S, Grubaugh N, Schulz WL, Ko A, Ring AM, Omer S, Iwasaki A. Sex differences in immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 that underlie disease outcomes. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2020 PMID: 32577695, PMCID: PMC7302304, DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.06.20123414.
Acute encephalopathy with elevated CSF inflammatory markers as the initial presentation of COVID-19Farhadian S, Glick LR, Vogels CBF, Thomas J, Chiarella J, Casanovas-Massana A, Zhou J, Odio C, Vijayakumar P, Geng B, Fournier J, Bermejo S, Fauver JR, Alpert T, Wyllie AL, Turcotte C, Steinle M, Paczkowski P, Dela Cruz C, Wilen C, Ko AI, MacKay S, Grubaugh ND, Spudich S, Barakat LA. Acute encephalopathy with elevated CSF inflammatory markers as the initial presentation of COVID-19 BMC Neurology 2020, 20: 248. PMID: 32552792, PMCID: PMC7301053, DOI: 10.1186/s12883-020-01812-2.
Host response-based screening to identify undiagnosed cases of COVID-19 and expand testing capacity.Cheemarla NR, Brito AF, Fauver JR, Alpert T, Vogels CBF, Omer SB, Ko A, Grubaugh ND, Landry ML, Foxman EF. Host response-based screening to identify undiagnosed cases of COVID-19 and expand testing capacity. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2020 PMID: 32577694, PMCID: PMC7302303, DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.04.20109306.
COVID-19 vulnerability: the potential impact of genetic susceptibility and airborne transmissionGodri Pollitt KJ, Peccia J, Ko AI, Kaminski N, Dela Cruz CS, Nebert DW, Reichardt JKV, Thompson DC, Vasiliou V. COVID-19 vulnerability: the potential impact of genetic susceptibility and airborne transmission Human Genomics 2020, 14: 17. PMID: 32398162, PMCID: PMC7214856, DOI: 10.1186/s40246-020-00267-3.
Acute encephalopathy with elevated CSF inflammatory markers as the initial presentation of COVID-19.Farhadian S, Glick LR, Vogels CBF, Thomas J, Chiarella J, Casanovas-Massana A, Zhou J, Odio C, Vijayakumar P, Geng B, Fournier J, Bermejo S, Fauver JR, Alpert T, Wyllie AL, Turcotte C, Steinle M, Paczkowski P, Cruz CD, Wilen C, Ko AI, MacKay S, Grubaugh ND, Spudich S, Aoun Barakat L. Acute encephalopathy with elevated CSF inflammatory markers as the initial presentation of COVID-19. Research Square 2020 PMID: 32702723, PMCID: PMC7336693, DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-28583/v1.
Coast-to-Coast Spread of SARS-CoV-2 during the Early Epidemic in the United StatesFauver JR, Petrone ME, Hodcroft EB, Shioda K, Ehrlich HY, Watts AG, Vogels CBF, Brito AF, Alpert T, Muyombwe A, Razeq J, Downing R, Cheemarla NR, Wyllie AL, Kalinich CC, Ott IM, Quick J, Loman NJ, Neugebauer KM, Greninger AL, Jerome KR, Roychoudhury P, Xie H, Shrestha L, Huang ML, Pitzer VE, Iwasaki A, Omer SB, Khan K, Bogoch II, Martinello RA, Foxman EF, Landry ML, Neher RA, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND. Coast-to-Coast Spread of SARS-CoV-2 during the Early Epidemic in the United States Cell 2020, 181: 990-996.e5. PMID: 32386545, PMCID: PMC7204677, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.04.021.
Slum Health: Arresting COVID-19 and Improving Well-Being in Urban Informal SettlementsCorburn J, Vlahov D, Mberu B, Riley L, Caiaffa WT, Rashid SF, Ko A, Patel S, Jukur S, Martínez-Herrera E, Jayasinghe S, Agarwal S, Nguendo-Yongsi B, Weru J, Ouma S, Edmundo K, Oni T, Ayad H. Slum Health: Arresting COVID-19 and Improving Well-Being in Urban Informal Settlements Journal Of Urban Health 2020, 97: 348-357. PMID: 32333243, PMCID: PMC7182092, DOI: 10.1007/s11524-020-00438-6.
Coast-to-coast spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States revealed by genomic epidemiology.Fauver JR, Petrone ME, Hodcroft EB, Shioda K, Ehrlich HY, Watts AG, Vogels CBF, Brito AF, Alpert T, Muyombwe A, Razeq J, Downing R, Cheemarla NR, Wyllie AL, Kalinich CC, Ott I, Quick J, Loman NJ, Neugebauer KM, Greninger AL, Jerome KR, Roychoundhury P, Xie H, Shrestha L, Huang ML, Pitzer VE, Iwasaki A, Omer SB, Khan K, Bogoch I, Martinello RA, Foxman EF, Landry ML, Neher RA, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND. Coast-to-coast spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States revealed by genomic epidemiology. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2020 PMID: 32511630, PMCID: PMC7276058, DOI: 10.1101/2020.03.25.20043828.
An asymmetric sheath controls flagellar supercoiling and motility in the leptospira spirocheteGibson KH, Trajtenberg F, Wunder EA, Brady MR, San Martin F, Mechaly A, Shang Z, Liu J, Picardeau M, Ko A, Buschiazzo A, Sindelar CV. An asymmetric sheath controls flagellar supercoiling and motility in the leptospira spirochete ELife 2020, 9: e53672. PMID: 32157997, PMCID: PMC7065911, DOI: 10.7554/elife.53672.
Zika Virus Infection — After the PandemicMusso D, Ko AI, Baud D. Zika Virus Infection — After the Pandemic New England Journal Of Medicine 2019, 381: 1444-1457. PMID: 31597021, DOI: 10.1056/nejmra1808246.
Risk of Zika microcephaly correlates with features of maternal antibodiesRobbiani DF, Olsen PC, Costa F, Wang Q, Oliveira TY, Nery N, Aromolaran A, do Rosário MS, Sacramento GA, Cruz JS, Khouri R, Wunder EA, Mattos A, de Paula Freitas B, Sarno M, Archanjo G, Daltro D, Carvalho GBS, Pimentel K, de Siqueira IC, de Almeida JRM, Henriques DF, Lima JA, Vasconcelos PFC, Schaefer-Babajew D, Azzopardi SA, Bozzacco L, Gazumyan A, Belfort R, Alcântara AP, Carvalho G, Moreira L, Araujo K, Reis MG, Keesler RI, Coffey LL, Tisoncik-Go J, Gale M, Rajagopal L, Waldorf K, Dudley DM, Simmons HA, Mejia A, O’Connor D, Steinbach RJ, Haese N, Smith J, Lewis A, Colgin L, Roberts V, Frias A, Kelleher M, Hirsch A, Streblow DN, Rice CM, MacDonald MR, de Almeida ARP, Van Rompay KKA, Ko AI, Nussenzweig MC. Risk of Zika microcephaly correlates with features of maternal antibodies Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2019, 216: 2302-2315. PMID: 31413072, PMCID: PMC6781003, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20191061.
Seroprevalence, Risk Factors, and Rodent Reservoirs of Leptospirosis in an Urban Community of Puerto Rico, 2015Briskin EA, Casanovas-Massana A, Ryff KR, Morales-Estrada S, Hamond C, Perez-Rodriguez NM, Benavidez KM, Weinberger DM, Castro-Arellano I, Wunder EA, Sharp TM, Rivera-Garcia B, Ko AI. Seroprevalence, Risk Factors, and Rodent Reservoirs of Leptospirosis in an Urban Community of Puerto Rico, 2015 The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2019, 220: 1489-1497. PMID: 31342075, PMCID: PMC6761939, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiz339.
Impact of preexisting dengue immunity on Zika virus emergence in a dengue endemic regionRodriguez-Barraquer I, Costa F, Nascimento EJM, Nery N, Castanha PMS, Sacramento GA, Cruz J, Carvalho M, De Olivera D, Hagan JE, Adhikarla H, Wunder EA, Coêlho DF, Azar SR, Rossi SL, Vasilakis N, Weaver SC, Ribeiro GS, Balmaseda A, Harris E, Nogueira ML, Reis MG, Marques ETA, Cummings DAT, Ko AI. Impact of preexisting dengue immunity on Zika virus emergence in a dengue endemic region Science 2019, 363: 607-610. PMID: 30733412, PMCID: PMC8221194, DOI: 10.1126/science.aav6618.
Cathelicidin Insufficiency in Patients with Fatal LeptospirosisLindow 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.
Emergence of Congenital Zika Syndrome: Viewpoint From the Front Lines.Costa F, Sarno M, Khouri R, de Paula Freitas B, Siqueira I, Ribeiro GS, Ribeiro HC, Campos GS, Alcântara LC, Reis MG, Weaver SC, Vasilakis N, Ko AI, Almeida AR. Emergence of Congenital Zika Syndrome: Viewpoint From the Front Lines. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2016, 164: 689-91. PMID: 26914810, PMCID: PMC5444536, DOI: 10.7326/m16-0332.
Global Morbidity and Mortality of Leptospirosis: A Systematic ReviewCosta F, Hagan JE, Calcagno J, Kane M, Torgerson P, Martinez-Silveira MS, Stein C, Abela-Ridder B, Ko AI. Global Morbidity and Mortality of Leptospirosis: A Systematic Review PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2015, 9: e0003898. PMID: 26379143, PMCID: PMC4574773, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003898.
Impact of Environment and Social Gradient on Leptospira Infection in Urban SlumsReis RB, Ribeiro GS, Felzemburgh RD, Santana FS, Mohr S, Melendez AX, Queiroz A, Santos AC, Ravines RR, Tassinari WS, Carvalho MS, Reis MG, Ko AI. Impact of Environment and Social Gradient on Leptospira Infection in Urban Slums PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2008, 2: e228. PMID: 18431445, PMCID: PMC2292260, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000228.
Leptospirosis-associated Severe Pulmonary Hemorrhagic Syndrome, Salvador, Brazil - Volume 14, Number 3—March 2008 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDCGouveia EL, Metcalfe J, de Carvalho AL, Aires TS, Villasboas-Bisneto JC, Queirroz A, Santos AC, Salgado K, Reis MG, Ko AI. Leptospirosis-associated Severe Pulmonary Hemorrhagic Syndrome, Salvador, Brazil - Volume 14, Number 3—March 2008 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases 2008, 14: 505-508. PMID: 18325275, PMCID: PMC2570821, DOI: 10.3201/eid1403.071064.
Regioselectivity and stereoselectivity of androgen hydroxylations catalyzed by cytochrome P-450 isozymes purified from phenobarbital-induced rat liver.Waxman DJ, Ko A, Walsh C. Regioselectivity and stereoselectivity of androgen hydroxylations catalyzed by cytochrome P-450 isozymes purified from phenobarbital-induced rat liver. The Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1983, 258: 11937-47. PMID: 6619150.

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