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| Darin S CarrollSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Central Bolivia: relationships between reservoir hosts, habitats, and viral genotypesDarin S Carroll
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Special Pathogens Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 72:42-6. 2005..callosus was 99% identical to viral sequences obtained from the HPS patient in this area, implicating C. callosus as the host and Laguna Negra virus as the agent responsible for the HPS case near Concepcion...
Chasing Jenner's vaccine: revisiting cowpox virus classificationDarin S Carroll
Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e23086. 2011....
Transmission of atypical varicella-zoster virus infections involving palm and sole manifestations in an area with monkeypox endemicityAdam MacNeil
National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 48:e6-8. 2009..Genotyping results confirmed the VZV strain European E2, a genotype not previously reported in Africa. VZV with palm and sole involvement should be considered when differentiating a monkeypox diagnosis...
Dosage comparison of Congo Basin and West African strains of monkeypox virus using a prairie dog animal model of systemic orthopoxvirus diseaseChristina L Hutson
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention MS G06 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Virology 402:72-82. 2010..9x10(3) and 1.29x10(5) respectively); reinforcing previous findings that Congo Basin MPXV is more virulent...
Monkeypox disease transmission in an experimental setting: prairie dog animal modelChristina L Hutson
Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e28295. 2011..Future use of the model will allow us to evaluate infection control measures, vaccines and antiviral strategies to decrease disease transmission...
Comparison of West African and Congo Basin monkeypox viruses in BALB/c and C57BL/6 miceChristina L Hutson
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
PLoS ONE 5:e8912. 2010..In addition, such a model can be utilized to test antivirals and the next generation of orthopoxvirus vaccines for their ability to alter the course of disease...
Detection of North American orthopoxviruses by real time-PCRNadia F Gallardo-Romero
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Virol J 8:313. 2011..Thus, our assay is a promising tool for highly sensitive and specific detection of North American orthopoxviruses in the United States and abroad...
The pox in the North American backyard: Volepox virus pathogenesis in California mice (Peromyscus californicus)Nadia F Gallardo-Romero
Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e43881. 2012..Viral loads measured as high as 2 × 10(9) PFU/mL in some organs. Our results suggest that VPXV can cause extreme morbidity and mortality within rodent populations sympatric with the known VPXV reservoirs...
Transmissibility of the Monkeypox Virus Clades via Respiratory Transmission: Investigation Using the Prairie Dog-Monkeypox Virus Challenge SystemChristina L Hutson
Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
PLoS ONE 8:e55488. 2013..7% and 0% respectively). Based on these findings, respiratory transmission appears to be less efficient than those of previous studies assessing contact as a mechanism of transmission within the prairie dog MPXV animal model...
A silent enzootic of an orthopoxvirus in Ghana, West Africa: evidence for multi-species involvement in the absence of widespread human diseaseMary G Reynolds
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop G 43 Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 82:746-54. 2010....
The phylogenetics and ecology of the orthopoxviruses endemic to North AmericaGinny L Emerson
Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CCID CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
PLoS ONE 4:e7666. 2009..Additionally, the substantial genetic distances that separate the currently described NA OPXV species indicate that it is likely that many more undescribed OPXV/NA OPXV species may be circulating among wild animals in North America...
Factors affecting the likelihood of monkeypox's emergence and spread in the post-smallpox eraMary G Reynolds
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Curr Opin Virol 2:335-43. 2012....
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Santa Cruz, Bolivia: outbreak investigation and antibody prevalence studyJoel M Montgomery
Special Pathogens Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 6:e1840. 2012..Hantavirus infection appears to be common in the Santa Cruz Department, but more comprehensive surveillance and field studies are needed to fully understand the epidemiology and risk to humans...
Sealpox virus in marine mammal rehabilitation facilities, North America, 2007-2009Amira A Roess
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 17:2203-8. 2011..Sealpox had also occurred among workers at 2 facilities. Sealpox is a noteworthy zoonosis of rehabilitating convalescing pinnipeds; workplace education can help to minimize risks for human infection...
On the origin of smallpox: correlating variola phylogenics with historical smallpox recordsYu Li
Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Coordinating Centers for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:15787-92. 2007..All of these analyses indicate that the divergence of alastrim and variola major occurred earlier than previously believed...
Monkeypox zoonotic associations: insights from laboratory evaluation of animals associated with the multi-state US outbreakChristina L Hutson
Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 76:757-68. 2007..These data extend the potential host range for monkeypox virus infection and supports concern regarding the potential for establishment in novel reservoir species and ecosystems...
Two cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Randolph County, West Virginia: a coincidence of time and place?Julie R Sinclair
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 76:438-42. 2007..These cases emphasize the need to educate the public throughout the United States regarding risks and prevention measures for hantavirus infection...
Effects of georeferencing effort on mapping monkeypox case distributions and transmission riskR Ryan Lash
Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, U, S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Int J Health Geogr 11:23. 2012..To illustrate the implications of these seemingly subtle improvements in data quality, we develop ecological niche models and predictive maps of monkeypox transmission risk based on each of the three occurrence data sets...
Serologic evidence for circulating orthopoxviruses in peridomestic rodents from rural UgandaJohanna S Salzer
Program in Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
J Wildl Dis 49:125-31. 2013..We conclude that an OPXV or a similar poxvirus is circulating among wild rodents in Uganda. With the known geographic range of OPXV in rodents now increased, factors that dictate OPXV prevalence and disease will be identified...
Monkeypox or varicella? Lessons from a rash outbreak investigation in the Republic of the CongoAdam MacNeil
Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 80:503-7. 2009..Improvements in rash illness surveillance and infection control, through training of health workers and timely acquisition of diagnostic specimens, are being undertaken...
A prairie dog animal model of systemic orthopoxvirus disease using West African and Congo Basin strains of monkeypox virusChristina L Hutson
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MS G 43, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Gen Virol 90:323-33. 2009..Additionally, the model closely mimics human systemic orthopoxvirus disease and may serve as a valuable non-human surrogate for investigations of antivirals and next generation orthopoxvirus vaccines...
Brazilian vaccinia viruses and their originsGiliane S Trindade
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 13:965-72. 2007..Genetic variation among isolates suggests that ancestral Brazilian VACVs existed before the beginning of the WHO smallpox eradication vaccination campaigns and that these viruses continue to circulate...
Lyssavirus surveillance in bats, BangladeshIvan V Kuzmin
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 12:486-8. 2006..The infection occurs in bats in Bangladesh, but virus prevalence appears low...
Neotomine-peromyscine rodent systematics based on combined analyses of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequencesSerena A Reeder
Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
Mol Phylogenet Evol 40:251-8. 2006..The Tylomyini is basal to all clades. It appears that combined data from the nuclear and mitochondrial genes (analyzing all three partitions simultaneously) resulted in the best phylogenetic hypothesis regarding the complex...
Assessing the effectiveness of a community intervention for monkeypox prevention in the Congo basinAmira A Roess
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 5:e1356. 2011....
Physiologic reference ranges for captive black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus)M Shannon Keckler
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Disease, Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci 49:274-81. 2010....
Association between movement and Sin Nombre virus (Bunyaviridae: Hantavirus) infection in North American deermice (Peromyscus maniculatus) in ColoradoBrian R Amman
Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathogenesis, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Wildl Dis 49:132-42. 2013..These findings may indicate that SNV has a negative effect on movement, perhaps by reducing the health of infected deermice...
A tale of two clades: monkeypox virusesAnna M Likos
National Center for Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop G43, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Gen Virol 86:2661-72. 2005..Understanding the molecular pathogenesis and clinical and epidemiological properties of MPXV can improve monkeypox prevention and control...
Potential mammalian filovirus reservoirsA Townsend Peterson
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 10:2073-81. 2004..Studying the remainder of these taxa may be a fruitful avenue for pursuing the identity of natural reservoirs of filoviruses...
Person-to-person transmission of Nipah virus in a Bangladeshi communityEmily S Gurley
Program on Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Sciences, ICDDR, B, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Emerg Infect Dis 13:1031-7. 2007..Capacity for person-to-person transmission increases the potential for wider spread of this highly lethal pathogen and highlights the need for infection control strategies for resource-poor settings...
Geographic potential for outbreaks of Marburg hemorrhagic feverA Townsend Peterson
Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 75:9-15. 2006..Overall, results demonstrate that ecologic niche modeling can be a powerful tool in understanding geographic distributions of species and other biologic phenomena such as zoonotic disease transmission from natural reservoir populations...
Clinical presentation of nipah virus infection in BangladeshM Jahangir Hossain
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Clin Infect Dis 46:977-84. 2008..In Bangladesh, 4 outbreaks of Nipah virus infection were identified during the period 2001-2004...
Natural host relationships and genetic diversity of Whitewater Arroyo virus in southern TexasCharles F Fulhorst
Department of Pathology and Center for Tropical Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555 0609, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 67:114-8. 2002....
