2023
649. Expansion Of A Low-Cost, Open-Source, Saliva-Based PCR Test For The Detection Of Mpox Virus
Thomas R, Yolda-Carr D, Steel S, Tobik E, Zepeda T, Brownlee M, Saladi S, Parkin J, Fajardo K, Allicock O, Wyllie A. 649. Expansion Of A Low-Cost, Open-Source, Saliva-Based PCR Test For The Detection Of Mpox Virus. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2023, 10: ofad500.712. PMCID: PMC10677374, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad500.712.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Association of Upper Respiratory Streptococcus pneumoniae Colonization With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection Among Adults
Parker A, Jackson N, Awasthi S, Kim H, Alwan T, Wyllie A, Baldwin A, Brennick N, Moehle E, Giannikopoulos P, Kogut K, Holland N, Mora-Wyrobek A, Eskenazi B, Riley L, Lewnard J. Association of Upper Respiratory Streptococcus pneumoniae Colonization With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection Among Adults. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2022, 76: 1209-1217. PMID: 36401872, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac907.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 infectionSARS-CoV-2Upper airwayAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infectionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infectionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Syndrome coronavirus 2 infectionAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2SARS-CoV-2 molecular testingCoronavirus 2 infectionStreptococcus pneumoniae colonizationViral respiratory pathogensSyndrome coronavirus 2Conditional logistic regressionWorking-age adultsQuantitative polymerase chain reactionPneumococcal carriersPneumococcal carriagePneumoniae colonizationOutpatient clinicCoronavirus 2Polymerase chain reactionRespiratory pathogensSaliva specimens
2021
Implementation of a pooled surveillance testing program for asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections in K-12 schools and universities
Mendoza RP, Bi C, Cheng HT, Gabutan E, Pagapas G, Khan N, Hoxie H, Hanna S, Holmes K, Gao N, Lewis R, Wang H, Neumann D, Chan A, Takizawa M, Lowe J, Chen X, Kelly B, Asif A, Barnes K, Khan N, May B, Chowdhury T, Pollonini G, Gouda N, Guy C, Gordon C, Ayoluwa N, Colon E, Miller-Medzon N, Jones S, Hossain R, Dodson A, Weng M, McGaskey M, Vasileva A, Lincoln AE, Sikka R, Wyllie AL, Berke EM, Libien J, Pincus M, Premsrirut PK. Implementation of a pooled surveillance testing program for asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections in K-12 schools and universities. EClinicalMedicine 2021, 38: 101028. PMID: 34308321, PMCID: PMC8286123, DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.101028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSARS-CoV-2School transmissionAsymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infectionRoutine COVID-19 testingSARS-CoV-2 infectionOverall viral burdenCOVID-19 testingViral burdenNasopharyngeal swabsSaliva specimensPrevention protocolsPCR testingKappa agreementWeekly testingCost-effective strategyPooled testingSaliva analysisMolecular assaysSurveillance methodsSafety protocolsDescriptive statisticsSchool closuresTestingStrong evidenceInfection
2020
Saliva or Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens for Detection of SARS-CoV-2
Wyllie 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.Peer-Reviewed Original Research