2023
Phylogeographic reconstruction of the emergence and spread of Powassan virus in the northeastern United States
Vogels C, Brackney D, Dupuis A, Robich R, Fauver J, Brito A, Williams S, Anderson J, Lubelczyk C, Lange R, Prusinski M, Kramer L, Gangloff-Kaufmann J, Goodman L, Baele G, Smith R, Armstrong P, Ciota A, Dellicour S, Grubaugh N. Phylogeographic reconstruction of the emergence and spread of Powassan virus in the northeastern United States. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 120: e2218012120. PMID: 37040418, PMCID: PMC10120011, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2218012120.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Comparative transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 variants Delta and Alpha in New England, USA
Earnest R, Uddin R, Matluk N, Renzette N, Turbett SE, Siddle KJ, Loreth C, Adams G, Tomkins-Tinch CH, Petrone ME, Rothman JE, Breban MI, Koch RT, Billig K, Fauver JR, Vogels CBF, Bilguvar K, De Kumar B, Landry ML, Peaper DR, Kelly K, Omerza G, Grieser H, Meak S, Martha J, Dewey HB, Kales S, Berenzy D, Carpenter-Azevedo K, King E, Huard RC, Novitsky V, Howison M, Darpolor J, Manne A, Kantor R, Smole SC, Brown CM, Fink T, Lang AS, Gallagher GR, Pitzer VE, Sabeti PC, Gabriel S, MacInnis BL, Team N, Altajar A, DeJesus A, Brito A, Watkins A, Muyombwe A, Blumenstiel B, Neal C, Kalinich C, Liu C, Loreth C, Castaldi C, Pearson C, Bernard C, Nolet C, Ferguson D, Buzby E, Laszlo E, Reagan F, Vicente G, Rooke H, Munger H, Johnson H, Tikhonova I, Ott I, Razeq J, Meldrim J, Brown J, Wang J, Vostok J, Beauchamp J, Grimsby J, Hall J, Messer K, Larkin K, Vernest K, Madoff L, Green L, Webber L, Gagne L, Ulcena M, Ray M, Fisher M, Barter M, Lee M, DeFelice M, Cipicchio M, Smith N, Lennon N, Fitzgerald N, Kerantzas N, Hui P, Harrington R, Downing R, Haye R, Lynch R, Anderson S, Hennigan S, English S, Cofsky S, Clancy S, Mane S, Ash S, Baez S, Fleming S, Murphy S, Chaluvadi S, Alpert T, Rivard T, Schulz W, Mandese Z, Tewhey R, Adams M, Park D, Lemieux J, Grubaugh N. Comparative transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 variants Delta and Alpha in New England, USA. Cell Reports Medicine 2022, 3: 100583. PMID: 35480627, PMCID: PMC8913280, DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100583.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnhanced transmissibilitySARS-CoV-2 variant DeltaSARS-CoV-2 Delta variantViral RNA copiesPublic health programsAlpha infectionDelta infectionEffective reproductive numberDelta variantHealth programsVariant DeltaRNA copiesInfectionAlphaReproductive numberTransmissibilityEpidemiological dynamics
2016
Isolation of a Novel Insect-Specific Flavivirus from Culiseta melanura in the Northeastern United States
Misencik MJ, Grubaugh ND, Andreadis TG, Ebel GD, Armstrong PM. Isolation of a Novel Insect-Specific Flavivirus from Culiseta melanura in the Northeastern United States. Vector-Borne And Zoonotic Diseases 2016, 16: 181-190. PMID: 26807512, PMCID: PMC4779966, DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2015.1889.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInsect-specific flavivirusesOpen reading framePhylogenetic analysisDistinct evolutionary lineagesAmino acid sequence identityObvious geographic structureLimited genetic variationNovel insect-specific flavivirusEvolutionary lineagesHost associationsGeographic structureComplete genomeGenetic variationField-collected mosquitoesReading frameMelanura larvaeNucleotide sequenceSequence identityLarval stagesSampled populationsNortheastern United StatesGenus FlavivirusCalbertado virusNS5 geneViral sequences