Publications

Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Articles

• Fatal human co-infection with Leptospira spp. and Dengue virus, Puerto Rico, 2010. EID. 2012 May;18(5):878-80.
• Fatal infectious diseases during pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreak. EID. 2011:Nov 17(11):2069-70.
• Ultrastructural characterization of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus. EID. 2011;Nov 17(11):2056-9.
• A pilot study of host genetic variants associated with influenza-associated deaths among children and young adults. EID. 2011;Dec 17(12):2294-2302.
• Tubulinosema sp. Microsporidian Myositis in Immunosuppressed Patient. EID. 2011;Sep17(9):1727-30.
• Blastomycosis in man after kinkajou bite. EID. 2011;Feb 17(2):268-70.
• Nosocomial outbreak of novel arenavirus infection, southern Africa. EID. 2009;Oct 15(10):1598-602.
• Neuroinvasion by mycoplasma pneumoniae in acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. EID. 2008;Apr 14(4):641-43.
• Pet rodents and fatal lymphocytic choriomeningitis in transplant patients. EID. 2007;May 13(5):719-25.
• Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Death, United States. EID. 2005;11(9):1351-54.
• Monkeypox transmission and pathogenesis in prairie dogs. EID. Volume 10, Number 3—March 2004.
• Ultrastructural characterization of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Coronavirus. EID. 2004;10(2):320-26.
• First Case of Bioterrorism-Related Inhalational Anthrax in the United States, Palm Beach County, Florida, 2001. EID. 2002;8(10):1029-34.
• Investigation of Bioterrorism-Related Anthrax, United States, 2001: Epidemiologic Findings. EID. 2002;8(10):1019-28.
• Surveillance for Unexplained Deaths and Critical Illnesses Due to Possibly Infectious Causes, U.S.A., 1995-98. EID. 2002;8(2):145-53.
• Fatal encephalitis and myocarditis in young domestic geese (Anser anser domesticus) caused by West Nile virus. EID. 2001;7(4):751-53.
• Pathologic studies on fatal cases during outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease, Taiwan. EID. 2001;7:146-48.
• The role of pathology in an investigation of an outbreak of West Nile encephalitis in New York, 1999. EID. 2000;6(4):370-72.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Articles

• Fatal fungal soft-tissue infections after a tornado – – Joplin, Missouri, 2011. MMWR. 2011;60(29);992.
• Fatal laboratory-acquired infection with an attenuated Yersinia pestis strain — Chicago, Illinois, 2009. MMWR. 2011;60(07):201-05.
• Human Rabies — Kentucky/Indiana, 2009. MMWR. 2010;59(13);393-96.
• Notes from the Field – Transplant-Transmitted Balamuthia mandrillaris—Arizona, 2010. MMWR. 2010;59(36):1182.
• Balamuthia mandrillaris transmitted through organ transplantation – Mississippi, 2009. MMWR. 2010;59(36):1165-1170.
• Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis in Hispanic women — Indiana, 2006—2008. MMWR. 2009;58(47):1317-1321.
• Bacterial coinfections in lung tissue specimens from fatal cases of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) – United States, May-August 2009. MMWR. 2009;58(38):1071-4.
• Brief Report: Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Transmitted Through Solid Organ Transplantation — Massachusetts, 2008. MMWR. 2008;57(29):799-801.
• Increased detections and severe neonatal disease associated with Coxsackievirus B1 infection – United States, 2007. MMWR. 2008;57(20):553-556.
• Clostridium sordellii toxic shock syndrome after medical abortion with mifepristone and intravaginal misoprostol – United States and Canada, 2001-2005. MMWR. 2005;54(29):724.
• Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infection in Organ Transplant Recipients — Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 2005. MMWR. 2008;57(29):799-801.
• Fatal rat-bite fever – Florida and Washington, 2003. MMWR. 2005; 53(51& 52);1198-1202.
• Investigation of rabies infections in organ donor and transplant recipients – Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, 2004. MMWR. 2004;53(Dispatch):26:586-89.
• Medical examiners, coroners, and biologic Terrorism: A guidebook for surveillance and case management. MMWR. 2004;53(RR-8):1-53.
• Consequences of delayed diagnosis of Rocky Mountain Spotted fever in children — West Virginia, Michigan, Tennessee, and Oklahoma, May–July 2000. MMWR. 2000;49:885-88.
• Unexplained illness and death among injecting-drug users — Glasgow, Scotland; Dublin, Ireland; and England, April–June 2000. MMWR. 2000;49:489-92.
• Outbreak of acute febrile illness and pulmonary hemorrhage — Nicaragua, 1995. MMWR.1995;44:841-43.
• Outbreak of acute illness — southwestern United States, 1993. MMWR. 1993;42:421-24.

Reference Articles

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• Fatal Plasmodium falciparum, Clostridium perfringens, and Candida spp. Coinfections in a traveler to Haiti. Journal of Tropical Medicine. 2009; 10,1155;1-6.
• Undiagnosed cases of fatal Clostridium-associated toxic shock in Californian women of childbearing age. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2009; Nov 201(5):459.e1-7.
• Case report: spontaneous splenic rupture during acute parasitemia of Babesia microti. Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science. 2008; Autumn 38(4):390-2.
• Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis and its clinical distinction from Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Infectious Diseases. 2008;Nov1;47(9):1188-96.
• Pathology and pathogenesis of fatal Bordetella pertussis infection in infants. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2008;Aug 1;47(3):328-38.
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• A new arenavirus in a cluster of fatal transplant-associated diseases. New England Journal of Medicine. 2008;358(10):991-8.
• Histopathologic, immunohistochemical, and polymerase chain reaction assays in the study of cases with fatal sporadic myocarditis.Human Pathology. 2007; Sep 38(9):1412-9.
• Detection of West Nile virus in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded human tissues by RT-PCR: A useful adjunct to conventional tissue-based diagnostic methods.Journal of Clinical Virology. 2007;38(2):106-11.
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