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pro vyhledávání: '"Kathy Luinstra"'
Autor:
Marina Ulanova, Raymond SW Tsang, David M. Goldfarb, Marek Smieja, Brenda Huska, Kathy Luinstra, Nicole Le Saux
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 83, Iss 1 (2024)
Haemophilus influenzae serotype a (Hia) has recently emerged as an important cause of invasive disease in the North American Arctic and Sub-Arctic regions, mainly affecting young Indigenous children. In this study, we addressed the question of whethe
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/859329eee6c74d6d85ba6f20c1bf72f9
Autor:
Jillian H. Hurst, Yazdani B. Shaik-Dasthagirisaheb, Loc Truong, Sefelani C. Boiditswe, Sweta M. Patel, Jodi Gilchrist, Julia Maciejewski, Kathy Luinstra, Marek Smieja, Andrew P. Steenhoff, Coleen K. Cunningham, Stephen I. Pelton, Matthew S. Kelly
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 19, Iss 5 (2024)
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/9819f4b6638e44b9a3132755dcf904cc
Autor:
Charlotte Switzer, Chris P. Verschoor, Kenneth Gavina, Dominik Mertz, Kathy Luinstra, Jeffrey M. Pernica, Marek Smieja
Publikováno v:
Infectious Medicine, Vol 1, Iss 4, Pp 245-252 (2022)
Background: Rhino-enteroviruses, particularly enterovirus strain D68 (EV-D68), have been associated with severe respiratory distress in children. The goal of this study was to compare the long-term outcomes of children with EV-D68 infection to that o
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/3d2e9c20b5834979bfe457000ffe4be9
Autor:
Jeffrey M. Pernica, Kristin Inch, Haifa Alfaraidi, Ania Van Meer, Redjana Carciumaru, Kathy Luinstra, Marek Smieja
Publikováno v:
BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2021)
Abstract Background Readily-available diagnostics do not reliably discriminate between viral and bacterial pediatric uncomplicated pneumonia, both of which are common. Some have suggested that assessment of pneumococcal carriage could be used to iden
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/b881e97cff5a4124a8384498337276b7
Autor:
Bahaa Abu-Raya, David M. Goldfarb, Marek Smieja, Kathy Luinstra, Melissa Richard-Greenblatt, Andrew P. Steenhoff, Kristen A. Feemster, Tonya Arscott-Mills, Coleen K. Cunningham, Samir S. Shah, Mohamed Zaakir Patel, Matthew S. Kelly, Manish Sadarangani
Publikováno v:
BMC Pediatrics, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2019)
Abstract Background There are scant data on the prevalence and clinical course of pertussis disease among infants with pneumonia in low- and middle-income countries. While pertussis vaccination coverage is high (≥90%) among infants in Botswana, hum
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/2d414e4c2e3c4b0fbe863fae0cefd3a3
Autor:
Marek Smieja, Jeffrey M Pernica, Haifa Alfaraidi, Kathy Luinstra, Alireza Eshaghi, Jonathan B Gubbay
Publikováno v:
BMJ Paediatrics Open, Vol 4, Iss 1 (2020)
Objectives To describe critically ill children with respiratory infections, classify them by infection syndrome type and determine the prevalence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae detection.Study design A retrospective, single-centre cohort study. All childre
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/e10735aeb17341a3a3d4edf43fb8b3ff
Autor:
Matthew S Kelly, Marek Smieja, Kathy Luinstra, Kathleen E Wirth, David M Goldfarb, Andrew P Steenhoff, Tonya Arscott-Mills, Coleen K Cunningham, Sefelani Boiditswe, Warona Sethomo, Samir S Shah, Rodney Finalle, Kristen A Feemster
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 10, Iss 5, p e0126593 (2015)
The highest incidence of childhood acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRI) is in low- and middle-income countries. Few studies examined whether detection of respiratory viruses predicts ALRI outcomes in these settings.We conducted prospective
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/007481452373417783340a32c42fb57f
Autor:
Yang Yu, Avika Misra, David Speicher, Julia Maciejewski, Marek Smieja, Kathy Luinstra, Melissa Richard-Greenblatt
Publikováno v:
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease. 100(1)
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) exposure and illness is common in undergraduate university students and may affect academic achievement, social life, and quality of life. We designed a study to measure EBV exposure (EBV-IgG, either Epstein-Barr nuclear anti
Autor:
Xiaoli Lilly Pang, Candy Rutherford, Padman Jayaratne, Ana María Cárdenas, Marek Smieja, Kathy Luinstra, Melissa Richard-Greenblatt
Publikováno v:
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
The FecalSwab system (Copan Italia, Brescia, Italy) is a convenient alternative to bulk stool for the diagnosis of enteric pathogens. Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for transport and culture of enteric bacterial pathoge
Publikováno v:
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease. 97(3)
Salivary antibodies are useful in surveillance and vaccination studies. However, low antibody levels and degradation by endonucleases are problematic. Oral flocked swabs are a potential non-invasive alternative for detecting viral antibodies. Seropre