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Signatures of transmission in within-host M. tuberculosis variation

Katharine S. Walter, Ted Cohen, Barun Mathema, Caroline Colijn, Benjamin Sobkowiak, Iñaki Comas, Galo A. Goig, Julio Croda, Jason R. Andrews

medRxiv · 29 Dec 2023

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Rapid emergence and transmission of virulence-associated mutations in the oral poliovirus vaccine following vaccination campaigns

Katharine S. Walter, Jonathan Altamirano, ChunHong Huang, Yuan J. Carrington, Frank Zhou, Jason R. Andrews, Yvonne Maldonado

npj Vaccines · 25 Sep 2023

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Use of rapid molecular TB diagnostics for incarcerated people in Brazil

E. B. Fajer, F. D. Costa, D. M. Pelissari, F. A. Diaz Quijano, A. Coelho de Brito, E. A. T. Cunha, J. Croda, J. R. Andrews, K. S. Walter

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 01 May 2023

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Phylogeography and transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis spanning prisons and surrounding communities in Paraguay

Gladys Estigarribia Sanabria, Guillermo Sequera, Sarita Aguirre, Julieta Méndez, Paulo César Pereira Santos, Natalie Weiler Gustafson, Margarita Godoy, Analía Ortiz, Cynthia Cespedes, Gloria Martínez, Alberto L. García-Basteiro, Jason R. Andrews, Julio Croda, Katharine S. Walter

Nature Communications · 19 Jan 2023

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Detection of M. tuberculosis in the environment as a tool for identifying high-risk locations for tuberculosis transmission

Renu Verma, Flora Martinez Figueira Moreira, Agne Oliveira do Prado Morais, Katharine S. Walter, Paulo César Pereira dos Santos, Eugene Kim, Thiego Ramon Soares, Rafaele Carla Pivetta de Araujo, Bruna Oliveira da Silva, Andrea da Silva Santos, Julio Croda, Jason R. Andrews

Science of The Total Environment · 01 Oct 2022

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The role of prisons in disseminating tuberculosis in Brazil: A genomic epidemiology study

Katharine S. Walter, Paulo César Pereira dos Santos, Thais Oliveira Gonçalves, Bruna Oliveira da Silva, Andrea da Silva Santos, Alessandra de Cássia Leite, Alessandra Moura da Silva, Flora Martinez Figueira Moreira, Roberto Dias de Oliveira, Everton Ferreira Lemos, Eunice Cunha, Yiran E. Liu, Albert I. Ko, Caroline Colijn, Ted Cohen, Barun Mathema, Julio Croda, Jason R. Andrews

The Lancet Regional Health - Americas · 01 May 2022

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Favipiravir for Treatment of Outpatients With Asymptomatic or Uncomplicated Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2 Trial

Marisa Holubar, Aruna Subramanian, Natasha Purington, Haley Hedlin, Bryan Bunning, Katharine S Walter, Hector Bonilla, Athanasia Boumis, Michael Chen, Kimberly Clinton, Liisa Dewhurst, Carol Epstein, Prasanna Jagannathan, Richard H Kaszynski, Lori Panu, Julie Parsonnet, Elizabeth L Ponder, Orlando Quintero, Elizabeth Sefton, Upinder Singh, Luke Soberanis, Henry Truong, Jason R Andrews, Manisha Desai, Chaitan Khosla, Yvonne Maldonado

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 21 Apr 2022

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The effect of incarceration on TB treatment outcomes

J. M. O´Marr, C. Gonçalves, D. Arakaki-Sanchez, D. M. Pelissari, F. D. Costa, J. Croda, K. S. Walter, J. R. Andrews

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 01 Mar 2022

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Use of rapid molecular tuberculosis diagnostics across Brazil’s incarcerated population

Elinor B. Fajer, Fernanda Dockhorn Costa, Daniele Maria Pelissari, Fredi Alexander Diaz Quijano, Artemir Coelho de Brito, Eunice Atsuko Totumi Cunha, Julio Croda, Jason R. Andrews, Katharine S. Walter

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · 02 Dec 2021

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Variation in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Bioaerosol Production in Exhaled Breath

Renu Verma, Eugene Kim, Nicholas Degner, Katharine S Walter, Upinder Singh, Jason R Andrews

Open Forum Infectious Diseases · 01 Dec 2021

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All-cause and cause-specific mortality during and following incarceration in Brazil: A retrospective cohort study

Yiran E. Liu, Everton Ferreira Lemos, Crhistinne Cavalheiro Maymone Gonçalves, Roberto Dias de Oliveira, Andrea da Silva Santos, Agne Oliveira do Prado Morais, Mariana Garcia Croda, Maria de Lourdes Delgado Alves, Julio Croda, Katharine S. Walter, Jason R. Andrews

PLOS Medicine · 17 Sep 2021

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Host Specialisation, Immune Cross-Reaction and the Composition of Communities of Co-circulating Borrelia Strains

Ben Adams, Katharine S Walter, Maria A. Diuk-Wasser

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology · 03 May 2021

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Incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis in incarcerated populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Olivia Cords, Leonardo Martinez, Joshua L Warren, Jamieson Michael O'Marr, Katharine S Walter, Ted Cohen, Jimmy Zheng, Albert I Ko, Julio Croda, Jason R Andrews

The Lancet Public Health · 01 May 2021

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The escalating tuberculosis crisis in central and South American prisons

Katharine S Walter, Leonardo Martinez, Denise Arakaki-Sanchez, Victor G Sequera, G Estigarribia Sanabria, Ted Cohen, Albert I Ko, Alberto L García-Basteiro, Zulma Vanessa Rueda, Rafael A López-Olarte, Marcos A Espinal, Julio Croda, Jason R Andrews

The Lancet · 01 Apr 2021

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Local and Travel-Associated Transmission of Tuberculosis at Central Western Border of Brazil, 2014–2017

Katharine S. Walter, Mariana Bento Tatara, Kesia Esther da Silva, Flora Martinez Figueira Moreira, Paulo Cesar Pereira dos Santos, Dândrea Driely de Melo Ferrari, Eunice Atsuko Cunha, Jason R. Andrews, Julio Croda

Emerging Infectious Diseases · 01 Mar 2021

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Genomic variant-identification methods may alter Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission inferences

Katharine S. Walter, Caroline Colijn, Ted Cohen, Barun Mathema, Qingyun Liu, Jolene Bowers, David M. Engelthaler, Apurva Narechania, Darrin Lemmer, Julio Croda, Jason R. Andrews

Microbial Genomics · 01 Aug 2020

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Detection, survival and infectious potential of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the environment: a review of the evidence and epidemiological implications

Leonardo Martinez, Renu Verma, Julio Croda, C. Robert Horsburgh, Katharine S. Walter, Nicholas Degner, Keren Middelkoop, Anastasia Koch, Sabine Hermans, Digby F. Warner, Robin Wood, Frank Cobelens, Jason R. Andrews

European Respiratory Journal · 02 May 2019

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Colonization of the tsetse fly midgut with commensal Kosakonia cowanii Zambiae inhibits trypanosome infection establishment

Brian L. Weiss, Michele A. Maltz, Aurélien Vigneron, Yineng Wu, Katharine S. Walter, Michelle B. O’Neill, Jingwen Wang, Serap Aksoy

PLOS Pathogens · 28 Feb 2019

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Evaluating strategies for control of tuberculosis in prisons and prevention of spillover into communities: An observational and modeling study from Brazil

Tarub S. Mabud, Maria de Lourdes Delgado Alves, Albert I. Ko, Sanjay Basu, Katharine S. Walter, Ted Cohen, Barun Mathema, Caroline Colijn, Everton Lemos, Julio Croda, Jason R. Andrews

PLOS Medicine · 24 Jan 2019

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Genomic insights into the ancient spread of Lyme disease across North America

Katharine S. Walter, Giovanna Carpi, Adalgisa Caccone, Maria A. Diuk-Wasser

Nature Ecology & Evolution · 28 Aug 2017

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Identifying climate drivers of infectious disease dynamics: recent advances and challenges ahead

C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Katharine S. Walter, Amy Wesolowski, Caroline O. Buckee, Elena Shevliakova, Andrew J. Tatem, William R. Boos, Daniel M. Weinberger, Virginia E. Pitzer

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences · 16 Aug 2017

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Babesia microti from humans and ticks hold a genomic signature of strong population structure in the United States

Giovanna Carpi, Katharine S. Walter, Choukri Ben Mamoun, Peter J. Krause, Andrew Kitchen, Timothy J. Lepore, Ankit Dwivedi, Emmanuel Cornillot, Adalgisa Caccone, Maria A. Diuk-Wasser

BMC Genomics · 07 Nov 2016

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