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Antibody affinity maturation and plasma IgA associate with clinical outcome in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Authors: Tang J, Ravichandran S, Lee Y, Grubbs G, Coyle EM, Klenow L, Genser H, Golding H, Khurana S.
Nat Commun. 2021 Feb 22;12(1):1221. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21463-2.

Specialties: COVID-19, Infectious Disease

Evolution of Specimen Self-Collection in the COVID-19 Era: Implications for Population Health Management of Infectious Disease

Authors: Cockerill FR, Wohlgemuth JG, Radcliff J, Sabol CE, Kapoor H, Dlott JS, Marlowe EM, Clarke NJ.
Popul Health Manag. 2021 Feb;24(S1):S26-S34. doi: 10.1089/pop.2020.0296.

Specialties: COVID-19, Infectious Disease

Performance of unobserved self-collected nasal swabs for detection of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR utilizing a remote specimen collection strategy.

Authors: Kagan RM, Rogers AA, Borillo GA, Clarke NJ, Marlowe EM
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Jan 28. doi: org/10.1093/ofid/ofab039 Online ahead of print.

Specialties: COVID-19, Infectious Disease

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14-3-3 η Protein as a Potential Biomarker in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Authors: Dalrymple A, Tuttle P, Feller L, Zhukov O, Lagier R, Popov J, Naides S, Moore T.
Pediatr Rep. 2021 Jan 25;13:65-71. doi: 10.3390/pediatric13010008.

Specialties: Infectious Disease

Model for Mitigation of Workplace Transmission of COVID-19 Through Population-Based Testing and Surveillance

Authors: Plantes PJ, Fragala MS, Clarke C, Goldberg ZN, Radcliff J, Goldberg SE.
Popul Health Manag. 2021 Jan 25. doi: 10.1089/pop.2020.0322. Online ahead of print.

Specialties: COVID-19, Infectious Disease

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Multifocal Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: A Unique Presentation of Eosinophilic Granuloma with Intracranial Extension, Massive Lymphadenopathy, and Epstein-Barr Viral Infection in an Adolescent Female

Authors: Foster KW, Robinson SK, Tung-Hahn E, Gibbons G, Cruse CW, Mudaliar K, Tung R, Kim W.
Case Rep Dermatol. 2021 Jan 25;13(1):28-35. doi: 10.1159/000511488.

Specialties: Dermatology, Infectious Disease

Disclaimer: One or more of the authors of this publication were employed at the time by DermPath, a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics.

Relationship between hepatitis C virus (HCV) IgG index values and quantitative HCV RNA results in HCV IgG-reactive serum samples

Authors: Prince HE, Marlowe EM, Schwab DS.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2021 May;100(1):115311. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2021.115311. Epub 2021 Jan 19.

Specialties: Infectious Disease

Relationship between DiaSorin Liaison Treponema pallidum antibody indices and confirmatory assay results in the reverse syphilis testing algorithm

Authors: Prince HE, Marlowe EM, Schwab DA.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 29; 100:115303. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2020.115303. Online ahead of print.

Specialties: Infectious Disease

Return to Work: Managing Employee Population Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Fragala MS, Goldberg ZN, Goldberg SE.
Popul Health Manag. 2020 Dec 21. doi: 10.1089/pop.2020.0261. Online ahead of print.

Specialties: COVID-19, Infectious Disease

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Method Limitations in LC-MS/MS and Immunonephelometric Measurement of IgG Subclasses

Authors: van der Gugten G, Mattman A, Ritchie G, Chen LYC, Chin A, Holmes DT, Mills JR, Rao LV.
Clin Chem. 2020 Dec 17;hvaa303. doi: 10.1093/clinchem/hvaa303. Online ahead of print.

Specialties: Infectious Disease