Publications

• Electronic Health Record Design Impacts Clinician Ordering Behavior: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis.
  J Appl Lab Med Volume: 10 Page(s): 73 - 78
  01/03/2025 Authors: Wilber EP; Burd EM; Fitts EC; Jacob JT; Suchindran S
• Viral and host factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 disease severity in Georgia, USA.
  PLoS One Volume: 20 Page(s): e0317972
  01/01/2025 Authors: Carmola LR; Roebling AD; Khosravi D; Langsjoen RM; Bombin A; Bixler B; Reid A; Chen C; Wang E; Lu Y
• Influenza virus infection and aerosol shedding kinetics in a controlled human infection model.
  J Virol Volume: 98 Page(s): e0161224
  12/17/2024 Authors: Shetty N; Shephard MJ; Rockey NC; Macenczak H; Traenkner J; Danzy S; Vargas-Maldonado N; Arts PJ; Le Sage V; Anderson EJ
• Validation of short culture method for rapid bacterial identification of blood cultures via matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry.
  J Antimicrob Chemother Volume: 79 Page(s): i9 - i12
  09/19/2024 Authors: Fitts EC; Dent EA; Burd EM
• Performance of the Xpert Mpox PCR assay with oropharyngeal, anorectal, and cutaneous lesion swab specimens.
  J Clin Virol Volume: 171 Page(s): 105659
  04/01/2024 Authors: Damhorst GL; McLendon K; Morales E; Solis ZM; Fitts E; Bowers HB; Sabino C; Sullivan J; Greenleaf M; Roback JD
• Multisite Mpox Infection and Viral Dynamics Among Persons With HIV in Metro Atlanta.
  J Infect Dis Volume: 229 Page(s): S213 - S218
  03/26/2024 Authors: Damhorst GL; Fujita AW; Fitts E; Szabo B; Bowers HB; Sabino C; Ahmed A; Wang E; Piantadosi A; McLendon K
• Viral and host factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 disease severity in Georgia, USA.
  medRxiv
  10/25/2023 Authors: Carmola LR; Roebling AD; Khosravi D; Langsjoen RM; Bombin A; Bixler B; Reid A; Chen C; Wang E; Lu Y
• Sensitivity of rapid antigen tests against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and Delta variants.
  J Clin Microbiol Volume: 61 Page(s): e0013823
  10/24/2023 Authors: Rao A; Westbrook A; Bassit L; Parsons R; Fitts E; Greenleaf M; McLendon K; Sullivan JA; O'Sick W; Baugh T
• Investigation of Blood Plasma Viral Nucleocapsid Antigen as a Marker of Active Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Omicron Variant Infection.
  Open Forum Infect Dis Volume: 10 Page(s): ofad226
  05/01/2023 Authors: Damhorst GL; Schoof N; Nguyen P-V; Verkerke H; Wilber E; McLendon K; O'Sick W; Baugh T; Cheedarla S; Cheedarla N
• Sensitivity of Rapid Antigen Tests Against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and Delta Variants.
  medRxiv
  02/10/2023 Authors: Rao A; Westbrook A; Bassit L; Parsons R; Fitts E; Greenleaf M; McLendon K; Sullivan JA; O'Sick W; Baugh T
• Revisiting Ebola: Lessons learned from the 2014-2015.
  Transfusion Volume: 63 Page(s): 427 - 429
  02/01/2023 Authors: Koepsell SA; Fitts EC; Roback JD
• Nucleocapsid Antigenemia in Patients Receiving Anti-CD20 Therapy With Protracted COVID-19.
  Open Forum Infect Dis Volume: 9 Page(s): ofac419
  08/01/2022 Authors: Wilber E; Piantadosi A; Babiker A; McLendon K; O'Sick W; Fitts E; Webster AS; Verkerke H; Kim JS; Phadke VK
• Efficacy of therapeutic plasma exchange in reducing the incidence of recurrent pancreatitis related to familial chylomicronemia.
  Transfusion Volume: 59 Page(s): 3324 - 3328
  11/01/2019 Authors: Fitts E; Lee PDK; Yates SG
• Prolonged partial thromboplastin time: To mix or not to mix - is that the question?
  Transfus Apher Sci Volume: 58 Page(s): 39 - 42
  02/01/2019 Authors: Yates SG; Fitts E; De Simone N; Sarode R
• Combating Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens with Host-Directed Nonantibiotic Therapeutics.
  Antimicrob Agents Chemother Volume: 62
  01/01/2018 Authors: Andersson JA; Sha J; Kirtley ML; Reyes E; Fitts EC; Dann SM; Chopra AK
• Phospholipase A2-activating protein is associated with a novel form of leukoencephalopathy.
  Brain Volume: 140 Page(s): 370 - 386
  02/01/2017 Authors: Falik Zaccai TC; Savitzki D; Zivony-Elboum Y; Vilboux T; Fitts EC; Shoval Y; Kalfon L; Samra N; Keren Z; Gross B
• A Bivalent Anthrax-Plague Vaccine That Can Protect against Two Tier-1 Bioterror Pathogens, Bacillus anthracis and Yersinia pestis.
  Front Immunol Volume: 8 Page(s): 687
  01/01/2017 Authors: Tao P; Mahalingam M; Zhu J; Moayeri M; Kirtley ML; Fitts EC; Andersson JA; Lawrence WS; Leppla SH; Chopra AK
• Identification of New Virulence Factors and Vaccine Candidates for Yersinia pestis.
  Front Cell Infect Microbiol Volume: 7 Page(s): 448
  01/01/2017 Authors: Andersson JA; Sha J; Erova TE; Fitts EC; Ponnusamy D; Kozlova EV; Kirtley ML; Chopra AK
• A Replication-Defective Human Type 5 Adenovirus-Based Trivalent Vaccine Confers Complete Protection against Plague in Mice and Nonhuman Primates.
  Clin Vaccine Immunol Volume: 23 Page(s): 586 - 600
  07/01/2016 Authors: Sha J; Kirtley ML; Klages C; Erova TE; Telepnev M; Ponnusamy D; Fitts EC; Baze WB; Sivasubramani SK; Lawrence WS
• New Role for FDA-Approved Drugs in Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria.
  Antimicrob Agents Chemother Volume: 60 Page(s): 3717 - 3729
  06/01/2016 Authors: Andersson JA; Fitts EC; Kirtley ML; Ponnusamy D; Peniche AG; Dann SM; Motin VL; Chauhan S; Rosenzweig JA; Sha J
• Cross-talk among flesh-eating Aeromonas hydrophila strains in mixed infection leading to necrotizing fasciitis.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Volume: 113 Page(s): 722 - 727
  01/19/2016 Authors: Ponnusamy D; Kozlova EV; Sha J; Erova TE; Azar SR; Fitts EC; Kirtley ML; Tiner BL; Andersson JA; Grim CJ
• New Insights into Autoinducer-2 Signaling as a Virulence Regulator in a Mouse Model of Pneumonic Plague.
  mSphere Volume: 1
  01/01/2016 Authors: Fitts EC; Andersson JA; Kirtley ML; Sha J; Erova TE; Chauhan S; Motin VL; Chopra AK
• Protective Immunity Elicited by Oral Immunization of Mice with Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Braun Lipoprotein (Lpp) and Acetyltransferase (MsbB) Mutants.
  Front Cell Infect Microbiol Volume: 6 Page(s): 148
  01/01/2016 Authors: Erova TE; Kirtley ML; Fitts EC; Ponnusamy D; Baze WB; Andersson JA; Cong Y; Tiner BL; Sha J; Chopra AK
• Intramuscular Immunization of Mice with a Live-Attenuated Triple Mutant of Yersinia pestis CO92 Induces Robust Humoral and Cell-Mediated Immunity To Completely Protect Animals against Pneumonic Plague.
  Clin Vaccine Immunol Volume: 22 Page(s): 1255 - 1268
  12/01/2015 Authors: Tiner BL; Sha J; Ponnusamy D; Baze WB; Fitts EC; Popov VL; van Lier CJ; Erova TE; Chopra AK
• High-throughput, signature-tagged mutagenic approach to identify novel virulence factors of Yersinia pestis CO92 in a mouse model of infection.
  Infect Immun Volume: 83 Page(s): 2065 - 2081
  05/01/2015 Authors: Ponnusamy D; Fitts EC; Sha J; Erova TE; Kozlova EV; Kirtley ML; Tiner BL; Andersson JA; Chopra AK
• Further characterization of a highly attenuated Yersinia pestis CO92 mutant deleted for the genes encoding Braun lipoprotein and plasminogen activator protease in murine alveolar and primary human macrophages.
  Microb Pathog Volume: 80 Page(s): 27 - 38
  03/01/2015 Authors: van Lier CJ; Tiner BL; Chauhan S; Motin VL; Fitts EC; Huante MB; Endsley JJ; Ponnusamy D; Sha J; Chopra AK
• Functional genomic characterization of virulence factors from necrotizing fasciitis-causing strains of Aeromonas hydrophila.
  Appl Environ Microbiol Volume: 80 Page(s): 4162 - 4183
  07/01/2014 Authors: Grim CJ; Kozlova EV; Ponnusamy D; Fitts EC; Sha J; Kirtley ML; van Lier CJ; Tiner BL; Erova TE; Joseph SJ
• Characterization of Aeromonas hydrophila wound pathotypes by comparative genomic and functional analyses of virulence genes.
  mBio Volume: 4 Page(s): e00064 - e00013
  04/23/2013 Authors: Grim CJ; Kozlova EV; Sha J; Fitts EC; van Lier CJ; Kirtley ML; Joseph SJ; Read TD; Burd EM; Tall BD
• Deletion of the Braun lipoprotein-encoding gene and altering the function of lipopolysaccharide attenuate the plague bacterium.
  Infect Immun Volume: 81 Page(s): 815 - 828
  03/01/2013 Authors: Sha J; Kirtley ML; van Lier CJ; Wang S; Erova TE; Kozlova EV; Cao A; Cong Y; Fitts EC; Rosenzweig JA
• A non-invasive in vivo imaging system to study dissemination of bioluminescent Yersinia pestis CO92 in a mouse model of pneumonic plague.
  Microb Pathog Volume: 55 Page(s): 39 - 50
  02/01/2013 Authors: Sha J; Rosenzweig JA; Kirtley ML; van Lier CJ; Fitts EC; Kozlova EV; Erova TE; Tiner BL; Chopra AK