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Inger Damon

  • Department of Medicine
    Adjunct Assistant Professor
  • inger.k.damon@emory.edu

Research

Publications

  • The worsening mpox outbreak in Africa: a call to action.
    Lancet Infect Dis Volume: 24 Page(s): 1190 - 1192
    11/01/2024 Authors: Kuppalli K; Dunning J; Damon I; Mukadi-Bamuleka D; Mbala P; Ogoina D
  • Variola Virus and Clade I Mpox Virus Differentially Modulate Cellular Responses Longitudinally in Monocytes During Infection.
    J Infect Dis Volume: 229 Page(s): S265 - S274
    03/26/2024 Authors: Wahl V; Olson VA; Kondas AV; Jahrling PB; Damon IK; Kindrachuk J
  • Development and Pilot of an Mpox Severity Scoring System.
    J Infect Dis Volume: 229 Page(s): S229 - S233
    03/26/2024 Authors: Zucker J; McLean J; Huang S; DeLaurentis C; Gunaratne S; Stoeckle K; Glesby MJ; Wilkin TJ; Fischer W; Damon I
  • Smallpox lesion characterization in placebo-treated and tecovirimat-treated macaques using traditional and novel methods.
    PLoS Pathog Volume: 20 Page(s): e1012007
    02/01/2024 Authors: Bell TM; Facemire P; Bearss JJ; Raymond JL; Chapman J; Zeng X; Shamblin JD; Williams JA; Grosenbach DW; Hruby DE
  • Clinical review of human mpox.
    Clin Microbiol Infect Volume: 29 Page(s): 1493 - 1501
    12/01/2023 Authors: Ogoina D; Damon I; Nakoune E
  • ART initiation for people living with HIV with severe mpox.
    Lancet Volume: 402 Page(s): 1750
    11/11/2023 Authors: Wong M; Damon IK; Zucker J; Foote MMK; El-Sadr W
  • Monkeypox virus-infected individuals mount comparable humoral immune responses as Smallpox-vaccinated individuals.
    Nat Commun Volume: 14 Page(s): 5948
    09/23/2023 Authors: Otter AD; Jones S; Hicks B; Bailey D; Callaby H; Houlihan C; Rampling T; Gordon NC; Selman H; Satheshkumar PS
  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Poxviridae 2023.
    J Gen Virol Volume: 104
    05/01/2023 Authors: McInnes CJ; Damon IK; Smith GL; McFadden G; Isaacs SN; Roper RL; Evans DH; Damaso CR; Carulei O; Wise LM
  • Interim Clinical Treatment Considerations for Severe Manifestations of Mpox - United States, February 2023.
    MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Volume: 72 Page(s): 232 - 243
    03/03/2023 Authors: Rao AK; Schrodt CA; Minhaj FS; Waltenburg MA; Cash-Goldwasser S; Yu Y; Petersen BW; Hutson C; Damon IK
  • Design and Optimization of a Monkeypox virus Specific Serological Assay.
    Pathogens Volume: 12
    03/01/2023 Authors: Taha TY; Townsend MB; Pohl J; Karem KL; Damon IK; Mbala Kingebeni P; Muyembe Tamfum J-J; Martin JW; Pittman PR; Huggins JW
  • Multiple lineages of monkeypox virus detected in the United States, 2021-2022.
    Science Volume: 378 Page(s): 560 - 565
    11/04/2022 Authors: Gigante CM; Korber B; Seabolt MH; Wilkins K; Davidson W; Rao AK; Zhao H; Smith TG; Hughes CM; Minhaj F
  • Incidence of Monkeypox Among Unvaccinated Persons Compared with Persons Receiving 1 JYNNEOS Vaccine Dose - 32 U.S. Jurisdictions, July 31-September 3, 2022.
    MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Volume: 71 Page(s): 1278 - 1282
    10/07/2022 Authors: Payne AB; Ray LC; Kugeler KJ; Fothergill A; White EB; Canning M; Farrar JL; Feldstein LR; Gundlapalli AV; Houck K
  • Clinical Use of Tecovirimat (Tpoxx) for Treatment of Monkeypox Under an Investigational New Drug Protocol - United States, May-August 2022.
    MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Volume: 71 Page(s): 1190 - 1195
    09/16/2022 Authors: O'Laughlin K; Tobolowsky FA; Elmor R; Overton R; O'Connor SM; Damon IK; Petersen BW; Rao AK; Chatham-Stephens K; Yu P
  • Monkeypox Outbreak - Nine States, May 2022.
    MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Volume: 71 Page(s): 764 - 769
    06/10/2022 Authors: Minhaj FS; Ogale YP; Whitehill F; Schultz J; Foote M; Davidson W; Hughes CM; Wilkins K; Bachmann L; Chatelain R
  • Use of JYNNEOS (Smallpox and Monkeypox Vaccine, Live, Nonreplicating) for Preexposure Vaccination of Persons at Risk for Occupational Exposure to Orthopoxviruses: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices - United States, 2022.
    MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Volume: 71 Page(s): 734 - 742
    06/03/2022 Authors: Rao AK; Petersen BW; Whitehill F; Razeq JH; Isaacs SN; Merchlinsky MJ; Campos-Outcalt D; Morgan RL; Damon I; Snchez PJ
  • Monkeypox in a Traveler Returning from Nigeria - Dallas, Texas, July 2021.
    MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Volume: 71 Page(s): 509 - 516
    04/08/2022 Authors: Rao AK; Schulte J; Chen T-H; Hughes CM; Davidson W; Neff JM; Markarian M; Delea KC; Wada S; Liddell A
  • Use of Ebola Vaccine: Expansion of Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices To Include Two Additional Populations - United States, 2021.
    MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Volume: 71 Page(s): 290 - 292
    02/25/2022 Authors: Malenfant JH; Joyce A; Choi MJ; Cossaboom CM; Whitesell AN; Harcourt BH; Atmar RL; Villanueva JM; Bell BP; Hahn C
  • Clinical and Epidemiological Findings from Enhanced Monkeypox Surveillance in Tshuapa Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo During 2011-2015.
    J Infect Dis Volume: 223 Page(s): 1870 - 1878
    06/04/2021 Authors: Whitehouse ER; Bonwitt J; Hughes CM; Lushima RS; Likafi T; Nguete B; Kabamba J; Monroe B; Doty JB; Nakazawa Y
  • Use of Ebola Vaccine: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, United States, 2020.
    MMWR Recomm Rep Volume: 70 Page(s): 1 - 12
    01/08/2021 Authors: Choi MJ; Cossaboom CM; Whitesell AN; Dyal JW; Joyce A; Morgan RL; Campos-Outcalt D; Person M; Ervin E; Yu YC
  • Development and implementation of the Ebola Exposure Window Calculator: A tool for Ebola virus disease outbreak field investigations.
    PLoS One Volume: 16 Page(s): e0255631
    01/01/2021 Authors: Whitesell A; Bustamante ND; Stewart M; Freeman J; Dismer AM; Alarcon W; Kofman A; Ben Hamida A; Nichol ST; Damon I
  • Vaccination of contacts of Ebola virus disease survivors to prevent further transmission.
    Lancet Glob Health Volume: 8 Page(s): e1455 - e1456
    12/01/2020 Authors: Doshi RH; Fleming M; Mukoka AK; Carter RJ; Hyde TB; Choi M; Nzaji MK; Bateyi SH; Christie A; Nichol ST
  • Risk of Transmissibility From Neurodegenerative Disease-Associated Proteins: Experimental Knowns and Unknowns.
    J Neuropathol Exp Neurol Volume: 79 Page(s): 1141 - 1146
    11/01/2020 Authors: Asher DM; Belay E; Bigio E; Brandner S; Brubaker SA; Caughey B; Clark B; Damon I; Diamond M; Freund M
  • Magnitude and diversity of immune response to vaccinia virus is dependent on route of administration.
    Virology Volume: 544 Page(s): 55 - 63
    05/01/2020 Authors: Hughes LJ; Townsend MB; Gallardo-Romero N; Hutson CL; Patel N; Doty JB; Salzer JS; Damon IK; Carroll DS; Satheshkumar PS
  • Use of live Variola virus to determine whether CAST/EiJ mice are a suitable surrogate animal model for human smallpox.
    Virus Res Volume: 275 Page(s): 197772
    01/02/2020 Authors: Gallardo-Romero NF; Hutson CL; Carroll D; Kondas AV; Salzer JS; Dietz-Ostergaard S; Smith S; Hudson P; Olson V; Damon I
  • On the "Take" as a Biomarker.
    N Engl J Med Volume: 381 Page(s): 1962 - 1963
    11/14/2019 Authors: Baden LR; Damon IK
  • Long-term outcomes of Guillain-Barr syndrome possibly associated with Zika virus infection.
    PLoS One Volume: 14 Page(s): e0220049
    01/01/2019 Authors: Walteros DM; Soares J; Styczynski AR; Abrams JY; Galindo-Buitrago JI; Acosta-Reyes J; Bravo-Ribero E; Arteta ZE; Solano-Sanchez A; Prieto FE
  • Preclinical pharmacokinetic evaluation to facilitate repurposing of tyrosine kinase inhibitors nilotinib and imatinib as antiviral agents.
    BMC Pharmacol Toxicol Volume: 19 Page(s): 80
    12/04/2018 Authors: Ananthula HK; Parker S; Touchette E; Buller RM; Patel G; Kalman D; Salzer JS; Gallardo-Romero N; Olson V; Damon IK
  • New Tools in the Ebola Arsenal.
    N Engl J Med Volume: 379 Page(s): 1981 - 1983
    11/22/2018 Authors: Damon IK; Rollin PE; Choi MJ; Arthur RR; Redfield RR
  • Emergence of Monkeypox - West and Central Africa, 1970-2017.
    MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Volume: 67 Page(s): 306 - 310
    03/16/2018 Authors: Durski KN; McCollum AM; Nakazawa Y; Petersen BW; Reynolds MG; Briand S; Djingarey MH; Olson V; Damon IK; Khalakdina A
  • Potential Confounding of Diagnosis of Rabies in Patients with Recent Receipt of Intravenous Immune Globulin.
    MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Volume: 67 Page(s): 161 - 165
    02/09/2018 Authors: Vora NM; Orciari LA; Bertumen JB; Damon I; Ellison JA; Fowler VG; Franka R; Petersen BW; Satheshkumar PS; Schexnayder SM
  • Two novel poxviruses with unusual genome rearrangements: NY_014 and Murmansk.
    Virus Genes Volume: 53 Page(s): 883 - 897
    12/01/2017 Authors: Smithson C; Meyer H; Gigante CM; Gao J; Zhao H; Batra D; Damon I; Upton C; Li Y
  • The history of rabies in the Western Hemisphere.
    Antiviral Res Volume: 146 Page(s): 221 - 232
    10/01/2017 Authors: Velasco-Villa A; Mauldin MR; Shi M; Escobar LE; Gallardo-Romero NF; Damon I; Olson VA; Streicker DG; Emerson G
  • Successful strategies implemented towards the elimination of canine rabies in the Western Hemisphere.
    Antiviral Res Volume: 143 Page(s): 1 - 12
    07/01/2017 Authors: Velasco-Villa A; Escobar LE; Sanchez A; Shi M; Streicker DG; Gallardo-Romero NF; Vargas-Pino F; Gutierrez-Cedillo V; Damon I; Emerson G
  • Monkeypox Virus Host Factor Screen Using Haploid Cells Identifies Essential Role of GARP Complex in Extracellular Virus Formation.
    J Virol Volume: 91
    06/01/2017 Authors: Realegeno S; Puschnik AS; Kumar A; Goldsmith C; Burgado J; Sambhara S; Olson VA; Carroll D; Damon I; Hirata T
  • A rapid Orthopoxvirus purification protocol suitable for high-containment laboratories.
    J Virol Methods Volume: 243 Page(s): 68 - 73
    05/01/2017 Authors: Hughes L; Wilkins K; Goldsmith CS; Smith S; Hudson P; Patel N; Karem K; Damon I; Li Y; Olson VA
  • Evaluation of the GeneXpert for Human Monkeypox Diagnosis.
    Am J Trop Med Hyg Volume: 96 Page(s): 405 - 410
    02/08/2017 Authors: Li D; Wilkins K; McCollum AM; Osadebe L; Kabamba J; Nguete B; Likafi T; Balilo MP; Lushima RS; Malekani J
  • Serro 2 Virus Highlights the Fundamental Genomic and Biological Features of a Natural Vaccinia Virus Infecting Humans.
    Viruses Volume: 8
    12/10/2016 Authors: Trindade GDS; Emerson GL; Sammons S; Frace M; Govil D; Fernandes Mota BE; Abraho JS; de Assis FL; Olsen-Rasmussen M; Goldsmith CS
  • Overview, Control Strategies, and Lessons Learned in the CDC Response to the 2014-2016 Ebola Epidemic.
    MMWR Suppl Volume: 65 Page(s): 4 - 11
    07/08/2016 Authors: Bell BP; Damon IK; Jernigan DB; Kenyon TA; Nichol ST; O'Connor JP; Tappero JW
  • Genomic Analysis, Phenotype, and Virulence of the Historical Brazilian Smallpox Vaccine Strain IOC: Implications for the Origins and Evolutionary Relationships of Vaccinia Virus.
    J Virol Volume: 89 Page(s): 11909 - 11925
    12/01/2015 Authors: Medaglia MLG; Moussatch N; Nitsche A; Dabrowski PW; Li Y; Damon IK; Lucas CGO; Arruda LB; Damaso CR
  • Novel Poxvirus Infection in an Immune Suppressed Patient.
    Clin Infect Dis Volume: 61 Page(s): 1543 - 1548
    11/15/2015 Authors: Lakis NS; Li Y; Abraham JL; Upton C; Blair DC; Smith S; Zhao H; Damon IK
  • Ebola in West Africa--CDC's Role in Epidemic Detection, Control, and Prevention.
    Emerg Infect Dis Volume: 21 Page(s): 1897 - 1905
    11/01/2015 Authors: Frieden TR; Damon IK
  • Human Monkeypox in the Kivus, a Conflict Region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    Am J Trop Med Hyg Volume: 93 Page(s): 718 - 721
    10/01/2015 Authors: McCollum AM; Nakazawa Y; Ndongala GM; Pukuta E; Karhemere S; Lushima RS; Ilunga BK; Kabamba J; Wilkins K; Gao J
  • Risks Associated With Smallpox Vaccination in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
    Obstet Gynecol Volume: 125 Page(s): 1439 - 1451
    06/01/2015 Authors: Badell ML; Meaney-Delman D; Tuuli MG; Rasmussen SA; Petersen BW; Sheffield JS; Beigi RH; Damon IK; Jamieson DJ
  • Clinical management and humoral immune responses to rabies post-exposure prophylaxis among three patients who received solid organs from a donor with rabies.
    Transpl Infect Dis Volume: 17 Page(s): 389 - 395
    06/01/2015 Authors: Vora NM; Orciari LA; Niezgoda M; Selvaggi G; Stosor V; Lyon GM; Wallace RM; Gabel J; Stanek DR; Jenkins P
  • Identification of Giardia duodenalis and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in an epizoological investigation of a laboratory colony of prairie dogs, Cynomys ludovicianus.
    Vet Parasitol Volume: 210 Page(s): 91 - 97
    05/30/2015 Authors: Roellig DM; Salzer JS; Carroll DS; Ritter JM; Drew C; Gallardo-Romero N; Keckler MS; Langham G; Hutson CL; Karem KL
  • A phylogeographic investigation of African monkeypox.
    Viruses Volume: 7 Page(s): 2168 - 2184
    04/22/2015 Authors: Nakazawa Y; Mauldin MR; Emerson GL; Reynolds MG; Lash RR; Gao J; Zhao H; Li Y; Muyembe J-J; Kingebeni PM
  • Human Ebola virus infection results in substantial immune activation.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Volume: 112 Page(s): 4719 - 4724
    04/14/2015 Authors: McElroy AK; Akondy RS; Davis CW; Ellebedy AH; Mehta AK; Kraft CS; Lyon GM; Ribner BS; Varkey J; Sidney J
  • Variola virus-specific diagnostic assays: characterization, sensitivity, and specificity.
    J Clin Microbiol Volume: 53 Page(s): 1406 - 1410
    04/01/2015 Authors: Kondas AV; Olson VA; Li Y; Abel J; Laker M; Rose L; Wilkins K; Turner J; Kline R; Damon IK
  • Human infection with a zoonotic orthopoxvirus in the country of Georgia.
    N Engl J Med Volume: 372 Page(s): 1223 - 1230
    03/26/2015 Authors: Vora NM; Li Y; Geleishvili M; Emerson GL; Khmaladze E; Maghlakelidze G; Navdarashvili A; Zakhashvili K; Kokhreidze M; Endeladze M
  • Systems for rapidly detecting and treating persons with ebola virus disease--United States.
    MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Volume: 64 Page(s): 222 - 225
    03/06/2015 Authors: Koonin LM; Jamieson DJ; Jernigan JA; Van Beneden CA; Kosmos C; Harvey MC; Pietz H; Bertolli J; Perz JF; Whitney CG
  • Novel poxvirus infection in 2 patients from the United States.
    Clin Infect Dis Volume: 60 Page(s): 195 - 202
    01/15/2015 Authors: Osadebe LU; Manthiram K; McCollum AM; Li Y; Emerson GL; Gallardo-Romero NF; Doty JB; Wilkins K; Zhao H; Drew CP
  • Development of a High-Content Orthopoxvirus Infectivity and Neutralization Assays.
    PLoS One Volume: 10 Page(s): e0138836
    01/01/2015 Authors: Gates I; Olson V; Smith S; Patel N; Damon I; Karem K
  • Laboratory Investigations of African Pouched Rats (Cricetomys gambianus) as a Potential Reservoir Host Species for Monkeypox Virus.
    PLoS Negl Trop Dis Volume: 9 Page(s): e0004013
    01/01/2015 Authors: Hutson CL; Nakazawa YJ; Self J; Olson VA; Regnery RL; Braden Z; Weiss S; Malekani J; Jackson E; Tate M
  • Comparison of Monkeypox Virus Clade Kinetics and Pathology within the Prairie Dog Animal Model Using a Serial Sacrifice Study Design.
    Biomed Res Int Volume: 2015 Page(s): 965710
    01/01/2015 Authors: Hutson CL; Carroll DS; Gallardo-Romero N; Drew C; Zaki SR; Nagy T; Hughes C; Olson VA; Sanders J; Patel N
  • Evidence for a decrease in transmission of Ebola virus--Lofa County, Liberia, June 8-November 1, 2014.
    MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Volume: 63 Page(s): 1067 - 1071
    11/21/2014 Authors: Sharma A; Heijenberg N; Peter C; Bolongei J; Reeder B; Alpha T; Sterk E; Robert H; Kurth A; Cannas A
  • Zoonotic parapoxviruses detected in symptomatic cattle in Bangladesh.
    BMC Res Notes Volume: 7 Page(s): 816
    11/19/2014 Authors: Lederman E; Khan SU; Luby S; Zhao H; Braden Z; Gao J; Karem K; Damon I; Reynolds M; Li Y
  • Estimating the future number of cases in the Ebola epidemic--Liberia and Sierra Leone, 2014-2015.
    MMWR Suppl Volume: 63 Page(s): 1 - 14
    09/26/2014 Authors: Meltzer MI; Atkins CY; Santibanez S; Knust B; Petersen BW; Ervin ED; Nichol ST; Damon IK; Washington ML; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Ebola 2014--new challenges, new global response and responsibility.
    N Engl J Med Volume: 371 Page(s): 1177 - 1180
    09/25/2014 Authors: Frieden TR; Damon I; Bell BP; Kenyon T; Nichol S
  • A highly specific monoclonal antibody against monkeypox virus detects the heparin binding domain of A27.
    Virology Volume: 464-465 Page(s): 264 - 273
    09/01/2014 Authors: Hughes LJ; Goldstein J; Pohl J; Hooper JW; Lee Pitts R; Townsend MB; Bagarozzi D; Damon IK; Karem KL
  • In vitro efficacy of brincidofovir against variola virus.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother Volume: 58 Page(s): 5570 - 5571
    09/01/2014 Authors: Olson VA; Smith SK; Foster S; Li Y; Lanier ER; Gates I; Trost LC; Damon IK
  • Ocular molluscum contagiosum atypical clinical presentation.
    Pediatr Infect Dis J Volume: 33 Page(s): 668
    06/01/2014 Authors: Osadebe LU; Li Y; Damon IK; Reynolds MG; Muyombwe A; Gappy C
  • Rabies death attributed to exposure in Central America with symptom onset in a U.S. detention facility - Texas, 2013.
    MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Volume: 63 Page(s): 446 - 449
    05/23/2014 Authors: Wallace RM; Bhavnani D; Russell J; Zaki S; Muehlenbachs A; Hayden-Pinneri K; Aplcano RM; Peruski L; Vora NM; Balter S
  • Are we there yet? The smallpox research agenda using variola virus.
    PLoS Pathog Volume: 10 Page(s): e1004108
    05/01/2014 Authors: Damon IK; Damaso CR; McFadden G
  • Molluscum contagiosum in a pediatric American Indian population: incidence and risk factors.
    PLoS One Volume: 9 Page(s): e103419
    01/01/2014 Authors: McCollum AM; Holman RC; Hughes CM; Mehal JM; Folkema AM; Redd JT; Cheek JE; Damon IK; Reynolds MG
  • Human monkeypox.
    Clin Infect Dis Volume: 58 Page(s): 260 - 267
    01/01/2014 Authors: McCollum AM; Damon IK
  • Surveillance of parapoxvirus among ruminants in Virginia and Connecticut.
    Zoonoses Public Health Volume: 60 Page(s): 543 - 548
    12/01/2013 Authors: Roess AA; McCollum AM; Gruszynski K; Zhao H; Davidson W; Lafon N; Engelmeyer T; Moyer B; Godfrey C; Kilpatrick H
  • Enhancing health care worker ability to detect and care for patients with monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    Int Health Volume: 5 Page(s): 237 - 243
    12/01/2013 Authors: Bass J; Tack DM; McCollum AM; Kabamba J; Pakuta E; Malekani J; Nguete B; Monroe BP; Doty JB; Karhemere S
  • Transmission of vaccinia virus, possibly through sexual contact, to a woman at high risk for adverse complications.
    Mil Med Volume: 178 Page(s): e1375 - e1378
    12/01/2013 Authors: Said MA; Haile C; Palabindala V; Barker N; Myers R; Thompson R; Wilson L; Allan-Martinez F; Montgomery J; Monroe B
  • Efficacy of tecovirimat (ST-246) in nonhuman primates infected with variola virus (Smallpox).
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother Volume: 57 Page(s): 6246 - 6253
    12/01/2013 Authors: Mucker EM; Goff AJ; Shamblin JD; Grosenbach DW; Damon IK; Mehal JM; Holman RC; Carroll D; Gallardo N; Olson VA
  • Specific qPCR assays for the detection of orf virus, pseudocowpox virus and bovine papular stomatitis virus.
    J Virol Methods Volume: 194 Page(s): 229 - 234
    12/01/2013 Authors: Zhao H; Wilkins K; Damon IK; Li Y
  • The effects of post-exposure smallpox vaccination on clinical disease presentation: addressing the data gaps between historical epidemiology and modern surrogate model data.
    Vaccine Volume: 31 Page(s): 5192 - 5201
    10/25/2013 Authors: Keckler MS; Reynolds MG; Damon IK; Karem KL
  • Orthopoxvirus variola infection of Cynomys ludovicianus (North American black tailed prairie dog).
    Virology Volume: 443 Page(s): 358 - 362
    09/01/2013 Authors: Carroll DS; Olson VA; Smith SK; Braden ZH; Patel N; Abel J; Li Y; Damon IK; Karem KL
  • Raccoon rabies virus variant transmission through solid organ transplantation.
    JAMA Volume: 310 Page(s): 398 - 407
    07/24/2013 Authors: Vora NM; Basavaraju SV; Feldman KA; Paddock CD; Orciari L; Gitterman S; Griese S; Wallace RM; Said M; Blau DM
  • Unintentional transfer of vaccinia virus associated with smallpox vaccines: ACAM2000() compared with Dryvax().
    Volume: 9 Page(s): 1489 - 1496
    07/01/2013 Authors: Tack DM; Karem KL; Montgomery JR; Collins L; Bryant-Genevier MG; Tiernan R; Cano M; Lewis P; Engler RJM; Damon IK
  • Novel poxvirus in big brown bats, northwestern United States.
    Emerg Infect Dis Volume: 19 Page(s): 1002 - 1004
    06/01/2013 Authors: Emerson GL; Nordhausen R; Garner MM; Huckabee JR; Johnson S; Wohrle RD; Davidson WB; Wilkins K; Li Y; Doty JB
  • Detection of human monkeypox in the Republic of the Congo following intensive community education.
    Am J Trop Med Hyg Volume: 88 Page(s): 982 - 985
    05/01/2013 Authors: Reynolds MG; Emerson GL; Pukuta E; Karhemere S; Muyembe JJ; Bikindou A; McCollum AM; Moses C; Wilkins K; Zhao H
  • Phylogenetic and ecologic perspectives of a monkeypox outbreak, southern Sudan, 2005.
    Emerg Infect Dis Volume: 19 Page(s): 237 - 245
    02/01/2013 Authors: Nakazawa Y; Emerson GL; Carroll DS; Zhao H; Li Y; Reynolds MG; Karem KL; Olson VA; Lash RR; Davidson WB
  • Evaluation of the Tetracore Orthopox BioThreat antigen detection assay using laboratory grown orthopoxviruses and rash illness clinical specimens.
    J Virol Methods Volume: 187 Page(s): 37 - 42
    01/01/2013 Authors: Townsend MB; MacNeil A; Reynolds MG; Hughes CM; Olson VA; Damon IK; Karem KL
  • Humoral immunity to smallpox vaccines and monkeypox virus challenge: proteomic assessment and clinical correlations.
    J Virol Volume: 87 Page(s): 900 - 911
    01/01/2013 Authors: Townsend MB; Keckler MS; Patel N; Davies DH; Felgner P; Damon IK; Karem KL
  • Mapping monkeypox transmission risk through time and space in the Congo Basin.
    PLoS One Volume: 8 Page(s): e74816
    01/01/2013 Authors: Nakazawa Y; Lash RR; Carroll DS; Damon IK; Karem KL; Reynolds MG; Osorio JE; Rocke TE; Malekani JM; Muyembe J-J
  • Transmissibility of the monkeypox virus clades via respiratory transmission: investigation using the prairie dog-monkeypox virus challenge system.
    PLoS One Volume: 8 Page(s): e55488
    01/01/2013 Authors: Hutson CL; Gallardo-Romero N; Carroll DS; Clemmons C; Salzer JS; Nagy T; Hughes CM; Olson VA; Karem KL; Damon IK
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