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Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in food samples associated with foodborne illness in Alberta, Canada from 2007 to 2010 by Crago, B., Ferrato, C., Drews, S.J., Svenson, L.W., Tyrrell, G., Louie, M.

“…Consumption of foods containing Staphylococcus aureus can cause severe gastro-intestinal illness. Given the fact that over the past decade, Canada has seen…”
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Surveillance and molecular characterization of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in a hospital water distribution system over a three-year period by Crago, B, Ferrato, C, Drews, S.J, Louie, T, Ceri, H, Turner, R.J, Roles, A, Louie, M

“…Summary A three-year surveillance of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in a hospital water distribution system was conducted at a facility located in southern…”
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Genetic microheterogeneity of emerging H275Y influenza virus A (H1N1) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from the 2007–2008 respiratory season by Eshaghi, A, Bolotin, S, Burton, L, Low, D.E, Mazzulli, T, Drews, S.J

“…Abstract Background The H275Y mutation (H274Y in N2 numbering) in the neuraminidase (NA) gene (segment 6) of the influenza virus A (H1N1) genome is linked to…”
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Differential patterns of amantadine-resistance in influenza A (H3N2) and (H1N1) isolates in Toronto, Canada by Higgins, Rachel R, Eshaghi, A, Burton, L, Mazzulli, T, Drews, S.J

“…Abstract Background Molecular methods were used to characterize influenza A (H1N1) and (H3N2) strains and to identify amantadine-resistance. Objectives To…”
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A paucity of co-infecting respiratory viral pathogens in nasopharyngeal specimens from patients infected with H274Y-positive influenza A (H1N1) strains by Eshaghi, A, Blair, J, Burton, L, Lombos, E, Choi, K, De Lima, C, Drews, S.J

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Seasonal influenza vaccine may be associated with increased risk of illness due to the 2009 pandemic A/H1N1 virus by Skowronski, D.M, De Serres, G, Crowcroft, N, Janjua, N, Boulianne, N, Hottes, T.S, Rosella, L.C, Dickinson, J.A, Rodica, G, Sethi, P, Ouhoummane, N, Willison, D.J, Rouleau, I, Fonseca, K, Drews, S.J, Rebbapragada, A, Charest, H, Hamelin, M.-E, Boivin, G, Gardy, J, Li, Y, Martin, P

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Evaluation of multiple commercial molecular and conventional diagnostic assays for the detection of respiratory viruses in children by Gharabaghi, F., Hawan, A., Drews, S.J., Richardson, S.E.

“…This study compares the performance of four commercial multiplex PCR assays (Resplex II Panel v2.0, Seeplex RV15, xTAG RVP and xTAG RVP Fast) and direct…”
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Relationship between enteric pathogens and acute gastroenteritis disease severity: a prospective cohort study by Xie, J., Nettel-Aguirre, A., Lee, B.E., Chui, L., Pang, X.L., Zhuo, R., Parsons, B., Vanderkooi, O.G., Tarr, P.I., Ali, S., Dickinson, J.A., Hagen, E., Svenson, L.W., MacDonald, S.E., Drews, S.J., Tellier, R., Graham, T., Lavoie, M., MacDonald, J., Freedman, S.B.

“…To evaluate the relationship between individual bacterial and viral pathogens and disease severity. Children <18 years with three or more episodes of vomiting…”
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Sources of viral respiratory infections in Canadian acute care hospital healthcare personnel by Buckrell, S., Coleman, B.L., McNeil, S.A., Katz, K., Muller, M.P., Simor, A., Loeb, M., Powis, J., Kuster, S.P., Di Bella, J.M., Coleman, K.K.L., Drews, S.J., Kohler, P., McGeer, A., Hatchette, T., Holness, L., Raboud, J., Langley, J., Mazzulli, T., Nichol, K., Genesove, L., Oudyk, J., McCaskell, L., Johnson, N.

“…Viral respiratory illnesses are common causes of outbreaks and can be fatal to some patients. To investigate the association between laboratory-confirmed viral…”
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Novel Duplex Real-Time PCR Assay Detects Bordetella holmesii in Specimens from Patients with Pertussis-Like Symptoms in Ontario, Canada by Guthrie, J.L, Robertson, A.V, Tang, P, Jamieson, F, Drews, S.J

“…Bordetella holmesii is a human pathogen found mainly in immunocompromised patients. A specific real-time PCR assay was developed and successfully used to…”
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Use of Bordetella pertussis BP3385 To Establish a Cutoff Value for an IS481-Targeted Real-Time PCR Assay by Guthrie, J.L, Seah, C, Brown, S, Tang, P, Jamieson, F, Drews, S.J

“…This study utilized the Bordetella pertussis single-copy PCR target BP3385 as a means of confirming IS481 PCR-positive reactions with cycle threshold (CT)…”
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Development of a novel real-time reverse-transcriptase PCR method for the detection of H275Y positive influenza A H1N1 isolates by Bolotin, S., Robertson, A.V., Eshaghi, A., De Lima, C., Lombos, E., Chong-King, E., Burton, L., Mazzulli, T., Drews, S.J.

“…During the 2007–2008 influenza season global strain surveillance for antiviral resistance revealed the sudden emergence of oseltamivir resistance in influenza…”
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Surveillance of autopsy cases for D222G substitutions in haemagglutinin of the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus in Alberta, Canada by Drews, S.J., Pabbaraju, K., Wong, S., Tokaryk, K.L., May-Hadford, J., Lee, B., Tellier, R., Louie, M.

“…Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus-positive specimens were collected from autopsy patients and matched to pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus-positive nasopharyngeal specimens…”
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