Search Results - "Folster, Jennifer M."
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Performance Evaluation of Serial SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Testing During a Nursing Home Outbreak
Published in Annals of internal medicine (01-07-2021)“…To address high COVID-19 burden in U.S. nursing homes, rapid SARS-CoV-2 antigen tests have been widely distributed in those facilities. However, performance…”
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Performance Characteristics of the Abbott BinaxNOW SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Test in Comparison to Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR and Viral Culture in Community Testing Sites during November 2020
Published in Journal of clinical microbiology (19-01-2022)“…Point-of-care antigen tests are an important tool for SARS-CoV-2 detection. Antigen tests are less sensitive than real-time reverse transcriptase PCR…”
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Clinical and Laboratory Findings in Patients With Potential Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Reinfection, May–July 2020
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (16-12-2021)“…Abstract Background We investigated patients with potential severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) reinfection in the United States…”
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Repeated antigen testing among severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)–positive nursing home residents
Published in Infection control and hospital epidemiology (01-12-2022)“…Repeated antigen testing of 12 severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)–positive nursing home residents using Abbott BinaxNOW identified 9 of…”
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Household characteristics associated with surface contamination of SARS-CoV-2 and frequency of RT-PCR and viral culture positivity-California and Colorado, 2021
Published in PloS one (10-10-2022)“…While risk of fomite transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is considered low, there is limited environmental data within households. This January-April 2021 investigation…”
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SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among vaccinated and unvaccinated household members during the Alpha variant surge – Denver, Colorado, and San Diego, California, January–April 2021
Published in Vaccine (05-08-2022)“…•Vaccination reduces the risk household transmission of SARS-CoV-2.•Fewer households with a fully vaccinated primary case had secondary cases.•The primary…”
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Antigen Test Performance Among Children and Adults at a SARS-CoV-2 Community Testing Site
Published in Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (31-12-2021)“…Abstract Background Performance characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 antigen tests among children are limited despite the need for point-of-care testing in school and…”
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Clinical Course of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Adults with ESKD Receiving Outpatient Hemodialysis
Published in Kidney360 (30-12-2021)“…Patients with ESKD on maintenance dialysis receive dialysis in common spaces with other patients and have a higher risk of severe SARS-CoV-2 infections. They…”
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U.S. Preparedness and Response to Increasing Clade I Mpox Cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - United States, 2024
Published in MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report (16-05-2024)“…Clade I monkeypox virus (MPXV), which can cause severe illness in more people than clade II MPXVs, is endemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),…”
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Regulation of the expression of the varicella-zoster virus open reading frame 66 gene
Published in Virus research (2011)“…The varicella-zoster virus (VZV) open reading frame (ORF) 66 encodes a serine/threonine kinase that phosphorylates the major viral transactivator protein,…”
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Clinical and Laboratory Findings in Patients with Potential SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection, May–July 2020
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Longitudinal serologic and viral testing post–SARS-CoV-2 infection and post-receipt of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in a nursing home cohort—Georgia, October 2020‒April 2021
Published in PloS one (27-10-2022)“…There are limited data describing SARS-CoV-2–specific immune responses and their durability following infection and vaccination in nursing home residents. We…”
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Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant - United States, 2021
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (11-02-2022)“…In Spring 2021, SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 (Alpha) became the predominant variant in the U.S. Research suggests that Alpha has increased transmissibility compared to…”
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Genotypes of clinical varicella-zoster virus isolates from Manaus, Brazil
Published in Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (01-01-2019)“…Vaccination against varicella-zoster virus (VZV) has been effective and safe in countries that routinely administer the vaccine. Brazil began universal VZV…”
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Risk-Factors for Exposure Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Detection After Recent Known or Potential COVID-19 Exposures Among Patients Seeking Medical Care at a Large Urban, Public Hospital in Fulton County, Georgia - A Cross-Sectional Investigation
Published in Frontiers in public health (24-03-2022)“…We aimed to describe frequency of COVID-19 exposure risk factors among patients presenting for medical care at an urban, public hospital serving mostly…”
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Household characteristics associated with surface contamination of SARS-CoV-2 and frequency of RT-PCR and viral culture positivity-California and Colorado, 2021
Published in PloS one (01-01-2022)“…While risk of fomite transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is considered low, there is limited environmental data within households. This January-April 2021 investigation…”
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