Search Results - "Rivera‐Amill, Vanessa"

Arbovirus risk perception as a predictor of mosquito-bite preventive behaviors in Ponce, Puerto Rico by Dussault, Josée M, Paz-Bailey, Gabriela, Sánchez-González, Liliana, Adams, Laura E, Rodríguez, Dania M, Ryff, Kyle R, Major, Chelsea G, Lorenzi, Olga, Rivera-Amill, Vanessa

“…Mosquito-borne arboviruses are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the Caribbean. In Puerto Rico, chikungunya, dengue, and Zika viruses have each…”
Get full text

HTrack: A new tool to facilitate public health field visits and electronic data capture by Rodríguez, Dania M, Ryff, Kyle, Sánchez-Gonzalez, Liliana, Rivera-Amill, Vanessa, Paz-Bailey, Gabriela, Adams, Laura

“…Many applications have been developed for electronic data collection. However, offline field navigation tools incorporating secure electronic data capture and…”
Get full text

Reduced spread of influenza and other respiratory viral infections during the COVID-19 pandemic in southern Puerto Rico by Quandelacy, Talia M, Adams, Laura E, Munoz, Jorge, Santiago, Gilberto A, Kada, Sarah, Johansson, Michael A, Alvarado, Luisa I, Rivera-Amill, Vanessa, Paz-Bailey, Gabriela

“…Impacts of COVID-19 mitigation measures on seasonal respiratory viruses is unknown in sub-tropical climates. We compared weekly testing and test-positivity of…”
Get full text

Community perceptions on challenges and solutions to implement an Aedes aegypti control project in Ponce, Puerto Rico (USA) by Pérez-Guerra, Carmen L, Rosado-Santiago, Coral, Ramos, Sue A, Marrero, Karla M, González-Zeno, Gladys, Miranda-Bermúdez, Julieanne, Ortíz-Ortíz, Marianyoly, Rivera-Amill, Vanessa, Waterman, Stephen, Paz-Bailey, Gabriela, Sánchez-González, Liliana

“…This study characterizes community perceptions on a large-scale project seeking to reduce the population of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and prevent arboviral…”
Get full text

Risk factors for infection with chikungunya and Zika viruses in southern Puerto Rico: A community-based cross-sectional seroprevalence survey by Adams, Laura E, Sánchez-González, Liliana, Rodriguez, Dania M, Ryff, Kyle, Major, Chelsea, Lorenzi, Olga, Delorey, Mark, Medina, Freddy A, Muñoz-Jordán, Jorge L, Brown, Grayson, Ortiz, Marianyoly, Waterman, Stephen H, Rivera-Amill, Vanessa, Paz-Bailey, Gabriela

“…Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) caused a large outbreak in Puerto Rico in 2014, followed by a Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak in 2016. Communities Organized for the…”
Get full text

Quantifying the relationship between arboviral infection prevalence and human mobility patterns among participants of the Communities Organized to Prevent Arboviruses cohort (COPA) in southern Puerto Rico by Phillips, Maile T, Sánchez-González, Liliana, Shragai, Talya, Rodriguez, Dania M, Major, Chelsea G, Johansson, Michael A, Rivera-Amill, Vanessa, Paz-Bailey, Gabriela, Adams, Laura E

“…Human movement is increasingly being recognized as a major driver of arbovirus risk and dissemination. The Communities Organized to Prevent Arboviruses (COPA)…”
Get full text

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Replacement of Delta as Predominant Variant, Puerto Rico by Santiago, Gilberto A, Volkman, Hannah R, Flores, Betzabel, González, Glenda L, Charriez, Keyla N, Huertas, Limari Cora, Van Belleghem, Steven M, Rivera-Amill, Vanessa, Major, Chelsea, Colon, Candimar, Tosado, Rafael, Adams, Laura E, Marzán, Melissa, Hernández, Lorena, Cardona, Iris, O'Neill, Eduardo, Paz-Bailey, Gabriela, Papa, Riccardo, Muñoz-Jordan, Jorge L

“…We reconstructed the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic caused by Omicron variant in Puerto Rico by sampling genomes collected during October 2021-May 2022. Our study…”
Get full text

Cigarette Smoking Modulation of Saliva Microbial Composition and Cytokine Levels by Rodríguez-Rabassa, Mary, López, Pablo, Rodríguez-Santiago, Ronald E, Cases, Antonio, Felici, Marcos, Sánchez, Raphael, Yamamura, Yasuhiro, Rivera-Amill, Vanessa

“…Tobacco use has been implicated as an immunomodulator in the oral cavity and contributes to the development of oral cancer. In the present study, we…”
Get full text

Astrocytic expression of HIV-1 Nef impairs spatial and recognition memory by Chompre, Gladys, Cruz, Emmanuel, Maldonado, Lucianette, Rivera-Amill, Vanessa, Porter, James T, Noel, Richard J

“…Abstract Despite the widespread use of antiretroviral therapy that effectively limits viral replication, memory impairment remains a dilemma for HIV infected…”
Get full text

Infection with chikungunya virus confers heterotypic cross-neutralizing antibodies and memory B-cells against other arthritogenic alphaviruses predominantly through the B domain of the E2 glycoprotein by Powers, John M, Lyski, Zoe L, Weber, Whitney C, Denton, Michael, Streblow, Magdalene M, Mayo, Adam T, Haese, Nicole N, Nix, Chad D, Rodríguez-Santiago, Rachel, Alvarado, Luisa I, Rivera-Amill, Vanessa, Messer, William B, Streblow, Daniel N

“…Infections with Chikungunya virus, a mosquito-borne alphavirus, cause an acute febrile syndrome often followed by chronic arthritis that persists for months to…”
Get full text

Characteristics and clinical outcomes of patients hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19-Puerto Rico, March-August 2020 by Volkman, Hannah R, Pérez-Padilla, Janice, Wong, Joshua M, Sánchez-González, Liliana, Acevedo-Molina, Lauren, Lugo-Menéndez, Martin, Oliveras García, Carene A, Adams, Laura E, Frasqueri-Quintana, Verónica M, Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Robert, González-Cosme, Javier A, Calvo Díaz, Andrés E, Alvarado, Luisa I, Rivera-Amill, Vanessa, Brown, Jessica, Wong, Karen K, Bertrán-Pasarell, Jorge, Paz-Bailey, Gabriela

“…Hispanics are the majority ethnic population in Puerto Rico where we reviewed charts of 109 hospitalized COVID-19 patients to better understand demographic and…”
Get full text

Associations between the social environment and early childhood developmental outcomes of Puerto Rican children with prenatal Zika virus exposure: a cross-sectional study by Rodríguez-Rabassa, Mary, Appleton, Allison A, Rosario-Villafañe, Viviana, Repollet-Carrer, Irelis, Borges-Rodríguez, Marilyn, Dedós-Peña, Lydiet, González, Marielly, Velázquez-González, Paola, Muniz-Rodriguez, Kamalich, Mántaras-Ortiz, Claudia, Rivera-Amill, Vanessa, Olivieri-Ramos, Odette, Alvarado-Domenech, Luisa I

“…Prenatal exposure to the Zika virus can lead to microcephaly and adverse developmental outcomes, even in children without evident birth defects. The social…”
Get full text

Multi-Laboratory Comparison of Next-Generation to Sanger-Based Sequencing for HIV-1 Drug Resistance Genotyping by Parkin, Neil T, Avila-Rios, Santiago, Bibby, David F, Brumme, Chanson J, Eshleman, Susan H, Harrigan, P Richard, Howison, Mark, Hunt, Gillian, Ji, Hezhao, Kantor, Rami, Ledwaba, Johanna, Lee, Emma R, Matías-Florentino, Margarita, Mbisa, Jean L, Noguera-Julian, Marc, Paredes, Roger, Rivera-Amill, Vanessa, Swanstrom, Ronald, Zaccaro, Daniel J, Zhang, Yinfeng, Zhou, Shuntai, Jennings, Cheryl

“…Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is increasingly used for HIV-1 drug resistance genotyping. NGS methods have the potential for a more sensitive detection of…”
Get full text

Assessment of community support for Wolbachia-mediated population suppression as a control method for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in a community cohort in Puerto Rico by Sánchez-González, Liliana, Adams, Laura E, Saavedra, Rafael, Little, Emma M, Medina, Nicole A, Major, Chelsea G, Bruck, Marina, Miranda, Julieanne, Rosado-Santiago, Coral, Ryff, Kyle, Ortiz, Marianyoly, Brown, Grayson, Barrera, Roberto, Pérez-Guerra, Carmen L, Rivera-Amill, Vanessa, Paz-Bailey, Gabriela

“…Arboviral diseases transmitted by Aedes species mosquitoes pose an increasing public health challenge in tropical regions. Wolbachia-mediated population…”
Get full text

Epidemiologic and spatiotemporal trends of Zika Virus disease during the 2016 epidemic in Puerto Rico by Sharp, Tyler M, Quandelacy, Talia M, Adams, Laura E, Aponte, Jomil Torres, Lozier, Matthew J, Ryff, Kyle, Flores, Mitchelle, Rivera, Aidsa, Santiago, Gilberto A, Muñoz-Jordán, Jorge L, Alvarado, Luisa I, Rivera-Amill, Vanessa, Garcia-Negrón, Myriam, Waterman, Stephen H, Paz-Bailey, Gabriela, Johansson, Michael A, Rivera-Garcia, Brenda

“…Background After Zika virus (ZIKV) emerged in the Americas, laboratory-based surveillance for arboviral diseases in Puerto Rico was adapted to include ZIKV…”
Get full text

Distinguishing patients with laboratory-confirmed chikungunya from dengue and other acute febrile illnesses, Puerto Rico, 2012-2015 by Alvarado, Luisa I, Lorenzi, Olga D, Torres-Velásquez, Brenda C, Sharp, Tyler M, Vargas, Luzeida, Muñoz-Jordán, Jorge L, Hunsperger, Elizabeth A, Pérez-Padilla, Janice, Rivera, Aidsa, González-Zeno, Gladys E, Galloway, Renee L, Glass Elrod, Mindy, Mathis, Demetrius L, Oberste, M Steven, Nix, W Allan, Henderson, Elizabeth, McQuiston, Jennifer, Singleton, Joseph, Kato, Cecilia, García-Gubern, Carlos, Santiago-Rivera, William, Muns-Sosa, Robert, Ortiz-Rivera, Juan D, Jiménez, Gerson, Rivera-Amill, Vanessa, Andújar-Pérez, Doris A, Horiuchi, Kalanthe, Tomashek, Kay M

“…Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne viral, acute febrile illness (AFI) is associated with polyarthralgia and polyarthritis. Differentiation from other AFI is…”
Get full text

Diagnostic Accuracy of the Abbott BinaxNOW COVID‐19 Antigen Card Test, Puerto Rico by Madewell, Zachary J., Major, Chelsea G., Graff, Nathan, Adams, Cameron, Rodriguez, Dania M., Morales, Tatiana, Medina Lopes, Nicole A., Tosado, Rafael, Sánchez‐González, Liliana, Perez‐Padilla, Janice, Volkman, Hannah R., Bertrán‐Pasarell, Jorge, Sainz de la Peña, Diego, Munoz‐Jordan, Jorge, Santiago, Gilberto A., Lorenzi, Olga, Rivera‐Amill, Vanessa, Rolfes, Melissa A., Paz‐Bailey, Gabriela, Adams, Laura E., Wong, Joshua M.

“…ABSTRACT Background The COVID‐19 pandemic underscored the need for rapid and accurate diagnostic tools. In August 2020, the Abbott BinaxNOW COVID‐19 Antigen…”
Get full text

Secretion of Virulence Proteins from Campylobacter jejuni Is Dependent on a Functional Flagellar Export Apparatus by KONKEL, Michael E, KLENA, John D, RIVERA-AMILL, Vanessa, MONTEVILLE, Marshall R, BISWAS, Debabrata, RAPHAEL, Brian, MICKELSON, Joey

“…Article Usage Stats Services JB Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
Get full text

The Approved Live-Attenuated Chikungunya Virus Vaccine (IXCHIQ ® ) Elicits Cross-Neutralizing Antibody Breadth Extending to Multiple Arthritogenic Alphaviruses Similar to the Antibody Breadth Following Natural Infection by Weber, Whitney C, Streblow, Zachary J, Kreklywich, Craig N, Denton, Michael, Sulgey, Gauthami, Streblow, Magdalene M, Marcano, Dorca, Flores, Paola N, Rodriguez-Santiago, Rachel M, Alvarado, Luisa I, Rivera-Amill, Vanessa, Messer, William B, Hochreiter, Romana, Kosulin, Karin, Dubischar, Katrin, Buerger, Vera, Streblow, Daniel N

“…The first vaccine against chikungunya virus (CHIKV) was recently licensed in the U.S., Europe, and Canada (brand IXCHIQ , referred to as VLA1553). Other…”
Get full text

HIV-1 gp120 induces expression of IL-6 through a nuclear factor-kappa B-dependent mechanism: suppression by gp120 specific small interfering RNA by Shah, Ankit, Verma, Ashish S, Patel, Kalpeshkumar H, Noel, Richard, Rivera-Amill, Vanessa, Silverstein, Peter S, Chaudhary, Suman, Bhat, Hari K, Stamatatos, Leonidas, Singh, Dhirendra P, Buch, Shilpa, Kumar, Anil

“…In addition to its role in virus entry, HIV-1 gp120 has also been implicated in HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders. However, the mechanism(s) responsible…”
Get full text