Publications

LLS fellows’ service includes reporting the findings of their laboratory research and collaborative investigations through peer-reviewed scientific publications that are well-respected by the public health community and relied upon for public health decision-making.

This page includes an ongoing list of representative publications describing the laboratory expertise and support that LLS fellows provide to CDC, local, state, or other public health labs or partners. Whether serving as lead or contributing authors, LLS fellows embody excellence in scientific leadership and partnership-building and enhance laboratory science, quality, and safety essential for effective public health response.

• Evaluation of a Multiplex Bead Assay against Single-Target Assays for Detection of IgG Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2
  Microbiology Spectrum, June 29, 2022
  Kaitlin Mitchell, 2020 LLS Class; Brian Wakeman, 2021 LLS Class; Christina Carlson, 2018 LLS Class
• Lessons Learned from a COVID-19 Biohazard Spill During Swabbing at a Quarantine Facility
  Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, June 16, 2022
  Oren Mayer, 2019 LLS Class
• A Cohort Study Measuring SARS-CoV-2 Seroconversion and Serial Viral Testing in University Students
  BMC Infectious Diseases, March 31, 2022
  Christine Lee, 2020 LLS Class
• Use of real-time PCR as an alternative to conventional genotyping methods for the laboratory detection of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV)
  Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, December 2021
  Evonne Woodson, 2019 LLS Class
• Epidemiologic Characteristics Associated with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Antigen-Based Test Results, Real-Time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (rRT-PCR) Cycle Threshold Values, Subgenomic RNA, and Viral Culture Results from University Testing
  Clinical Infectious Diseases, September 15, 2021
  Christine Lee, 2020 LLS Class

• Comparison of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein ELISA and the Abbott Architect SARS-CoV-2 IgG nucleocapsid protein assays for detection of antibodies
  PLOS ONE, July 29, 2021
  Brandi Freeman and Ashutosh Wadhwa, both of 2018 LLS class
• Serotype-Switch Variant of Multidrug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Sequence Type 271
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2021
  Erin Scherer, 2018 LLS Class

• Performance and Implementation Evaluation of the Abbott BinaxNOW Rapid Antigen Test in a High-throughput Drive-through Community Testing Site in MassachusettsAmerican Society for Microbiology Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 23, 2021
  Jesica Jacobs, 2019 LLS class
• Evaluation of Abbott BinaxNOW Rapid Antigen Test for SARS-CoV-2 Infection at Two Community-Based Testing Sites — Pima County, Arizona, November 3–17, 2020
  CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, January 19, 2021
  Jessica Prince-Guerra, 2020 LLS class
• Identification of Presymptomatic and Asymptomatic Cases Using Cohort-Based Testing Approaches at a Large Correctional Facility—Chicago, Illinois, USA, May 2020
  Infectious Diseases Society of America, Clinical Infectious Diseases, December 3, 2020
  Ashutosh Wadhwa, 2018 LLS class
• Web-Based Genome Analysis of Bacterial Meningitis Pathogens for Public Health Applications Using the Bacterial Meningitis Genomic Analysis Platform (BMGAP)
  Frontiers in Genetics, November 26, 2020
  Sean Buono, 2018 LLS class
• Investigation and Serologic Follow-Up of Contacts of an Early Confirmed Case-Patient with COVID-19, Washington, USA
  CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, May 29, 2020
  Brandi Freeman, 2018 LLS class
• Melioidosis in a Resident of Texas with No Recent Travel History, United States
  CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, May 14, 2020
  Atanaska Marinova-Petkova, 2017 LLS class
• Analysis and modeling of coolants and coolers for specimen transportation
  PLOS ONE, April 17, 2020
  David Lowe, 2017 LLS class
• Francisella opportunistica sp. nov., isolated from human blood and cerebrospinal fluid
  Microbiology Society, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, December 20, 2019
  Elizabeth Dietrich, 2016 LLS class
• Characterization of Monkeypox virus dissemination in the black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) through in vivo bioluminescent imaging
  PLOS ONE, September 26, 2019
  Zachary Weiner, 2015 LLS class
• Development and implementation of evidence-based laboratory safety management tools for a public health laboratory
  National Institutes of Health, National Center for Biotechnology Information, August 2019
  Shannon Keckler, 2015 LLS class
• Lessons from the reestablishment of Public Health Laboratory activities in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria
  Nature Communications, June 20, 2019
  Authors from multiple LLS classes: Margaret Hardy, Rita Stinnet, Kristine Kines, David Lowe, Alexandra Mercante, Anna LLewellyn
• First Reported Human Cases of Leptospirosis in the United States Virgin Islands in the Aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, September-November 2017
  Open Forum Infectious Disease, June 5, 2019
  Atanaska Marinova-Petkova, 2017 LLS class
• Neonatal Conjunctivitis Caused by Neisseria meningitidis US Urethritis Clade, New York, USA, August 2017
  CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, March 26, 2019
  Cecilia Kretz, 2017 LLS class
• Development of an Occupational Risk Assessment Tool for Laboratory Animal FacilitiesApplied Biosafety, Journal of the Association for Biosafety and Biosecurity International, March 24, 2019
  April Clayton, 2015 LLS class
• Population structure of invasive Neisseria meningitidis in the United States, 2011–15
  Journal of Infection, June 30, 2018
  Caelin Potts, 2016 LLS class
• Distribution of Legionella and bacterial community composition among regionally diverse US cooling towers
  PLOS ONE, December 20, 2017
  Anna Llewellyn, 2015 LLS class
• Specimen origin, type and testing laboratory are linked to longer turnaround times for HIV viral load testing in Malawi
  PLOS ONE, February 24, 2017
  Peter Minchella, 2015 LLS class