Janice Pettipas
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Recent Articles
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McCracken G, Patriquin G, Hatchette T, Davidson R, Goodall B, Barrett L, et al.
Microbiol Spectr
. 2024 Apr;
12(5):e0407323.
PMID: 38567975
Importance: Rapid antigen testing for SARS-CoV-2 was widely deployed during the COVID-19 pandemic. In settings of low prevalence, national guidance recommends that positive antigen test results be confirmed with molecular...
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McCracken G, Gaston D, Pettipas J, Loder A, Majer A, Grudeski E, et al.
Microbiol Spectr
. 2023 Oct;
11(6):e0076123.
PMID: 37815347
Molecular tests like polymerase chain reaction were widely used during the COVID-19 pandemic but as the pandemic evolved, so did SARS-CoV-2. This virus acquired mutations, prompting concerns that mutations could...
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Joy B, Donovan A, McCracken G, Pettipas J, Grudeski E, Majer A, et al.
J Clin Virol
. 2023 Jan;
159:105356.
PMID: 36608619
Background: Mpox (formerly monkeypox) is an emerging zoonotic disease of public health concern that presents as a rash mimicking other common viral exanthems. Unlike traditional testing algorithms relying on several...
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LeBlanc J, Pettipas J, Di Quinzio M, Hatchette T, Patriquin G
J Virol Methods
. 2021 May;
295:114184.
PMID: 34029634
With increasing demands for SARS-CoV-2 testing, as well as the shortages for testing supplies, collection devices, and trained healthcare workers (HCWs) to collect specimens, self-collection is an attractive prospect to...
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LeBlanc J, Heinstein C, MacDonald J, Pettipas J, Hatchette T, Patriquin G
J Clin Virol
. 2020 Jun;
128:104442.
PMID: 32540034
Given the global shortage of nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs typically used for respiratory virus detection, alternative collection methods were evaluated during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study showed that a combined oropharyngeal/nares...
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Binkhamis K, Gillis H, Lafreniere J, Hiebert J, Mendoza L, Pettipas J, et al.
J Virol Methods
. 2016 Nov;
239:58-60.
PMID: 27838260
Rapid and accurate detection of measles virus is important for case diagnosis and public health management. This study compared the performance of two monoplex RT-PCR reactions targeting the H and...
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LeBlanc J, Pettipas J, Gaston D, Taylor R, Hatchette T, Booth T, et al.
Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol
. 2016 Jul;
2016:1280247.
PMID: 27366155
Background. Norovirus is the leading cause of viral gastroenteritis, with GII.4 being the most common circulating genotype. Recently, outbreaks in China revealed that norovirus GII.17 GII.P17 had become predominant. Objective....
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Schleihauf E, Fathima S, Pettipas J, LeBlanc J, Hatchette T, Drews S, et al.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
. 2015 Jul;
36(11):1344-7.
PMID: 26177956
To determine the optimal number of specimens for virus detection in a respiratory outbreak, laboratory results from 2 Canadian public health laboratories were reviewed. The evidence suggests that 3 specimens...
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Rooney B, Pettipas J, Grudeski E, Mykytczuk O, Pang X, Booth T, et al.
Virol J
. 2014 Jul;
11:129.
PMID: 25037234
Background: Although national surveillance programs are in place to monitor norovirus epidemiology, the emergence of new strains and the genetic diversity among genotypes can be challenging for clinical laboratories. This...
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LeBlanc J, Pettipas J, Davidson R, Tipples G, Hiebert J, Hatchette T
J Clin Microbiol
. 2008 Oct;
46(12):4049-51.
PMID: 18945836
A real-time reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) assay that targeted both the mumps virus F gene and human RNase P in clinical samples was adapted for use with the LightCycler platform....