Shannon Steele

Background: Humoral response against SARS-CoV-2 is increasingly accepted as the central correlate of immune protection. Recent pediatric seroprevalence data are extremely limited. Significant knowledge gaps also exist in immune response...

Introduction: Defining accurate age- and sex-specific reference intervals (RIs) for hematology parameters, especially for the pediatric population, is important for making an appropriate clinical diagnosis. To address gaps, we established...

Background: Hematological parameters vary significantly throughout growth and development due to physiological processes such as fetal-to-adult erythropoiesis and puberty. Pediatric age- and sex-specific reference intervals (RIs) are thus essential for...

Age and sex need to be considered in the establishment of reference intervals (RIs), especially in early life when there are dynamic physiological changes. Since data for important biomarkers in...

Background: Multiinflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a novel and rare inflammatory disorder associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in school-age children. Reports in the past year...

Background: The clinical use of common cardiac biomarkers, such as brain natriuretic peptides and troponins, has traditionally been limited to adult populations in the assessment of heart failure and acute...

The global epidemiology of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) suggests a wide spectrum of clinical severity, ranging from asymptomatic to fatal. Although the clinical and laboratory characteristics of COVID-19 patients have...

The global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has presented major challenges for clinical laboratories, from initial diagnosis to patient monitoring and treatment. Initial response to this pandemic involved the development, production,...