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Valerie Winkelman

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Grigorenko E, Fisher C, Patel S, Winkelman V, Williamson P, Chancey C, et al.
J Mol Diagn . 2017 Jun; 19(4):549-560. PMID: 28623087
Molecular diagnostics are increasingly used in the blood bank industry. A device that can combine simultaneous detection of multiple targets with the flexibility of inclusion of emerging pathogens is desirable...
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Williamson P, Linnen J, Kessler D, Shaz B, Kamel H, Vassallo R, et al.
Transfusion . 2017 Feb; 57(3pt2):770-778. PMID: 28229475
Background: Zika virus (ZIKV) is transmitted by Aedes mosquitos and can result in severe congenital and adult neurologic abnormalities. ZIKV has rapidly spread northward through Central America and the Caribbean...
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Grinev A, Chancey C, Volkova E, Anez G, Heisey D, Winkelman V, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis . 2016 May; 10(5):e0004717. PMID: 27182734
West Nile virus (WNV) is an arbovirus maintained in nature in a bird-mosquito enzootic cycle which can also infect other vertebrates including humans. WNV is now endemic in the United...
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Kourout M, Fisher C, Purkayastha A, Tibbetts C, Winkelman V, Williamson P, et al.
Transfusion . 2016 Mar; 56(6 Pt 2):1537-47. PMID: 26932359
Background: The implementation of nucleic acid-based tests for blood donor screening has improved the safety of the blood supply; however, the increasing number of emerging pathogen tests is burdensome. Development...
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Nyan D, Ulitzky L, Cehan N, Williamson P, Winkelman V, Rios M, et al.
Clin Infect Dis . 2014 Apr; 59(1):16-23. PMID: 24704724
Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an important blood-borne pathogen that causes hepatic inflammation and can lead to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Conventional methods of HBV detection are time...
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Dokubo E, Evans J, Winkelman V, Cyrus S, Tobler L, Asher A, et al.
J Clin Virol . 2014 Feb; 59(4):223-7. PMID: 24529844
Background: Current diagnostic tests for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) involve phlebotomy and serologic testing for HCV antibodies (anti-HCV) and RNA, which are not always feasible. Dried blood spots (DBS) present...
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Jackson B, Kucerova Z, Roy S, Aguirre G, Weiss J, Sriram R, et al.
Parasitol Res . 2014 Jan; 113(4):1305-11. PMID: 24458652
Granulomatous amebic encephalitis (GAE) from Balamuthia mandrillaris, a free-living ameba, has a case fatality rate exceeding 90% among recognized cases in the USA. In August 2010, a GAE cluster occurred...
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Grinev A, Chancey C, Anez G, Ball C, Winkelman V, Williamson P, et al.
Int J Environ Res Public Health . 2013 Sep; 10(9):4486-506. PMID: 24065039
West Nile virus (WNV) appeared in the U.S. in 1999 and has since become endemic, with yearly summer epidemics causing tens of thousands of cases of serious disease over the...
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Anez G, Grinev A, Chancey C, Ball C, Akolkar N, Land K, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis . 2013 Jun; 7(5):e2245. PMID: 23738027
West Nile virus (WNV), an arbovirus maintained in a bird-mosquito enzootic cycle, can infect other vertebrates including humans. WNV was first reported in the US in 1999 where, to date,...
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Carson P, Borchardt S, Custer B, Prince H, Dunn-Williams J, Winkelman V, et al.
Emerg Infect Dis . 2012 Apr; 18(4):684-6. PMID: 22469465
To determine risk for West Nile virus (WNV) neuroinvasive disease in North Dakota, we tested plasma samples from blood donors for WNV IgG and compared infection rates with reported WNV...