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Chagas disease epidemiology and diagnostics

  • Lynn MK, Bossak B, Sandifer P, Watson A, Nolan MS. Contemporary autochthonous human Chagas disease in the USA. Acta Trop 2020; 205: 105361
  • Dye-Braumuller K, Evans CL, Lynn MK, Forsyth CJ, Gomez C, Nolan MS. Domestic Triatoma sanguisuga human exposure in the South Carolina Coastal Region. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2020; 103(4): 1487-1489. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0043
  • Dye-Braumuller K, Lynn MK, Gorchakov R, Gunter SM, Berry RM, Skiles R, Murray KO, Nolan MS. Low Trypanosoma cruzi transmission risk to humans in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas. Parasite Epidemiol Control 2020; 11:e00180. doi: 10.1016/j.parepi.2020.e00180.
  • Nolan MS, Tonussi Mendes JE, Perez Riera AR, Zorello Laporta G. Oral Trypanosoma cruzi Transmission Resulting in Advanced Chagasic Cardiomyopathy in an 11-month-old. Case Rep Infect Dis 2020; 2020:8828950. doi: 10.1155/2020/8828950.
  • Hochberg NS, Hamer DH, Marcus R, Nolan MS, Meymandi S, Gilman R. Chagas disease in the United States: a perspective on diagnostic testing limitations and next steps. Amer J Trop Med Hy 2021; 104(3): 800-804. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0871
  • Dye-Braumuller K, Lynn MK, Nolan MS. History of indigenous Trypanosoma cruzi infection in humans, animals and triatomines in California, USA. Zoonoses Public Health 2021; 68(4): 299-308. doi: 10.1111/zph.12797
  • Nolan MS, Aguilar D, Misra A, Gunter SM, Erickson T, Gorchakov R, Rivera H, Montgomery S, Murray KO. Trypanosoma cruzi in nonischemic cardiomyopathy patients, Houston, Texas, USA. Emerg Infect Dis 2021; 27(7). doi: 10.3201/eid2707.203244
  • Talavera-Lopez C, Messenger LA, Lewis MD, Yeo M, Reis-Cunha JL, Matos GM, Bartholomeu DC, Calzada JE, Saldana A, Ramirez JD, Guhl F, Ocana-Mayorga S, Costales JA, Gorchakov R, Jones K, Nolan MS, Teixeira SMR, Carrasco H, Bottazzi ME, Hotez PJ, Murray KO, Grijalva MJ, Burleigh B, Grisard EC, Miles MA, Andersson B. Repeat-driven generation of antigenic diversity in a major human pathogen, Trypanosoma cruzi. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021; 10.3389/fcimb.2021.614665
  • Nolan MS, Murray KO, Mejia R, Hotez PJ, Villar Mondragon MJ, Rodriguez S, Palacios R, Murcia Ernesto W, Lynn MK, Torres ME, Monroy Escobar MC. Elevated pediatric Chagas disease burden complicated by concomitant gastrointestinal parasites and malnutrition in El Salvador. Trop Med Infect Dis 2021, 6(2): 72. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed6020072.
  • Nolan MS, Hochberg NS. Chagas disease in HIV-infected patients: It’s time to consider the diagnosis. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2021, 105(3): 545-546. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0681.
  • Marcus R, Henao-Martinez AF, Nolan MS, Livingston E, Klotz SA, Gilman RH, Miranda-Schaeubinger M, Meymandi M. Recognition, and screening for Chagas disease in the United States. Ther Adv Infect Dis 2021, 8: doi: 10.1177/20499361211046086
  • Dye-Braumuller KC, Waltz H, Lynn MK, Klotz SA, Schmidt JO, Romero A, Rodriguez S, Palacios R, Cornejo M, Nolan MS. A southwestern United States pilot investigation of triatomine-mite prevalence and potential impact on triatomine vector capability. Insects 2021, 12(9): 811. doi: 10.3390/insects12090811
  • Seijas-Chavez JA, Nolan MS, Lynn MK, Francalino da Rocha MJ, da Costa Araujo M, Affonso Fonseca FL, Laporta GZ. Causal effects on low Apgar at 5-mins and stillbirth in a malaria maternal-fetal health outcome investigation: a large perinatal surveillance study in the Brazilian Amazon. Malaria J. 2021, 20(1):444. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03981-y.
  • Lynn MK, Dye-Braumuller KC, Beatty N, Dorn P, Klotz S, Stramer S, Townsend RL, Kamel H, Vannoy J, Sadler P, Montgomery SP, Rivera HN, Nolan MS. Evidence of Autochthonous Chagas disease in the southwestern United States: A case series of Trypanosoma cruzi seropositive blood donors. 2022. doi: 10.1111/trf.17026.
  • Gual-Gonzalez L, Arango-Ferreira C, Lopera-Restrepo LC, Cantillo-Barraza O, Velazquez Marin D, Restrepo Bustamante N, Traina-Chavez O, Nolan MS. Acute Pediatric Chagas disease in Antioquia, Colombia: A geographic location of suspected oral transmission. Microorganisms 2022, 10(1):8. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10010008
  • Gual-Gonzalez L, Medina M, Valverde C, Beltran V, Traina-Chavez O, Nolan MS, Cantillo-Barraza O. Laboratory evaluation and field feasibility of the effect of micro-encapsulated insecticide on Rhodnius prolixus and Triatoma dimidiata mortality in rural households in Boyacá, Colombia. Insects 2022;13(11):1061. doi: 10.3390/insects13111061
  • Ricci AD, Bracco L, Ramsey J, Nolan MS, Lynn MK, Altcheh J, Torrico F, Kesper N, Villar JC, Marco JD, Aguero F. The Trypanosoma cruzi Antigen and Epitope Atlas: antibody specificities in Chagas disease patients across the Americas. Nat Commun 2023;14(1):1850. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37522-9

Tick and tick-borne disease epidemiology

  • Dye-Braumuller KC, Gordon JR, McCoy K, Dinglasan R, Nolan MS. Riding the wave: Reactive vector-borne disease policy renders the United States vulnerable to outbreaks and insecticide resistance. J Med Entomol, 2022; tjab219, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab219
  • Dye-Braumuller KC, Rodriguez Aquino MS, Zellars K, Waltz H, Meyer M, Gual-Gonzalez L, Self SCW, Kanyangarara M, Nolan MS. Evidence of an emerging neglected tropical disease in El Salvador: Antibody prevalence and risk factors associated with Rickettsia spp in a pediatric cohort. Pathogens 2022;11(11):1241. doi: 10.3390/pathogens11111241
  • Dye-Braumuller KC, Gordon JR, Johnson D, Morrissey J, McCoy K, Dinglasan R, Nolan MS. Needs assessment of Southeastern United States vector control agencies: capacity improvement is greatly needed to prevent the next vector-borne disease outbreak. Trop Med Infect Dis 2022, May 13;7(5):73. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed7050073
  • Dye-Braumuller KC, Rodriguez Aquino MS, Self SCW, Kanyangarara M, Nolan MS. Spotted fever group rickettsioses in Central America: The research and public health disparity among socioeconomic lines. Insects 2022;13(8):674. doi: 10.3390/insects13080674.
  • Dye-Braumuller KC, Lynn MK, Cornejo Rivas PM, Rodriguez Aquino MS, Chandler JB, Trout Fryxell RT, Self S, Kanyangarara M, Nolan MS. First Report of Multiple Rickettsia, Anaplasma spp., and Ehrlichia spp. in the San Miguel Department of El Salvador from Zoonotic Tick Vectors. Acta Trop 2023;106909. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2023.106909

Maternal-child health and congenital infections

  • Nolan MS, Lynn MK, Lacroix R, Brownlee J, Kelly D. Adolescent Trichomonas vaginalis in a high-burdened region of the southern United States. Sex Transm Dis 2020; 47(7): 499-502.
  • Erickson T, Munoz FM, Troisi CL, Nolan MS, Hasbun R, Brown EL, Murray KO. The epidemiology of meningitis in infants under 90 days of age in a large pediatric hospital. Microorganisms 2021; 9(3):526. doi: doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9030526
  • Lynn MK, Rodriguez Aquino SM, Self SCW, Kanyangara M, Campbell BA, Nolan MS. TORCH congenital syndrome infections in Central America’s Northern Triangle. Microorganisms 2023;11(2):257. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms11020257
  • Lynn MK, Rodriguez Aquino MS, Cornejo Rivas PM, Kanyangarara M, Self SCW, Campbell BA, Nolan MS. Chagas disease maternal seroprevalence and maternal-fetal health outcomes in a parturition cohort in Western El Salvador. Trop Med Infect Dis 2023, 8(4), 233; https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8040233

SARS-COV-2 epidemiology

  • Karami A, Bookstaver B, Nolan MS, Bozorgi P. Investigating diseases and chemicals in COVID-19 literature with text mining. International Journal of Information Management Data Insights. 2021, 1(2): 100016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jjimei.2021.100016
  • Nolan MS, Daguise V, Davis M, Duwve J, Sherrill W, Heo M, Litwin A, Kanyangarara M, Watson S, Huang R, Eberth JM, Gual Gonzalez L, Lynn M, Korte J. SARS-CoV-2 viral incidence, antibody point prevalence, associated population characteristics and vaccine attitudes-South Carolina, February 2021. Public Health Rep 2022, 137(3):457-462. doi: 10.1177/00333549221081128
  • Gormley MA, Nolan MS, Heo M, Litwin A, Alier A, Daguise V. Differences in SARS-COV-2 vaccination attitudes and behaviors between healthcare workers and emergency medical services workers in South Carolina, February 2021. South Med J  2022 Jun;115(6):381-387. doi:  14423/SMJ.0000000000001406
  • Scott J, Nolan MS, Ortaglia A, Mberikunashe J, Tapera O, Kanyangarara M. Health service utilization in Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from a cross-sectional household survey. Journal of Global Health Reports. 2022;6: e2022005
  • Gual-Gonzalez L, McCarter M, Dye-Braumuller K, Self S, Ross CH, Rodriguez-Ramos C, Daguise V, Nolan MS. Statistical determinants of COVID-19 vaccinations among a state-wide year-long surveillance initiative in a conservative Southern state. Vaccines 2022, 10(3):412. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10030412
  • Kanyangarara M, McAbee L, Daguise VG, Nolan MS. Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine intentions among South Carolina residents. Vaccines 2022 10(6), 942; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10060942
  • Boehme HM, Williams T, Brown N, Kidd L, Hernandez BL, Nolan MS. “It’s all about just creating the safe space.” Barbershops and Beauty Salons as Community Anchors in Black Neighborhoods: Crime Prevention, Cohesion, and Support during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Crime Delinq doi: 10.1177/00111287221130956
  • Boehme HM, Dawson R, Gual Gonzalez L, Rodriguez Ramos C, Kidd L, Nolan MS. “Ain’t about the money, ain’t about the haircut”: Experiences of servant leadership in Black-owned barbershops and beauty salons during the COVID-19 pandemic. Qualitative Research Health 2023; 3:100225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100225
  • Kanyangarara M, Daguise V, Gual Gonzalez L, Litwin A, Korte J, Ross C, Nolan MS. COVID-19 testing practices, preventive behaviors and factors associated with test positivity: Population-Based Statewide Survey Study. J Med Int Res