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Alex Marchand-Austin

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[HTML][HTML] Divergent SARS-CoV-2 variant emerges in white-tailed deer with deer-to-human transmission

B Pickering, O Lung, F Maguire, P Kruczkiewicz… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Wildlife reservoirs of broad-host-range viruses have the potential to enable evolution of viral
variants that can emerge to infect humans. In North America, there is phylogenomic …

[HTML][HTML] Pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease, Ontario, Canada, 1998–2010

TK Marras, D Mendelson… - Emerging infectious …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We measured the prevalence and temporal trends of pulmonary nontuberculous
mycobacterial disease among residents of Ontario, Canada, during 1998–2010. Five-year …

The risk of mycobacterial infections associated with inhaled corticosteroid use

SK Brode, MA Campitelli, JC Kwong… - European …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) use is associated with an increased risk of pneumonia. This
study was performed to determine if ICS use is associated with an increased risk of …

Increased risk of mycobacterial infections associated with anti-rheumatic medications

SK Brode, FB Jamieson, R Ng, MA Campitelli… - Thorax, 2015 - thorax.bmj.com
Rationale Anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) agents and other anti-rheumatic medications
increase the risk of TB in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Whether they increase the risk of …

Effectiveness of pertussis vaccination and duration of immunity

KL Schwartz, JC Kwong, SL Deeks, MA Campitelli… - Cmaj, 2016 - Can Med Assoc
Background: A resurgence of pertussis cases among both vaccinated and unvaccinated
people raises questions about vaccine effectiveness over time. Our objective was to study …

Highly divergent white-tailed deer SARS-CoV-2 with potential deer-to-human transmission

B Pickering, O Lung, F Maguire, P Kruczkiewicz… - BioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Wildlife reservoirs of SARS-CoV-2 can lead to viral adaptation and spillback from wildlife to
humans. In North America, there is evidence of spillover of SARS-CoV-2 from humans to …

Prevalence and mortality associated with bloodstream organisms: a population-wide retrospective cohort study

M Verway, KA Brown, A Marchand-Austin… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bloodstream infections (BSIs) represent a substantial mortality risk, yet most studies are
limited to select pathogens or populations. The aim of this study was to describe the …

Antimicrobial susceptibility of clinical isolates of anaerobic bacteria in Ontario, 2010–2011

A Marchand-Austin, P Rawte, B Toye, FB Jamieson… - Anaerobe, 2014 - Elsevier
The local epidemiology of antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in anaerobic bacteria is
important in guiding the empiric treatment of infections. However, susceptibility data are very …

[HTML][HTML] Pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria–associated deaths, Ontario, Canada, 2001–2013

TK Marras, MA Campitelli, H Lu, H Chung… - Emerging infectious …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Survival implications of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) and
NTM pulmonary isolation without disease (NTM-PI) are unclear. To study deaths associated …

High Incidence of Invasive Group A Streptococcus Disease Caused by Strains of Uncommon emm Types in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

TBT Athey, S Teatero, LE Sieswerda… - Journal of clinical …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
An outbreak of type emm59 invasive group A Streptococcus (iGAS) disease was declared in
2008 in Thunder Bay District, Northwestern Ontario, 2 years after a countrywide emm59 …