Integrated quantum dot barcode smartphone optical device for wireless multiplexed diagnosis of infected patients

…, K Chen, A Lam, M Ostrowski, A Rebbapragada… - Acs Nano, 2015 - ACS Publications
Inorganic nanoparticles are ideal precursors for engineering barcodes for rapidly detecting
diseases. Despite advances in the chemical design of these barcodes, they have not …

Invasive pneumococcal disease among immunocompromised persons: implications for vaccination programs

…, KS Lee, J Kapala, A Rebbapragada… - Clinical Infectious …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background. In 2012/2013, a single dose of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13)
was recommended for immunocompromised adults in the United States and Canada. …

Randomized intervention of self-collected sampling for human papillomavirus testing in under-screened rural women: uptake of screening and acceptability

…, S Trivers, T Wong, A Rebbapragada - Journal of women's …, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Background: Our aim was to determine if cervical cancer screening uptake would increase
among under-screened women living in rural Ontario, Canada, if at-home self-collected …

Impact of asymptomatic herpes simplex virus type 2 infection on mucosal homing and immune cell subsets in the blood and female genital tract

…, S Huibner, R Remis, A Rebbapragada… - The Journal of …, 2014 - journals.aai.org
HSV-2 infection is common and generally asymptomatic, but it is associated with increased
HIV susceptibility and disease progression. This may relate to herpes-mediated changes in …

Increased levels of immune activation in the genital tract of healthy young women from sub-Saharan Africa

…, Y Ma, S Shiboski, E Bukusi, I Daud, A Rebbapragada… - Aids, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To determine whether healthy, young women in sub-Saharan Africa have a
more activated immune milieu in the genital tract (ie activated CD4+ T cells) than a similar …

[HTML][HTML] Emergence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, south-central Ontario, Canada

…, D Richardson, A Rebbapragada… - Emerging infectious …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We analyzed population-based surveillance data from the Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases
Network to describe carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) infections …

[HTML][HTML] Humoral and cell-mediated immunity to pandemic H1N1 influenza in a Canadian cohort one year post-pandemic: implications for vaccination

…, J Foisy, J Gubbay, A Rebbapragada… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
We evaluated a cohort of Canadian donors for T cell and antibody responses against
influenza A/California/7/2009 (pH1N1) at 8-10 months after the 2nd pandemic wave by flow …

Cervical HIV-specific IgA in a population of commercial sex workers correlates with repeated exposure but not resistance to HIV

…, L Mckinnon, R Kaul, A Rebbapragada… - AIDS research and …, 2009 - liebertpub.com
We conducted a comprehensive cross-sectional analysis of total and HIV-specific cervical
antibody levels in HIV-1-resistant, uninfected, and infected women in order to examine the role …

A versatile plasmonic thermogel for disinfection of antimicrobial resistant bacteria

…, V Raeesi, PV Turner, A Rebbapragada… - Biomaterials, 2016 - Elsevier
The increasing occurrence of antimicrobial resistance among bacteria is a global problem
that requires the development of alternative techniques to eradicate these superbugs. Herein, …

Mycoplasma genitalium antibiotic resistance–mediating mutations in Canadian women with or without Chlamydia trachomatis infection

…, PN Levett, J Wylie, A Rebbapragada… - Sexually transmitted …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Testing remnant Aptima specimens from women infected with Chlamydia trachomatis detected
13.4%(53/396) with Mycoplasma genitalium compared with 5.4%(22/406) in matched C. …