Detection of airborne severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus and environmental contamination in SARS outbreak units

…, FB Jamieson, P Tang, F Plummer - The Journal of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is characterized by a risk of nosocomial
transmission; however, the risk of airborne transmission of SARS is unknown. During the Toronto …

Genital ulceration as a risk factor for human immunodeficiency virus infection

RM Greenblatt, SA Lukehart, FA Plummer, TC Quinn… - Aids, 1988 - journals.lww.com
Among 115 heterosexual men who presented with genital ulcers to a sexually transmitted
disease clinic in Nairobi, Kenya, the prevalence of serum antibody to HIV was 16.5%. A past …

Successful treatment of Ebola virus–infected cynomolgus macaques with monoclonal antibodies

…, A Bello, T Cabral, JE Strong, F Plummer… - Science translational …, 2012 - science.org
Ebola virus (EBOV) is considered one of the most aggressive infectious agents and is capable
of causing death in humans and nonhuman primates (NHPs) within days of exposure. …

Correlates of severe disease in patients with 2009 pandemic influenza (H1N1) virus infection

…, A Kumar, S Doucette, L Elliott, J Kettner, F Plummer - Cmaj, 2010 - Can Med Assoc
Background: In the context of 2009 pandemic influenza (H1N1) virus infection (pandemic
H1N1 influenza), identifying correlates of the severity of disease is critical to guiding the …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus is inhibited by interferon-α

…, Y Li, JE Strong, F Aoki, F Plummer… - Journal of Infectious …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Current treatment schemes for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) include broad-spectrum
antibiotics, glucocorticoids, and ribavirin. We evaluated the susceptibility of the SARS-…

Analysis of multimerization of the SARS coronavirus nucleocapsid protein

…, A Andonov, J Cao, TF Booth, FA Plummer… - Biochemical and …, 2004 - Elsevier
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), an emerging disease characterized by atypical
pneumonia, has recently been attributed to a novel coronavirus. The genome of SARS …

[HTML][HTML] Mass spectrometric characterization of proteins from the SARS Virus: a preliminary report* S

…, H Perreault, J Wilkins, W Ens, F Plummer… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2003 - ASBMB
A new coronavirus has been implicated as the causative agent of severe acute respiratory
syndrome (SARS). We have used convalescent sera from several SARS patients to detect …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling HIV/AIDS epidemics in Botswana and India: impact of interventions to prevent transmission

…, S Moses, JF Blanchard, FA Plummer - Bulletin of the World …, 2002 - SciELO Public Health
OBJECTIVE: To describe a dynamic compartmental simulation model for Botswana and
India, developed to identify the best strategies for preventing spread of HIV/AIDS. METHODS: …

Characterization of protein–protein interactions between the nucleocapsid protein and membrane protein of the SARS coronavirus

…, S Theriault, T Cutts, J Cao, TF Booth, FA Plummer… - Virus research, 2004 - Elsevier
The human coronavirus, associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV),
was identified and molecularly characterized in 2003. Sequence analysis of the virus …

Development and characterisation of neutralising monoclonal antibody to the SARS-coronavirus

…, TB Ball, P Kitching, Y Li, A Kabani, F Plummer - Journal of virological …, 2004 - Elsevier
There is a global need to elucidate protective antigens expressed by the SARS-coronavirus
(SARS-CoV). Monoclonal antibody reagents that recognise specific antigens on SARS-CoV …