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Viral Encephalitis Testing Program

The La Crosse Virus as seen by transmission microscopy and the negative stain technique. 100mm
The La Crosse virus

Contact Us

Lab Director: Robert D. Boromisa, PhD.
Telephone: (518) 869-4568
Laboratory: (518) 869-4557

Supervisor: Michelle Dupuis
Telephone: (518) 869-4508

Laboratory: (518) 869-4557

Certification Information

CLIA # 33D0654341
PFI # 1067

Publications

  • Tavakoli, N.P., Nattanmai S., Hull R., Fusco H., Dzigua, L., Wang, H. and Dupuis, M. (2007) Detection and typing of human herpesvirus 6 by molecular methods in specimens from patients diagnosed with encephalitis or meningitis. J Clin Microbiol 45: 3972-8.
  • Tavakoli, N.P., Tobin, E.H., Wong, S.J., Dupuis II, A.P., Glasheen, B., Kramer, L.D. and Bernard, K.A. (2007)Identification of dengue virus in respiratory specimens from a patient who had recently traveled from a region where dengue virus is endemic. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 45: 1523-1527
  • O'Conner, K.C. et al. (including N.P. Tavakoli) (2007)Self-antigen tetramers discriminate between myelin autoantibodies to native or denatured protein. Nature Medicine. 13:211-217
  • Tavakoli, N.P.Molecular diagnosis of viral agents of encephalitis and meningitis. (2007) LabQ, American Society for Clinical Pathology.
  • LW Teperman, MD, T Diflo, MD, A Fahmy, MB, GR Morgan, MD, RE Wetherbee, MD, L Ratner MD, D Cohen MD, J Ackelsberg, MD, M Campbell, MS, E DeBernardo, PhD, A Fine, MD, E Lumeng, MPH, NP Tavakoli, PhD, B Dixon, MD, A Weltman, MD, B Tsoi, MD.West Nile virus infections in organ transplant recipients- New York and Pennsylvania, August-September, 2005. MMWR (2005) 54 (Dispatch): 1-3.
  • Tavakoli, N.P. and Taylor, J. (2005)Laboratory Diagnosis for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Coronavirus. Tech Sample 2005, American Society for Clinical Pathology.