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

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Lab Director: Kirsten St.George, MAppSc, PhD
Lab Supervisor: Kay Escuyer, PhD
Telephone: (518) 474-4177

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CLIA # 33D2005937
PFI # 8523

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Conference Presentations

Publications

  • Tavakoli NP, Wang H, Dupuis M, Hull R, Ebel GD, Gilmore EJ, Faust PL (2009). Fatal case of deer tick virus encephalitis. New England Journal of Medicine:360(20):2099-107 .
  • Wang H, Nattanmai S, Kramer LD, Bernard KA, Tavakoli NP (2009). A duplex real-time RT-PCR assay for the detection of California serogroup and Cache Valley viruses. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease:65(2):150-7 .
  • Hull, R., Nattanmai, S., Kramer, L.D., Bernard, K.A., Tavakoli, N.P. (2008) A duplex real-time RT-PCR assay for the detection of St. Louis encephalitis and Eastern equine encephalitis viruses. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 62:272-279.
  • Tavakoli, N.P., Wang, H., Nattanmai, S., Dupuis, M., Fusco, H., and Hull, R. (2008) Detection and typing of enteroviruses from CSF specimens from patients diagnosed with meningitis/encephalitis. Journal of Clinical Virology. 43:207-211.
  • 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.

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Conference Presentations

  • Hull R, Dupuis M, Wang H, Tavakoli N, Nattanmai S, St.George K (2010): Molecular detection of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus in CSF from a fatal encephalitis case. 26th Annual Clinical Virology Symposium, Apr 19-22, Daytona Beach, Florida
  • Wang H, Nattanmai SM, Dupuis ML, Hull RC, Boromisa RD, Dean AB, Tavakoli NP, St.George K (2009): Development and Validation of a Duplex Real-Time RT-PCR Assay to Detect Cache Valley and California Serogroup Viruses in CSF. 25th Annual Clinical Virology Symposium, Apr 19-22, Daytona Beach, Florida
  • M. Dupuis, R. Hull, H. Wang, S. Nattanmai, M. Curran, D. Lamson, L. Dzigua, B. Glasheen, H. Fusco, K. St. George, N. Tavakoli. Evolution of the New York State Viral Encephalitis Molecular Detection Program. 24th Clinical Virology Symposium, Daytona Beach, FL (2008).
  • H.L.B. Kiefer, D.M. Slater, W. Lauzier, L. Dzigua, N.P. Tavakoli, F.D. Lakeman, J.R. Hully, T.H.T. Wang, A.A. Jacobs, and R.J. Whitley. Clinical research study of archived CSF samples from patients suspected of herpes simplex encephalitis using Intelligent Medical Devices, Inc. herpes simplex virus real-time PCR reagents. 24th Clinical Virology Symposium, Daytona Beach, FL (2008).
  • N. Tavakoli, H. Fusco, M. Dupuis, S. Nattanmai, R. Hull, H. Wang. Enterovirus detection and typing in CSF from encephalitis/meningitis patients in New York State. 23rd Clinical Virology Symposium, Clearwater Beach, FL (2007).

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