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Vishnu Chaturvedi

Vishnu Chaturvedi

Research Scientist, Wadsworth Center,
Mycotic & Parasitic Diseases
Director, NYS Department of Health Mycology Laboratory
Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Biomedical Sciences

Ph.D., University of Delhi, India (1988)
Postdoctoral training, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, University of Cincinnati

E-mail: vishnu@wadsworth.org

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  • Chaturvedi V, and Chaturvedi S. 2011. Cryptococcus gattii, a resurgent fungal pathogen. Trends in Microbiology. 2011 (in press).
  • Rajkumar SS, Li X, Rudd RR, Okoniewski JC, Xu J, Chaturvedi S, and Chaturvedi V. 2011. Dispersal of a single, clonal genotype of Geomyces destructans among New York bats with geomycosis (White Nose Syndrome). Emerging Infectious Diseases. 17: 1273-1276.
  • Chaturvedi S, Rudd RJ, Davis A, Victor TR, Li X, Appler KA, Rajkumar SS, Chaturvedi V. 2011. Rapid
  • Real-Time PCR Assay for Culture and Tissue Identification of Geomyces destructans: the Etiologic Agent of Bat Geomycosis (White Nose Syndrome). Mycopathologia. DOI: 10.1007/s11046-011-9435-5
  • Byrnes EJ, Li W, Ren P, Lewit Y, Voelz K, Fraser JA, Dietrich FS, May RC, Chatuverdi S, Chatuverdi V, and Heitman J. 2011. A diverse population of Cryptococcus gattii molecular type VGIII in Southern Californian HIV/AIDS.  PLoS Pathogens (In press).
  • Chaturvedi V,  Ramani R,  Andes D,  Diekema DJ,  Pfaller MA,  Ghannoum MA,  Knapp C,  Lockhart SR, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Walsh TJ, Marchillo K, Messer S, Welshenbaugh AR, Bastulli C, Iqbal N, Victor L. VL, Rodriguez J, Sein T. 2011.  Multi-laboratory Testing of Two-Drug Combinations of Antifungals against Candida albicans, Candida glabrata, and Candida parapsilosis.  Antimicrobial Agents Chemotherapy. 55: 1543–1548.
  • Chaturvedi S, Rajkumar SS, Li X, Hurteau GJ, Shtutman M, Chaturvedi V. 2011. Antifungal Testing & High-throughput Screening of Compound Library against Geomyces destructans, the Etiologic Agent of Geomycosis (WNS) in Bats. PLoS ONE.  D-10-04390R2  10.1371/ journal.pone.0017032.
  • Chaturvedi V, Springer DJ, Behr MJ, Ramani R, Li X, Peck MK, Ren P, Bopp DA, Samsonoff WA, Butchkoski CM, Hicks AC, Stone WS, Rudd RJ, and Chaturvedi S.  2010. Morphological and molecular characterizations of psychrophilic fungus Geomyces destructans from New York bats with White Nose Syndrome (WNS).  PLoS One 5(5): e10783.
  • Byrnes EJ III, Li W, Lewit Y, Ma H, Voelz K, Ren P, Carter DA, Chaturvedi V, Bildfell RJ, May RC, Heitman J. 2010 Emergence and Pathogenicity of Highly Virulent Cryptococcus gattii Genotypes in the Northwest United States. PLoS Pathogens 6(4): e1000850.
  • Loperana-Alvarez Y, Ren P, Li X, Bopp DJ, Ruiz A, Chaturvedi V, Rios-Velazquez C. Genotypic characteriza tion of environmental isolates of Cryptococcus gattii from Puerto Rico. 2010. Mycopathologia. doi:10.1007/s11046-010- 9296-3.
  • Springer DJ, Ren P, Raina R, Dong Y, Behr MJ, McEwen BF, Bowser SS, Samsonoff WA, Chaturvedi S, Chaturvedi V. 2010. Extracellular fibrils of pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus gattii are important for ecological niche, murine virulence and human neutrophil interactions. PLoS One 5(6): e10978.
  • Springer DJ, Chaturvedi V.  2010. Projecting global occurrence of Cryptococcus gattii. Emerging Infectious Diseases 16:14-20.

Contact Information

Phone (518)474 4177
Fax (518)486 7971
E-mail: vishnu@wadsworth.org