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Kimberlee Musser

Kimberlee A. Musser

Research Scientist, Wadsworth Center, Bacterial Diseases
Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, Biomedical Sciences

Ph.D., Albany Medical College (1998)
Postdoctoral training, CDC/APHL EID Research Fellow, Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH

E-mail: musser@wadsworth.org

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  • E. J. Nazarian, D. J. Bopp, A. Saylors, R.J. Limberger, and K.A. Musser. (2008) Design and Implementation of a Protocol to Detect of Legionella in Clinical and Environmental Samples. Oct;62(2):125-32.
  • Linda M. Weigel, Rodney M. Donlan, Dong Hyeon Shin, Bette Jensen, Nancye C. Clark, Linda McDougal, Wenming Zhu, Kimberlee A. Musser, Jill Thompson, Ronald Limberger, and Jean B. Patel. (2007) High-Level Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) Associated with a Polymicrobial Biofilm. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Jan;51(1):231-8.
  • A. M. Woron, C. Egan, E. J. Nazarian, N. M. Cirino, R. J. Limberger, K. A. Musser. (2006) Development and evaluation of a four-target multiplex real-time PCR assay for the detection and characterization of Yersinia pestis. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 56(3): 261-268.
  • Fátima Coronado, Joseph A. Nicholas, Barbara J. Wallace, Donna J. Kohlerschmidt, Kimberlee A. Musser, Dianna J. Schoonmaker-Bopp, S. Milton Zimmerman, Alex R. Boller, Daniel B. Jernigan, Marilyn A. Kacica. (2007). Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infections in a Religious Community. Epidemiol. Infect. Apr;135(3):492-501.
  • Halse, T. A., Musser, K. A. , and Limberger, R. J. (2006). A multiplexed real-time PCR assay for rapid detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and identification of serovar L-2, the major cause of lymphogranuloma venereum in New York. Mol. Cell. Probes 20(5):290-297.
  • Cirino, N. M., Musser, K. A. , and Egan, C. (2004) Multiplex Diagnostic Platforms for Detection of Biothreat Agents. Expert Rev. Mol. Diagn. 4(6): 841–857.
  • Cassandra D. Kelly, Christina Egan, Stephen W. Davis, William A. Samsonoff, Kimberlee A. Musser, Peter Drabkin, James R. Miller, Jill Taylor, Nick M. Cirino. (2004) Laboratory Confirmation of Generalized Vaccinia Following Smallpox Vaccination. J. Clin. Microbiol. 42(3): 1373-1375.
  • Bopp, D.J., Sauders, B.D., Waring, A.L., Ackelsberg, J., Dumas, N., Braun-Howland, E., Dziewulski, D., Wallace, B.J., Kelly, M., Halse, T., Musser, K.A. , Smith, P.F., Morse, D.L., and Limberger, R.J. (2003) Detection, Isolation, and Molecular Subtyping of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 and Campylobacter jejuni Associated with a Large Waterborne Outbreak. J. Clin. Microbiol. 41(1): 174-180.

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E-mail: musser@wadsworth.org