Skip header information|
Wadsworth Center Home - Science in the Pursuit of Health|
NY.gov Portal State Agency Listing
Wadsworth Center, Department of Health, New York StateD Wadsworth Center New York State Department of Health
Main Body

Investigators and Program Directors

image of Kirsten St. George

Kirsten St. George

Research Scientist, Wadsworth Center, Viral Diseases

M.App.Sc., University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Email: kxs16@health.state.ny.us

<< Research Interests

Select Publications

  • Operario DJ, Moser M, St. George K (2010): Highly sensitive and quantitative detection of the H274Y Oseltamivir Resistance Mutation in Seasonal A/H1N1 Influenza. J. Clin. Microbiol. 48: 3517-24.
  • Faden H, Ramani R, Lamson D, and St.George K (2010): A Pseudo-Outbreak of Adenovirus Infection in a Neonatal Intensive Care unit (NICU) Due to a False Positive Antigen Detection Test. J. Clin. Microbiol. 48:4251-2.
  • Albariño C, Palacios G, Khristova ML, Erickson BR, Carroll SA, Comer JA, Hui J, Briese T, St. George K, Ksiazek TG, Lipkin WI,and Nichol ST.(2010):   High diversity and ancient common ancestry of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus.  EID 16: 1093-1100.
  • St. George K, Fuschino ME, Mokhiber K, Triner W, Spivack SD (2010): Exhaled Breath Condensate Appears to be an Unsuitable Specimen Type for Detection of Influenza Viruses with Nucleic Acid-Based Methods. J Virol Meth. 163: 144-146.
  • Ghedin E, Wentworth D, Halpin RA, Lin X, Bera J, DePasse J, Fitch A, Griesemer S, Hine E, Katzel DA, Overton L, Proudfoot K, Sitz J, Sczcypinski B, St. George K, Spiro DJ, Holmes EC(2010): Unseasonal Transmission of H3N2 Influenza A Virus During the Swine-Origin H1N1 Pandemic. J Virol 84: 5715-5718.
  • Kajon AE, Lu X, Erdman DD, Louie J, Schnurr D, St. George K, Koopmans MP, Allibhai T, and Metzgar D (2010): Molecular Epidemiology and Brief History of Emerging Adenovirus 14-Associated Respiratory Disease in the United States. JID 202: 93-103.
  • Khiabanian H, Farrell GM, St. George K, Rabadan R (2009): Differences in Patient Age Distribution between Influenza A Subtypes.  PLoS ONE 4(8): e6832.
  • Zhou B, Donnelly ME, Scholes DT, St.George K, Hatta M, Kawaoka Y, and Wentworth DE (2009): Single Reaction Genomic Amplification Accelerates Sequencing and Vaccine Production for Classical and Swine Origin Human Influenza A Viruses. J Virol 83(19):10309-13.
  • Nelson M, Spiro D, Wentworth D, Fan J, Beck E, St. George K, Ghedin E, Halpin R, Bera J, Hine E, Proudfoot K, Stockwell T, Lin X, Griesemer S, Bose M, Jurgens L, Kumar S, Viboud C, Holmes E, Henrickson K (2009): The early diversification of influenza A/H1N1pdm. PLoS Currents Influenza. 2009 Nov 9:RRN1126.
  • Ghedin E, Fitch A, Boyne A, Griesemer S, DePasse J, Bera J, Zhang X, Halpin RA, Smit M, Jennings L, St. George K, Holmes EC, Spiro DJ: Mixed infection and the genesis of influenza diversity. J. Virol. 2009, 83:8832-41.
  • Garten RJ, Davis CT, Russell CA, Shu B, Lindstrom S, Balish AB, Sessions WM, Xu X, Skepner E, Deyde V, Okomo-Adhiambo M, Gubareva L, Barnes J, Smith CB, Emery S, Hillman MJ, Rivailler P, Smagala J, de Graaf M, Burke DF, Fouchier RA, Pappas C, Alpuche-Aranda CM, López-Gatell H, Olivera H, López, Myers CA, Faix D, Blair PJ, Yu C, Keene KM, Dotson PD Jr., Boxrud D, Sambol AR, Abid SH, St. George K, et al. Antigenic and Genetic Characteristics of a Novel 2009 A(H1N1) Influenza Virus Circulating in Humans. Science 2009, 325: 197-201.
  • Ginocchio C and St. George K: Likelihood that an unsubtypeable influenza A result in the Luminex xTAG Respiratory Virus Panel is indicative of novel A/H1N1 (swine-like) influenza. J. Clin. Microbiol. 2009, 47: 2347-8.
  • Laplante J, Marshall S, Shudt M, Reisdorf E, St. George K. Influenza Antiviral Resistance Testing in New York and Wisconsin, 2006-2008: Methodology and Surveillance Data. Journal of Clinical Microbiol 2009, 47:1372-8.
  • Clément N, Battaglioli G, Jensen RL, Johnson PR, St. George K, Linden RM: Prevalence of Human Bocavirus in Human Tonsils and Adenoids. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2009, 15: 1149-50.
  • Dharan NJ, Gubareva LV, Meyer J, Okomo-Adhiambo M, McClinton R, Marshall S, St. George K, Epperson S, Brammer L, Oseltamivir-Resistance Working Group, Klimov AI, Bresee J, Fry AM: Infections with oseltamivir-resistant influenza A(H1N1) virus in the United States. JAMA. 2009, 301:1034-1041.
  • Sanghavi SK, Abu-Elmagd K, Keightley MC, St. George K, et al : Relationship of Cytomegalovirus Load Assessed by Real Time PCR to pp65 Antigenemia in Organ Transplant Recipients. Journal of Clinical Virology 2008, 42:335-42.
  • Nelson MI, Viboud C, Simonsen L, Bennett RT, Griesemer SB, St. George K, et al: Multiple reassortment events in the evolutionary history of H1N1 influenza A virus since 1918. PLoS Pathogens 2008 4(2) e1000012. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000012.
  • Sampath R, Russell KL, Massire C, Eshoo MW, Harpin V, Blyn LB, Melton R, Ivy C, Pennella T, Li F, Levene H, Hall TA, Libby B, Fan N, Walcott DJ, Ranken R, Pear M, Schink A, Drader J, Moore D, Metzgar D, Addington L, Rothman R, Gaydos CA, Yang S, St. George K, Fuschino M, Dean AB, Stallknecht D, Goekjian G, Yingst S, Monteville M, Saad MD, Whitehouse CA, Baldwin C, Rudnick KH, Hofstadler SA, Lemon SM, Ecker DJ: Rapid surveillance of the global spread of emerging influenza virus genotypes by mass spectrometry. PLoS ONE 2007, 2(5): e489. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000489.
  • Dare R, Sanghavi S, Bullotta A, Keightley M-C, St. George K, Wadowsky RM, Paterson D, McCurry KR, Reinhart TA, Husain S, Rinaldo CR: Detection of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) infection in immunosuppressed lung transplant recipients and children evaluated for pertussis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2007, 45, 548-52.
  • Nelson MI, Simonsen L, Viboud C, Miller MA, Taylor J, St. George K, Griesemer SB, Ghedin E, Sengamalay NA, Spiro DJ, Volkov I, Grenfell BT, Lipman DJ, Taubenberger JK, Holmes EC: Stochastic processes are key determinants of short-term evolution in influenza A virus. PLoS Pathogens 2006, 2(12): e125. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat 0020125.
  • Keightley M-C, Bullotta A, Dauber J, Rinaldo C, St. George K: Clinical utility of CMV early and late transcript detection with NASBA in bronchoalveolar lavages. Journal of Clinical Virology 2006, 37, 258-264.
  • Lamson D, Renwick N, Kapoor V, Liu Z, Palacios G, Ju J, Dean A, St. George K, Briese T, Lipkin WI: MassTag PCR detection of respiratory pathogens, including a new rhinovirus genotype, causing influenza-like illness in New York State, 2004-2005. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2006, 194, 1398-1402.

Book chapters:

  • Clarke L and St. George K (2007): Viruses and chlamydiae. In: Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook, 3rd edition, Garcia L (ed) ASM Press, Washington D.C. 
  • St. George K, Hoji A and Rinaldo CR Jr.: Cytomegalovirus. In: Manual of Molecular and Clinical Laboratory Immunology, 7th edition. Detrick B, Hamilton RG and Folds JD (eds) 2006, ASM Press, Washington, D.C.

Contact Information

Email: kxs16@health.state.ny.us