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2007

  • Dormandy J., Somoskovi A., Kreiswirth B., Driscoll J., Ashkin D., and M. Salfinger. "Discrepant results between pyrzainamide susceptibility testing by the reference BACTEC 460TB methods and pncA DNA sequencing in patients infected with multi-drug resistant W-Beijing Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains." In Press. Chest.
  • Driver C., Kreiswirth B., Macaraig M., Clark C, Munsiff S., Driscoll J., Zhao B. "Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis after declining incidence, New York City 2001-2003. In press. Epidemiology and Infection. PubMed

2006

  • Vitol I., Driscoll J., Kreiswirth B., Kurepina N., and K Bennett, "Identifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex families using spoligotypes." 2006. Infect Gen Evol. 6:491-504. PubMed
  • Clark C., Driver C., Munsiff S., Driscoll J., Kreiswirth B., Zhao B., Ebrahimzadeh A., Salfinger M., Piatek A., and Abdelwahab J. "Implementing universal TB genotyping in a tuberculosis control program, New York City, 2001-2003." 2006. Emerg Infect Dis. 12(5):719-724. CDC
  • Macaraig M., Agerton T., Driver C., Munsiff S., Abdelwahab J., Park J., Kreiswirth B., Driscoll J., and Zhao B., "Strain-specific differences in two large Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotype clusters in isolates collected from homeless patients in New York City from 2001 to 2004." 2006. J. Clin. Microbiol. 44:2890-2896. JCM
  • Driver C., Macaraig M., McElroy P., Clark C., Munsiff S., Kreiswirth B., Driscoll J., Zhao B. "Which patient factors predict the rate of growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clusters in an urban community?" 2006. Am. J. Epi. 164(1):21-31. AJE Oxford Journals
  • Smith N., Kremer K., Inwald J., Dale J., Driscoll J., Gordon S., van Soolingen D., Hewinson R., Maynard Smith J., "Ecotypes of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex." 2006. J. Theoretical Biology. 239: 220-225. PubMed
  • Brudey K., Driscoll J., Rigouts L, Prodinger W., Gori A., Al-Hajoj S., Allix C., Aristiumuno L., Baumanis V., Bouza E., Cataldi A., Cheong S., Ellermeier C., Evan J., Fauville M., Ferdinand S., de Viedma D., Garzelli C., Gazzola L., Gomes H., Guttierez M. Hawkey P., van Helden P., Kadival G., Kreiswirth B., Kremer K., Kubin M., Kulkarni S., Lillebaek T., Ly H., Martin C., Martin C., Mokrousov I., Narvskaia O., Ngeow Y., Naumann L., Niemann S., Parwati I., Rahim M., Rasolofo-Razanamparany V., Rasolonavalona T., Rossetti M., Rusch-Gerdes S., Sajduda A., Semper S., Seth P., Shemyakin I., Singh U., Somoskovi A., Skuce R., van Soolingen D., Streicher E., Suffys P., Tortoli E., Tracevska T., Vincent V., Victor T., Yap S., Portaels F., Rastogi N., and Sola C., "An appraisal of the geographic prevalence of major genotyping families of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex through the updated SpolDB4 database." 2006. BMC Microbiology. 6:23

2005

  • Winters A., Driver C., Macaraig M., Clark C., Munsiff S., Pichardo C., Driscoll J., Salfinger M., Kreiswirth B., Jereb J., LoBue P., and M. Lynch, "Human tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis-New York City, 2001-2004." 2005. MMWR 54(24):605-608.
  • Hudson J., Oxtoby M., Grabau J., Driscoll J., Smith P., Driver C., Winters A., Abdelwahab J., Poonja S., Macaraig M., Beatty M., Munsiff S., Marder D., and Coronado F., "Tuberculosis outbreak in a large homeless shelter - New York, 2003." 2005. MMWR 54:149-152.
  • Driscoll J., Parsons L, Salfinger M., Taber H., "Genomic analysis of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex: Applications to real-time laboratory diagnosis and genotyping." 2005. Rev. Med. Microbiol. 16:49-58.
  • Parsons L, Salfinger M., Clobridge A., Dormandy J., Mirabello L., Polletta V., Sanic A., Sinyavskiy O., Larsen S., Driscoll J., Zickas G., and Taber H., "Phenotyping and molecular characterization of isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to both isoniazid and ethambutol." 2005. Antimicrob Agents and Chemo. 49(6): 2218-2225.

2004

  • National TB Controllers Association/CDC Advisory Group on Tuberculosis Genotyping (Writing group member). June 2004. "Guide to the Application of Genotyping to Tuberculosis Prevention and Control. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC.
  • Kurepina N., Kreiswirth B., Shaskina E., Driscoll J., Polanecky V., Kozakova B., Mezensky L, and Kubin M. "Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in Prague and South Moravia, Czech Republic: genetic analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates by IS6110-RFLP fingerprinting and spoligotyping." 2004. Cent. Eur. J Publ Health 12(3):141-150.

2003

  • Driscoll J., "The molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the northeast United States." 2003. Infect. Genetics and Evolution. 2:265.
  • Larson J., Lambert L., Stricof R., Driscoll J., McGarry M., Ridzon R. "Potential nosocomial exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis from a bronchoscope." Infect Cont. and Hosp. Epi. 2003. 24825-830.
  • Kubin M., Polanecky V., Kozakova B., Mezenshy L., Kreiswirth B., Kurepina N., Driscoll J., "Genotyp W-Beijing Mycobateria tuberculosis v Praze a v jihomoravskem regionu v roce 1998." 2003. Stud. Pneumol. Phthiseol. 63:115-118.
  • Filliol I., Driscoll J., van Soolingen D., Kreiswirth B., Kremer K., Valetudie G., Anh D., Barlow R., Banerjee D., Bifani P., Brudey K., Cataldi A., Cooksey R., Cousins D., Dale J., Dellagostin O., Drobniewski F., Engelmann G., Ferdinand S., Gascoyne-Bizni D., Gordon M., Gutierraz M., Haas W., Heersma H., Kallenius G., Kassa-Kelembho E., Koivula T., Ly H. Makristathis A., Mammina C., Mostrom P., Mokrousov I. Narbonne V., Narvskaia O., Nastasi A., Ndiobe S., Pape J. Rasolofo-Razanamparany V., Ridell M., Rossetti M., Stauffer F., Suffys P., Takiff H., Texier-Maugein J., Vincent V., de Waard J., Rastogi N., and Sola C., "Snapshot of moving and expanding clones of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and their global distribution assessed by spoligotyping in an international study." 2003. J. Clin. Micro. 41:1963-1970.

2002

  • Driscoll J., Bifani P., Mathema B., McGarry M., Zickas G., Kreiswirth B., H. Taber, "Spolioglogos: A bioinformatic approach to displaying and analyzing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis data." 2002. Emerg. Infect. Dis 8:1306-1309.
  • Munsiff S., Bassoff T., Sharma A., Nivin B., Li J., Bifani P., Mathema B., Driscoll J., Kreiswirth B., "Molecular epidemiology of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, New York City, 1995-1997." 2002. Emerg. Infect. Dis 8:1230-1238.
  • Miller A., Sharnprapai S., Suruki R., Etkind E., Nardell E., Driscoll J., McGarry M., Taber H., "Impact of genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on public health practice in Massachusetts." 2002. Emerg. Infect. Dis 8:1285-1289.
  • Ellis B., Crawford J., Braden C. and National Tuberculosis Genotyping and Surveillance Network working group (J. Driscoll). "Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in a sentinel surveillance population." 2002. Emerg. Infect. Dis 8:1197-1209.
  • Sharnprapai S., Miller A., Suruki R., Corkren E., Etkind S., Driscoll J., McGarry M., E. Nardell., "Genotyping analyses of tuberculosis cases in U.S.- and foreign-born Massachusetts residents." 2002. Emerg. Infect. Dis 8:1239-1245.
  • Northrup J., Miller A., Sharnprapai S., Nardell E., Etkind S., Driscoll J., McGarry M., Taber H., Qualls N. "Estimated costs of false positive laboratory diagnoses of tuberculosis in three patients." 2002. Emerg. Infect. Dis 8:1264-1270.
  • Filliol I., Driscoll J., van Soolingen D., Kreiswirth B., Kremer K., Valetudie G., Anh D., Barlow R., Banerjee D., Bifani P., Brudey K., Cataldi A., Cooksey R., Cousins D., Dale J., Dellagostin O., Drobniewski F., Engelmann G., Ferdinand S., Gascoyne-Bizni D., Gordon M., Gutierraz M., Haas W., Heersma H., Kallenius G., Kassa-Kelembho E., Koivula T., Ly H. Makristathis A., Mammina C., Mostrom P., Mokrousov I. Narbonne V., Narvskaia O., Nastasi A., Ndiobe S., Pape J. Rasolofo-Razanamparany V., Ridell M., Rossetti M., Stauffer F., Suffys P., Takiff H., Texier-Maugein J., Vincent V., de Waard J., Rastogi N., and Sola C., "Global distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis spoligotypes." 2002. Emerg. Infect. Dis 8:1347-1349.
  • Nivin B., O'Flaherty T., Leibert E., Zhao B.Y., and J. Driscoll, "Sputum induction problems identified through genetic fingerprinting."2002. Infect Cont. and Hosp. Epi. 23:580-583.
  • Miller A., Butler W., McInnis B., Boutotte J., Etkind S., Sharnprapai S., Bernardo J., Driscoll J., McGarry M., Crawford J., and E. Nardell, "Clonal relationships in a shelter-associated outbreak of drug-resistant tuberculosis: 1983-1997." 2002. Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis. 6:872-878.
  • Mathema B., Bifani P., Driscoll J., Moghazeh S., Shashkina E., Kurepina N., Marras S., Steinlein L., Campbell S., Frothingham R., Shilkret K., Mangura B., and B. Kreiswirth. "Identification and evolution of an IS6110 low-copy-number Mycobacterium tuberculosis cluster." 2002.J. Infect. Dis. 185:641-649.
  • Kubin M., Driscoll J., Polanecky V., Kozakova B., Zdrazilek J., and L. Mezensky L, "Spoligotypes of Czech Population of Mycobacterium tuberculosis." 2002. Epidemiol. Mikrobiol. Imunol. (Czech) 51(2):52-59.

2001

  • Bifani P., Mathema B., Campo M., Moghazeh S., Nivin B., Shashkina E., Driscoll J., Frothingham R., and Kreiswirth B., "Molecular identification of a streptomycin mono-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis related to multi-drug-resistant W strain." 2001. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 7:842-848.
  • Driscoll J., Lee P., Jovell R., Hale Y., and M. Salfinger, "How and why we fingerprint tuberculosis." Feb/March 2001. RT, The Journal for Respiratory Care Practitioners.
  • Dale J., Brittain D., Cataldi A., Cousins D., Crawford J., Driscoll J., Heersma H., Lillebaek T., Quitugua T., Rastogi N., Skuce R., Sola C., van Soolingen D., and V. Vincent. "Spacer oligonucleotide typing of bacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex: Recommendations for standardized nomenclature." 2001. Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis. 5(3):216-219.