Detection of airborne severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus and environmental contamination in SARS outbreak units
TF Booth, B Kournikakis, N Bastien, J Ho… - The Journal of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is characterized by a risk of nosocomial
transmission; however, the risk of airborne transmission of SARS is unknown. During the Toronto …
transmission; however, the risk of airborne transmission of SARS is unknown. During the Toronto …
The genome sequence of the SARS-associated coronavirus
…, GS Yang, F Plummer, A Andonov, H Artsob, N Bastien… - Science, 2003 - science.org
We sequenced the 29,751-base genome of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)–associated
coronavirus known as the Tor2 isolate. The genome sequence reveals that this …
coronavirus known as the Tor2 isolate. The genome sequence reveals that this …
Predicting infectious severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 from diagnostic samples
…, Z Schiffman, K Doan, N Bastien… - Clinical infectious …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has become the
primary method to diagnose viral diseases, including severe acute respiratory syndrome …
primary method to diagnose viral diseases, including severe acute respiratory syndrome …
[HTML][HTML] Low 2012–13 influenza vaccine effectiveness associated with mutation in the egg-adapted H3N2 vaccine strain not antigenic drift in circulating viruses
…, M Krajden, M Petric, H Charest, N Bastien… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) is generally interpreted in the context of
vaccine match/mismatch to circulating strains with evolutionary drift in the latter invoked to …
vaccine match/mismatch to circulating strains with evolutionary drift in the latter invoked to …
UVA‐induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers form predominantly at thymine–thymine dipyrimidines and correlate with the mutation spectrum in rodent cells
…, JP Therrien, R Drouin, D Perdiz, N Bastien… - Nucleic acids …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Ligation‐mediated PCR was employed to quantify cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD)
formation at nucleotide resolution along exon 2 of the adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (aprt) …
formation at nucleotide resolution along exon 2 of the adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (aprt) …
[HTML][HTML] Human bocavirus infection, Canada
N Bastien, K Brandt, K Dust, D Ward… - Emerging infectious …, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Human Bocavirus was detected in 18 (1.5%) of 1,209 respiratory specimens collected in 2003
and 2004 in Canada. The main symptoms of affected patients were cough (78%), fever (67…
and 2004 in Canada. The main symptoms of affected patients were cough (78%), fever (67…
[HTML][HTML] Triple reassortant H3N2 influenza A viruses, Canada, 2005
…, AI Karasin, S Carman, Y Li, N Bastien… - Emerging infectious …, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Since January 2005, H3N2 influenza viruses have been isolated from pigs and turkeys
throughout Canada and from a swine farmer and pigs on the same farm in Ontario. These are …
throughout Canada and from a swine farmer and pigs on the same farm in Ontario. These are …
Analysis of multimerization of the SARS coronavirus nucleocapsid protein
…, M Ballantine, A Leeson, Y Li, N Bastien… - Biochemical and …, 2004 - Elsevier
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), an emerging disease characterized by atypical
pneumonia, has recently been attributed to a novel coronavirus. The genome of SARS …
pneumonia, has recently been attributed to a novel coronavirus. The genome of SARS …
[HTML][HTML] Mass spectrometric characterization of proteins from the SARS Virus: a preliminary report* S
…, R Flick, S Jones, U Stroeher, N Bastien… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2003 - ASBMB
A new coronavirus has been implicated as the causative agent of severe acute respiratory
syndrome (SARS). We have used convalescent sera from several SARS patients to detect …
syndrome (SARS). We have used convalescent sera from several SARS patients to detect …
A perfect storm: impact of genomic variation and serial vaccination on low influenza vaccine effectiveness during the 2014–2015 season
…, A Eshaghi, TL Kwindt, N Bastien… - Clinical Infectious …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background. The 2014–2015 influenza season was distinguished by an epidemic of
antigenically-drifted A(H3N2) viruses and vaccine components identical to 2013–2014. We report …
antigenically-drifted A(H3N2) viruses and vaccine components identical to 2013–2014. We report …
