The impact of the first, second and third waves of covid‐19 on hepatitis B and C testing in Ontario, Canada

E Mandel, A Peci, K Cronin, CI Capraru… - Journal of viral …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Kirby Cronin and Adriana Peci retrieved the data, with supervision by Vanessa Tran. Erin
Mandel, Adriana Peci and Kirby Cronin analysed the data, with supervision by Jordan Feld, …

[HTML][HTML] Year-long metagenomic study of river microbiomes across land use and water quality

…, MA Peabody, MI Uyaguari-Diaz, KI Cronin… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Select bacteria, such as Escherichia coli or coliforms, have been widely used as sentinels of
low water quality; however, there are concerns regarding their predictive accuracy for the …

[HTML][HTML] Human activity determines the presence of integron-associated and antibiotic resistance genes in Southwestern British Columbia

…, MA Croxen, Z Luo, KI Cronin… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The dissemination of antibiotic resistant bacteria from anthropogenic sources into the environment
poses an emerging public health threat. Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and gene-…

[HTML][HTML] Occurrence and distribution of Ambylomma americanum as determined by passive surveillance in Ontario, Canada (1999–2016)

…, KM Clow, S Johnson, JS Weese, K Cronin… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2019 - Elsevier
The lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum, is spreading northward from its historical
stronghold in the southeastern United States. As a vector and biting pest, public and veterinary …

[HTML][HTML] Recent emergence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Ontario, Canada: early serological and entomological indicators

…, J Pritchard, S Johnson, K Cronin… - The American Journal …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA), caused by the bacteria Anaplasma phagocytophilum,
is transmitted to humans by blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) in eastern North …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring the patterns of submission and presence of tick-borne pathogens in Ixodes scapularis collected from humans and companion animals in Ontario …

…, A Dibernardo, KM Clow, S Johnson, K Cronin… - Parasites & …, 2021 - Springer
Background The universal nature of the human–companion animal relationship and their
shared ticks and tick-borne pathogens offers an opportunity for improving public and veterinary …

Antifungal susceptibility of clinical yeast isolates from a large Canadian reference laboratory and application of whole-genome sequence analysis to elucidate …

LR McTaggart, A Cabrera, K Cronin… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
To understand the epidemiology and susceptibility patterns of yeast infections in Ontario,
Canada, we examined 4,715 clinical yeast isolates submitted to our laboratory for antifungal …

Prenatal hepatitis B screening, and hepatitis B burden among children, in Ontario: a descriptive study

MJ Biondi, A Marchand-Austin, K Cronin, N Nanwa… - Cmaj, 2020 - Can Med Assoc
BACKGROUND: Ontario is 1 of 5 provinces that immunize adolescents for hepatitis B virus (HBV),
despite the World Health Organization recommendation for universal birth dose …

Increased incidence of invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease driven by non-type B isolates in Ontario, Canada, 2014 to 2018

LR McTaggart, K Cronin, CY Seo, S Wilson… - Microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Haemophilus influenzae can cause serious invasive disease. We report the epidemiology
and antimicrobial susceptibility of invasive H. influenzae in Ontario, Canada, from 2014 to …

[HTML][HTML] Monkeypox virus detection in different clinical specimen types

…, H Zhang, E Lau, A Sullivan, K Cronin… - Emerging Infectious …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A global monkeypox outbreak began in May 2022. Limited data exist on specimen type
performance in associated molecular diagnostics. Consequently, a diverse range of specimen …