PUBLICATIONS

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Tozan Y, Headley TY, Javelle E, Gautret P, Grobusch M, Chen LH, Menendez MD, Moro L, Gobbi F, Sánchez A, Connor BA, Matteelli A, Crosato V, Huits R, Libman M, Hamer DH. Impact, Healthcare Utilization, and Costs of Travel-Associated Arthropod-borne Diseases in International Travelers: A Prospective Study: J Trav Med 2023, May 1-8 doi: 10.1093/jtm/taad060. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37129519.

Carmola LR, Turcinovic J, Draper G, Webner D, Putukian M, Silvers, Granelli H, Bombin A, Connor B, Angelo K, Kozarsky P, Libman M, Huits R, Hamer D, Connor J, Fairley J, Paintadosi A, Bourque D. Genomic Epidemiology of a SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak In a U.S. Major League Soccer Club: Was it travel related? Open Forum Inf Dis 2023 (in press)

Chen LH Connor BA, Is standby therapy for Covid-19 a practical option for travelers? J Trav Med 2022: 29 (8); 1-3

Goos J, Neff C, Holmberg K, Lyons A, Monroe N, Selvarangan R, Banerjee D, Hueschen LA, Chapin K, Tansarli G, Silbert S, Lima A, Connor BA, Rogova M, Steele M, Stubbs, AM, Dien Bard J, Flores-Vasquez J, Andjelic C. Clinical Evaluation of the BioFire FilmArray Gastrointestinal (GI) Panel for use with Rectal Swab Specimens in Cary-Blair Media. Open Forum Inf Dis 2022:9 (2); S296

Balogun O, Brown A, Angelo KM, Hochberg NS, Barnett,ED Nicolini LA, Asgeirsson H, Grobusch MP , Salvador F, Chen L, Odolini S, , Díaz-Menéndez, M , Connor BA, Libman, M, Hamer,DH. Acute hepatitis A in International Travelers: A GeoSentinel Analysis, 2008–2020 J Trav Med 2022, taac013, https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taac013

Connor BA, Rogova M, Garcia J, Patel D, Couto-Rodriguez M, Nagy- Szakal, D, Rendel M. Comparative effectiveness of single versus repeat rapid antigen testing in antigen positive asymptomatic individuals in a workplace setting, JAMA Network Open 2022;5(3):e223073

Connor BA, Wells HL, Gardner M, Rogova M, Couto-Rodriguez M, Nagy-Szakal D, O’Hara NB. Monoclonal Antibody Therapy in a Vaccine Breakthrough SARS-CoV-Hospitalized Delta (B.1.617.2) Variant Case. Int J Inf Dis 2021; 110:232-234

Antaki D, Couto-Rodriguez M, Liu T, Butcher K, Toro E, Hoglund B, Jirau Serrano XO, Barrows J, Connor BA, Mason C, O’Hara N, Nagy-Szakal D. Performance Characteristics of Sequencing Assays for Identification of the SARS CoV-2 Viral Genome. Open Forum Inf Dis 2021:8(1); S286

Wells H, Barrows J, Couto-Rodriguez M, Jirau Serrano XO, Debieu M, Wessel K, Jonsson CB, Connor BA, Mason C, Nagy-Szakal D, O’Hara N. A Novel Likelihood-Based Model to Estimate SARS CoV-2 Viral Titer from Next-Generation Sequencing Data. Open Forum Inf Dis 2021:8(1);S281

Walker AT, Gershman MD, Rao SR, LaRocque RC, Ryan ET for the Global TravEpiNet Consortium. Yellow Fever Vaccine Administration at Global TravEpiNet (GTEN) Clinics during a Period of Limited Vaccine Availability in the United States, 2017-2018.Am J Trop Med Hyg 2021;104(3): 1079-1084

Shlim DR, Connor BA, Taylor DN. What Will Travel Medicine Look Like in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era? J Trav Med 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10/jtm/taaa148

Bunn, WB, Connor BA, Hamer DH and Kozarsky P. Commentary on Special Report in The New England Journal of Medicine by Mark Barnes, JD, LLM, and Paul E Sax, MD, Challenges of “Return to Work” in an Ongoing Pandemic. J. Occup. Environ. Med 2020

Hagmann S, Angelo K, Huits R, Plewes K, Eperon G, Grobusch M, McCarthy A, Libman M, Caumes E, Leung D, Asgeirsson H, Jensenius M, Schwartz E, Sánchez-Montalvá QA, Kelly P, Pandey P, Leder K, Bourque D, Yoshimura Y, Mockenhaupt F, van Genderen P, Odolini S, Schlagenhauf P, Connor BA, and Hamer D. Epidemiological, and Clinical Characteristics of International Travelers with Enteric Fever and Antibiotic Resistance Profiles of their Isolates: A GeoSentinel Analysis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2020: 01084-20R1

Riddle, MR, Pisipati S, Connor BA. Updates on the Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Management of Post-Infectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome Curr Opinion Infect Dis 2020

Nicolini, LA, Stoney RJ, Della Vecchia A, Grobusch M, Gautret P, Angelo KM, van Genderen PJ, Bottieau E, Leder K, Asgeirsson H, Leung D, Connor BA, Pandey P, Toscanini F, Gobbi F, Castelli F, Bassetti M, Hamer D. Travel-related hepatitis E: a GeoSentinel global surveillance analysis, 1999–2018 J Trav Med 2020; in press

Connor BA, Martin GJ, Riddle MS. Use of the Multiplex Diagnostic PCR Panel in Diarrheal Disease: Expert Guidance on the Interpretation of Results with a Focus on Travelers’ Diarrhea. Am J Gastro 2020

Angelo KM, Stoney RJ, Brun-Cottan G, Leder K, Grobusch MP, Hochberg N, Kuhn S, Bottieau E, Schlagenhauf P, Chen L, Hynes NA, Perret Perez C, Mockenhaupt FP, Molina I, Cresoillo-Andujar C, Malvy D, Caumes E, Plourde P, Shaw M, McCarthy AE, Piper-Jenks N, Connor BA, Hamer DH, Wilder-Smith A for the GeoSentinel Network. Zika among International Travelers presenting to GeoSentinel sites, 2012-2019: implications for clinical practice. J Trav Med 2020: Apr. taaa061. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taaa061

Hagmann SHF, Angelo K, Huits R, Plewes K, Eperon G, Grobusch M, McCarthy A,

Libman M, Caumes E, Leung, D, Asgeirsson H, Jensenius M, Schwartz E, Sanchez-

Montalva, A, Kelly P, Pandey P, Leder K, Bourque D, Yoshimura Y, Mockenhaupt F, van Genderen P, Odolini S, Schlagenhauf P, Connor B, Hamer D. Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of International Travelers with Enteric Fever and Antibiotic

Resistance profiles of their Isolate: A GeoSentinel Analysis. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Traveler Exposures to Animals: A GeoSentinel Analysis. Muehlenbein MP, Angelo KM, Schlagenhauf P, Chen L, Grobusch MP, Gautret P, Duvignaud A, Chappuis F,  Kain KC, Bottieau E, Epelboin L, Shaw M, Hynes N, Hamer DH for the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network. J Trav Med 2020,28 Jan. taaa010,

Connor BA, Dawood R, Riddle MS, Hamer DH. Cholera in travelers: a systematic review. J Trav Med 2019; 26 (8) taz085

Al Mulhim M, Darling R, Sarin R, Hart A, Kamal H, Al Hadhirah A, Voskanyan A, Hofmann L, Connor BA, Band R, Jones J, Tubb R, Jackson R, Baez AA, Wasser E, Conley S, Lang W. A Dignitary Medicine Curriculum Developed Using a Modified Delphi Methodology. Int J Emerg Med 2020; 13(11)

Gautret P, Angelo K, Asgeirsson H, Duvignaud A,van Genderen P, Bottieau E, Chen L, Parker S, Connor BA, Barnett E, Libman M, Hamer DH. Travel-associated illnesses at international mass gatherings: a GeoSentinel cross-sectional observational study.

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 2019; 32 Nov-Dec

Angelo KM, Libman M, Gautret P, Barnett E, Grobusch P, HagmannSHF, Schwartz E, van Genderen PJJ, Asgeirsson H, Hamer DH, GeoSentinel Network. The rise in travel-associated measles infections—GeoSentinel, 2015–2019 J Trav Med 2019; 26 (6). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taz046

Yates JA, Rao SR, Walker AT, Sotir M, LaRocque RC, Ryan ET, The Global TravEpiNet Consortium. Characteristics and preparation of the last-minute traveler: analysis of vaccine usage in the Global TravEpiNet Consortium J Trav Med 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taz031

Boggild AK, Caumes E, Grobusch MP,Schwartz E, Hynes NA, Libman M, Connor BA, Chakrabarti S, Parola P, Keystone JS, Nash T, Showler AJ, Schunk M, Asgeirsson H, Hamer DH, Kain KC, for the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network. Cutaneous and Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis in Travelers and Migrants: A 20-year GeoSentinel Surveillance Network Analysis. J Trav Med 2019; taz055, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taz055

Connor BA, Hamer DH, Kozarsky P, Jong E, Halstead SB, Jay Keystone J, Mileno MD, Dawood R, Rogers B, Bunn WB. Japanese encephalitis vaccine for travelers: risk-benefit reconsidered. J Trav Med 2019, Jun 11; 26(5) taz037

Ericsson CD, Connor, BA, Riddle MS. When should travel medicine practitioners prescribe Rifamycin SV-MXX for self-treatment of travelers’ diarrhea? J Trav Med 2019 May 10;26(3):taz013

Sbaih N, Buss B, Goyal D, Rao SR, Benefield R, Walker AT, Esposito DH, Ryan ET, LaRoque RC Leung DT and the Global TravEpiNet Consortium. Potentially Serious Drug Interactions Resulting From the Pretravel Health Encounter. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2018; 5 (11) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy266

Riddle MS, Connor BA. Fecal microbiota transplantation: what is the role in travelers’ diarrhea? J Trav Med 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/tay129

Beckoff SD, Rodgers WH, Connor BA, Rubin M. Rapid Identification of Enteric Pathogens Using a Novel Stool PCR Test in Patients Presenting with Diarrhea at an Urban Community Teaching Hospital. Gastro 2018; 154(6): S273-274

Angelo KM, N. Jean Haulman J, Terry AC, Leung DT, Chen LH, Barnett ED, MD6,  Hagmann SHF, Hynes NA, Connor BA, Anderson S, McCarthy A, Shaw M, Van Genderen PJJ, Hamer DH. Illness among US Resident Student Travelers after Return to the United States: A GeoSentinel Analysis, 2007–2017. J Trav Med 2018

Stoney RJ, Esposito DH, Kozarsky P, Hamer DH, Grobusch MP, Gkrania-Klotsas E, Libman M, Gautret P, Lim PL, Leder K, Schwartz E, Sotir MJ, Licitra C. for the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network. Infectious diseases acquired by international travellers visiting the United States. J Travel Med 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/tay053.

Chen LH, Leder K, Barbre KA, Schlagenhauf P, Libman M, Keystone J, Mendelson M, Gautret P, Schwartz E, Shaw M, MacDonald S, McCarthy A,

Connor BA, Esposito DH, Hamer D, Wilson ME for the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network. Business travel-associated illness: a GeoSentinel analysis. J Trav Med, 2018: 25(1) tax097, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/tax097

Gautret P, Angelo KM, Asgeirsson H, Lalloo DG, Shaw M, Schwartz E, Libman M, Kain KC, Piyaphanee W, Murphy H, Leder K, Vincelette J, Jensenius M, Waggoner J, Leung D, Borwein S, Blumberg L, Schlagenhauf P, Barnett ED, Hamer DH, GeoSentinel Global Surveillance Network. Rabies post-exposure prophylaxis started during or after travel: A GeoSentinel analysis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 Nov 13;12 (11):e0006951. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006951 . eCollection 2018 Nov.

Connor BA. Multiplex PCR Testing for Travelers’ Diarrhea: Friend or Foe? Intl J Infect Dis 2017: DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2017.11.022

Connor BA, Rogova M, Whyte O. Use of a multiplex DNA extraction PCR in the identification of pathogens in Travelers’ Diarrhea. J Trav Med 2017; 1–6: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/tax087

Connor BA. Do prebiotics reduce the risk of travelers’ diarrhea? Promising but more research needed. J Trav Med 2017 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/tax076

Expert Panel. Management of Acute Diarrheal Illness During Deployment: A Deployment Riddle MS, Martin GJ, Murray CK, Burgess TH, Connor P, Mancuso JD, Schnaubelt ER, Ballard TP, Fraser J, Tribble DR on behalf of the Travelers’ Diarrhea Deployment Health Guideline Health Guideline and Expert Panel Report. Mil Med 2017; 182 Sept/Oct Suppl: 34-52

Connor BA, Rogova M, Whyte O. Oral typhoid vaccine and culture independent testing for travelers’ diarrhea.

J TravMed 2017; 24 (6), 1 September 2017, tax071, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/tax071 Published: 06 October 2017

Leder K, Grobusch MP, Gautret P, Chen LH, Kuhn S, Lim PL, Yates J, McCarthy AE, Rothe C, Kato Y, Bottieau E, Huber K, Schwartz E, Stauffer W, Malvy D, Shaw MT, Rapp C, Blumberg L, Jensenius M, van Genderen PJJ, Hamer DH, for the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network. Zika beyond the Americas: Travelers as sentinels of Zika virus transmission. A GeoSentinel analysis, 2012 to 2016.PLoSONE 12(10): e0185689. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185689

Angelo KM, Libman M, Caumes E, Hamer DH, Kain KC, Leder K, Grobusch MP, Hagmann SH, Kozarsky P, Lalloo DG, Lim PL, Patimeteeporn C, Gautret P, Odolini S, Chappuis F, Esposito DH; GeoSentinel Network. Malaria after international travel: a GeoSentinel analysis, 2003-2016. Malar J. 2017 Jul 20;16(1):293. doi: 10.1186/s12936-017-1936-3.

Bunn, WB, Connor BA. The Changing Epidemiology of Japanese Encephalitis and New Data: The Implications for New Recommendations for Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine. 2017; Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines doi: 10.1186/s40794-017-0057-x

Riddle, MS, Connor BA, Beeching NJ, DuPont HL, Hamer DH, Kozarsky P, Libman M, Steffen R, Taylor D, Tribble DR, Vila J, Zanger P, and Ericsson CD. Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of travelers’ diarrhea: a graded expert panel report. J Trav Med, 2017, Vol 24, Suppl 1, S2–S19 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/tax026

Keystone JS, Connor BA. Antibiotic self-treatment of travelers’ diarrhea: it only gets worse! Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 2017

Barbosa F, Barnett ED, Gautret P, Schlagenhauf P, van Genderen PJJ, Grobusch MP, Connor BA, Hamer DH, and Hochberg NS. Bordetella pertussis infections in travelers: data from the GeoSentinel global network. J Trav Med 2017; 1-5, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taw094

Stevens AM, Esposito DH, Stoney RJ, Hamer DH, Flores-Figueroa J, Bottleau E, Connor BA, Gkrania-Klotsas E, Goorhuis A, Hynes NA, Libman M, Lopez-Velez R, McCarthy AE, von Sonnenburg F, Schwartz E, van Genderen PJJ, Benson LS and Leung DT, for the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network. Clostridium difficile Infection in Returning Travellers. J Trav Med 2017, 1-6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taw099

Hamer DH, Barbre KA, Chen LH, Grobusch MP, Schlagenhauf P, Goorhuis A, van Genderen PJJ, Molina I, Asgeirsson H, Kozarsky PE, Caumes E, Hagmann SH, Mockenhaupt FP, Eperon G, Barnett ED, Bottieau E, Boggild AK, Gautret P, Hynes NA, Kuhn S, Lash R, Leder K, Libman, M, Malvy DJM, Perret C, Rothe C, Schwartz, E, Wilder-Smith A, Cetron MS, Esposito, DH, for the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network. Travel-Associated Zika Virus Disease Acquired in the Americas Through February 2016. A GeoSentinel Analysis. Ann Int Med 2017; 166:99-108

Boggild AK, Caumes E, Connor BA, Chakrabarti S, Parola P, Hynes NA, Keystone JS, Libman M, Nash T, Schwartz E, Showler AJ, Hamer DH, Kain KC for the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network.  Cutaneous and Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis in International Travelers: Results from the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2016;95(5S):206

Rogers B, Bunn WB, Connor BA. An Update on Travel Vaccines and Issues in Travel and International Medicine. Workplace Health Saf 2016; 64(10): 462-468

Riddle MS, Connor BA. The Traveling Microbiome. Curr Infect Dis Rep 2016;18:29

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11908-016-0536-7

Connor BA. Post-Infectious Sequelae of Travelers’ Diarrhea: Reactive Arthritis, Guillain-Barré Syndrome, and Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Curr Trop Med Rep 2016, Sept; 3 (3): 102–107