Varalakshmi Vissa - Publications

Affiliations: 
Microbiology, Immunology, & Pathology Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 
Area:
Microbiology Biology, Biochemistry, Neuroscience Biology

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2017 Fontes ANB, Lima LNGC, Mota RMS, Almeida RLF, Pontes MA, Gonçalves HS, Frota CC, Vissa VD, Brennan PJ, Guimaraes RJPS, Kendall C, Kerr LRFS, Suffys PN. Genotyping of Mycobacterium leprae for better understanding of leprosy transmission in Fortaleza, Northeastern Brazil. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases. 11: e0006117. PMID 29244821 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pntd.0006117  0.328
2016 Lima LNGC, Fontes ANB, Li W, Suffys PN, Vissa VD, Mota RMS, Almeida RLF, Pontes MA, Gonçales HS, Frota CC, Rodrigues LC, Kendall C, Kerr LRFS. Intrapatient comparison of Mycobacterium leprae by VNTR analysis in nasal secretions and skin biopsy in a Brazilian leprosy endemic region. Leprosy Review. 87: 486-500. PMID 30226353  0.314
2016 Jiang H, Jin Y, Vissa V, Zhang L, Liu W, Qin L, Wan K, Wu X, Wang H, Liu W, Wang B. Molecular Characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains Isolated from Cutaneous Tuberculosis Patients in China. Acta Dermato-Venereologica. PMID 27840887 DOI: 10.2340/00015555-2577  0.352
2013 Cardona-Castro N, Beltrán-Alzate JC, Romero-Montoya IM, Li W, Brennan PJ, Vissa V. Mycobacterium leprae in Colombia described by SNP7614 in gyrA, two minisatellites and geography. Infection, Genetics and Evolution : Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics in Infectious Diseases. 14: 375-82. PMID 23291420 DOI: 10.1016/J.Meegid.2012.12.015  0.499
2013 Weng X, Xing Y, Liu J, Wang Y, Ning Y, Li M, Wu W, Zhang L, Li W, Vander Heiden J, Vissa V. Molecular, ethno-spatial epidemiology of leprosy in China: novel insights for tracing leprosy in endemic and non endemic provinces. Infection, Genetics and Evolution : Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics in Infectious Diseases. 14: 361-8. PMID 23291419 DOI: 10.1016/J.Meegid.2012.12.009  0.488
2012 Fontes AN, Gomes HM, Araujo MI, Albuquerque EC, Baptista IM, Moura MM, Rezende DS, Pessolani MC, Lara FA, Pontes MA, Gonçalves Hde S, Lucena-Silva N, Sarno EN, Vissa VD, Brennan PJ, et al. Genotyping of Mycobacterium leprae present on Ziehl-Neelsen-stained microscopic slides and in skin biopsy samples from leprosy patients in different geographic regions of Brazil. Memã³Rias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 107: 143-9. PMID 23283465 DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000900021  0.331
2012 Phetsuksiri B, Srisungngam S, Rudeeaneksin J, Bunchoo S, Lukebua A, Wongtrungkapun R, Paitoon S, Sakamuri RM, Brennan PJ, Vissa V. SNP genotypes of Mycobacterium leprae isolates in Thailand and their combination with rpoT and TTC genotyping for analysis of leprosy distribution and transmission. Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases. 65: 52-6. PMID 22274158  0.761
2012 Kuruwa S, Vissa V, Mistry N. Distribution of Mycobacterium leprae strains among cases in a rural and urban population of Maharashtra, India. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 50: 1406-11. PMID 22205800 DOI: 10.1128/Jcm.05315-11  0.518
2012 Li W, Matsuoka M, Kai M, Thapa P, Khadge S, Hagge DA, Brennan PJ, Vissa V. Real-time PCR and high-resolution melt analysis for rapid detection of Mycobacterium leprae drug resistance mutations and strain types. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 50: 742-53. PMID 22170923 DOI: 10.1128/Jcm.05183-11  0.474
2011 Al-Mubarak R, Vander Heiden J, Broeckling CD, Balagon M, Brennan PJ, Vissa VD. Serum metabolomics reveals higher levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids in lepromatous leprosy: potential markers for susceptibility and pathogenesis. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases. 5: e1303. PMID 21909445 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pntd.0001303  0.673
2011 Li W, Sakamuri RM, Lyons DE, Orcullo FM, Shinde V, Dela Pena EL, Maghanoy AA, Mallari IB, Tan EV, Nath I, Brennan PJ, Balagon M, Vissa V. Transmission of dapsone-resistant leprosy detected by molecular epidemiological approaches. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 55: 5384-7. PMID 21859943 DOI: 10.1128/Aac.05236-11  0.714
2011 Jensen RW, Rivest J, Li W, Vissa V. DNA fingerprinting of Mycobacterium leprae strains using variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) - fragment length analysis (FLA). Journal of Visualized Experiments : Jove. e3104. PMID 21775969 DOI: 10.3791/3104  0.518
2011 Weng X, Vander Heiden J, Xing Y, Liu J, Vissa V. Transmission of leprosy in Qiubei County, Yunnan, China: insights from an 8-year molecular epidemiology investigation. Infection, Genetics and Evolution : Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics in Infectious Diseases. 11: 363-74. PMID 21129505 DOI: 10.1016/J.Meegid.2010.11.014  0.509
2009 Vissa VD, Sakamuri RM, Li W, Brennan PJ. Defining mycobacteria: Shared and specific genome features for different lifestyles. Indian Journal of Microbiology. 49: 11-47. PMID 23100749 DOI: 10.1007/S12088-009-0006-0  0.717
2009 Gillis T, Vissa V, Matsuoka M, Young S, Richardus JH, Truman R, Hall B, Brennan P. Characterisation of short tandem repeats for genotyping Mycobacterium leprae. Leprosy Review. 80: 250-60. PMID 19994470  0.324
2009 Cardona-Castro N, Beltrán-Alzate JC, Romero-Montoya IM, Meléndez E, Torres F, Sakamuri RM, Li W, Vissa V. Identification and comparison of Mycobacterium leprae genotypes in two geographical regions of Colombia. Leprosy Review. 80: 316-21. PMID 19961104  0.747
2009 Fontes AN, Sakamuri RM, Baptista IM, Ura S, Moraes MO, Martínez AN, Sarno EN, Brennan PJ, Vissa VD, Suffys PN. Genetic diversity of mycobacterium leprae isolates from Brazilian leprosy patients. Leprosy Review. 80: 302-15. PMID 19961103  0.77
2009 Shinde V, Newton H, Sakamuri RM, Reddy V, Jain S, Joseph A, Gillis T, Nath I, Norman G, Vissa V. VNTR typing of Mycobacterium leprae in South Indian leprosy patients. Leprosy Review. 80: 290-301. PMID 19961102  0.751
2009 Srisungnam S, Rudeeaneksin J, Lukebua A, Wattanapokayakit S, Pasadorn S, Mahotarn K, Ajincholapan, Sakamuri RM, Kimura M, Brennan PJ, Phetsuksiri B, Vissa V. Molecular epidemiology of leprosy based on VNTR typing in Thailand. Leprosy Review. 80: 280-9. PMID 19961101  0.765
2009 Sakamuri RM, Harrison J, Gelber R, Saunderson P, Brennan PJ, Balagon M, Vissa V. A continuation: study and characterisation of Mycobacterium leprae short tandem repeat genotypes and transmission of leprosy in Cebu, Philippines. Leprosy Review. 80: 272-9. PMID 19961100  0.758
2009 Xing Y, Liu J, Sakamuri RM, Wang Z, Wen Y, Vissa V, Weng X. VNTR typing studies of Mycobacterium leprae in China: assessment of methods and stability of markers during treatment. Leprosy Review. 80: 261-71. PMID 19961099  0.746
2009 Sakamuri RM, Kimura M, Li W, Kim HC, Lee H, Kiran MD, Black WC, Balagon M, Gelber R, Cho SN, Brennan PJ, Vissa V. Population-based molecular epidemiology of leprosy in Cebu, Philippines. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 47: 2844-54. PMID 19571027 DOI: 10.1128/Jcm.02021-08  0.76
2009 Kimura M, Sakamuri RM, Groathouse NA, Rivoire BL, Gingrich D, Krueger-Koplin S, Cho SN, Brennan PJ, Vissa V. Rapid variable-number tandem-repeat genotyping for Mycobacterium leprae clinical specimens. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 47: 1757-66. PMID 19386839 DOI: 10.1128/Jcm.02019-08  0.765
2008 Martinez LR, Harris B, Black WC, Meyer RM, Brennan PJ, Vissa VD, Jones RL. Genotyping North American animal Mycobacterium bovis isolates using multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation : Official Publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc. 20: 707-15. PMID 18987219  0.404
2007 Weng X, Wang Z, Liu J, Kimura M, Black WC, Brennan PJ, Li H, Vissa VD. Identification and distribution of Mycobacterium leprae genotypes in a region of high leprosy prevalence in China: a 3-year molecular epidemiological study. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 45: 1728-34. PMID 17428944 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00018-07  0.386
2006 Dinadayala P, Kaur D, Berg S, Amin AG, Vissa VD, Chatterjee D, Brennan PJ, Crick DC. Genetic basis for the synthesis of the immunomodulatory mannose caps of lipoarabinomannan in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281: 20027-35. PMID 16704981 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M603395200  0.322
2004 Groathouse NA, Rivoire B, Kim H, Lee H, Cho SN, Brennan PJ, Vissa VD. Multiple polymorphic loci for molecular typing of strains of Mycobacterium leprae. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 42: 1666-72. PMID 15071023  0.468
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