Publications

CanB is a metabolic mediator of antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Author(s): Rubin DHF, Ma KC, Westervelt KA, Hullahalli K, Waldor MK, Grad YHJournal: Nat MicrobiolPMID: 36604513 January 2023

The evolution of the obligate human pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae has been shaped by selective pressures from diverse host niche environments…

Loci for prediction of penicillin and tetracycline susceptibility in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: a genome-wide association study.

Author(s): Mortimer TD, Zhang JJ, Ma KC, Grad YHJournal: Lancet MicrobePMID: 35544098 May 2022

Neisseria gonorrhoeae poses an urgent public health threat because of increasing antimicrobial resistance; however, much of the circulating population remains…

Trends in SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Massachusetts estimated from newborn screening specimens.

Author(s): Ma KC, Hale JE, Grad YH, Alter G, Luzuriaga K, Eaton RB, Fischinger S, Kaur D, Brody R, Siddiqui SM, Leach D, Brown CM, Klevens RM, Madoff L, Comeau AMJournal: Clin Infect DisPMID: 35213690 February 2022

Estimating the cumulative incidence of SARS-CoV-2 is essential for setting public health policies. We leveraged de-identified Massachusetts newborn screening specimens…

Variation in supplemental carbon dioxide requirements defines lineage-specific antibiotic resistance acquisition in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Author(s): Rubin DH, Ma KC, Westervelt KA, Hullahalli K, Waldor MK, Grad YHJournal: bioRxiv February 2022

The evolution of the obligate human pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae has been shaped by selective pressures from diverse host niche environments…

Genome wide association studies define minimal set of loci for prediction of penicillin and tetracycline susceptibility in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Author(s): Mortimer TD, Zhang JJ, Ma KC, Grad YHJournal: bioRxiv August 2021

While Neisseria gonorrhoeae poses an urgent public health threat because of increasing antimicrobial resistance, much of the circulating population remains…

Modeling the impact of racial and ethnic disparities on COVID-19 epidemic dynamics.

Author(s): Ma KC, Menkir TF, Kissler SM, Grad YH, Lipsitch MJournal: ElifePMID: 34003112 May 2021

The impact of variable infection risk by race and ethnicity on the dynamics of SARS CoV-2 spread is largely unknown.

A community-driven resource for genomic epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance prediction of Neisseria gonorrhoeae at Pathogenwatch.

Author(s): Sánchez-Busó L, Yeats CA, Taylor B, Goater RJ, Underwood A, Abudahab K, Argimón S, Ma KC, Mortimer TD, Golparian D, Cole MJ, Grad YH, Martin I, Raphael BH, Shafer WM, Town K, Wi T, Harris SR, Unemo M, Aanensen DMJournal: Genome MedPMID: 33875000 April 2021