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Amy Tunali
Researcher at Veterans Health Administration
Publications - 7
Citations - 304
Amy Tunali is an academic researcher from Veterans Health Administration. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Antibiotic resistance. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 5 publications receiving 214 citations.
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Using whole genome sequencing to identify resistance determinants and predict antimicrobial resistance phenotypes for year 2015 invasive pneumococcal disease isolates recovered in the United States
Ben J. Metcalf,Sopio Chochua,Robert E. Gertz,Zhongya Li,Hollis Walker,T. Tran,Paulina A. Hawkins,Anita Glennen,Ruth Lynfield,Y. Li,Lesley McGee,Bernard Beall,Art Reingold,S. Brooks,H. Randel,Lisa Miller,B. White,Deborah Aragon,Meghan Barnes,J. Sadlowski,Sue Petit,Matthew L. Cartter,C. Marquez,M. Wilson,Monica M. Farley,Stepy Thomas,Amy Tunali,W. Baughman,Lee H. Harrison,J. Benton,T. Carter,Rosemary Hollick,K. Holmes,A. Riner,Corinne Holtzman,Richard Danila,K. MacInnes,Karen Scherzinger,Kathy Angeles,Joseph Bareta,L. Butler,S. Khanlian,R. Mansmann,Megin Nichols,Nancy M. Bennett,S. Zansky,S. Currenti,Suzanne McGuire,Ann Thomas,M. Schmidt,Jamie Thompson,Tasha Poissant,William Schaffner,Brenda Barnes,K. Leib,K. Dyer,L. McKnight,R. Gierke,Olivia Almendares,J. Hudson,L. McGlone,Gayle Fischer Langley +61 more
TL;DR: WGS-based antimicrobial phenotype prediction was an informative alternative to BDT for invasive pneumococci and correctly predicted penicillin-binding protein types and common resistance determinants.
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Short-read whole genome sequencing for determination of antimicrobial resistance mechanisms and capsular serotypes of current invasive Streptococcus agalactiae recovered in the USA
Benjamin J. Metcalf,Sopio Chochua,Robert E. Gertz,Paulina A. Hawkins,Jessica N. Ricaldi,Zhongya Li,Hollis Walker,T. Tran,J. Rivers,S. Mathis,Delois Jackson,Anita Glennen,Ruth Lynfield,Lesley McGee,Bernard Beall,Art Reingold,S. Brooks,H. Randel,Lisa Miller,B. White,Deborah Aragon,Meghan Barnes,J. Sadlowski,Sue Petit,Matthew L. Cartter,C. Marquez,M. Wilson,Monica M. Farley,Stepy Thomas,Amy Tunali,W. Baughman,Lee H. Harrison,J. Benton,T. Carter,Rosemary Hollick,K. Holmes,A. Riner,Corinne Holtzman,Richard Danila,K. MacInnes,Karen Scherzinger,Kathy Angeles,Joseph Bareta,L. Butler,S. Khanlian,R. Mansmann,Megin Nichols,Nancy M. Bennett,S. Zansky,S. Currenti,Suzanne McGuire,Ann Thomas,M. Schmidt,Jamie Thompson,Tasha Poissant,William Schaffner,Brenda Barnes,K. Leib,K. Dyer,L. McKnight,Olivia Almendares,J. Hudson,L. McGlone,Cynthia G. Whitney,Stephanie J. Schrag,Gayle Fischer Langley +65 more
TL;DR: The WGS-based assignment of iGBS resistance features and serotypes is an accurate substitute for phenotypic testing.
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Socioeconomic Factors Explain Racial Disparities in Invasive Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Disease Rates.
Isaac See,Paul Wesson,Nicole Gualandi,Ghinwa Dumyati,Lee H. Harrison,Lindsey Lesher,Joelle Nadle,Susan Petit,Claire Reisenauer,William Schaffner,Amy Tunali,Yi Mu,Jennifer Ahern +12 more
TL;DR: The specific factors that underlie the association between census tract-level socioeconomic measures and MRSA incidence, which may include modifiable social and biological factors, should be elucidated to define strategies for reducing racial disparities in community-associated MRSA rates.
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Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization after introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for US adults 65 years of age and older, 2015-2016.
Jennifer Milucky,Maria de Gloria Carvalho,Nadine Rouphael,Nancy M. Bennett,H. Keipp Talbot,Lee H. Harrison,Monica M. Farley,Monica M. Farley,Jeremy D. Walston,Fabiana Cristina Pimenta,Fernanda C. Lessa,Mary Bower,Nina N. McNair,Nina N. McNair,Sabrina R Williams,Emily Presmanes,Amy Tunali,Stephanie Thomas,Rosemary Hollick,Jacqueline M. Langdon,Amir Salar Sepehri,Anna Sharova +21 more
TL;DR: Pneumococcal carriage among non-institutionalized adults ≥65 years of age was very low, and given the low vaccine-type carriage rates observed in an already high PCV13 adult coverage setting, it is difficult to attribute the findings to the direct versus indirect effects ofPCV13 on adult carriage.
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Evaluating Household Transmission of Invasive Group A Streptococcus Disease in the United States Using Population-based Surveillance Data, 2013–2016
Tolulope Adebanjo,Mirasol Apostol,Nisha B Alden,Susan Petit,Amy Tunali,Salina Torres,Rosemary Hollick,Austin Bell,Alison Muse,Tasha Poissant,William Schaffner,Chris A. Van Beneden +11 more
TL;DR: Using population-based surveillance data, secondary invasive group A Streptococcus (iGAS) disease risk among household contacts was quantified and disease risk in the 30 days post-exposure to an index case-patient was highest among individuals aged ≥65 years.