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Luis Lowe
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 34
Citations - 5727
Luis Lowe is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Measles & Measles virus. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 34 publications receiving 5270 citations. Previous affiliations of Luis Lowe include National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
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Characterization of a novel coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome.
Paul A. Rota,M. Steven Oberste,Stephan S. Monroe,W. Allan Nix,Ray Campagnoli,Joseph P. Icenogle,Silvia Peñaranda,Bettina Bankamp,Kaija Maher,Min hsin Chen,Suxiong Tong,Azaibi Tamin,Luis Lowe,Michael Frace,Joseph L. DeRisi,Qi Chen,David Wang,Dean D. Erdman,Teresa C. T. Peret,Cara C. Burns,Thomas G. Ksiazek,Pierre E. Rollin,Anthony Sanchez,Stephanie L. Liffick,Brian P. Holloway,Josef Limor,Karen A. McCaustland,Mellissa Olsen-Rasmussen,Ron A. M. Fouchier,Stephan Günther,Albert Osterhaus,Christian Drosten,Mark A. Pallansch,Larry J. Anderson,William J. Bellini +34 more
TL;DR: Phylogenetic analyses and sequence comparisons showed that SARS-CoV is not closelyrelated to any of the previouslycharacterized coronaviruses.
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Nipah virus-associated encephalitis outbreak, Siliguri, India.
Mandeep S. Chadha,James A. Comer,Luis Lowe,Paul A. Rota,Pierre E. Rollin,William J. Bellini,Thomas G. Ksiazek,Akhilesh C. Mishra +7 more
TL;DR: Nipah virus, not previously detected in India, caused an outbreak of febrile encephalitis in West Bengal, leading to an investigation into how the virus spread in the state.
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Person-to-Person Transmission of Nipah Virus in a Bangladeshi Community
Emily S. Gurley,Joel M. Montgomery,M. Jahangir Hossain,Michael Bell,Abul Kalam al Azad,M. R. Islam,Mohammed Abdur Rahim Molla,Darin S. Carroll,Thomas G. Ksiazek,Paul A. Rota,Luis Lowe,James A. Comer,Pierre E. Rollin,Markus Czub,Markus Czub,Allen Grolla,Heinz Feldmann,Heinz Feldmann,Stephen P. Luby,Stephen P. Luby,Jennifer L. Woodward,Robert F. Breiman,Robert F. Breiman +22 more
TL;DR: Transmission of this virus highlights the need for infection control strategies for resource-poor settings and calls for increased awareness of infection control measures in these settings.
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Real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay for SARS-associated coronavirus.
Shannon L. Emery,Dean D. Erdman,Michael D. Bowen,Bruce R. Newton,Jonas M. Winchell,Richard F. Meyer,Suxiang Tong,Byron T. Cook,Brian P. Holloway,Karen A. McCaustland,Paul A. Rota,Bettina Bankamp,Luis Lowe,Thomas G. Ksiazek,William J. Bellini,Larry J. Anderson +15 more
TL;DR: A real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay was developed to rapidly detect the severe acute respiratory syndrome–associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and proved suitable to detect SARS- coV in clinical specimens.
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Implications of a 2005 Measles Outbreak in Indiana for Sustained Elimination of Measles in the United States
Amy A. Parker,Wayne Staggs,Gustavo H. Dayan,Ismael R. Ortega-Sanchez,Paul A. Rota,Luis Lowe,Patricia Boardman,Robert Teclaw,Charlene Graves,Charles W. LeBaron +9 more
TL;DR: In 2005, a 17-year-old unvaccinated girl who was incubating measles returned from Romania, creating the largest documented outbreak of measles in the United States since 1996 as discussed by the authors.