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Shannon A. Ross
Researcher at University of Alabama at Birmingham
Publications - 43
Citations - 2831
Shannon A. Ross is an academic researcher from University of Alabama at Birmingham. The author has contributed to research in topics: Congenital cytomegalovirus infection & Hearing loss. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 39 publications receiving 2428 citations.
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Saliva Polymerase-Chain-Reaction Assay for Cytomegalovirus Screening in Newborns
Suresh B. Boppana,Shannon A. Ross,Masako Shimamura,April Palmer,Amina Ahmed,Marian G. Michaels,Pablo J. Sánchez,David I. Bernstein,Robert W. Tolan,Zdenek Novak,Nazma Chowdhury,William J. Britt,Karen B. Fowler +12 more
TL;DR: Real-time PCR assays of both liquid- and dried-saliva specimens showed high sensitivity and specificity for detecting CMV infection and should be considered potential screening tools for CMV in newborns.
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Dried Blood Spot Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays to Screen Newborns for Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection
Suresh B. Boppana,Shannon A. Ross,Zdenek Novak,Masako Shimamura,Robert W. Tolan,April Palmer,Amina Ahmed,Marian G. Michaels,Pablo J. Sánchez,David I. Bernstein,William J. Britt,Karen B. Fowler,Hearing Multicenter Screening (Chimes) Study +12 more
TL;DR: Among newborns, CMV testing with DBS real-time PCR compared with saliva rapid culture had low sensitivity, limiting its value as a screening test.
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Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection: Clinical Outcome
TL;DR: The vast majority of infants with congenital CMV infection have no clinical findings at birth (asymptomatic infants), and about 10%-15% of these children develop long-term sequelae, and it is important that future studies address this issue.
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Hearing loss in children with congenital cytomegalovirus infection born to mothers with preexisting immunity.
Shannon A. Ross,Karen B. Fowler,Guha Ashrith,Sergio Stagno,William J. Britt,Robert F. Pass,Suresh B. Boppana +6 more
TL;DR: Maternal preexisting seroimmunity to CMV does not provide complete protection against hearing loss in infants with congenital CMV infection.
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Congenital cytomegalovirus infection: outcome and diagnosis
TL;DR: Newer molecular diagnostic methods to diagnose congenitalCMV infection, including the nucleic acid amplification of viral DNA from the peripheral blood of infants, are being investigated, and the preliminary results show promise, but more work must be done to standardize and validate these methods before they can be used routinely in establishing the diagnosis of congenital CMV infection.