Supporting Agencies
Projects & Publications
Projects
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Project I -- Exposure: Detection, Fate and Transport of Agents
Charles P. Gerba, University of Arizona -
Project II -- Infectious Disease Models for Assessing Microbial Risks and Developing Control Strategies
Joseph N.S. Eisenberg, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor -
Project III -- Dose Response Assessment
Charles N. Haas, Drexel -
Project IV -- The Assessment-analysis Interface
Patrick Gurian, Drexel -
Project V -- Knowledge Management, Transfer, and Learning
Rosina Weber, Drexel
Recent Publications
- Herzog A. B., S. D. McLennan, A. K. Pandey, C. P. Gerba, C. N. Haas, J. B. Rose, S. A. Hashsham . 2009. Implications of Limits of Detection of Various Methods for Bacillus anthracis in Computing Risks to Human Health. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75(3): 6331-6339.
- Nicas, M. and Jones, R.L. 2009. Relative Contributions of Four Exposure Pathways to Influenza Infection Risk. Risk Analysis 29(9): 1292-1303.
- Ryan, G. G. Sinclair, C. Y. Choi, M. R. Riley and C. P. Gerba. 2009. Pathogen surveillance through monitoring of sewer systems. Adv. Appl. Microbiol. 65:249-269.
- Jones, R.M., Y. Masago, T. A. Bartrand, C. N. Haas, M. Nicas, and J. Rose. 2009. Characterizing the Risk of Infection from Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Commercial Passenger Aircraft using Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment. Risk Analysis (In press).
Earlier Publications
(Peer reviewed journals)
- Sinclair, R., S. A. Boone, D. Greenberg, P. Keim, and C. P. Gerba. 2008. Persistence of Category A select agents in the environment. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74:555-563. Publisher's Site
- Romero-Gomez, P., C. K. Ho, and C. Y. Choi. 2008. Mixing at Cross Junctions in Water Distribution Systems – Part I. A Numerical Study. ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management134(3):284-294. Abstract | Publisher's Site
- Austin, R. G., B. van Bloemen Waanders, S. McKenna and C. Y. Choi. 2008. Mixing at Cross Junctions in Water Distribution Systems – Part II. An Experimental Study. ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 134(3):295-302. Abstract | Publisher's Site
- Masago, Y., T. Shibata, and J. B. Rose. 2008. Bacteriophage P22 and Staphylococcus aureus Attenuation on Nonporous Fomites as Determined by Plate Assay and Quantitative PCR. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74(18):5838-5840. Abstract | Publisher's Site
- Bartrand, T. A., M. H. Weir, and C. N. Haas. 2008. Dose-Response Models for Inhalation of Bacillus anthracis Spores: Interspecies Comparisions. Risk Analysis 28(4):1115-1124. Abstract | Publisher's Site
- Tamrakar, S.B. and C. N. Haas. 2008. Dose-Response Model for Lassa Virus. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 14(4): 742-752. Abstract | Publisher's Site
- Tamrakar, S.B. and C. N. Haas. 2008. Dose-Response Model for Burkholderia pseudomallei (melioidosis). Journal of Applied Microbiology 105(5):1361-1371. Abstract | Publisher's Site
- Casman, E. A. and B. Fischhoff. 2008. Risk Communication Planning for the Aftermath of a Plague Bioattack. Risk Analysis 28(5): 1327-1342. Abstract | Publisher's Site
- Choi, C. Y., I. Song, and P. Romero-Gomez. Solute Transport in a Pressurized Pipe Network with Multiple Cross Junctions. ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (Currently under Review).
- Pujoli, J. M., J. E. Eisenberg, C. N. Haas, and J. S. Koopman. The Effect of Ongoing Exposure Dynamics in Dose Response Relationships. PLoS Computational Biology (Currently under Review).
- Eisenberg, J. E. A Dynamic Dose-Response Model for Modelling Infection Transmission. Journal of the Royal Society Interface (Currently under Review).
- Li, S. Dynamics and Control of Infections Transmitted from Person to Person Through the Environment. American Journal of Epidemiology (Currently under Review).
- Weir, M. H. and C. N. Haas. Quantification of the Effects of Age on the Dose Response of Variola major in Suckling Mice. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (Currently under Review).
- Huang, Y., T. A. Bartrand, and C. N. Haas. Incorporating time post inoculation into a dose response model for Yersinia pestis in mice. Journal of Applied Microbiology (Currently under Review).
- Huang, Y. and C. N. Haas. Time-to-dose-response Models for Microbial Risk Assessment. Risk Analysis (Currently under Review).
- Huang, Y., T. Hong, T. Bartrand, P. L. Gurian, C. N. Haas, R. Liu, and S. Tamrakar. How Sensitive is Safe? Risk-based Targets for Ambient Monitoring of Pathogens. IEEE Sensors Journal (Currently under Review).
- Durham, D. and E. Casman. Threshold Conditions for Bubonic Plague Persistence in Urban Rats. PNAS (Currently under Review).
(Peer Reviewed Proceedings)
- Weber, R. O., S. Gunawardena, and C. MacDonald. 2008. Horizontal Case Representation. In: Advances in Case-Based Reasoning: Proceedings of the European Conference on Case-Based Reasoning. Althoff, K.-D., R. Bergmann, M. Minor, and A. Hanft, eds. pp. 548-561. Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg. Abstract | Publisher's Site
- Weber, R. O. and S. Gunawardena. 2008. Designing Multifunctional Knowledge Management Systems. Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-41):368-377. Abstract | Publisher's Site
- Weber, R. O., S. Gunawardena, and G. Abraham 2008. Representing and Retrieving Knowledge Artifacts. In: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Practical Aspects of Knowledge Management (PAKM). T. Yamagchi ed. pp. 86-97. Springer-Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg (In press).
(Book Chapters)
- Pepper, I. L., C. Y. Choi, and C. P. Gerba. Microorganisms and bioterrorism. In: Environmental Microbiology. R. M. Maier, I. L. Pepper and C. P. Gerba, eds. pp. 565-574. Academic Press, San Diego.
(Theses / Dissertations)
- Henley, J. B. 2008. Thesis for Master of Science. Determining the Inactivation Rates of Viruses on Indoor Surfaces. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, University of Arizona.
- Jones, R. M. 2008. Dissertation for Doctor of Philosophy. Experimental Evaluation of a Markov Model of Contamination Transport in Indoor Experiments with Application to Tuberculosis Transmission in Commercial Passenger Aircraft. School of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley.
(Un-refereed documents)
- Masago, Y, Jones, R, Bartrand, TA, Haas, CN, Rose, JB. 2008. Estimates of risk associated with a tuberculosis patient and air travel. CAMRA TB Alert Report.
- Rose, J. B., C. N. Haas, P. L. Gurian, and J. S. Koopman. 2008. Instruction manual for quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA). CAMRA 3rd QMRA Summer Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
- Herzog, A., C. Rodriguez, K. Enger, M. Milbrath, O. Bucher, P. Okelo, S. Luster-Teasley, and Y. Huang. 2008. Risk Assessment on Anthrax release in IRS Building. Group A Case Study: CAMRA 3rd QMRA Summer Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
- Pandey, A., W. Betacourt, A. Baynton, A. Wright, K. Bush, S. Khan, K. Shaw, A. Coulliette. 2008. Adventure Vacations: Leaving Norovirus at the Dock: A QMRA Assessment of Norovirus Outbreaks on Houseboats. Group B Case Study: CAMRA 3rd QMRA Summer Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
- Mendoza-Sanchez, I., F. Simmons, C. O’Donnell, M. Sato, A. Rajić, B. Mayer, A. Jenkins, J. B. Rose, and G. Medema. Tularemia in Water: A Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment. Group C Case Study: CAMRA 3rd QMRA Summer Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
- Gurian, P., I. Young, M. T. Pepe Razzolini, R. Johnson, B. Schmidt, C. Flemming, T. Hong, and A. Smith. Risk Assessment for H5N1 Influenza A: Border Inspection of Smuggled Goods Exposure. Group D Case Study: CAMRA 3rd QMRA Summer Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
For earlier publications, see our Annual Reports:
- Rose, J.B., Haas, C.N., Shibata, T. (2006) Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment Annual Report. Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment.
- Rose, J.B., Haas, C.N., Shibata, T. (2007) Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment Annual Report. Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment.
- Rose, J.B., Haas, C.N., McLennan, S.D. (2008) Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment Annual Report. Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment.