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ABSTRACTS PRESENTED AT MEETINGS JULY 1, 2011 – JUNE 30, 2012

Abdullahi A, Card CM, Ball TB, Kimani J, Fowke KR. Investigation of Immune Quiescence: Assessing the role of regulatory T cells in HIV-Exposed Sero-negative (HESN) subjects (abstract). CAHR Conference 2012. April 2012. Montreal, Canada.

Abdullahi A, Card CM, Ball TB, Kimani J, Fowke KR. Investigation of Immune Quiescence: Assessing the role of regulatory T cells in HIV-Exposed Sero-negative (HESN) subjects. Manitoba Health Research Poster Competition. June 2012. Winnipeg, Canada.

Adam HJ, DeCorby M, Laing NM, Nichol KA, Wierzbowski AK, Martin I, Gilmour M, Demczuk W, Hoban DJ and Zhanel GG. Good coverage of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae expected for the 13-valent Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-13) in Canada. Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases of Canada (AMMI), Montreal, Quebec, 2011.

Adam HJ, Nichol KA, Wierzbowski AK, Laing NM, Martin I, Gilmour M, Demczuk W, Hoban DJ, Zhanel GG. The 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Provides Excellent Coverage of Multidrug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Canada. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011.

Adam HJ, Wierzbowski AK, Karlowsky JA, Hoban DJ, Zhanel GG. In vitro Activities of Ceftaroline against Streptococcus pneumoniae Collected from Across Canada: CANWARD 2009-2010. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011.

Adam, H. J., A. Onio, K. A. Nichol, D. Boyd, L. Mataseje, M. R. Mulvey, D. J. Hoban, G. G. Zhanel. Prevalence and Epidemiologic Analysis of hVISA in Canada: CANWARD 2007 – 2010. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2011. Chicago, IL. September 17-20, 2011.

Al-Dorzi HM, Tamim H, Bouchama A, Kumar A, Arabi YM. Presentation and outcome of diabetic patients admitted with septic shock. ATS 2012.

Alfa M, Rendina A, Swidinsky D, Karlowsky JA, Manickam K. Standardization of the follow-up testing of patients with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis. Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Canada- Canadian Association of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (AMMI Canada-CACMID) Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 2012.

Alfa MJ, Lagacé-Wiens P, Adam HJ, Karlowsky JK, Miller C, Webb A, Pang P, Manickam K, Walkty A. Intergration of the Bruker MALDI BioTyper as a Rapid Method for the Identification of Uropathogens Detected on the Routine Urine Bench. C5. Presented at the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases/Canadian Association of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Conference in Vancouver, Canada, May 3 – 5, 2012.

Alfa MJ, Lagacé-Wiens P, Adam HJ, Karlowsky JK, Pang P, Guenther J, Webb A, Miller C. Evaluation of the Bruker SepsiTyper™ Kit and Bruker MALDI BioTyper for the Direct Identification of Organisms for Positive Blood Cultures. FP41. Presented at the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases/Canadian Association of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Conference in Vancouver, Canada, May 3 – 5, 2012.

Alfa MJ, Lagacé-Wiens P, Pang P, Webb A, Guenther J, Miller C, Adam HJ, Karlowsky JK. Impact of the Bruker MALDI BioTyper on the Anaerobic Bench Protocol in Diagnostic Microbiology. C4. Presented at the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases/Canadian Association of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Conference in Vancouver, Canada, May 3 – 5, 2012.

Alimenti A, Singer J, Samson L, Lee T, Bitnum A, Money D, Brophy J, Lapointe N, Canadian Pediatric and Perinatal HIV/AIDS Research Group (CPARG, J Embree member). Canadian perinatal HIV surveillance program (CPHSP): Perinatal HIV transmission, treatment in pregnancy and demographics in Canada. 21st Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research, Montreal, Quebec, April 19-22, 2012. Alimonti J. CRTI S&T Summer Symposium, Ottawa, Ontario. June 14, 2012.

Alkurdi N, Kumar A, Ariano R, Zelenitsky S, Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database Research Group. Investigating ceftobiprole (Cef) alone and in combination with daptomycin (Dap), linezolid (Lin) and vancomycin (Van) against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in an in vitro infection model. ICAAC 2011.

Andonov, A. Incidence and risk factors for Newly Acquired (Acute) Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Aboriginal versus non-Aboriginal Canadians in Eight Health Regions, Canada, 2004-2009; 7th World Alliance for Risk Factor Surveillance (WARFS) Global Conference in Toronto, 2011.

Andonov, A. SCREENING FOR X/P-MLV RELATED VIRUS SEQUENCES IN CANADIAN PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS. 21st Regional Congress of ISBT, Europe, Lisbon, 2011.

Antonishyn N, Bastein N, Godson D, Han T, Li Y, Levett P, and Horsman G (2011). Evaluation of RT-PCR/ESI-MS for the Detection and Characterization of Influenza. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, Illinois, USA (September 17 – 20, 2011).

Ao Z-J, K. Danappa Jayappa, B-c Wang, Y-F Zheng, X-x Wang, J-Y-Peng, and X-j Yao. Contribution of host nucleoporin 62 in HIV-1 Integrase chromatin association and Viral DNA Integration. 21th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research. Montreal, Canada, April 19-22, 2012.

Ao Z-J., Danappa Jayappa, B-c Wang, and X-j Yao. Nucleoporin 62 Interacts with HIV-1 Integrase and Contributes to Viral Integration. The 6th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2011), Rome, Italy. July 17-20, 2011.

Ariano RE, Zelenitsky SA, Kumar A, Baxter M, Adam H, Karlowsky JA, Hoban DJ, Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Alliance (CARA), Zhanel GG. Antimicrobial resistance in 4105 pathogens from Canadian hospital intensive care units (ICU): CANWARD database 2007-2010. ICAAC 2011.

Aschbacher, R., D. Blanc, G. Coombs, G. Daikos, B. Dhawan, J. Empel, J. Etienne, A. Figueiredo, L. Hoang, J. Ishii, H. Kim, R. Koeck, A. Larsen, F. Layer, Q. Li, Y. Lo, M. Mulvey, G. Golding & CNISP, A. Pantosti, T. Saga, J. Schrenzel, A. Simor, R. Skov, S. Tsiodras, M. van Rijen, H. Wang, Z. Zakaria, S. Harbarth, for the Global PVL+MRSA Survey, Geneva (Switzerland). Global survey of antibiotic susceptibility and molecular epidemiology of Panton Valentine (PVL) positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2011. Chicago, IL. September 17-20, 2011.

Avery L, Du Plessis E, Thompson L, Shaw S, Becker M. Factors influencing pandemic H1N1 vaccination upatek among pregnant women in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ( ID # 1662300). Congress of the Federation of International Gynecologists and Obstetricians, Rome, Italy, Oct 5-12, 2012.

Badal R, Bouchillon S, Hoban D, Hackel M. Comparative in vitro activity of amoxicillin/clavulanate against aerobic gram-negative pathogens in Spain – SMART 2005-2010. 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), London, UK, March 31-April 3, 2012.

Badal R, Hackel M, Bouchillon S, Johnson B, Hoban D, Hawser S, Dowzicky M. Activity of tigecycline and comparators against aerobic intra-abdominal pathogens in Asia/Pacific: 2004-2011. 15th International Congress on Infectious Diseases (ICID), Bangkok, Thailand, June 13-16, 2012.

Badal R, Hackel M, Lascols C, Bouchillon S, Hoban D. Cephalosporin Susceptibility Levels of Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase Genotypes in Latin America. Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, October 20-23, 2011.

Badal R, Hoban D, Bouchillon S, Hackel M, Hawser S, Saad M. Comparison of Susceptibility Trends of E. coli from Intra-Abdominal Infections in High- vs. Low-to-Middle Income Countries: SMART 2005-2009. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011.

Badal R, Hoban D, Bouchillon S, Hawser S, Johnson A, Hackel M. Acinetobacter baumannii Susceptibility: Global and Regional Analysis from SMART 2002-present. International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISAAR), Denmark, August 24-26, 2011.

Badal R, Hoban D, Bouchillon S, Hawser S, Johnson J, Hackel M. Klebsiella pneumoniae from Intra-abdominal Infections in Asia/Pacific in 2009-2010: Susceptibility and Incidence of ESBL Phenotypes. International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISAAR), Denmark, August 24-26, 2011.

Badal R, Lascols C, Hackel M, Bouchillon S, Hoban D, Johnson A, Hawser S. Characterization of ß-lactamases in 420 Enterobacteriaceae in Asia/Pacific with ertapenem MICs ≥0.25. 15th International Congress on Infectious Diseases (ICID), Bangkok, Thailand, June 13-16, 2012.

Badal R, Lascols C, Hackel M, Hoban D. Molecular Characterization of Beta-Lactamases of Enterobacteriaceae with Ertapenem MIC >0.25, and Impact of New CLSI Carbapenem Breakpoints. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011.

Badal R, Lob S, Bouchillon S, Hawser S, Hoban D, Hackel M. Susceptibility of intra-abdominal pathogens in Europe, Africa and the Middle East – SMART 2010-2011. 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), London, UK, March 31-April 3, 2012.

Badal R, Lob S, Bouchillon S, Hoban D, Hawser S, Johnson J, Hackel M. Susceptibility of intra-abdominal pathogens and occurrence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producers in 13 European countries – the SMART study 2010-2011. 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), London, UK, March 31-April 3, 2012.

Badal R, Lob S, Bouchillon S, Hoban D, Johnson A, Hackel M, Lascols C. Molecular characterization of ß- lactamases of Enterobacteriaceae in Europe – Smart 2008-2009. 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), London, UK, March 31-April 3, 2012.

Badal R, Lob S, Bouchillon S, Hoban D, Johnson A, Hackel M. Global trends in frequency and susceptibility of extended spectrum beta-lactamase positive E. coli, K. pneumoniae, and K. oxytoca isolated from intra-abdominal infections since 2005 – the SMART study. 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), London, UK, March 31-April 3, 2012.

Badal R, Lob S, Hackel M, Bouchillon S, Hoban D, Armstrong E. In vitro Activity of ACHN-490 Against Recent Respiratory Tract Pathogens. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011.

Badal R, Lob S, Hoban D, Bouchillon S, Johnson A, Hackel M. Trends in Levofloxacin and Ciprofloxacin Resistance Rates in E. coli from Intra-abdominal Infections in Asia/Pacific – SMART 2005 to the Present. International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISAAR), Denmark, August 24-26, 2011.

Banandur P, Becker ML, Garady L, Yallappa A, Isaac S, Potty RS, Washington RG, Blanchard JF, Moses S, Banadakoppa RM. Factors affecting quality of life of people living with HIV in Karnataka, India [Abstract P5- S6.36]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Banandur P, Mahajan U, Rajaram S, Isac S, Duchesne T, Abdous B, Ramesh BM, Moses S, Alary M. Assessment of the population-level impact of Avahan in Karnataka state, India, using multilevel statistical modelling techniques [Abstract O41]. World Congress of Sexually Transmitted Infections and AIDS/12th International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI) World Congress, New Delhi, India, November 2-5, 2011. Banandur P, Potty RS, Mahagaonkar SB, Bradley J, Banadakoppa RM, Washington RG, Blanchard JF, Moses S, Lowndes CM, Alary M. Heterogeneity of the HIV epidemic in the general population of Karnataka State, India [Abstract P1-S1.13]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Bastien N, Brant K, Levett PN, Horsman GB, and Li Y. (2011). Detection of Emerging Respiratory Viruses in Saskatchewan, Canada: a 7 year study. 30th Annual meeting of American Society for Virology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (July 16-20, 2011).

Baxter, M., H. J. Adam, M. McCracken, M. R. Mulvey, J. A. Karlowsky, P. Lagacé-Wiens, A. Walkty, D. J. Hoban, and G. G. Zhanel. Antimicrobial Resistance in Pathogens Isolated from Canadian Hospital Clinics, Emergency Rooms, Medical/Surgical Wards and Intensive Care Units: Results of the CANWARD 2011 Study. The Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectiours Diseases (CACMID-AMMI). Vancouver, BC. May 3-5, 2012.

Becker M, Shastry S, Batterchee P, Avery L, Halli S, Blanchard JF. The intersection between sex work and reproductive health in Karnataka, south India (ID 3 1360234). Congress of the Federation of International Gynecologists and Obstetricians, Rome, Italy, Oct 5-12, 2012.

Becker Marissa, Laura Thompson, Natalie Bridger, Carla Pindera, Yoav Keynan, Jared Bullard, Paul Van Caeseele, and Ken Kasper. Point of Care HIV Testing in a Tertiary Care Emergency Department in Winnipeg, Canada. Oral presentation at the 21st Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR April 2012).

Becker ML, Thompson LH, Pindera C, Bridger N, Lopez C, Keynan Y, Bullard J, Van Caseeele P, Kasper K. HIV POCT in the ER: an unmet need. Oral presentation. CAHR April 19-22, 2012. Montreal, Canada.

Bell C.P., M. Ormond, C. Jalloh, J. Mignone, J. L. Wylie, K. R Fowke. 2012. Solvent use and HIV in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Canadian Association of HIV Researchers CAHR 2012, April 19-22, 2012, Montreal, QC.

Bernard, K., A. L. Pacheco, T. Burdz, D. Wiebe. 2012. Characterization of Urease-producing strains of Corynebacterium propinquum. In 112th Annual General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, San Francisco, CA. June 18, 2012 poster 1285.

Bernard, K., A. L. Pacheco, T.Burdz, D. Wiebe. 2012. Legionella…or not Legionella…that is the question [a study of 2 Tepidimonas strains] AMMI - CACMID 2012 (80th) Annual Meeting, May 3-5, 2012 Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, Vancouver, BC oral presentation.

Bernstein M, Graff L, Tjergovnik L, Bernstein C, Avery L. The relationship of gastrointestinal symptoms and menses in women with IBD. ( poster # 1288804), Association of Gastroenterologists of America, Digestive Diseases Week, San Diego, California, May 19-22, 2012.

Bhowmik A, Krishnaurthy K, Mony P, Avery L, Moses S, Blanchard JF, Ramesh BM. Quality fo postpartum care in the community: assessment from rural areas of northern Karnataka, India (ID # 1224670). Congress of the Federation of International Gynecologists and Obstetricians, Rome, Italy, Oct 5-12, 2012.

Bielawny Tomasz M, Francis A Plummer, Ma Luo. 2011 Characterization of HLA-A *0101 and HLA-B* 0702 Epitopes in HIV-1 Nef using the iTopia epitope Discovery System. The 37th annual meeting of American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. Oct. 17-21st, 2011 New Orleans, USA.

Booth SA, Manguiat, S. Medina, B. Abrenica, Y. Niu & A. Majer. Decoding pre-clinical genomic programs in prion disease reveals in vivo evidence for the early induction of NMDA receptor-mediated signaling. Prion2012, Amsterdam.

Booth, T.F., Beniac, D. R., Melito, P.L., deVarennes, S.L., Hiebert, S. L., Rabb, M.J., Lamboo, L.L and Jones, S. M. Ebola virus spike protein structure determined in situ by cryo-electron microscopy: implications for cell attachment and entry. Keystone Symposium on the Cell Biology of Virus Entry, Replication and Pathogenesis, Whistler Conference Centre, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, March 26 - 31, 2012.

Booth, T.F., Beniac, D. R., Melito, P.L., deVarennes, S.L., Hiebert, S. L., Rabb, M.J., Lamboo, L.L and Jones, S. M. Three-dimensional structure of Ebola virus determined by cryo-electron microscopy and cryo-electron tomography. Keystone Symposium on Structural Biology of Cellular Processes: From Atoms to Cells, Keystone, CO., January 22-27, 2012.

Bouchillon S, Badal R, Hackel M, Hoban D. Intra-Abdominal Pathogens from General Pediatric Wards and Pediatric ICUs: Etiology, ESBL Rate, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility – SMART 2008-2010. Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, October 20-23, 2011.

Bouchillon S, Badal R, Johnson A, Hackel M, Hoban D. Epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of pathogens isolated from infections of the gall bladder – SMART 2002-2011. 32nd Surgical Infection Society (SIS) Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, April 18-21, 2012.

Bouchillon S, Hackel M, Badal R, Hoban D, Johnson B, Dowzicky M. Tigecycline activity in Europe: A comparative analysis by country 2009-2010. 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), London, UK, March 31-April 3, 2012.

Bouchillon S, Hackel M, Badal R, Hoban D, Renteria M. In vitro activity of tigecycline and comparators against carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) from respiratory sources – TEST data 2004-2010. American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 18-23, 2012.

Bouchillon S, Hackel M, Hawser S, Johnson B, Hoban D, Dowzicky M. Trends in E. coli and K. pneumoniae ESBL Rates in Urinary Tract Infections – TEST 2004-2010. Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, October 20-23, 2011.

Bouchillon S, Hackel M, Hawser S, Johnson B, Hoban D, Dowzicky M. Macrolide Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States and Canada – TEST 2008-2010. Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, October 20-23, 2011.

Bouchillon S, Hackel M, Hawser S, Johnson B, Hoban D, Dowzicky M. In vitro Evaluation of Tigecycline against Drug-Resistant Enterococci and Staphylococcus aureus in North America – TEST 2007-2010. Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, October 20-23, 2011.

Bouchillon S, Hackel M, Hawser S, Johnson B, Hoban D, Dowzicky M. Tigecycline in vitro Activity against Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Producers in Latin America – TEST 2008-2010. Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, October 20-23, 2011.

Bouchillon S, Hackel M, Hoban D, Badal R, Hawser S, Dowzicky M. In vitro activity of tigecycline against commonly-isolated pathogens of skin and skin structure infections in Europe – TEST 2009-2010. 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), London, UK, March 31-April 3, 2012.

Bouchillon S, Hackel M, Hoban D, Dowzicky M. Antibiogram profiles for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing respiratory pathogens: E. coli, K. oxytoca, and K. pneumoniae – TEST data 2006-2010. American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 18-23, 2012.

Bouchillon S, Hawser S, Badal R, Johnson J, Johnson B, Hackel M, Hoban D, Dowzicky M. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase production rates for E. coli, K. pneumoniae and K. oxytoca in 10 Asian countries – TEST program from 2004-2011. 15th International Congress on Infectious Diseases (ICID), Bangkok, Thailand, June 13-16, 2012.

Bouchillon SK, Hackel M, Hoban DJ, Hawser SP, Scangarella-Oman NE. GSK2251052, A Novel Boron-Containing Protein Synthesis Inhibitor, with Comparative In Vitro Activity Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa from a Global Population. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011.

Bouchillon SK, Hackel M, Johnson B, Hoban D, Dowzicky M. Tigecycline in vitro activity against vancomycin- resistant Enterococci and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in critical care units. American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 18-23, 2012.

Bouchillon SK, Hawser SP, Zampaloni C, Hackel MA, Johnson BJ, Hoban DJ, Dowzicky M. In vitro activity of tigecycline against Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States – TEST study 2009-2010. 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), London, UK, March 31-April 3, 2012.

Bouchillon SK, Hoban DJ, Badal RE, Hackel MA, Dowzicky M. In vitro activity of tigecycline against vancomycin- resistant Enterococci in the United States Categorized by CDC regions – TEST 2007-2010. 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), London, UK, March 31-April 3, 2012.

Bouchillon, S, Hackel M, Johnson B, Badal R, Johnson J, Hawser S, Hoban D, Dowzicky M. Antibiotic susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Asia: 2008-2010. International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISAAR), Denmark, August 24-26, 2011.

Boutilier D, Larcombe L, Singer M, Whaley C, Nickerson P, and Orr P. 2011. Healthy Houses, Healthy communities: case study of a Manitoba First Nations community. Poster presentation at the 39th Annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology. Montreal, QC.

Boutot Julie H., Anders Leung, Tracy Taylor, Charlene Ranadheera, Darwyn Kobasa. Evaluting the effect of codon optimization of the hemagglutinin gene of H5N1 influenza virus in a DNA and viral vector vaccine platform. 30th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, July 16-20-, 2011.

Bow EJ, Cornely OA, Slavin M, Roden M, Biswas P, Schlamm H. Recategorisation of reasons for premature discontinuation of antifungal prophylaxis in the IMPROVIT study – focus on IFI related reasons. P862. Special Issue: Abstracts of the 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, London, United Kingdom, 31 March – 3 April 2012. Volume 18, Issue Supplement s3, p183.

Bow EJ, Vanness D, Cordonnier C, Cornely O, Marks D, Pagliuca A, Slavin M, Solano C, Cragin L, Shaul A, Sorenson S, Chambers R, Kantecki M, Weinstein D, Schlamm H. Primary prophylaxis of invasive fungal disease in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant recipients - a mixed treatment comparison of randomized clinical trials. O354. Final Programme of the 38th Annual Meeting of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT), Geneva, Switzerland, April 1-4, 2012, p85.

Bow EJ, Vanness DJ, Cordonnier C, Cornely OA, Marks DI, Pagliuca A, Slavin M, Solano C, Shaul A, Sorensen S, Cragin L, Chambers R, Kantecki M, Weinstein D, Schalmm H. Mixed treatment comparison of randomised clinical trials of primary antifungal prophylaxis in allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients – focus on invasive aspergillosis. P867. Special Issue: Abstracts of the 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, London, United Kingdom, 31 March – 3 April 2012. Volume 18, Issue Supplement s3, p185.

Bowler, L, N. Dil, T. Ball, and L. Saward. 2012. Pseudomonas aeruginosa releases a factor unique to the biofilm state that interacts with A549 lung epithelia. Prairie Infectious Immunology Network Conference.

Bowler, L., N. Dil, T. Ball, and L. Saward. 2012. An in vitro system has identified a factor released only by Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm and not planktonic bacteria that interacts with A549 lung epithelia and LL-37 pre-treatment of biofilms minimizes its effects. North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference.

Boyd, D., L. Mataseje, M. Graham, J. Grant, P. Mabon, D. Moore, D. Rosco, S. Tyler, G. Van Domselaar, M.Mulvey. Complete sequences of 3 IncA/C plasmids harbouring the NDM-1 metallo-beta-lactamase. Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2011. Chicago, IL. September 17-20, 2011. Bradley J, Rajaram S, Alary M, Isac S, Moses S, Ramesh BM. Determinants of condom breakage among female sex workers in Karnataka, India [Abstract P1-S2.03]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Bradley J, Rajaram S, Ramesh BM, Bhattacharjee P, Isac S, Lobo A, Moses S, Blanchard J, Washington R, Alary M. Community responses to an HIV epidemic in south India: knowledge, moral panic and cultural inertia [Abstract O2-S1.06]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Brassard P, Jiang Y, Severini A, Rebibo D, Mao Y (2011) Determinants of Human Papillomavirus Infection among Women in the Northwest Territories, Canada. 2011 International Papillomavirus Conference, Berlin, Germany, September 17-22.

Bucher Oliver, Carole Beaudoin, Joyce Wolfe, Meenu K Sharma. Describing the Molecular and Social Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in Manitoba: Challenges and Solutions. 2011 PHAC Research forum, Gatineau, QC.

Bullard Jared M.P., MD FRCPC, Melanie Baxter, MSc, Heather J. Adam, PhD, Daryl J. Hoban, PhD and George G. Zhanel, PhD. Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of Wound Isolates in Canada from 2007 to 2010: the CANWARD Surveillance Study. Poster presentation at IDSA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, USA (October 2011).

Burgener A., K. Mogk, G. Westmacott, F. Plummer, B. Ball, K. Broliden, K. Hasselrot. Salivary basic proline- rich proteins are elevated in HIV-exposed seronegative men who have sex with men. Oral presentation. CAHR, April 2012.

Burgener Adam, Klara Hasselrot, Syeda Rahman, Annelie Tjernlund, Kenzie Mogk, Kristina Broliden, Frank Plummer, Blake Ball. Using proteomics to understand why some individuals get infected with HIV and others do not: Studying mucosal innate responses of HIV-resistant individuals. Keystone HIV/AIDS conference, Keystone CO, March 2012.

Cabiles D, Brassard P, Griffith A, Jiang Y, Mao Y, Severini A (2011) HPV 16 and 18 variants in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women in the Northwest Territories, Canada. 2011 International Papillomavirus Conference, Berlin, Germany, September 17-22.

Campbell K, Becker M, Keynan Y, Kasper K. HIV Linkage and Care at a Tertiary Care outpatient Clinic on the Canadian Prairies. Poster Presentation. AIDS 2012 July 22-27, 2012. Washington, D.C.

Capina R., Tuff J., Daniuk C., La D., Czarnecki C., Bielawny T., Peters H., Kimani M., Wachihi C., Kimani J., Ball TB., Plummer FA. Luo M. Assessment of the feasibility of a different HIV vaccine approach. The 5th Vaccine and ISV Annual Global Congress, 2-4 October 2011, Seattle, USA.

Capina Rupert, Jeff Tuff, Christina Daniuk, David La, Chris Czarnecki, Thomas Bielawny, Harold Peters, Makubo Kimani, Charles Wachihi, Joshua Kimani, T. Blake Ball, and Francis A. Plummer, Ma Luo. 2011 Assessment of the feasibility of a different HIV vaccine approach. AIDS Vaccine 2011 2011 Sept. 11-15th, 2011, Bangkok, Thailand.

Chandran, A.U., S. Woosley, M. Cordoviz, J. Ahmed-Bentley, G. Tyrell, M. R. Mulvey, and A. M. Joffe. Investigation of an Enterobacter cloacae Outbreak in the Neonatal Intensive Care, April to May 2011. The Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectiours Diseases (CACMID-AMMI). Vancouver, BC. May 3-5, 2012.

Charles MK, M Lovgren, HJ Adam, J Fuller, G Tyrrell. Poor Correlation Between Broth Microdilution and E-test MICs for Beta-lactam Non-susceptible Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates. Presented at the AMMI Canada–CACMID Annual Conference 2012, Vancouver, BC. May 2012.

Chen, L. Q. Guo, and K. Duan. Antimicrobial discovery from traditional Chinese medicine targeting Microbial interaction. BIT 3red World DNA and Genome Conference, April 24-29, 2012, Xi’an, China. Chestley, T., S. Tohme, S. McCorrister, G. Westmacott, A. Severini and M. Carpenter. Hepatitis C Virus Potein- Host Protein Interactions: Do Viral Genotype Differences Exist? 18th International Conference on hepatitis C virus and related viruses. Seattle, WA, U.S.A., Sept 8-12, 2011.

Chintada DR, Pillai P, Mahadevapappa S, Mohammed P, Isac S, Ramesh BM, Ramappa V, Bhattacharjee P, Moses S. Support groups as a strategy for reducing HIV vulnerability among female sex workers in Bellary, northern Karnataka, India [Abstract P2-S2.01]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Chong, P., T. Lynch, S. McCorrister, G.Westmacott, M. Mulvey. The Effect of Ciprofloxacin on the Proteome of a Hypervirulent NAP1 Clostridium difficile Measured using iTRAQ and Label-free methods. 60th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics. Vancouver, BC. May 20 - 24, 2012.

Christianson Sara, Dylan Voth, Meenu Sharma, Joyce Wolfe. Association of mutations in the embCAB operon with ethambutol resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. IUATLD-NAR 2012. San Antonio Texas. Accepted.

Christianson Sara, Meenu K Sharma, Joyce Wolfe. Evaluation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex lineages in a Canadian Province. 2011 IUATLD. Lille, France. October 2011.

Christianson Sara, Meenu K. Sharma, Martha Ainsley, Joyce Wolfe. Simultaneous infection with a multi-drug resistant and pan-susceptible strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Manitoba patient. CACMID 2012: Vancouver May 3-5.

Christianson Sara, Meenu K. Sharma, William Grierson, Joyce Wolfe. Molecular detection of clarithromycin resistance in Mycobacterium avium. CACMID 2012: Vancouver May 3-5.

Congly, S., Wong, P., Al-Busafi, S., Fung, S.K., Ghali, P., Betel, M., Fonseca, K., Myers, R.P., Osiowy, C., and Coffin, C.S. (2011) Characterization of HBV Genotype Epidemiology and HBsAg Titres in Response to Anti-HBV Antiviral Therapy in Canadian Tertiary Referral Liver Centres. Hepatology 54(S1): [Presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. November 4-8, 2011, San Francisco, CA].

Crockett M, Avery L, Ramesh BM, Jayanna K, Moses S, Blanchard J. Assessment and management of children with severe diarrhea in Karnataka, India [Abstract 753679]. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting 2012, Boston Massachusetts, April 28-May 1, 2012.

Crockett M, C Hui, S Kuhn, L Ford-Jones, D Grondin, J Keystone, Travel-related illnesses among pediatric VFRs in Canada, ASTMH 60th Annual Meeting, Dec. 4 - 8, 2011, Philadelphia, PA, No. 968., American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, Dec 6, 2011.

Crockett M, P Njoroge, A Kihara, F Murila, L Avery, Ushirikiano: Building research capacity to improve Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health outcomes in Kenya and Canada, 2011 Global Health Conference: Advancing health equity in the 21st century, Nov. 13 - 15, 2011, Montreal, PQ, No. 44.010., Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Global Health Education Consortium, Canadian Society for International Health, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Nov 13, 2011.

Crockett Maryanne, C Hui, S Kuhn, L Ford-Jones, D Grondin, J Keystone, Travel-related illnesses among pediatric VFRs in Canada, Canadian Paediatric Society 89th Annual Conference, June 6-9, 2012. Abstract 27, Canadian Paediatric Society, London, Ontario, Canada, Jun 8, 2012.

Czarnecki C., La D., El-Gabalawy H., Kumar A., Meyers A., Bastien N., Simonsen N., Plummer FA., and Luo M. Analysis of HLA class I and class II antigens of ICU patients with severe illness resulting from the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. Keystone Symposium: Frontiers in HIV Pathogenesis, Therapy and Eradication, held jointly with the conference Cell Biology of Virus Entry, Replication and Pathogenesis, March 26-31, 2012. Whistler Conference Centre in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Czarnecki Chris, David La, Ashira Meyers, Francis A. Plummer, Hani El-Gabalawy, Kumar Anand, Ma Luo. 2011 Analysis of HLA class I and class II antigens of ICU patients with severe response to H1N1 infection in 2009 H1N1 pandemic: An Exploratory Study. International Conference & Exhibition Virology-2011, Sept. 5-7th, Baltimore, USA.

Daku, D., K. M. Schmalenberg, D. Thiry, R. Kitzul, R. R. McDonald, T. Du, M. R. Mulvey, P. N. Levett. Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Suspected Food Poisoning Cases in Saskatchewan, 2001- 2011. The Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectiours Diseases (CACMID-AMMI). Vancouver, BC. May 3-5, 2012.

Danappa Jayappa, K., Z-J Ao, and X-j Yao. The requirement of host dynein microtubule proteins for an efficient HIV-1 reverse transcription and viral replication. Manitoba Health Research Day, Winnipeg. June 12-14, 2012. (received the Gold Mandel in CIHR poster competition and the Award of Dean of graduate studies).

Daniuk CA, Capina R., Kimani J., Wachihi C., Kimani M., Ball TB., Plummer FA., and Luo M. A Systematic Analysis of HIV-1 Env Epitopes of Two HLA Class I Alleles Associated with Different Outcomes of HIV-1 Infection in the Pumwani Sex Worker Cohort. Keystone Symposium: Frontiers in HIV Pathogenesis, Therapy and Eradication, held jointly with the conference Cell Biology of Virus Entry, Replication and Pathogenesis, March 26- 31, 2012. Whistler Conference Centre in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

Dara SI, Arabi YM, Tamim HM, Rishu AH, Kumar A. Pneumonia as a cause of septic shock is not associated with worse outcomes compared to non-pneumonia causes. ATS 2012.

Dara SI, Arabi YM, Tamim HM, Rishu AH, Kumar A. Female Gender and Outcomes Among Patients Admitted With Septic Shock. ATS 2012.

DeCorby M, Adam H, Mataseje L, Mulvey MR, The Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Alliance (CARA) Karlowsky J, Lagace-Wiens, Walkty A, Hoban DJ and Zhanel GG. Antimicrobial resistance in pathogens isolated from Canadian hospitals clinics, emergency rooms, medical/surgical wards and intensive care units: Results of the CANWARD 2010 study. Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases of Canada (AMMI), Montreal, Quebec, 2011.

DeCorby MR, Adam HJ, Weshnoweski B, Vashisht R, McCracken M, Mulvey MR, Karlowsky JA, Hoban DJ, Zhanel GG. Antimicrobial resistance in pathogens isolated from Canadian hospital clinics, emergency rooms, medical/surgical wards, and intensive care units: results of the CANWARD 2011 study. Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Canada-Canadian Association of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (AMMI Canada-CACMID) Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 2012.

Deering K, Bhattacharjee P, Mohan HL, Bradley J, Shannon K, Boily MC, Ramesh BM, Isac S, Moses S, Blanchard J. Occupational and intimate partner violence and inconsistent condom use with clients among female sex workers in southern India [Abstract O2-S6.02]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Deering K, Bhattacharjee P, Washington R, Bradley J, Boily MC, Shaw S, Shannon K, Ramesh BM, Rajaram S, Moses S, Alary M. Condom use within intimate partnerships of female sex workers in southern India [Abstract P2-S2.12]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Deering K, Shoveller S, Pickles M, Shaw S, Moses S, Blanchard J, Washington R, Ramesh BM, Isac S, Boily MC. Variability in the numbers and types of sex partners of female sex workers and its impact on HIV prevalence in southern India. [Abstract O1-S08.06]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Dimitrova K, Andonova M, Makowski K, Holloway K, Levett P, Kadkhoda K, van Caeseele P, Drebot M. Preliminary evidence of Cache Valley virus infections and associated human illness in Western Canada in 2009. Poster 523 at December 2011 American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Philadelphia, PA. Abstracts of 60th ASTMH Annual Meeting.

Drebot M, K Holloway, K Makowski, K Dimitrova, M Andonova. The evaluation of a real-time RT-PCR assay for diagnosing orthobunyavirus infections in Canadian patients. AMMI Canada – CACMID, May 3-5, 2012. Vancouver, British Columbia.

Drebot M, Krecek RC, Wood H, Loftis A, Lee E, Robertson L, Dimitrova K, Makowski K, Dillon L, Dewailly E, Morrison K, Forde M. Zoonotic agent seroprevalence among islands in the Caribbean: Preliminary results from a Caribbean Eco-Health Program initiative. Caribbean Health Research Council, Grand Cayman, April 19-21, 2012.

Du Plessis E, Thompson L, Shaw S, Avery L. Pandemic H1N1 vaccination uptake among pregnant women in Winnipeg (W-OBS-MD-003). Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada 68th Annual Clinical Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, June 19-24, 2012.

Dureau J, Boily MC, Vickerman P, Pickles M, Isac S, Ramesh B, Verma S, Moses S, Alary M, Kalogeropoulos K. What has been the effect of the Avahan HIV intervention on condom use among female sex workers? Insights from a fully Bayesian inference methodology [Abstract P1-S6.06]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Eshaghi R, Li A, Patel S, Bastien N, Li Y, Low D, Gubbay J. (2012).In-vivo reassortment of influenza A pH1N1 and seasonal H3N2. The Ontario Public Health Convention (TOPHC) 2012, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (April 2-4, 2012).

Eshaghi R, Li A, Patel SN, Bastein N, Li Y, Low DE, and Gubbay JB (2011). Probable In-Vivo Reassortment of Influenza A pH1N1 and Seasonal H3N2. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, Illinois, USA (September 17 – 20, 2011).

Fanella S, Baxter M, Karlowsky J, Embree J, Hoban DJ, Zhanel GG. Characterization of Isolates Obtained from Pediatric Patients in Canadian Hospitals: Results from the CANWARD Study 2007-2010. Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, October 20-23, 2011.

Ferguson J, Regush L, Tan B, Skinner S. “High Rates of Perinatal HIV Transmission in Saskatchewan, Canada – Review and Identification of Barriers to Improve Outcomes.” 6th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention. Rome, Italy. July 17-20 2011.

Fernando DM, Tilley D, Ganeshanantham, Samis J, Zhanel GG and Kumar A. Genotypic and phenotypic analysis of clinical isolates of Acinetobacter spp. isolated from Canadian hospitals. Canadian Society of Microbiologists (CSM), St. John’s, Newfoundland, 2011.

Findlay, B., Schweizer, F., Zhanel, G.G. Title: Aminoglycoside phenolic conjugates: combining target-specific interactions with antimicrobial peptide-like membrane targeting. Gordon Research Conference, New antibacterial discovery & development, Barga. Italy.

Findlay, B., Schweizer, F., Zhanel, G.G. Title: Design, antimicrobial activity and comparison of cationic lipopeptides and lipopeptoids Canadian Chemistry Conference, Calgary May 30, 2012 (oral presentation).

Finley, R., M. R. Mulvey, R. Irwin, B. Avery, A. Deckert, D. Leger, A. Agunos, and the CIPARS Public Health Collaborative. The Ever Changing Antimicrobial Resistance Landscape in Canada: Results From the Canadian Integrated Program on Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS) in Canada. The Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectiours Diseases (CACMID-AMMI). Vancouver, BC. May 3-5, 2012.

Fuller J, Turnbull L, Shokoples S, Rennie R, Baxter M, Adam HJ, Hoban D, Zhanel GG. Antifungal susceptibility of invasive Candida isolates from Canadian hospitals: Results of the CANWARD 2011 study. AMMI Canada- CACMID Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, May 3-5, 2012. Fuller J, Turnbull L, Shokoples S. Rennie R, Baxter M, Adam H, Hoban DJ, Zhanel GG. Antifungal Susceptibility of Candida Blood Culture Isolates from Canadian Hospitals: Results of the CANWARD 2007 and 2010 Study. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011.

Funk D, Kethireddy S, Doucette S, Kumar A. Use of low dose (stress) corticosteroids in patients with septic shock. Crit Care Med 2011;39 (suppl): #289.

Gakii-Kimani G, Izulla P, Kimani J, Gelmon L; HIV prevention among female and male sex workers – Sex Worker Outreach Program (SWOP) Model; presented at the XVIth International Conference on AIDS/STDs in Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 2011; Abstract TUAD0801.

Ghrooda E, Alcock S, Jackson AC: Feedback alone resulted in significant improvements in door-to-needle times of rt-PA administration in acute ischemic stroke. Presented at the Canadian Stroke Congress in Ottawa, Ontario on October 3, 2011.

Giercke S, Wylie JL, Van Caeseele P, Gilmour M, Sitter D, Guttek C. Evaluation of a new chromogenic agar medium for detection of Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli. Presented at American Society for Microbiology, San Francisco, CA, May 2012.

Giles, E., Wu, H., Krajden, M., Andonov, A., Dudani, A., Wu, J., and Osiowy, C. (2011) Characterization of Acute and Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes in Canada. [Presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. November 4-8, 2011, San Francisco, CA].

Golding GR, Bryden L, Levett PN, McDonald RR, Wong A, Graham MR, Tyler S, van Domselaar G, Mabon P, Kent H, Butaye P, Smith T, Schwarz S, Kadlec K, Weese S, and Mulvey MR. Genomic characterization of “livestock- associated” ST398 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Canada. 2nd ASM-ESCMID conference on methicillin-resistant Staphylococci in animals: Veterinary and Public Health Implications. Sept 8-11, 2011, Washington, D.C.

Griffith A, Demczuk W, Martin I, Shane A, Tyrrell G, Gilmour MW and the Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network (CPHLN). Distribution of Invasive Pneumococcal Serotypes in Canada: 2010-2011. Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CACMID) 2012 in Vancouver, BC. Oral presentation by Matthew Gilmour for Averil Griffith. 2012.

Gurav K, Cooper E, Junno J, Stein D, Chintada DR, Doddamane M, Moses S. Traditional devadasi system under transition: Boon or bane for HIV prevention programme? [Abstract P2-S2.21]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Hackel M, Badal R, Bouchillon S, Hoban D, Johnson J, Hawser S, Dowzicky M. Macrolide Resistance in S. pneumoniae Isolates from Asia in the TEST Program 2009-2010. International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISAAR), Denmark, August 24-26, 2011.

Hackel M, Badal R, Hoban D, Johnson B, Hawser S, Bouchillon S, Dowzicky M. Susceptibility of Gram-negative Pathogens from China to Tigecycline and Comparators (TEST 2009-2010). International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISAAR), Denmark, August 24-26, 2011.

Hackel M, Bailey-Person M, Bouchillon S, Badal R, Hoban D, Johnson J, Hawser S, Dowzicky M. Susceptibility of Clostridium difficile from Europe: 2007-2010. International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISAAR), Denmark, August 24-26, 2011.

Hackel M, Bouchillon S, Badal R, Hawser S, Hoban D, Dowzicky M. Reduced carbapenem susceptibility in the Bacteroides fragilis group – Findings from the TEST program 2007-2010. 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), London, UK, March 31-April 3, 2012. Hackel M, Bouchillon S, Johnson B, Hoban D, Johnson J, Hawser S, Dowzicky M. The Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter spp. From Latin American Countires: The TEST Program 2008-2010. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011.

Hackel M, Hawser S, Hoban D, Johnson B, Badal R, Bouchillon S, Johnson J, Dowzicky M. Comparison of antimicrobial susceptibility of Acinetobacter baumannii from European in-patient and out-patient isolates: TEST 2007-2011. 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), London, UK, March 31-April 3, 2012.

Hackel M, Hoban D, Badal R, Bouchillon S, Johnson B, Johnson J, Hawser S, Dowzicky M. Prevalence of extended spectrum beta-lactamases in Europe: 2004-2011. 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), London, UK, March 31-April 3, 2012.

Hackel M, Hoban D, Badal R, Bouchillon S, Johnson J, Dowzicky M. Prevalence of Extended-Spectrum Beta- Lactamases in Western Europe: 2009-2010. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011.

Hackel M, Hoban D, Johnson B, Bouchillon S, Johnson J, Hawser S, Dowzicky M. Activity of Colistin Against Asian Pseudomonas aeruginosa from the TEST Study: 2009-2010. International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISAAR), Denmark, August 24-26, 2011.

Hackel M, Hoban D, Johnson B, Bouchillon S, Johnson J, Hawser S, Dowzicky M. Activity of Colistin against P. aeruginosa from the TEST Study: The Global Perspective 2009-2010. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011.

Hackel M, Johnson J, Badal R, Hawser S, Bouchillon S, Johnson B, Hoban D, Dowzicky M. In vitro activity of tigecycline and comparators against multidrug resistant Acinetobacter species in Asia: 2004-2011. 15th International Congress on Infectious Diseases (ICID), Bangkok, Thailand, June 13-16, 2012.

Hackel, M, Bouchillon S, Hawser S, Johnson B, Hoban D, Dowzicky M. Variability in Susceptibility of Anaerobes Isolated from Different Body Sites – Results from the Tigecycline European Surveillance Trial, 2009-2010. Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, October 20-23, 2011.

Hagen B, Meili R, Stewart K, Skinner S. “SHARE: Saskatoon HIV/AIDS Research Endeavour.” Proceedings of the Canadian Association of HIV Research. Montreal, QC. April 19-22 2012.

Halli S, Blanchard J, Bhattacharjee P, Raghavendra T, Moses S. Changing patterns and drivers of migration among female sex workers of northern Karnataka to large cities of Maharashtra, India in the context of HIV/AIDS [Abstract P2-S2.08]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Hammond K, Persaud M, Larios O, McClean K, McConnell A, Sanche S, Takaya S, Tan B, Williams K, Skinner S. “Increasing Burden of HIV/AIDS on Hospitals in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.” 49th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America. Boston MA. October 20-23, 2011.

Han X, R P Adhikari, L Munasinghe, H Karauzum, J Sarwar, R Cassan, M J Aman, L Saward. 2012. Anti-Hla Monoclonal Antibodies Protect Staphylococcus aureus Dermanecrosis and Bacteremia. Prairie Infectious Immunology Network Conference.

Hawser S, Hoban D, Badal R, Bouchillon S, Dowzicky M. Activity of Tigecycline and Comparators against Clinical Isolates of Enterobacteriaceae from Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Units in Europe (TEST 2006-2010). 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011. Hawser S, Hoban D, Bouchillon S, Badal R, Dowzicky M. Occurrence and Susceptibility of Vancomycin Non- Susceptible S. aureus from 2004-2010 (TEST 2004-2010). 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011.

Hawser S, Hoban D, Bouchillon S, Badal R, Dowzicky M. Susceptibility of Global Intra-Abdominal Enterobacteriaceae Isolates to Tigecycline (TEST 2007-2010). 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011.

Hawser S, Hoban D, Bouchillon S, Dowzicky M. Frequency of Selected Multi-drug Resistant (MDR) Gram-positive Pathogens from Asia and Susceptibility to Tigecycline: TEST 2009-2010. International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISAAR), Denmark, August 24-26, 2011.

Hawser S, Hoban D, Hackel M, Badal R, Bouchillon S, Johnson B, Johnson J, Dowzicky M. Susceptibility of P. aeruginosa From Asia During 009-2010: Data from TEST Including Multi-drug resistant (MDR) Isolates. International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISAAR), Denmark, August 24-26, 2011.

Hawser S, Hoban D, Johnson B, Bouchillon S, Dowzicky M. Susceptibility of Meropenem Non-Susceptible Enterobacteriaceae from Asia to Tigecycline and Comparators: TEST 2009-2010. International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISAAR), Denmark, August 24-26, 2011.

Higgins RR, Beniprashad M, Ogbulafor K, Chong-King E, Li A, Eshaghi A, Bastien N, Li Y, Low DE, and Gubbay JB. (2011). Surveillance for Resistance to Neuraminidase Inhibitors among Human Influenza A and B in Ontario, in 2010-2011. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, Illinois, USA (September 17 – 20, 2011).

Hitchon C., Larcombe L., Newkirk M., Mookherjee N., Peschken C., El-Gabalawy H. 2012. Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms Are Associated with Clinical Outcomes and IgM Responses to Common Pathogens but Not Baseline Disease Activity in Early Inflammatory Arthritis 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting, Montreal.

Hoban D, Adam H, Baxter M, Weshnoweski B, Wierzbowski A, Vashisht R, Karlowsky J, Zhanel GG. Antibiotic Resistance in Lower Respiratory Tract Infection (LRTI) Pathogens: A National Canadian Perspective – The CANWARD Study 2007-2010. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011.

Hoban D, Badal R, Bouchillon S, Johnson B, Johnson J, Hawser S, Dowzicky M. Multi-year Analysis of Levofloxacin Resistance in Enterobacteriaceae in Asia: TEST 2004-2010. International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISAAR), Denmark, August 24-26, 2011.

Hoban D, Badal R, Bouchillon S, Johnson B, Johnson J, Hawser S, Dowzicky M. Activity of Levofloxacin and Comparators Against Enterobacteriaceae Causing Urinary Tract Infections in Asia: 2004-2010. International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISAAR), Denmark, August 24-26, 2011.

Hoban D, Badal R, Hackel M, Bouchillon S, Dowzicky M. Susceptibility of Enterococcus species including vancomycin resistant phenotypes: Asia/Pacific 2006-2010. 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), London, UK, March 31-April 3, 2012.

Hoban D, Badal R, Hawser S, Bouchillon S, Hackel M, Johnson A. Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Escherichia coli from Urinary Tract Infections in North America: SMART 2009-2010. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011.

Hoban D, Bouchillon S, Hackel M, Johnson J, Hawser S, Dowzicky M. Surveillance Trends in the in vitro Activity of Tigecycline, TEST 2004 to 2010: A Global Perspective. Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, October 20-23, 2011. Hoban D, Bouchillon S, Hawser S, Badal R, Johnson A, Hackel M, Dowzicky. Susceptibility of pediatric isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae: A global perspective 2004-2010. International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISAAR), Denmark, August 24-26, 2011.

Hoban D, Bouchillon S, Hawser S, Badal R, Johnson A, Hackel M, Dowzicky M. Susceptibility of Enterobacteriaceae Intra-abdominal Pathogens: A Global Analysis 2009-2010. International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISAAR), Denmark, August 24-26, 2011.

Hoban D, Bouchillon S, Hawser S, Badal R, Johnson J, Dowzicky M. In vitro Activity of Linezolid and Comparators to Enterococcus Phenotypes: Asia 2004-2010. International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISAAR), Denmark, August 24-26, 2011.

Hoban D, Lob S, Bouchillon S, Johnson J, Dowzicky M. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the elderly: a global analysis of trends in occurrence and susceptibility 2004-2010. 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), London, UK, March 31-April 3, 2012.

Hoban D, Renteria M, Johnson J, Badal R, Hawser S, Hackel M, Bouchillon S, Johnson B, Dowzicki M. In Vitro Activity of Tigecycline against In-Patient and Out-Patient Pathogens from Centers in the United States: TEST 2008-2010. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011.

Hoban DJ, Hawser SP, Hackel MA, Bouchillon SK, Johnson B, Johnson JL, Dowzicky M. An age analysis of the susceptibility of gram-positive and gram-negative pathogens from centers in the United States: The TEST program (2008-2010). 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), London, UK, March 31-April 3, 2012.

Hopfer S, J. L. Wylie, and X. Tan. 2011. Risk Profiles of Winnipeg Street Populations: A latent class analysis. International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research, July 10-13, 2011, Quebec City, QC.

Hunt K, Konrad S, Mondal P, Gartner K, Lim H, Skinner S. “Longitudinal Analysis of CD4+ Changes among HIV- infected Patients.” Proceedings of the Canadian Association of HIV Research. Montreal, QC. April 19-22 2012.

Hunt K, Konrad S, Mondal P, Gartner K, Skinner S, Lim H. “HIV Disease Progression in Saskatoon: A Longitudinal Analysis of CD4 Counts.” Saskatchewan Epidemiology Association 2011 Fall Symposium. Regina SK. Nov 9-10 2011.

Isac S, Prakash R, Ramesh BM, Moses S, Bhattacharjee P, Washington R, Blanchard J. Condom use among HIV positive female sex workers: Implications for positive prevention strategies [Abstract P37]. World Congress of Sexually Transmitted Infections and AIDS/12th International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI) World Congress, New Delhi, India, November 2-5, 2011.

Jackson AC, Kammouni W, Alandijany TA, Hasan L, Saleh A, Roy Chowdhury SK, Fernyhough P: Mechanisms of rabies virus-induced oxidative stress. Presented at the 11th International Symposium on NeuroVirology in New, York, New York on May 31, 2012. Journal of Neurovirology 18 (Suppl 1):S49, 2012.

Jackson AC, Kammouni W, Fernyhough P: Role of oxidative stress and NF-κB in rabies virus infection. Platform presentation at the XXth World Congress of Neurology in Marrakesh, Morocco on November 16, 2011.

Jackson AC, Kammouni W, Hasan L, Fernyhough P: Rabies virus – induced oxidative stress and the role of the transcription factor nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB). Platform presentation at the XXIInd International Meeting on Research Advances and Rabies Control in the Americas in San Juan, Puerto Rico on October 17, 2010.

Jackson AC, Kammouni W, Hasan L, Fernyhough P: The role of nuclear factor-κB in oxidative stress associated with rabies virus infection. Presented at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 24, 2012. Jackson AC: Advances in our understanding of the pathogenesis of rabies. Presented at the 15th International Congress on Infectious Diseases in Bangkok, Thailand on June 15, 2012.

Jalloh C., J. L. Wylie, C. Rojas, M. Ormond, M. Zuluaga Toro, B. McMillan, O. Zamora Suaza, Q. Gomez Muñoz, A. García Sierra, C. Casey. HIV prevention resources for street-involved youth in Canada and Colombia. Canadian Association of HIV Researchers CAHR 2012, April 19-22, 2012, Montreal, QC.

Janjua NZ, Skowronski DM, De Serres G, Winter AL, Dickinson J, Gardy JL, Gubbay JB, Fonseca K, Charest H, Crowcroft N, Fradet MD, Bastien N, Li Y, Krajden M, Sabaiduc S, Petric M. A Sentinel Platform to Evaluate Influenza Vaccine and Forecast Strain Selection: Results from the 2010-11 season and implications for 2011-12. XIV International Symposium on Respiratory Viral Infections, Istanbul, Turkey (March 23-26, 2012).

Jayanna K, Manjunatha R, Washington R, Moses S, Rao D. Maximizing the impact of positive prevention practices in people living with HIV: learnings from Karnataka, South India [Abstract P20]. World Congress of Sexually Transmitted Infections and AIDS/12th International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI) World Congress, New Delhi, India, November 2-5, 2011.

Jayanna K, Washington R, Moses S. Maximising the impact of positive prevention practices in people living with HIV: Learning’s from Karnataka, south India [Abstract P2-S7.04]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Ji H, Liang B, Sandstrom P, Boisvert J, Van Domselaar G, Brooks J. Performance of Tagged Pooled Pyrosequencing for HIV Drug Resistance Testing over Homopolymeric Regions Proximal to K65 and K103. Presented at: International Workshop on HIV & Hepatitis Virus Drug Resistance and Curative Strategies, June 5~9, 2012. Sitges, Spain. Published on: Antiviral Therapy 2012; Suppl 2; A148.

Ji H, Ragonnet-Cronin M, Li Y, Liang B, Sandstrom P and Brooks J. Assessing viral diversity to estimateduration of HIV infections. Presented at: The International HIV & Hepatitis Virus Drug Resistance Workshop and Curative Strategies, June 7~11, 2011. Los Cabos, Mexico. Published on: Antiviral Therapy 2011; 16 Suppl 2: A123.

Johnson B, Hawser S, Zampaloni C, Hackel M, Bouchillon S, Hoban D, Johnson J, Badal R, Dowzicky M. In vitro activity of tigecycline against pathogens from UK/Ireland – TEST 2008-2011. 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), London, UK, March 31-April 3, 2012.

Kammouni W, Fernyhough P, Hasan L, Saleh A, Jackson AC. Evidence of a neuroprotective role of nuclear factor-κB in oxidative stress induced by rabies virus in adult rat dorsal root ganglion neurons. Presented at the Manitoba Neuroscience Network Conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba on June 4, 2012.

Kammouni W, Fernyhough P, Saleh A, Jackson AC: Role of NF-κB in rabies virus – induced oxidative stress of cultured rat dorsal root ganglion neurons. Platform presentation at the American Society for Virology annual meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 18, 2011.

Karlowsky JA, Adam HJ, Baxter MR, Hoban DJ, Zhanel GG. In Vitro Activity of Ceftaroline against Gram- Positive and Gram-Negative Pathogens Isolated from Patients in Canadian Hospitals in 2009-2010: CANWARD Sruveillance. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011.

Karlowsky JA, Kaplan N. Hafkin B, Hoban DJ, Zhanel GG. AFN-1252, A Potent Staphylococcal-Specific Inhibitor of FabI, Retains In vitro Potency against Clinical Isolates Resistant to Other Antimicrobial Classes. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011.

Karlowsky JA, Lagacé-Wiens PRS, Hoban DJ, Zhanel GG. NXL103 (linopristin/flopristin) activity against pathogens isolated from patients in Canadian hospitals: CANWARD surveillance 2009-2010. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, Illinois. September 2011. Keynan Y, Meyers AFA, Kimani M, Kimani J, Plummer FA, Ball TB and KR Fowke. 2011. H1N1 Cross Reactive Adaptive immune Induced by Seasonal Intranasal Live-Attenuated Influenza Vaccine. 49th IDSA 2011 Boston, USA.

Khan I, Smith L, Bukassa Kazadi G, Dow B, Rushowick B, Andrews J, Bowen C, Skinner S. “Know Your Status: Outcomes of a Community-based Multi-disciplinary HIV Testing and Care Project in a Saskatchewan First Nations Community.” Proceedings of the Canadian Association of HIV Research. Montreal, QC. April 19-22 2012.

Kiguoya M, Mwanjewe J, Ball TB, Kimani J, Kimani M, Gelmon L, Fowke K; Epitope specificity CD8+ responses in HIV-1 highly exposed seronegative versus infected female commercial sex workers in Majengo Cohort Nairobi; presented at the XVIth International Conference on AIDS/STDs in Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 2011; Abstract MOPE009.

Klar S, J. Ivanovic, L. Fang, C. Tawse, D. Friedman, D. Taylor, J. Gralix, J. L. Wylie, J. Wright, M. Rossi, T. Wong and G. Jayarman. 2011. Mean Streets vs. Main Street: More Street Youth Report STIs, Multiple Sexual Partners and Lower Condom Use Compared to Their Peers in General Population. International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research, July 10-13, 2011, Quebec City, QC.

Klar S, J. Ivanovic, L. Fang, C. Tawse, D. Friedman, D. Taylor, J. Gralix, J. L. Wylie, J. Wright, M. Rossi, T. Wong and G. Jayarman. 2011. Do As I Think, Not As I Do: The Discordance Between Perception of Risk for STBBIs and Sexual Risk Behaviours Among Canadian Street-Involved Youth. International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research, July 10-13, 2011, Quebec City, QC.

Kobinger, G. “Anti-Ebola GP monoclonal antibodies protect mice and guinea pigs against lethal ebola virus challenge”.

Kobinger, G. “Biosafety, Biosecurity, and Bioethics”.

Kobinger, G. “Emerging and Dangerous Pathogens Laboratory Network”.

Kobinger, G. “Filovirus Detection”.

Kobinger, G. “Identifications of Unknown Pathogens”.

Kobinger, G. “Medical countermeasures against emerging/re-emerging pathogens”.

Konrad S, Skinner S, Lim H, Bukassa Kazadi, G. “HIV Disease Progression in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.” Proceedings of the Canadian Association of HIV Research. Montreal, QC. April 19-22 2012.

Krishnamurthy JK, Avery L, Bhowmik A, Mony P, Moses M, Blanchard JF, Ramesh BM. Management of eclampsia and postpartum hemorrhage: challenges and opportunities to improve quality of care in northern Karnataka (ID # 1357144). Congress of the Federation of International Gynecologists and Obstetricians, Rome, Italy, Oct 5-12, 2012.

Kunanuvat U, Hombach-Klonisch S, Ezzati P, Wilkins JA, Klonisch T (2011).Relaxin/RXFP1 system modulates the protein composition at the leading edge of migrating human glioblastoma (GB) cells. Manitoba Research Days, University of Manitoba, 2011.

La David, Chris Czarnecki, Ashira Meyers, Francis A. Plummer, Hani El-Gabalawy, Kumar Anand, Ma Luo. 2011 Enrichment of KIR3DL1/S1 alleles and HLA-B Bw6 homozygotes among H1N1/09 ICU patients: An Exploratory Study. International Conference & Exhibition Virology-2011, Sept. 5-7th, Baltimore, USA.

Lacap Philip, Ma Luo, James Sainsbury, Martim Songok, Francis Plummer. 2011 Expression Profiling of Genes Involved in Transendothelial Leukocyte Migration in HIV-1 Resistant Women in the Pumwani Sex Worker Cohort. 12th International Congress of Human Genetics/ASHG 61st Annual Meeting, October 11-15, 2011, Montreal, Quebec. Lagacé-Wiens P, Adam H, Karlowsky J, Webb A, Miller C, Guenther J, Pang P, Nichol K, Alfa M. Accurate, fast and affordable: performance of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for identification of uropathogens. P2326. Presented at the European Congress on Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in London, UK. March 31 – April 3, 2012.

Lagacé-Wiens P, Adam H, Karlowsky J, Webb A,Miller C, Guenther J, Pang P, Nichol K, Alfa M. Evaluation of the Bruker SepsiTyper kit and Bruker MALDI-TOF BioTyper for the direct identification of organisms from positive blood cultures. P2321. Presented at the European Congress on Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in London, UK, March 31 – April 3, 2012.

Lagacé-Wiens P, M DeCorby, P Simner, F Tailor, H Adam, J Karlowsky, G Zhanel, D Hoban, Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Alliance. Risk Factors for Multi- and Extreme- Drug Resistance in 4806 Escherichia coli Isolates in Canadian Hospitals - Results from CANWARD 2007-10. Presented at the 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Chicago, IL. September 2011.

Lagace-Wiens P, Simner P, Tailor F, Adam H, DeCorby M, Karlowsky J, Walkty A, Hoban D, Zhanel G. Activity of Ceftazidime (CAZ)/NXL104 (CAZ104) Versus CAZ Alone and Other Comparators against 4548 Gram- Negative Bacilli: Results from CANWARD 2009-2010. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011.

Lagacé-Wiens PRS, Adam HJ, Karlowsky JA, Pang P, Guenther J, Webb AA, Miller C, Alfa MJ. Impact of the Bruker MALDI-TOF on the anaerobic bench protocols in clinical microbiology. Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Canada-Canadian Association of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (AMMI Canada-CACMID) Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 2012.

Lagacé-Wiens PRS, Adam HJ, Karlowsky JA, Pang P, Guenther J, Webb AA, Miller C, Alfa MJ. Integration of the Bruker MALDI BioTyper as a rapid method for identification of uropathogens detected on the routine urine bench. Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Canada-Canadian Association of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (AMMI Canada-CACMID) Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 2012.

Lagacé-Wiens, P., H. Adam, K. Nichol, M. R. DeCorby, M. R. Mulvey, J. A. Karlowsky, G. G. Zhanel and D.J. Hoban. Vancomycin and Daptomycin MIC Creep in Staphylococcus spp. in Canada – Analysis of CAN-WARD isolates from 2007 – 2010. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2011. Chicago, IL. September 17-20, 2011.

Laing N, Adam H, Weshnoweski B, Vashisht R, Baxter M, Tailor F, Simner P, Hoban DJ, Zhanel GG. Activity of Doripenem and Other Carbapenems against 23,243 Pathogens Isolated from Canadian Hospitals: CANWARD 2007-2010. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011.

Lajoie J, Juno J., Burgener A, S. Rahman, K. Mogk, Kimani J, Ball TB, Plummer F, Fowke K. A distinct cytokine and chemokine profile at the genital mucosa is associated with HIV-1 protection among HIV exposed seronegative commercial sex workers. CAHR, April 2012.

Lamoureux L, Simon SLR, Langeveld J, van Keulen L and Knox JD: The Identification of Disease-Induced Biomarkers in the Plasma of Scrapie Infected Sheep. Prion 2012, Amsterdam, NL.

Lamoureux L, Simon SLR, Plews M, Ruddat V, Graham C, Czub S and Knox JD: The Identification of Urine Biomarkers able to Discriminate between Mouse Models of Neurodegenerative Diseases with Similar Clinical Presentation. Prion 2012, Amsterdam, NL.

Larcombe L and Orr P. 2011 Functional Gene Polymorphisms and Experiences with Tuberculosis in a First Nation Population in Manitoba. Poster presentation at the 10th annual CIHR meetings for New Principal Investigators. Montreal, QC. Larcombe, L. 2012. “Our houses are making us sick”: housing conditions and tuberculosis in a northern Canadian First Nations community. World Indigenous Housing Conference. Vancouver.

Larcombe, L. Mookherjee, N. Slater, J. Slivinski, C. Singer, M. Whaley, C. Denechezhe, L. Matyas, S. Turner- Brannen, E. Nickerson, P.Orr. 2012. Vitamin D concentrations and functional polymorphisms in the vitamin D binding protein (VDBP) and the vitamin D receptor (VDR) in a northern Canadian Dene population International Congress on Circumpolar Health 15. Fairbanks Alaska.

Lascols C, Hackel M, Peirano G, Bouchillon S, Badal R, Hoban D, Pitout J. Prevalence of metallo-ß-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae from the SMART program, and detection of a new variant: blaVIM-33. 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), London, UK, March 31-April 3, 2012.

Lawrence Jesse, Dallas Orysiuk, Tarun Prashar, Lisa Spangelo, Richard Pilon, Jocelyn Fournier, Erling Rud, Paul Sandstrom, Francis A. Plummer, Ma Luo. 2011 Identification and classification of novel MHC class I genes from Cynomolgus macaques. The 29th annual symposium of Nonhuman Primate Models for AIDS. Oct. 25-28, 2011 Seattle, USA.

Lefebvre, B., S. Lévesque, D. Boyd, L. Mataseje, M. R. Mulvey and A.M. Bourgault. Carbapenem non-susceptible Enterobacteriaceae in Québec: results of a surveillance program. The Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectiours Diseases (CACMID-AMMI). Vancouver, BC. May 3-5, 2012.

Lem Marcus, M.D., Jennifer L. Gardy, Ph.D., James C. Johnston, M.D., Patrick Tang, M.D., Ph.D., Victoria J. Cook, M.D., Shirley Rempel, R.N., April MacNaughton, R.N., Elizabeth Brodkin, M.D., Shannan J. Ho Sui, Ph.D., Steven Jones, Ph.D., , Lena Shah, M.Sc., Meenu K. Sharma, Ph.D., R. Kevin Elwood, M.D., Fiona S.L. Brinkman, Ph.D., Robert C. Brunham, M.D., Programme Implications of Genomic Epidemiological Analysis of Tuberculosis (TB) Transmission Patterns IUATLD 2011. Lille, France. October 2011.

Levett, P. N., K. M. Schmalenberg, D. Daku, D. Thiry, R. Kitzul, R. R. McDonald, T. Du, and M. R. Mulvey. Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from suspected food poisoning cases in Saskatchewan, 2001- 2011. The Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectiours Diseases (CACMID-AMMI). Vancouver, BC. May 3-5, 2012.

Li Y, Gubbay J, Richardson D, Sleeman K, Gubareva L, and Bastien N. (2011). Detection of of an influenza B strain with reduced susceptibility to neuraminidase inhibitor drugs. 4th ESWI Influenza Conference, Malta (September 11-14, 2011).

Liu L, Sainsbury J, Liang B, Ball TB, Plummer FA, Luo M. Analysis of Exon Array Data based on CD4 and CD8 T cell counts to identify genes/gene networks differentially expressed in the HIV resistant women in the Pumwani sex worker cohort. The 21st Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research. April 19-22, 2012. Montreal, Canada.

Lob S, Badal R, Hoban D, Bouchillon S, Dowzicky M. Activity of tigecycline against H. influenzae: The Asia TEST program. International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISAAR), Denmark, August 24-26, 2011.

Lob S, Badal R, Hoban D, Bouchillon S, Dowzicky M. Comparison of United States Regional Rates of Penicillin Non-susceptible S. pneumoniae TEST 2004-2006 versus 2008-2010. International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISAAR), Denmark, August 24-26, 2011.

Lob S, Badal R, Johnson A, Hackel M, Hoban D. Activity of Ertapanem against Gram-Negative Appendicitis Pathogens: SMART 2008-2010. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011.

Lob S, Hoban D, Bouchillon S, Badal R, Hawser S, Dowzicky M. In vitro Activity of Tigecycline against Commonly Isolated Pathogens of Skin and Skin Structure Infections in Latin America – TEST 2007-2010. Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, October 20-23, 2011. Lob S, Johnson B, Hoban D, Badal R, Bouchillon S, Dowzicky M. Trends in Antimicrobial Resistance in Acinetobacter spp. From the Asia TEST Program 2004-2010. International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISAAR), Denmark, August 24-26, 2011.

Lob S. Hoban D, Badal R, Bouchillon S, Dowzicky M. Susceptibility of multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A global perspective from the TEST program 2006-2010. International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISAAR), Denmark, August 24-26, 2011.

Lowe, C., M. Khan, N. Salt, S. Callery, L. F. Mataseje, M. R. Mulvey, M. R. Vearncombe, A. E. Simor. Nosocomial Transmission of New Delhi Metallo-ß-lactamase-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (NDM1-KP) in a Canadian Hospital. The Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectiours Diseases (CACMID-AMMI). Vancouver, BC. May 3-5, 2012.

Luo L, Nishi K, Liu L, Sabara MI, and Li Y. (2011). Analysis of the Biosynthesis of Avian Metapneumovirus Attachment Glycoprotein in a Cell Line Deficient in O glycosylation. 30th Annual meeting of American Society for Virology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (July 16-20, 2011).

Luo L, Nishi K, MacLeod E, Sabara MI, and Li Y. (2011). Expression of Recombinant HA Protein for Sero-Specific Detection of 2009 Pandemic Virus. 30th Annual meeting of American Society for Virology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (July 16-20, 2011).

Luo M., Czarnecki C., Ramdahin S., Embree J., Plummer FA. HLA-G and Mother-child Perinatal HIV Transmission. The 6th International Conference on HLA-G. July 7-11th, Paris, France.

Luo M., Tang D., Capina R., Yuan XY., Pinto J., Prego C., Alonso M., Barry C., Pilon R., Daniuk C., Tuff J., Pillet S., La D., Bielawny T., Czarnecki C., Lacap P., Peters H., Wong G., Kimani M., Wachihi C., Kimani J., Ball TB., Sandstrom P., Kobinger G., Plummer FA. A novel HIV vaccine approach: Targeting the protease cleavage sites of HIV-1. AIDS 2012 International AIDS Conference. July 21-27, 2012, Washington DC, USA.

Luo M., Tang D., Capina R., Yuan XY., Pinto J., Prego C., Alonso M., Barry C., Pilon R., Daniuk C., Tuff J., Pillet S., La D., Bielawny T., Czarnecki C., Lacap P., Peters H., Wong G., Kimani M., Wachihi C., Kimani J., Ball TB., Sandstrom P., Kobinger G., Plummer FA. A novel HIV vaccine approach: Targeting the protease cleavage sites of HIV-1. The 21st Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research. April 19-22, 2012. Montreal, Canada.

Luo M., Tang D., Capina R., Yuan XY., Pinto J., Prego C., Alonso M., Barry C., Pilon R., Daniuk C., Tuff J., Pillet S., La D., Bielawny T., Czarnecki C., Lacap P., Peters H., Wong G., Kimani M., Wachihi C., Kimani J., Ball TB., Sandstrom P., Kobinger G., Plummer FA. A novel HIV vaccine approach: Targeting the protease cleavage sites of HIV-1. Keystone Symposium: HIV Vaccines Mar 21-26, 2012 • Keystone Resort • Keystone, Colorado, USA.

Luo Ma, Christina Semeniuk, Tamsir Diallo, Rupert Capina, Joshua Kimani, Charles Wachihi, Makobu Kimani, Mark Mendoza, Thomas Bielawny, T. Blake Ball, Francis A. Plummer 2011 Preventing HIV-1 infection, more epitopes might not be better: Systematic Analysis of HIV-1 Gag Epitopes of Two HLA Class I Alleles Associated with Different Outcomes of HIV-1 Infection in the Pumwani Sex Worker Cohort. AIDS Vaccine 2011 Sept. 11- 15th, 2011, Bangkok, Thailand.

Lynch, TL*, Chong, P, Zhang, J, Hizon, R, Du, T, Graham, MR., Kibsey, P, Miller, M, Mulvey, MR, and the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP). “Genomic characterization of a Clostridium difficile isolate with an elevated minimum inhibitory concentration to metronidazole” 11th Biennial Congress of the Anaerobe Society of the Americas. San Francisco, CA USA. June 27-July 1 2012.

Macdonald KA, Prystajecky N, Taboada EN, Kearney AK, Gilmour MW, Isaac-Renton JL. Evaluation and Implementation of a Comparative Genomic Fingerprinting Assay as an Investigative Tool for Outbreaks of Campylobacter jejuni in British Columbia. Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CACMID) - Annual Conference. Vancouver, BC, Canada. Oral presentation by K. Macdonald. 2012. Macedo-Viñas M, Francois P, Conly J, Aschbacher R, Blanc D, Coombs G, Daikos G, Dhawan B, Empel J, Etienne J, Figueiredo A, Golding G & CNISP, Han L, Kim H, Koeck R, Larsen A, Layer F, Lo J, Maeda T, Mulvey M, Pantosti A,. Saga T, Schrenzel J, Simor A, Skov R, Van Rijen M, Wang H, Zakaria Z, Harbarth S. Global Survey of PVL + methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).15th ISSSI, Aug 26-30th, Lyon, France.

Macedo-Vinas M, J Conly, R Aschbacher, D Blanc, G Coombs, G Daikos, B Dhawa, J Empel, J Etienne, A Figueiredo, G Golding, L Han, L Hoang, HB Kim, R Koeck, A Larsen, F Layer, Y Lo, T Maeda, M. Mulvey, A Pantosti, T Saga, J Schrenze, A Simor, RL Skov, S Tsiodras, M Van Rijen, H. Wang, Z Zakaria, S Harbarth for the Global PVL+ MRSA Survey. Global Survey of Panton Valentine Leucocidin Positive (PVL+) Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). 51st ICAAC, Sept 17-20th, 2011, Chicago, IL.

Mahajan U, Banandur P, Rajaram S, Duchesne T, Abdous B, Ramesh BM, Moses S, Alary M. Determinants of time trends in HIV prevalence in the young antenatal population of Karnataka districts [Abstract O1-S11.02].

Majer, K. Manguiat, S. Medina, Y. Niu and S. A. Booth. The significance of pre-clinical miRNA expression levels in an animal model of prion disease. Prion2012, Amsterdam.

Makar B, Weldon E, Webb A, Peters H, Turgeon A, Houston D, Rimmer E, Kumar A, Zarychanski R. Frozen plasma to red blood cell ratio and mortality in patients requiring massive transfusion. Crit Care Med 2011;39 (suppl): #282.

Mandelzweig K, Sood MM, Rigatto C, Komenda K, Bueti J, Kumar A for the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy in Septic Shock (CATSS) Database Research Group. Site of infection impacts presence and severity of septic AKI. American Society for Nephrology 2012.

Manickam K, Lagacé-Wiens P, Adam HJ, Karlowsky J, Pieroni P, Swan B, McAdam B, Alfa M. Clinical Validation of MRSASelect™ Chromogenic Agar for Early Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Blood Cultures. F4. Presented at the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases/Canadian Association of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Conference in Vancouver, Canada, May 3 – 5, 2012.

Marginet, L., T. Ball, and L. Saward. 2012. Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms stimulate more inflammation and less cell damage of lung epithelia compared to planktonic bacteria and the innate peptide LL-37 decreases bacterial virulence. Canadian Student Health Research Forum.

Marr KA, Schlamm H, Rottinghaus ST, Jagannatha S, Bow EJ, Wingard JR, Pappas P, Herbrecht R, Walsh TJ, Maertens J. A randomized, double-blind study of combination antifungal therapy with voriconazole and anidulafungin versus voriconazole monotherapy for primary treatment of invasive aspergillosis. LB2812. Special Issue: Abstracts of the 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, London, United Kingdom, 31 March – 3 April 2012. Volume 18, Issue Supplement s3, p713.

Mataseje LF, Boyd DA, Bryce E, Roscoe D, Embree J, Gavel D, Kibsey P, Mounchili A, Simor A, Kuhn M, Turgeon N, Thomas E, Taylor G, Mulvey M. Occurrence and molecular characterization of carbapenem resistant gram- negative bacilli in Canada 2009/10: Results from the Canadian Nosocomial Project (CNISP). (Abstract C2-1815). 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Chicago Illinois, September 17-20, 2011.

Mataseje, L. F., D. A. Boyd, L. Hoang, M. Imperial, B. Lefebvre, M. Miller, D. Roscoe, B. Willey, M. R. Mulvey. The New Carb on the Block: The First OXA-48 Carbapenemase Cases Confirmed by the National Microbiology Laboratory in 2010. The Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectiours Diseases (CACMID-AMMI). Vancouver, BC. May 3-5, 2012.

McClarty L, Shaw S, Kasper K, Keynan Y, Pindera C, Becker M .HIV-positive solvent users: a volatile combination. Poster presentation. CAHR April 19-22, 2012, Montreal Canada. McCracken M, LF Mataseje, M Baxter, H Adam, DJ Hoban, GG Zhanel, MR Mulvey. Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Canadian Hospitals: CANWARD 2007-2010. Presented at the 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Chicago, IL. September 2011.

McCracken, M., A. Wong, R. Mitchell, D. Gravel, J. Conly, J. Embil, L. Johnston, A. Matlow, D. Orminston, A. E. Simor, S. Smith, and M. R. Mulvey. Characterization of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) Bacteremia Isolates: CNISP 1999-2009. The Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectiours Diseases (CACMID- AMMI). Vancouver, BC. May 3-5, 2012.

McCracken, M., M. DeCorby, L. Mataseje, D. J. Hoban, G. G. Zhanel and M. R. Mulvey. Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) in Canadian Hospitals: CANWARD 2007-2010. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2011. Chicago, IL. September 17-20, 2011.

McKinnon L, Kimani M, KiokoR, Mawji E, Kariri A, Wachihi C, Ngugi E, Gelmon L, Kimani J, Kaul R; Longitudinal assessment of sexual risk-taking in a Nairobi-based female sex worker cohort after intiation of antiretroviral therapy; presented at the XVIth International Conference on AIDS/STDs in Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 2011; Abstract MOPE120.

McLachlan E and Severini A (2012) Human Cytomegalovirus Antiviral Drug Resistance Genotyping is a Valuable Diagnostic Tool. 2012 AMMI Canada/CACMID Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 3-5.

Medina S., R. Saba, D. Parchaliuk, K. Frost, A. Majer, C. Robertson and S. Booth. Temporal changes in miRNA expression in micro-dissected degenerating neurons of the hippocampus in prion disease, Keystone conference regulatory networks, 2011, Quebec City.

Mehta S, Gaydos C, Maclean I, Odoyo-June E, Moses S, Murugu R, Agunda L, Nyagaya E, Quinn N, Bailey R. Medical male circumcision may be protective of urogenital Mycoplasma genitalium infection: Results from a randomised trial in Kisumu, Kenya [Abstract P1-S6.54]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Mehta S, Maclean I, Bailey R, Moses S, Gillevet P, Spear G. Microbial diversity of genital ulcer disease in men enrolled in a randomised trial of male circumcision in Kisumu, Kenya [Abstract P3-S5.01]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Mehta S, Maclean I, Ndinya-Achola J, Murugu R, Agunda L, Ronald A, Martin I, Bailey R, Moses S, Melendez J, Zenilman J. Antimicrobial resistance to Neisseria gonorrhoea in a cohort of young men in Kisumu, Kenya. [Abstract O1-S03.01]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Meili R, Skinner S, Stewart K. “Inter and Intra-professional Care in the Care of Vulnerable Populations.”Proceedings of the Canadian Association of HIV Research. Montreal, QC. April 19-22 2012.

Mendoza L, Hiebert J, Weber R, Kruk TC, Severini A (2012) Surveillance of Measles, Mumps and Rubella in Canada in 2011. 2012 AMMI Canada/CACMID Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 3-5.

Mishra S, Moses S, Pickles M, Ramesh BM, Isac S, Washington R, Becker M, Blanchard J, Boily MC. Modelling the impact of rapid treponemal tests on syphilis prevalence among female sex workers in India [Abstract P1- S6.26]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Mishra S, Sgaier SK, Thompson L, Moses S, Ramesh BM, Alary M, Blanchard JF. Revisiting HIV epidemic appraisals for assisting in the design of effective HIV prevention programs [Abstract P1-S4.15]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Mishra S, Vickerman P, Pickles M, Ramesh BM, Washington R, Isac S, Moses S, Blanchard J, Boily MC. HIV prevention based on the static modes of transmission synthesis for two Indian districts: Insights from dynamical modelling [Abstract P5-S6.28]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Mondal P, Konrad S, Skinner S, Hunt K, Gartner K, Lim H. “Ethnicity Difference in Time to Event (AIDS/Death) Among HIV and Hepatitis C Virus Co-infected Injection Drug Users in Saskatoon, SK.”Saskatchewan Epidemiology Association 2011 Fall Symposium. Regina SK. Nov 9-10 2011.

Mondal P, Konrad S, Skinner S, Hunt K, Lim J. “Comparison of Time to AIDS between Aboriginals and non- Aboriginals Among HIV High Risk Groups.” Proceedings of the Canadian Association of HIV Research. Montreal, QC. April 19-22 2012.

Moniruzzaman Akm, Kevin Elwood, Mabel Rodrigues, Hubert Wong, Arminee Kazanjian, Patrick Tang, Meenu K. Sharma, J. Mark. FitzGerald. Tuberculosis recurrence in a low incidence setting – Relapse or reinfection.

Moses S, Ramesh BM, Isac S, Reza-Paul S, Alary M, Bradley J, Washington R, Beattie T, Blanchard J. Increased condom use and decreased HIV & STI prevalence among female sex workers following a targeted HIV prevention program in Karnataka, south India [Abstract O1-S09.01]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Moses S, Ramesh BM, Isac S, Reza-Paul S, Alary M, Bradley JE, Washington RG, Beattie TSH, Blanchard JF. Increased condom use and decreased HIV and STI prevalence among female sex workers following a targeted HIV prevention program in Karnataka, south India [Abstract O10]. World Congress of Sexually Transmitted Infections and AIDS/12th International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI) World Congress, New Delhi, India, November 2-5, 2011.

Mulvey MR, DA Boyd, R Finley, K Fakharuddin, V Allen, Ang L, S. Bekal, S El Bailey, D Haldane, L Hoang, G Horsman, M Louie, S March, JL Wylie. 2012. The Emergence of Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Kentucky in Canada. AMMI-CACMID annual conference 2012. May 3-5, 2012, Vancouver, BC.

Mulvey, M. R., A. Mounchili, L. F. Mataseje, E. Bryce, D. Roscoe, D. A. Boyd, J. Embree, D. Gravel, P. Kibsey, A. Simor, M. Kuhn, N. Turgeon, E. Thomas, and G. Taylor. Surveillance of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae and Acinetobacter baumannii in Canada: Results of the CNISP 2011. The Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectiours Diseases (CACMID-AMMI). Vancouver, BC. May 3-5, 2012.

Mungai J, Kiguoya M, Wachihi C, Kimani J, Muriuki F, Mwanjewe J, Gelmon L; Is PEP a misused therapy? Cross-sectional PEP study in Sex Worker Outreach Program Clinic Nairobi; presented at the XVIth International Conference on AIDS/STDs in Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 2011; Abstract WEPE145.

Natarajan S, Hombach-Klonisch S, Ghavami S, Droege P, Klonisch T (2012). HMGA2 utilizes CHK1 signaling in human cancer cells. Manitoba Research Days, University of Manitoba, 2012.

Natarajan S, Hombach-Klonisch S, Ghavami S, Droege P, Klonisch T (2011). Nuclear stem cell factor HMGA2 utilizes CHK1 signaling for suppression of apoptosis in human cancer cells. 28. Arbeitstagung der Anatomischen Gesellschaft, Wuerzburg, Germany.

Natarajan S, Hombach-Klonisch S, Ghavami S, Droege P, Klonisch T (2011).The anti-apoptotic role of stem cell factor HMGA2 requires CHK1 signaling in human thyroid cancer cells. Manitoba Research Days, University of Manitoba, 2011.

Naziga, E.B.; Wetmore, S.D., Schweizer, F. Title: Computational study of oligo-glycopeptides. Canadian Chemistry Conference Calgary, May 28, 2012 (poster presentation).

Nichol KA, Adam HJ, McCracken M, Mataseje L, Mulvey MR, Baxter M, Hoban DJ, Zhanel GG. Comparison of Community-Associated (CA) and Healthcare-Associated (HA) Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Canada: CANWARD 2007-2010. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011. Nichol KA, N Laing, B Weshnoweski, R Vashisht, MR Baxter, HJ Adam, DJ Hoban, GG Zhanel. Activity of Telavancin against Gram-Positive Cocci from Canadian Hospitals: CANWARD 2007-2010. Presented at the 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Chicago, IL. September 2011.

Omange R. W., Su R.-C., Meyers A., Kimani. M., Maingi A., Nyakio J., Odhiambo I., Kimani J., Fowke K , Plummer F.A. , Ball T. B. CD56Bright/dim Natural Killer Cells Of HESN Have Higher CD69 Upregulation with Toll-Like Receptor Stimulation. CAHR 2012 Montreal, Canada.

Onyango I, Meyers A, Keynan Y, Oyugi J, Kimani J, Plummer F, Ochanda J and B Ball. Innate immune responses among highly exposed seronegative Individuals to a Live Attenuated Influenza vaccine as a model for mucosal viral infection:TLR 7,8,9. AIDS Vaccine 2011 Bangkok, Thailand.

Onyango I, Meyers A, Keynan Y, Oyugi J, Kimani J, Plummer F, Ochanda J and B Ball. 2011. Innate immune responses among highly exposed seronegative Individuals to a Live Attenuated Influenza vaccine as a model for mucosal viral infection. International AIDS Society Meeting, Rome, Italy.

Osiowy C, Ng K, Ho J, Liang B, Wong DK, Van Domselaar G, and Healthcote J. Prevalence of Nucleoside/Nucleotide Analogue Resistance among Tratment-Naïve Endemically-exposed Chronic Hepatitis B Individuals by Ultra-Deep Pyrosequencing. The 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. November 4-8, 2011, San Francisco, CA.

Pacheco, A. L.*, T. Burdz, D. Wiebe, K. Bernard*. 2012 Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Bacillus species submitted to the National Microbiology Laboratory between the years 1992 and 2011. AMMI - CACMID 2012 (80th) Annual Meeting, May 3-5, 2012 Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, Vancouver, BC poster presentation.

Patterson, A., X. Hu, K. Cheng, G. Westmacott and M. Carpenter. Role of HCV NS3/4A in Host Cell Transformation. 18th International Conference on hepatitis C virus and related viruses. Seattle, WA, U.S.A.,Sept 8-12, 2011.

Peng J, Ao Z, Wang X, Ramdahin S, Ball B, Fowke K, Plummer F, Embree J, Yao X. A novel mutation in HIV- 1 VIF found in a long-term survivor from Nairobi significantly attenuated A3G degradation and viral replication. 21st Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research, Montreal, Quebec, April 19-22, 2012.

Peng, J-y., Z-j Ao, X-x Wang, C Mathew, S Ramdahin, X Chen, J-h Li, B Ball, K Fowke, F. Plummer, J Embree, and X-j Yao. Novel mutation of Vif found in a HIV-1 long-term non-progressors from Narobi significantly disrupted Vif-mediated Apobec3G degradation and lead to an attenuated HIV-1 replication. 6th Annual Child Health Research Day, Winnipeg, Canada. Oct, 18, 2011.

Peterson C, Reimer AR, Jerome M, Mallo G, Allen V, Zittermann S, Hoang L, Chui L, Tabor H, Nadon C, Ballegeer E, Pagotto F, Crowe T, Hemmons P, Gilmour MW. Evaluation of MLST as a supplemental method to PFGE in the surveillance of Listeria monocytogenes in Canada. Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (CACMID) - Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada (AMMI) - Annual Conference in Vancouver BC CA. Poster presentation by C. Peterson. 2012.

Peterson TA, Kimani J, Wachihi C, Bielawny T, Mendoza L, Thavaneswaran S, Narayansign J, Kariri T, Liang B, Ball TB, Ngugi EN, Plummer FA, Luo M. HLA Class I associations with Rates of HIV-1 Seroconversion and Disease Progression in the Pumwani sex worker cohort. AIDS 2012 International AIDS Conference. July 21-27, 2012, Washington DC, USA.

Pickles M, Boily MC, Vickerman P, Ramesh BM, Washington R, Deering K, Verma S, Blanchard J, Moses S, Alary M. Time evolution of the fraction of new HIV infections due to primary infection among high risk groups in southern India [Abstract O1-S11.01]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Pickles M, Ramesh BM, Adhikary R, Rajaram S, Isac S, Washington R, Boily MC, Bradley J, Moses S, Alary M. Quantifying social desirability biases in reported condom use among female sex workers in southern India [Abstract P1-S4.05]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Pickles M, Vickerman P, Vassall A, Ramesh BM, Deering K, Chandrashekar S, Isac S, Moses S, Alary M, Boily MC. HIV elimination without antiretroviral therapy (ART) in southern India: modelling and projected costs [Abstract O1-S09.02]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Prakash R, Isac S, Moses S, Ramesh BM, Mohan HL, Bhattacharjee P. Measuring the effectiveness of community empowerment on better programme response in Karnataka [Abstract P100]. World Congress of Sexually Transmitted Infections and AIDS/12th International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections ( IUSTI) World Congress, New Delhi, India, November 2-5, 2011.

Prakash R, Isac S, Ramesh BM, Banandur P, Moses S, Washington R, Bhattacharjee P. Measuring the impact of HIV prevention programme on HIV/STI prevalence and condom use in Karnataka: A case-control approach [Abstract P2-S2.23]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Prakash R, Isac S, Ramesh BM, Moses S, Washington R, Bhattacharjee P, Shetty B, Kumar S. Investigating the critical programme components of HIV prevention programme among MSM-TS in Bangalore, Karnataka [Abstract P2-S6.15]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Prakash R, Isac S, Ramesh BM, Moses S, Washington R, Bhattacharjee P, Shetty B, Kumar S. Investigating the critical programme components of HIV prevention programme among MSM-T in Bangalore, Karnataka [Abstract P32]. World Congress of Sexually Transmitted Infections and AIDS/12th International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI) World Congress, New Delhi, India, November 2-5, 2011.

Qiu H, X. Han, L. Saward. 2012. Assessment of monoclonal antibody function in Klebsiella pneumoniae infection. Prairie Infectious Immunology Network Conference.

Rajaram S, Bradley JE, Ramesh BM, Isac S, Washington RG, Moses S, Blanchard JF, Becker M, Alary M. Is HIV prevalence declining in southern India? Evidence from two rounds of general population surveys in Bagalkot District, Karnataka [Abstract S67]. World Congress of Sexually Transmitted Infections and AIDS/12th International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI) World Congress, New Delhi, India, November 2-5, 2011.

Rajaram S, Isac S, Prakash R, Ramesh BM, Lobo A, Bradley J, Moses S, Alary M. HIV and HSV-2 among clients of female sex workers in Bagalkot district, Karnataka, south India [Abstract O29]. World Congress of Sexually Transmitted Infections and AIDS/12th International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI) World Congress, New Delhi, India, November 2-5, 2011.

Rajaram SP, Bradley JE, Ramesh BM, Isac S, Washington RG, Moses S, Blanchard JF, Becker M, Alary M. HIV prevalence declining in southern India? Evidence from two rounds of general population surveys in Bagalkot district, Karnataka [Abstract P1-S1.14 IS]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Rank C, Bangura H, Gilmbert M, Zahariadis G, Van Caeseele P, Halverson J, Kim J, Archibald C, Sandstrom P, Brooks J. Distribution and correlates of recent HIV infection in four Canadian provinces, 2000-2008. Abstract P148 presented at Canadian Association of HIV researchers (CAHR), Montreal, QC, April 2012. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2012 (May); 23 Suppl A; 86A.

Rank Claudia, Helen Bangura, Mel Krajden, George Zahariadis, Jared Bullard, Jessica Halverson, John Kim, Chris P. Archibald, Paul Sandstrom and James Brooks. Subtypes and transmitted drug resistance among recent HIV infections in four Canadian provinces, 2000-2008. Poster presented at the 21st Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR April 2012). Ratnam S, Kruk T, Lau A, Hatchette T, Preiksaitis J, Horsman G, Van Caeseele P, Timmons B, Tipples G. Continuous monitoring of the performance of rubella IgG and Hepatitis B surface antibody assays using reference controls: results of a multi-centre trial. Abstract I1 presented at May 2012 Annual AMMI-CACMID Conference. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2012 (May); 23 Suppl B.

Reimer A, Kent K, Mabon P, Graham M, Van Domselaar G, Tyler S, Walker M, Singh C, Cross C, Hemmons P, Pagotto F, Allen V, Hoang L, Gilmour MW. Whole genome diversity among outbreak-associated Listeria monocytogenes to Focus Future Public Health Investigations. American Society for Microbiology (ASM) – Annual General Meeting in New Orleans LA USA. Oral presentation by A. Reimer. 2011.

Reimer A, Van Domselaar G, Stroika S, Walker M, Kent H, Tarr C, Talkington D, Rowe L, Olsen-Rasmussen M, Frace M, Sammons S, Dahourou GA, Boncy J, Smith AM, Mabon P, Petkau A, Graham M, Gilmour MW, Gerner- Smidt P, V. cholerae outbreak genomics task force. Comparative genomics of Vibrio cholerae from Haiti, Asia, and Africa. Vibrio2011. Santiago de Compostela, Spain. November 2-5, 2011. Poster presentation by MW Gilmour. 2011.

Renteria M, Hackel M, Bouchillon S, Hoban D, Johnson B, Badal R, Hawser S, Dowzicky M. Tigecycline and comparators activity in vitro against multi-drug resistant gram-negative bacteria in Latin America collected in 2007-2011. 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), London, UK, March 31-April 3, 2012.

Reynolds R, Jones RN, Stilwell MG, Zhanel GG, Hope R, the BSAC Working Party on Resistance Surveillance. Vancomycin MICs compared between MRSA and MSSA in 9 countries. European Congress of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), London, England, 2012.

Rimmer E, Kumar A, Houston D, Doucette S, Zarychanski R. Activated protein C and septic shock: A propensity- matched cohort study. International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis 2011.

Saba R, R. LC Huzarawich, S. Gushue, B. Abrenica, Y. Niu and S. A. Booth. Delay in prion disease incubation time in transgenic mice with a microRNA-146a gene deletion. Prion2012, Amsterdam.

Sauve L, Bettinger J, Scheifele D, Kalil J, Vaudry W, Halperin S, Le Saux N, Law B, for the members of the Immunization Monitoring Program Active (IMPACT, J Embree member).Immunization Monitoring Program Active Surveillance For Intussusception in Canada. Poster presentation at the 7th World Congress for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Melbourne, Australia, November 16-19, 2011.

Scheifele DW, McNeil S, Dionne M, Ward B, Cooper C, Leob M, Coleman B, McGee A, Rubinstein E, McElhaney J, Li Y, Halperin S (2012). PCIRN RT09 – Randomized controlled comparison of 3 seasonal influenza vaccine in Canadian seniors: safety observations. The 2nd PHAC/CIHR Influenza Network (PCIRN) Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Canada (April 11-12, 2012).

Schurer J, Jenkins E, Skinner S, Ndao M. “Veterinary public health concerns and solutions in northern Saskatchewan.” Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research Conference. Montreal, QC. May 29- 31.

Schurer, J., M. Ndao, S. Skinner, J. Irvine, T. Epp, E. Jenkins. “Veterinary public health concerns and solutions in northern Saskatchewan.” Global Development Symposium: Critical Links between Human and Animal Health, Guelph, ON, May 6-9, 2012.

Schurer, J., M. Ndao, S. Skinner, J. Irvine, T. Epp, E. Jenkins. Veterinary public health concerns and solutions in northern Saskatchewan. Graduate Student Conference: Interdisciplinary Knowledge Innovation, Saskatoon, SK, Mar.7, 2012. (Speaker Award).

Sepehri S, Karlowsky JA, Walkty AJ, Adam HJ, Hoban DJ, Zhanel GG. Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance Among Clinical Isolates of Bacteroides fragilis Group in Canada in 2010/2011: CANWARD Surveillance Study. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011.

Shadabi E., Bielawyny T., Tuff J., Capina R., Kimani J., Wachihi C., Kimani M., T. Ball TB., Plummer FA., and Luo M. A comparative analysis of binding characteristics and interferon-gamma response to HIV-1 Nef epitopes restricted by HLA alleles A*01:01 and B*07:02. Keystone Symposium: Frontiers in HIV Pathogenesis, Therapy and Eradication, held jointly with the conference Cell Biology of Virus Entry, Replication and Pathogenesis, March 26-31, 2012. Whistler Conference Centre in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

Shane A, J. L. Wylie, and A. M. Jolly. 2011. The feasibility of defining intervention location from social network geographic data of people who inject drugs in Winnipeg, Canada. Issues of Subtance Conference. Nov. 6-9, 2011, Vancouver, BC.

Sharma M, Ainslie M, Christianson S, Karlowsky JA, Kein D, Wolfe J. Simultaneous infection with a multidrug- resistant and pan-susceptible strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Manitoba patient. Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Canada-Canadian Association of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (AMMI Canada-CACMID) Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 2012.

Shaw S, Becker M, Prakash J, Ramesh BM, Isac S, Blanchard JF, Moses S, Washington RG. Tuberculosis infections among persons living with HIV in Karnataka state, southern India: a population-based analysis. Poster Presentation. AIDS 2012 July 22-27, 2012. Washington, D.C.

Shaw S, Deering K, Isac S, Ramesh B, Washington R, Moses S, Blanchard J. Heterogeneity of HIV risk: Female sex worker clients and their non-commercial sexual partners in south India [Abstract O2-S6.03]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Shaw S, Deering K, Reza-Paul S, Isac S, Ramesh B, Washington R, Moses S, Blanchard J. Prevalence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among clients of female sex workers in Karnataka, south India [Abstract P1- S2.01]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Shaw S, Lorway R, Deering K, Mohan HL, Bhattacharjee P, Isac S, Ramesh BM, Washington R, Reza-Paul S, Moses S, Blanchard J. Sexual violence against men who have sex with men and transgenders (MSM-T) in southern India [Abstract O2-S6.05]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Shaw S.Y., A. M. Jolly, J. L. Wylie. Social network characteristics associated with HCV infection among injection drug users with and without solvent use histories in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Canadian Association of HIV Researchers CAHR 2012, April 19-22, 2012, Montreal, QC.

Shaw, S.Y., Whitlock, M.L., Nowicki, D.L., Plourde, P.J., Mahmud, S.M. Assessing heterogeneity in the incidence of chlamydia and gonorrhoea in an urban Canadian setting: a population-based analysis. International Society of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research (ISSTDR) Conference, July 2011.

Shetti B, Sunil P, Bhattacharjee P, Moses S, Prakash KH, Vidyacharan M. Improving access to STI care among female sex workers by strengthening service provider networks in Bangalore, south India [Abstract P1-S2.12]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Silaghi Alex, Todd Cutts, Anders Leung, Sarah Bow, Steven Theriault and Darwyn Kobasa. Identification of novel virulence determinants in pandemic H1N1 influenza viruses originating from Mexico. XV International Congress of Virology, Sapporo, Japan, September 11-16, 2011.

Simner P, Tailor F, Lagacé-Wiens P, Zhanel GG, Hoban DJ. Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase (ESBL-EC) and AmpC- ß-Lactamase (AmpC-EC) producing E. coli in Canadian Intensive Care Units (ICUs) from 2005-2010. Presented at the 51st ICAAC Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011. Singh D, Blanchard J, O’Neil J, Mignone J, Moses S. Bonding, bridging, linking: exploring relationship between social capital and migrants’ HIV risk behaviour at destination [Abstract O2-S5.01]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Slavin M, Vanness DJ, Cordonnier C, Cornely OA, Marks DI, Pagliuca A, Solano C, Cragin L, Shaul A, Sorensen S, Chambers R, Kantecki M, Weinstein D, Schlamm H, Bow EJ. Primary Prophylaxis of Invasive Fungal Infection in Allogeneic Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients - a Mixed Treatment Comparison of Randomised Clinical Trials. 13th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Society for Antimicrobials (ASA), Brisbane, Australia, February 23-25, 2012.

Sleeman K, Sheu TG, Nguyen HT, Ballenger K, Li Y, Klimov AI, and Gubareva LV. Detection of influenza type B viruses with reduced drug susceptibility. 28th Annual Clinical Virology Symposium, Daytona Beach, FL, USA (April 20-25, 2012).

Solano C, Shaul A, de Salas-Cansado M, Mir N, Barrueta A, Sorenson S, Cragin L, Bow EJ. Budget impact model of voriconazole for prophylaxis of invasive fungal infections in Spanish patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. P486. Final Programme of the 38th Annual Meeting of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT), Geneva, Switzerland, April 1-4, 2012, p99.

Solbrig M. “Prospects for Cannabinoid Therapies in Viral Encephalitis” International Society for Neurovirology New York May 2012.

Sood MM, Rigatto C, Shafer LA, Bueti J, Komenda P, Kumar A for the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy in Septic Shock (CATSS) Database Research Group. Reversible AKI is associated with improved survival compared to persistent or no AKI in septic shock. American Society for Nephrology 2012.

Su, R-C., A Plesnarski, Z-j Ao, FA. Plummer, X-j Yao, TB Ball. Reduced IRF-1 expression inhibits HIV-1 transcription without affecting the induction of IRF-1 target genes in ex vivo PBMC. International AIDS Conference. Washington, D.C July 22-27, 2012.

Tailor F, Lagace-Wiens P, Simner PJ, Adam H, Karlowsky JA, Denisuik A, Hoban DJ, Zhanel GG. Activity of Avibactam (NXL-104) in Combination with Beta-Lactams against Molecularly Characterized AmpC- and EXBL- Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae from CANWARD 2007-2010. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011.

Tailor F, Simner PJ, Mataseje L, Mulvey MR, Lagace-Wiens P, Hoban DJ, Zhanel GG. Activity of Doripenem (DOR) against Molecularly Characterized AmpC and ESBL Producing Escherihcia coli (EC) Including Strains with Reduced Susceptibility to Carbapenems (CRS) from Canadian Hospitals: CANWARD 2007-2010. 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, September 17-20, 2011.

Tang David, Rupert Capina, Christina Semeniuk, Xinyong Yuan, Adriana Krawchenko, Gary Kobinger, Francis Plummer, Ma Luo 2011 T-cell-based HIV-1 vaccine strategy based on live recombinant Vesicular Stomatitis Viruses expressing HIV-1 protease cleavage sites. AIDS Vaccine 2011 Sept. 11-15th, 2011, Bangkok, Thailand.

Tang David, Sylvia Wong, James Sainsbury, Philip Lacap, Joshua Kimani, Charles Wachihi, Makobu Kimani, Francis A. Plummer, Ma Luo. 2011 The polymorphisms of the APOBEC3H gene in the Pumwani sex worker cohort and the associations with the susceptibility/resistance to HIV-1. 12th International Congress of Human Genetics/ASHG 61st Annual Meeting, October 11-15, 2011, Montreal, Quebec.

Tang DM., Wong S., Lacap P., Sainsbury J., Kimani J., Wachihi C., Kimani M., Plummer FA. and Luo M. Polymorphisms in APOBEC3H are associated with altered susceptibility to HIV-1 infection in the Pumwani sex worker cohort. Keystone Symposium: Frontiers in HIV Pathogenesis, Therapy and Eradication, held jointly with the conference Cell Biology of Virus Entry, Replication and Pathogenesis, March 26-31, 2012. Whistler Conference Centre in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Teichroeb K., L. Larcombe, J. Wolfe, M. Sharma. 25th Annual Canadian Student Health Research Forum, June 12, 2012; Exploring the association of differential KIR profiles and TB status in Manitoba First Nations populations. Poster presentation.

Thamattoor U, Thomas T, Banandur P, Duchesne T, Abdous B, Washington R, Ramesh BM, Moses S, Alary M. Multi-level analysis of the predictors of HIV prevalence among pregnant women enrolled in sentinel surveillance in four southern India states [Abstract P1-S5.20]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Thamattoor UK, Thomas T, Banandur P, Washington R, Isac S, Ramesh BM, Moses S, Alary M. Factors effecting HIV testing at different time points in Karnataka [Abstract P43]. World Congress of Sexually Transmitted Infections and AIDS/12th International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI) World Congress, New Delhi, India, November 2-5, 2011.

Thanasupawat T, Hombach-Klonisch S, Krček J, Bergen H, Krawitz S, Del Bigio M, Stetefeld J, Klonisch T (2011). Chemotherapy of Brain Cancer: A novel approach using RHCC Microcarriers. 28. Arbeitstagung der Anatomischen Gesellschaft, Wuerzburg, Germany.

Thanasupawat T, Krček J, Hombach-Klonisch S, Bergen H, Bigio MD, Krawitz S, Stetefeld J, Klonisch T (2011). A Novel RHCC Microcarrier Delivery System for Effective Chemotherapy of Brain Tumor. Manitoba Research Days, University of Manitoba, 2011.

Thoms-Rodriguez, C., A. M. Nicholson, N. Christian, B. Willey, H. Didier, L. Mataseje, M. McCracken, D. Boyd, M.R. Mulvey, T. Mazzulli. The Detection of the NDM-1 and other Carbapenemase Genes in Multidrug Resistant Gram Negative Bacilli (MDRGNB) in a Jamaican Hospital. International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases. Atlanta, GA. March 11 - 14, 2012.

Toth D, R Pronyk, M Blanchard, L Saward, A Masi, B Tighe, X Han, M Yousefi, NR Cashman. 2012. Naturally Occurring Human Antibodies to Misfolded Amyloid β Epitope Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease. AAIC, Prairie Infectious Immunology Network Conference.

Totten S, M. McGuire, J. Cox, G. Lambert, M. Fyfe, W. Husbands, T. Myers, R. Remis, J. L. Wylie, T. Wong. Hepatitis C virus infection in men who have sex with men with with no history of injection drug use: evidence for sexual transmission? A Canadian perspective. International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research, July 10-13, 2011, Quebec City, QC.

Tuff J, Kaplonski K, Ly V, Liang B, Tyler S, Luo M, Plummer FA. Linkage disequilibrium analysis of polymorphisms of FRAS1 Related Extracellular Matrix 1 (FREM1) in susceptibility to HIV-1 infection in a Sub Saharan African female sex worker cohort. 2011 12th International Congress of Human Genetics/ASHG 61st Annual Meeting, October 11-15, 2011, Montreal, Quebec.

Vickerman P, Pickles M, Lowndes CM, Ramesh BM, Washington R, Moses S, Deering K, Reza-Paul S, Vassall A, Bradley J, Blanchard J, Alary M, Boily MC. Impact of the Avahan intervention on HIV/STI transmission amongst high and low-risk groups: An interim modelling assessment [Abstract S7.3]. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Quebec City, Canada, July 10-13, 2011.

Waigwa C, Gakii G, Muriuki F, Kimani J, Gelmon L; Combination prevention in most at-risk populations: Univ. Manitoba/ Univ. Nairobi Research Group experience, Kenya; presented at the XVIth International Conference on AIDS/STDs in Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 2011; Abstract WEPE231.

Walkty A, Baxter M, Adam HJ, Nichol K, Karlowsky J, Hoban DJ, Zhanel GG. Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates Obtained from Patients in Canadian Hospitals: CANWARD 2007-2010. Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, October 20-23, 2011. Walkty A, Baxter M, Adam HJ, Nichol K, Karlowsky J, Hoban DJ, Zhanel GG. In vitro Activity of Colistin (Polymyxin E) Versus Gram-Negative Bacilli from Patients in Canadian Hospitals: Results of the CANWARD Study 2008-2010. Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, October 20-23, 2011.

Walkty A, Baxter M, Adam HJ, Nichol K, Lagacé-Wiens P, Karlowsky J, Hoban DJ, Zhanel GG. In vitro Activity of Ceftazidime (CAZ) Combined with Avibactam (NXL104) versus Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates Obtained from Patients in Canadian Hospitals: CANWARD 2010. Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, October 20-23, 2011.

Wang, X-x., Z-j Ao, J-y Peng, L-y Chen, and X-j Yao. The cellular antiviral protein Apobec3G interacts with HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and inhibits its function during viral replication. 6th Annual Child Health Research Day, Winnipeg, Canada. Oct 18, 2011. (received The Excellent Presentaion Award).

Wang, X-x., Z-j Ao, J-y Peng, L-y Chen, and X-j Yao. The cellular antiviral protein Apobec3G interacts with HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and inhibits its function during viral replication. Keystone symposia, Whistler, Canada. April 12, 2012. (received Keystone Symposia Scholarship Award).

Wang, X-x., Z-j Ao, J-y Peng, L-y Chen, and X-j Yao. The cellular antiviral protein Apobec3G interacts with HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and inhibits its function during viral replication. Manitoba Health Research Day, Winnipeg. June 12-14, 2012. (received the Award of Dean of graduate studies).

Washington RW, Pradeep BS, Becker ML, Garady L, Yallapa A, Prakash R, Isac S, Halli S, Brooks, Moses S, Ramesh BM. A longitudinal study on quality of life (QOL) of people living with HIV in Karnataka, south India. Poster Presentation. AIDS 2012 July 22-27, 2012. Washington, D.C.

Willey, B. M., D. Boyd, L. F. Mataseje, T. Fung, M. Larocque, G. Ricci, R. Melano, M. R. Mulvey, D. Richardson, S. M. Poutanen. Validation of Rosco KPC+MBL Diagnostic Inhibitors for Phenotypic Distinction of Carbapenemases from Non-Carbapenemase-Mechanisms in Ertapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae.. The Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectiours Diseases (CACMID-AMMI). Vancouver, BC. May 3-5, 2012.

Willey, B. M., T. Fung, M. Larocque, C. Hum, N. Prayitno, A. Tsang, M. Ng, D. A. Boyd, L. Mataseje, A. Mazzulli, T. Prochnow, P. Lo, M. Mulvey, A. J. McGeer, D. E. Low, S. M. Poutanen. Evaluation of methods for detecting Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriacae (CRE) from surveillance specimens. The Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectiours Diseases (CACMID-AMMI). Vancouver, BC. May 3-5, 2012.

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