In Progress

Kirpich A, Shishkin A, Lhewa P, Adeniyi EA, Norris M, Chowell G, Gankin Y, Skums P, Perez Tchernov A. Clustering-Based Multi-Characteristic Comparative Analysis of COVID-19 Epidemiology in Europe. Submitted for the review.

Bakhturidze G, Popova L, Kirpich A, Berg C, Eriksen MP  Smoke-free policy impact on the hospitality sector in the Republic of Georgia. Submitted for the review.

Bleichrodt A, Luo  R, Kirpich A, Chowell G Superiority of ensemble sub-epidemic frameworks in forecasting the 2022-2023 mpox epidemic over other time series models. Submitted for the review.

Published

Norris MH, Zincke D, Daegling DJ, Krigbaum J, McGraw WS, Kirpich A, Hadfield TL, Blackburn JK. Genomic and Phylogenetic Analysis of Bacillus cereus Biovar anthracis Isolated from Archival Bone Samples Reveals Earlier Natural History of the Pathogen. Pathogens. 2023 Aug 20;12(8):1065. PMID: 37624025 PMCID: PMC10457788 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12081065

Kirpich A, Shishkin A, Lhewa P, Yang C, von Fricken ME, Norris MH, Weppelmann TA. An investigation of the seasonal relationships between meteorological factors, water quality, and sporadic cases of Legionnaires’ disease in Washington, DC. Epidemiology & Infection. 2023 Jan;151:e88. PMID: 37183701 PMCID: PMC10265736 DOI: 0.1017/S0950268823000651

Shishkin A, Lhewa P, Yang C, Gankin Y, Chowell G, Norris M, Skums P, Kirpich A. Excess mortality in Ukraine during the course of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–2021. Scientific Reports. 2023 Apr 27;13(1):6917. PMID: 37106001 PMCID: PMC10139669 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-33113-2

Norris MH, Bluhm AP, Metrailer MC, Jiranantasak T, Kirpich A, Hadfield T, Ponciano JM, Blackburn JK. Beyond the spore, the exosporium sugar anthrose impacts vegetative Bacillus anthracis gene regulation in cis and trans. Scientific Reports. 2023 Mar 28;13(1):5060. PMID: 35361826 PMCID: PMC8970068 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-32162-x

Alexandrov V, Kirpich A, Kantidze O, Gankin Y. A multi-reference poly-conformational method for in silico design, optimization, and repositioning of pharmaceutical compounds illustrated for selected SARS-CoV-2 ligands. PeerJ. 2022 Nov 24;10:e14252. PMID: 36447514 PMCID: PMC9701500 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14252

Alexandrov V, Vilenchik M, Kantidze O, Tsutskiridze N, Kharchilava D, Lhewa P, Shishkin A, Gankin Y, Kirpich A. Novel Efficient Multistage Lead Optimization Pipeline Experimentally Validated for DYRK1B Selective Inhibitors. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 2022 Oct 14;65(20):13784-92. PMID: 36239428 PMCID: PMC9619999 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c00988

Danilov VV, Litmanovich D, Proutski A, Kirpich A, Nefaridze D, Karpovsky A, Gankin Y. Automatic scoring of COVID-19 severity in X-ray imaging based on a novel deep learning workflow. Scientific Reports. 2022 Jul 27;12(1):12791. PMID: 35896761 PMCID: PMC9326426 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-15013-z

Kirpich A, Shishkin A, Weppelmann TA, Perez Tchernov A, Skums P, Gankin Y. Excess mortality in Belarus during the COVID-19 pandemic as the case study of a country with limited non-pharmaceutical interventions and limited reporting. Scientific Reports. 2022 Mar 31;12(1):5475. PMID: 35361826 PMCID: PMC8970068 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-09345-z

Tariq A, Chakhaia T, Dahal S, Ewing A, Hua X, Ofori SK, Prince O, Salindri AD, Adeniyi AE, Banda JM, Skums P, Luo R, Lara-Díaz LY, Bürger R, Fung IC-H, Shim E, Kirpich A, Srivastava A, Chowell G. An investigation of spatial-temporal patterns and predictions of the coronavirus 2019 pandemic in Colombia, 2020-2021. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 Mar 4;16(3):e0010228. PMID: 35245285 PMCID: PMC8926206 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010228

Danilov VV, Proutski A, Karpovsky A, Kirpich A, Litmanovich D, Nefaridze D, Talalov O, Semyonov S, Koniukhovskii V, Shvartc V, Gankin Y. Indirect supervision applied to COVID-19 and pneumonia classification. Informatics in Medicine Unlocked. 2022 Jan 1;28:100835. PMID: 34977331 PMCID: PMC8712713 DOI: 10.1016/j.imu.2021.100835

Gankin Y, Nemira A, Koniukhovskii V, Chowell G, Weppelmann TA, Skums P, Kirpich A. Investigating the first stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine using epidemiological and genomic data. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 2021 Nov 1;95:105087. PMID: 34592415 PMCID: PMC8474758 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2021.105087

Gorse GJ, Rattigan SM, Kirpich A, Simberkoff MS, Bessesen MT, Gibert C, Nyquist AC, Price CS, Gaydos CA, Radonovich LJ Jr, Perl TM, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Cummings DA. Influence of Preseason Antibodies Against Influenza Virus on Risk of Influenza Infection Among Healthcare Personnel. The Journal of infectious diseases. 2022 Mar 1;225(5):891-902. PMID: 34534319 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiab468

Nemira A, Adeniyi AE, Gasich EL, Bulda KY, Valentovich LN, Krasko AG, Glebova O, Kirpich A, Skums P. SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics in Belarus in 2020 revealed by genomic and incidence data analysis. Communications Medicine. 2021 Sep 16;1(1):31. PMID: 35602211 PMCID: PMC9053244 DOI: 10.1038/s43856-021-00031-1

Tariq A, Banda JM, Skums P, Dahal S, Castillo-Garsow C, Espinoza B, Brizuela NG, Saenz RA, Kirpich A, Luo R, Srivastava A, Gutierrez H, Garcia Chan N, Bento AI, Jimenez-Corona ME, Chowell G. Transmission dynamics and forecasts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico, March-December 2020. PloS one. 2021 Jul 21;16(7):e0254826. PMID: 34288969 PMCID: PMC8294497 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254826

Kirpich A, Koniukhovskii V, Shvartc V, Skums P, Weppelmann TA, Imyanitov E, Semyonov S, Barsukov K, Gankin Y. Development of an interactive, agent-based local stochastic model of COVID-19 transmission and evaluation of mitigation strategies illustrated for the state of Massachusetts, USA. PLoS One. 2021 Feb 17;16(2):e0247182. PMID: 33596247 PMCID: PMC7888623 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247182

Norris MH, Kirpich A, Bluhm AP, Zincke D, Hadfield T, Ponciano JM, Blackburn JK. Convergent evolution of diverse Bacillus anthracis outbreak strains toward altered surface oligosaccharides that modulate anthrax pathogenesis. PLoS Biology. 2020 Dec 28;18(12):e3001052. PMID: 33370274 PMCID: PMC7793302 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001052

Roosa K, Lee Y, Luo R, Kirpich A, Rothenberg R, Hyman JM, Yan P, Chowell G. Short-term forecasts of the COVID-19 epidemic in Guangdong and Zhejiang, China: February 13–23, 2020. Journal of clinical medicine. 2020 Feb 22;9(2):596. PMID: 32098289 PMCID: PMC7073898 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9020596