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Boppana SB, Ross SA, Shimamura M, Palmer AL, Ahmed A, Michaels MG, Sánchez PJ, Bernstein DI, Tolan RW Jr, Novak Z, Chowdhury N, Britt WJ, Fowler KB; National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders CHIMES Study. 2011. Saliva polymerase-chain-reaction assay for cytomegalovirus screening in newborns. N Engl J Med. 364(22):2111-8. PMID:21631323


Indran SV, Britt WJ. 2011. A role for the small GTPase Rab6 in assembly of human cytomegalovirus. J Virol. 85(10):5213-9. PMID:21411515


Slavuljica I, Busche A, Babić M, Mitrović M, Gašparović I, Cekinović D, Markova Car E, Pernjak Pugel E, Ciković A, Lisnić VJ, Britt WJ, Koszinowski U, Messerle M, Krmpotić A, Jonjić S. 2010. Recombinant mouse cytomegalovirus expressing a ligand for the NKG2D receptor is attenuated and has improved vaccine properties. J Clin Invest. 2120(12):4532-45. PMID:21099111


Shimamura M, Murphy-Ullrich JE, Britt WJ. 2010. Human cytomegalovirus induces TGF-β1 activation in renal tubular epithelial cells after epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. PLoS Pathog. 6(11):e1001170. PMID:21079788


Shimamura M, Britt WJ. 2010. G-CSF and CD34+ progenitor cells in hematopoietic grafts: too fertile for human cytomegalovirus. Cell Host Microbe. 8(3):223-4. PMID: 20833373


Britt WJ. 2010.
 Human cytomegalovirus: propagation, quantification, and storage. Curr Protoc Microbiol. Chapter 14:Unit 14E.3. PMID: 20812216


Boppana SB, Ross SA, Novak Z, Shimamura M, Tolan RW Jr, Palmer AL, Ahmed A, Michaels MG, Sánchez PJ, Bernstein DI, Britt WJ, Fowler KB; National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders CMV and Hearing Multicenter Screening (CHIMES) Study. 2010. Dried blood spot real-time polymerase chain reaction assays to screen newborns for congenital cytomegalovirus infection. JAMA. 303(14):1375-82. PMID: 20388893


Indran SV, Ballestas ME, Britt WJ. 2010. Bicaudal D1-dependent trafficking of human cytomegalovirus tegument protein pp150 in virus-infected cells. J Virol. 2010 Apr;84(7):3162-77. PMID: 20089649


Yamamoto AY, Mussi-Pinhata MM, Boppana SB, Novak Z, Wagatsuma VM, Oliveira Pde F, Duarte G, Britt WJ. Human cytomegalovirus reinfection is associated with intrauterine transmission in a highly cytomegalovirus-immune maternal population. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 202(3):297.e1-8. PMID: 20060091


Ross SA, Arora N, Novak Z, Fowler KB, Britt WJ, Boppana SB. 2010. Cytomegalovirus reinfections in healthy seroimmune women. J Infect Dis. 201(3):386-9. PMID: 20039807


Wang Z, Martinez J, Zhou W, La Rosa C, Srivastava T, Dasgupta A, Rawal R, Li Z, Britt WJ, Diamond D. 2010. Modified H5 promoter improves stability of insert genes while maintaining immunogenicity during extended passage of genetically engineered MVA vaccines. Vaccine. 28(6):1547-57.  PMID: 19969118


Krzyzaniak MA, Mach M, Britt WJ. 2009. HCMV-encoded glycoprotein M (UL100) interacts with Rab11 effector protein FIP4. Traffic. 10(10):1439-57. PMID: 19761540


Mussi-Pinhata MM, Yamamoto AY, Moura Brito RM, de Lima Isaac M, de Carvalho e Oliveira PF, Boppana S, Britt WJ. 2009. Birth prevalence and natural history of congenital cytomegalovirus infection in a highly seroimmune population. Clin Infect Dis. 49(4):522-8. PMID: 19583520


Ross SA, Novak Z, Fowler KB, Arora N, Britt WJ, Boppana SB. 2009. Cytomegalovirus blood viral load and hearing loss in young children with congenital infection. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 28(7):588-92. PMID: 19478688.


Novak Z, Ross SA, Patro RK, Pati SK, Reddy MK, Purser M, Britt WJ, Boppana SB. 2009. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method for detection of cytomegalovirus strain-specific antibody responses. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 16(2):288-90. . PMID: 19038783


Bantug GR, Cekinovic D, Bradford R, Koontz T, Jonjic S, Britt WJ. 2008. CD8+ T lymphocytes control murine cytomegalovirus replication in the central nervous system of newborn animals. J Immunol. 181(3):2111-23. PMID: 18641350.


Koontz T, Bralic M, Tomac J, Pernjak-Pugel E, Bantug G, Jonjic S, Britt WJ. 2008. Altered development of the brain after focal herpesvirus infection of the central nervous system. J Exp Med. 205(2):423-35.  PMID: 18268036


Maheshwari A, Smythies LE, Wu X, Novak L, Clements R, Eckhoff D, Lazenby AJ, Britt WJ, Smith PD. 2006. Cytomegalovirus blocks intestinal stroma-induced down-regulation of macrophage HIV-1 infection. J Leukoc Biol. 80(5):1111-7. PMID: 17056764.


Ross SA, Fowler KB, Ashrith G, Stagno S, Britt WJ, Pass RF, Boppana SB. 2006. Hearing loss in children with congenital cytomegalovirus infection born to mothers with preexisting immunity. J Pediatr. 148(3):332-6. PMID: 16615962.


Shimamura M, Mach M, Britt WJ. 2006. Human cytomegalovirus infection elicits a glycoprotein M (gM)/gN-specific virus-neutralizing antibody response. J Virol. 80(9):4591-600. PMID: 16611919


Pass RF, Fowler KB, Boppana SB, Britt WJ, Stagno S. 2006. Congenital cytomegalovirus infection following first trimester maternal infection: symptoms at birth and outcome. J Clin Virol. 35(2):216-20.  PMID: 16368262.


Ross SA, Novak Z, Ashrith G, Rivera LB, Britt WJ, Hedges S, Schwebke JR, Boppana AS. 2005. Association between genital tract cytomegalovirus infection and bacterial vaginosis. J Infect Dis. 192(10):1727-30.  PMID: 16235170.


Boppana SB, Fowler KB, Pass RF, Rivera LB, Bradford RD, Lakeman FD, Britt WJ. 2005. Congenital cytomegalovirus infection: association between virus burden in infancy and hearing loss. J Pediatr. 146(6):817-23. PMID: 15973325.


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Boppana S. 2004. Human cytomegalovirus virion proteins. Hum Immunol. 65(5):395-402. PMID: 15172437.


Samanta M, Harkins L, Klemm K, Britt WJ, Cobbs CS. 2003. High prevalence of human cytomegalovirus in prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia and prostatic carcinoma.J Urol. 170(3):998-1002. PMID: 12913758.


Lai L, Britt WJ. 2003. The interaction between the major capsid protein and the smallest capsid protein of human cytomegalovirus is dependent on two linear sequences in the smallest capsid protein. J Virol. 77(4):2730-5. PMID: 12552013