Publications
Glickman CM, Virdi R, Hasan NA, Epperson LE, Brown L, Dawrs SN, Crooks JL, Chan ED, Strong M, Nelson ST, Honda JR. Assessment of Soil Features on the Growth of Environmental Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Isolates from Hawai'i. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2020 Oct 15;86(21). doi: 10.1128/AEM.00121-20. Print 2020 Oct 15. PubMed PMID: 32859599; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7580544.
Nelson ST, Robinson S, Rey K, Brown L, Jones N, Dawrs SN, Virdi R, Norton GJ, Epperson LE, Hasan NA, Chan ED, Strong M, Honda JR. Exposure Pathways of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Through Soil, Streams, and Groundwater, Hawai'i, USA. Geohealth. 2021 Apr;5(4):e2020GH000350. doi: 10.1029/2020GH000350. eCollection 2021 Apr. PubMed PMID: 33855248; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8025848.
Virdi R, Lowe ME, Norton GJ, Dawrs SN, Hasan NA, Epperson LE, Glickman CM, Chan ED, Strong M, Crooks JL, Honda JR. Lower Recovery of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria from Outdoor Hawai'i Environmental Water Biofilms Compared to Indoor Samples. Microorganisms. 2021 Jan 22;9(2). doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9020224. PubMed PMID: 33499212; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7910870.
Parsons AW, Dawrs SN, Nelson ST, Norton GJ, Virdi R, Hasan NA, Epperson LE, Holst B, Chan ED, Leos-Barajas V, Reich BJ, Crooks JL, Strong M, Pacifici K, Honda JR. Soil Properties and Moisture Synergistically Influence Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Prevalence in Natural Environments of Hawai'i. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2022 May 10;88(9):e0001822. doi: 10.1128/aem.00018-22. Epub 2022 Apr 18. PubMed PMID: 35435715; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9088257.
Vang CK, Dawrs SN, Oberlag NM, Gilmore AE, Hasan NA, Honda JR. Comparative survival of environmental and clinical Mycobacterium abscessus isolates in a variety of diverse host cells. J Appl Microbiol. 2022 Apr;132(4):3302-3314. doi: 10.1111/jam.15416. Epub 2022 Jan 4. PubMed PMID: 34919308.