Shannon Ronca, PhD, MPH
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Shannon Ronca, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Pediatrics-Tropical Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
- Director, Feigin ABSL-3
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Baylor College of Medicine
HOUSTON, Texas United States
Education
- PhD from University of Texas Medical Branch
- 08/2016 - Galveston, Texas United States
- MPH from University of Texas Medical Branch
- 08/2016 - Galveston, Texas United States
- BS from Cedar Crest College
- 05/2012 - Allentown, Pennsylvania United States
Professional Interests
- Virus-host interactions
- Viral pathogenesis
- Neurological complications of viral infections
- Infectious disease epidemiology
Websites
Selected Publications
- Ronca SE, Sturdivant RX, Barr KL, Harris D. "Viability on 16 Common Indoor Surface Finish Materials.." HERD.2021/July;: Pubmed PMID: 33618545
- Hansen M, Nolan MS, Gorchakov R, Hasbun R, Murray KO, Ronca SE. "Unique Cytokine Response in West Nile Virus Patients Who Developed Chronic Kidney Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study.." Viruses.2021/February;: Pubmed PMID: 33671257
- Ronca SE, Gorchakov R, Berry R, Alvarado RE, Gunter SM, Murray KO "Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of West Nile Virus Isolate 2004Hou3.." Int J Mol Sci.2019/April19;: Pubmed PMID: 31010172
- Gorchakov R, Berry RM, Patel SM, El Sahly HM, Ronca SE, Murray KO "Optimizing PCR Detection of Zika Virus from Various Body Fluids.." Am J Trop Med Hyg.2019/February;: Pubmed PMID: 30560770
- Gorchakov R, Gulas-Wroblewski BE, Ronca SE, Ruff JC, Nolan MS, Berry R, Alvarado RE, Gunter SM, Murray KO "Optimizing PCR Detection of West Nile Virus from Body Fluid Specimens to Delineate Natural History in an Infected Human Cohort.." Int J Mol Sci. 2019 April 19; : Pubmed PMID: 31010160
- Ronca SE, Murray KO, Nolan MS. "Cumulative Incidence of West Nile Virus Infection, Continental United States, 1999-2016.." Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 February ; : Pubmed PMID: 30666940
- Nolan MS, Aguilar D, Brown EL, Gunter SM, Ronca SE, Hanis CL, Murray KO. "Continuing evidence of Chagas disease along the Texas-Mexico border.." PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 November ; : Pubmed PMID: 30427833
- Gunter SM, Ronca SE, Sandoval M, Coffman K, Leining L, Gorchakov R, Murray KO, and Nolan MS. "Chagas disease infection prevalence and vector exposure in a high-risk population of Texas hunters." Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 February ; : Pubmed PMID: 31872798
- Ronca SE, Ruff JC, Murray KO "A 20-year historical review of West Nile virus since its initial emergence in North America: Has West Nile virus become a neglected tropical disease?." PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 May ; : Pubmed PMID: 33956816
- Ronca SE, Smith J, Koma T, Miller MM, Yun N, Dineley KT, Paessler S. "Mouse Model of Neurological Complications Resulting from Encephalitic Alphavirus Infection.." Fron Microbio. 2017 August ; : Pubmed PMID: 28223982
- Murray KO, Kolodziej S, Ronca SE, Gorchakov R, Navarro P, Nolan MS, Podoll A, Finkel K, Mandayam S. "Visualization of West Nile Virus in Urine Sediment using Electron Microscopy and Immunogold up to Nine Years Postinfection.." Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 December ; : Pubmed PMID: 29141749
- Yun NE, Ronca S, Tamura A, Koma T, Seregin AV, Dineley KT, Miller M, Cook R, Shimizu N, Walker AG, Smith JN, Fair JN, Wauquier N, Bockarie B, Khan SH, Makishima T, Paessler S "Animal Model of Sensorineural Hearing Loss Associated with Lassa Virus Infection.." J Virol. 2015 December ; : Pubmed PMID: 26719273
- Ronca SE, Dineley KT, Paessler S. "Neurological Sequelae Resulting from Encephalitic Alphavirus Infection.." Front Microbio. 2016 July ; : Pubmed PMID: 27379085
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