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• 2020

  How many are we missing with ID NOW COVID-19 assay using direct nasopharyngeal swabs? Findings from a mid-sized academic hospital clinical microbiology laboratory

  Thwe, P. M. & Ren, P., Oct 2020, In: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 98, 2, 115123.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Microbiology
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  4 Scopus citations
• 2017

  Evaluation of aptima zika virus assay

  Ren, P., Ortiz, D. A., Terzian, A. C. B., Colombo, T. E., Nogueira, M. L., Vasilakis, N. & Loeffelholz, M. J., Jul 2017, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 55, 7, p. 2198-2203 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Zika Virus
  • Urine
  • RNA
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Serum
  13 Scopus citations
• 2019

  Answer to photo quiz: Trichophyton verrucosum

  Ortiz, D. A. & Ren, P., 2019, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 57, 7, e00801-18.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
• 2016

  Malassezia pachydermatis fungemia in an adult with multibacillary leprosy

  Roman, J., Bagla, P., Ren, P., Blanton, L. S. & Berman, M. A., Jun 1 2016, In: Medical Mycology Case Reports. 12, p. 1-3 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Multibacillary Leprosy
  • Fungemia
  • Malassezia
  • Bacteremia
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  10 Scopus citations
• 2020

  The brief case: Recurrent chromobacterium violaceum bloodstream infection in a glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)-Deficient patient with a severe neutrophil defect

  Thwe, P. M., Ortiz, D. A., Wankewicz, A. L., Hornak, J. P., Williams-Bouyer, N. & Ren, P., 2020, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 58, 2, e00312-19.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  1 Scopus citations

• A high-throughput neutralizing antibody assay for COVID-19 diagnosis and vaccine evaluation

  Muruato, A. E., Fontes-Garfias, C. R., Ren, P., Garcia-Blanco, M. A., Menachery, V. D., Xie, X. & Shi, P. Y., Dec 1 2020, In: Nature communications. 11, 1, 4059.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • vaccines
  • SARS Virus
  • antibodies
  • Assays
  • Neutralizing Antibodies
  18 Scopus citations
• 2014

  Carbon dioxide is a powerful inducer of monokaryotic hyphae and spore development in cryptococcus gattii and carbonic anhydrase activity is dispensable in this dimorphic transition

  Ren, P., Chaturvedi, V. & Chaturvedi, S., Oct 22 2014, In: PloS one. 9, 12, e113147.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Cryptococcus gattii
  • Carbonic Anhydrases
  • Hyphae
  • Spores
  • carbonate dehydratase
  7 Scopus citations
• 2019

  Photo quiz: A multifocal rash in a 16-year-old aspiring veterinarian

  Ortiz, D. A. & Ren, P., 2019, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 57, 7

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
• 2017

  A Rapid Zika Diagnostic Assay to Measure Neutralizing Antibodies in Patients

  Shan, C., Xie, X., Ren, P., Loeffelholz, M. J., Yang, Y., Furuya, A., Dupuis, A. P., Kramer, L. D., Wong, S. J. & Shi, P. Y., Mar 1 2017, In: EBioMedicine. 17, p. 157-162 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Viruses
  • Assays
  • Neutralizing Antibodies
  • Zika Virus Infection
  • Neutralization Tests
  44 Scopus citations
• 2020

  Photo quiz: Skin nodules in a liver transplant recipient

  Webb, C. M., Ross, L., Monjazeb, S., Goodwin, B. & Ren, P., 2020, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 58, 2, e01649-18.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• A nanoluciferase SARS-CoV-2 for rapid neutralization testing and screening of anti-infective drugs for COVID-19

  Xie, X., Muruato, A. E., Zhang, X., Lokugamage, K. G., Fontes-Garfias, C. R., Zou, J., Liu, J., Ren, P., Balakrishnan, M., Cihlar, T., Tseng, C. T. K., Makino, S., Menachery, V. D., Bilello, J. P. & Shi, P. Y., Dec 1 2020, In: Nature communications. 11, 1, 5214.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • SARS Virus
  • Coronavirus
  • drugs
  • Screening
  • screening
  2 Scopus citations
• 2017

  Evaluation of a novel reporter virus neutralization test for serological diagnosis of Zika and Dengue virus infection

  Shan, C., Ortiz, D. A., Yang, Y., Wong, S. J., Kramer, L. D., Shi, P. Y., Loeffelholz, M. J. & Ren, P., Oct 2017, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 55, 10, p. 3028-3036 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Zika Virus Infection
  • Zika Virus
  • Neutralization Tests
  • Dengue Virus
  • Viruses
  23 Scopus citations
• 2020

  Answer to photo quiz: Microsphaeropsis arundinis and phialophora verrucosa

  Webb, C. M., Ross, L., Monjazeb, S., Goodwin, B. & Ren, P., 2020, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 58, 2, e01657-18.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
• 2018

  Green Fluorescent Protein Expression in Pseudogymnoascus destructans to Study Its Abiotic and Biotic Lifestyles

  Zhang, T., Ren, P., De Jesus, M., Chaturvedi, V. & Chaturvedi, S., Oct 1 2018, In: Mycopathologia. 183, 5, p. 805-814 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pseudogymnoascus destructans
  • Chiroptera
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins
  • lifestyle
  • green fluorescent protein
  3 Scopus citations
• 2020

  A common partitivirus infection in United States and Czech Republic isolates of bat white-nose syndrome fungal pathogen Pseudogymnoascus destructans

  Ren, P., Rajkumar, S. S., Zhang, T., Sui, H., Masters, P. S., Martinkova, N., Kubátová, A., Pikula, J., Chaturvedi, S. & Chaturvedi, V., Dec 1 2020, In: Scientific reports. 10, 1, 13893.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Chiroptera
  • Open Reading Frames
  • Double-Stranded RNA
  • Nose
  • Fungi