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Karen LeCount

Animal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceORCID 0000-0002-9455-3380Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Microbiology· 1 Molecular Biology· 1

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Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:clinical cohort / trial· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Organism:rat· 1

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Camila HamondiD· 2 shared David M. WagneriD· 2 shared Jarlath E. NallyiD· 2 shared Jason W. SahliD· 2 shared Nathan E. StoneiD· 2 shared Alexander K. Roberts· 1 shared Alexander Schrieber· 1 shared Aubrey G. SpechtiD· 1 shared

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Clinical and molecular characterization of an outbreak of leptospirosis in dogs from Los Angeles County, California, USA, 2021

Max Randolph, Jarlath E. Nally, Sean K. Yoshimoto, Betty Chow, David M. Wagner, Nathan E. Stone, Jason W. Sahl, Camila Hamond, Karen LeCount, Tod P. Stuber, Hans van der Linden, Krystle L. Reagan, Alexander Schrieber, Jamie F Sebastian, Jane E. Sykes

This study characterizes a leptospirosis outbreak in dogs in Los Angeles County, finding that all isolates were Leptospira interrogans serovar Canicola, with urine PCR as the most sensitive test and ICFs as a potential source.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology · May 26, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Host population structure and rare dispersal events drive leptospirosis transmission patterns among Rattus norvegicus in Boston, Massachusetts, US

Nathan E. Stone, Camila Hamond, Joel R Clegg, Ryelan F. McDonough, Reanna M. Bourgeois, Rebecca Ballard, Natalie B. Thornton, Marianece Nuttall, Hannah Hertzel, Tammy Anderson, Ryann N. Whealy, Skylar Timm, Alexander K. Roberts, Verónica Barragán, Wanda Phipatanakul, , Marieke Hilarides Rosenbaum

The paper investigates leptospirosis transmission among brown rats in Boston, finding high genetic structure and limited dispersal, with Leptospira clades linked to specific rat populations and a human case linked to rats.

bioRxiv · Jun 12, 2024 · PreprintMolecular Biology