Publications

1. Connors KA, Pedlow MR, Frey ZD, McGaughey JJ, Amarasinghe GK, Duprex WP, D'Aiuto L, Wills ZP, Hartman AL. 2024. Characterization of neural infection by Oropouche orthobunyavirus. BioRxiv [preprint]. https://10.1101/2024.10.11.617875

2. Frey ZD, Price DA*, Connors KA*, Rush RE*, Brown G, Sterling CE, Fatma F, Schwarz MM, Ganaie S, Cui X, Wills ZP, Leung DW, Amarasinghe GK, Hartman AL. 2024. Lrp1 facilitates infection of neurons by Jamestown Canyon virus. BioRxiv [preprint]. https://10.1101/2024.11.06.622176 *co-second authors

3. Jair K, Abbott SE, Aldous A, Rivas KI, Connors KA, Klein DA, Hoke ES, Jordan JA. 2024. Statistically Significant Associations Between HPV33, HPV35, and HPV56 With Anal HSIL in a Population of MSMLWH. Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease. https://10.1097/LGT.0000000000000837
   
   

4. Connors KA, Chapman NS, McMillen CM, Hoehl RM, McGaughey JJ, Frey ZD, Midgett M, Williams C, Reed DS, Crowe JE, Hartman AL. 2024. Potent neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies protect from inhalational Rift Valley fever virus. JCI Insight. https://10.1172/jci.insight.180151
   
   

5. Connors KA, Frey ZD, Demers MJ, Wills ZP, Hartman AL. 2024. Acute Rift Valley fever virus infection induces inflammatory cytokines and cell death in ex vivo rat brain slice culture. Journal of General Virology. https://10.1099/jgv.0.001970
   
   

6. Schwarz MM, Ganaie SS, Feng A, Brown G, Yangdon T, White JM, Hoehl RM, McMillen CM, Rush RE, Connors KA, Cui X, Leung DW, Egawa T, Amarasinghe GK, Hartman AL. 2023. Lrp1 is essential for lethal Rift Valley fever hepatic disease in mice. Science Advances.  https://10.1126/sciadv.adh2264
   
   

7. Jordan JA, Rivas KI, Aldous A, Connors KA, Jair K, Klein DA, Hoke ES, Abbott SE. 2023. Demonstrating a Statistically Significant Association Between Anal High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion and Positive OncoE6 Anal Test in Men Who Have Sex With Men and are Living With HIV. Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease. https://10.1097/LGT.0000000000000750
   
   

8. Schwarz M, Connors KA, Davoli K, McMillen C, Albe J, Hoehl R, Demers M, Ganaie S, Price D, Leung D, Amarasinghe G, McElroy A, Reed D, Hartman A. 2022. Rift Valley fever virus infects the posterior segment of the eye and induces inflammation in a rat model of ocular disease. Journal of Virology. Editor’s Pick. https://10.1128/jvi.01112-22
   
   

9. Connors KA and Hartman AL. 2022. Advances in Understanding Neuropathogenesis of Rift Valley Fever Virus. Annual Reviews of Virology.  https://10.1146/annurev-virology-091919-065806
   
   

10. Aldous A, Daniels J, Joy C, Jais M, Connors KA, Mohamed H, Capozzi B, Simmens S, Magnus M, Roberts A, Simon G, Ghosh M. Recent Sexual Violence Exposure is Associated with Immune Biomarkers of HIV Susceptibility in Women. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology. Accepted Apr 16, 2021. Published online Apr 24, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1111/aji.13432
    
    

11. Rodriguez-Garcia M, Connors KA, Ghosh M. HIV Pathogenesis in the Human Female Reproductive Tract. Current HIV/AIDS Reports. Accepted Jan 21, 2021. Published online Mar 15, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11904-021-00546-1
    
    

12. Connors KA, Abbott S, Jair K, Daniels J, Lintner M, Klein D, Wimpleberg A, Jordan JA. 2021. Cross Comparison of AmpFire HPV Genotyping Assay and Roche Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Linear Array for HPV Genotyping of Anal Swab Samples. Journal of Virological Methods. Accepted Feb 24, 2021. Published online Mar 1, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2021.114113
    
    

13. Sherrill-Mix S, Connors KA, Aldrovandi GM, Brenchley J, Boucher C, Bushman F, Collman R, Dandekar S, Klatt NR, Lagenaur LA, Paredes R, Tachedjian G, Turpin JA, Landay A, Ghosh M. 2020. A summary of the fifth annual Virology Education HIV Microbiome workshop. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. Published online Nov 6, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1089/aid.2020.0121