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Natalie J. Thornburg is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their research spans a significant range of topics primarily within medicine, with a strong focus on infectious diseases and epidemiology.

Thornburg's work prominently features studies on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, including detection, testing, and clinical research. Their scientific output includes a substantial volume of publications related to respiratory viral infections and viral gastroenteritis epidemiology, as well as biosensors and analytical detection technologies.

The main fields and subfields of study represented in Thornburg's publications are:

  • Medicine
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Biomedical Engineering

Major research topics covered include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection

Thornburg has published in a range of scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases

Frequent co-authors working alongside Thornburg include Jennifer L. Harcourt, Azaibi Tamin, Sandra Lester, Aron J. Hall, and Lisa Mills, reflecting collaboration within the field of infectious disease research.

Selected notable recent publications authored or co-authored by Thornburg are:

  • Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Transmission in a Skilled Nursing Facility, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • An Orally Bioavailable Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 in Human Airway Epithelial Cell Cultures and Multiple Coronaviruses in Mice, 2020, Science Translational Medicine
  • Seroprevalence of Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in 10 Sites in the United States, March 23-May 12, 2020, 2020, JAMA Internal Medicine
  • US CDC Real-Time Reverse Transcription PCR Panel for Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, 2020, Emerging Infectious Diseases

Best Publications

  • Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1.

    Neeltje van Doremalen;Trenton Bushmaker;Dylan H. Morris;Myndi G. Holbrook

  • Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Transmission in a Skilled Nursing Facility.

    Melissa M. Arons;Kelly M. Hatfield;Sujan C. Reddy;Anne Kimball

  • An orally bioavailable broad-spectrum antiviral inhibits SARS-CoV-2 in human airway epithelial cell cultures and multiple coronaviruses in mice.

    Timothy P. Sheahan;Amy C. Sims;Shuntai Zhou;Rachel L. Graham

  • Seroprevalence of Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in 10 Sites in the United States, March 23-May 12, 2020.

    Fiona P. Havers;Carrie Reed;Travis Lim;Joel M. Montgomery

  • US CDC Real-Time Reverse Transcription PCR Panel for Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2.

    Xiaoyan Lu;Lijuan Wang;Senthilkumar K. Sakthivel;Brett Whitaker

  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 from Patient with Coronavirus Disease, United States.

    Jennifer Harcourt;Jennifer Harcourt;Azaibi Tamin;Xiaoyan Lu;Shifaq Kamili

  • The safety, immunogenicity, and acceptability of inactivated influenza vaccine delivered by microneedle patch (TIV-MNP 2015): a randomised, partly blinded, placebo-controlled, phase 1 trial

    Nadine G Rouphael;Michele Paine;Regina Mosley;Sebastien Henry

  • Comparative Effectiveness of Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, and Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) Vaccines in Preventing COVID-19 Hospitalizations Among Adults Without Immunocompromising Conditions - United States, March-August 2021.

    Wesley H. Self;Mark W. Tenforde;Jillian P. Rhoads;Manjusha Gaglani;Manjusha Gaglani

  • First 12 patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the United States

    Stephanie A. Kujawski;Karen K Wong;Jennifer P. Collins;Lauren Epstein

  • Estimated SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence in the US as of September 2020.

    Kristina L. Bajema;Ryan E. Wiegand;Kendra Cuffe;Sadhna V. Patel

  • 2020 taxonomic update for phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales

    Jens H. Kuhn;Scott Adkins;Daniela Alioto;Sergey V. Alkhovsky

  • Performance of an Antigen-Based Test for Asymptomatic and Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Testing at Two University Campuses - Wisconsin, September-October 2020.

    Ian W Pray;Laura Ford;Devlin Cole;Christine Lee

  • Aerosol and surface stability of HCoV-19 (SARS-CoV-2) compared to SARS-CoV-1

    Neeltje Van Doremalen;Trenton Bushmaker;Dylan H. Morris;Myndi G. Holbrook

  • Evaluation of Abbott BinaxNOW Rapid Antigen Test for SARS-CoV-2 Infection at Two Community-Based Testing Sites - Pima County, Arizona, November 3-17, 2020.

    Jessica L. Prince-Guerra;Olivia Almendares;Leisha D. Nolen;Jayleen K.L. Gunn

  • SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Serologic Responses from a Sample of U.S. Navy Service Members - USS Theodore Roosevelt, April 2020.

    Daniel C. Payne;Sarah E. Smith-Jeffcoat;Gosia Nowak;Uzo Chukwuma

  • Comparison of Home Antigen Testing With RT-PCR and Viral Culture During the Course of SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

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  • Activation of Nuclear Factor-κB p50 Homodimer/Bcl-3 Complexes in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

    Natalie J. Thornburg;Rajadurai Pathmanathan;Nancy Raab-Traub

  • Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Among Frontline Health Care Personnel in a Multistate Hospital Network - 13 Academic Medical Centers, April-June 2020.

    Wesley H. Self;Mark W. Tenforde;William B. Stubblefield;Leora R. Feldstein

  • Estimated US Infection- and Vaccine-Induced SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Based on Blood Donations, July 2020-May 2021.

    Jefferson M Jones;Mars Stone;Hasan Sulaeman;Rebecca V Fink

  • Household Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 in the United States.

    Nathaniel M Lewis;Nathaniel M Lewis;Victoria T Chu;Dongni Ye;Erin E Conners

  • Vaccine effectiveness of primary series and booster doses against covid-19 associated hospital admissions in the United States: living test negative design study

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  • Isolation and characterization of SARS-CoV-2 from the first US COVID-19 patient

    Jennifer Harcourt;Azaibi Tamin;Xiaoyan Lu;Shifaq Kamili

  • Decline in SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies After Mild Infection Among Frontline Health Care Personnel in a Multistate Hospital Network-12 States, April-August 2020

    Wesley H Self;Mark W Tenforde;William B Stubblefield;Leora R Feldstein

  • Change in Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 Over 60 Days Among Health Care Personnel in Nashville, Tennessee.

    Manish M. Patel;Natalie J. Thornburg;William B. Stubblefield;H. Keipp Talbot

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan I. Gerber
Susan I. Gerber Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Aron J. Hall
Aron J. Hall Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jacqueline E. Tate
Jacqueline E. Tate Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Alicia M. Fry
Alicia M. Fry Emory University
James E. Crowe
James E. Crowe Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Stephen Lindstrom
Stephen Lindstrom Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
L. Clifford McDonald
L. Clifford McDonald Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Paul A. Rota
Paul A. Rota Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Manish M. Patel
Manish M. Patel Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Michael D. Bowen
Michael D. Bowen Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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