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Susan L. Stramer is primarily affiliated with the American Red Cross in the United States. Their research contributions span across multiple areas within medicine, focusing chiefly on infectious diseases and epidemiology. Their work also intersects with management of technology and innovation, public health, environmental and occupational health, and obstetrics and gynecology.

The scientist has published extensively with a significant number of works appearing in key journals and venues such as Transfusion, Clinical Infectious Diseases, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Vox Sanguinis, and Open Forum Infectious Diseases. These venues reflect the broad scope of their research in clinical and public health sciences.

The main research fields covered by Susan L. Stramer include:

  • Medicine

Major subfields in their work comprise:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Management of Technology and Innovation
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology

Their research topics focus on:

  • Blood donation and transfusion practices
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction

Among their recent papers are:

  • Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 serology assays reveals a range of test performance, 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • Test performance evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 serological assays, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Magnitude and Kinetics of Anti-Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Antibody Responses and Their Relationship to Disease Severity, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Estimated US Infection- and Vaccine-Induced SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Based on Blood Donations, July 2020-May 2021, 2021, JAMA
  • SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and neutralizing activity in donor and patient blood, 2020, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors in their research include the following individuals, with whom they have collaborated extensively:

  • Brian Custer
  • Roger Y. Dodd
  • Michael P. Busch
  • Mars Stone
  • Edward P. Notari

Best Publications

  • New Testing Strategy to Detect Early HIV-1 Infection for Use in Incidence Estimates and for Clinical and Prevention Purposes

    Robert S. Janssen;Glen A. Satten;Susan L. Stramer;Bhupat D. Rawal

  • Current prevalence and incidence of infectious disease markers and estimated window-period risk in the American Red Cross blood donor population.

    R.Y. Dodd;E.P. Notari;S.L. Stramer

  • Transmission of West Nile virus through blood transfusion in the United States in 2002.

    Lisa N Pealer;Anthony A Marfin;Lyle R Petersen;Robert S Lanciotti

  • Detection of HIV-1 and HCV infections among antibody-negative blood donors by nucleic acid-amplification testing

    Susan L. Stramer;Simone A. Glynn;Steven H. Kleinman;D. Michael Strong

  • Rapid metagenomic identification of viral pathogens in clinical samples by real-time nanopore sequencing analysis

    Alexander L. Greninger;Samia N. Naccache;Scot Federman;Guixia Yu

  • Enhancement of Zika virus pathogenesis by preexisting antiflavivirus immunity

    Susana V. Bardina;Paul Bunduc;Shashank Tripathi;James Duehr

  • A new strategy for estimating risks of transfusion-transmitted viral infections based on rates of detection of recently infected donors.

    Michael P. Busch;Simone A. Glynn;Susan L. Stramer;D. Michael Strong

  • Nucleic Acid Testing to Detect HBV Infection in Blood Donors

    Susan L. Stramer;Ulrike Wend;Daniel Candotti;Gregory A. Foster

  • Prevalence, incidence, and residual risk of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus infections among United States blood donors since the introduction of nucleic acid testing

    Shimian Zou;Kerri A. Dorsey;Edward P. Notari;Gregory A. Foster

  • The cost-effectiveness of NAT for HIV, HCV, and HBV in whole-blood donations

    Brian R. Jackson;M. P. Busch;S. L. Stramer;J. P. AuBuchon

  • Committee report. Nucleic acid amplification testing of blood donors for transfusion-transmitted infectious diseases: Report of the Interorganizational Task Force on Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing of Blood Donors.

    M P Busch;S H Kleinman;B Jackson;S L Stramer

  • Test performance evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 serological assays

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  • Genetic Variation in OAS1 Is a Risk Factor for Initial Infection with West Nile Virus in Man

    Jean K. Lim;Andrea Lisco;David H. McDermott;Linda Huynh

  • International survey on NAT testing of blood donations: expanding implementation and yield from 1999 to 2009.

    W. K. Roth;M. P. Busch;A. Schuller;S. Ismay

  • Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 serology assays reveals a range of test performance.

    Jeffrey D. Whitman;Joseph Hiatt;Cody T. Mowery;Brian R. Shy

  • West Nile virus among blood donors in the United States, 2003 and 2004.

    Susan L. Stramer;Chyang T. Fang;Gregory A. Foster;Annette G. Wagner

  • Transfusion-transmitted infectious diseases.

    Jean Pierre Allain;Susan L. Stramer;A. B.F. Carneiro-Proietti;M. L. Martins

  • Probability of Viremia with HBV, HCV, HIV, and HTLV among Tissue Donors in the United States

    Shimian Zou;Roger Y. Dodd;Susan L. Stramer;D. Michael Strong

  • Donor Testing and Risk: Current Prevalence, Incidence, and Residual Risk of Transfusion-Transmissible Agents in US Allogeneic Donations

    Shimian Zou;Susan L. Stramer;Roger Y. Dodd

  • Dengue viremia in blood donors identified by RNA and detection of dengue transfusion transmission during the 2007 dengue outbreak in Puerto Rico

    Susan L. Stramer;Jeffrey M. Linnen;James M. Carrick;Gregory A. Foster

  • Evidence for Persistent Low-Level Viremia in Individuals Who Control Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the Absence of Antiretroviral Therapy

    Hiroyu Hatano;Eric L. Delwart;Eric L. Delwart;Philip J. Norris;Philip J. Norris;Tzong-Hae Lee

  • Magnitude and Kinetics of Anti-Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Antibody Responses and Their Relationship to Disease Severity

    Kara Lake Lynch;Jeffrey D. Whitman;Noreen P Lacanienta;Erica W Beckerdite

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger Y. Dodd
Roger Y. Dodd American Red Cross
Michael P. Busch
Michael P. Busch University of California, San Francisco
Steven Kleinman
Steven Kleinman University of British Columbia
Eric Delwart
Eric Delwart University of California, San Francisco
Charles Y. Chiu
Charles Y. Chiu University of California, San Francisco
Philip J. Norris
Philip J. Norris University of California, San Francisco
Jean-Pierre Allain
Jean-Pierre Allain University of Cambridge
Caryn Bern
Caryn Bern University of California, San Francisco
Robert S. Lanciotti
Robert S. Lanciotti Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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