OmidRezaBakhtarMD

Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology

Physician

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University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2002 - 2007
Medical College of WisconsinClass of 2002

PubMed

193 citations
Emergence and rapid transmission of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 in the United States.
Nicole L. Washington, Karthik Gangavarapu, Mark Zeller, Alexandre Bolze, Elizabeth T. Cirulli
Cell. 2021-05-13
180 citations
Wastewater sequencing reveals early cryptic SARS-CoV-2 variant transmission.
Smruthi Karthikeyan, Joshua I Levy, Peter De Hoff, Greg Humphrey, Amanda Birmingham
Nature. 2022-09-01
12 citations
Wastewater sequencing uncovers early, cryptic SARS-CoV-2 variant transmission.
Smruthi Karthikeyan, Joshua I Levy, Peter De Hoff, Greg Humphrey, Amanda Birmingham
Medrxiv. 2022-04-04

Journal Articles

COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Testing Implementation in California K-12 Schools
Malone JD, Thihalolipavan S, Bakhtar O, Salamanca D, Polanco SL, Taras H., J Sch Health
Wastewater sequencing uncovers early, cryptic SARS-CoV-2 variant transmission
Karthikeyan S, et al., MedRxiv
Point prevalence survey to evaluate the seropositivity for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among high-risk healthcare workers
Norihiro Yogo et al., Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Emergence and rapid transmission of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 in the United States
Nicole L Washington et al., Cell
Genomic surveillance reveals dynamic shifts in the connectivity of COVID-19 epidemics
Nathaniel L Matteson et al., Cell
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School Mask Mandate Is Lifted, but Some San Diego Area Students Still Wore MasksMarch 14th, 2022
Yes, It Is Possible to Tell the Difference Between COVID-19 Antibodies and Vaccine AntibodiesAugust 12th, 2021
Watsonville Community Hospital Excels in 1 Area: ReportAugust 4th, 2021
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