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James Benson Mahony

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Professor EmeritusPathology & Molecular MedicineMcMaster University

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137 publications.

01

Enumeration of Viable Chlamydia from Infected Animals Using Immunofluorescent Microscopy

Liang S, Mahony JB

Methods in Molecular Biology20196 citationsSenior author
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9694-0_16
02

Electrical Tweezer for Droplet Transportation, Extraction, Merging and DNA Analysis

Shahid A, Chong S, Mahony J, Deen MJ, Selvaganapathy PR

Micromachines20173 citationsOpen Access
DOI: 10.3390/mi8120353PMID: W2772734918
03

Hospital admissions for lower respiratory tract infections among infants in the Canadian Arctic: a cohort study

Banerji A, Panzov V, Young M, Robinson J, Lee B, Moraes T, Mamdani M, Giles BL, Jiang D, Bisson D

CMAJ Open201629 citations
DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20150051
04

Immunization with chlamydial type III secretion antigens reduces vaginal shedding and prevents fallopian tube pathology following live C. muridarum challenge

Bulir DC, Liang S, Lee A, Chong S, Simms E, Stone C, Kaushic C, Ashkar A, Mahony JB

Vaccine201622 citationsSenior author
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.06.046
05

Targeting PI3K-p110α Suppresses Influenza Virus Infection in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Hsu AC-Y, Starkey MR, Hanish I, Parsons K, Haw TJ, Howland LJ, Barr I, Mahony JB, Foster PS, Knight DA

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine2015143 citations
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201501-0188oc
06

Chlamydia Outer Protein (Cop) B from Chlamydia pneumoniae possesses characteristic features of a type III secretion (T3S) translocator protein

Bulir DC, Waltho DA, Stone CB, Liang S, Chiang CKW, Mwawasi KA, Nelson JC, Zhang SW, Mihalco SP, Scinocca ZC

BMC Microbiology201515 citationsOpen Access
DOI: 10.1186/s12866-015-0498-1PMID: W2131337502
07

Chlamydia pneumoniae CopD Translocator Protein Plays a Critical Role in Type III Secretion (T3S) and Infection

Bulir DC, Waltho DA, Stone CB, Mwawasi KA, Nelson JC, Mahony JB

PLoS ONE201413 citationsSenior author
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099315
08

Multiplex loop-mediated isothermal amplification (M-LAMP) assay for the detection of influenza A/H1, A/H3 and influenza B can provide a specimen-to-result diagnosis in 40min with single genome copy sensitivity

Mahony J, Chong S, Bulir D, Ruyter A, Mwawasi K, Waltho D

Journal of Clinical Virology201396 citationsFirst author
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.06.006
09

Development of a Sensitive Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay That Provides Specimen-to-Result Diagnosis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in 30 Minutes

Mahony J, Chong S, Bulir D, Ruyter A, Mwawasi K, Waltho D

Journal of Clinical Microbiology201345 citationsFirst author
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00662-13
10

Structural Characterization of a Novel Chlamydia pneumoniae Type III Secretion-Associated Protein, Cpn0803

Stone CB, Sugiman-Marangos S, Bulir DC, Clayden RC, Leighton TL, Slootstra JW, Junop MS, Mahony JB

PLoS ONE201214 citationsSenior authorOpen Access
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030220PMID: W1993631847
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