1. Jiranantasak, T., Bluhm, A.P., Chabot, D., Friedlander, A., Bowen, R., McMillan, I.A., Hadfield, T.L., Hartwig, A., Blackburn, J.K. and Norris, M.H. Toxin and capsule production by Bacillus cereus biovar anthracis influence pathogenicity in macrophages and animal models. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (2024) 18(12): e0012779. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012779.
2. La, T.H.A., McMillan, I.A., Dahal, P., Burger, A.H., Belcaid, M., Phelps, D.M., Goldstein,S.M., Brown, V.R., and Norris, M.H#. Tracking sero-molecular trends of swine brucellosis in Hawaiʻi and the central Pacific. Frontiers in Public Health. 12(2024). doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1440933.
3. McMillan, I.A., Norris, M.H., Golon, S., Franckowiak, G., Grinolds, J., Goldstein, S., Phelps,D., Bodenchuk, M., Leland, B., Bowen, R., Brown V., and Borlee, B. Serosurveillance of Coxiella burnetii in feral swine populations of Hawaiʻi and Texas identifies overlap with human Q fever incidence. Journal of Clinical Microbiology (2024) 0:e00780-24. doi: 10.1128/jcm.00780-24.
4. McMillan, I.A., Norris, M.H., Heacock-Kang, Y., Zarzycki-Siek, J., Sun, Z., Hartney, B.A., Liliana K Filipowska, L.K., Islam, M.N., Crick, D.C., Borlee, B., and T.T. Hoang. TetR-like regulator BP1026B_II1561 controls aromatic amino acid biosynthesis and intracellular pathogenesis in Burkholderia pseudomallei. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15(2024). doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1441330.
1. Berkowitz, R.L., Bluhm, A.P., Knox, G.W., McCurdy, C.R., David A. Ostrov, D.A. and Norris, M.H. # Sigma receptor ligands prevent COVID mortality in vivo: Implications for future therapeutics. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023, 24(21),15718. doi: 10.3390/ijms242115718
2. Metrailer, M.C, Ha, H.T.T., Luong, T., Jiranantasak, T., Luong, T., Hoa, L.M., Ngoc D.B., Pham, Q.T., Pham, V.K., Hung, T.T.M., Huong, V.T.L., Pham, T.L., Ponciano, J.M.P., Hamerlinck, G., Dang, D.A., Norris, M.H., and J.K. Blackburn. Spatial and phylogenetic patterns reveal hidden infection sources of Bacillus anthracis in an anthrax outbreak in Son La province, Vietnam. Infection, Genetics, and Evolution. 2023 October 114(105496). doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2023.105496
3. Norris, M.H., Zincke, D., Daegling, D.J., Krigbaum, J., Hadfield, T., Blackburn, J.K. Genomic and phylogenetic analysis of Bacillus cereus biovar anthracis isolated from archival bone samples reveals earlier natural history of the pathogen. Pathogens Special Issue: Anthrax-A Threat Beyond Bacillus anthracis. 2023, 12(8), 1065. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12081065.
4. Kirpich, A. Sishkin, A., Lhewa, P., Yang, C., von Fricken, M.E., Norris, M.H., Weppelmann, T.A. An Investigation of the Seasonal Relationships Between Meteorological Factors, Water Quality, and Sporadic Cases of Legionnaires' Disease in Washington, DC. Epidemiology and Infection. 2023 May 15:1-45. doi: 10.1017/S0950268823000651.
5. Shishkin, A., Lhewa, P., Yang, C., Gankin, Y., Chowell, G., Norris., M.H., Skums, P., and Kirpich, A. Excess mortality in Ukraine during the course of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-2021. Scientific Reports 13, 6917 (2023). doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-33113-2.
6. Norris, M.H.#, Bluhm, A.P., Metrailer, M.C., Ted Hadfield, T., Ponciano, J.M., Blackburn, J.K. Beyond the spore, the exosporium sugar anthrose impacts vegetative Bacillus anthracis gene regulation in cis and trans. Scientific Reports 13, 5060 (2023). doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-32162-x.
1. Ekakoro, J.E., Lubega, A., Kayaga, E.B., Ndoboli, D., Bluhm, A.P., Wampande, E.M, Blackburn, J.K., Havas, K.A., Norris, M.H.# An investigation of Burkholderia pseudomallei seroprevalence in market swine slaughtered at selected pig abattoirs in Uganda. Pathogens (2022), 11, 1363. doi: 10.3390/pathogens11111363.
2. Jiranantasak, T., Benn, J.S., Metrailer, M.C., Sawyer, S.J., Burns, M.Q., Bluhm, A.P., Blackburn, J.K., Norris, M.H.# Characterization of Bacillus anthracis replication and persistence on environmental substrates associated with wildlife anthrax outbreaks. PLOS ONE 17(9): e0274645 (2022). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274645.
3. Magalis, B.R., Mavian, C., Tagliamonte, M., Rich, S.N., Cash, M., Riva, A., Loeb, J.C., Norris, M., Moraga, D., Zhnag, Y., Shapiro, J., Starosik, P., Marini, S., Myers, P., Ostrov, D., Lednicky, J.A., Morris, J.G., Lauzardo, M., Salemi, M. Low-frequency variants in mildly symptomatic vaccine breakthrough infections presents a doubled-edged sword. Journal of Medical Virology. 2022;1-11. doi: 10.1002/jmv.27726.
4. Grodzki, M., Bluhm, A. P., Schafer, N., Tagmount, A., Russo, M., Sobh, A., Rafee, R., Vulpe, C.D., Karst, S.M., Norris, M.H.# Genome-wide CRISPR Screens Identify Host Factors that Promote Human Coronavirus Infection. Genome Medicine. 14, 10 (2022). doi: 10.1186/s13073-022-01013-1.
1. Ostrov, D.A., Bluhm, A.P., Li, D., Khan, J.Q., Rohamare, M., Rajamanickam, K., Bhanumathy, K.K., Lew, J., Falzarano, D., Vizeacoumar, F.J., Wilson, J., Mottinelli, M., Kanumuri, S., Sharma, A., McCurdy, C.R., Norris, M.H.# Highly specific sigma receptor ligands exhibit anti-viral properties in SARS-CoV-2 infected cells. Pathogens. 2021, 10, 1514. doi: 10.3390/pathogens10111514. (60,000 downloads and Almetric score of 945 as of Nov 2023).
2. McMillan, I.A., Norris, M.H., Zarzycki-Siek, J., Heacock-Kang, Y., Sun, Z. Borlee, B.R. and Hoang, T.T. 2021. BP1026B_II1198, a PadR-type regulator of Burkholderia pseudomallei intracellular pathogenesis. Scientific Reports. 11, 10405 (2021). doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-89852-7.
3. Heacock-Kang, Y., McMillan, I.A.†, Norris, M.H.†, Sun, Z., Zarzycki-Siek, J., Bluhm, A., Cabanas, D., Norton, R., Ketheesan, N., Miller, J., Schweizer, H., and Hoang, T.T. The Burkholderia pseudomallei intracellular ‘TRANSITome’. 2021. Nature Communications. 12, 1907 (2021). doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22169-1 †= equally contributing.
4. Lang, Y., Shah, N., Tao, X., Reeve, S., Moya, B., Sayed, A., Dharuman, S., Oyer, J. Copik, A., Fleisher, B., Shin, E., Werkman, C., Basso, K., Lucas, D.D., Sutaria, D., Megroz, M., Kim, T.H., Loudon-Hossler, V., Wright, A., Jimenez-Nieves, R., Wallace, M., Cadet, K., Jiao, Y., Boyce, J., LoVullo, E., Schweizer, H., Bonomo, R., Bharatham, N., Tsuji, B., Landersdorfer, C., Norris, M.H., Shin, B.S, Louie, A., Balasubramanian, V., Lee, R., Drusano, G., Bulitta, J. Combating Multidrug‐Resistant Bacteria by Integrating a Novel Target Site Penetration and Receptor Binding Assay Platform Into Translational Modeling. 2021. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 109: 1000-1020. doi: 10.1002/cpt.2205.
5. Reznikov, L. †, Norris. M.H. †, Vashisht, R., Bluhm, A.P., Li, D., Liao, Y., Brown, A., Butte, A. Ostrov, D. 2020. Identification of antiviral antihistamines for COVID-19 repurposing. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2021, 538: 173-179. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.11.095. †= equally contributing.
1. Norris, M.H.#, Kirpich, A.S., Bluhm, A.P., Zincke, D., Hadfield, T., Blackburn, J.K. Convergent evolution of diverse Bacillus anthracis outbreak strains toward altered surface oligosaccharides that modulate anthrax pathogenesis. PLOS Biology. 2020 Dec 28;18(12):e3001052. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001052.
2. Zincke, D., Norris, M.H., Cruz, O, Kurmanov, B., McGraw, W. S, Daegling, D.J., Krigbaum, J., Hoang, T.T.H., Khanipov, K., Golovko, G., Hadfield, T.L., Blackburn, J.K. 2020. TaqMan assays for simultaneous detection of Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus cereus biovar anthracis. Pathogens. 2020 Dec 21; 9(12). doi: 10.3390/pathogens9121074.
3. Testamenti, V.A., Noviana, R., Iskandriati, D., Norris, M.H., Jiranantasak, T., Tuanyok, A., Wahyudi, A.T., Sajuthi, D., Pamungkas, J. 2020. Humoral Immune Responses to Burkholderia pseudomallei Antigens in Captive and Wild Macaques in the Western Part of Java, Indonesia. Veterinary Sciences. 2020, 7, 153. doi: 10.3390/vetsci7040153.
4. Norris, M.H. #, Tran, H.T.T., Walker, M.A., Bluhm, A.P., Zincke, D., Trung, T.T., Thi, N.V., Thi, N.P., Schweizer, H.P., Unger, F., Blackburn, J.K., Hang, N.T.T. 2020. Seroprevalence of melioidosis among swine in two Vietnamese provinces. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020, 17, 5203. doi: 10.3390 /ijerph17145203.
5. Norris, M.H.# and Blackburn, J.K. Raxibacumab: a panacea for anthrax disease? 2020. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 20, 8, 886-887: doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30164-X.
6. Norris, M.H., Zincke, D., Leiser, O. Kreuzer, H., Hadfield, T.L., Blackburn, J.K. 2020. Laboratory strains of Bacillus anthracis lose their ability to rapidly grow and sporulate compared to wildlife outbreak strains. PLOS ONE. 15(1):e0228270. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228270.
7. Zincke, D., Norris, M.H., Kurmanov, B., Hadfield, T.L., Blackburn, J.K. 2020. Nucleotide polymorphism assay for the identification of West African Group Bacillus anthracis: a lineage lacking anthrose. BMC Microbiology. 20, 6 (2020) doi:10.1186/s12866-019-1693-2.
1. Michael H. Norris and Jason K. Blackburn. 2019. Linking geospatial and laboratory sciences to define mechanisms behind landscape level drivers of anthrax outbreaks. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019, 16(19), 3747; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16193747.
2. Bulterys, P.L., Toesca, I.J., Norris, M.H., Maloy, J.P., Fitz-Gibbon, S.T., France, B., Toffig, B. Morselli, M., Somprasong, N., Pellegrini, M. Schweizer, H.P., Tuanyok, A., Damoiseaux, R., French, C.T., Miller, J.F. 2019. An in situ high-throughput screen identifies inhibitors of intracellular Burkholderia pseudomallei with therapeutic efficacy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. 201906388; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1906388116.
3. Chirakul, S., Somprasong, N., Norris, M.H., Wuthiekanun, V. Chantratita, N., Tuanyok, A., and Schweizer, H.P. 2019. Burkholderia pseudomallei acquired ceftazidime resistance due to gene duplication and amplification. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 2019 May 53(5) 582-588. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2019.01.003.