Patents

Pub. No.: US 2011/8,058,006 B2. Vivian Jonas. Method for Obtaining and Initiating Amplification of a Target Nucleic Acid Sequence.

Pub. No.: WO 2007/140279 A2.  Vivian Jonas, Jennifer J. Bungo, and James J. Hogan. Compositions, Methods and Kits for Determining the Presence Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Organisms in a Test Sample.

Publications

  1. Jonas V. Sub Chapters 7.5.2 AccuProbe Mycobacterial Culture Identification Tests and 7.6.2 Amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis Direct (MTD) Test In Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook, Fourth Edition, Editor, Amy L. Leber. 2016.

  2. Walcher M, Skvoretz R, Montgomery-Fullerton M, Jonas V, Brentano S. Description of an unusual Neisseria meningitides isolate containing and expressing Neisseria gonorrhoeae-specific 16S rRNA Gene Sequences. J Clin Microbiol. 2013;51:3199-3206.

  3. Somoskovi A, Hotaling JE, Fitzgerald M, Jonas V, Stasik D, Parsons LM, Salfinger M. False-positive results for Mycobacterium celatum with the AccuProbe Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex assay. J Clin Microbiol. 2000;38:2743-2745.

  4. Catanzaro A, Perry S, Clarridge JE, Dunbar S, Goodnight-White S, Lobue PA, Peter C, Pfyffer GE, Sierra MF, Weber R, Woods G, Mathews G, Jonas V, Smith K, Della-Latta P. The role of clinical suspicion in evaluating a new diagnostic test for active tuberculosis. Results of a multicenter prospective trial. JAMA 2000;283:639-645.

  5. Della-Latta P, Jonas V. Inhibitory effect of Alpha-Tec XPR-Plus Phosphate Buffer on the enhanced Gen-Probe Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test. J Clin Microbiol. 1999;37:1234-1235.

  6. Jonas V, Longiaru M. Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by molecular methods. Clin Lab Med. 1997;17:119-128.

  7. Moore DF, Curry JI, Knott CA, Jonas V. Amplification of ribosomal RNA for assessing treatment response of pulmonary tuberculosis patients during antimicrobial therapy. J Clin Microbiol. 1996;34:1745-1749.

  8. Wayne LG, Good RC, Böttger EC, Butler R, Ezaki T, Gross W, Jonas V, Kilburn J, Knott CA, Kirschner P, Krichevsky MI, Ridell M, Shinnick TM, Springer B, Stackebrandt E, Tarnok I, Tarnok ZS, Tasaka H, Vincent V, Warren NG. Semantide and chemotaxonomic based analyses of some problematic phenotypic clusters of slowly growing mycobacteria: A cooperative study of the International Working Group on Mycobacterial Taxonony. Int J Sys Bact. 1996;46:280-297.

  9. Welch K, Brown G, Jonas V, Ferraro MJ, Performance of the Gen-Probe Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test in a laboratory that infrequently isolates Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Diag Microbiol Infect Dis. 1995;22:297-299.

  10. Shinnick TM, Jonas V. Molecular Approaches to the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis. p.517-530. In B.R. Bloom (ed.). Tuberculosis. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C. 1994.

  11. Jonas V, Alden MA, Curry JI, Kamisango K, Knott CA, Lankford R, Wolfe JM, Moore DF. Detection and identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis directly from induced sputum specimens using amplification of ribosomal RNA. J Clin Microbiol. 1993;31:2410-2416.

  12. Jonas V, Lin CR, Kawashima E, Semon D, Mermod JJ, Swanson LW, Evans RM, Rosenfeld MG. Alternative RNA processing events in human Calcitonin/Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Expression. Proc Natl Acad Sci. USA. 1985;82:1994-1998.

  13. Amara SG, Jonas V, Rosenfeld MG, Ong ES, Evans RM. Alternative RNA processing in calcitonin gene expression generates mRNAs encoding different polypeptide products. Nature. 1982;298:240-244.

  14. Amara SG, Jonas V, Birnbaum RS, Vale W, Rivier J, Roos BA, Rosenfeld MG. Calcitonin C-Terminal Cleavage Peptide (CCP) as a Model for Characterization of Novel Neuropeptides Predicted by Recombinant DNA Analysis. J Biol Chem. 1982;257:2129-3132.

  15. Van Beveren C, Galleshaw JA, Jonas V, Berns AJM, Doolittle RF, Donoghue DJ, Verma IM. Nucleotide sequence and formation of the transforming gene of a mouse sarcoma virus. Nature. 1981;289:258-262. 

Abstracts

  1. Jonas V, Morris C, Friedenberg MC, Lewis J, Routley J, Kaplan S, Zaslavskaya P, Buttigieg N, Lewis C, Prihandoko R, Brown R, Hogan JJ. Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa using Real Time Transcription-Mediated Amplification, 108th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology. Boston, MA: 2008.

  2. Zaslavskaya P, Weissfeld A, Moore DF, Mandvia D, Vance P, Guzman J, Jonas V. Description of a Research TMA TB Assay Including Internal Control. 106th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Orlando, FL: 2006.

  3. Jonas V, Acedo M, Clarridge JE, Della-Latta P, Dunbar SA, Hyman C, Lobue P, Mathews G, Onorato M, Peter CR, Pfyffer G, Reed S, Sierra MF, Smith K, Smith M, Whittier S, Wittwer F, Woods G, Catanzaro A. A Multi-Center Evaluation of MTD and Culture Compared to Patient Diagnosis. 98th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Atlanta, GA: 1998.

  4. Jonas V, Acedo M, Alden M, D’Amour K, Mathews G. Clinical Trials Results Using the Second Generation Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test. 8th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Lausanne Switzerland: 1997.

  5. Jucker MT, Doran AC, Galarpe GP, Lasalita EG, Lankford R, Lee SC, Jonas V. A Novel Assay for the Simultaneous Detection of Clinically Relevant Mycobacteria. 97th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Miami Beach, FL. Also presented at 8th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Lausanne Switzerland: 1997.

  6. Sierra MF, Hyman C, Verma B, D’Amour K, Mathews G, Jonas V. A Clinical Performance of the Second Generation Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test.  97th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Miami Beach, FL: 1997.

  7. Moore DF, Curry JI, Knott CA, Jonas V. Persistence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients on antimicrobial therapy as measured by amplification of ribosomal RNA. 95th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC:1995.

  8. Endozo TE, Henderson D, Knott C, Jonas V, Brentano ST. Identification of a sub-group of Mycobacterium kansasii by rRNA sequence analysis. 95th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC: 1995.

  9. Jonas V, Alden M, Endozo T, Hammond P, Kamisango K, Knott C, Lankford R, McAllister D, Wood L, Yang Y, McDonough S, Kacian DL. Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in respiratory specimens. 93rd General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Atlanta, GA: 1993.

  10. Jonas V, Knott C, Hemderson DP, Snead SJ, Warren NG. Detection of Mycobacterium avium complex strains using acridinium ester-labeled DNA probes. 92nd General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, LA: 1992.

  11. Ferguson C, Hammond P, Lankford R, McAllister D, Jonas V. Phenotypic discordance within species of the genus Mycobacteriumrevealed by the application of DNA probes. 91st General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Dallas, TX: 1991.

  12. Stockman L, Roberts GD, Jonas V. Evaluation of a commercially prepared chemiluminescent probe for the identification of mycobacteria from culture. 90th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Anaheim, CA: 1990.

  13. Jonas V, Lankford R, Milliman C. Detection of Mycobacterium species using acridinium ester-labeled DNA probes. 90th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Anaheim, CA: 1990.

  14. Jonas V, Lankford R, Milliman C. Detection of Mycobacterium gordonae using a DNA probe. 89th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, LA: 1989.

  15. Jonas V, Lankford R, Milliman C. Rapid, non-isotopic homogenous DNA probe assay for mycobacterial species. Eleventh Conference of the Genus Mycobacterium. Irvine, CA: 1989.

  16. Page CL, Jonas V, Kohne DE. Two newly identified and named species of Legionella are detected by a DNA probe. 88th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Miami, FL: 1988.

  17. Jonas V, Hogan JJ, Young KM, Bryan RN. Evaluation of an isotopic DNA probe for the direct detection of Chlamydia trachomatisin urogenital specimens. 88th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Miami, FL: 1988.

Invited Papers Presented at Meetings

  1. Jonas V. Converting Ideas in Commercially Viable Products. Advanced TB Diagnostics Research. An intensive, high level course on TB diagnostic research methods. McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada: 2011.

  2. Jonas V. Commercial Perspective on the Development of Next-Generation TB Diagnostics and Biomarkers. Advancing the Development of Diagnostic Tests and Biomarkers for Tuberculosis, A Public Workshop Jointly Sponsored by the Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control, and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease of the National Institutes of Health. Silver Spring, MD: 2010.

  3. Jonas V. The Global Market for TB Diagnostics. International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. Paris, France: 2004.

  4. Jonas V. Current Methods for the Detection of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria. ICAAC Workshop “Clinical and Laboratory Diagnosis of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria – Novel Approaches to Identification and Susceptibility Testing. Toronto, Canada: 1997.

  5. Jonas V, Longiaru M. Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Molecular Methods. Beaumont Hospital 5th Annual Symposium “DNA Technology in the Clinical Laboratory”. Royal Oak, MI: 1996.

  6. Jonas V. Direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from clinical specimens using the Gen-Probe Transcription Mediated Amplification System. San Diego Conference: Beyond DNA Probes. San Diego, CA: 1993.

  7. Jonas V. Detection of multiple species from a single amplification reaction using chemiluminescent probes. 91st General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Dallas, T: 1991.