CURE-KY Member Publications

This page highlights recent peer-reviewed publications authored by members of the CURE-KY community. All featured work relates to infectious disease research, spanning topics such as pathogenesis, diagnostics, epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, public health, and translational science. Publications are added monthly to reflect the continued scholarly output of our network. Each entry includes citation details and a direct link to the full article when available.

Whether you're exploring current work in the field, looking for collaborators, or tracking ongoing research trends, this page offers a central view of the scientific contributions advancing CURE-KY’s mission.

To suggest a publication for inclusion, please email curekyidc@uky.edu.

April 2026

• Nagy PD, Pogany J. Minor lipids with major roles: Viral exploitation of phosphoinositides during RNA replication. Virology. 2026;621:110930. Epub 2026/05/11. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2026.110930. PubMed PMID: 42114193.
• Saryazdi S, Van Lanen SG. The endogenous metabolite hypochlorite activates indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-1 for catalysis: Functional and mechanistic implications. bioRxiv. 2026. Epub 2026/05/07. doi: 10.64898/2026.04.21.719948. PubMed PMID: 42094406; PMCID: PMC13142367.
• Cepeda JA, Loeb T, Salazar ZR, Williams B, Hiltz B, Del Pozo B, Pitpitan EV, Beletsky L, Young AM, Havens JR. Frequent police contact and nonfatal overdose among people who use drugs in rural Appalachia. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2026;284:113188. Epub 2026/05/07. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2026.113188. PubMed PMID: 42090841.
• Wheeler P, Miller-Roenigk B, Jackson K, Smith A, Stevens-Watkins D. Cultural Adaptation of Overdose Education Programs: Recommendations from Black Americans with Lived Experience of Opioid and Stimulant Use. J Psychoactive Drugs. 2026;:1-9. Epub 2026/04/30. doi: 10.1080/02791072.2026.2662464. PubMed PMID: 42057302.
• Wang P, Chen Y, Zuo J, Bai Y, Palli SR, Cao Y, Chen X. The testis-specific gene SfGSTe11 regulates eupyrene sperm morphogenesis and is indispensable for male reproduction in a global pest, Spodoptera frugiperda. Pest Manag Sci. 2026. Epub 2026/04/30. doi: 10.1002/ps.70871. PubMed PMID: 42056753.
• Gaddelapati SC, Palli SR. Histone acetyltransferases and N-terminal acetyltransferases orchestrate development and metamorphosis in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2026;192:104560. Epub 2026/04/30. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2026.104560. PubMed PMID: 42055348.
• Rock P, Slavova S, Walsh SL, Martin J, Harris DR. Evaluation and enhancement of suspected opioid overdose definitions in emergency medical services data using machine learning with natural language processing. PLoS One. 2026;21(4):e0347589. Epub 2026/04/28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0347589. PubMed PMID: 42048330; PMCID: PMC13123987.
• Moffitt T, undefined undefined, Henson B, Young A, Walsh SL, Vickers-Smith R, Cruz J, Byard J, West B, Fallin-Bennett A. "Being treated as the expert:" A blueprint for a community advisory board approach to elevate the voice of people with living experience with substance use in academic research. J Clin Transl Sci. 2026;10(1):e74. Epub 2026/04/27. doi: 10.1017/cts.2026.10242. PubMed PMID: 42038719; PMCID: PMC13107072.
• Stout T, Serrarens R, Leemans B, Claes A. Age, embryo donor status, and insemination with chilled semen all predispose to persistent breeding-induced endometritis in warmblood mares. Equine Vet J. 2026. Epub 2026/04/25. doi: 10.1002/evj.70175. PubMed PMID: 42033022.
• Carlin RF, Parker MG, Kellams AL, Hauck FR, Kerr S, Cornwell BT, Kiviniemi MT, Geller N, Boguszewski KE, Corwin MJ, Colson ER, Moon RY. Delivering safe sleep and breastfeeding education to pregnant and new mothers through private Facebook groups: study protocol for a 4-armed randomized controlled trial. BMC Pediatr. 2026. Epub 2026/04/23. doi: 10.1186/s12887-026-06900-9. PubMed PMID: 42021196.
• Morrisette T, Stimes GT, Alvira-Arill GR, Lockowitz CR, Yuenger V, Facer EE, Huang A, Holger DJ, Althubyani AA, El Ghali A, Kesner J, Kufel WD, Santevecchi BA, Venugopalan V, Olney KB, Newland JG, Shelley J, Walsh L, Wilson WS, Dassner AM, Gainey AB, Lueking R, Patterson L, Mediwala Hornback K, Thacker SA. Multicenter Evaluation of Ceftazidime/Avibactam in Pediatric Patients Across the United States: Real-World Insights into the Management of Drug-Resistant Gram-Negative Infections. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2026;13(4):ofag177. Epub 2026/04/22. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofag177. PubMed PMID: 42016367; PMCID: PMC13093575.
• Elswick A, Fallin-Bennett A, Jahangir T, Westneat S, Young AM. Willingness to use a mobile syringe service program among people who inject drugs in rural Appalachia. Harm Reduct J. 2026. Epub 2026/04/22. doi: 10.1186/s12954-026-01461-7. PubMed PMID: 42015272.
• Safavi P, Mohtasebi M, Azimul Haque C, Akbari F, Liu X, Yuan Y, Chen L, Chen L, Yu G. Noninvasive diffuse optical monitoring of cerebral blood flow and oxygenation responses to intermittent hypoxia in neonatal rats. J Biomed Opt. 2026;31(4):047001. Epub 2026/04/20. doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.31.4.047001. PubMed PMID: 42007231; PMCID: PMC13086530.
• Bond KT, Williams PM, Paige M, Lam I, Hart K, Matthews D, Smith W, Koffler E, Zhang H, Kelvin EA, Frye V, Duncan DT. Designing Pleasure-Centered, Culturally Relevant PrEP Messaging for Black Gay, Bisexual, Queer, Same-Gender-Loving, and Other Men Who have Sex with Men (SGL/MSM) in New York City. AIDS Behav. 2026. Epub 2026/04/18. doi: 10.1007/s10461-026-05077-7. PubMed PMID: 41995922.
• McLaurin KA, Li H, Ritchie A, Booze RM, Mactutus CF. IMPAIRED BRIDGING OF TEMPORAL DISCONTINUITIES IN OLDER ADULT HIV-1 TG RATS. bioRxiv. 2026. Epub 2026/04/17. doi: 10.64898/2026.04.06.716768. PubMed PMID: 41993402; PMCID: PMC13081937.
• Dussupt V, Jensen JL, Rosado AP, Donofrio M, Pflugheber J, Mendez-Rivera L, Sankhala RS, Chen WH, Slike BM, Schmid A, Tran U, Metzger L, Peterson CE, Pinto AK, Vasan S, Collins ND, Farmer A, Michael NL, Joyce MG, Brien JD, Krebs SJ. Targeting the Zika virus envelope domains I and III as a recombinant vaccine protects mice from lethal challenge. NPJ Vaccines. 2026. Epub 2026/04/15. doi: 10.1038/s41541-026-01442-8. PubMed PMID: 41980974.
• Desmond C, Fursman F, Forster D, Ribes JA, Mills SL, Blanton K, Hatton K, Howard R, Olafsson D, McTigue S, Van Sickels N, Hinton S, Flomenhoft DR, Kobayashi T. Implementation and assessment of a postreprocessing endoscope surveillance program at the University of Kentucky, 2019-2024. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2026;:1-3. Epub 2026/04/14. doi: 10.1017/ice.2026.10449. PubMed PMID: 41978942.
• Bellaire S, Rawashdeh S, Mayer KP, Sturgill JL. Adsorptive Gas Sensor Response Forecasting to Enable Breath-by-Breath Analysis. Sensors (Basel). 2026;26(7). Epub 2026/04/14. doi: 10.3390/s26072234. PubMed PMID: 41978017; PMCID: PMC13075263.
• Wagi CR, Murphy J, Enderle MN, Piscalko H, Egan KL, Meade CS, Freisthler B, Young AM, Estadt A, Lancaster KE. Gender and power dynamics in three types of injection partnerships among young women in rural Appalachia. Harm Reduct J. 2026. Epub 2026/04/12. doi: 10.1186/s12954-026-01450-w. PubMed PMID: 41965709.
• Doratt BM, Wagner SB, Malherbe DC, Smith G, Marzi A, Messaoudi I. Transcriptional signatures of rapid protection from Sudan virus infection by a single dose of a vesicular stomatitis virus-based vaccine. PLoS Pathog. 2026;22(4):e1014143. Epub 2026/04/10. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1014143. PubMed PMID: 41961912; PMCID: PMC13095121.
• Otachi JK, Thrasher SS, Watts KJ, Mwenda JS, Surratt HL. Community place attachment as a significant correlate of motivation to change substance use behavior among adults who inject drugs in rural U.S. Front Public Health. 2026;14:1746203. Epub 2026/04/10. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1746203. PubMed PMID: 41960400; PMCID: PMC13057335.
• Niloy KK, Horn J, Bhuiyan NH, Shaaban KA, Bhosale SS, Prisinzano T, Thorson JS, Rohr J, Leggas M. Nonlinear Mixed-Effects Modeling to Characterize the Pharmacokinetics of a Novel Mithramycin Analogue for Ewing Sarcoma in Mice. Res Sq. 2026. Epub 2026/04/10. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9035594/v1. PubMed PMID: 41960337; PMCID: PMC13060501.
• Hart SN, Williams H, Inabnet WB, Steiner JP, Jain V, Kern PA, Wood CR, Nikolajczyk BS, Johnson LA. Protocol for stable isotope tracing of primary human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. STAR Protoc. 2026;7(2):104450. Epub 2026/04/08. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2026.104450. PubMed PMID: 41950010; PMCID: PMC13090647.
• Yamada J, Yoshida A, Kobayashi T, Kawamura S, Doi S, Eguchi T. Sacral Herpes Zoster Mimicking Pressure Ulcers and Causing Elsberg Syndrome. Clin Case Rep. 2026;14(4):e72434. Epub 2026/04/08. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.72434. PubMed PMID: 41948743; PMCID: PMC13052300.
• Hemati H, Blanton MB, Rutt L, Keiran N, Geron R, Lima F, McCullough RL, Messaoudi I. Alcohol consumption exacerbates high-fat diet-mediated disruptions in myelopoiesis and osteoclastogenesis in mouse models of metabolic dysfunction-associated liver diseases. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2026;17:1783132. Epub 2026/04/06. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2026.1783132. PubMed PMID: 41938109; PMCID: PMC13046482.
• Naveed A, Eertink LG, Soni S, Kennedy MA, Adam E, Wang D, Li F. Development and evaluation of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for measuring antibodies against VP8∗ receptor binding domain of equine rotavirus A. Virology. 2026;619:110898. Epub 2026/04/06. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2026.110898. PubMed PMID: 41936302.
• Lewis N, Reynolds J, Krause D, Reeves PM, Luster J, Stein MD, Walsh SL, Farmer A, Lofwall MR, Roberts MF, Surratt HL, Crockett BN, Stephens K, Bursey K, Mattson K, Slater MD. Health Communication Campaign Performance During the HEALing Communities Study: Cross-Sectional Examination of Digital Advertising Methods. J Med Internet Res. 2026;28:e75458. Epub 2026/04/01. doi: 10.2196/75458. PubMed PMID: 41921212; PMCID: PMC13043076.
• Jandhyala SS, Sreenivasan CC, Soni S, Giri K, Kaushik RS, Li F, Wang D. Replication Fitness of Human Influenza B Viruses in Swine Primary Respiratory Epithelial Cells. J Med Virol. 2026;98(4):e70898. Epub 2026/03/27. doi: 10.1002/jmv.70898. PubMed PMID: 41891518.
• Ocegueda E, Chase G, Niceforo M, Javidan A, Gugliuzza L, Yu J, Kang RY, Lankowski A, Stefanik O, Leclerc K, Valentine Y, Drummond MJ, Deeney JT, Modica-Napolitano JS, Proctor EA, Hasturk H, Nikolajczyk BS, Bharath LP. Role of Succinate Dehydrogenase in Age-Related Th17 Inflammation. Aging Cell. 2026;25(4):e70451. Epub 2026/03/24. doi: 10.1111/acel.70451. PubMed PMID: 41874464.
• González-Seguel F, Gustafson O, Robinson CM, Villablanca C, Olave C, Muñoz-Muñoz F, Caceres-Parra C, Parry SM, Wen Y, Dupont-Versteegden EE, Mayer KP. Respiratory muscle dysfunction in mechanical ventilation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of biological mechanisms. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2026;140(4):1055-1068. Epub 2026/03/18. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01125.2025. PubMed PMID: 41843932.
• Danaher RJ, Handel VA, Wang L, Gonzalez OA. Male Keratin 13-Cre Expression Causes Unanticipated Germline Deletion in Notch1 Floxed Mice. Genesis. 2026;64(2):e70046. Epub 2026/03/17. doi: 10.1002/dvg.70046. PubMed PMID: 41840884.
• Imam IA, Morey T, Jiang Y, Wang D, Xu D, Shao Q. Discovering naturally occurring antifreeze peptides from microbiome by integrating protein language models and molecular dynamics simulation. J Mater Chem B. 2026;14(13):4059-4069. Epub 2026/03/09. doi: 10.1039/d5tb02758f. PubMed PMID: 41801733; PMCID: PMC13044805.