Bio
Neurovirology, genomics of pathogen variation, neuron-virus relationships
Huck Graduate Students
Publication Tags
Human Herpesvirus 1 Viruses Genome Simplexvirus Proteins Cells Dna Virulence Mutation Neurons Phenotype Infection Nucleocapsid Viral Dna North America Virus Replication Viral Genome Vaccines Herpes Simplex Virus Diseases Rats Herpesviridae Genes Neuroblastoma Cell Line
Most Recent Papers
Personalized viral genomic investigation of herpes simplex virus 1 perinatal viremic transmission with dual fatality
Mackenzie Shipley, Daniel Renner, Utsav Pandey, Bradley Ford, David Bloom, Charles Grose, Moriah Szpara, 2019, Molecular Case Studies on p. a004382
Viral Genetic Diversity and Its Potential Contributions to the Development and Progression of Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Disease
Lisa Akhtar, Moriah Szpara, 2019, Current Clinical Microbiology Reports
Persistent Infection with Herpes Simplex Virus 1 and Alzheimer’s Disease—A Call to Study How Variability in Both Virus and Host may Impact Disease
Colleen Mangold, Moriah Szpara, 2019, Viruses on p. 966
Evolution of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) reveals selection for syncytia and other minor variants in Vero cell culture
Chad Kuny, Christopher Bowen, Daniel Renner, Christine Johnston, Moriah Szpara, 2019, bioRxiv
Herpes Simplex Virus Disease Management and Diagnostics in the Era of High-Throughput Sequencing
Utsav Pandey, Moriah Louise Szpara, 2019, Clinical Microbiology Newsletter on p. 41-48
Genotypic and Phenotypic Diversity of Herpes Simplex Virus 2 within the Infected Neonatal Population
Lisa Akhtar, Christopher Bowen, Daniel Renner, Utsav Pandey, Ashley Della Fera, David Kimberlin, Mark Prichard, Richard Whitley, Matthew Weitzman, Moriah Szpara, 2019, mSphere on p. e00590--18
Comparison of herpes simplex virus 1 strains circulating in Finland demonstrates the uncoupling of whole-genome relatedness and phenotypic outcomes of viral infection
Christopher Bowen, Henrik Paavilainen, Daniel Renner, Jussi Palomäki, Jenni Lehtinen, Tytti Vuorinen, Peter Norberg, Veijo Hukkanen, Moriah Szpara, 2019, Journal of Virology on p. e01824--18
Molecular epidemiology of Marek’s disease virus in central Pennsylvania, USA
Andrew Bell, David Kennedy, Matthew Jones, Christopher Cairns, Utsav Pandey, Patricia Dunn, Moriah Szpara, Andrew Read, 2019, Virus Evolution
Genome-Wide Surveillance of Genital Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 From Multiple Anatomic Sites Over Time
Mackenzie M. Shipley, Daniel W. Renner, Mariliis Ott, David C. Bloom, David M. Koelle, Christine Johnston, Moriah Louise Szpara, 2018, Journal of Infectious Diseases on p. 595-605
Expression of the purine biosynthetic enzyme phosphoribosyl formylglycinamidine synthase in neurons
Colleen Mangold, Pamela Yao, Mei Du, Willard Freeman, Stephen Benkovic, Moriah Szpara, 2018, Journal of Neurochemistry on p. 723--735
Recent Most-Cited Papers
Sequence variability in clinical and laboratory isolates of herpes simplex virus 1 reveals new mutations
Moriah L. Szpara, Lance Parsons, L. W. Enquist, 2010, Journal of Virology on p. 5303-5313
Evolution and diversity in human herpes simplex virus genomes
Moriah L. Szpara, Derek Gatherer, Alejandro Ochoa, Benjamin Greenbaum, Aidan Dolan, Rory J. Bowden, Lynn W. Enquist, Matthieu Legendre, Andrew J. Davison, 2014, Journal of virology on p. 1209-1227
A wide extent of inter-strain diversity in virulent and vaccine strains of Alphaherpesviruses
Moriah L. Szpara, Yolanda R. Tafuri, Lance Parsons, S. Rafi Shamim, Kevin J. Verstrepen, Matthieu Legendre, L. W. Enquist, 2011, PLoS pathogens on p. 1-23
Differentiation of the SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cell line
Mackenzie M. Shipley, Colleen A. Mangold, Moriah L. Szpara, 2016, Journal of Visualized Experiments
Herpes simplex virus 1 pUL34 plays a critical role in cell-to-cell spread of virus in addition to its role in virus replication
Alison C. Haugo, Moriah L. Szpara, Lance Parsons, Lynn W. Enquist, Richard J. Roller, 2011, Journal of Virology on p. 7203-7215
Preparation of viral DNA from nucleocapsids
Moriah L. Szpara, Yolanda R. Tafuri, L. W. Enquist, 2011, Journal of Visualized Experiments
Viral forensic genomics reveals the relatedness of classic herpes simplex virus strains KOS, KOS63, and KOS79
Christopher D. Bowen, Daniel W. Renner, Jacob T. Shreve, Yolanda Tafuri, Kimberly M. Payne, Richard D. Dix, Paul R. Kinchington, Derek Gatherer, Moriah L. Szpara, 2016, Virology on p. 179-186
A phylogenomic analysis of Marek's disease virus reveals independent paths to virulence in Eurasia and North America
Jakob Trimpert, Nicole Groenke, Maria Jenckel, Shulin He, Dusan Kunec, Moriah Louise Szpara, Stephen J. Spatz, Nikolaus Osterrieder, Dino P. McMahon, 2017, Evolutionary Applications on p. 1091-1101
Inferred father-to-son transmission of herpes simplex virus results in near-perfect preservation of viral genome identity and in vivo phenotypes
Utsav Pandey, Daniel W. Renner, Richard L. Thompson, Moriah Louise Szpara, Nancy M. Sawtell, 2017, Scientific reports on p. 13666
Differentiated human SHSY5Y cells provide a reductionist model of herpes simplex virus 1 neurotropism
Mackenzie M. Shipley, Colleen A. Mangold, Chad V. Kuny, Moriah L. Szpara, 2017, Journal of virology