Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

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2021 Virological characteristics of hospitalized children with SARS-CoV-2 infection.  Pediatrics.  147. 2021
2021 Comparing Nasopharyngeal and Midturbinate Nasal Swab Testing for the Identification of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2.  Clinical Infectious Diseases.  72:1253-1255. 2021
2021 Comprehensive evaluation of risk factors for neonatal hearing loss in a large Brazilian cohort.  Journal of Perinatology.  41:315-323. 2021
2021 Vestibular, gaze, and balance disorders in asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection.  Pediatrics.  147. 2021
2021 Clinical diagnostic testing for human cytomegalovirus infections.  Journal of Infectious Diseases.  221:S74-S85. 2021
2021 Pancreatitis in Pediatric Patients with COVID-19.  Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.  10:57-59. 2021
2021 Recent Approaches and Strategies in the Generation of Anti-human Cytomegalovirus Vaccines.  Methods in Molecular Biology.  2244:403-463. 2021
2020 Neurological and growth outcomes in South African children with congenital cytomegalovirus: A cohort study.  PLoS ONE.  15. 2020
2020 Viral shedding, and distribution of cytomegalovirus glycoprotein H (UL75), glycoprotein B (UL55), and glycoprotein N (UL73) genotypes in congenital cytomegalovirus infection.  Journal of Clinical Virology.  125. 2020
2020 Contribution of congenital cytomegalovirus infection to permanent hearing loss in a highly seropositive population: The brazilian cytomegalovirus hearing and maternal secondary infection study.  Clinical Infectious Diseases.  70:1379-1384. 2020
2020 Cytomegalovirus Genetic Diversity Following Primary Infection.  Journal of Infectious Diseases.  221:715-720. 2020
2020 Erratum: Association of CMV genomic mutations with symptomatic infection and hearing loss in congenital CMV infection (BMC Infectious Diseases (2019) 19 (1046) DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-4681-0).  BMC Infectious Diseases.  20. 2020
2020 Cytomegalovirus Seroprevalence and Birth Prevalence of Congenital CMV Infection in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Single-Center Experience 2020
2020 Cross-reactive CD8 T-cell responses elicited by adenovirus type 5-based HIV-1 vaccines contributed to early viral evolution in vaccine recipients who became infected.  Journal of Virology.  94. 2020
2020 Maternal Cytomegalovirus Infection and Fetal Impairment: Uncertainty Remains.  Clinical Infectious Diseases.  70:174. 2020
2020 Performance of the ALethia CMV assay for detection of cytomegalovirus by use of neonatal saliva swabs.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology.  58. 2020
2020 Severe neonatal coronavirus disease 2019 presenting as acute respiratory distress syndrome 2020
2019 Association of CMV genomic mutations with symptomatic infection and hearing loss in congenital CMV infection.  BMC Infectious Diseases.  19. 2019
2019 Vaccination against the human cytomegalovirus.  Vaccine.  37:7437-7442. 2019
2019 Prevalence of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection and Associated Risk of in Utero Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Acquisition in a High-HIV Prevalence Setting, South Africa.  Clinical Infectious Diseases.  69:1789-1796. 2019
2019 Utility of surface and blood polymerase chain reaction assays in identifying infants with neonatal herpes simplex virus infection 2019
2019 The burden of congenital cytomegalovirus infection: A prospective cohort study of 20 000 infants in Finland.  Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.  8:205-212. 2019
2019 Invasive Disease Caused by Haemophilus influenzae Type A.  Clinical Pediatrics.  58:470-473. 2019
2018 Seroconversion for Cytomegalovirus Infection during Pregnancy and Fetal Infection in a Highly Seropositive Population: "the BraCHS Study".  Journal of Infectious Diseases.  218:1200-1204. 2018
2018 Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Prevalence of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection.  Journal of Pediatrics.  200:196-201.e1. 2018
2018 Cytomegalovirus Shedding in Seropositive Pregnant Women from a High-Seroprevalence Population: The Brazilian Cytomegalovirus Hearing and Maternal Secondary Infection Study.  Clinical Infectious Diseases.  67:743-750. 2018
2018 Higher expectations for a vaccine to prevent congenital cytomegalovirus infection.  Journal of Virology.  92. 2018
2018 Nonprimary Maternal Cytomegalovirus Infection After Viral Shedding in Infants 2018
2018 Contribution of Breastfeeding to False-Positive Saliva Polymerase Chain Reaction for Newborn Congenital Cytomegalovirus Screening.  Journal of Infectious Diseases.  217:1612-1615. 2018
2018 Congenital cytomegalovirus infection.  Seminars in Perinatology.  42:149-154. 2018
2017 Breast milk human cytomegalovirus (CMV) viral load and the establishment of breast milk CMV-pp65-Specific CD8 T Cells in Human CMV infected mothers.  Journal of Infectious Diseases.  216:1176-1179. 2017
2017 Insight into long-Term neurodevelopmental outcomes in asymptomatic congenital cmv infection.  Pediatrics.  140. 2017
2017 Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection and Permanent Hearing Loss in Rural North Indian Children 2017
2017 Congenital cytomegalovirus infection in pregnancy and the neonate: consensus recommendations for prevention, diagnosis, and therapy.  Lancet Infectious Diseases.  17:e177-e188. 2017
2017 Newborn Dried Blood Spot Polymerase Chain Reaction to Identify Infants with Congenital Cytomegalovirus-Associated Sensorineural Hearing Loss.  Journal of Pediatrics.  184:57-61.e1. 2017
2017 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a Cause of Lemierre's Syndrome 2017
2017 A targeted approach for congenital cytomegalovirus screening within newborn hearing screening.  Pediatrics.  139. 2017
2017 Pathogenesis of Non-Zika Congenital Viral Infections.  Journal of Infectious Diseases.  216:S912-S918. 2017
2016 Cost-effectiveness of universal and targeted newborn screening for congenital cytomegalovirus infection.  JAMA Pediatrics.  170:1173-1180. 2016
2016 Clinical predictors of sensorineural hearing loss and cognitive outcome in infants with symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection 2016
2016 Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus infections.  Pediatrics in Review.  37:223-234. 2016
2015 Urine collection method for the diagnosis of congenital cytomegalovirus infection 2015
2015 Comparison of saliva PCR assay versus rapid culture for detection of congenital cytomegalovirus infection 2015
2015 Prevalence of congenital cytomegalovirus infection in Nigeria: A pilot study 2015
2014 Detection of congenital cytomegalovirus infection by real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis of saliva or urine specimens.  Journal of Infectious Diseases.  210:1415-1418. 2014
2014 Birth prevalence of congenital cytomegalovirus among infants of HIV-infected women on prenatal antiretroviral prophylaxis in South Africa.  Clinical Infectious Diseases.  58:1467-1472. 2014
2014 Incidence and impact of CMV infection in very low birth weight infants.  Pediatrics.  133. 2014
2014 Recent approaches and strategies in the generation of antihuman cytomegalovirus vaccines.  Methods in Molecular Biology.  1119:311-348. 2014
2014 Spectrum of disease and outcome in children with symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection.  Journal of Pediatrics.  164:855-859. 2014
2013 Priorities for CMV vaccine development.  Vaccine.  32:4-10. 2013
2013 Genotypic diversity and mixed infection in newborn disease and hearing loss in congenital cytomegalovirus infection 2013
2013 Congenital cytomegalovirus infection: clinical outcome..  Clinical Infectious Diseases.  57 Suppl 4. 2013
2013 The "Silent" global burden of congenital cytomegalovirus.  Clinical Microbiology Reviews.  26:86-102. 2013
2012 Strain-specific neutralizing antibody responses against human cytomegalovirus envelope glycoprotein N 2012
2011 Congenital cytomegalovirus infection as a cause of sensorineural hearing loss in a highly immune population 2011
2011 Mixed infection and strain diversity in congenital cytomegalovirus infection.  Journal of Infectious Diseases.  204:1003-1007. 2011
2011 Diagnostic consequences of cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B polymorphisms.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology.  49:3033-3035. 2011
2011 Saliva polymerase-chain-reaction assay for cytomegalovirus screening in newborns.  New England Journal of Medicine.  364:2111-2118. 2011
2011 Overview of the diagnosis of cytomegalovirus infection 2011
2011 Stevens-Johnson syndrome in a boy with macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia.  Pediatrics.  127. 2011
2010 Cytomegalovirus viruria and DNAemia in healthy seropositive women.  Journal of Infectious Diseases.  202:1800-1803. 2010
2010 Dried blood spot real-time polymerase chain reaction assays to screen newborns for congenital cytomegalovirus infection.  Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey.  65:484-485. 2010
2010 In reply 2010
2010 Dried blood spot real-time polymerase chain reaction assays to screen newborns for congenital cytomegalovirus infection 2010
2010 Cytomegalovirus reinfections in healthy seroimmune women.  Journal of Infectious Diseases.  201:386-389. 2010
2010 Human cytomegalovirus reinfection is associated with intrauterine transmission in a highly cytomegalovirus-immune maternal population.  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.  202:297.e1-297.e8. 2010
2009 Birth prevalence and natural history of congenital cytomegalovirus infection in a highly seroimmune population.  Clinical Infectious Diseases.  49:522-528. 2009
2009 Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method for detection of cytomegalovirus strain-specific antibody responses 2009
2009 Cytomegalovirus blood viral load and hearing loss in young children with congenital infection 2009
2009 Cytomegalovirus shedding and delayed sensorineural hearing loss: Results from longitudinal follow-up of children with congenital infection 2009
2008 Cytomegalovirus strain diversity in seropositive women.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology.  46:882-886. 2008
2008 Congenital cytomegalovirus infection in a highly seropositive semi-urban population in India 2008
2007 GJB2 and GJB6 mutations in children with congenital cytomegalovirus infection.  Pediatric Research.  61:687-691. 2007
2006 Hearing loss in children with congenital cytomegalovirus infection born to mothers with preexisting immunity.  Journal of Pediatrics.  148:332-336. 2006
2006 Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and hearing deficit.  Journal of Clinical Virology.  35:226-231. 2006
2006 Congenital cytomegalovirus infection following first trimester maternal infection: Symptoms at birth and outcome.  Journal of Clinical Virology.  35:216-220. 2006
2005 Association between genital tract cytomegalovirus infection and bacterial vaginosis.  Journal of Infectious Diseases.  192:1727-1730. 2005
2005 Congenital cytomegalovirus infection: Association between virus burden in infancy and hearing loss.  Journal of Pediatrics.  146:817-823. 2005
2005 Detection of cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA by polymerase chain reaction is associated with hearing loss in newborns with symptomatic congenital CMV infection involving the central nervous system.  Journal of Infectious Diseases.  191:227-233. 2005
2005 Congenital cytomegalovirus infection: Outcome and diagnosis.  Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases.  16:44-49. 2005
2004 Human cytomegalovirus virion proteins.  Human Immunology.  65:395-402. 2004
2002 Predictors of hearing loss in children with symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection.  Pediatrics.  110:762-767. 2002
2001 Secondary maternal cytomegalovirus infection - A significant cause of congenital disease [1] (multiple letters).  Pediatrics.  107:1227-1229. 2001
2001 Intrauterine transmission of cytomegalovirus to infants of women with preconceptional immunity.  New England Journal of Medicine.  344:1366-1371. 2001
2000 Longitudinal investigation of hearing disorders in children with congenital cytomegalovirus.  Journal of the American Academy of Audiology.  11:283-290. 2000
2000 High prevalence of complement component C6 deficiency among African- Americans in the South-eastern USA.  Clinical and Experimental Immunology.  119:305-310. 2000
1999 A subunit cytomegalovirus vaccine based on recombinant envelope glycoprotein B and a new adjuvant.  Journal of Infectious Diseases.  180:970-975. 1999
1999 Symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection in infants born to mothers with preexisting immunity to cytomegalovirus.  Pediatrics.  104:55-60. 1999
1999 Symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection in infants born to mothers with preexisting immunity to cytomegalovirus..  Pediatrics.  104:55-60. 1999
1999 Asymptomatic primary cytomegalovirus infection: Virologic and immunologic features.  Journal of Infectious Diseases.  180:702-707. 1999
1999 Newborn hearing screening: Will children with hearing loss caused by congenital cytomegalovirus infection be missed?.  Journal of Pediatrics.  135:60-64. 1999
1997 Neuroradiographic findings in the newborn period and long-term outcome in children with symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection.  Pediatrics.  99:409-414. 1997
1997 Progressive and fluctuating sensorineural hearing loss in children with asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection.  Journal of Pediatrics.  130:624-630. 1997
1996 Recognition of human cytomegalovirus gene products by HCMV-specific cytotoxic T cells.  Virology.  222:293-296. 1996
1996 Cytokines in infectious diseases.  Indian Journal of Pediatrics.  63:447-452. 1996
1996 Ocular abnormalities in congenital cytomegalovirus infection..  Journal of the American Optometric Association.  67:273-278. 1996
1996 Transplacentally acquired antiviral antibodies and outcome in congenital human cytomegalovirus infection.  Viral Immunology.  9:211-218. 1996
1995 Antiviral antibody responses and intrauterine transmission after primary maternal cytomegalovirus infection.  Journal of Infectious Diseases.  171:1115-1121. 1995
1995 Virus-specific antibody responses to human cytomegalovirus (hcmv) in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected persons with hcmv retinitis.  Journal of Infectious Diseases.  171:182-185. 1995
1994 Late onset and reactivation of chorioretinitis in children with congenital cytomegalovirus infection 1994
1993 Virus-specific antibody responses in mothers and their newborn infants with asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infections.  Journal of Infectious Diseases.  167:72-77. 1993
1992 Evaluation of a microtiter plate fluorescent-antibody assay for rapid detection of human cytomegalovirus infection.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology.  30:721-723. 1992
1992 Symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection: Neonatal morbidity and mortality 1992
1991 Chronic vulvovaginitis in a 30-year-old woman.  Annals of allergy.  66:381-384. 1991
1988 Thrombocytopenia in an HIV-seropositive infant.  Annals of allergy.  61. 1988

Chapter

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2012 CMV: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Considerations on Vaccine-Mediated Prevention.  171-188. 2012
2007 HCMV: Persistence in the population: Epidemiology and transmisson.  795-813. 2007

Principal Investigator On

  • Acquisition of HCMV from Breast Milk-Correlates of Protection  awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • Adaptive Immunity and Persistent SARS-CoV-2 Replication  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Congenital CMV Infection and Hearing Loss in Rural Indian Population  awarded by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS
  • Congenital CMV Infection in the Era of Option B in South Africa  awarded by UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA
  • Genetic Causes as Co-factors in Cytomegalovirus Associated Hearing Loss  awarded by National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders/NIH/DHHS
  • International Congenital CMV Conference and CMV Workshop  awarded by National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders/NIH/DHHS
  • Newborn CMV Screening: Feasibility of Mass Spectrometry Based Approach  awarded by KAUL PEDIATRIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
  • Private Grant  awarded by ADVANCED LIQUID LOGIC, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by GlaxoSmithKline
  • Private Grant  awarded by ADVANCED LIQUID LOGIC, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by BAEBIES, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by MERIDIAN BIOSCIENCE INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by BAEBIES, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by MERIDIAN BIOSCIENCE INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP
  • Private Grant  awarded by MODERNATX INC
  • Private Grant  awarded by Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
  • Role of HCMV Envelope Protein Glycosylation Patterns on Virus Neutralization  awarded by KAUL PEDIATRIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
  • The National Cancer Institute Serology Network Agreement  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • The Natural History of CMV-Related Hearing Loss and the Feasibility of CMV Screening as Adjunct to Hearing Screening in the Newborn  awarded by National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • The Natural History of CMV-Related Hearing Loss and the Feasibility of CMV Screening as Adjunct to Hearing Screening in the Newborn-CHIMES Follow On  awarded by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS
  • The Role of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Sexually Transmitted (STI's) Co-Infections During Pregancy in Congenital Cytomegalovirus (cCMV) Infection  awarded by UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER - NEW
  • Vestibular and Balance Disorders in Children with Congenital CMV Infection  awarded by KAUL PEDIATRIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE

    • Investigator On

  • A Clinic-Based Behavioral Intervention to Reduce CMV Transmission in Pregnancy  awarded by CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/DHHS
  • A Phase II, Single-Stage, Single Arm Investigation of Oral Valganciclovir Therapy in Infants with Asymptomatic Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection  awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • Blocking CMV Transmission through the Human Milk Metabolome and Microbiome  awarded by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS
  • CMV Vaccines: Reinfection and Antigenic Variation  awarded by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS
  • CMV Vaccines: Reinfection and Antigenic Variation  awarded by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS
  • Center for Clinical and Translational Science (3 Linked Awards UL1, KL2, TL1)  awarded by National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences/NIH/DHHS
  • HCMV-Specific Memory T Cell Subsets and HCMV Breast Milk Transmission  awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units (MFMU) Network  awarded by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS
  • Neuroimaging Findings and Hearing Outcome in Asymptomatic Congenital CMV Infection  awarded by KAUL PEDIATRIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
  • Prenatal Behavioral Intervention to Prevent Maternal Cytomegalovirus in Pregnancy  awarded by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS
  • Private Grant  awarded by MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP
  • Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Congenital CMV Infection: Role of Maternal CMV Seroprevalence  awarded by KAUL PEDIATRIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
  • Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Units (VTEU)  awarded by CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
  • Viral Diversity in Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection  awarded by National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders/NIH/DHHS

    • Education And Training

  • Government General Hospital, Internship
  • Andhra Medical College, Residency
  • University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, Residency
  • UCSF Medical Center, Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Doctor of Medicine, 1979

    • Full Name

  • Suresh Boppana