Judith Fafard

Publications

2023

2021

2020

2019

2016

Publications

2022

Monkeypox in Montréal: Epidemiology, Phylogenomics, and Public Health Response to a Large North American Outbreak

Harrison, Luke B.; Bergeron, Geneviève; Cadieux, Geneviève; Charest, Hugues; Fafard, Judith; Levade, Inès; Blais, Antoine Cloutier; Huchet, Emmanuelle; Trottier, Benoît; Vlad, Dragos; Szabo, Jason; Thomas, Réjean; Poulin, Sébastien; Greenaway, Christina; Zaharatos, Gerasimos J.; Oughton, Matthew; Chakravarti, Arpita; Pilarski, Robert; Bui-Nguyen, Andrew; Benomar, Khadija; Libman, Michael D.; Vinh, Donald C.; Duggan, Ana T.; Graham, Morag; Klein, Marina B.; Barkati, Sapha
Annals of Internal Medicine

Clinical performance of SARS-CoV-2 detection on the cobas Liat using water gargle samples

Veillette, Maxime; Tourangeau, Francine; Fafard, Judith; Dumaresq, Jeannot; Labbé, Annie-Claude; G-SPIT study group
Journal of Clinical Virology Plus

Estimated Protection of Prior SARS-CoV-2 Infection Against Reinfection With the Omicron Variant Among Messenger RNA-Vaccinated and Nonvaccinated Individuals in Quebec, Canada

Carazo, Sara; Skowronski, Danuta M.; Brisson, Marc; Sauvageau, Chantal; Brousseau, Nicholas; Gilca, Rodica; Ouakki, Manale; Barkati, Sapha; Fafard, Judith; Talbot, Denis; Gilca, Vladimir; Deceuninck, Geneviève; Garenc, Christophe; Carignan, Alex; Wals, Philippe De; Serres, Gaston De

A boost with SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine elicits strong humoral responses independently of the interval between the first two doses

Tauzin, Alexandra; Gong, Shang Yu; Chatterjee, Debashree; Ding, Shilei; Painter, Mark M.; Goel, Rishi R.; Beaudoin-Bussières, Guillaume; Marchitto, Lorie; Boutin, Marianne; Laumaea, Annemarie; Okeny, James; Gendron-Lepage, Gabrielle; Bourassa, Catherine; Medjahed, Halima; Goyette, Guillaume; Williams, Justine C.; Bo, Yuxia; Gokool, Laurie; Morrisseau, Chantal; Arlotto, Pascale; Bazin, Renée; Fafard, Judith; Tremblay, Cécile; Kaufmann, Daniel E.; De Serres, Gaston; Richard, Jonathan; Côté, Marceline; Duerr, Ralf; Martel-Laferrière, Valérie; Greenplate, Allison R.; Wherry, E. John; Finzi, Andrés
Cell Reports

Protection against omicron (B.1.1.529) BA.2 reinfection conferred by primary omicron BA.1 or pre-omicron SARS-CoV-2 infection among health-care workers with and without mRNA vaccination: a test-negative case-control study

Carazo, Sara; Skowronski, Danuta M.; Brisson, Marc; Barkati, Sapha; Sauvageau, Chantal; Brousseau, Nicholas; Gilca, Rodica; Fafard, Judith; Talbot, Denis; Ouakki, Manale; Gilca, Vladimir; Carignan, Alex; Deceuninck, Geneviève; De Wals, Philippe; De Serres, Gaston
The Lancet. Infectious Diseases

2021

Persistence of Infectivity in Elderly Individuals Diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 Infection 10 Days after Onset of Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Study

Longtin, Yves; Parkes, Leighanne; Charest, Hugues; Rajarison, Stacy; Zaharatos, Gerasimos J.; Fafard, Judith; Roger, Michel; De Serres, Gaston
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Natural spring water gargle and direct RT-PCR for the diagnosis of COVID-19 (COVID-SPRING study)

Dumaresq, Jeannot; Coutlée, François; Dufresne, Philippe J.; Longtin, Jean; Fafard, Judith; Bestman-Smith, Julie; Bergevin, Marco; Vallières, Emilie; Desforges, Marc; Labbé, Annie-Claude
Journal of Clinical Virology: The Official Publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology

Natural spring water gargle samples as an alternative to nasopharyngeal swabs for SARS-CoV-2 detection using a laboratory-developed test

Gobeille Paré, Sarah; Bestman-Smith, Julie; Fafard, Judith; Doualla-Bell, Florence; Jacob-Wagner, Mariève; Lavallée, Christian; Charest, Hugues; Beauchemin, Stéphanie; Coutlée, François; Dumaresq, Jeannot; Busque, Lambert; St-Hilaire, Manon; Lépine, Guylaine; Boucher, Valérie; Desforges, Marc; Goupil-Sormany, Isabelle; Labbé, Annie-Claude; G-SPIT study group
Journal of Medical Virology

Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 detection with the cobas® 6800/8800 system on gargle samples using two sample processing methods with combined oropharyngeal/nasopharyngeal swab

Benoit, Patrick; Labbé, Annie-Claude; Lalancette, Linda; Gagnon, Simon; Bonneau, Eric; Lavallée, Christian; Roger, Michel; Fafard, Judith; Dumaresq, Jeannot; Beauchemin, Stéphanie; Coutlée, François; G-SPIT group
Journal of Medical Virology

Comparison of saliva with oral and nasopharyngeal swabs for SARS-CoV-2 detection on various commercial and laboratory developed assays

Labbé, Annie-Claude; Benoit, Patrick; Paré, Sarah Gobeille; Coutlée, François; Lévesque, Simon; Bestman-Smith, Julie; Dumaresq, Jeannot; Lavallée, Christian; Houle, Claudia; Martin, Philippe; Mak, Anton; Gervais, Philippe; Langevin, Stéphanie; Jacob-Wagner, Mariève; Gagnon, Simon; St-Hilaire, Manon; Lussier, Nathalie; Yechouron, Ariane; Roy, David; Roger, Michel; Fafard, Judith
Journal of Medical Virology

Infectivity of Healthcare Workers Diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 Infection Approximately 2 weeks after Onset of Symptoms: a Cross-Sectional Study

Longtin, Yves; Charest, Hugues; Quach, Caroline; Savard, Patrice; Baz, Mariana; Boivin, Guy; Farfard, Judith; Villeneuve, Jasmin; Roger, Michel; De Serres, Gaston
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology