Publications

Work published since July 2025 is lab output.

Scientific Publications

  1. Judson SD, Auwaerter P, Dowdy D. West Nile morbidity and mortality in a Mid-Atlantic healthcare system, 2013-2024. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2026. doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.26-0008
  2. Benzekri NA, Tin AH, Judson SD, et al. The Medicine for a Changing Planet Curriculum: A Mixed Methods Evaluation. Front Public Health. 2026 ;14.
  3. Judson SD, Schroeder L, Asiedu-Bekoe F, Laryea DO, Boateng G, Gudjinu H, et al. Timeliness of yellow fever specimen collection and transport in Ghana, 2018–2022. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025; 5(12): e0005703. 
  4. Judson SD, Dowdy D. Risk Factors for West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease and Mortality in the US, 2013-2024. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Dec 10;8(12):e2548229.
  5. Judson SD, Kenu E, Fuller T, Asiedu-Bekoe F, Biritwum-Nyarko A, Schroeder LF, Dowdy DW. Yellow fever in Ghana: Predicting emergence and ecology from historical outbreaks. PLOS Global Public Health. 2024; doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003337
  6. Judson SD, Dowdy DW. Modeling zoonotic and vector-borne viruses. Current Opinion in Virology. 2024;67:101428. doi:10.1016/j.coviro.2024.101428
  7. Garneau, W., Jones, J., Dashler, G., Mostafa, H., Judson, S., Kwon, N., Hamill, M., Gilliams, E., Rudolph, D., Keruly, J., Fall, A., Klein, E., Hansoti, B., Gebo, K. Risk Factors for Hospitalization and Effect of Immunosuppression on Clinical Outcomes Among an Urban Cohort of Patients With Mpox, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 10, Issue 12, December 2023, ofad533, doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad533
  8. Judson, SD & Munster, VJ, The Multiple Origins of Ebola Disease Outbreaks, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023;, jiad352, doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiad352
  9. M Mitja O., Alemany A., Marks M., Lezama Mora J.I., Rodriguez-Aldama J.C., Torres Silva M.S., Corral Herrera E.A., (...), SHARE-NET writing group (2023). Mpox in people with advanced HIV infection: a global case series. The Lancet,  401 (10380)
  10. Judson, S., Torimiro, J., Pigott, D., Maima, A., Mostafa, A., Samy, A., Rabinowitz P., Njabo, K. (2022). COVID-19 data reporting systems in Africa reveal insights for future pandemics. Epidemiology and Infection, 1-22. doi:10.1017/S0950268822001054
  11. Baker, S. M., Leedy, D. J., Klafter, J. A., Zhang, Y., Secrest, K. M., Osborn, T. R., Cheng, R. K., Judson, S. D., Merel, S. E., Mikacenic, C., Bhatraju, P. K., & Liles, W. C. (2021). Clinical presentation, complications, and outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in an academic center with a centralized palliative care consult service. Health Science Reports, 4(4), e423. doi.org/10.1002/HSR2.423
  12. Judson S, Rabinowitz P, (2021). Zoonoses and global epidemics. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 9000; doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000749.
  13. Avanzato VA, Matson MJ, Seifert SN, Pryce R, Williamson BN , Anzick SL, Barbian K, Judson SD,…Munster VJ. (2020). Case Study: Prolonged infectious SARS-CoV-2 shedding from an asymptomatic immunocompromised cancer patient. Cell. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2020.10.049.
  14. Judson SD, Njabo KY, Torimiro JN. (2020). Regional vulnerability for COVID-19 in Cameroon. Pan Afr Med J. 2020;37. doi:10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.37.1.26167.
  15. Fischer R.J., Morris D.H., van Doremalen N., Sarchette S., Matson M.J., Bushmaker T., Yinda C.K., Seifer S.N., Gamble A., Williamson B., Judson S.D., de Wit E., Lloyd-Smith J.O., Munster V.J (2020). Effectiveness of N95 Respirator Decontamination and Reuse against SARS-CoV-2 Virus. Emerg Infect Dis. doi:10.3201/eid2609.201524
  16. Judson, S., & Munster, V. (2020). A Framework for Nosocomial Transmission of Emerging Coronaviruses. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 1-8. doi:10.1017/ice.2020.296 
  17. Judson, S.D.; Munster, V.J. (2019). Nosocomial Transmission of Emerging Viruses via Aerosol-Generating Medical Procedures. Viruses. 11(10), 940. https://doi.org/10.3390/v11100940
  18. Judson, S.D., LeBreton M., Fuller, T. et al. Translating Predictions of Zoonotic Viruses for Policymakers. EcoHealth (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-017-1304-3
  19. Fischer RJ, Bushmaker T, Judson S, Munster VJ. Comparison of the Aerosol Stability of 2 Strains of Zaire ebolavirus from the 1976 and 2013 Outbreaks. 2016. J Infect Dis.
  20.  Judson SD, Fischer R, Judson A, Munster VJ (2016) Ecological Contexts of Index Cases and Spillover Events of Different Ebolaviruses. PLoS Pathog 12(8): e1005780. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005780
  21. Frank HK, Mendenhall CD, Judson SD, Daily GC, Hadly EA. Anthropogenic impacts on Costa Rican bat parasitism are sex specific. Ecology and Evolution. 2016 Jul 1;6(14):4898-909.
  22. Hoenen T, Groseth A, Rosenke K, Fischer RJ, Hoenen A, Judson SD, et al. Nanopore sequencing as a rapidly deployable Ebola outbreak response tool. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Feb. doi: 10.3201/eid2202.151796 
  23. Fischer RJ, Judson S, Miazgowicz K, Bushmaker T, Munster VJ. Ebola virus persistence in semen ex vivo. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Feb. doi: 10.3201/edi2202.151278
  24. Fischer R*, Judson S*, Miazgowicz K, Bushmaker T, Prescott J, Munster VJ. Ebola virus stability on surfaces and in fluids in simulated outbreak environments. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Jul. doi: 10.3201/edi2107.150253  *These authors contributed equally to this article
  25. Judson, S. D., Frank, H. K., & Hadly, E. A. (2015). Bartonellae are Prevalent and Diverse in Costa Rican Bats and Bat Flies. Zoonoses and Public Health. doi: 10.1111/zph.12188.
  26. Prescott J, Bushmaker T, Fischer R, Miazgowicz K, Judson S, Munster VJ (2015). Postmortem stability of Ebola virus. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 May. 
  27. Judson, S., Prescott, J., & Munster, V. (2015). Understanding Ebola Virus Transmission. Viruses, 7(2), 511-521.
  28. Karp, D. S., Judson, S., Daily, G. C., & Hadly, E. A. (2014). Molecular diagnosis of bird-mediated pest consumption in tropical farmland. SpringerPlus, 3(1), 630.

Reports, Commentaries, and Chapters

  1. Judson S. Pandemics on a Changing Planet: From Prevention to Recovery. In: Henao-Martínez AF, ed. Global Health, Climate Change, and Emerging Infectious Diseases. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2026: 347–58. doi:10.1007/978-3-032-21237-5_18

  2. Judson SD, Yinda CK, Kaiser FK, et al. Circulation of clade Ib mpox outside of Africa—are we prepared? The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2026; 0. DOI:10.1016/S1473-3099(26)00054-X.
  3. Bryan ME, Vivalya BMN, Geisbert TW, Judson SD, Munster V. Ebola virus in Kasai revives 50-year-old questions on viral latency. The Lancet 2025; 406:1723.
  4. Judson, SD, Auwaerter, PG. Diagnostic testing for Lyme disease. Lyme disease: an evidence-based approach. 3rd edition; CABI. 2025. DOI: 10.1079/9781800626225.0005
  5. Judson SD, Orkin CM, Gebo K, Mpox: What have we learned and how do we better prepare for the future?, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2025; doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaf040
  6. Judson SD, Ripp K, Benzekri NA, LaBeaud AD, Veidis E, Xie M, Tin A, Barry M, Rabinowitz P, Medicine for a Changing Planet: Online Clinical Cases in Planetary Health and Infectious Diseases, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2024;, ofae691, doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae691
  7. Judson SD and Munster VJ (2022) Editorial: Ecology and Evolution of Coronaviruses: Implications for Human Health. Front. Public Health 10:926677. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.926677
  8. Judson, S.D., van Doremalen, N, Munster, V.J. (2020). Stability and Viability of SARS-CoV-2. The New England Journal of Medicine.
  9. Adamson PC, Judson SD, Klausner JD, Kelesidis T. (2019). Neisseria gonorrhoeae as a Rare Cause of Preseptal Cellulitis. Sex Transm Dis.
  10. Munster, V*, Judson, S. D.*, Letko, M.* (2017). Ecology of Emerging Zoonotic Viruses. Oxford Bibliographies in Ecology. Ed. David Gibson. New York: Oxford University Press. *Co-first authors