Hossein Salimnia
Professor of Pathology
Hossein Salimnia
Education
- Ph.D. (1998): Laval University, Quebec, Canada
Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 1998-2000: University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- 2000-2003: University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
Research
The main area of my interest is the development of new diagnostic tools using molecular techniques. I am also interested in the Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) and its use for diagnosis of infectious diseases. LIBS is based on a short laser pulse that is focused on to the surface of a sample to create the plasma. The plasma is analyzed in real-time by spectroscopy. We are working to develop and optimize LIBS as a powerful tool in the field of diagnostic laboratory. LIBS has the potential can overcome the limitations of current techniques.
Publications
- Salimnia H, Radia A, Bernatchez S, Beveridge TJ, and J. R. Dillon, 2000, Characterization of the ftsZ cell division gene of neisseria gonorrhoeae: Expression in E. coli and N. Gonorrhoeae, Arch Microbiol, 173: 10-20.
- Salimnia H, Moore EC, Crane LR, MacArthur RD, and Fairfax, MR, 2005, Discordance between Viral Loads determined by Roche COBAS AMPLICOR human immunodeficiency virus type 1 monitor (Version 1.5) standard and ultrasensitive assays caused by freezing patient plasma in centrifuged Beckton-Dickinson vacutainer brand plasma preparation tubes, J Clin, Microbiology, 43, 4635-9.
- Salimnia H, Noronha A, Sobel J, and Fairfax MR, 2008, Sepsis associated with a new Atopobium species, provisionally named Atopobium detroiti: Case report and review of the current status of the species atopobium, Scand J Infect Dis, 40: 679-81.
- Abdel-Haq N, Savasan S, Davis M, Asmar BI, Painter T, and Salimnia H, 2009. Asaia lannaensis bloodstream infection in a child with cancer and bone marrow transplantation, J Med Microbiol, 58: 974-6.
- Abdel-Haq N, Al-Tatari H, Chearskul P, Salimnia H, Asmar BI, Fairfax MR, and Amjad M, 2009, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in hospitalized children: correlation of molecular analysis with clinical presentation and antibiotic susceptibility testing (ABST) results, Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 28: 547-51.