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Laviad-Shitrit, S., Izhaki, I., Arakawa, E. and Halpern, M. (2018) Wild waterfowl as potential vectors of Vibrio cholerae and Aeromonas species. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 23: 758-764. (Link)

Laviad-Shitrit, S., Sharaby, Y., Izhaki, I., Peretz, A., and Halpern, M. (2018) Antimicrobial susceptibility of environmental non-O1/non-O139 Vibrio cholerae isolates. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9: 1726.( Link)

Laviad-Shitrit, S., Izhaki, I. and Halpern, M. (2019) Accumulating evidence suggests that some waterbird species are potential vectors of Vibrio cholerae. PLoS Pathogens. 15: e1007814. (Link). This article has been selected by the editors of the PLOS Cholera Channel to feature in the Featured Research section, to effectively ensure progression in this area. https://channels.plos.org/cholera

Laviad-Shitrit, S., Sela, R. Thorat, L., Sharaby, Y., Izhaki, I., Nath, B. B. and Halpern, M. (2020) Identification of chironomid species as natural reservoirs of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae strains with pandemic potential. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 14: e0008959. (Link)

Laviad-Shitrit, S., Sharaby, Y., Sela, R. Thorat, L., Nath, B. B. and Halpern, M. (2021) Copper and chromium exposure affect chironomid larval microbiota composition. Science of the Total Environment. 771: 145330. (Link)

Lurie-Weinberger, M., Bychenko-Banyas, D., Mor, M., Laviad-Shitrit, S., Kaplan, E., Rakovitsky, N., Keren-Paz, A., Ben-Zvi, C. and Carmeli, Y. (2024) In vivo interspecies dissemination of IncM2-type blaNDM-1 carrying plasmid. Microbiology Spectrum. 13. (Link)

Laviad-Shitrit, S., Kon, H., Bychenko-Banyas, D.,  Efrati Epchtien, R., Bechor, M., Lurie-Weinberger, M., Ben-Zeev, E., Frank, S., Rakovitsky, N., Schwartz, D., Keren-Paz, A. and Yehuda Carmeli. A single amino acid substitution in SED-2 β-lactamase leads to increased inhibitor resistance and an extended substrate spectrum. Microbiology Spectrum. 13. (Link)