Katherine Bowden
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
Biography
Katherine Bowden received her BS in Microbiology and PhD in Genetics from the University of Georgia. Over the past 4 years, she has led numerous projects under the scope of molecular diagnostics in the Pertussis and Diphtheria Lab at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These projects include real-time PCR method validation, analysis of molecular epidemiology of pertussis epidemics, and development of a whole genome Multi Locus Sequence Typing (wgMLST) for pertussis. Additionally, she has coordinated numerous international trainings to build in-country capacity for both pertussis and diphtheria diagnostics in Latin American and Caribbean nations.
Abstract
Abstract : Differentiation of tox-bearing Corynebacterium species directly from clinical specimens