Bio
Dr. Kenneth Gavina is an American Board of Medical Microbiology (ABMM)-certified Clinical Microbiologist with the Indiana University School of Medicine. He is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and currently serves as the Medical Director of Clinical Microbiology and Serology for Eskenazi Health.
Key Publications
- Gavina K, Whitacre BE, Meyer TL, Van Benten K, Glazier M, Emery CL, Lavik JP, Relich RF. (2023) The Brief Case: Suspicious Gram-negative coccobacilli – Francisella tularensis subsp. novicida isolated from an immunocompromised patient. JCM 61(6). Doi: 10.1128/jcm.00893-22
- Gavina K, Franco LC, Robinson CM, Hymas W, Lei GS, Sinclair W, Hall T, Carlquist J, Lavik JP, Emery CL, Heaton PR, Hillyard D, Lopransi BK, Relich RF. (2023) Standardization of SARS-CoV-2 cycle threshold values – A multisite investigation evaluating viral quantitation across multiple commercial COVID-19 detection platforms. Microbiol Spectr. Jan18:e0447022. Doi: 10.1128/spectrm.04470-22.
- Switzer C, Verschoor CP, Gavina K, Mertz D, Luinstra K, Pernica J, Smieja M. (2022) Likelihood of hospitalization for a chronic respiratory condition following pediatric infection with enterovirus and rhinovirus strains. J Infect Med. Doi: 10.1016/j.imj.2022.10.002.
- Alvarez-Larrotta C, Agudelo OM, Gavina K, Yanow SK, Carmona-Fonseca, Arango E. (2022) Effect of plasmodial infection during pregnancy on passive neonatal immunization against tetanus toxoid and rotavirus. AJTMH 107(5). Doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0335.
- Alvarez-Larrotta C, Agudelo OM, Duque Y, Gavina K, Yanow SK, Maestre A, Carmona-Fonseca J, Arango E. (2019) Submicroscopic Plasmodium infection during pregnancy reduces immune responses against tetanus toxoid vaccine. Clin Exp Immunol 195(1). Doi: 10.1111/cei.13213.
- Gnidehou S, Mitran C, Arango E, Banman S, Mena A, Medawar E, Lima B, Rajwani J, Jin A, Doritchamou J, Gavina K, Ntumngia F, Ndam N, Salanti A, Kano F, Carbahlo L, Adams J, Maestre A, Good MF, Yanow SK. (2019) Cross-Species Immune Recognition Between Plasmodium vivax Duffy Binding Protein Antibodies and the Plasmodium falciparum Surface Antigen VAR2CSA. J Infect Dis 219(1). Doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiy467.
- Gavina K, Gnidehou S, Arango E, Hamel-Martineau C, Mitran C, Agudelo O, Lopez C, Karidio A, Banman S, Carmona-Fonseca J, Salanti A, Ndam N, Hawkes M, Maestre A, Yanow SK. (2018) Clinical outcomes of submicroscopic malaria infections and correlates of protection of VAR2CSA antibodies in a longitudinal study of pregnant women in Colombia. Infect Immun 86(44) e00797-17. Doi: 10.1128/IAI.00797-17.
- Gavina K, Arango A, Alvarez C, Maestre A, Yanow SK. (2017) A sensitive species-specific reverse transcription real-time PCR method for the detection of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax. Parasite Epidemiology & Control 2. Doi: 10.1016/j.parepi.2017.04.001.
- Yanow SK, Gavina K, Gnidehou S, Maestre A. (2016) Impact of Malaria in Pregnancy as Latin America Approaches Elimination. Trends Parasitol 32. Doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2016.01.008.
Titles & Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
- Medical Director, Eskenazi Health Clinical Microbiology and Serology
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