Recent Publications

Emerging roles for ABC transporters as virulence factors in uropathogenic Escherichia coli

Salivary glands of the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis: Dissection and microscopy guide

Interspecies co-feeding transmission of Powassan virus between a native tick, Ixodes scapularis, and the invasive East Asian tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis

Cat flea coinfection with Rickettsia felis and Rickettsia typhi

Tau and Aβ42 in lavage fluid of pneumonia patients are associated with end-organ dysfunction:A prospective exploratory study

Critical roles of Rickettsia parkeri outer membrane protein B (OmpB) in the tick host

Alveolar macrophage lipid burden correlates with clinical improvement in patients with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

ATP-sensitive inward rectifier potassium channels regulate secretion of pro-feeding salivary proteins in the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum)

Deleterious effects of plasma-derived cellular debris in a porcine model of hemorrhagic shock

Defining pathogen and susceptibility patterns for early versus late ventilator associated pneumonia in trauma patients to guide empiric treatment decisions

Statewide survey of medically important ticks on white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus Zimmerman, in Alabama, U.S.A.

Immune response to chikungunya virus: Sex as a biological variable and implications for natural delivery via the mosquito

Nuclear FAK in endothelium: An intrinsic inhibitor of NF-κB activation in atherosclerosis

Gamma secretase activating protein promotes end-organ dysfunction after bacterial pneumonia

Lethal caspase-1/4-dependent injury occurs in the first minutes of coronary reperfusion and requires calpain activity

Revisiting the sialome of the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis

Transposon mutagenesis of Rickettsia felis sca1 confers a distinct phenotype during flea infection

Real-time tracking of bioluminescent influenza A virus infection in mice

Coronavirus lung infection impairs host immunity against secondary bacterial infection by promoting lysosomal dysfunction

Horizontal and vertical transmission of Powassan virus by the invasive Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, under laboratory conditions

The role of cofeeding arthropods in the transmission of Rickettsia felis

Ticks of Alabama: The fauna and spatial distribution of medically important species across the state

Transovarial transmission of Heartland virus by invasive Asian longhorned ticks under laboratory conditions

The Pseudomonas aeruginosa type III secretion system exoenzyme effector exou induces mitochondrial damage in a murine bone marrow-derived macrophage infection model

Association between growth rate and pathogenicity of spotted fever group Rickettsia

Tick-borne pathogens associated with medically important ticks in Alabama: A four-year survey

ExoU induces lung endothelial cell damage and activates pro-inflammatory caspase-1 during pseudomonas aeruginosa infection