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Experimental colonization and persistence of Francisella tularensis in Dermacentor variabilis and Amblyomma americanum
(2011-07)
Francisella tularensis causes tick-transmitted tularemia epizootics in rodent and rabbit hosts and incidental infections in humans. The objective of this study was to develop a F. tularensis tick colonization model for ...
Functions of microRNAs in lung injury and development
(2011-12)
Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this study is to figure out what are the functions of microRNAs in lung development and injury. First, a microRNA microarray was set up to profile expression pattern of microRNAs ...
Yersinia pestis response to macrophage-induced stress from hosts with high and low susceptibility to plague
(2011-12)
Yersinia pestis causes severe disease in natural rodent hosts but mild to inapparent disease in rodent predators such as dogs. Y. pestis initiates infection in susceptible hosts by parasitizing and multiplying intracellularly ...