Lipid A Structural Divergence in
<i>Rickettsia</i>
Pathogens

Mark L. Guillotte; Courtney E. Chandler; Victoria I. Verhoeve; Joseph J. Gillespie; Timothy P. Driscoll; M. Sayeedur Rahman; Robert K. Ernst; Abdu F. Azad

doi:10.1128/mSphere.00184-21

mSphere (Jun 2021)

Lipid A Structural Divergence in <i>Rickettsia</i> Pathogens

Mark L. Guillotte,
Courtney E. Chandler,
Victoria I. Verhoeve,
Joseph J. Gillespie,
Timothy P. Driscoll,
M. Sayeedur Rahman,
Robert K. Ernst,
Abdu F. Azad

Affiliations

Mark L. Guillotte: ORCiD; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Courtney E. Chandler: Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Victoria I. Verhoeve: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Joseph J. Gillespie: ORCiD; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Timothy P. Driscoll: ORCiD; Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
M. Sayeedur Rahman: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Robert K. Ernst: ORCiD; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Abdu F. Azad: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, Maryland, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00184-21
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 3

Abstract

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Spikes in rickettsioses occur as deforestation, urbanization, and homelessness increase human exposure to blood-feeding arthropods. Still, effective Rickettsia

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ISSN: 2379-5042 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/msphere

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