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The 21st Meeting of the American Society for Rickettsiology
Saturday - Tuesday, September 8 - 11, 2007
Meeting
Schedule:
Saturday |
Sunday | Monday |
Tuesday
Saturday, September
8, 2007
| 3:00 - 6:00 pm |
Registration,
Colorado Springs Marriott, Foyer |
| 6:00 pm |
Welcome Reception (Provided with Conference) |
| 7:30 pm |
Welcome: Michael
Minnick, President, American Society for Rickettsiology
Keynote Speaker Introduction: James Samuel, Vice President,
American Society for Rickettsiology
Keynote Address: Craig Roy, Associate Professor of Microbial
Pathogenesis at Yale University School of Medicine
Identification
and Characterization of Type IV Effector Proteins Encoded by
Intracellular Pathogens
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Sunday, September
9, 2007
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7:30 - 8:15 am |
Poster Session I Set-up |
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Genetic Manipulation |
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Session Moderators: Abdu Azad and Urlike Munderloh |
| 8:15 am |
Mariner-Based Transposon Mutagenesis of
Rickettsia prowazekii
ZhiMei Liu, Aimee M. Tucker, Lonnie O.
Driskell, and David O. Wood |
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8:30 am |
Selection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum Transformants with an
Herbicide Resistance System
Roderick F. Felsheim, Michael J. Herron*, Ulrike G. Munderloh
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| 8:45 am |
Targeted Genetic Transformation of Wolbachia pipientis Using
Homologous Recombination
Inaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe*, Jasmin Howie and Scott L. O’Neill |
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9:00 am |
Establishment of Molecular Tools Useful in Creating Mutations by
Homologous Recombination in Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Kamesh R. Sirigireddy*, Chuanmin Cheng, Lalitha Peddireddi and
Roman R. Ganta |
| 9:15 am |
The Target Genes for Knockout to Attenuate Rickettsia prowazekii
Jian-zhi Zhang, David H. Walker, David O. Wood, and Xue-jie Yu*
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9:30 am |
An Unexpected Anaplasma marginale Transformant
Roderick F. Felsheim, Guy Palmer, Anthony F. Barbet, Adela S. O.
Chavez, Timothy J. Kurtti, Ulrike G. Munderloh* |
| 9:45 - 10:30 am |
Refreshment
Break and Poster Viewing in Poster Session I |
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Clinical Aspects, Diagnosis and Treatment |
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Session Moderators: Stephen Graves and
Ranjan Premaratna |
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10:30 am |
Bartonella Species as a Potential Cause of Neurological
Dysfunction in Immunocompetent People
EB Breitschwerdt*, RG Maggi, WL Nicholson, NA Cherry |
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10:45 am |
Reasons for Delay in the Diagnosis of Rickettsial Infections in
Sri Lanka; Results of a Preliminary Study
R. Premaratna*, M.S. Bailey, A. D. Loftis, G.A. Dasch, H. J. de
Silva |
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11:00 am |
Two Novel Rickettsiae Identified in Australia
Leonard H. Izzard*, Stephen R. Graves, and John Stenos |
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11:15 am |
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Argentina
Christopher D. Paddock*, Susana Fernandez, Gustavo Echenique,
John W. Sumner, Will K. Reeves, and Carlos E. Remondegui. |
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11:30 am |
Q Fever in Australia and the USA Connection
Stephen Graves*, Aminul Islam, John Ferguson, Michelle Lockhart,
Chelsea Nguyen and John Stenos |
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11:45 am |
Diagnostic Aspects of Scrub Typhus in an Endemic Setting: Why
Does It Remain Such a Problem?
Stuart D. Blacksell*, Daniel H. Paris, Kemajittra Jenjaroen,
Nuntipa Aukkanit, Nicholas P.J. Day |
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12:00 n |
Lunch (Provided
with Conference) |
| 1:00-2:00 pm |
Poster Session I (with presenters)
Existence of Similar Plasmids in Diverse Spotted Fever Group
Rickettsiae Suggests Potential for a Rickettsial Plasmid
Transformation Vector
Gerald D. Baldridge*, Nicole Y. Burkhardt, Roderick F. Felsheim,
Timothy J. Kurtti, and Ulrike G. Munderloh
Optimization of HIMAR Based Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Transformation
Michael J. Herron*, Roderick F. Felsheim, Ulrike G. Munderloh
Green Fluorescent Protein Reporter Gene Expression under
Regulation of the ompB Promoter in Transgenic Rickettsia
montanensis
Nicole Y. Burkhardt*, Gerald D. Baldridge, Adela S. Oliva,
Timothy J. Kurtti, and Ulrike G. Munderloh
Plasmid Construction and Evaluation of Transposon-based
Mutagenesis in Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Kendra S. Siebert*, Kamesh R. Sirigireddy, Chuanmin Cheng and
Roman R. Ganta
Preliminary Evaluation of a Peptide-based Assay for Detection of
Ehrlichia ewingii Antibodies in Experimentally and
Naturally-infected Dogs.
D. Daniluk, J. Slauenwhite, T. O’Connor, M.J. Yabsley, D.S.
Adams, P.P.V.P. Diniz, E.B. Breitschwerdt, S. Gaunt, R.
Chandrashekar*
Comparison of Sensitivity and Specificity of Normal Real-time
PCR and One-step Nested Real-time Assays for Detection of
Bartonella Species
James M. Colborn*, Kristen Van Wyk,
and Michael Y. Kosoy
Q Fever from Unknown Febrile Patients in Korea
Young Sill Choi*, Kyu Jam Hwang, Sang Hee Park, Soo Kyoung Shim
and Mi Yeoun Park
Evaluation of Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) as a Diagnostic
Method for Acute Rickettsioses
Gary Wen and Juan P. Olano
Endemic and Travel Cases of Fatal Israeli Spotted Fever: The
Importance of PCR Diagnosis
M. E. Eremeeva*, M. Weinberger, A.
Karas, C. D. Paddock, A. Keysary, C. Strenger, M. Leitner, J. Ty
Chai, C. Borland
Reliable Methods to Quantify Typhus Group Rickettsiae
Colette Keng, Leonora Orejuela, Erika Gomez,
Paula Correa, and Gustavo Valbuena*
Blood Culture-negative Bartonella quintana endocarditis
Requiring Heart Valve Replacement: First Reported Case of
Bartonella endocarditis in Sweden.
Christian Ehrenborg*, Svante Hagberg, Jakob Alden, Signar
Mäkitalo, Gunnar Myrdal, Erik Larsson, Eva Hjelm and Goran
Friman
Diagnosis of Bovine Anaplasmosis in Beef Herds
James B. Reinbold*, Kamesh Sirigireddy, Johann F. Coetzee, and
Roman Ganta
Antimicrobial Effect of a Cathelicidin Host defense peptide,
Fowlicidin-1 (5-26), on Coxiella burnetii
Saugata Mahapatra*, Glenn Zhang, and
Edward I. Shaw
Experimental Inoculation of Dogs with a Human or Canine Isolate
of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Molecular Evidence of
Persistent Infection Following Doxycycline Therapy
H. Wamsley*,
A. Barbet, J. Abbott, A. Lundgren, R. Marlow, R. Chandrashekar,
M. Beall, K. Cyr, A. Alleman
Got Q? Not Just for Farms Anymore Amanda Candee
Isolation and Identification of a
Bartonella melophagi-like
Species from a Woman Ricardo G. Maggi*, Michael Kosoy, Edward B
Breitschwerdt
A Sybr Green-Based Real-time PCR Protocol for
Brucella sp.,
Coxiella bunettii and Francisella tularensis Detection in Canine
Blood Samples P.P.V.P. Diniz*, H. Marr, A.J. Birkenheuer
Epidemic Typhus in Colombia Leonora Orejuela,* Marylin Hidalgo,
Jorge Hernandez, and Gustavo Valbuena
Identification and Characterization of Tetratricopeptide Repeat
Proteins found in the genome of Orientia tsutsugamushi Sun-Young
Bang*. Bon-A Cho, Chan-Ki Min, Jung-Hee Lee, Se-Yoon Kim,
Myung-Sik Choi, Ik-Sang Kim, Nam-Hyuk Cho
The Internalization of
O. tsutsugamushi is Mediated by the
Cooperative Interactions of its Major Outer Membrane Proteins
with Multiple Host Ligands Jung-Hee Lee*, Se-Yoon Kim, Sun Young
Bang, Bon-A Cho, Chan-Ki Min, Nam-Hyuk Cho, Myung-Sik Choi, Ik-Sang
Kim
Rickettsia rickettsii Infection Protects Human Microvascular
Endothelial Cells Against Staurosporine-induced Apoptosis by a
cIAP2-independent Mechanism Jeremy R. Bechelli *, Elena Rydkina,
and Sanjeev K. Sahni
Transcriptional Regulation of the Heme Binding Protein Gene
Family of Bartonella quintana is Accomplished by a Novel
Promoter Element and Iron response regulator (Irr) James M. Battisti*, Laura S. Smitherman, Kate N. Sappington, Nermi L.
Parrow, Rahul Raghavan, and Michael F. Minnick
Expression of
Anaplasma marginale MSP2 Antigenic Variants during
Culture in Tick and Mammalian Cells A.S. Oliva-Chavez,* U.G.
Munderloh, T.J. Kurtti, R. Felsheim, N. Burkhardt
Assessment of Flea Bite and Flea Feces Transmission of a
Rattus-associated
Bartonella Strain to Laboratory Mice Leah Colton*, Kenneth Gage,
and Michael Kosoy
Identification of Histone 2B as a Putative
Rickettsia felis
Receptor on ISE6, Ixodes scapularis-derived Tick Cells Chutima
Thepparit,* Apichai Bourchookarn, Walairat Pornwiroon, Kevin R.
Macaluso
Anaplasma phagocytophilum-Borrelia burgdorferi Coinfection:
Synergistic Protease, Chemokine and Cytokine Expression at the
Human Blood-brain Barrier Dennis J. Grab,* Diana G. Scorpio,
Nicole C. Barat, J. Stephen Dumler
Drosophila S2 Cells as a Model for Studying Ehrlichia
chaffeensis Infections Alison L. Fedrow*, Tonia Von Ohlen,
Daniel Boyle, Roman R. Ganta, Stephen K. Chapes
Early Host Cell Interactions and Phagosome Escape by
Rickettsia
typhi Rebecca Maag* and Abdu Azad
PCR-based Identification of Non-culturable Bartonella Species in
Rodent Blood Kristen Van Wyk*, Michael Kosoy, Christina Morway,
James Colborn, Pamela Reynolds
Tragedy at CDC: Reflections on Accidental Exposure to Rickettsia
rickettsii Thirty Years Later William L. Nicholson*, Christopher
D. Paddock, Richard Dixon, and David Sencer
Co-phylogenetic Analysis of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Its
Vectors, Members of the Ixodes ricinus Complex Nathan C. Nieto,*
Janet Foley, Patrick Foley, and Mike B. Teglas
Dynamics of Growth and Infectivity of
Rickettsia parkeri, R.
montanensis, and Rickettsia amblyommii (Wb-8-2) in Mammalian and
Tick Cell Lines Andre S. Zanetti,* Piyanate Sunyakumthorn, Kevin
R. Macaluso
Expression of Surface Cell Antigens (Sca) During Rickettsia
typhi in vitro Infection Khandra Sears*, Shane. M. Ceraul, M.
Sayeedur Rahman and Abdu F. Azad
Clearance and Persistence of
Ehrlichia canis in Dogs Treated
with Rifampin or Doxycycline John J. Schaefer, G. R. Needham, J.
Kahn, W. G. Bremer, Y. Rikihisa, S. A. Ewing, J.C. McClure, M.L.
Crothers and R. W. Stich*
Effect of Bartonella
bacilliformis Infection on Cytokine
Production in THP-1 Macrophages Laura Hendrix, Hermien Berhout,
Ian Martinez and Maaike Moen
In vitro Culture of the Ixodes ovatus Ehrlichia
Ulrike G. Munderloh*, David J. Silverman, Gilbert G. Ahlstrand,
Rachel Racine, Katherine C. McNamara, Madhumouli Chatterjee, and
Gary M. Winslow
Comparative Analysis of Vertebrate and Invertebrate α-tubulin in
Response to Infection with Rickettsia parkeri Natthida
Petchampai,* Chutima Thepparit and Kevin R. Macaluso
Two High Molecular Weight
Anaplasma phagocytophilum Proteins
Localize to the Bacterial Inclusion Membrane and are
Differentially Expressed throughout the Course of Infection
Matthew J. Troese*, Dexter V. Reneer, Jason A. Carlyon
Anaplasma phagocytophilum MSP2 (P44)-18 Predominates and is
Modified into Multiple Isoforms in Human Myeloid Cells Matthew
J. Troese, Madhubanti Sarkar, Matthew J. Troese, Sarah A.
Kearns, Dexter V. Reneer, and Jason A. Carlyon*
Differential Expression of
Anaplasma phagocytophilum MSP2 (P44)
Paralogs is Induced upon Cultivation in Sialyl Lewis x-deficient
HL-60 Cells Matthew J. Troese, Madhubanti Sarkar, Sarah A.
Kearns, Dexter V. Reneer, and Jason A. Carlyon*
Characterization of
Rickettsia rickettsii Type IV Secretion
ATPase, VirB11 Betsy Kleba* and Ted Hackstadt
Coxiella burnetii Interaction with the Polymorphonuclear
Leukocyte Joshua Hill*, Kasi E. Russell-Lodrigue,
James E. Samuel
Comparative Analysis of Endothelial Host Cell Responses to
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae: Implications for Pathogenesis
Michael E. Woods and Juan P. Olano*
Identification and Characterization of Ankyrin Repeat Proteins
found in the genome of Orientia tsutsugamushi
Bon-A Cho*,
Sun-Young Bang, Chan-Ki Min, Jung-Hee Lee, Se-Yoon Kim,
Myung-Sik Choi, Ik-Sang Kim, Nam-Hyuk Cho
Regulation of Inducible Heme Oxygenase and Cyclooxygenase
Isozymes in a Mouse Model of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis
Elena Rydkina *, Loel C. Turpin, David J. Silverman, and Sanjeev
K. Sahni
Characteristics of Unique
Rickettsia rickettsii Iowa Clones Tina
R. Clark*, Damon W. Ellison, Ted Hackstadt
Function and Regulation of the Hemin Uptake Locus of
Bartonella
Quintana Nermi L. Parrow*, James M. Battisti, Laura S.
Smitherman, Kate N. Sappington and Michael F. Minnick
PCR Detection of
Bartonella bovis in the Blood of North Carolina
Beef Cattle NA Cherry*, RG Maggi, AL Kennedy, EB Breitschwerdt
Prospects of Louse-borne Typhus Eradication in Ukraine I.Kurhanova
A Study of Q Fever - In Ukraine Z.G.Kushnir*, N.G.Bek,
T.S.Lutsyk Presented by Dr. I. Kurhanova
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Host Vector Pathogen
Interactions |
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Session Moderators: Amanda
Read and Juan Martinez |
| 2.00 pm |
Transcription of Anaplasma phagocytophilum P44 Paralogs in Sheep
during Primary and Secondary Bacteraemia RJ
Thomas*, CA Forrester, RJ Birtles, AD
Radford, Z Woldehiwet |
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2:15 pm |
Characterization of the OmpB and Ku70 Interaction during
Rickettsia conorii Infection of Host Cells Yvonne
Chan, Douglas Gilbert and Juan J. Martinez*
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| 2:30 pm |
Anaplasma phagocytophilum Strains in the Western US May Comprise
a Genospecies Group Janet Foley*,
Nate Nieto, and John Madigan |
| 2:45 pm |
Infection Load Dynamics of Rickettsia
felis in Actively Feeding Ctenocephalides felis
Kathryn E. Reif *, Rhett W. Stout, Gretchen C. Henry and Kevin
R. Macaluso |
| 3:00 pm |
A Tick Midgut
Specific Kunitz-Type Serine Protease Inhibitor and Its Role in
Rickettsia montanensis Infection and Growth Shane M. Ceraul*,
Sheila M. Dreher-Lesnick, M. Sayeedeur Rahman and Abdu F. Azad |
| 3:15pm |
Detection of
Anaplasma Phagocytophilum in Ixodid Ticksfrom Equine Habitats in
the Southeastern United States of America Dawn M. Roellig* and
Quentin Fang |
| 3:30 pm |
The Role of
Complement Receptor 3 (CR3) in the Pathogenesis of Coxiella
burnetii Nine Mile Phase II Lung Infection A. J. Read*, J. J. Sentissi, S. M. Erickson and A. G. Harmsen |
| 3:45 pm |
Free Time |
| 6:00 - 7:00 pm |
ASR Business
Meeting, Elections |
| 7:00 pm |
Dinner and
Evening Reception (Provided with Conference) |
| 9:00 pm |
Remove Posters |
Monday, September 10, 2006
| 7:45 - 8:15 pm |
Poster Session
II Set-up |
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Genetics, Physiology
and Metabolism |
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Session Moderators:
Kevin Macaluso and Rahul Raghavan |
| 8:15 am |
Pseudogene Repertoire and Superinfection
Kelly A. Brayton*, James E. Futse, and Guy H. Palmer |
| 8:30 am |
Two rDNA Introns Contribute to the Slow Growth of Coxiella
burnetii Rahul Raghavan*, Sherry
A. Coleman, Linda D. Hicks, James M. Battisti and Michael F.
Minnick |
| 8:45 am |
A Biochemical Study of the Energetic Requirements of the
Rickettsia prowazekii GTP/GDP Transporter Belonging to the
Translocase Family of Nucleotide Carriers
Rosemary A. W. Roberts, Herbert H. Winkler and Jonathon P. Audia* |
| 9:00 am |
Amplification of New Australian Isolates of Coxiella burnetii in
Four Different Cell Lines Michelle
Lockhart,* Aminul Islam, Stephen Graves and John Stenos |
| 9:15 am |
Prediction of Sec-dependent Secreted Proteins in Rickettsia
conorii (Malish 7) Using Bioinformatics Tools
Joshua Shallom*, Nataraj Dongre, Oswald Crasta, Joseph J.
Gillespie, Abdu F. Azad,Joao Setubal and Bruno Sobral |
| 9:30 am |
Transmission of Rickettsia amblyommii by the Lone Star tick,
Amblyomma americanum, during Bloodmeal Acquisition
Laura Sarradet, Andre S. Zanetti, Timothy Morgan, Phillip C.
Williamson, Kevin R. Macaluso* |
| 9:45-10:30 am |
Refreshment
Break and Poster Viewing in Poster Session II |
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Genomics and Proteomics |
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Session Moderators:
Gregory Dasch and Gwi-Moon Seo |
| 10:30 am |
Identification of
Methylated Proteins in Typhus Group Rickettsiae
Chien-Chung Chao
and Wei-Mei Ching* |
| 10:45 am |
Programmed OMP
Sequence Variation in Lambs Experimentally Infected with
Anaplasma phagocytophilum Erik G. Granquist*, Snorre Stuen, Anna
M. Lundgren, Margrethe Bråhen, Anthony F. Barbet |
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11:00 am |
Genetic Comparison
of Riesia pediculicola from Head and Body Lice
G.A. Dasch*, J.
M. DeJarnette, S. E. Karpathy, D. L. Reed, F. White, M. Zambrano,
and E. Kirkness |
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11:15 am |
Limited Genetic
Variation Found among Isolates of Rickettsia amblyommii in
Intergenic Region Sequences Sandor E. Karpathy*, Tonya Mixson-Hayden,
Scott R. Campbell, Jerome Goddard, Michael L. Levin, Christina
Mikosz, Terry L. Schulze, Mary Spratt, and Gregory A. Dasch
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| 11:30 am |
Remodeling of the
Surface Proteome of Anaplasma marginale within Tick Cells
Susan
M. Noh*, Kelly A. Brayton, Donald P. Knowles, Joseph T. Agnes,
Guy H. Palmer |
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11:45 am |
Sequencing and
Characterization of pRAK1, a 24.4 Kb Plasmid from Rickettsia
akari
Marina E. Eremeeva*, Anup Madan, Tyeshia Halsell, and
Gregory A. Dasch |
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12:00 n |
Lunch (Provided with
Conference) |
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1:00-2:00 pm |
Poster Session II
(with presenters) |
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Identification and
Characterization of Rickettsia typhi Secretory Proteins
Nicole
C. Ammerman*, M. Sayeedur Rahman, Abdu F. Azad
The
Coxiella burnetii rpoH Gene is Induced to High Levels during
Early Infection in vitro
Sherry A. Coleman*, Linda D. Hicks, and Michael F. Minnick
Discovery and Characterization of a Novel Group I Intron in the
23S rDNA of Coxiella burnetii
Rahul Raghavan*, Scott R. Miller, Linda D. Hicks and Michael F.
Minnick
Characterization and Growth of Pleomorphic
Rickettsia felis in a
Tick Cell Line
Piyanate Sunyakumthorn*, Apichai Bourchookarn,
Walairat Pornwiroon, Kevin R. Macaluso
Rickettsial Infections and their Clinical Presentations in the
Western Province of Sri Lanka: A Hospital Based Study
R. Premaratna*, A.D. Loftis, T.G.A.N. Chandrasena, G.A. Dasch,
H.J. de Silva
Coxiella burnetii Nine Mile Phase II Infection of Wild Type and
SCID Mice as Models of Pulmonary Q Fever
A. J. Read*, S. M.
Erickson, L. A. McNamee, J. J. Sentissi and A. G. Harmsen
HGA Associated with Nosocomial Transmission in Anhui Province,
PR China 2006
Zhang Lijuan*, Liu Yan, Chen Qun, Luan Mingchun,
Fu Xiuping ,Zhang Jingshan, Wan Kanglin, Jiang Xiugao, Jing
HuaiQi, Hai Rong, Yu Dongzheng, Ni Daxin, Feng Zijuan,Yang
Weizhong, Wang Yu, and Xu Jianguo and J. Stephen Dumler
Development of a Quantitative Real-time PCR Assay to Detect
Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae
Ju Jiang and Allen L. Richards*
Decontamination Issues with
Coxiella burnetii: An Evaluation of
Currently Available Disinfectants
Rachael A. Priestley*, Robert
F. Massung
The Complementation of the plsC Gene from
Coxiella burnetii
Nathan B. Unsworth* and James E. Samuel
Evaluating the Transcriptome of
Rickettsia typhi
Jennilee B.
Robinson*, Vladimir L. Motin, Donald. H. Bouyer, Marina E.
Eremeeva, and Gregory A. Dasch
Real Time RT-PCR Analysis of
Coxiella burnetii Type IV Secretion
System Genes icmW, icmV, icmT during Infection of Host Cells
John Kent Morgan* and Edward I. Shaw
Gene Expression Profiles of
Orientia tsutsugamushi and the
Comparative Analysis of Metabolic Properties within the Order of
Rickettsiales
Chan-Ki Min*, Jae-Seong Yang, Bon-A Cho, Jung-Hee
Lee, Se-Yoon Kim, Sun young Bang, Sanguk Kim, Siv G. E.
Andersson, Myung-Sik Choi, Ik-Sang Kim, Nam-Hyuk Cho
Genome-scale Metabolic Analysis of
Rickettsia prowazekii
Ranjan
Srivastava and Wei-Mei Ching*
Temporal and spatial patterns of
Bartonella infection in
black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus)
Ying Bai*, M.Y.
Kosoy, C. Ray, R. J. Brinkerhoff, and S. K. Collinge
First Molecular Documentation of
Bartonella sp. Infection in
Dogs from Greece
P.P.V.P. Diniz*, T. Petanides, M.E. Mylonakis,
A.F. Koutinas, E.B. Breitschwerdt
Characterization of the
Anaplasma phagocytophilum Heat Shock
Operon Groesl from Infected Dogs, Cats, and Horses in the
Eastern USA (2005 to 2007) PPVP Diniz*, R Chandrashekar, EB
Breitschwerdt
Prevalence to Tick-borne Organisms in Dogs from Northeastern
Arizona (2005 and 2007) PPVP Diniz*, M Beall, K Omark, R
Chandrashekar, D Daniluk, K Cyr, JF Koterski, RG Robbins, P Lalo
(Komalestewa), B Hegarty, EB Breitschwerdt
Novel Method for the Quantitative Detection of
Ehrlichia sp. in
Ohio Amblyomma americanum ticks
Robert Fitak, Daryl J. Kelly*,
Mary K. Daniels, Amanda D. Loftis, Paul A. Fuerst
Rickettsial Prevalence and Antigenic Variation in Ohio-collected
Amblyomma americanum Ticks Daryl J. Kelly* Robert Fitak, Mary K.
Daniels, Monica J. Crary, Paul A. Fuerst
Sequencing and Analysis of
Orientia tsutsugamushi DNA in a
Leptotrombidium ¬pallidum Mite Colony Originating in a Scrub
Typhus Endemic Region in Saitama Prefecture, Japan Daryl J.
Kelly,* Robert Fitak, Mamoru Takahashi, Hitoko Misumi, Paul A.
Fuerst
Serological Reactivity of 47 kDa Outer Membrane Protein of
Orientia tsutsugamushi with Scrub Typhus Patient Sera Hua-Wei
Chen*, Elissa Mutumanje, Hong Ge and W.-M. Ching
Evidence for NK Cells, but Not T cells, as Determinants in the
Outcome of Ehrlichiosis Emily
C. Crossley*, Heather L.
Stevenson, Nahed Ismail, and David H. Walker
Th1-dominant Response with Transient Immunosuppression in Acute
Coxiella burnetii Infection in the Guinea Pig Aerosol-challenge
Model Kasi E. Russell-Lodrigue*, Hyosun Cho, Christine T.
McFarland, Guoquan Zhang, Masako Andoh, Heather L. Briggs, David
N. McMurray, and James E. Samuel
Anaplasma marginale Proteins: Recognition by Infection Antisera,
Crossreactions with Anti-Anaplasma phagocytophilum Infection
Antisera, and Host Cell-Associated Differential Immunoreactivity
Heather L. Wamsley*, Annie L. Moreland, A. Rick Alleman,
Katherine M. Kocan, Ulrike G. Munderloh, Anthony F. Barbet
Ehrlichia chaffeensis Proteins Associated with Ehrlichia-containing
Vacuolar Membrane Yong Zhu* and Xuejie Yu
Immunoreactive Protein Diversity in Globally Distributed
Ehrlichia canis Strains Xiaofeng Zhang*, Avi Keysary, Tian Luo,
Gad Baneth, Carmela Strenger, Trevor Waner, Marcelo Labruna, and
Jere W. McBride
Protective Heterologous Immunity against Fatal
Ehrlichiosis and
Enhanced Immunopathogenesis Following Homologous Challenge Nagaraja Thirumalapura*, David H. Walker, and Nahed Ismail
Mechanisms of Antibody-mediated Immunity to
Coxiella burnetii
Jeffrey G. Shannon*, Diane Cockrell, Dale Howe and Robert A.
Heinzen
The Presence of Either CD4+ or CD8+ T Cells is Sufficient to
Control Pulmonary Infections with Coxiella burnetii Nine Mile
Phase II S. M. Erickson*, A. J. Read, J. J. Sentissi, A. G.
Harmsen
Immunization with E. muris P28 Outer Membrane Proteins
Recombinant DNA Provides Protection Against Homologous Challenge
and is Dependent on IFN-γ Producing CD4+ Effector Memory T Cells
P.A. Crocquet-Valdes*, N. Thirumalapura, H.L. Stevenson, X-J Yu,
C. Keng, N. Ismail and D.H. Walker
Genome Sequences of Two Human Q Fever Endocarditis Isolates (K
and G) and a Naturally Attenuated Dugway Isolate of Coxiella
burnetii
Paul. A. Beare*, Stephen F. Porcella, John Kupko,
Nathan Unsworth, James E. Samuel, and Robert A. Heinzen
Genomic Comparison of Virulent
Rickettsia rickettsii Sheila
Smith and Avirulent Rickettsia rickettsii Iowa Damon W.
Ellison*, Tina R. Clark, Daniel E. Sturdevant, Kimmo Virtaneva,
Stephen F. Porcella and Ted Hackstadt
Global Gene Transcription Analysis of Anaplasma phagocytophilum
in Tick and Human Cells Using Tiling Microarrays Curtis M.
Nelson*, Michael J. Herron, Roderick F. Felsheim, Ulrike G.
Munderloh, Timothy J. Kurtti
Total, Membrane, and Immunogenic Proteins of Macrophage- and
Tick Cell-derived Ehrlichia chaffeensis Evaluated by LC-MS/MS
and MALDI-TOF Methods
Gwi-Moon Seo*, Chuanmin Cheng, John Tomich and Roman R. Ganta
Identification of
Ehrlichia chaffeensis gp200 Target Genes by
Chromotin Immunopreciptation and Microarray Hybridization (ChIP
on chip) Bing Zhu*, Xiaofeng Zhang, Jere W. McBride
Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Native Ehrlichia chaffeensis gp47
Purified from Cell Culture Supernatants by 2D-Electrophoresis
Abdul Wakeel*, Xiaofeng Zhang, and Jere W. McBride
Proteome Analysis of Rickettsia parkeri Strain Portsmouth by
Two-dimensional Gel Electrophoresis and Mass Spectrometry
Walairat Pornwiroon*, Apichai Bourchookarn, Kevin R. Macaluso
Comparative Phylogenomics of
Rickettsia Joseph J. Gillespie*,
Kelly Williams, Eric E. Snyder, Eric Nordberg, Shane M. Ceraul,
Chitti Dharmanolla, Daphne Rainey, Jeetendra Soneja, Joshua M.
Shallom, Maulik Shukla, Nataraj Dongre Vishnubhat, Rebecca
Wattam, Anjan Purkayastha, Michael Czar, Oswald Crasta, Joao
Setubal, Abdu F. Azad, Bruno S. Sobral
Detection of Potentially Novel Bartonella species in
Amblyomma
americanum (Acari: Ixodidae)
Sarah A. Billeter*, Melissa Miller,
Edward B. Breitschwerdt, and Michael G. Levy
Predicting the Emergence of Tick-borne Infections Based on
Climate Changes in Korea Joon-seok Chae*, Jennifer Zipser
Adjemian, Heung-Chul Kim, Sung-jin Ko, Terry A. Klein, Janet
Foley
Isolation of
Bartonella vinsonii sups. berkhoffii Type III from
a Military Working Dog Maria B Cadenas*, Ricardo G. Maggi,
Barbara C. Hegarty and Edward B Breitschwerdt
Investigation of the
Flea-borne Rickettsioses in California
Erica K. Hayes*, Ashley M. Williams, Sandor E. Karpathy, Renjie
Hu, Laura Krueger, Stephen Bennett, Nelson Kerr, Wesley Moore,
Gregory A. Dasch, Marina E. Eremeeva
Prevalence and Dynamics of Four Tick-borne Agents in
Amblyomma
americanum from Atlanta Suburbs (Georgia) Michael L. Levin*,
Danielle R. Troughton
Recent Increases in Reported Cases of Rocky Mountain Spotted
Fever in the United States John W Krebs* John J Openshaw, Robert
C Holman, Eric Mandel, and David L Swerdlow
Host Species Tropism of Anaplasma phagocytophilum Correlates
with Different Sequence Types of the ank Gene Wiebke Scharf,
Sonja Schauer, Yvonne Kern, Christian Bogdan, Friederike von
Loewenich*
Got Q? Detection of
Coxiella burnetii in Commercially Sold Raw
Milk, USA
Amanda D. Loftis*, Rachael A. Priestley, Amanda J.
Candee, Amy M. Denison, Nicole E. Patterson, and Robert F.
Massung
National Investigation of
Orientia tsutsugamushi from Vector in
Korea SK Shim, EN Choi, KO Yu, HJ Park, CM Kim, KH Lee, JK Park,
PH Park, MH Yoon, NS Song, CK In, SC Im, GM Choi, SH Park, YS
Choi, KJ Hwang, HK Im and MY Park*
Surveillance of
Rickettsiae in Humans and Wild Rodents in
Singapore Yap G.*, Johansson P., Siew C.C., Low H.T. and Ng L.C
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Ecology, Epidemiology and Infection in
Animals |
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Session Moderators: Daryl Kelly and Amanda Loftis |
| 2:00 pm |
Detection and Identification of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae
in Dermacentor Ticks from Southern California
Mary E. Wikswo*, Renjie Hu, Gregory A. Dasch, Laura Krueger,
Aaron Arugay, Keith Jones, Barry Hess, Stephen Bennett, Marina
E. Eremeeva |
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2:15 pm |
Isolation of Rickettsia amblyommii and Seroprevalence of
Rickettsia in the State of Veracruz, Mexico
Aaron Medina-Sanchez*, Edilma Guevara, Virginia Alcantara,
Carlos Garza, Farron Hunt, Jeanine Davis, Rosario Gonzalez,
Donald Bouyer, David Walker |
| 2:30 pm |
Comparative Strain Analysis of Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Infection and Clinical Outcomes in a Canine Model of Human
Granulocytic Anaplasmosis Diana G.
Scorpio*, J. Stephen Dumler, Nicole C. Barat, Judith A.
Anastasio |
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2:45 pm |
Dynamic and Stochastic Transmission of Numerous Anaplasma
phagocytophilum Genotypes among Lambs in an Endemic Infected
Sheep Flock Georgia A F Ladbury,
Snorre Stuen*, Rachael Thomas, Kevin J Bown, Zerai Woldehiwet,
Erik G Granquist, and Richard J Birtles |
| 3:00 pm |
Natural and Experimental Infection of White-tailed Deer
(Odocoileus virginianus) with an Ehrlichia sp. from the
United States Closely Related to Ehrlichia ruminantium
Michael J. Yabsley*, Amanda D. Loftis, and Susan E. Little |
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3:15 pm |
Retrospective Survey for Q Fever in French Guiana and
Propositions for an Epidemiologic Surveillance System
Claire Grangier, Marion Debin, Françoise Ravachol, Vanessa
Ardillon, Christine Simonnet, Frédéric Queuche, Jacques Rosine,
Sonia Laouira, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Isabelle Quatresous,
Marine Herbert, Eric Legrand, Geneviève Guillot, Anne-Marie
Bourbigot, Félix Djossou, Philippe Quénel, Didier Raoult,
Jacques Morvan, Jean-Baptiste Meynard* |
| 3:30 pm |
Ten Years of Ticks Submitted to the Human Tick Test Kit Program
E.Y. Stromdahl*, S.R. Evans and M.A. Vince |
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3:45 pm |
Geographic Distribution and Genetic Diversity of the Newly
Discovered Panola Mountain Ehrlichia sp.
Amanda D. Loftis*, Tonya R. Mixson, Ellen Y. Stromdahl, Michael
J. Yabsley, Laurel E. Garrison, Phillip C. Williamson, Robert
Fitak, Paul Fuerst, and Keith Blount |
| 4:00 pm |
Seasonal Dynamics of Bartonella Species in Woodrats and
Their Fleas Christina Morway*,
Michael Kosoy, Kelly Sheff, John Montenieri, Pam Reynolds, and
Nelson Powers Evening Free |
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9:00 pm |
Remove
Posters |
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
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Immunity
and Vaccine Development |
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Session Moderators: Wendy Brown and Joao Pedra |
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8:15 am |
Species-Specific Antibody
Epitopes in Terminal Acidic Domains of Ehrlichia canis gp200
Kimberly A. Nethery, C. Kuyler Doyle, Xiaofeng Zhang, and Jere
W. McBride* |
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8:30 am |
ASC/PYCARD and Caspase-1 Regulate the IL-18/IFN- Axis During
Anaplasma phagocytophilum Infection
Joao H. F. Pedra*, Fayyaz S. Sutterwala, Bindu Sukumaran,
Yasunori Ogura, Feng Qian, Ruth R. Montgomery, Richard A.
Flavell, and Erol Fikrig |
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8:45 am |
Differential Interaction of Dendritic Cells with Rickettsia:
Impact on Host Susceptibility to Murine Spotted Fever
Rickettsiosis
Rong Fang*, Nahed Ismail, Lynn Soong, Vsevolod L. Popov, Ted
Whitworth, Donald H. Bouyer, David H. Walker |
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9:00 am |
Establishing the Infection Model of Scrub Typhus in Rhesus
Monkey (Macaca mulatta)
Kriangkrai Lerdthusnee*, Montip Gettayacamin, Rawiwan Imerbsin,
Kwanta Chayapumh, Taweesak Monkanna, Surachai Leepitakrat,
Warisa Leepitakrat, Sucheera Insuan, Pranee Hansukjariya,
Weerayut Charoensongsermkit, Nittaya Khlaimanee and Jittawadee
R. Murphy |
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9:15 am |
The Control of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in vivo is Dependent on
CD4+ T Cells, but is Independent of Typical Th1 Cytokines and a
Wide Spectrum of Effector Mechanisms
Katharina Becher, Yvonne Kern, Birte Steiner, Christian Bogdan
and Friederike von Loewenich* |
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9:30 am |
Rapid Identification of Novel Anaplasma marginale T-cell
Immunogens Expressed using Cell-free in vitro Transcription and
Translation
Wendy C. Brown*, Job E. Lopez, Paul A. Beare, Junzo Norimine,
and Robert A. Heinzen |
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9:45-10:30 am |
Refreshment Break |
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Pathogenesis |
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Session Moderators: Jacob Ijdo and Jose
Garcia-Garcia |
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10:30 am |
Regulation of Expression of the
Bartonella quintana Vomp
Trimeric Autotransporter Adhesin Family
Peng Zhang, Greg M. Dolganov, Helen Gerns, Erin Heinemeyer,
Jeanna S. Goo, and Jane E. Koehler* |
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10:45 am |
In situ Detection of Anaplasma by DNA Target-Primed Rolling
Circle Amplification of Padlock Probes
H. Wamsley*, A. Alleman, J. Abbott, A. Barbet |
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11:00 am |
Epigenetic Control of Host Cell Gene Expression by the
Rickettsial Pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum Facilitates its
Intracellular Survival and Propagation
Jose C. Garcia-Garcia*, Shaaretha Pelly, Sarah Tremley, Nicole
Barat, J. Stephen Dumler |
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11:15 am |
SH2 Domain Interactions with AnkA during Anaplasma
phagocytophilum Infection
Jacob W. IJdo* and Trent Waugh |
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11:30 am |
Syk-independent Infection by Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Dexter V. Reneer, Sarah A. Kearns, Madhubanti Sarkar, and Jason
A. Carlyon* |
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11:45 am |
Route of Infection and Phylogenetic Group-specific Virulence of
Isolates Determines Disease Outcome in a Q Fever Mouse Model
Masako Andoh*, Victoria Baxter, Chen Chen, Kasi E. Russell-Lodrigue,
Guoquan Zhang, James E. Samuel |
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12:00 n |
Meeting Adjourned |
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