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Justin D. Radolf is affiliated with the University of Connecticut Health Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on infectious diseases, with significant contributions to the understanding of syphilis diagnosis and treatment alongside broader studies in reproductive tract infections and vector-borne diseases.

The scientist's work spans across the fields of medicine and immunology and microbiology, with subfields in physiology, microbiology, epidemiology, parasitology, and infectious diseases. Their expertise aligns with topics such as syphilis diagnosis and treatment, reproductive tract infections research, virology, vector-borne infectious diseases, viral infections and vectors, sex work and related issues, and insect symbiosis and bacterial influences.

Justin D. Radolf has published extensively in several well-known scientific venues. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • UNC Libraries
  • mBio
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases

The scientist has collaborated regularly with a number of coauthors. Their frequent collaborators are:

  • Kelly L. Hawley
  • Melissa J. Caimano
  • Jonathan B. Parr
  • Arlene C. Seña
  • Christopher M. Hennelly

Among the notable recent publications associated with Justin D. Radolf are:

  • "Lyme Disease in Humans," 2020, Current Issues in Molecular Biology
  • "Structural Modeling of the Treponema pallidum Outer Membrane Protein Repertoire: a Road Map for Deconvolution of Syphilis Pathogenesis and Development of a Syphilis Vaccine," 2021, Journal of Bacteriology
  • "A suite of PCR-LwCas13a assays for detection and genotyping of Treponema pallidum in clinical samples," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Bacterial Indole as a Multifunctional Regulator of Klebsiella oxytoca Complex Enterotoxicity," 2022, mBio
  • "Analysis of Treponema pallidum Strains From China Using Improved Methods for Whole-Genome Sequencing From Primary Syphilis Chancres," 2020, The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Best Publications

  • Cell Activation and Apoptosis by Bacterial Lipoproteins Through Toll-like Receptor-2

    Antonios O. Aliprantis;Ruey-Bing Yang;Melanie R. Mark;Shelly Suggett

  • Discrimination of bacterial lipoproteins by Toll-like receptor 6

    Osamu Takeuchi;Taro Kawai;Peter F. Mühlradt;Michael Morr

  • TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2 FUNCTIONS AS A PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR FOR DIVERSE BACTERIAL PRODUCTS

    Egil Lien;Egil Lien;Timothy J. Sellati;Atsutoshi Yoshimura;Trude H. Flo

  • Of ticks, mice and men: understanding the dual-host lifestyle of Lyme disease spirochaetes

    Justin D. Radolf;Melissa J. Caimano;Brian Stevenson;Linden T. Hu

  • A critical appraisal of "chronic Lyme disease".

    Henry M. Feder;Eugene D. Shapiro;Allen C. Steere;Gary P. Wormser

  • A Randomized Trial of Enhanced Therapy for Early Syphilis in Patients with and without Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

    Robert T. Rolfs;M. Riduan Joesoef;Edward F. Hendershot;Anne M. Rompalo

  • Toll-Like Receptor 2-Dependent Inhibition of Macrophage Class II MHC Expression and Antigen Processing by 19-kDa Lipoprotein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Erika H. Noss;Rish K. Pai;Timothy J. Sellati;Justin D. Radolf

  • Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease

    Monika Gulia-Nuss;Monika Gulia-Nuss;Andrew B. Nuss;Andrew B. Nuss;Jason M. Meyer;Jason M. Meyer;Daniel E. Sonenshine

  • Clonal Polymorphism of Borrelia burgdorferi Strain B31 MI: Implications for Mutagenesis in an Infectious Strain Background

    Abdallah F. Elias;Philip E. Stewart;Dorothee Grimm;Melissa J. Caimano

  • PCR-Based Identification of Bacteria Associated with Endodontic Infections

    Ashraf F. Fouad;Jody Barry;Melissa Caimano;Michael Clawson

  • Profiling of Temperature-Induced Changes in Borrelia burgdorferi Gene Expression by Using Whole Genome Arrays

    Caroline Ojaimi;Chad Brooks;Sherwood Casjens;Patricia Rosa

  • Immunogenic integral membrane proteins of Borrelia burgdorferi are lipoproteins.

    M E Brandt;B S Riley;J D Radolf;M V Norgard

  • Disease-Specific Diagnosis of Coinfecting Tickborne Zoonoses: Babesiosis, Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis, and Lyme Disease

    Peter J. Krause;Kathleen McKay;Charles A. Thompson;Vijay K. Sikand

  • Treponema pallidum , the syphilis spirochete: making a living as a stealth pathogen

    Justin D. Radolf;Ranjit K. Deka;Arvind Anand;David Šmajs

  • A plasmid‐encoded nicotinamidase (PncA) is essential for infectivity of Borrelia burgdorferi in a mammalian host

    Joye E. Purser;Matthew B. Lawrenz;Melissa J. Caimano;Jerrilyn K. Howell

  • Clinical manifestations of early syphilis by HIV status and gender: results of the syphilis and HIV study.

    Anne M. Rompalo;M. Riduan Joesoef;Judith A. O'donnell;Michael Augenbraun

  • Analysis of the RpoS regulon in Borrelia burgdorferi in response to mammalian host signals provides insight into RpoS function during the enzootic cycle

    Melissa J. Caimano;Radha Iyer;Christian H. Eggers;Cynthia Gonzalez

  • Outer membrane ultrastructure explains the limited antigenicity of virulent Treponema pallidum

    Justin D. Radolf;Michael V. Norgard;Werner W. Schulz

  • Treponema pallidum and Borrelia burgdorferi lipoproteins and synthetic lipopeptides activate monocytic cells via a CD14-dependent pathway distinct from that used by lipopolysaccharide

    Timothy J. Sellati;Deborah A. Bouis;Richard L. Kitchens;Richard P. Darveau;Richard P. Darveau

  • Sensitive detection of Treponema pallidum by using the polymerase chain reaction.

    J. M. Burstain;E. Grimprel;S. A. Lukehart;Michael V Norgard

  • A diffusible cytotoxin of Haemophilus ducreyi

    Leslie D. Cope;Sheryl Lumbley;Jo L. Latimer;Julia Klesney-Tait

  • A new animal model for studying Lyme disease spirochetes in a mammalian host-adapted state.

    Darrin R. Akins;Kenneth W. Bourell;Melissa J. Caimano;Michael V. Norgard

Frequent Co-Authors

Melissa J. Caimano
Melissa J. Caimano University of Connecticut Health Center
Michael V. Norgard
Michael V. Norgard The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Ira Schwartz
Ira Schwartz New York Medical College
James N. Miller
James N. Miller University of California, Los Angeles
Erol Fikrig
Erol Fikrig Yale University
Utpal Pal
Utpal Pal University of Maryland, College Park
Eric J. Hansen
Eric J. Hansen The University of Texas System
Peter J. Krause
Peter J. Krause Yale University
Joseph D. Tucker
Joseph D. Tucker University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sheila A. Lukehart
Sheila A. Lukehart University of Washington

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