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Susan L. Welkos is affiliated with the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on infectious diseases, with significant contributions in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The main areas of study for Susan L. Welkos include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, their work extends into several subfields, such as:

  • Epidemiology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Pharmacology
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Genetics

Their research covers various topics, with a particular focus on:

  • Burkholderia infections and melioidosis
  • Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
  • Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
  • Moringa oleifera research and applications
  • Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds

Among their recent publications are:

  • Combinations of early generation antibiotics and antimicrobial peptides are effective against a broad spectrum of bacterial biothreat agents, 2020, Microbial Pathogenesis
  • Protection Elicited by Attenuated Live Yersinia pestis Vaccine Strains against Lethal Infection with Virulent Y. pestis, 2021, Vaccines
  • Evaluation of two different vaccine platforms for immunization against melioidosis and glanders, 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Dysregulation of TNF-α and IFN-γ expression is a common host immune response in a chronically infected mouse model of melioidosis when comparing multiple human strains of Burkholderia pseudomallei, 2020, BMC Immunology
  • Comparison of three non-human primate aerosol models for glanders, caused by Burkholderia mallei, 2021, Microbial Pathogenesis

The researcher frequently collaborates with others in their field; notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Christopher K. Cote
  • Christopher P. Klimko
  • Jennifer L. Dankmeyer
  • Melissa Hunter
  • Jennifer L. Shoe

Susan L. Welkos's work is often published in several key scientific venues such as:

  • Microbial Pathogenesis
  • Frontiers in Bacteriology
  • Vaccines
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • BMC Immunology

Best Publications

  • Postexposure Prophylaxis against Experimental Inhalation Anthrax

    Arthur M. Friedlander;Susan L. Welkos;Margaret L. M. Pitt;John W. Ezzell

  • Differences in susceptibility of inbred mice to Bacillus anthracis.

    Susan L Welkos;Theresa J Keener;Paul H Gibbs

  • Protection against experimental bubonic and pneumonic plague by a recombinant capsular F1-V antigen fusion protein vaccine

    Heath Dg;Anderson Gw;Mauro Jm;Welkos Sl

  • Recombinant V antigen protects mice against pneumonic and bubonic plague caused by F1-capsule-positive and -negative strains of Yersinia pestis.

    G. W. Anderson;S. E. C. Leary;E. D. Williamson;R. W. Titball

  • The role of antibodies to Bacillus anthracis and anthrax toxin components in inhibiting the early stages of infection by anthrax spores

    Susan Welkos;Stephen Little;Arthur Friedlander;David Fritz

  • Fraction 1 capsular antigen (F1) purification from Yersinia pestis CO92 and from an Escherichia coli recombinant strain and efficacy against lethal plague challenge.

    G P Andrews;D G Heath;G W Anderson;S L Welkos

  • Sequence and analysis of the DNA encoding protective antigen of Bacillus anthracis

    S.L. Welkos;J.R. Lowe;F. Eden-McCutchan;M. Vodkin

  • Pathology of experimental pneumonic plague produced by fraction 1-positive and fraction 1-negative Yersinia pestis in African green monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops).

    Davis Kj;Fritz Dl;Pitt Ml;Welkos Sl

  • Relationship between virulence and immunity as revealed in recent studies of the F1 capsule of Yersinia pestis

    Arthur M. Friedlander;Susan L. Welkos;Patricia L. Worsham;Gerard P. Andrews

  • Cloning and expression of the Bacillus anthracis protective antigen gene in Bacillus subtilis

    B E Ivins;S L Welkos

  • Roles of macrophages and neutrophils in the early host response to Bacillus anthracis spores in a mouse model of infection.

    Christopher K. Cote;Nico Van Rooijen;Susan L. Welkos

  • In-vitro characterisation of the phagocytosis and fate of anthrax spores in macrophages and the effects of anti-PA antibody.

    Susan L Welkos;Arthur M Friedlander;S Weeks;S F Little

  • Immunization against anthrax with Bacillus anthracis protective antigen combined with adjuvants.

    B E Ivins;S L Welkos;S F Little;M H Crumrine

  • Immunization against anthrax with aromatic compound-dependent (Aro-) mutants of Bacillus anthracis and with recombinant strains of Bacillus subtilis that produce anthrax protective antigen.

    Bruce E Ivins;Susan L Welkos;Gregory B Knudson;Stephen F Little

  • Comparative safety and efficacy against Bacillus anthracis of protective antigen and live vaccines in mice.

    Susan L. Welkos;Arthur M. Friedlander

  • Recent advances in the development of an improved, human anthrax vaccine

    Bruce E. Ivins;Susan L. Welkos

  • Morphogenesis of the Bacillus anthracis Spore

    Rebecca Giorno;Joel Bozue;Christopher Cote;Theresa Wenzel

  • Cutting Edge: Resistance to Bacillus anthracis Infection Mediated by a Lethal Toxin Sensitive Allele of Nalp1b/Nlrp1b

    Jill K. Terra;Christopher K. Cote;Amy L. Jenkins

  • Studies on the role of plasminogen activator in systemic infection by virulentYersinia pestisstrain C092

    S.L. Welkos;A.M. Friedlander;K.J. Davis

  • The capsule of bacillus anthracis, a review

    J. W. Ezzell;S. L. Welkos

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur M. Friedlander
Arthur M. Friedlander United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
David DeShazer
David DeShazer United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
Adam Driks
Adam Driks Loyola University Chicago
Alison D. O'Brien
Alison D. O'Brien Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Peter Vogel
Peter Vogel St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
James M. Hill
James M. Hill Louisiana State University
Leonard A. Smith
Leonard A. Smith United States Department of the Army
Sharon J. Peacock
Sharon J. Peacock University of Cambridge
Margarete Mehrabian
Margarete Mehrabian University of California, Los Angeles
Aldons J. Lusis
Aldons J. Lusis University of California, Los Angeles

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