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Ulrike G. Munderloh is a researcher affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Medicine. Within these areas, their research focuses notably on Parasitology, Insect Science, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's research centers on topics related to vector-borne infectious diseases, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, viral infections and vectors, vector-borne animal diseases, mosquito-borne diseases and control, insect and pesticide research, as well as toxin mechanisms and immunotoxins.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ulrike G. Munderloh include Jonathan D. Oliver, Nicole Y. Burkhardt, Timothy J. Kurtti, Lisa D. Price, and Xin-Ru Wang.

Common publication venues where their research has appeared encompass bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Frontiers in Veterinary Science, PLoS Pathogens, and Pathogens.

Recent selected publications include:

  • Growth Dynamics and Antibiotic Elimination of Symbiotic Rickettsia buchneri in the Tick Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae), 2020, Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • Dome1-JAK-STAT signaling between parasite and host integrates vector immunity and development, 2023, Science
  • The Ixodes scapularis Symbiont Rickettsia buchneri Inhibits Growth of Pathogenic Rickettsiaceae in Tick Cells: Implications for Vector Competence, 2022, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • A human secretome library screen reveals a role for Peptidoglycan Recognition Protein 1 in Lyme borreliosis, 2020, PLoS Pathogens
  • Global Transcription Profiles of Anaplasma phagocytophilum at Key Stages of Infection in Tick and Human Cell Lines and Granulocytes, 2020, Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Best Publications

  • Direct cultivation of the causative agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis.

    Jesse L. Goodman;Curtis Nelson;Blaise Vitale;John E. Madigan

  • Endosymbionts of ticks and their relationship to Wolbachia spp. and tick-borne pathogens of humans and animals.

    Hiroaki Noda;Ulrike G. Munderloh;Timothy J. Kurtti

  • Emergence of a New Pathogenic Ehrlichia Species, Wisconsin and Minnesota, 2009

    Bobbi S. Pritt;Lynne M. Sloan;Diep K. Hoang Johnson;Ulrike G. Munderloh

  • Establishment, maintenance and description of cell lines from the tick Ixodes scapularis.

    Ulrike G. Munderloh;Yan Liu;Maming Wang;Chunsheng Chen

  • Rickettsia monacensis sp. nov., a spotted fever group Rickettsia, from ticks (Ixodes ricinus) collected in a European city park.

    Jason A. Simser;Ann T. Palmer;Volker Fingerle;Bettina Wilske

  • Invasion and Intracellular Development of the Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Agent in Tick Cell Culture

    Ulrike G. Munderloh;Steven D. Jauron;Volker Fingerle;Lorenz Leitritz

  • Formulation of medium for tick cell culture.

    Ulrike G. Munderloh;Timothy J. Kurtti

  • Infection of endothelial cells with Anaplasma marginale and A. phagocytophilum

    Ulrike G Munderloh;Meghan J Lynch;Michael J Herron;Ann T Palmer

  • Engineering of obligate intracellular bacteria: progress, challenges and paradigms

    Erin E. McClure;Adela S. Oliva Chávez;Dana K. Shaw;Jason A. Carlyon

  • Transovarial Transmission of Francisella-Like Endosymbionts and Anaplasma phagocytophilum Variants in Dermacentor albipictus (Acari: Ixodidae)

    Gerald D. Baldridge;Glen. A. Scoles;Nicole Y. Burkhardt;Brian Schloeder

  • Establishment of the tick (Acari:Ixodidae)-borne cattle pathogen Anaplasma marginale (Rickettsiales:Anaplasmataceae) in tick cell culture.

    Ulrike G. Munderloh;Edmour F. Blouin;Katherine M. Kocan;Nie Lin Ge

  • Genome sequence of the endosymbiont Rickettsia peacockii and comparison with virulent Rickettsia rickettsii: identification of virulence factors.

    Roderick F. Felsheim;Timothy J. Kurtti;Ulrike G. Munderloh

  • Isolation of the equine granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent, Ehrlichia equi, in tick cell culture.

    U G Munderloh;J E Madigan;J S Dumler;J L Goodman

  • Expression of Multiple Outer Membrane Protein Sequence Variants from a Single Genomic Locus of Anaplasma phagocytophilum

    A. F. Barbet;P. F. M. Meeus;M. Bélanger;M. V. Bowie

  • Cellular and Molecular Interrelationships Between Ticks and Prokaryotic Tick-Borne Pathogens

    Ulrike G. Munderloh;Timothy J. Kurtti

  • Rickettsia buchneri sp. nov., a rickettsial endosymbiont of the blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis.

    Timothy J. Kurtti;Roderick F. Felsheim;Nicole Y. Burkhardt;Jonathan D. Oliver

  • Borrelia burgdorferi in Tick Cell Culture Modulates Expression of Outer Surface Proteins A and C in Response to Temperature

    Marygorret Obonyo;Ulrike G. Munderloh;Volker Fingerle;Bettina Wilske

  • Isolation of a spotted fever group Rickettsia, Rickettsia peacockii, in a Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni, cell line.

    Jason A. Simser;Ann T. Palmer;Ulrike G. Munderloh;Timothy J. Kurtti

  • Coexistence of ehrlichiae of the phagocytophila group with Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes ricinus from Southern Germany

    V. Fingerle;U. G. Munderloh;G. Liegl;B. Wilske

  • Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in southern Germany: increased seroprevalence in high-risk groups.

    V Fingerle;J L Goodman;R C Johnson;T J Kurtti

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy J. Kurtti
Timothy J. Kurtti University of Minnesota
Anthony F. Barbet
Anthony F. Barbet University of Florida
Volker Fingerle
Volker Fingerle Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Russell C. Johnson
Russell C. Johnson University of Minnesota
Bettina Wilske
Bettina Wilske Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Michael J. Yabsley
Michael J. Yabsley University of Georgia
William R. Davidson
William R. Davidson University of Georgia
Erik Georg Granquist
Erik Georg Granquist Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Jess A. T. Morgan
Jess A. T. Morgan Department of Primary Industries, Queensland
Katherine M. Kocan
Katherine M. Kocan Oklahoma State University

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