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J. Xu, K. Abe, T. Kodama, M. Sultana, D. Chac, S. M. Markiewicz, E. Kuba, S. Tsunoda, M. Alam, A. A. Weil, S. Nakamura, T. Yamashiro
This study examines how morphological changes in Vibrio cholerae affect its motility and pathogenicity in different viscosity environments.
bioRxiv · Mar 27, 2024 · PreprintMicrobiology
P. Lypaczewski, D. Chac, C. N. Dunmire, K. M. Tandoc, F. Chowdhury, A. I. Khan, T. Bhuiyan, J. B. Harris, R. C. LaRocque, S. B. Calderwood, E. T. Ryan, F. Qadri, B. J. Shapiro, A. A. Weil
This study compares genetic diversity of Vibrio cholerae O1 in vomit and stool from cholera patients, finding reduced diversity in stool and some gene loss between samples.
bioRxiv · Feb 8, 2024Microbiology
D. Chac, F. J. Heller, H. A. Banna, M. H. Kaisar, F. Chowdhury, T. R. Bhuiyan, A. Akter, A. I. Khan, M. G. Dumayas, S. M. Markiewicz, A. Rice, P. C. Karmakar, P. Dash, R. C. LaRocque, E. T. Ryan, , A. A. Weil
This study links gut bacteria-derived sphingolipids to enhanced innate immune responses to an oral cholera vaccine using metagenomic and experimental approaches.
bioRxiv · Dec 1, 2021Microbiology
I. Levade, A. I. Khan, F. Chowdhury, S. B. Calderwood, E. T. Ryan, J. B. Harris, R. C. LaRocque, T. R. Bhuiyan, F. Qadri, A. A. Weil, B. J. Shapiro
The paper combines metagenomics and cultivation approaches to show V. cholerae hypermutator phenotypes in infected patients, with evidence of adaptive mutations and transversion mutations.
mSystems · Aug 31, 2021Peer-reviewedMicrobiology
K. Barrasso, D. Chac, M. D. Debele, C. Geigel, J. B. Harris, R. C. LaRocque, F. S. Midani, F. Qadri, J. Yan, A. A. Weil, W.-L. Ng
This study shows that Paracoccus aminovorans enhances Vibrio cholerae colonization in the murine intestine through dual-species biofilm formation dependent on VPS and other biofilm components.
bioRxiv · Feb 1, 2021Microbiology
R. C. Charles, M. Kelly, J. M. Tam, A. Akter, M. Hossain, K. Islam, R. Biswas, M. Kamruzzaman, F. Chowdhurry, A. I. Khan, D. T. Leung, A. A. Weil, R. C. LaRocque, T. R. Bhuiyan, A. Rahman, , E. T. Ryan
This study shows that antibodies against Vibrio cholerae O-specific polysaccharide inhibit bacterial motility and provide protection against cholera in a murine model.
bioRxiv · Oct 8, 2020Microbiology
I. Levade, M. M. Saber, F. S. Midani, F. Chowdhury, A. I. Khan, Y. Begum, E. T. Ryan, L. A. David, S. B. Calderwood, J. B. Harris, R. C. LaRocque, F. Qadri, B. J. Shapiro, A. A. Weil
This study uses metagenomic sequencing to predict cholera infection and disease severity in a cohort, identifying protective bacterial species and genes.
bioRxiv · Feb 25, 2020Microbiology
A. A. Weil, M. D. Debela, D. Muyanja, B. Kakuhikire, C. Baguma, D. Bangsberg, A. C. Tsai, P. S. Lai
This study examines AMR gene prevalence in women exposed to small-scale poultry farms in Uganda, finding increased AMR gene similarity between humans and chickens after one year of exposure.
bioRxiv · Feb 13, 2020Microbiology
R. Rashu, T. R. Bhuiyan, M. R. Hoq, L. Hossain, A. Paul, A. I. Khan, F. Chowdhury, J. B. Harris, E. T. Ryan, S. B. Calderwood, A. A. Weil, F. Qadri
This study investigates the role of follicular helper T (Tfh) cells in B cell responses during Vibrio cholerae O1 infection, finding that Tfh cells expressing CD40L are associated with memory B cell responses and antibody class switching.
bioRxiv · Apr 23, 2018Immunology
I. Levade, Y. Terrat, J.-B. Leducq, A. A. Weil, L. M. Mayo-Smith, F. Chowdhury, A. I. Khan, J. Boncy, J. Buteau, L. C. Ivers, E. T. Ryan, R. C. Charles, S. B. Calderwood, F. Qadri, J. B. Harris, , B. J. Shapiro
This study examines V. cholerae genomic diversity within and between patients, finding limited point mutations but higher gene content variation, including phage and plasmid exchanges, which may impact disease outcomes.
Microbial Genomics · Dec 7, 2017Peer-reviewedMicrobiology