Paul Keim

Immunological Patterns from Four Melioidosis Cases: Constant and Variable Protein Antigens

The paper identifies immunogenic proteins from four Burkholderia pseudomallei strains and patient sera, finding 8 proteins consistently reactive across all strain-serum combinations.

Local population structure and patterns of Western Hemisphere dispersal for Coccidioides spp., the fungal cause of Valley Fever

The paper analyzes population structure and dispersal patterns of Coccidioides spp. using genomic data, revealing geographic clades and suggesting an origin in southern Arizona and northern Mexico.

Eighteenth century Yersinia pestis genomes reveal the long-term persistence of an historical plague focus

The paper analyzes Yersinia pestis genomes from an 18th-century plague outbreak in Marseille, revealing a historical plague focus that persisted for over three centuries.