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• 2011

  Anthrax

  Rao, G. R. & Walker, D. H., Dec 1 2011, Tropical Infectious Diseases. Elsevier Inc., p. 261-264 4 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Bartonelloses

  Dehio, C., Maguiña, C. & Walker, D. H., Dec 1 2011, Tropical Infectious Diseases. Elsevier Inc., p. 265-270 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Diagnosing emerging and reemerging infectious diseases: The pivotal role of the pathologist

  Olano, J. P. & Walker, D. H., Jan 1 2011, In: Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. 135, 1, p. 83-91 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Emerging Communicable Diseases
  • Pathologists
  • Communicable Diseases
  • Molecular Pathology
  • United States Food and Drug Administration
  15 Scopus citations

• Distinguishing Tropical Infectious Diseases from Bioterrorism

  Olano, J. P., Peters, C. J. & Walker, D. H., Dec 1 2011, Tropical Infectious Diseases. Elsevier Inc., p. 879-886 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Fatal rocky mountain spotted fever in a 2-year-old child

  Walker, D. H. & Paddock, C. D., Nov 1 2011, In: Pathology Case Reviews. 16, 6, p. 238-241 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
  • Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis
  • Brain Edema
  • Vasculitis
  • Pathologists
  1 Scopus citations

• Fever with thrombocytopenia associated with a novel bunyavirus in China

  Yu, X. J., Liang, M. F., Zhang, S. Y., Liu, Y., Li, J. D., Sun, Y. L., Zhang, L., Zhang, Q. F., Popov, V. L., Li, C., Qu, J., Li, Q., Zhang, Y. P., Hai, R., Wu, W., Wang, Q., Zhan, F. X., Wang, X. J., Kan, B., Wang, S. W. & 26 others, Wan, K. L., Jing, H. Q., Lu, J. X., Yin, W. W., Zhou, H., Guan, X. H., Liu, J. F., Bi, Z. Q., Liu, G. H., Ren, J., Wang, H., Zhao, Z., Song, J. D., He, J. R., Wan, T., Zhang, J. S., Fu, X. P., Sun, L. N., Dong, X. P., Feng, Z. J., Yang, W. Z., Hong, T., Zhang, Y., Walker, D. H., Wang, Y. & Li, D. X., Apr 21 2011, In: New England Journal of Medicine. 364, 16, p. 1523-1532 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Orthobunyavirus
  • Thrombocytopenia
  • China
  • Fever
  • Phlebovirus
  762 Scopus citations

• Immunization with Ehrlichia P28 outer membrane proteins confers protection in a mouse model of ehrlichiosis

  Crocquet-Valdes, P. A., Thirumalapura, N. R., Ismail, N., Yu, X., Saito, T. B., Stevenson, H. L., Pietzsch, C. A., Thomas, S. & Walker, D. H., Dec 2011, In: Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 18, 12, p. 2018-2025 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ehrlichia
  • Immunization
  • Ehrlichiosis
  • T-cells
  • Membrane Proteins
  17 Scopus citations

• Immunohistology of Infectious Diseases

  Ezyaguirre, E. J., Walker, D. H. & Zaki, S., Jan 1 2011, Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry. Elsevier Inc., p. 58-82 25 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  4 Scopus citations

• Molecular and cellular pathobiology of Ehrlichia infection: Targets for new therapeutics and immunomodulation strategies

  McBride, J. W. & Walker, D. H., Jan 2011, In: Expert reviews in molecular medicine. 13, e3.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ehrlichiosis
  • Immunomodulation
  • Ehrlichia
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions
  • Rickettsiales
  39 Scopus citations

• Obligate intracellular bacterium Ehrlichia inhibiting mitochondrial activity

  Liu, Y., Zhang, Z., Jiang, Y., Zhang, L., Popov, V. L., Zhang, J., Walker, D. H. & Yu, X. J., Mar 2011, In: Microbes and Infection. 13, 3, p. 232-238 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ehrlichia
  • Bacteria
  • Mitochondria
  • Phagocytes
  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis
  15 Scopus citations

• Preface

  Guerrant, R. L., Walker, D. H. & Weller, P. F., 2011, Tropical Infectious Diseases. Elsevier Inc., p. xii

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript

• Principles of Parasitism: Host-Parasite Interactions

  Olano, J. P., Weller, P. F., Guerrant, R. L. & Walker, D. H., 2011, Tropical Infectious Diseases. Elsevier Inc., p. 1-7 7 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  1 Scopus citations

• Scrub Typhus

  Kim, I. S. & Walker, D. H., Dec 1 2011, Tropical Infectious Diseases. Elsevier Inc., p. 334-338 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  10 Scopus citations

• Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses

  Sexton, D. J. & Walker, D. H., 2011, Tropical Infectious Diseases. Elsevier Inc., p. 323-328 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  2 Scopus citations

• Structure-based vaccines provide protection in a mouse model of ehrlichiosis

  Thomas, S., Thirumalapura, N. R., Crocquet-Valdes, P. A., Luxon, B. A. & Walker, D. H., Nov 17 2011, In: PloS one. 6, 11, e27981.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ehrlichia
  • ehrlichiosis
  • Ehrlichiosis
  • animal models
  • vaccines
  15 Scopus citations

• Tropical Infectious Diseases

  Guerrant, R., Walker, D. H. & Weller, P., 2011, Elsevier Inc.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever
  • Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus
  • Hepatitis A Vaccines
  • Tick-Borne Encephalitis
  • Mucormycosis
  24 Scopus citations

• Typhus Group Rickettsioses

  Walker, D. H. & Raoult, D., Dec 1 2011, Tropical Infectious Diseases. Elsevier Inc., p. 329-333 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  3 Scopus citations
• 2014

  After malaria is controlled, what's next?

  Walker, D. H., Jul 2014, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 91, 1, p. 7-10 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations

• A Hematogenously Disseminated Orientia tsutsugamsushi-Infected Murine Model of Scrub Typhus

  Shelite, T. R., Saito, T. B., Mendell, N. L., Gong, B., Xu, G., Soong, L., Valbuena, G., Bouyer, D. H. & Walker, D. H., Jul 2014, In: PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 8, 7, e2966.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Scrub Typhus
  • Orientia tsutsugamushi
  • Infection
  • Inbred C57BL Mouse
  • Trombiculidae
  25 Scopus citations

• Diseases Caused by Fungi

  Walker, D. H. & McGinnis, M. R., Jan 1 2014, Pathobiology of Human Disease: A Dynamic Encyclopedia of Disease Mechanisms. Elsevier Inc., p. 217-221 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Mycoses
  • Fungi
  • Fungal Structures
  • Histoplasma
  • Arthrodermataceae

• Ehrlichia

  Thirumalapura, N. R. & Walker, D., Nov 26 2014, Molecular Medical Microbiology: Second Edition. Elsevier Ltd, Vol. 3. p. 2011-2032 22 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Ehrlichia
  • Ehrlichiosis
  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis
  • Peptidoglycan
  • Liver

• Ehrlichia chaffeensis (Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis), Anaplasma phagocytophilum (Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis), and Other Anaplasmataceae

  Dumler, J. S. & Walker, D. H., Aug 28 2014, Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. Elsevier Inc., Vol. 2. p. 2227-2233.e3

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  9 Scopus citations

• Inactivation of sam-methyltransferase is the mechanism of attenuation of a historic louse borne typhus vaccine strain

  Liu, Y., Wu, B., Weinstock, G., Walker, D. H. & Yu, X. J., Nov 20 2014, In: PloS one. 9, 11, e113285.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • typhus vaccine
  • Rickettsia prowazekii
  • Short Stature, Auditory Canal Atresia, Mandibular Hypoplasia, Skeletal Abnormalities
  • typhus
  • Phthiraptera
  4 Scopus citations

• Interactions of Pathogens with the Host

  Walker, D., Jan 1 2014, Pathobiology of Human Disease: A Dynamic Encyclopedia of Disease Mechanisms. Elsevier Inc., p. 214-216 3 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Host-Pathogen Interactions
  • Infection
  • Meningoencephalitis
  • Asymptomatic Infections
  • Lymphatic Vessels

• Omplete genome sequence of Ehrlichia muris strain AS145^T, a model monocytotropic Ehrlichia strain

  Thirumalapura, N. R., Qin, X., Kuriakose, J. A. & Walker, D., 2014, In: Genome Announcements. 2, 1, e01234-13.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ehrlichia
  • Ehrlichiosis
  • Genome
  • Japan
  • Infection
  7 Scopus citations

• Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases and Mechanisms of Immunity

  McBride, J. & Walker, D., Dec 9 2014, Vaccinology: An Essential Guide. Wiley Blackwell, p. 59-72 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Communicable Diseases
  • Immunity
  • Vaccines
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions
  • Antibodies

• Principles of Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases

  Walker, D., Jan 1 2014, Pathobiology of Human Disease: A Dynamic Encyclopedia of Disease Mechanisms. Elsevier Inc., p. 222-225 4 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Communicable Diseases
  • Inclusion Bodies
  • Viruses
  • Nucleic Acids
  • Fungi

• Quantitative study of Rickettsia massiliae in Rhipicephalus sanguineus organs

  Milhano, N., Popov, V., Vilhena, M., Bouyer, D. H., de Sousa, R. & Walker, D. H., Oct 1 2014, In: Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 5, 6, p. 709-714 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Rickettsia massiliae
  • Rhipicephalus sanguineus
  • Rickettsia
  • Ticks
  • ticks
  6 Scopus citations

• "rickettsia amblyommii" Induces cross protection against lethal rocky mountain spotted fever in a guinea pig model

  Blanton, L. S., Mendell, N. L., Walker, D. H. & Bouyer, D. H., Aug 1 2014, In: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 14, 8, p. 557-562 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Rickettsia rickettsii
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
  • Cross Protection
  • Rickettsia
  • Guinea Pigs
  18 Scopus citations

• Rickettsiae and ehrlichiae within a city park: Is the urban dweller at risk?

  Blanton, L. S., Walker, D. H. & Bouyer, D. H., Feb 1 2014, In: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 14, 2, p. 168-170 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ehrlichia
  • Ticks
  • Ehrlichiosis
  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis
  • Dermacentor
  13 Scopus citations

• Rickettsia felis and changing paradigms about pathogenic rickettsiae

  Labruna, M. B. & Walker, D. H., Oct 1 2014, In: Emerging infectious diseases. 20, 10, p. 1768-1769 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  21 Scopus citations

• Rickettsia prowazekii (Epidemic or Louse-Borne Typhus)

  Blanton, L. S. & Walker, D. H., Aug 28 2014, Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. Elsevier Inc., Vol. 2. p. 2217-2220.e1

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Rickettsia rickettsii and Other Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Other Spotted Fevers)

  Walker, D. H. & Blanton, L. S., Aug 28 2014, Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. Elsevier Inc., Vol. 2. p. 2198-2205 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  4 Scopus citations

• Rickettsia typhi (Murine Typhus)

  Blanton, L. S., Dumler, J. S. & Walker, D. H., Aug 28 2014, Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. Elsevier Inc., Vol. 2. p. 2221-2224.e2

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  5 Scopus citations

• Strong Type 1, but Impaired Type 2, Immune Responses Contribute to Orientia tsutsugamushi-Induced Pathology in Mice

  Soong, L., Wang, H., Shelite, T. R., Liang, Y., Mendell, N. L., Sun, J., Gong, B., Valbuena, G. A., Bouyer, D. H. & Walker, D. H., Sep 1 2014, In: PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 8, 9

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Orientia tsutsugamushi
  • Scrub Typhus
  • Angiopoietin-2
  • Pathology
  • Angiopoietin-1
  22 Scopus citations

• The pathogenesis of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus infection in alpha/beta interferon knockout mice: Insights into the pathologic mechanisms of a new viral hemorrhagic fever

  Liu, Y., Wu, B., Paessler, S., Walker, D. H., Tesh, R. B. & Yu, X. J., Feb 2014, In: Journal of virology. 88, 3, p. 1781-1786 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
  • interferon-beta
  • thrombocytopenia
  • Interferon-beta
  • Interferon-alpha
  67 Scopus citations
• 2015

  An animal model of a newly emerging human ehrlichiosis

  Saito, T. B., Thirumalapura, N. R., Shelite, T. R., Rockx-Brouwer, D., Popov, V. L. & Walker, D. H., Feb 1 2015, In: Journal of Infectious Diseases. 211, 3, p. 452-461 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ehrlichia
  • Ehrlichiosis
  • Animal Models
  • Infection
  • Clinical Chemistry
  14 Scopus citations

• A Tick Vector Transmission Model of Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis

  Saito, T. B. & Walker, D. H., Sep 15 2015, In: Journal of Infectious Diseases. 212, 6, p. 968-977 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ehrlichiosis
  • Ticks
  • Ehrlichia
  • Nymph
  • Larva
  14 Scopus citations

• Case report: An unusual cutaneous manifestation in a patient with murine typhus

  Blanton, L. S., Lea, A. S., Kelly, B. C. & Walker, D. H., Dec 2015, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 93, 6, p. 1164-1167 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Endemic Flea-Borne Typhus
  • Skin Manifestations
  • Rickettsia typhi
  • Siphonaptera
  • Mites
  9 Scopus citations

• Fever and rash after a safari

  Damavandy, A. A., Rojek, N. W., Dugan, E. M., Walker, D. & Norton, S. A., Jan 1 2015, In: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 72, 1, p. e5-e6

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Permissive and protective roles for neutrophils in leishmaniasis

  Carlsen, E. D., Liang, Y., Shelite, T. R., Walker, D. H., Melby, P. C. & Soong, L., Nov 2015, In: Clinical and Experimental Immunology. 182, 2, p. 109-18 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Leishmaniasis
  • Parasites
  • Neutrophils
  • Leishmania
  • Infection
  32 Scopus citations

• Reemergence of murine typhus in galveston, texas, usa, 2013

  Blanton, L. S., Vohra, R. F., Bouyer, D. H. & Walker, D. H., 2015, In: Emerging infectious diseases. 21, 3, p. 484-486 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Endemic Flea-Borne Typhus
  • Rickettsia typhi
  • Public Health
  • Physicians
  24 Scopus citations

• Rickettsia massiliae and rickettsia conorii israeli spotted fever strain differentially regulate endothelial cell responses

  Bechelli, J., Smalley, C., Milhano, N., Walker, D. H. & Fang, R., Sep 22 2015, In: PloS one. 10, 9, e0138830.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Rickettsia massiliae
  • Rickettsia conorii
  • Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis
  • Endothelial cells
  • Rickettsia
  5 Scopus citations

• The role of CD8 T lymphocytes in rickettsial infections

  Walker, D. H. & Dumler, J. S., May 26 2015, In: Seminars in Immunopathology. 37, 3, p. 289-299 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • T-Lymphocytes
  • Infection
  • Anaplasmosis
  • Ehrlichiosis
  • Immunity
  17 Scopus citations

• The role of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato saliva in the dissemination of Rickettsia conorii in C3H/HeJ mice

  Milhano, N., Saito, T. B., Bechelli, J., Fang, R., Vilhena, M., De Sousa, R. & Walker, D. H., Sep 1 2015, In: Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 29, 3, p. 225-229 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Rickettsia conorii
  • Rhipicephalus sanguineus
  • tick
  • saliva
  • Ticks
  9 Scopus citations
• 2016

  An Intradermal Inoculation Mouse Model for Immunological Investigations of Acute Scrub Typhus and Persistent Infection

  Soong, L., Mendell, N. L., Olano, J. P., Rockx-Brouwer, D., Xu, G., Goez-Rivillas, Y., Drom, C., Shelite, T. R., Valbuena, G., Walker, D. H. & Bouyer, D. H., Aug 1 2016, In: PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 10, 8, e0004884.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Immunological Models
  • Scrub Typhus
  • Infection
  • Orientia tsutsugamushi
  • Interleukin-9
  15 Scopus citations

• Editorial: Changing dynamics of human-rickettsial interactions

  Walker, D. H., Jan 2016, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 94, 1, p. 3-4 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
  5 Scopus citations

• Ehrlichioses: An important one health opportunity

  Saito, T. B. & Walker, D. H., Sep 1 2016, In: Veterinary Sciences. 3, 3, 20.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • ehrlichiosis
  • Ehrlichiosis
  • Ehrlichia
  • T-Lymphocytes
  • Health
  11 Scopus citations

• Endothelial Activation and Injury: The Mechanisms of Rickettsial Vasculiti

  Sahni, A., Narra, H. P., Walker, D. H. & Sahni, S. K., Jan 1 2016, Vascular Responses to Pathogens. Elsevier Inc., p. 111-122 12 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Wounds and Injuries
  • Infection
  • Rickettsia Infections
  • Arthropod Vectors
  • Rickettsia
  5 Scopus citations

• Endothelial cell proteomic response to Rickettsia conorii infection reveals activation of the Janus Kinase (JAK)-signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)-inferferon stimulated gene (ISG)15 pathway and reprogramming plasma membrane integrin/cadherin signaling

  Zhao, Y., Valbuena, G., Walker, D. H., Gazi, M., Hidalgo, M., DeSousa, R., Oteo, J. A., Goez, Y. & Brasier, A. R., Jan 2016, In: Molecular and Cellular Proteomics. 15, 1, p. 289-304 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Boutonneuse Fever
  • Endothelial cells
  • Cell membranes
  • Proteomics
  • Janus Kinases
  10 Scopus citations