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• 2011

  Cethromycin-mediated protection against the plague pathogen Yersinia pestis in a rat model of infection and comparison with levofloxacin

  Rosenzweig, J. A., Brackman, S. M., Kirtley, M. L., Sha, J., Erova, T. E., Yeager, L. A., Peterson, J. W., Xu, Z. Q. & Chopra, A. K., Nov 2011, In: Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 55, 11, p. 5034-5042 9 p.

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

  • cethromycin
  • Yersinia pestis
  • Plague
  • Levofloxacin
  • Infection
  14 Scopus citations

• Characterization of an F1 deletion mutant of Yersinia pestis CO92, pathogenic role of F1 antigen in bubonic and pneumonic plague, and evaluation of sensitivity and specificity of F1 antigen capture-based dipsticks

  Sha, J., Endsley, J. J., Kirtley, M. L., Foltz, S. M., Huante, M. B., Erova, T. E., Kozlova, E. V., Popov, V. L., Yeager, L. A., Zudina, I. V., Motin, V. L., Peterson, J. W., DeBord, K. L. & Chopra, A. K., May 2011, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 49, 5, p. 1708-1715 8 p.

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

  • Yersinia pestis
  • Plague
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Antigens
  • Homologous Recombination
  25 Scopus citations

• Progress on plague vaccine development

  Rosenzweig, J. A., Jejelowo, O., Sha, J., Erova, T. E., Brackman, S. M., Kirtley, M. L., Van Lier, C. J. & Chopra, A. K., Jul 2011, In: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 91, 2, p. 265-286 22 p.

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

  • Plague Vaccine
  • Yersinia pestis
  • Plague
  • Vaccines
  • Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
  29 Scopus citations

• Quorum sensing and c-di-GMP-dependent alterations in gene transcripts and virulence-associated phenotypes in a clinical isolate of Aeromonas hydrophila

  Kozlova, E. V., Khajanchi, B. K., Sha, J. & Chopra, A. K., May 2011, In: Microbial Pathogenesis. 50, 5, p. 213-223 11 p.

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

  • Aeromonas hydrophila
  • Quorum Sensing
  • Biofilms
  • Virulence
  • Phenotype
  26 Scopus citations
• 2015

  Combinational deletion of three membrane protein-encoding genes highly attenuates Yersinia pestis while retaining immunogenicity in a mouse model of pneumonic plague

  Tiner, B. L., Sha, J., Kirtley, M. L., Erova, T. E., Popov, V. L., Baze, W. B., van Lier, C. J., Ponnusamy, D., Andersson, J. A., Motin, V. L., Chauhan, S. & Chopra, A. K., 2015, In: Infection and immunity. 83, 4, p. 1318-1338 21 p.

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

  • Yersinia pestis
  • Plague
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Genes
  • Lethal Dose 50
  13 Scopus citations

• Further characterization of a highly attenuated Yersinia pestis CO92 mutant deleted for the genes encoding Braun lipoprotein and plasminogen activator protease in murine alveolar and primary human macrophages

  van Lier, C. J., Tiner, B. L., Chauhan, S., Motin, V. L., Fitts, E. C., Huante, M. B., Endsley, J. J., Ponnusamy, D., Sha, J. & Chopra, A. K., Mar 1 2015, In: Microbial Pathogenesis. 80, p. 27-38 12 p.

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

  • Yersinia pestis
  • Plasminogen Activators
  • Lipoproteins
  • Peptide Hydrolases
  • Macrophages
  6 Scopus citations

• High-throughput, signature-tagged mutagenic approach to identify novel virulence factors of Yersinia pestis CO92 in a mouse model of infection

  Ponnusamy, D., Fitts, E. C., Sha, J., Erova, T. E., Kozlova, E. V., Kirtley, M. L., Tiner, B. L., Andersson, J. A. & Chopra, A. K., 2015, In: Infection and immunity. 83, 5, p. 2065-2081 17 p.

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

  • Yersinia pestis
  • Lethal Dose 50
  • Virulence Factors
  • Plague
  • Infection
  10 Scopus citations

• Intramuscular immunization of mice with a live-Attenuated triple mutant of yersinia pestis co92 induces robust humoral and cell-mediated immunity to completely protect animals against pneumonic plague

  Tiner, B. L., Sha, J., Ponnusamy, D., Baze, W. B., Fitts, E. C., Popov, V. L., Van Lier, C. J., Erova, T. E. & Chopra, A. K., Dec 2015, In: Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 22, 12, p. 1255-1268 14 p.

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

  • Immunization
  • Yersinia pestis
  • Plague
  • Animals
  • Cellular Immunity
  9 Scopus citations
• 2016

  A Replication-Defective human type 5 adenovirus-based trivalent vaccine confers complete protection against plague in mice and nonhuman primates

  Sha, J., Kirtley, M. L., Klages, C., Erova, T. E., Telepnev, M., Ponnusamy, D., Fitts, E. C., Baze, W. B., Sivasubramani, S. K., Lawrence, W. S., Patrikeev, I., Peel, J. E., Andersson, J. A., Kozlova, E. V., Tiner, B. L., Peterson, J. W., Mcwilliams, D., Patel, S., Rothe, E., Motin, V. L. & 1 others, Chopra, A. K., Jul 2016, In: Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 23, 7, p. 586-600 15 p.

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

  • Human Adenoviruses
  • Plague
  • Primates
  • Vaccines
  • Antigens
  12 Scopus citations

• Cross-talk among flesh-eating Aeromonas hydrophila strains in mixed infection leading to necrotizing fasciitis

  Ponnusamy, D., Kozlova, E. V., Sha, J., Erova, T. E., Azar, S. R., Fitts, E. C., Kirtley, M. L., Tiner, B. L., Andersson, J. A., Grim, C. J., Isom, R. P., Hasan, N. A., Colwell, R. R. & Chopra, A. K., Jan 19 2016, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 113, 3, p. 722-727 6 p.

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

  • Aeromonas hydrophila
  • Exotoxins
  • Necrotizing Fasciitis
  • Coinfection
  • Virulence
  36 Scopus citations

• Immunisation of two rodent species with new live-attenuated mutants of Yersinia pestis CO92 induces protective long-term humoral- and cell-mediated immunity against pneumonic plague

  Tiner, B. L., Sha, J., Cong, Y., Kirtley, M. L., Andersson, J. A. & Chopra, A. K., Oct 13 2016, In: npj Vaccines. 1, 16020.

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

  • Yersinia pestis
  • Plague
  • Cellular Immunity
  • Immunization
  • Rodentia
  7 Scopus citations

• New insights into autoinducer-2 signaling as a virulence regulator in a mouse model of pneumonic plague

  Fitts, E. C., Andersson, J. A., Kirtley, M. L., Sha, J., Erova, T. E., Chauhan, S., Motin, V. L. & Chopra, A. K., Nov 1 2016, In: mSphere. 1, 6, e00342-16.

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

  • N-octanoylhomoserine lactone
  • Plague
  • Virulence
  • Yersinia pestis
  • Bacterial Genes
  6 Scopus citations

• New role for FDA-approved drugs in combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria

  Andersson, J. A., Fitts, E. C., Kirtley, M. L., Ponnusamy, D., Peniche, A. G., Dann, S. M., Motin, V. L., Chauhan, S., Rosenzweig, J. A., Sha, J. & Chopra, A. K., Jun 2016, In: Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 60, 6, p. 3717-3729 13 p.

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

  • United States Food and Drug Administration
  • Yersinia pestis
  • Trifluoperazine
  • Bacteria
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  18 Scopus citations

• Protective immunity elicited by oral immunization of mice with Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium braun lipoprotein (Lpp) and acetyltransferase (MsbB) mutants

  Erova, T. E., Kirtley, M. L., Fitts, E. C., Ponnusamy, D., Baze, W. B., Andersson, J. A., Cong, Y., Tiner, B. L., Sha, J. & Chopra, A. K., Nov 10 2016, In: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 6, NOV, 148.

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

  • Acetyltransferases
  • Salmonella enterica
  • Lipoproteins
  • Serogroup
  • Immunization
  8 Scopus citations
• 2018

  A bacteriophage T4 nanoparticle-based dual vaccine against anthrax and plague

  Tao, P., Mahalingam, M., Zhu, J., Moayeri, M., Sha, J., Lawrence, W. S., Leppla, S. H., Chopra, A. K. & Rao, V. B., Sep 1 2018, In: mBio. 9, 5, e01926-18.

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

  • Plague Vaccine
  • Anthrax Vaccines
  • Anthrax
  • Bacteriophage T4
  • Plague
  16 Scopus citations

• Combating multidrug-resistant pathogens with host-directed nonantibiotic therapeutics

  Andersson, J. A., Sha, J., Kirtley, M. L., Reyes, E., Fitts, E. C., Dann, S. M. & Chopra, A. K., Jan 2018, In: Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 62, 1, e01943.

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

  • Plague
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations
  • Macrophages
  • Acinetobacter baumannii
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae
  8 Scopus citations
• 2019

  A prokaryotic-eukaryotic hybrid viral vector for delivery of large cargos of genes and proteins into human cells

  Zhu, J., Tao, P., Mahalingam, M., Sha, J., Kilgore, P., Chopra, A. K. & Rao, V., Aug 21 2019, In: Science Advances. 5, 8, eaax0064.

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

  Open Access

  • viruses
  • genes
  • delivery
  • proteins
  • biotin
  2 Scopus citations

• T6SS and ExoA of flesh-eating Aeromonas hydrophila in peritonitis and necrotizing fasciitis during mono- And polymicrobial infections

  Fernández-Bravo, A., Kilgore, P. B., Andersson, J. A., Blears, E., Figueras, M. J., Hasan, N. A., Colwell, R. R., Sha, J. & Chopra, A. K., Nov 26 2019, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116, 48, p. 24084-24092 9 p.

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

  • Type VI Secretion Systems
  • Aeromonas hydrophila
  • Exotoxins
  • Necrotizing Fasciitis
  • Peritonitis
  5 Scopus citations