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• 2020

  Combating the great mimicker: latest progress in the development of Burkholderia pseudomallei vaccines

  Khakhum, N., Chapartegui-González, I. & Torres, A. G., 2020, In: Expert review of vaccines. p. 1-8 8 p.

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

  • Burkholderia pseudomallei
  • Melioidosis
  • Vaccines
  • Clinical Trials
  • Glycoconjugates

• Comparative genomics of a subset of Adherent/Invasive Escherichia coli strains isolated from individuals without inflammatory bowel disease

  Barrios-Villa, E., Martínez de la Peña, C. F., Lozano-Zaraín, P., Cevallos, M. A., Torres, C., Torres, A. G. & Rocha-Gracia, R. D. C., Mar 2020, In: Genomics. 112, 2, p. 1813-1820 8 p.

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

  • Genomics
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
  • Escherichia coli
  • Type II Secretion Systems
  • Single Nucleotide Polymorphism
  4 Scopus citations

• Hacking the host: exploitation of macrophage polarization by intracellular bacterial pathogens

  Thiriot, J. D., Martinez-Martinez, Y. B., Endsley, J. J. & Torres, A. G., Feb 1 2020, In: Pathogens and disease. 78, 1

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

  Open Access

  • Macrophages
  • Innate Immunity
  4 Scopus citations

• Multicomponent gold nano-glycoconjugate as a highly immunogenic and protective platform against Burkholderia mallei

  Tapia, D., Sanchez-Villamil, J. I. & Torres, A. G., Dec 1 2020, In: npj Vaccines. 5, 1, 82.

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

  Open Access

  • Burkholderia mallei
  • Glycoconjugates
  • Gold
  • Vaccines
  • Antigens

• Multinucleated giant cell formation as a portal to chronic bacterial infections

  Stockton, J. L. & Torres, A. G., Nov 2020, In: Microorganisms. 8, 11, p. 1-10 10 p., 1637.

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

  Open Access

  • Giant Cells
  • Bacterial Infections
  • Melioidosis
  • Burkholderia pseudomallei
  • Lenses

• Predicting toxins found in toxin–antitoxin systems with a role in host-induced Burkholderia pseudomallei persistence

  Ross, B. N., Thiriot, J. D., Wilson, S. M. & Torres, A. G., Dec 1 2020, In: Scientific reports. 10, 1, 16923.

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

  Open Access

  • Burkholderia pseudomallei
  • Hibernation
  • Melioidosis
  • Macrophages
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents

• Vacunas contra el SARS-CoV-2: ¿son una realidad para América Latina?

  Torres, A. G., 2020, In: Biomedica. 40, 3, p. 424-426 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
• 2019

  Burkholderia pseudomallei ΔtonB Δhcp1 live attenuated vaccine strain elicits full protective immunity against aerosolized melioidosis infection

  Khakhum, N., Bharaj, P., Myers, J. N., Tapia, D., Kilgore, P. B., Ross, B. N., Walker, D. H., Endsley, J. J. & Torresa, A. G., Jan 1 2019, In: mSphere. 4, 1, e00570-18.

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

  • Melioidosis
  • Burkholderia pseudomallei
  • Attenuated Vaccines
  • Burkholderia mallei
  • Immunity
  11 Scopus citations

• Development of a gold nanoparticle vaccine against enterohemorrhagic escherichia coli o157:H7

  Sanchez-Villamil, J. I., Tapia, D. & Torres, A. G., 2019, In: mBio. 10, 4, e01869-19.

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

  Open Access

  • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
  • Escherichia coli O157
  • Gold
  • Nanoparticles
  • Vaccines
  10 Scopus citations

• Emerging role of biologics for the treatment of melioidosis and glanders

  Tapia, D., Sanchez-Villamil, J. I. & Torres, A. G., Dec 2 2019, In: Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy. 19, 12, p. 1319-1332 14 p.

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

  • Glanders
  • Melioidosis
  • Biological Products
  • Burkholderia mallei
  • Burkholderia
  2 Scopus citations

• Evaluating the role of Burkholderia pseudomallei K96243 toxins BPSS0390, BPSS0395, and BPSS1584 in persistent infection

  Ross, B. N., Micheva-Viteva, S., Hong-Geller, E. & Torres, A. G., Dec 1 2019, In: Cellular Microbiology. 21, 12, e13096.

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

  • Burkholderia pseudomallei
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Melioidosis
  • Levofloxacin
  • Infection
  4 Scopus citations

• Evaluation of Burkholderia mallei ΔtonB Δhcp1 (CLH001) as a live attenuated vaccine in murine models of glanders and melioidosis

  Khakhum, N., Bharaj, P., Myers, J. N., Tapia, D., Walker, D. H., Endsley, J. J. & Torres, A. G., Jul 2019, In: PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 13, 7, e0007578.

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

  Open Access

  • Burkholderia mallei
  • Glanders
  • Melioidosis
  • Attenuated Vaccines
  • Humoral Immunity
  5 Scopus citations

• Increased mortality in mice following immunoprophylaxis therapy with high dosage of nicotinamide in burkholderia persistent infections

  Micheva-Viteva, S. N., Ross, B. N., Gao, J., Adikari, S., Zhang, P., Mourant, J. R., Wu, T. H., Werner, J. H., Torres, A. G. & Hong-Geller, E., Jan 1 2019, In: Infection and immunity. 87, 1, e00592.

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

  • Burkholderia Infections
  • Niacinamide
  • Mortality
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Burkholderia
  3 Scopus citations

• Melioidosis: The hazards of incomplete peer-review

  Limmathurotsakul, D., Daily, F., Bory, S., Khim, G., Joost Wiersinga, W., Torres, A. G., Dance, D. A. B. & Currie, B. J., 2019, In: PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 13, 3, e0007123.

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

  Open Access

• Melioidosis in Mexico: a Coordinated Effort to Educate the Medical Specialists and the Community About an Unknown Disease Endemic in the Country

  Alvarez-Hernandez, G. & Torres, A. G., Sep 15 2019, In: Current Tropical Medicine Reports. 6, 3, p. 116-119 4 p.

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

  • Melioidosis
  • Endemic Diseases
  • Mexico
  • Burkholderia pseudomallei
  • State Government

• Misidentification of Burkholderia pseudomallei and Other Burkholderia Species from Pediatric Infections in Mexico

  Meza-Radilla, G., Mendez-Canarios, A., Xicohtencatl-Cortes, J., Escobedo-Guerra, M. R., Torres, A. G., Antonio Ibarra, J. & Estrada-De Los Santos, P., Feb 2019, In: Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 6, 2

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

  Open Access

  • Burkholderia cepacia complex
  • Burkholderia
  • Burkholderia pseudomallei
  • Mexico
  • Pneumonia
  2 Scopus citations

• Novel multi-component vaccine approaches for Burkholderia pseudomallei

  Morici, L., Torres, A. G. & Titball, R. W., May 2019, In: Clinical and Experimental Immunology. 196, 2, p. 178-188 11 p.

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

  Open Access

  • Burkholderia pseudomallei
  • Melioidosis
  • Vaccines
  • Bacteria
  • Animal Disease Models
  8 Scopus citations
• 2018

  Development of subunit vaccines that provide high-level protection and sterilizing immunity against acute inhalational melioidosis

  Burtnick, M. N., Shaffer, T. L., Ross, B. N., Muruato, L. A., Sbrana, E., DeShazer, D., Torres, A. G. & Brett, P. J., Jan 1 2018, In: Infection and immunity. 86, 1, e00724-17.

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

  • Melioidosis
  • CRM197 (non-toxic variant of diphtheria toxin)
  • Subunit Vaccines
  • Burkholderia pseudomallei
  • Polysaccharides
  15 Scopus citations

• Evaluating new compounds to treat Burkholderia pseudomallei infections

  Ross, B. N., Myers, J. N., Muruato, L. A., Tapia, D. & Torres, A. G., Jun 25 2018, In: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 8, JUN, 210.

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

  • Melioidosis
  • Burkholderia pseudomallei
  • Auranofin
  • Levofloxacin
  • Doxycycline
  6 Scopus citations

• Meeting report melioidosis is in the Americas: A call to action for diagnosing and treating the disease

  Torres, A. G., Montufar, F. E., Gee, J. E., Hoffmaster, A. R., Elrod, M. G., Duarte-Valderrama, C., Huertas, M. G. & Blaney, D. D., 2018, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 99, 3, p. 563-564 2 p.

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

  • Melioidosis
  • Reunion
  • Burkholderia pseudomallei
  • Endemic Diseases
  • Colombia
  5 Scopus citations

• Melioidosis

  Wiersinga, W. J., Virk, H. S., Torres, A. G., Currie, B. J., Peacock, S. J., Dance, D. A. B. & Limmathurotsakul, D., Feb 1 2018, In: Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 4, 17107.

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

  • Melioidosis
  • Burkholderia pseudomallei
  • Sepsis
  • Southeastern Asia
  • Bacterial Load
  128 Scopus citations

• Melioidosis in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean

  Sanchez-Villamil, J. I. & Torres, A. G., Feb 26 2018, In: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 3, 1, 24.

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

  Open Access

  • Melioidosis
  • Central America
  • Mexico
  • West Indies
  • Public Health
  15 Scopus citations
• 2016

  Burkholderia cepacia complex vaccines: Where do we go from here?

  Pradenas, G. A., Ross, B. N. & Torres, A. G., Apr 15 2016, In: Vaccines. 4, 2, 10.

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

  • Burkholderia cepacia complex
  • Vaccines
  • Burkholderia
  • Burkholderia Infections
  • Chronic Granulomatous Disease
  10 Scopus citations

• Burkholderia mallei CLH001 attenuated vaccine strain is immunogenic and protects against acute respiratory glanders

  Hatcher, C. L., Mott, T. M., Muruato, L. A., Sbrana, E. & Torresa, A. G., 2016, In: Infection and immunity. 84, 8, p. 2345-2354 10 p.

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

  • Burkholderia mallei
  • Glanders
  • Attenuated Vaccines
  • Vaccines
  • Burkholderia
  15 Scopus citations

• Characterization of the universal stress protein F from atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and its prevalence in Enterobacteriaceae

  de Souza, C. S., Torres, A. G., Caravelli, A., Silva, A., Polatto, J. M. & Piazza, R. M. F., Dec 1 2016, In: Protein Science. 25, 12, p. 2142-2151 10 p.

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

  • Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
  • Escherichia coli
  • Enterobacteriaceae
  • Heat-Shock Proteins
  • Proteins
  5 Scopus citations

• Escherichia coli in the Americas

  Torres, A., Jan 1 2016, Springer International Publishing. 384 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Escherichia coli
  • Disease Reservoirs
  • Public Health
  • Research Personnel
  • Bacteria
  9 Scopus citations

• From in silico protein epitope density prediction to testing escherichia coli o157: H7 vaccine candidates in a murine model of colonization

  Tapia, D., Ross, B. N., Kalita, A., Kalita, M., Hatcher, C. L., Muruato, L. A. & Torres, A. G., Aug 30 2016, In: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 6, AUG, 94.

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

  • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
  • Escherichia coli O157
  • Computer Simulation
  • Epitopes
  • Vaccines
  5 Scopus citations

• Melioidosis: Where do we stand in the development of an effective vaccine?

  Muruato, L. A. & Torres, A. G., Apr 2016, In: Future Microbiology. 11, 4, p. 477-480 4 p.

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

• Polysorbates prevent biofilm formation and pathogenesis of Escherichia coli O104:H4

  Sloup, R. E., Cieza, R. J., Needle, D. B., Abramovitch, R. B., Torres, A. G. & Waters, C. M., Aug 18 2016, In: Biofouling. 32, 9, p. 1131-1140 10 p.

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

  • Escherichia coli O104
  • Polysorbates
  • polysorbates
  • biofilm
  • Biofilms
  10 Scopus citations

• Preface

  Torres, A., Jan 1 2016, Escherichia Coli in the Americas. Springer International Publishing, p. xi-xii

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

• The art of persistence-the secrets to Burkholderia chronic infections

  Lewis, E. R. G. & Torres, A. G., Aug 1 2016, In: Pathogens and disease. 74, 6, ftw070.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review

  • Burkholderia Infections
  • Art
  • Burkholderia
  • Burkholderia pseudomallei
  • Infection
  14 Scopus citations
• 2015

  A gold nanoparticle-linked glycoconjugate vaccine against Burkholderia mallei

  Gregory, A. E., Judy, B. M., Qazi, O., Blumentritt, C. A., Brown, K. A., Shaw, A. M., Torres, A. G. & Titball, R. W., Feb 1 2015, In: Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine. 11, 2, p. 447-456 10 p.

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

  • Glycoconjugates
  • Burkholderia mallei
  • Gold nanoparticles
  • Vaccines
  • Gold
  53 Scopus citations

• Characterization of the Burkholderia mallei tonB mutant and its potential as a backbone strain for vaccine development

  Mott, T. M., Vijayakumar, S., Sbrana, E., Endsley, J. J. & Torres, A. G., Jun 26 2015, In: PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 9, 6, e0003863.

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

  • Burkholderia mallei
  • Melioidosis
  • Glanders
  • Vaccines
  • Iron
  23 Scopus citations

• Consensus on the development of vaccines against naturally acquired melioidosis

  Limmathurotsakul, D., Funnell, S. G. P., Torres, A. G., Morici, L. A., Brett, P. J., Dunachie, S., Atkins, T., Altmann, D. M., Bancroft, G. & Peacock, S. J., Jun 1 2015, In: Emerging infectious diseases. 21, 6, p. e1-e7

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

  • Melioidosis
  • Consensus
  • Vaccines
  • Government Employees
  • Biological Warfare Agents
  31 Scopus citations

• Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli: Foe or innocent bystander?

  Hu, J. & Torres, A. G., Aug 1 2015, In: Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 21, 8, p. 729-734 6 p.

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

  • Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
  • Diarrhea
  • Genotype
  • Research Personnel
  • Infection
  83 Scopus citations

• Exploiting the power of OMICS approaches to produce E. Coli O157 vaccines

  Kalita, A., Kalita, M. & Torres, A. G., Jan 26 2015, In: Gut Microbes. 5, 6, p. 770-774 5 p.

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

  • Escherichia coli Vaccines
  • Escherichia coli O157
  • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
  • Power (Psychology)
  • Vaccines
  5 Scopus citations

• Extensive identification of bacterial riboflavin transporters and their distribution across bacterial species

  Gutiérrez-Preciado, A., Torres, A. G., Merino, E., Bonomi, H. R., Goldbaum, F. A. & García-Angulo, V. A., May 4 2015, In: PloS one. 10, 5, e0126124.

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

  • Riboflavin
  • riboflavin
  • transporters
  • Bacteria
  • Flavin Mononucleotide
  49 Scopus citations

• Finding regulators associated with the expression of the long polar fimbriae in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

  Hu, J., Ross, B. N., Cieza, R. J. & Torres, A. G., 2015, In: Journal of bacteriology. 197, 23, p. 3658-3665 8 p.

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

  • Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
  • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
  • Histones
  • Caco-2 Cells
  • Mutagenesis
  2 Scopus citations

• Protection of non-human primates against glanders with a gold nanoparticle glycoconjugate vaccine

  Torres, A. G., Gregory, A. E., Hatcher, C. L., Vinet-Oliphant, H., Morici, L. A., Titball, R. W. & Roy, C. J., Jan 29 2015, In: Vaccine. 33, 5, p. 686-692 7 p.

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

  • Glanders
  • glanders
  • nanogold
  • Glycoconjugates
  • glycoconjugates
  40 Scopus citations

• Recent Advances in Burkholderia mallei and B. pseudomallei Research

  Hatcher, C. L., Muruato, L. A. & Torres, A. G., Jun 1 2015, In: Current Tropical Medicine Reports. 2, 2, p. 62-69 8 p.

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

  • Burkholderia mallei
  • Burkholderia pseudomallei
  • Glanders
  • Melioidosis
  • Vaccines
  28 Scopus citations

• The Escherichia coli O157: H7 cattle immunoproteome includes outer membrane protein A (OmpA), a modulator of adherence to bovine rectoanal junction squamous epithelial (RSE) cells

  Kudva, I. T., Krastins, B., Torres, A. G., Griffin, R. W., Sheng, H., Sarracino, D. A., Hovde, C. J., Calderwood, S. B. & John, M., Jun 1 2015, In: Proteomics. 15, 11, p. 1829-1842 14 p.

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

  • OMPA outer membrane proteins
  • Epithelial Cells
  • Escherichia coli O157
  • Escherichia coli
  • Modulators
  12 Scopus citations

• The IbeA invasin of adherent-invasive Escherichia coli mediates nteraction with intestinal epithelia and macrophages

  Cieza, R. J., Hu, J., Ross, B. N., Sbrana, E. & Torres, A. G., 2015, In: Infection and immunity. 83, 5, p. 1904-1918 15 p.

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

  • Intestinal Mucosa
  • Macrophages
  • Escherichia coli
  • Transcytosis
  • Cecum
  28 Scopus citations

• The role of long polar fimbriae in Escherichia coli O104:H4 adhesion and colonization

  Ross, B. N., Rojas-Lopez, M., Cieza, R. J., McWilliams, B. D. & Torres, A. G., Oct 30 2015, In: PloS one. 10, 10, e0141845.

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

  • Escherichia coli O104
  • Shiga Toxin
  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli
  • Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli
  • Escherichia coli
  19 Scopus citations
• 2014

  A Burkholderia pseudomallei outer membrane vesicle vaccine provides protection against lethal sepsis

  Nieves, W., Petersen, H., Judy, B. M., Blumentritt, C. A., Russell-Lodrigue, K., Roy, C. J., Torres, A. G. & Morici, L. A., May 2014, In: Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 21, 5, p. 747-754 8 p.

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

  • Burkholderia pseudomallei
  • Membranes
  • Sepsis
  • Vaccines
  • Immunization
  51 Scopus citations

• Comparative Burkholderia pseudomallei natural history virulence studies using an aerosol murine model of infection

  Massey, S., Yeager, L. A., Blumentritt, C. A., Vijayakumar, S., Sbrana, E., Peterson, J. W., Brasel, T., Leduc, J. W., Endsley, J. J. & Torres, A. G., Mar 7 2014, In: Scientific reports. 4, 4305.

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

  • Burkholderia pseudomallei
  • Aerosols
  • Natural History
  • Virulence
  • Melioidosis
  26 Scopus citations

• Comparative genomics and immunoinformatics approach for the identification of vaccine candidates for enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7

  García-Angulo, V. A., Kalita, A., Kalita, M., Lozano, L. & Torres, A. G., May 2014, In: Infection and immunity. 82, 5, p. 2016-2026 11 p.

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

  • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
  • Escherichia coli O157
  • Genomics
  • Vaccines
  • Cecum
  17 Scopus citations

• Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli adhesins

  McWilliams, B. D. & Torres, A. G., 2014, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 2, 3

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

  • Escherichia coli Adhesins
  • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
  • protein
  • Proteins
  • colonization
  50 Scopus citations

• Environmental regulation of the long polar fimbriae 2 of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157: H7

  Arenas-Hernández, M. M., Rojas-López, M., Medrano-López, A., Nuñez-Reza, K. J., Puente, J. L., Martínez-Laguna, Y. & Torres, A. G., Aug 2014, In: FEMS Microbiology Letters. 357, 2, p. 105-114 10 p.

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

  • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
  • Escherichia coli O157
  • Formal Social Control
  • Iron
  • Bile Acids and Salts
  6 Scopus citations

• Long Polar Fimbriae participates in the induction of neutrophils transepithelial migration across intestinal cells infected with enterohemorrhagic E. coli O157:H7.

  Vergara, A., Vidal, R., Torres, A. G. & Farfan, M. J., 2014, In: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 4, DEC, 185.

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

  • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
  • Transendothelial and Transepithelial Migration
  • Escherichia coli O157
  • Interleukin-8
  • Neutrophils
  6 Scopus citations

• Microbial-Based and Material-Based Vaccine Delivery Systems

  Torres, A., Rudra, J. S. & Milligan, G., Dec 9 2014, Vaccinology: An Essential Guide. Wiley Blackwell, p. 127-151 25 p.

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

  • Vaccines
  • Biocompatible Materials
  • Viruses
  • Bacteria
  • Antigens