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• 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

• Quantitative Proteomics of the Endothelial Secretome Identifies RC0497 as Diagnostic of Acute Rickettsial Spotted Fever Infections

  Zhao, Y., Fang, R., Zhang, J., Zhang, Y., Bechelli, J., Smalley, C., Valbuena, G., Walker, D. H., Oteo, J. A. & Brasier, A. R., Feb 2020, In: American Journal of Pathology. 190, 2, p. 306-322 17 p.

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

  Open Access

  • Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis
  • Rickettsia conorii
  • Proteomics
  • Boutonneuse Fever
  • Infection
  3 Scopus citations

• 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

• Recent molecular insights into rickettsial pathogenesis and immunity

  Sahni, S. K., Narra, H. P., Sahni, A. & Walker, D. H., Oct 2013, In: Future Microbiology. 8, 10, p. 1265-1288 24 p.

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

  • Arthropods
  • Rickettsia prowazekii
  • Immunity
  • Rickettsia Infections
  • Epidemic Louse-Borne Typhus
  59 Scopus citations

• Recent research milestones in the pathogenesis of human rickettsioses and opportunities ahead

  Narra, H. P., Sahni, A., Walker, D. H. & Sahni, S. K., Jun 2020, In: Future Microbiology. 15, 9, p. 753-765 13 p.

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

  • Arthropod Vectors
  • resmethrin
  • Rickettsia
  • Antitoxins
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions
  1 Scopus citations

• Recombinant Ehrlichia P29 protein induces a protective immune response in a mouse model of ehrlichiosis

  Thirumalapura, N. R., Crocquet-Valdes, P. A., Saito, T. B., Thomas, S., McBride, J. W. & Walker, D. H., Dec 5 2013, In: Vaccine. 31, 50, p. 5960-5967 8 p.

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

  • Ehrlichia
  • ehrlichiosis
  • Ehrlichiosis
  • Tandem Repeat Sequences
  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis
  4 Scopus citations

• Review article: Unresolved problems related to scrub typhus: A seriously neglected life-threatening disease

  Paris, D. H., Shelite, T. R., Day, N. P. & Walker, D. H., Aug 2013, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 89, 2, p. 301-307 7 p.

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

• Rickettsia, orientia, ehrlichia, anaplasma and coxiella: Typhus; spotted fevers; scrub typhus; ehrlichioses; Q fever

  Walker, D. & Yu, X. J., Jul 23 2012, Medical Microbiology: Eighteenth Edition. Elsevier Inc., p. 390-399 10 p.

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

• Rickettsiae as Emerging Infectious Agents

  Fang, R., Blanton, L. S. & Walker, D. H., Jun 2017, In: Clinics in Laboratory Medicine. 37, 2, p. 383-400 18 p.

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

  • Arthropod Vectors
  • Epidemic Louse-Borne Typhus
  • Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis
  • Endothelial cells
  • Epidemiology
  25 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

• Rocky mountain spotted fever and other rickettsioses

  Walker, D., Jul 8 2013, Schaechter's Mechanisms of Microbial Disease: Fifth Edition. Wolters Kluwer Health Adis (ESP), p. 301-307 7 p.

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

• Rocky mountain spotted fever and other rickettsioses

  Walker, D., May 15 2012, Schaechter's Mechanisms of Microbial Disease: Fifth Edition. Wolters Kluwer Health Adis (ESP), p. 301-307 7 p.

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

• 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

• Simple method to differentiate among Rickettsia species

  Peniche-Lara, G., Zavala-Velazquez, J., Dzul-Rosado, K., Walker, D. H. & Zavala-Castro, J., Apr 2013, In: Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology. 23, 3, p. 203-208 6 p.

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

  • Rickettsia
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Ecosystem
  • Enzymes
  • Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms
  8 Scopus citations

• Spotted fever group Rickettsia in small rodents from areas of low endemicity for Brazilian spotted fever in the Eastern Region of Minas Gerais State, Brazil

  Milagres, B. S., Padilha, A. F., Montandon, C. E., Freitas, R. N., Pacheco, R., Walker, D. H., Labruna, M. B., Mafra, C. L. & Galvão, M. A. M., May 2013, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 88, 5, p. 937-939 3 p.

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

  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
  • Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis
  • Rickettsia
  • Brazil
  • Rodentia
  7 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

• 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

• 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

• Systemic treatment with cpg-b after sublethal rickettsial infection induces mouse death through indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (ido)

  Xin, L., Shelite, T. R., Gong, B., Mendell, N. L., Soong, L., Fang, R. & Walker, D. H., Mar 28 2012, In: PloS one. 7, 3, e34062.

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

  • indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase
  • rickettsial diseases
  • T-cells
  • Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase
  • Dendritic Cells
  16 Scopus citations

• The guinea pig model for tick-borne spotted fever rickettsioses: A second look

  Stokes, J. V., Walker, D. H. & Varela-Stokes, A. S., Nov 2020, In: Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 11, 6, 101538.

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

  Open Access

  • rickettsial diseases
  • Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis
  • Ticks
  • fever
  • ticks

• 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

• Time to Worry about Anthrax Again

  Keim, P. S., Walker, D. H. & Zilinskas, R. A., Mar 14 2017, In: Scientific American. 316, 4, p. 70-75 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  1 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