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Adhesin-encoding genes from Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli are more prevalent in atypical than in typical enteropathogenic E. coli

Gomes, T. A. T., Hernandes, R. T., Torres, A. G., Salvador, F. A., Guth, B. E. C., Vaz, T. M. I., Irino, K., Silva, R. M. & Vieira, M. A. M., Sep 2011, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 49, 9, p. 3334-3337 4 p.

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19 Scopus citations

A double, long polar fimbria mutant of Escherichia coli O157:H7 expresses curli and exhibits reduced in vivo colonization

Lloyd, S. J., Ritchie, J. M., Rojas-Lopez, M., Blumentritt, C. A., Popov, V. L., Greenwich, J. L., Waldor, M. K. & Torres, A. G., Mar 2012, In: Infection and immunity. 80, 3, p. 914-920 7 p.

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33 Scopus citations

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.

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53 Scopus citations

Characterization of the Burkholderia cenocepacia TonB mutant as a potential live attenuated vaccine

Pradenas, G. A., Myers, J. N. & Torres, A. G., Dec 2017, In: Vaccines. 5, 4, 33.

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7 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.

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23 Scopus citations

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.

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4 Scopus citations

Comparing in vitro and in vivo virulence phenotypes of Burkholderia pseudomallei type G strains

Lewis, E. R. G., Kilgore, P. B., Mott, T. M., Pradenas, G. A. & Torres, A. G., Apr 2017, In: PloS one. 12, 4, e0175983.

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3 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

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31 Scopus citations

Development of a multiplex PCR assay for detection of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, enterohemorrhagic E. coli, and enteropathogenic E. coli strains.

Botkin, D. J., Galli, L., Sankarapani, V., Soler, M., Rivas, M. & Torres, A. G., 2012, In: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2, p. 8 1 p.

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23 Scopus citations

Development of reagents and assays for the detection of pathogenic Burkholderia species

Qazi, O., Rani, M., Gnanam, A. J., Cullen, T. W., Stead, C. M., Kensing, H., McCaul, K., Ngugi, S., Prior, J. L., Lipka, A., Nagy, J. M., Whitlock, G. C., Judy, B. M., Harding, S. V., Titball, R. W., Sidhu, S. S., Trent, M. S., Kitto, G. B., Torres, A., Estes, D. M. & 3 others, Iverson, B., Georgiou, G. & Brown, K. A., 2011, In: Faraday Discussions. 149, p. 23-36 14 p.

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3 Scopus citations

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.

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15 Scopus citations

Escherichia coli diseases in Latin America-a 'One Health' multidisciplinary approach

Torres, A. G., Mar 2017, In: Pathogens and disease. 75, 2

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14 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.

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6 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.

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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.

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49 Scopus citations

Fimbriation and curliation in escherichia coli O157:H7 a paradigm of intestinal and environmental colonization

Lloyd, S. J., Ritchie, J. M. & Torres, A. G., 2012, In: Gut Microbes. 3, 3, p. 272-276 5 p.

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27 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.

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2 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

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4 Scopus citations

Host S-nitrosylation inhibits clostridial small molecule-activated glucosylating toxins

Savidge, T. C., Urvil, P., Oezguen, N., Ali, K., Choudhury, A., Acharya, V., Pinchuk, I., Torres, A. G., English, R. D., Wiktorowicz, J. E., Loeffelholz, M., Kumar, R., Shi, L., Nie, W., Braun, W., Herman, B., Hausladen, A., Feng, H., Stamler, J. S. & Pothoulakis, C., Sep 2011, In: Nature Medicine. 17, 9, p. 1136-1142 7 p.

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64 Scopus citations

Identification of coli surface antigen 23, a novel adhesin of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Del Canto, F., Botkin, D. J., Valenzuela, P., Popov, V., Ruiz-Perez, F., Nataro, J. P., Levine, M. M., Stine, O. C., Pop, M., Torres, A. G. & Vidal, R., Aug 2012, In: Infection and immunity. 80, 8, p. 2791-2801 11 p.

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30 Scopus citations

Imunidade materna, uma forma de conferir proteção contra Escherichia coli enteropatogênica

Torres, A. G., Nov 2017, In: Jornal de Pediatria. 93, 6, p. 548-550 3 p.

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1 Scopus citations

In vivo bio luminescence imaging of burkholderia mallei respiratory infection and treatment in the mouse model

Massey, S., Johnston, K., Mott, T. M., Judy, B. M., Kvitko, B. H., Schweizer, H. P., Estes, D. M. & Torres, A. G., 2011, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 2, AUG

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30 Scopus citations

In vivo bioluminescence imaging of Escherichia coli O104:H4 and role of aerobactin during colonization of a mouse model of infection

Torres, A. G., Cieza, R. J., Rojas-Lopez, M., Blumentritt, C. A., Souza, C. S., Johnston, R. K., Strockbine, N., Kaper, J. B., Sbrana, E. & Popov, V. L., 2012, In: BMC Microbiology. 12, 112.

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16 Scopus citations

Long polar fimbriae of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 bind to extracellular matrix proteins

Farfan, M. J., Cantero, L., Vidal, R., Botkin, D. J. & Torres, A. G., Sep 2011, In: Infection and immunity. 79, 9, p. 3744-3750 7 p.

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41 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.

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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.

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128 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.

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Polysaccharide specific monoclonal antibodies provide passive protection against intranasal challenge with burkholderia pseudomallei

AuCoin, D. P., Reed, D. E., Marlenee, N. L., Bowen, R. A., Thorkildson, P., Judy, B. M., Torres, A. G. & Kozel, T. R., Apr 17 2012, In: PloS one. 7, 4, e35386.

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30 Scopus citations

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.

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Prophylactic application of CpG oligonucleotides augments the early host response and confers protection in acute melioidosis

Judy, B. M., Taylor, K., Deeraksa, A., Johnston, R. K., Endsley, J. J., Vijayakumar, S., Aronson, J. F., Estes, D. M. & Torres, A. G., Mar 20 2012, In: PloS one. 7, 3, e34176.

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22 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.

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40 Scopus citations

Protective antigens against glanders identified by expression library immunization

Whitlock, G. C., Robida, M. D., Judy, B. M., Qazi, O., Brown, K. A., Deeraksa, A., Taylor, K., Massey, S., Loskutov, A., Borovkov, A. Y., Brown, K., Cano, J. A., Magee, D. M., Torres, A. G., Estes, D. M. & Sykes, K. F., 2011, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 2, NOV

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15 Scopus citations

Recent progress in melioidosis and glanders

Torres, A. G. & Steinmetz, I., 2012, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 3, APR

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1 Scopus citations

Regulatory control of the Escherichia coli O157:H7 lpf1 operon by H-NS and Ler

Rojas-López, M., Arenas-Hernández, M. M. P., Medrano-López, A., Martínez De La Peña, C. F., Puente, J. L., Martínez-Laguna, Y. & Torres, A. G., Apr 2011, In: Journal of bacteriology. 193, 7, p. 1622-1632 11 p.

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20 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.

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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.

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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.

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19 Scopus citations

Use of reverse vaccinology in the design and construction of nanoglycoconjugate vaccines against burkholderia pseudomallei

Muruato, L. A., Tapia, D., Hatcher, C. L., Kalita, M., Brett, P. J., Gregory, A. E., Samuel, J. E., Titball, R. W. & Torres, A. G., Nov 2017, In: Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 24, 11, e00206-17.

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20 Scopus citations

Use of reverse vaccinology in the design and construction of nanoglycoconjugate vaccines against burkholderia pseudomallei

Muruato, L. A., Tapia, D., Hatcher, C. L., Kalita, M., Brett, P. J., Gregory, A. E., Samuel, J. E., Titball, R. W. & Torres, A., Jan 1 2017, In: Journal fur Kardiologie. 24, 11-12, p. 280-284 5 p.

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