Browsing by Author "Wang, Chengming"

Now showing items 1-10 of 10

Antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and microbiota identified among flies and their sympatric animals

Kalalah, Anwar (2020-07-21) ETD File Embargoed

Antimicrobial resistance is rising globally at an alarming rate as one of the most serious public health challenges. There is increasing evidence that the environment plays a major role in the development and transmission ...

A Biodegradable Microparticle Vaccine Platform using Femtomole Peptide Antigen Doses to Elicit T-cell Immunity against Chlamydia abortus

Chowdhury, Erfan (2016-12-19)

Successful vaccination against Chlamydia spp. has remained elusive, largely due to a lack of vaccine platforms for the required Th1 immunization. Modeling of T helper cell immunity indicates that Th1 immunity requires ...

DNA barcoding of medically important mosquitoes and molecular detection of Rickettsia felis in the mosquitoes and the blood of domestic dogs and cats

Hoque, Md Monirul (2021-08-02)

Rickettsia felis, an obligate intracellular bacterium, is the causative agent of human flea-borne spotted fever. The recent surge of reports of this disease has raised the concern of a near-future outbreak as the list of ...

Molecular and serological diagnosis of Dirofilaria immitis in companion animals, USA

Barrantes Murillo, Daniel Felipe (2024-04-12) ETD File Embargoed

Heartworm Disease (HWD) is caused by the nematode Dirofilaria immitis; a zoonotic infectious agent that affects companion animals and is transmitted by mosquito vectors. The diagnosis of HWD can be achieved by the combination ...

Molecular Biology and Epidemiology of Human and Feline Coronaviruses

Barua, Subarna (2022-12-05)

Coronaviruses (CoVs) are RNA viruses belonging to the Coronaviridae family and known to infect various hosts such as pigs (porcine epidemic diarrhea virus), cats (feline infectious peritonitis virus), birds (avian coronavirus), ...

Multivariate Analysis of Chlamydia pneumoniae Lung Infection in Two Inbred Mouse Strains

Wang, Chengming (2005-12-15)

This investigation was aimed at dissecting the mechanisms of C. pneumoniae pathogenesis by multivariate analysis of challenge experiments in a mouse model of C. pneumoniae lung infection. To facilitate these analyses, a ...

Navigating the Complexities of Disease Prevention, Alternative Treatments, and Multi-Drug Resistant Rhodococcus equi Mitigation Strategies

Higgins, Courtney (2023-07-28) ETD File Embargoed

The opportunistic pathogen, Rhodococcus equi, is a robust soil saprophyte present in the environment of horse-breeding farms and an important cause of pulmonary disease in foals at endemic farms. As an effort to prevent ...

Resistance to colistin and carbapenem among Enterobacteriaceae recovered from human and animal sources is associated with multiple genetic mechanisms

Adekanmbi , Folasade (2021-05-14)

Colistin and carbapenem and are important last-resort antimicrobials to treat infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Understanding the genetic mechanisms conferring resistance to colistin and ...

Salmonella Bacteriophage-Resistance Genomic Analysis, Computational Approaches of Environmental Data, and Chicken Embryo Lethality Assay

Kitchens, Steven (2024-04-29)

This dissertation is a coalescence of three individual projects with Salmonella being the only area that the projects have in common. Bacteriophage (phage) treatment for the reduction of multiple drug-resistant Salmonella ...

Vector-Borne Disease Dynamics of Alabama White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Zikeli, Shelby (2018-07-23)

Understanding long-term dynamics of ectoparasite populations on hosts is essential to mapping the potential transmission of disease causing agents and pathogens. Blood feeding ectoparasites such as ticks, lice and keds ...