Intracellular bacteria-mediated antibiotic tolerance, which acts as a “Trojan horse,” plays a
critical and underappreciated role in chronic and recurrent infections. Failure of conventional …

Wolbachia is one of the most prevalent bacterial endosymbionts, infecting approximately
40% of terrestrial arthropod species. Wolbachia is often a reproductive parasite but can also …

Chlamydia trachomatis, one species of Chlamydia spp., has the greatest impact on human
health and is the main cause of bacterial sexually transmitted diseases and preventable …

The prevention and control of vector-borne diseases is a priority for improving global health.
Despite recent advances in the characterization of ectoparasite-host-pathogen molecular …

Recently, our knowledge of the composition and complexity of tick microbial communities
has increased and supports microbial impact on tick biology. Results support a phylogenetic …

Abstract Lepromatous leprosy (L-LEP), caused by the massive proliferation of
Mycobacterium leprae primarily in macrophages, is an ideal disease model for investigating …

Ehrlichia chaffeensis, an obligatory intracellular bacterium, infects monocytes/macrophages
by sequestering a regulator of endosomal traffic, the small GTPase RAB5, on its membrane …

Although Rickettsia species are molecularly detected among a wide range of arthropods,
vector competence becomes an imperative aspect of understanding the ecoepidemiology of …

Orientia tsutsugamushi is an obligately intracellular bacterium and the etiological agent of
scrub typhus. The lung is a major target organ of infection, displaying type 1-skewed …

Pathogens must adapt to disparate environments in permissive host species, a feat that is
especially pronounced for vector-borne microbes, which transition between vertebrate hosts …