The rising threats to worldwide security (affecting the military, first responders, and civilians)
urge us to develop efficient and versatile technological solutions to protect human beings …

Plague, caused by the bacterial pathogen Yersinia pestis, is a vector-borne disease that has
caused millions of human deaths over several centuries. Presently, human plague infections …

ABSTRACT The US Food and Drug Administration-authorized mRNA-and adenovirus-
based SARS-CoV-2 vaccines are intramuscularly injected in two doses and effective in …

Since its first identification in 1894 during the third pandemic in Hong Kong, there has been
significant progress of understanding the lifestyle of Yersinia pestis, the pathogen that is …

During the COVID-19 epidemic, the incidence of rabies has increased in several countries,
especially in remote and disadvantaged areas, due to inadequate surveillance and …

Adenovirus was first identified in the 1950s and since then this pathogenic group of viruses
has been explored and transformed into a genetic transfer vehicle. Modification or deletion …

A new Yersinia pseudotuberculosis mutant strain, YptbS46, carrying the lpxE insertion and
pmrF‐J deletion is constructed and shown to exclusively produce monophosphoryl lipid A …

For the past 20 years, the notion of bioterror has been a source of considerable fear and
panic worldwide. In response to the terror attacks of 2001 in the USA, extensive research …

The bacterial pathogen, Yersinia pestis, has caused three historic pandemics and continues
to cause small outbreaks worldwide. During infection, Y. pestis assembles a capsule-like …

Mice immunized with a combination of an adenovirus vector (Ad5-YFV) and live-attenuated
(LMA)-based vaccines were evaluated for protective efficacy against pneumonic plague …