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Ahmer, Brian |
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Amer, Amal |
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Bailey, Michael |
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Bakaletz, Lauren |
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Bonello, Pierluigi (Enrico) |
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Boris-Lawrie, Kathleen |
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Boyaka, Prosper |
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Buckley, Timothy |
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Burkhard, Mary Jo |
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Drew, Mark |
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Durbin, Joan |
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Edwards, Jennifer |
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Flano, Emilio |
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Gebreyes, Wondwossen |
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Green, Patrick |
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Griffen, Ann |
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Gunn, John |
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Ibba, Michael |
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Janies, Daniel |
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Justice, Sheryl |
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King, Sam |
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Knoell, Daren |
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Koletar, Susan |
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Kwiek, Jesse |
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Lafuse, William |
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Lairmore, Michael |
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Lakritz, Jeffrey |
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Lee, Kenneth |
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Leys, Eugene |
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Mangino, Julie |
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Martin, Stanley |
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Mason, Kevin |
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McGwire, Bradford |
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Munson, Robert |
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Niewiesk, Stefan |
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Pancholi, Preeti |
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Pancholi, Vijay |
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Papenfuss, Tracy |
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Para, Michael |
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Parris, Deborah |
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Partida-Sanchez, Santiago |
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Peeples, Mark |
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Rajashekara, Gireesh |
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Rappleye, Chad |
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Rikihisa, Yasuko |
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Saif, Linda |
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Saif, Yehia Mohamed |
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Satoskar, Abhay |
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Schlesinger, Larry |
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Seveau, Stéphanie |
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Sheridan, John |
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Sopirala, Madhuri |
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Stevenson, Kurt |
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Tjarks, Werner |
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Torrelles, Jordi |
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Trgovcich, Joanne |
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Tridandapani, Susheela |
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Turner, Joanne |
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Waldman, James |
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Walker, Christopher |
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Wang, Peng George |
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Wang, Hua |
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Wang, Shu-Hua |
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Werbovetz, Karl |
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Wewers, Mark |
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Wozniak, Dan |
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Yoder, Kristine |
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Yousef, Ahmed |
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Rikihisa, Yasuko
Yasuko Rikihisa, PhD
Professor
Department of Veterinary Biosciences
The Ohio State University
1925 Coffey Rd.
Columbus, Ohio 43210
Ph: (614) 292-9677
Fx: (614) 292-6473
Professional Training and Experience
- PhD, MS, University of Tokyo
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School
Research Interests
- Molecular and Cellular Mechanism of Invasion/Survival of Intracellular Bacteria.
- Type IV Secretion and Two-compontnt Regulatory System of Ehrlichia and Anaplasma.
- Whole Genome Sequencing and Microarray Analysis of Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, and Neorickettsia.
- Molecular and Antigenic Characterization of New Ehrlichia, anaplasma, and Neorickettsia spp., Aegyptianella and haemotropic mycoplasma.
- Animal models of Potomac horse fever, canine ehrlichiosis, human monocytic ehrilichiosis, human granulocytic ehrlichiosis. Development of Vaccines and Diagnostic Procedures: PCR, dot blot, Western blot, IFA, ELISA, culture isolation, cloning protective and diagnostic antigens.
- Molecular mechanisms of vector (tick, trematode) transmission
- Functional analysis of Ehrlichial Gene Products
- Ehrlichial Genome Sequence Project
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