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Global health security, infectious diseases, and host-pathogen dynamics, as well as expertise in the enhancement of capabilities in the Low- and Middle-Income Countries, including Tanzania and India.
Publication Tags
Paratuberculosis Mycobacterium Avium Subsp. Paratuberculosis Antigens Proteins Mycobacterium Avium Epithelial Cells Escherichia Coli O157 Escherichia Coli Infection Genes Cattle Genome Gene Expression Newcastle Disease Virus Early Diagnosis Ecology Genomics Molecular Epidemiology Chickens Animals Innate Immunity Virus Diseases Vaccines Amino Acids Bioinformatics
Most Recent Papers
Conserved, breed-dependent, and subline-dependent innate immune responses of Fayoumi and Leghorn chicken embryos to Newcastle disease virus infection
Megan A. Schilling, Sahar Memari, Meredith Cavanaugh, Robab Katani, Melissa S. Deist, Jessica Radzio-Basu, Susan J. Lamont, Joram J. Buza, Vivek Kapur, 2019, Scientific reports
IMAP: An integrated bioinformatics and visualization pipeline for microbiome data analysis
Teresia M. Buza, Triza Tonui, Francesca Stomeo, Christian Tiambo, Robab Katani, Megan Schilling, Beatus Lyimo, Paul Gwakisa, Isabella Cattadori, Joram Buza, Vivek Kapur, 2019, BMC bioinformatics
Innate immune genes associated with newcastle disease virus load in chick embryos from inbred and outbred lines
Megan A. Schilling, Sahar Memari, Isabella Cattadori, Robab Katani, Amandus P. Muhairwa, Joram J. Buza, Vivek Kapur, 2019, Frontiers in Microbiology
Transcriptional innate immune response of the developing chicken embryo to Newcastle disease virus infection
Megan A. Schilling, Robab Katani, Sahar Memari, Meredith Cavanaugh, Joram Buza, Jessica Radzio Basu, Fulgence N. Mpenda, Melissa S. Deist, Susan J. Lamont, Vivek Kapur, 2018, Frontiers in Genetics
Conditional function of autoaggregative protein Cah and common cah mutations in Shiga toxinproducing Escherichia coli
Michelle Qiu Carter, Maria T. Brandl, Indira T. Kudva, Robab Katani, Matthew R. Moreau, Vivek Kapur, 2018, Applied and environmental microbiology
Early detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection in cattle with multiplex-bead based immunoassays
Lingling Li, Bettina Wagner, Heather Freer, Megan Schilling, John P. Bannantine, Joseph J. Campo, Robab Katani, Yrjo T. Grohn, Jessica Radzio-Basu, Vivek Kapur, 2017, PloS one on p. e0189783
Identification of sero-reactive antigens for the early diagnosis of Johne’s disease in cattle
Lingling Li, John P. Bannantine, Joseph J. Campo, Arlo Randall, Yrjo T. Grohn, Robab Katani, Megan Schilling, Jessica Radzio-Basu, Vivek Kapur, 2017, PloS one
Comparative genomics of two super-shedder isolates of Escherichia coli O157:H7
Robab Katani, Rebecca Cote, Indira T. Kudva, Chitrita Debroy, Terrance M. Arthur, Vivek Kapur, 2017, PloS one on p. e0182940
Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis on dairy farms
Lingling Li, Robab Katani, Megan Schilling, Vivek Kapur, 2016, Annual Review of Animal Biosciences on p. 155-176
Complete genome sequence of SS52, a strain of Escherichia coli O157
Robab Katani, Rebecca Cote, Juan Antonio Raygoza Garay, Lingling Li, Terrance M. Arthur, Chitrita DebRoy, Michael M. Mwangi, Vivek Kapur, 2016, Genome Announcements
Recent Most-Cited Papers
Evaluation of novel oral vaccine candidates and validation of a caprine model of Johne's disease
Murray E. Hines, Sue E. Turnquist, Marcia R.S. Ilha, Sreekumari Rajeev, Arthur L. Jones, Lisa Whittington, John P. Bannantine, Raúl G. Barletta, Yrjö T. Gröhn, Robab Katani, Adel M. Talaat, Lingling Li, Vivek Kapur, 2014, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Complete nucleotide sequence of pRS218, a large virulence plasmid, that augments pathogenic potential of meningitis-associated Escherichia coli strain RS218
Dona Saumya S. Wijetunge, Kurundu Hewage Eranda M. Karunathilake, Atul Chaudhari, Robab Katani, Edward G. Dudley, Vivek Kapur, Chitrita Debroy, Subhashinie Kariyawasam, 2014, BMC microbiology
Comparative analysis of super-shedder strains of Escherichia coli O157:H7 reveals distinctive genomic features and a strongly aggregative adherent phenotype on bovine rectoanal junction squamous epithelial cells
Rebecca Cote, Robab Katani, Matthew R. Moreau, Indira T. Kudva, Terrance M. Arthur, Chitrita DebRoy, Michael M. Mwangi, Istvan Albert, Juan Antonio Raygoza Garay, Lingling Li, Maria T. Brandl, Michelle Q. Carter, Vivek Kapur, 2015, PloS one
Evaluation of eight live attenuated vaccine candidates for protection against challenge with virulent Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in mice
John P. Bannantine, Jamie L. Everman, Sasha J. Rose, Lmar Babrak, Robab Katani, Raúl G. Barletta, Adel M. Talaat, Yrjö T. Gröhn, Yung Fu Chang, Vivek Kapur, Luiz E. Bermudez, 2014, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Screening of mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis mutants for attenuation in a bovine monocyte-derived macrophage model
Elise A. Lamont, Adel M. Talaat, Paul M. Coussens, John P. Bannantine, Yrjo T. Grohn, Robab Katani, Ling Ling Li, Vivek Kapur, Srinand Sreevatsan, 2014, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli strain RS218 (O18: H7: K1), associated with neonatal meningitis
Dona Saumya S. Wijetunge, Robab Katani, Vivek Kapur, Subhashinie Kariyawasama, 2015, Genome Announcements on p. 10
Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis on dairy farms
Lingling Li, Robab Katani, Megan Schilling, Vivek Kapur, 2016, Annual Review of Animal Biosciences on p. 155-176
Transcriptional innate immune response of the developing chicken embryo to Newcastle disease virus infection
Megan A. Schilling, Robab Katani, Sahar Memari, Meredith Cavanaugh, Joram Buza, Jessica Radzio Basu, Fulgence N. Mpenda, Melissa S. Deist, Susan J. Lamont, Vivek Kapur, 2018, Frontiers in Genetics
Identification of sero-reactive antigens for the early diagnosis of Johne’s disease in cattle
Lingling Li, John P. Bannantine, Joseph J. Campo, Arlo Randall, Yrjo T. Grohn, Robab Katani, Megan Schilling, Jessica Radzio-Basu, Vivek Kapur, 2017, PloS one
Complete genome sequence of SS52, a strain of Escherichia coli O157
Robab Katani, Rebecca Cote, Juan Antonio Raygoza Garay, Lingling Li, Terrance M. Arthur, Chitrita DebRoy, Michael M. Mwangi, Vivek Kapur, 2016, Genome Announcements