Leah E. Cole

The Haemophilus ducreyi Serum Resistance Antigen DsrA Confers Attachment to Human Keratinocytes

Cole, Leah E., Kawula, Thomas H., Toffer, Kristen L., Elkins, Christopher

Haemophilus ducreyi is the etiologic agent of the sexually transmitted genital ulcer disease chancroid. H. ducreyi serum resistance protein A (DsrA) is a member of a family of multifunctional outer...

A Humoral Immune Response Confers Protection against Haemophilus ducreyi Infection

Cole, Leah E., Toffer, Kristen L., Fulcher, Robert A., San Mateo, Lani R., Orndorff, Paul E., Kawula, Thomas H.

Haemophilus ducreyi is the etiologic agent of the sexually transmitted genital ulcer disease chancroid. Neither naturally occurring chancroid nor experimental infection with H. ducreyi results in...

Expression of Haemophilus ducreyi Collagen Binding Outer Membrane Protein NcaA Is Required for Virulence in Swine and Human Challenge Models of Chancroid

Fulcher, Robert A., Cole, Leah E., Janowicz, Diane M., Toffer, Kristen L., Fortney, Kate R., Katz, Barry P., ...

Haemophilus ducreyi, the etiologic agent of the sexually transmitted genital ulcer disease chancroid, has been shown to associate with dermal collagen fibers within infected skin lesions. Here we...

The Haemophilus ducreyi Serum Resistance Antigen DsrA Confers Attachment to Human Keratinocytes

Cole, Leah E., Kawula, Thomas H., Toffer, Kristen L., Elkins, Christopher

Haemophilus ducreyi is the etiologic agent of the sexually transmitted genital ulcer disease chancroid. H. ducreyi serum resistance protein A (DsrA) is a member of a family of multifunctional outer...

A Humoral Immune Response Confers Protection against Haemophilus ducreyi Infection

Cole, Leah E., Toffer, Kristen L., Fulcher, Robert A., San Mateo, Lani R., Orndorff, Paul E., Kawula, Thomas H.

Haemophilus ducreyi is the etiologic agent of the sexually transmitted genital ulcer disease chancroid. Neither naturally occurring chancroid nor experimental infection with H. ducreyi results in...

Expression of Haemophilus ducreyi Collagen Binding Outer Membrane Protein NcaA Is Required for Virulence in Swine and Human Challenge Models of Chancroid

Fulcher, Robert A., Cole, Leah E., Janowicz, Diane M., Toffer, Kristen L., Fortney, Kate R., Katz, Barry P., ...

Haemophilus ducreyi, the etiologic agent of the sexually transmitted genital ulcer disease chancroid, has been shown to associate with dermal collagen fibers within infected skin lesions. Here we...

Toll-Like Receptor 2-Mediated Signaling Requirements for Francisella tularensis Live Vaccine Strain Infection of Murine Macrophagesâ–ż

Cole, Leah E., Shirey, Kari Ann, Barry, Eileen, Santiago, Araceli, Rallabhandi, Prasad, Elkins, Karen L., ...

Francisella tularensis, an aerobic, non-spore-forming, gram-negative coccobacillus, is the causative agent of tularemia. We reported previously that F. tularensis live vaccine strain (LVS) elicited...