Research Articles

Epidemiology of Vector-Borne Pathogens Among U.S. Government Working Dogs.

Alyssa C Meyers, Lisa Auckland, Hannah F Meyers, Carlos A Rodriguez, Eric Kontowicz, Christine A Petersen, Bruno L Travi, John P Sanders, Sarah A Hamer. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis, 2021

The balancing act: Immunology of leishmaniosis.

Angela J Toepp, Christine A Petersen. Res Vet Sci, 2020

Maternal Leishmania infantum infection status has significant impact on leishmaniasis in offspring.

Angela J Toepp, Carolyne Bennett, Benjamin Scott, Reid Senesac, Jacob J Oleson, Christine A Petersen. PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2019

Comorbid infections induce progression of visceral leishmaniasis.

Angela J Toepp, Glória R G Monteiro, José F V Coutinho, Adam Leal Lima, Mandy Larson, Geneva Wilson, Tara Grinnage-Pulley, Carolyne Bennett, Kurayi Mahachi, Bryan Anderson, Marie V Ozanne, Michael Anderson, Hailie Fowler, Molly Parrish, Kelsey Willardson, Jill Saucier, Phyllis Tyrell, Zachary Palmer, Jesse Buch, Ramaswamy Chandrashekar, Grant D Brown, Jacob J Oleson, Selma M B Jeronimo, Christine A Petersen. Parasit Vectors, 2019

Leishmania incidence and prevalence in U.S. hunting hounds maintained via vertical transmission.

Angela J Toepp, Robert G Schaut, Benjamin D Scott, Divida Mathur, Ali J Berens, Christine A Petersen. Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports, 2017

Leishmania-Derived Trimannose Modulates the Inflammatory Response To Significantly Reduce Leishmania major-Induced Lesions.

Tara L Grinnage-Pulley, Daniel E K Kabotso, Chelsea L Rintelmann, Rajarshi Roychoudhury, Robert G Schaut, Angela J Toepp, Katherine N Gibson-Corley, Molly Parrish, Nicola L B Pohl, Christine A Petersen. Infect Immun, 2017

Recovery of antigen-specific T cell responses from dogs infected with Leishmania (L.) infantum by use of vaccine associated TLR-agonist adjuvant.

Robert G Schaut, Tara L Grinnage-Pulley, Kevin J Esch, Angela J Toepp, Malcolm S Duthie, Randall F Howard, Steven G Reed, Christine A Petersen. Vaccine,2016

Regulatory IgDhi B Cells Suppress T Cell Function via IL-10 and PD-L1 during Progressive Visceral Leishmaniasis. 

Robert G Schaut, Ian M Lamb, Angela J Toepp, Benjamin Scott, Carolina O Mendes-Aguiar, Jose F V Coutinho, Selma M B Jeronimo, Mary E Wilson, John T Harty, Thomas J Waldschmidt, Christine A Petersen. J Immunol, 2016

Immunologic progression of canine leishmaniosis following vertical transmission in United States dogs.

Blake Vida, Angela Toepp, Robert G Schaut, Kevin J Esch, Rachel Juelsgaard, Raeann M Shimak, Christine A Petersen. Vet Immunol Immunopathol, 2016

A Mother’s Gift: Congenital Transmission of Trypanosoma and Leishmania Species.

Tara Grinnage-Pulley, Benjamin Scott, Christine A Petersen. PLoS Pathog, 2016 (review)