United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases 2 articles published in JoVE Immunology and Infection Opsono-Adherence Assay to Evaluate Functional Antibodies in Vaccine Development Against Bacillus anthracis and Other Encapsulated Pathogens Jennifer Chua*1, Donald J. Chabot*1, Tammy Putmon-Taylor1,3, Arthur M. Friedlander2 1Bacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, 2Headquarters Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, 3Bioqual The opsono-adherence assay is an alternative method to the opsono-phagocytic killing assay to evaluate the opsonic functions of antibodies in vaccine development. Immunology and Infection The Madagascar Hissing Cockroach as an Alternative Non-mammalian Animal Model to Investigate Virulence, Pathogenesis, and Drug Efficacy Jennifer Chua1, Nathan A. Fisher2, Shane D. Falcinelli1, David DeShazer1, Arthur M. Friedlander3 1Bacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, 2Southern Research, 3Headquarters Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases We present a protocol to utilize the Madagascar hissing cockroach as an alternative non-mammalian animal model to conduct bacterial virulence, pathogenesis, drug toxicity, drug efficacy, and innate immune response studies.
