Wei-Mei Ching

Publications

• Highly Sensitive Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for the Detection of Leptospira
  International Journal of Bacteriology. 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26904743
• Development of Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assays for Detection of Orientia Tsutsugamushi or Rickettsia Typhi
  PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Jul, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26161793
• Dot-ELISA Rapid Test Using Recombinant 56-kDa Protein Antigens for Serodiagnosis of Scrub Typhus
  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. May, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25802430
• Detection of Q Fever Specific Antibodies Using Recombinant Antigen in ELISA with Peroxidase Based Signal Amplification
  International Journal of Bacteriology. 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 26904739
• Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Bartonella Bacilliformis in Experimentally Infected Sand Flies by Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) of the Pap31 Gene
  PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Dec, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 25522230
• Development of Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification Assays for Rapid and Easy Detection of Coxiella Burnetii
  Journal of Microbiological Methods. Dec, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 25449632
• Dual Exposure of Rickettsia Typhi and Orientia Tsutsugamushi in the Field-collected Rattus Rodents from Thailand
  Journal of Vector Ecology : Journal of the Society for Vector Ecology. Jun, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24820571
• An Insight into the Microbiome of the Amblyomma Maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae)
  Journal of Medical Entomology. Jan, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24605461
• An Evaluation Study of Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) Using Recombinant Protein Pap31 for Detection of Antibody Against Bartonella Bacilliformis Infection Among the Peruvian Population
  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Apr, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24515944
• Multimethylation of Rickettsia OmpB Catalyzed by Lysine Methyltransferases
  The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Mar, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24497633
• Detection of Leptospira-specific Antibodies Using a Recombinant Antigen-based Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay
  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Dec, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 24166046
• Semi-automated Curation of Metabolic Models Via Flux Balance Analysis: a Case Study with Mycoplasma Gallisepticum
  PLoS Computational Biology. 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 24039564
• Molecular Characterization of Tick Salivary Gland Glutaminyl Cyclase
  Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Sep, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23770496
• Scrub Typhus with Sepsis and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Aug, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23761149
• Two Protein Lysine Methyltransferases Methylate Outer Membrane Protein B from Rickettsia
  Journal of Bacteriology. Dec, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 23002218
• Development of New, Broadly Reactive, Rapid IgG and IgM Lateral Flow Assays for Diagnosis of Scrub Typhus
  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Jul, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22764306
• Analysis of the Cross-reactivity of Various 56 KDa Recombinant Protein Antigens with Serum Samples Collected After Orientia Tsutsugamushi Infection by ELISA
  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Jun, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21633035
• Kinetics and Magnitude of Antibody Responses Against the Conserved 47-kilodalton Antigen and the Variable 56-kilodalton Antigen in Scrub Typhus Patients
  Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : CVI. Jun, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21508168
• Genome-wide Profiling of Humoral Immune Response to Coxiella Burnetii Infection by Protein Microarray
  Proteomics. Jun, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20391532
• Epidemiology of Spotted Fever Group and Typhus Group Rickettsial Infection in the Amazon Basin of Peru
  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Apr, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20348519
• Accuracy of AccessBio Immunoglobulin M and Total Antibody Rapid Immunochromatographic Assays for the Diagnosis of Acute Scrub Typhus Infection
  Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : CVI. Feb, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20016046
• Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Antibiotic-sensitive and Insensitive Isolates of Orientia Tsutsugamushi
  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. May, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19538261
• Identification of Cross-reactive Epitopes on the Conserved 47-kilodalton Antigen of Orientia Tsutsugamushi and Human Serine Protease
  Infection and Immunity. Jun, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19289508
• Scrub Typhus: the Geographic Distribution of Phenotypic and Genotypic Variants of Orientia Tsutsugamushi
  Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Mar, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19220144
• Serological Reactivity and Biochemical Characterization of Methylated and Unmethylated Forms of a Recombinant Protein Fragment Derived from Outer Membrane Protein B of Rickettsia Typhi
  Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : CVI. Apr, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18287575
• Insight into the Virulence of Rickettsia Prowazekii by Proteomic Analysis and Comparison with an Avirulent Strain
  Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. Mar, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17301007
• Short- and Long-term Immune Responses of CD-1 Outbred Mice to the Scrub Typhus DNA Vaccine Candidate: P47Kp
  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Dec, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16481526
• Cloning and Sequence Analysis of the 22-kDa Antigen Genes of Orientia Tsutsugamushi Strains Kato, TA763, AFSC 7, 18-032460, TH1814, and MAK 119
  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Dec, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16481519
• Protection Against Scrub Typhus by a Plasmid Vaccine Encoding the 56-KD Outer Membrane Protein Antigen Gene
  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Nov, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16282307
• Scrub Typhus Vaccine Candidate Kp R56 Induces Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses in Cynomolgus Monkeys
  Infection and Immunity. Aug, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16041019
• Using LC-MS with De Novo Software to Fully Characterize the Multiple Methylations of Lysine Residues in a Recombinant Fragment of an Outer Membrane Protein from a Virulent Strain of Rickettsia Prowazekii
  Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. Nov, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15488766
• Proteome Analysis of Madrid E Strain of Rickettsia Prowazekii
  Proteomics. May, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15188395
• Development of a Quantitative Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay Specific for Orientia Tsutsugamushi
  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Apr, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15100446
• Comparative Genomics of Rickettsia Prowazekii Madrid E and Breinl Strains
  Journal of Bacteriology. Jan, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 14702324
• Laboratory Diagnosis of Two Scrub Typhus Outbreaks at Camp Fuji, Japan in 2000 and 2001 by Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Rapid Flow Assay, and Western Blot Assay Using Outer Membrane 56-kD Recombinant Proteins
  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Jul, 2003  |   Pubmed ID: 12932099
• An Improved Method for the Purification and Refolding of R56-kDa Proteins from Gilliam and Kato Strains of Orientia Tsutsugamushi
  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Jun, 2003  |   Pubmed ID: 12860658
• Comparative Evaluation of Selected Diagnostic Assays for the Detection of IgG and IgM Antibody to Orientia Tsutsugamushi in Thailand
  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Nov, 2002  |   Pubmed ID: 12479551