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Sue Theus, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
Sue Theus, PhD PhD
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Post Doctoral Training
Department of Microbiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Research Interests
Mycobacterium tuberculosis and how it interacts with immune cells.



Email: TheusSueA@uams.edu



Selected Publications
Theus, SA, Eisenach, KD., Fomukong, N., Cave, MD. 2006. Beijing family Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains differ in their intracellular growth rate in THP-1 cells. Emerg Inf Dis, in press.

Theus, SA, Cave MD., Eisenach, KD., Walrath, J., Lee H., Mackay, W., Whalen, C., Silver, R.F. 2006. Differences in the growth of paired clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis within human mononuclear phagocytes correlate with epidemiological evidence of strain virulence. Infect Immun, in press.

Theus, SA Cave, MD. Eisenach, KD. 2005. Intracellular macrophage growth rates and cytokine profiles of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains with different transmission dynamics. J Inf Dis, 191(3):453-60.

Theus, SA Cave, MD. Eisenach, KD. 2004. Activated THP-1 Cells: An Attractive Model for the Assessment of Intracellular Growth Rates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates. Infect Immun. 72(2):1169-1173.


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