H. Echenique-Rivera

Colonization of dermal arterioles by Neisseria meningitidis provides a safe haven from neutrophils

This study shows that Neisseria meningitidis colonizes capillaries and arterioles, creating an intravascular niche that prevents neutrophil recruitment, leading to immune escape and severe infection.

Bread feeding is a robust and more physiological enteropathogen administration method compared to oral gavage

This study compares bread feeding to oral gavage for administering Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, finding bread feeding is more physiological, less traumatic, and results in more accurate intestinal infection models.