Kevin Macaluso, joins the show to discuss something you might not have even heard of: Rickettsiology.
- What types of symptoms arise when tick-borne spotted fever goes undetected in the host
- In what ways rickettsia behave like viruses, and how they use host cell molecules to move around and penetrate neighboring cells
- What types of vector, host, and pathogenic variables are at play in the transmission biology of rickettsia
https://www.findinggeniuspodcast.com/podcasts/rickettsial-research-and-ruminations-with-kevin-macaluso-phd/