Public Health and Health Professions
Maurelli Lab
Led by Anthony T Maurelli · Environmental and Global Health
What we study
The Maurelli Lab studies how bacteria like Shigella and Chlamydia cause diseases. They explore how gene loss helps bacteria survive in humans and investigate emerging Shiga toxin-producing strains linked to Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Bacteria & microbes
- Projects
- 3
- Papers
- 5
What we're looking for
“Additional public health projects in the areas of wastewater-based epidemiology, water quality, and infectious diseases are available for undergraduate and graduate student projects.”
Current projects
Gene Loss in Shigella
They study how losing certain genes helps Shigella survive in humans.
Emerging Shiga Toxin-Producing Shigella
They investigate new Shigella strains linked to Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
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Chlamydia Peptidoglycan Synthesis
They research how Chlamydia makes its cell wall and its role in infection.
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Recent papers, explained
- Monitoring disease trends and characterization of non-typhoidal Salmonella isolates from community wastewater in a mid-sized city in Florida, USA: a retrospective study
2026 · Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Tracks non-typhoidal Salmonella in wastewater to estimate disease trends in a Florida city.
- Evaluating small extracellular vesicle-based vaccination across heterologous Salmonella strains isolated from wastewater
2025 · Infection and Immunity
Tests if small vesicles from Salmonella in wastewater can protect against infection.
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- Genotyped cluster investigations versus standard contact tracing: comparative impact on latent tuberculosis infection cascade of care in a low-incidence region
2025 · BMC Infectious Diseases
Compares two methods for tracking tuberculosis cases in a low-incidence area.
- Diarrheal Disease Attributed to Shigella spp. and Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli among Children at Households in Haiti: A Case–Control Study
2025 · American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Tests children in Haiti for Shigella and EIEC to study diarrheal disease risks.
- Effects of the Beijing genotype on latent tuberculosis infection, TB disease risk, and clustering of TB cases
2024 · Infection Genetics and Evolution
Studies how the Beijing strain of tuberculosis affects disease risk and spread.
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How to reach out
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