"Dr. Martinez and his team are studying Rickettsia rickettsii, Rickettsia conorii, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) and Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF). The goal is to identify proteins that play a role in pathogenesis and then to develop strategies to inhibit their function."
"Dr. Martinez' research group seeks to further understand the contribution of a family of outer-membrane proteins termed surface cell antigens, expressed by pathogenic rickettsial species to the initiation and progression of disease in animals and humans."
