During my 25+ year scientific career, I have studied pathogen-host interactions in various infectious disease models including Avian and Swine Influenza viruses (AIV, SIV), African Swine Fever virus (ASFV), Rift Valley Fever virus (RVFV), Vesicular Stomatitis virus (VSV), Schmallenberg virus (SBV), animal prion diseases and Borna Disease Virus (BDV).
We also worked on the isolation and characterization of novel swine influenza virus subtypes including the H2N3 reassortant virus and the 2009 pandemic H1N1 virus, and studied their zoonotic potential using nonhuman primate models.
Our recent work focuses on the establishment of preclinical animal models for SARS-CoV-2 in pigs, cats, hamsters and ferrets in order to evaluate the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics.
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