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Emerging Infectious Diseases Research
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Zoonotic transmission of infectious agents is a major cause of human morbidity
and mortality. With increased human population, environmental destruction, ease
of international travel and commerce, and break downs in the public health system,
emerging infectious diseases are becoming increasingly important. Concerns about
bioterrorism have also increased. NIH has greatly increased research support for
work on bioterrorism and emerging infectious diseases, and a large number of Penn
investigators study viral, parasitic, and bacterial pathogens that are classified
as emerging infectious diseases or are possible bioterrorism weopons. A number
of Penn investigators study smallpox or viruses that cause hemorrhagic fevers
such as Ebola and Dengue. Other topics of research include West Nile virus, Yellow
fever virus, anthrax, toxoplasma gondii, and schsitosomiasis.
Emerging Infectious Diseases Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania
| Paul Bates |
Ebola virus; hepatitis C; SARS |
| Dustin Brisson |
Disease ecology, molecular evolution, microbial
ecology/ evolution, host-pathogen interaction |
| Frederic Bushman |
Poxvirus topoisomerases |
| Sara Cherry |
Host factors involved in flavivirus pathogenesis |
| Gary
Cohen |
Smallpox glycoproteins; vaccinia virus |
| Robert Doms |
West Nile virus; Dengue virus; Yellow fever; Crimean
Congo Hemorragic fever virus; Rift Valley fever virus |
| Roselyn
Eisenberg |
Smallpox glycoproteins; vaccinia virus |
| Francisco
Gonzalez-Scarano |
Bunyavirus neuropathogenesis |
| Doron Greenbaum |
Protease Function, P.falciparum (malaria),
Chemical biology, Proteomics |
| Ron
Harty |
Ebola virus |
| Stuart
Isaacs |
Smallpox vaccine development; vaccinia virus |
| Irving
Nachamkin |
Campylobacter, food-borne diseases, gastrointestinal
infections, Guillain-Barre Syndrome |
| Robert
Ricciardi |
Smallpox and vaccinia processivity factors |
| Erle Robertson |
Karposi's Sarcoma Associated Herpes Virus |
| David Roos |
Molecular/cellular parasitology; toxoplasma; plasmodium
(malaria); genomics |
| Dieter Schifferli |
Yersinia pestis (the plague) |
| Hao Shen |
Immune responses and memory; vaccines; Ebola virus;
SARS virus; Bacillus anthracis |
| David Weiner |
West Nile virus; DNA vaccines; cellular immune responses |
| Susan Weiss |
SARS replication, tropism and pathogenesis |
| James Wilson |
SARS vaccine development and immune response |
| Yan
Yuan |
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus |
| Jun (Jay) Zhu |
Quorum sensing; bacterial pathogenesis; Vibrio cholerae
and virulence gene regulation; biofilms |
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