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Pathobiology, University of Illinois

Wallig Co-Authors Fructose Study

Published Date: June 1, 2009


Symposium to Honor Dr. Haschek

Symposium to Honor Dr. Wanda Haschek-Hock

Published Date: April 24, 2009


PRRS Vaccine Advances

The porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is one of the biggest disease threats plaguing U.S. pork producers today. Dr. Dongwan Yoo, a professor at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, was awarded a USDA grant in July to continue his efforts to show how the virus evades the pig's immune response and to use a genetically engineered mutant PRRS virus to create a vaccine against PRRS. Read more about Dr. Yoo's recent advances.

Published Date: October 27, 2008


Laegreid Publishes Policy Brief

Dr. Will Laegreid asserts in this policy brief that the occurrence of an emerging infectious disease (EID) event introduced by natural or human causes may have important consequences for international security, with potential serious effects in economic and geopolitical spheres. However, the impacts will vary in magnitude and form depending on a number of factors. Laegreid argues that scientific research examining a variety of potential contexts in which an EID event might occur and informed by policy considerations is required to aid in EID prevention, mitigation, response and recovery.

Published Date: October 23, 2008


Climate Change Affects Wildlife

An international research team, including Dr. Karen Terio of the University of Illinois Zoological Pathology Program, has published the first clear example of how climate extremes can create conditions in which diseases that are normally tolerated singly may converge and bring about mass die-offs in wildlife.They investigated outbreaks of canine distemper virus that resulted in unusually high mortality in Serengeti lions. Their findings suggests that extreme climatic conditions, such as the more frequent droughts and floods expected with global warming, are capable of altering normal host-pathogen relationships and bringing about a "perfect storm" of multiple infectious outbreaks, potentially triggering epidemics with catastrophic mortality.

For details see http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/news/index.cfm?function=viewartcl&id=145.

Published Date: July 11, 2008


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