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CerroZone™ System Reduces Airborne COVID-19 by Nearly 99.97% in Under 30 Seconds

Hillsboro company using lighting system to kill COVID-19 in the air

Local company’s COVID-19 killing lights endorsed by independent testing lab

Mizzou Researchers Obtain Funding for COVID Related Animal Modeling Projects

Mizzou’s Laboratory for Infectious Disease Research Turns Focus to COVID-19

GPID 2020 Cancelled Due to COVID-19

Dr. Travis McCarthy, LIDR BSO, Re-Elected to MABioN Executive Council

MU lab plans COVID-19 research

Ninth Annual Great Plains Emerging Infectious Diseases Conference at the University of Iowa College of Public Health on March 27, 2020!

LIDR to Host the Great Plains Infectious Disease Conference (GPID 2020) for Second Year

CEEZAD Opens Application for 2019 Summer Training Program for Veterinary and Biomedical Students

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease with Guest Editor Dr. Jeffrey Adamovicz

LIDR Fosters Research for the Advancement of Vaccines and Therapeutics

LIDR BSO, Dr. Travis McCarthy, Elected to MABioN Executive Council

MRIGlobal and University of Missouri earn Zika study grant

 

Recent Publications

Olson RM, Dhariwala MO, Mitchell WJ, Skyberg JA, Anderson DM. (2020) Modification of the pulmonary MyD88 inflammatory response underlies the role of the Yersinia pestis pigmentation locus in primary pneumonic plague. Infect Immun IAI.00595-20.

Cui Y, Liu P, Mooney BP, Franz AWE. (2020) Quantitative proteomic analysis of chikungunya virus-infected Aedes aegypti reveals proteome modulations indicative of persistent infection. Journal of Proteome Research 10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00173.

Ledbetter L, Cherla R, Chambers C, Zhang Y, Mitchell WJ, Zhang G. (2020) Major histocompatibility complex class II-restricted, CD4+ T cell-dependent and -independent mechanisms are required for vaccine-induced protective immunity against Coxiella burnetii. Infect Immun 88:e00824-19.

Dadelahi AS, Lacey CA, Chambers CA, Ponzilacqua-Silva B, Skyberg JA. (2020) B cells Inhibit CD4⁺ T cell Mediated Immunity to Brucella Infection in a MHCII-Dependent Manner. Infect Immun IAI.00075-20.

Willix JL, Stockton JL, Olson RM, Anderson PE, Anderson DM. (2020) Activation of heme oxygenase expression by cobalt protoporphyrin treatment prevents pneumonic plague caused by inhalation of Yersinia pestis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother AAC.01819-19.

Williams AE, Franz AWE, Reid WR, Olson KE. (2020) Antiviral Effectors and Gene Drive Strategies for Mosquito Population Suppression or Replacement to Mitigate Arbovirus Transmission by Aedes aegypti. Insects 11(1):52.

Abdelbaset AE, Hamed MI, Abushahba MFN, Rawy MS, Sayed ASM, Adamovicz JJ. (2020) Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity and the associated risk factors in sheep and pregnant women in El-Minya Governorate, Egypt. Veterinary World 13(1):54-60.

Ledbetter L, Cherla R, Chambers C, Zhang Y, Mitchell WJ, Zhang G. (2019) MHC-II-restricted, CD4⁺ T cell-dependent and -independent mechanisms are required for vaccine-induced protective immunity against Coxiella burnetii. Infect Immun IAI.00824-19.

Cui Y, Grant DG, Lin J, Yu X, Franz AWE. (2019) Zika Virus Dissemination from the Midgut of Aedes aegypti is Facilitated by Bloodmeal-Mediated Structural Modification of the Midgut Basal Lamina. Viruses 11(11):1056.

Ledbetter L, Cherla R, Chambers C, Zhang Y, Zhang G. (2019) Eosinophils Affect Antibody Isotype Switching and May Partially Contribute to Early Vaccine-Induced Immunity against Coxiella burnetii. Infect Immun 87(11):e00376-19.

Ludlow AB, Pauling CD, Marketon MM, Anderson DM. (2019) Drosophila as a Model for Understanding the Insect Host of Yersinia pestis. In: Vadyvaloo V, Lawrenz M (eds) Pathogenic Yersinia. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2010. Humana, New York, NY.

Anderson PE, Olson RM, Willix JL, Anderson DM. (2019) Standardized Method for Aerosol Challenge of Rodents with Yersinia pestis for Modeling Primary Pneumonic Plague. In: Vadyvaloo V, Lawrenz M (eds) Pathogenic Yersinia. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2010. Humana, New York, NY.

Olson RM, Anderson DM. (2019) Shift from primary pneumonic to secondary septicemic plague by decreasing the volume of intranasal challenge with Yersinia pestis in the murine model. PLoS One 14(5):e0217440.

Lacey CA, Chambers CA, Mitchell WJ, Skyberg JA. (2019) IFN‐γ‐dependent nitric oxide suppresses Brucella‐induced arthritis by inhibition of inflammasome activation. J Leukoc Biol 106(1):27-34.

Kantor AM, Lin J, Wang A, Thompson DC, Franz AWE. (2019) Infection Pattern of Mayaro Virus in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) and Transmission Potential of the Virus in Mixed Infections with Chikungunya Virus. J Med Entomol 56(3):832-843.

Olson RM, Dhariwala MO, Mitchell WJ, Anderson DM. (2019) Yersinia pestis Exploits Early Activation of MyD88 for Growth in the Lungs during Pneumonic Plague. Infect Immun 87(4):e00757-18.

 

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