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Andres de la Concha-Bermejillo
Pathologist
Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory

Education:
DVM, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 1974.
M.Sc., University of California, Davis. Comparative Pathology & Reproduction, 1981.
Ph.D., University of California, Davis. Comparative Pathology & Virology, 1989.

Research Description:
Pathogenesis of lentivirus infections of small ruminants. Construction and characterization of ovine lentivirus molecular clones that express cytokines with antiviral activity. Role of cytokines in lentivirus pathogenesis.

Representative Publications:

Guo J, Rasmussen J, W*nschmann A, de la Concha-Bermejillo A. Genetic characterization of orf viruses isolated from various ruminant species of a zoo.  Vet.  Microbiol.  99:81-92, 2004.
 
Delhon G, Tulman ER, Afonso CL, Lu Z, de la Concha-Bermejillo A, Lehmkuhl H, Piccone ME, Kutish GF, Rock, DL.  Genomes of parapoxviruses orf virus and bovine papular stomatitis virus.  J.  Virol 78, 168-177, 2004.

Zhang Z, Guo J, Ni Y, Bazer FW, Giavedoni L, de la Concha-Bermejillo A.  Construction and characterization of a recombinant ovine lentivirus carrying the optimized green fluorescent protein gene at the dUTPase locus. Arch. Virol.  148:1485-1506, 2003.
 
Guo J, Zhang Z, Edwards JF, Ermel RW, Taylor Jr C, de la Concha-Bermejillo A. Characterization of a North American orf virus isolated from a goat with persistent, proliferative dermatitis in a goat.  Virus Res. 93:169-179, 2003. 

Singh B, Ott TL, Bazer FW, de la Concha-Bermejillo A.  Phenotypic and Ultrastructural Characteristics of  Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cells of Lentivirus-Infected Lambs Treated with Recombinant Ovine Interferon-tau.  J. Interf. & Cytok. Res. 21:677-86, 2001.
 
Juste RA, Kwang J, Ott TL, Bazer FW, de la Concha-Bermejillo A.  Effects of recombinant ovine interferon-tau on ovine lentivirus replication and progression of disease.  J. Gen. Virol. 81:525-532, 2000.

 

 

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