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Sanjay Reddy
Associate Professor
Veterinary Pathobiology

Education:
College of Veterinary Medicine, Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, India B.V.Sc. 1986
VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, MD M.S. 1989
VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, MD Ph.D. 1994

Research Description:
Molecular basis of pathogenesis of poultry viruses; role of basic leucine zipper protein (bZIP) in latency and reactivation of Marek’s disease virus; pathways involved in transformation of lymphocytes by bZIP protein; development of recombinant vaccines; avian influenza virus diagnostics.

Representative Publications:

Lee, L.F., Witter, R.L., Reddy. S.M, Wu, P., Yanagida, N., and Yoshida, S. (2003). Protection and synergism by recombinant fowl pox vaccines expressing multiple genes from Marek’s disease virus. Avian Diseases 47:105-114.

Sung, H.W., Kim, J.H., Reddy, S. and Fadly, A. (2002). Isolation of subgroup J avian leucosis virus in Korea. Journal of Veterinary Science 3 (2): 71-74.

Reddy, S.M., Lupiani,B., Gimeno, I, Silva, R., Lee, L., and Witter R. (2002). Rescue of a very virulent Marek’s disease virus using overlapping cosmid DNAs: pp38 is not essential for oncogenesis. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences 99 (10): 7054-7059.

Sung H.W., Reddy S.M., Fadly, A.M. (2002). High virus titer in feather pulp of chickens infected with subgroup J avian leukosis virus. Avian Diseases 46 (2): 281-286.

Schumacher, D, Tischer, B.K., Reddy, S.M., and Osterrieder, N. (2001). Glycoproteins E and I of Marek's disease virus serotype 1 are essential for virus growth in cultured cells. Journal of Virology 75 (23): 11307-11318.

Gimeno, I.M., Witter, R.L., Hunt, H.D., Lee, L.F., Reddy, S.M., and Neumann, U. (2001). Marek’s disease virus infection in the brain: virus replication, cellular infiltration and major histocompatibility complex antigen expression. Veterinary Pathology 38: 491-503.

Gimeno, I.M., Witter, R.L., Hunt, H.D., Reddy, S.M., and Neumann, U. (2001). Differential attenuation of the induction by Marek's disease virus of transient paralysis and persistent neurological disease: a model for pathogenesis studies. Avian Pathology 30: 397-409.

Miles, A.M., Reddy, S.M. and Morgan, R.W. (2001) Coinfection of Specific-Pathogen-Free Chickens with Marek's Disease Virus (MDV) and Chicken Infectious Anemia Virus: Effect of MDV Pathotype. Avian Diseases 45: 9-18.

 

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