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   Veterinary Public Health in a Global Economy
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   In Tribute to the late Martin Kaplan, VMD
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Veterinary Public Health in a Global Economy

The Livestock Revolution, Sustainable Development, Zoonotic Disease
Conference Audio and Video - Lin-Fa Wang

Lin-Fa Wang Lin-Fa Wang, PhD
Australian Animal Health Laboratory

 

Audio of Dr. Wang's lecture (MP3 format; 29 minutes)

Video of Dr. Wang's lecture (RealVideo format; 29 minutes)

Biography

ACADEMIC DEGREES
B.S., 1982, East China Normal University, Shanghai (Biology/Biochemistry)
Ph.D., 1986, University of California at Davis (Biochemistry/Molecular Biology)

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
July 2004 to present, project leader, Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Brisbane
July 2004 to present, senior principal research scientist, CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong

Dr. Wang's research interests include identification and characterization of new and emerging infectious agents, development of multiplex diagnostic tests, the study of virus-host interactions and the characterization of antigen-antibody bindings.

Abstract

Bats and Emergence of SARS

Bats have been implicated as natural reservoirs of an increasing number of emerging zoonotic viruses. We have identified horseshoe bats (genus Rhinolophus) as the reservoir host of SARS-like viruses. The significance of this finding in relation to the prevention of SARS and other emerging diseases of bat origin will be discussed.
   
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