DEPARTMENT OF
MICROBIOLOGY AND
IMMUNOLOGY
University of Nevada School of Medicine


RESEARCH

Pathogenesis of infection by Cryptococcus neoformans.
Thomas R. Kozel (Principal Investigator), Suzanne Brandt, Reva Crump, Raymond Duro, Marci Gates, Peter Thorkildson and William Welch

Innate mechanisms of resistance to Candida albicans.
Thomas R. Kozel (Principal Investigator), Suzanne Brandt, Marci Gates, Ann Perceval, Peter Thorkildson

Monoclonal antibodies for anthrax prophylaxis and diagnosis.
Thomas Kozel

Pathogenesis of infection by Cryptococcus neoformans.
Thomas Kozel and William Welch

Innate mechanisms of resistance to Candida albicans.
Thomas Kozel

Immunotherapy for opportunistic infections in bone marrow transplantation.
William J. Murphy, Lisbeth Walniak and Thomas Kozel

Immunotherapy by CD40 stimulation and IL-2 against Cancer.
William J. Murphy

Immunotherapy Using NK cells to Promote Engraftment in Non-Myeloblative Models.
William J. Murphy, Kai Sun and Minghui Li

Neuroendocrine Hormones to Promote Immune Reconstitution.
William J. Murphy and Lisbeth Walniak

NK Cell Inhibitory Receptor Blockade as an Immunotherapy for Cancer.
William J. Murphy, Isabel Barao and Kory Alderson

Proteasome Inhibition and Adoptive Immunotherapy.
William J. Murphy, Kai Sun and William Hallett

A Novel Therapeutic Approach to Septic Shock.
Kenneth Hunter

Development of a Safe and Effective Vaccine Adjuvant.
Kenneth Hunter

Ecology of Epizootic Bovine Abortion.
Mark Hall, Jeff Stott (U.C. Davis), John Boone, and Kenneth McGwire (Desert Research Institute)

Reducing the prevalence of toxin-producing Escherichia coli in beef.
Hussein Hussein, Stanley Omaye and Mark Hall

Calcium metabolism in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
William Courchesne

Treatment of fungal infections in mouse models.
William Courchesne and William Murphy

Pathogenesis of South American hantaviruses.
Stephen St. Jeor, Sergey Morzunov, John Boone

Regulation of DNA replication by human herpesvirus 8.
Gregory Pari

Cytomegalovirus spread and reactivation in blood cells.
Stephen St. Jeor

Regulation of DNA replication by human cytomegalovirus.
Gregory Pari

Co-evolution of viruses and their rodent hosts.
Stephen St. Jeor, John Boone and Sergey Morzunov (UNR), Kenneth McGwire (Desert Research Institute), Brett Riddle (UNLV).

Pathogenesis of South American hantaviruses.
Stephen St. Jeor and Sergey Morzunov

Molecular pathogenesis of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.
Stephen St. Jeor and Svetlana Khaiboullina

Studies of Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever.
Stephen St. Jeor

Pathogenesis if dengue virus infection.
Gabriela Aviles


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