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Team Finds Regional, Age-Related Trends in Exposure to Drug-Resistant Campylobacter

March 19, 2025 / Pathobiology

Campylobacter infections are the most common foodborne illnesses in the U.S., sickening an estimated 1.5 million people each year. A new study examined records of Campylobacter jejuni infections from 10 states, plotting regional, age-related, and…
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[Coauthors Mudalagiriyappa, Sharma, Vieson, and Nanjappa]

Study Identifies Key T Cells for Immunity Against Fungal Pneumonia

October 25, 2022 / Pathobiology

Researchers at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine have demonstrated in a mouse model that a specific type of T cell, one of the body’s potent immune defenses, produces cytokines that are necessary…
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[Dr. Rebecca Lee Smith in a field with trees]

Funding for Vector-borne Disease Center Renewed

July 26, 2022 / Pathobiology

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced that funding for the Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-borne Disease will be renewed for another 5 years. Professors Susan Paskewitz and Lyric Bartholomay co-direct the…
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New Biosecurity Resource Helps Producers Protect Pigs

July 06, 2022 / General News

$50 billion. That’s the estimated economic impact over 10 years if African swine fever finds its way into the United States, according to the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). And the threat…
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Grant Explores Approach for a ‘Universal’ Flu Vaccine

April 12, 2022 / Pathobiology

Dr. Zuckermann Receives Proof-of-Concept Grant Dr. Federico Zuckermann, pathobiology, and Dr. Stephen Sligar, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, were selected as awardees of the Illinois Proof-of-Concept program for their project entitled “A broadly protective…
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First Illinois Dog to Test Positive for SARS-CoV-2 ID’d by U. of I. Faculty

February 25, 2022 / General News

More Dogs Likely Infected, But Without Life-threatening Illness A pet dog from Chicago that had been experiencing respiratory symptoms since early January recently tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in people. The…
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Grad Week Appreciation: Maria Nava

October 27, 2021 / Pathobiology

What is your academic background? (Where did you get your undergraduate/other degrees?) I received my bachelors in Cellular Molecular Biology at California State University Dominguez Hills in 2019 and I am currently a PhD student…
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Grad Appreciation Week: Lydia Okyere

October 27, 2021 / Pathobiology

What is your academic background? (Where did you get your undergraduate/other degrees?) I studied Animal Biology and Conservation Science as an undergraduate student in the University of Ghana, Legon. How did you become interested in your…
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Team Finds Regional, Age-Related Trends in Exposure to Drug-Resistant Campylobacter

Study Identifies Key T Cells for Immunity Against Fungal Pneumonia

Funding for Vector-borne Disease Center Renewed

New Biosecurity Resource Helps Producers Protect Pigs

Grant Explores Approach for a ‘Universal’ Flu Vaccine

First Illinois Dog to Test Positive for SARS-CoV-2 ID’d by U. of I. Faculty

Grad Week Appreciation: Maria Nava

Grad Appreciation Week: Lydia Okyere

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Lung Association Grant Funds Research into Fungal Lung Infections

Repurposed Anti-malarial Compounds Kill Diarrheal Parasite, Study Finds

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Team Finds Regional, Age-Related Trends in Exposure to Drug-Resistant Campylobacter

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