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Research Interests and Accomplishments
Dr. Vivien G. Dugan is an Assistant Professor at the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Maryland. Vivien received her B.S. from Union College and her M.S. and Ph.D. from the College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia. She began her postdoctoral fellowship with The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and completed this training in the Laboratory of Infectious Diseases at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD.
Vivien's research interests are directed at using genomics in applied biomedical research of zoonotic agents to better understand human infectious diseases. She has worked with various tick-transmitted zoonotic bacteria as well as influenza A viruses originating from avian, swine, and human hosts. During her time with TIGR, her research focused on avian influenza viral genomics and phylogenetics, which furthered the understanding of influenza viral evolution within the natural reservoir host.
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Memoli, M. J., Tumpey, T. M., et al.
An early 'classical' swine H1N1 influenza virus shows similar pathogenicity to the 1918 pandemic virus in ferrets and mice
Virology. 2009 Oct 25; 393(2): 338-45.[more]
Memoli, M. J., Jagger, B. W., et al.
Recent human influenza A/H3N2 virus evolution driven by novel selection factors in addition to antigenic drift
J Infect Dis. 2009 Oct 15; 200(8): 1232-41.[more]
Dunham, E. J., Dugan, V. G., et al.
Different evolutionary trajectories of European avian-like and classical swine H1N1 influenza A viruses
J Virol. 2009 Jun 01; 83(11): 5485-94.[more]
Qi, L., Kash, J. C., et al.
Role of sialic acid binding specificity of the 1918 influenza virus hemagglutinin protein in virulence and pathogenesis for mice
J Virol. 2009 Apr 01; 83(8): 3754-61.[more]
Dugan, V.G., Chen, R., et al.
The evolutionary genetics and emergence of avian influenza viruses in wild birds
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May 30; 4(5): e1000076.[more]
Wang, R., Soll, L., et al.
Examining the hemagglutinin subtype diversity among wild duck-origin influenza A viruses using ethanol-fixed cloacal swabs and a novel RT-PCR method
Virology. 2008 May 25; 375(1): 182-9.[more]
Dugan, V. G., Yabsley, M. J., et al.
Evaluation of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) as natural sentinels for Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2006 Jul 01; 6(2): 192-207.[more]
Tate, C. M., Mead, D. G., et al.
Experimental infection of white-tailed deer with Anaplasma phagocytophilum, etiologic agent of human granulocytic anaplasmosis
J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Aug 01; 43(8): 3595-601.[more]
Dugan, V. G., Gaydos, J. K., et al.
Detection of Ehrlichia spp. in raccoons (Procyon lotor) from Georgia
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2005 Jul 01; 5(2): 162-71.[more]
Dugan, V. G., Varela, A. S., et al.
Attempted experimental infection of domestic goats with Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2004 Jul 01; 4(2): 131-6.[more]