From Barnyard to Food Table: The Omnipresence of Hepatitis E Virus and Risks for Zoonosis and  Food Safety

Dr. Meng is professor of molecular virology at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine and is associated with the Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases. He currently ranks in the top 1% of scientists based on citation rates in the field of microbiology and clinical medicine. His seminar will focus on Hepatitis E virus (HEV) and its role as a zoonotic pathogen. HEV is an important human pathogen and recent discoveries of animal strains of HEV with significant sequence identity to human HEV have raised concerns of zoonosis and pork safety.

Note: Poster Session to begin at 11:15 in the Fishtank Lobby.