Circovirus, Hepatitis E Virus, Swine Respiratory Disease, PRRSV
 

Curriculum Vitae 

Pal N, Huang YW, Madson DM, Kuster C, Meng X-J, Halbur PG, Opriessnig T.  Development and validation of a duplex real-time PCR assay for the simultaneous detection and quantification of porcine circovirus type 2 and an internal control on porcine semen samples.  Journal of Virological Methods, 149:217-225, 2008.

Feagins AR, Opriessnig T, Guenette DK, Halbur PG, Meng XJ. Inactivation of infectious hepatitis E virus present in commercial pig livers sold in local grocery stores in the United States.  International Journal of Food Microbiology 123:32-37, 2008.

Opriessnig T, Patterson AR, Elsner J, Meng X-J, Halbur PG.  Influence of maternal antibodies on efficacy of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) vaccination to protect pigs from experimental infection with PCV2.  Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 15(3):397-401, 2008. 

Patel D, Opriessnig T, Stein DA, Halbur P, Meng X-J, Iversen PL, Zhang Y-J.  Peptide-conjugated morpholinio oligomers inhibit porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus replication.  Antiviral Research, 77:95-107, 2008.

Opriessnig T, Baker RB, Halbur PG. Use of an experimental model to test the efficacy of planned exposure to live porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus.  Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 14(12):1572-1577, 2007.

Opriessnig T, Meng X-J, Halbur PG.  Porcine circovirus type 2-associated disease: Update on current terminology, clinical manifestations, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and intervention strategies.  Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 19(6):591-615, 2007.

Thomas PJ, Opriessnig T, Juhan NE, PhD, Meng X-J, Halbur PG.  Planned exposure to porcine circovirus type 2 by serum injection is not effective at preventing porcine circovirus associated disease.  Journal of Swine health and Production, 15(6):330-338, 2007.

Huang YW, Opriessnig T, Halbur PG, Meng XJ.  Initiation of the third in-frame AUG codon of open reading frame 3 of hepatitis E virus is essential for viral infectivity in vivo.  Journal of Virology 81(6):3018-3026, 2007.