Listen: Mosquito-borne virus encephalitis

In a recent Dean's Research Seminar, "Mosquito-borne virus encephalitis", Professor John Fazakerley provided an overview on the importance of arboviruses, arthropod-borne viruses, for human and animal health. He addressed how arboviruses are transmitted, how they cause disease and how these diseases can be prevented.

Most of the viruses that cause outbreaks of disease in humans come from other animals and many of these are transmitted by arthropods, particularly insects and ticks. Arthropods are also important in transmitting virus diseases of veterinary and agricultural importance. These arthropod-borne viruses, known as arboviruses, usually cause brain, joint or haemorrhagic disease.

Professor Fazakerley was joined in the presentation by Dr Julio Rodriguez-Andres, a research fellow in his laboratory.

Watch or listen below.

The Dean’s Research Seminars were introduced to showcase, at a level accessible across our community, the activities and impact of research within our Faculty.

The seminars provide an opportunity to appreciate an area of research, its scientific approaches, facilities, techniques and expertise; to understand the importance of the work in gaining fundamental knowledge or addressing an existing problem and to stay connected with colleagues and consider collaborations. This can be done across the internet as effectively as in a lecture theatre.

Professor John Fazakerley

Professor John Fazakerley is Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences and Professor of Virology at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity. He has an international reputation for his work both as a research scientist and as a scientific leader in the field of virus diseases of high medical or socioeconomic impact.