Abstract Safety tested Modified Vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) is licensed as third-generation
vaccine against smallpox and serves as a potent vector system for development of new …

Zika and chikungunya viruses have caused major epidemics and are transmitted by Aedes
aegypti and/or Aedes albopictu s mosquitoes. The “Sementis Copenhagen Vector”(SCV) …

The past few years have seen a rash of emerging viral diseases, including the Ebola crisis in
West Africa, the pandemic spread of chikungunya, and the recent explosion of Zika in South …

Caerin 1.9 is a natural peptide derived from the skin secretions of the Australian tree frog
(Litoria) with broad‐spectrum antimicrobial and anticancer bioactivity. It improves the …

The three encephalitic alphaviruses, western, eastern, and Venezuelan equine encephalitis
viruses (WEEV, EEEV, and VEEV) are potential biothreat agents due to high infectivity …

This thesis follows a career that has focussed on working with high consequence
pathogens. I started as a research analytical technician working with Salmonella …