{"id":23010,"date":"2016-09-22T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T00:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/event\/sept-22-2\/"},"modified":"2019-06-12T10:31:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T14:31:08","slug":"sept-22-2","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/event\/sept-22-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicine Grand Rounds: David J. Weber, Matthew Collins and Helen M. Lazear &#8220;Zika Virus Infection&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Researchers at UNC School of Medicine and UNC Hospitals are leading the charge in Zika research with more than 10 groups currently studying Zika \u2013 its transmission, its epidemiology and its associated neurological and birth defects, including microcephaly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-left\" title=\"David J. Weber\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/david-j-weber.jpeg\" alt=\"David Weber, MD, MPH, professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, UNC School of Medicine and professor of Epidemiology, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health\" width=\"200\" height=\"224\" \/>Dr. David Weber is a member of UNC Hospitals\u2019 Zika Response Working Group, keeping clinic directors informed of Zika virus updates, providing UNC Health Care personnel and patients with pre- and post-travel counseling and evaluations, and developing a diagnostic testing algorithm. Weber\u2019s research focuses on hospital-acquired infections, especially antibiotic-resistant pathogens and outbreak investigations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-24981\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/matt-collins.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/matt-collins.jpeg 215w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/matt-collins-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Dr. Matthew Collins and his colleagues are trying to develop improved serodiagnostics to precisely define Zika virus exposure in those living in or traveling to endemic areas. Collins is also working with collaborators in UNC departments of obstetrics and gynecology, epidemiology, and family medicine, as well as colleagues in Le\u1f79n, Nicaragua, to define the epidemiology of Zika virus as it emerges in Nicaragua.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-left\" title=\"Helen M. Lazear\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/helen-m-lazear.jpeg\" alt=\"Helen M. Lazear\" width=\"200\" height=\"225\" \/>The Lazear lab is investigating the protective role of skin-specific antiviral effects of IFN-\u03bb and is also identifying host factors that restrict vertebrate-specific flavivirus infection in mosquito cells. Dr. Helen Lazear\u2019s lab also has developed a novel mouse model for studying Zika virus pathogenesis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at UNC School of Medicine and UNC Hospitals are leading the charge in Zika research with more than 10 groups currently studying Zika \u2013 its transmission, its epidemiology and its associated neurological and birth defects, including microcephaly. Dr. David Weber is a member of UNC Hospitals\u2019 Zika Response Working Group, keeping clinic directors informed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/event\/sept-22-2\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Medicine Grand Rounds: David J. Weber, Matthew Collins and Helen M. 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