{"id":2858,"date":"2024-06-11T13:39:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T17:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microimm\/?post_type=ud_entry&#038;p=2858"},"modified":"2025-06-12T12:02:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T16:02:49","slug":"helen-lazear-phd","status":"publish","type":"ud_entry","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microimm\/people\/helen-lazear-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Helen Lazear, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Flavivirus pathogenesis<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Immune mechanisms that control Zika virus and other congenital infections<\/li>\n<li>Zika virus infection in the female reproductive tract<\/li>\n<li>Host genetic determinants of neuroinvasive flavivirus pathogenesis<\/li>\n<li>Viral and host mechanisms that control flavivirus infection in the skin<\/li>\n<li>Viral determinants of Zika virus replication and pathogenesis<\/li>\n<li>No-known-vector flaviviruses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>IFN-\u03bb mediated antiviral immunity<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>IFN-\u03bb mediated immunity at the maternal-fetal interface<\/li>\n<li>IFN-\u03bb mediated immunity in the skin<\/li>\n<li>Defining IFN-\u03bb specific antiviral responses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Herpes simplex virus pathogenesis<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>IFN-\u03bb mediated control of HSV skin disease<\/li>\n<li>Hormonal control of HSV vaginal infection<\/li>\n<li>HSV infection and trafficking in neurons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2859,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"ud_division":[21,23],"class_list":["post-2858","ud_entry","type-ud_entry","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ud_division-primary","ud_division-virology","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Helen Lazear, PhD - Microbiology and Immunology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microimm\/people\/helen-lazear-phd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Helen Lazear, PhD - Microbiology and Immunology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Flavivirus pathogenesis Immune mechanisms that control Zika virus and other congenital infections Zika virus infection in the female reproductive tract Host genetic determinants of neuroinvasive flavivirus pathogenesis Viral and host mechanisms that control flavivirus infection in the skin Viral determinants of Zika virus replication and pathogenesis No-known-vector flaviviruses IFN-\u03bb mediated antiviral immunity IFN-\u03bb mediated immunity &hellip; 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