Dr. Jürgen A. Richt
Collaborator/Associate Professor
Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
Iowa State University
Veterinary Medical Officer
National Animal Disease Center
2300 Dayton Ave
Ames, IA 50010 USA
Phone: (515) 663-7366
Education
- D.V.M.: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Ph.D.: Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Comparative Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md, 1989-1991.
Research
- Emerging Viral Zoonoses
- Prion Diseases
Selected Organizations/Appointments
- Editorial Board: Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2001-present
- Member: International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)
- American Society for Virology
- International Society for Neurovirology
Selected Publications
- Palmer, M.V, Stoffregen, W.C., Rogers, D.G., Hamir, A.N., Richt, J.A., Pederson, D., Waters, W.R. 2003. West Nile Virus Infection in Reindeer (Rangifer taratandus): Report of four cases. J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. In press
- Richt, J.A., Lager, K.M., Janke, B., Woods, R.D., Webster, R.G., Webby, R.J. 2003. Pathogenic and antigenic properties of phylogenetically distinct reassortant H3N2 swine influenza viruses co-circulating in the United States. J. Clin. Microbiol. 41: 3198-3205.
- Dietzschold, B., Richt, J.A. (Editors). 2002. Protective and Pathological Immune Responses in the CNS. Curr. Top. Microbiol. Immunol. 265: 1-267.
- Hooper, D.C., Sauder, C., Scott, G.S., Dietzschold, B., Richt, J.A. 2002. Immunopathology and immunoprotection in CNS virus infections: mechanisms of virus clearance from the CNS. Curr. Top. Microbiol. Immunol. 265: 163-182.
- Richt, J.A., Rott, R. 2001. Borna Disease Virus: a mystery as an emerging zoonotic pathogen. Vet. J. 161: 24-40.
- Richt, J.A., Grabner, A., Herzog. S. 2000. Borna disease in horses. Vet. Clin. North Am. Equine Pract. 16: 579-595.
- Wolff, T., Pfleger, R., Wehner, T., Reinhardt, J., Richt, J.A. 2000. A short leucine-rich sequence in the Borna Disease Virus p10 protein mediates association with the viral phospho- and nucleoproteins. J. Gen. Virol. 81: 939-947.
