SHEELA RAMAMOORTHY
Assistant Professor

Research interests include vaccine/diagnostic development and host immunity to porcine circo virus and swine viral diseases.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

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Opriessnig T, Patterson AR, Madson DM, Pal N, Ramamoorthy S, Meng XJ, Halbur PG. Comparison of the effectiveness of passive (dam) versus active (piglet) immunization against porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and impact of passively derived PCV2 vaccine-induced immunity on vaccination. Vet Microbiol.2010 : 145(2):177-83.

Ramamoorthy S, Huang FF, Huang YW, Meng XJ. Interferon-mediated enhancement of in vitro replication of porcine circovirus type 2 is influenced by an interferon-stimulated response element in the PCV2 genome. Virus Res 2009;145: 236.

Ramamoorthy S, Meng XJ. Porcine circoviruses: a minuscule yet mammoth paradox. Anim Health Res Rev 2009;10:1.

Ramamoorthy S, Opriessnig T, Huang F. F, and X.J. Meng. Effect of an interferon-stimulated response element (ISRE) mutant of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) on PCV2-induced pathological lesions in a porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) co-infection model. Vet Microbiol 2010: Jun 19. In Press

Beach, N.M., Ramamoorthy, S., Opriessnig, T., Wu, S.Q., Meng, X.J., 2010, Novelchimeric porcine circovirus (PCV) with the capsid gene of the emerging PCV2b subtype cloned in the genomic backbone of the non-pathogenic PCV1 is attenuated in vivo and induces protective and cross-protective immunity against PCV2b and PCV2a subtypes in pigs. Vaccine. In Press.

A.R. Patterson, S. Ramamoorthy, D.M. Madson, X.J. Meng, P.G. Halbur, T. Opriessnig. Shedding and infection dynamics of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) after experimental infection. Vet Micro. In Press.

Email
sheelar@uga.edu

Office
Tifton Campus
229-386-3340

Degrees
BVSc, M.S., PhD