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Maureen T Long

Maureen T Long

Professor

Department: Department of Comparative, Diagnostic & Population Medicine
Business Phone: (352) 294-8305
Business Email: longm@ufl.edu
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Accomplishments

Dr. Lynn A. George Scholarship for Basic Science Research
1996 · University
LE Boley Award in Research Excellence
1993 · University of Illinois
Honors Graduate
1982 · Iowa State University
Top 2% in College of Agriculture
1979 · Iowa State University
Dean’s List
1977-1982 · Iowa State University

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine-Large Animal
    American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Research Profile

Several equine and large animal infectious diseases which inclue Ehrlichia risticii, Neospora caninum, Toxoplasma gondii, Equine Infectious Anemia Virus and West Nile Virus Infectious diseases, immunology, and endocrine diseases

Publications

2020
Canine heartworm and heat treatment: An evaluation using a well based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and canine sera with confirmed heartworm infection status.
Veterinary parasitology
2020
West Nile Virus-Induced Neurologic Sequelae-Relationship to Neurodegenerative Cascades and Dementias.
Current tropical medicine reports
2020
The Clinical Features of Co-circulating Dengue Viruses and the Absence of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in Pakistan.
Frontiers in public health
2020
Strain-Dependent Activity of Zika Virus and Exposure History in Serological Diagnostics.
Tropical medicine and infectious disease
2020
Comparison of clinical presentation and out-comes of Chikungunya and Dengue virus infections in patients with acute undifferentiated febrile illness from the Sindh region of Pakistan.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases
2020
Experimental Infection of Mid-Gestation Pregnant Female and Intact Male Sheep with Zika Virus.
Viruses
2020
Metabogenomics reveals four candidate regions involved in the pathophysiology of Equine Metabolic Syndrome.
Molecular and cellular probes
2019
Experimental Infection of Pregnant Female Sheep with Zika Virus During Early Gestation.
Viruses
2018
Comparison of six commercial antigen kits for detection of Dirofilaria immitis infections in canines with necropsy-confirmed heartworm status.
Veterinary parasitology
2018
Corrigendum: Human West Nile Virus Disease Outbreak in Pakistan, 2015-2016.
Frontiers in public health
2018
Evidence of Chikungunya Virus Disease in Pakistan Since 2015 With Patients Demonstrating Involvement of the Central Nervous System.
Frontiers in public health
2018
Histologic characterization of eosinophilic encephalitis in horses in Florida.
Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc
2018
Human West Nile Virus Disease Outbreak in Pakistan, 2015-2016.
Frontiers in public health
2018
MEMRI reveals altered activity in brain regions associated with anxiety, locomotion, and cardiovascular reactivity on the elevated plus maze in the WKY vs SHR rats.
Brain imaging and behavior
2018
Use of principle component analysis to quantitatively score the equine metabolic syndrome phenotype in an Arabian horse population.
PloS one
2018
Viral Enrichment Methods Affect the Detection but Not Sequence Variation of West Nile Virus in Equine Brain Tissue.
Frontiers in veterinary science
2018
Further Characterization of Molecular Markers in Canine Dirofilaria immitis Infection.
The Journal of parasitology
2017
Editorial overview.
Current opinion in virology
2016
Working with Zika and Usutu Viruses In Vitro.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases
2016
Flaviviruses as a Cause of Undifferentiated Fever in Sindh Province, Pakistan: A Preliminary Report.
Frontiers in public health
2016
Immunohistochemistry for the detection of neural and inflammatory cells in equine brain tissue.
PeerJ
2014
West nile virus and equine encephalitis viruses: new perspectives.
The Veterinary clinics of North America. Equine practice
2013
Myxomavirus-derived serpin prolongs survival and reduces inflammation and hemorrhage in an unrelated lethal mouse viral infection.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
2012
Multiplexed microsatellite loci in American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos): a severely affected natural host of West Nile virus.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases
2011
Gene expression analysis in the thalamus and cerebrum of horses experimentally infected with West Nile virus.
PloS one
2010
Effects of two commercially available immunostimulants on leukocyte function of foals following ex vivo exposure to Rhodococcus equi.
Veterinary immunology and immunopathology
2010
OAS1 polymorphisms are associated with susceptibility to West Nile encephalitis in horses.
PloS one
2010
Review of the Epidemiology and Infection Control Aspects of Nosocomial Salmonella Infections in Hospitalised Horses
Equine Veterinary Education
2009
Environmental Risk Factors Associated With West Nile Virus Clinical Disease in Florida Horses
Medical and Veterinary Entomology
2008
Analysis of the Transcriptomic Response To West Nile Virus Infection in the Equine Host
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2007
Characterization of the equine 2′-5′ oligoadenylate synthetase 1 (OAS1) and ribonuclease L (RNASEL) innate immunity genes.
BMC genomics
2007
Comparative efficacies of three commercially available vaccines against West Nile Virus (WNV) in a short-duration challenge trial involving an equine WNV encephalitis model.
Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI
2006
Diagnostic performance of the equine IgM capture ELISA for serodiagnosis of West Nile virus infection.
Journal of veterinary internal medicine
2004
Retrospective comparison of azithromycin, clarithromycin, and erythromycin for the treatment of foals with Rhodococcus equi pneumonia.
Journal of veterinary internal medicine
2004
Infection of immunodeficient horses with Sarcocystis neurona does not result in neurologic disease.
Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology
2004
Depletion of natural killer cells does not result in neurologic disease due to Sarcocystis neurona in mice with severe combined immunodeficiency.
The Journal of parasitology
2004
Immunoglobulin M-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay testing of cerebrospinal fluid and serum from horses exposed to west nile virus by vaccination or natural infection.
Journal of veterinary internal medicine
2003
Pneumonia in a Paso-Fino mare.
Veterinary clinical pathology
2003
West Nile virus encephalomyelitis in horses: 46 cases (2001).
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
2002
Findings in cerebrospinal fluids of horses infected with West Nile virus: 30 cases (2001).
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
2002
Proliferative interstitial pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii infection, and immunodeficiency in an adult Paso Fino horse.
Journal of veterinary internal medicine
2002
Sarcocystis neurona: parasitemia in a severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) horse fed sporocysts.
Experimental parasitology
2000
Neutralization of maternal IL-4 modulates congenital protozoal transmission: comparison of innate versus acquired immune responses.
Journal of Immunology

Grants

Aug 2019 – Nov 2020
Technical Directive TD-02-01 Ukraine Pre-Sequencing EDP Collections Viability Analysis
LEIDOS · Project Manager
Mar 2019 – May 2019
Technical Directive TD-O1-016 Ukraine Pre-Sequencing EDP Collections Viability Analysis
LEIDOS · Project Manager
Jun 2017 – May 2019
OR-DRPD-ROF2017: The cascading impacts of biological invasions on vector-borne disease
UF DSR OPPORTUNITY FUND ·
Dec 2016 ACTIVE
Southeastern Regional CoE in Vector-Borne Diseases: The Gateway Program
CTRS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION ·
Oct 2016 ACTIVE
Preparedness, research and action network on maternal-pediatric axis of ZIKV infection in Latin America and the Caribbean
PENTA FOUNDATION ·
Sep 2016 ACTIVE
Augmenting Cognitive Training in Older Adults – The ACT Grant
NATL INST OF HLTH NIA · Project Manager
Nov 2014 – Oct 2019
Development of Heartworm Reagents and Tests
MULTIPLE SPONSORS · Principal Investigator
Mar 2014 – Sep 2019
The Role of Arboviruses as a Cause of Undifferentiated Fever in Sind, Pakistan
DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY · Principal Investigator
Feb 2010 ACTIVE
Use of Novel Technologies for Development of New Diagnos
UF FOU · Principal Investigator

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Veterinary Science
1998 · Washington State University
Diplomate
1996 · American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine,
Master of Science in Veterinary Science
1993 · University of Illinois
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
1986 · Iowa State University

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 294-8305
Emails:
Business:
longm@ufl.edu

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