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Graduate Assistant, Pathology Education

University of Texas Medical Branch
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, TX 77555-0609

Office: (409) 772-2173
Fax: (409) 747-2400
jeslewis@utmb.edu

Professional Education

Honors

Professional Affiliations

American Society for Microbiology

Research Interests

My work focuses on domain III of the flavivirus envelope protein. One aspect of this work is the design of a domain III-based ELISA for improved diagnosis of mosquito-born flaviviruses. Another major focus is defining which residues of domain III in West Nile virus can sustain mutation without destroying the virus's replication. Finally, my work involves generating sera against various West Nile virus antibody escape mutants and characterizing the ability of this sera to neutralize different strains of West Nile virus with assorted mutations in domain III.

Selected Publications

1. Murray, K., Walker, C., Herrington, E., Lewis, J., McCormick, J., Beasley, D., Tesh, R., and Fisher-Hoch, S.  Persistant infection with West Nile virus years after initial infection.  Journal of Infectious Diseases.  Accepted 21 Aug 2009.