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Kenneth Platt, DVM, PhD
Title:Professor
Department:Veterinary Microbiology & Preventive Medicine
Organization: Iowa State University
Address:2154 Vet Med
Ames, IA 50011
Phone:515-294-4940
Fax:515-294-8500
E-mail:kbplatt@iastate.edu
Web Site:http://www.vetmed.iastate.e
du/faculty_staff/profiles/k
bplatt.asp
Emphases:Food Microbiology
Food Safety (Pre-Harvest)

Viral diseases of swine. His secondary area of focus is the biology of arthropod transmitted disease agents of public health significance.

Publications
A Comparison of West Nile Virus Transmission by Ochlerotatus triviattatus (COQ), Culex pipiens (L.), and Aedes albopictus (Skuse)
Identification and charcterization of auto-anti-idiotypic antibodies specific for antibodies against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus envelope glyprotein (GP5)
Longevity and spontaneous flight activity of Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae) Infected with Western Equine Encephalomyilitis virus
Vector Competence of Cluex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae) from Iowa for a Sympatric Strain of Western Equine Encephalomyelitis (WEE-7738) Virus
Serological evidence that bats may serve as resevoirs for dengue virus in the Americas


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