M-I Seminar Series: Therapy and prevention of long-term cognitive impairment following neonatal herpes simplex virus infections David A. Leib, PhD

Title: “Therapy and prevention of long-term cognitive impairment following neonatal herpes simplex virus infections”

Topic: "Neonatal herpes simplex infection can cause devastating disease in newborns. I will describe our work on novel experimental treatment and therapeutic approaches including maternal vaccination and therapeutic antibodies. I will also present our studies of long-term cognitive impairment that follows neonatal infection, and the virulence genes that may be responsible for neurological damage."

Speaker: David Leib, PhD, Professor, Dartmouth University

Host: Gregory A. Smith, Professor, Dept. of Microbiology-Immunology

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