Advance your academic career, collaborate globally, and expand your network— join now !

Dr. Barbara S Drolet

United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Arthropo...

Share Link

Share

Information

Barbara S. Drolet is a Research Microbiologist with the Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Unit at the Center for Grain and Animal Health Research, Manhattan, KS, and an Adjunct Professor in two departments at Kansas State University. Her research includes developing arboviral immunodiagnostics, investigating the molecular interactions between arboviruses and their mammalian and/or insect hosts, and determining the effects of insect vector saliva on mammalian immune responses and arboviral pathogenesis. Arboviruses of interest include bluetongue, epizootic hemorrhagic disease, and vesicular stomatitis virus.

Research Keywords & Expertise

Arbovirus
Japanese encephalitis ...
Rift Valley fever viru...
vesicular stomatitis v...
insect vectors

Fingerprints

34%
vesicular stomatitis virus
9%
Rift Valley fever virus
9%
insect vectors
6%
Arbovirus
6%
Orbiviruses
5%
Arthropod-borne animal diseases

Short Biography

Barbara S. Drolet is a Research Microbiologist with the Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Unit at the Center for Grain and Animal Health Research, Manhattan, KS, and an Adjunct Professor in two departments at Kansas State University. Her research includes developing arboviral immunodiagnostics, investigating the molecular interactions between arboviruses and their mammalian and/or insect hosts, and determining the effects of insect vector saliva on mammalian immune responses and arboviral pathogenesis. Arboviruses of interest include bluetongue, epizootic hemorrhagic disease, and vesicular stomatitis virus.