Poxvirus and Rabies Branch,
Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology,
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases,
Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Michael Niezgoda is a Research Microbiologist in the Rabies Program, Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He received a Master of Science at the University of Georgia in Medical Microbiology in 1996 with a thesis “Pathogenesis of rabies in the domestic ferrets (Mustela putorius furo).
His research studies on rabies pathogenesis in domestic ferrets resulted in the endorsement by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians Incorporated to include ferrets, along with dogs and cats, to be vaccinated for rabies in the Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control recommendations. Subsequently, his focus has been on laboratory techniques for research and diagnosis of rabies. He has conducted lyssavirus surveillance and diagnostic training both domestically and internationally and has been involved in implementing new rabies diagnostic techniques in many countries around the world.
Oral efficacy of an attenuated rabies virus vaccine in skunks and raccoons.
Journal of wildlife diseases Apr, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12038142
Postexposure prophylaxis for prevention of rabies in dogs.
American journal of veterinary research Aug, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12171160
Antibodies to Nipah-like virus in bats (Pteropus lylei), Cambodia.
Emerging infectious diseases Sep, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12194780
Nipah virus encephalitis reemergence, Bangladesh.
Emerging infectious diseases Dec, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15663842
Transmission of rabies virus from an organ donor to four transplant recipients.
The New England journal of medicine Mar, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15784663
Novel rabies virus-neutralizing epitope recognized by human monoclonal antibody: fine mapping and escape mutant analysis.
Journal of virology Apr, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15795253
Oral vaccination of dogs with recombinant rabies virus vaccines.
Virus research Jul, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15896409
Novel human monoclonal antibody combination effectively neutralizing natural rabies virus variants and individual in vitro escape mutants.
Journal of virology Jul, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15994800
Evaluation of a direct, rapid immunohistochemical test for rabies diagnosis.
Emerging infectious diseases Feb, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16494761
Lyssavirus surveillance in bats, Bangladesh.
Emerging infectious diseases Mar, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16704789
Oral vaccination of raccoons (Procyon lotor) with genetically modified rabies virus vaccines.
Vaccine Oct, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17826874
Lagos bat virus in Kenya.
Journal of clinical microbiology Apr, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18305130
Rabies diagnosis for developing countries.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases Mar, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18365035
Possible emergence of West Caucasian bat virus in Africa.
Emerging infectious diseases Dec, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 19046512
New rabies virus variant in Mexican immigrant.
Emerging infectious diseases Dec, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 19046517
Detection of novel SARS-like and other coronaviruses in bats from Kenya.
Emerging infectious diseases Mar, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19239771
Human rabies and rabies in vampire and nonvampire bat species, Southeastern Peru, 2007.
Emerging infectious diseases Aug, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19751600
Oral immunization of raccoons and skunks with a canine adenovirus recombinant rabies vaccine.
Vaccine Nov, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19925952
Oral rabies vaccination in north america: opportunities, complexities, and challenges.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases Dec, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 20027214
Marburg virus in fruit bat, Kenya.
Emerging infectious diseases Feb, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20113584
Shimoni bat virus, a new representative of the Lyssavirus genus.
Virus research May, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20138934
Seroconversion following incomplete human rabies postexposure prophylaxis.
Vaccine Sep, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20637309
Identification of a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-like virus in a leaf-nosed bat in Nigeria.
mBio Oct, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 21063474
Reassortant group A rotavirus from straw-colored fruit bat (Eidolon helvum).
Emerging infectious diseases Dec, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 21122212
Bartonella spp. in bats, Kenya.
Emerging infectious diseases Dec, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 21122216
Recovery from and clearance of rabies virus in a domestic ferret.
Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS Mar, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21439220
Commerson's leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros commersoni) is the likely reservoir of Shimoni bat virus.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) Nov, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21867415
Evaluation of a new serological technique for detecting rabies virus antibodies following vaccination.
Vaccine Aug, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22749835
Evidence of rabies virus exposure among humans in the Peruvian Amazon.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Aug, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22855749
Discovery of diverse polyomaviruses in bats and the evolutionary history of the Polyomaviridae.
The Journal of general virology Apr, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23239573
Evaluation of an indirect rapid immunohistochemistry test for the differentiation of rabies virus variants.
Journal of virological methods Jun, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23541783
Bats are a major natural reservoir for hepaciviruses and pegiviruses.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America May, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23610427
Current and future tools for global canine rabies elimination.
Antiviral research Oct, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23871797
Isolation and molecular characterization of Fikirini rhabdovirus, a novel virus from a Kenyan bat.
The Journal of general virology Nov, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23939976
Molecular detection of adenoviruses, rhabdoviruses, and paramyxoviruses in bats from Kenya.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Aug, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24865685
Virology, immunology and pathology of human rabies during treatment.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal May, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25405805
Exposure to Lyssaviruses in Bats of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Journal of wildlife diseases 04, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28151079
EVALUATION OF ORAL RABIES VACCINATION: PROTECTION AGAINST RABIES IN WILD CAUGHT RACCOONS ( PROCYON LOTOR).
Journal of wildlife diseases 07, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29595380
An ELISA-based method for detection of rabies virus nucleoprotein-specific antibodies in human antemortem samples.
PloS one , 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30403742
Using the LN34 Pan-Lyssavirus Real-Time RT-PCR Assay for Rabies Diagnosis and Rapid Genetic Typing from Formalin-Fixed Human Brain Tissue.
Viruses 01, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31963651
Bat and Lyssavirus Exposure among Humans in Area that Celebrates Bat Festival, Nigeria, 2010 and 2013.
Emerging infectious diseases 07, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32568051