Bradly E. Burke

This paper isolates and characterizes a novel Tacaribe virus (TCRV) strain from Jamaican fruit bats, showing it causes nonfatal infection with mild liver disease and limited immune response, offering a better model for studying arenavirus biology than previously used strains.

This study shows that low cadmium exposure alters B and T cell gene expression in Jamaican fruit bats, suggesting immune system changes, but not affecting viral replication in kidney cells.

The paper identifies cross-reactive monoclonal antibodies for profiling Jamaican fruit bat lymphocytes and generates specific antibodies for CD3γ, CD4, and CD8 to enable flow cytometry analysis of T cells.