Allison C. Vilander

Pathogenesis and host response to a novel Tacaribe virus isolate in experimentally-infected Jamaican fruit bats

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.

Investigation of Powassan virus lineage II pathogenesis and neurotropism in mice

This study investigates POWV lineage II pathogenesis in mice, finding that distinct disease phenotypes arise from genetic variations beyond nonsynonymous mutations.