Ausama A Yousif
Cairo University, Egypt
Biography
Ausama graduated at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University. He was awarded his PhD in 2002 at South Dakota State University. He published several papers on developing diagnostic reagents and vaccines for the control of emerging transboundary pathogens like lumpy skin disease virus. He was first to isolate a pestivirus from camels. Professor Yousif also worked with the industry on several aspects of the production and quality control of several vaccines, including Rift Valley fever virus, foot and mouth disease virus, and camelpox virus vaccines. His current research focus is on improving vaccines and vaccine-based control programs
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