Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis
Associate Arbovirologist, Center for Vectorborne Diseases
Office: 5327 VM3A
Lab: 5336 VM3A Phone: (530) 754-8359
E-mail: acbrault@ucdavis.edu
Aaron Brault's Departmental Profile
Expertise:
- Molecular identification of arthropod infectivity and vertebrate pathogenesis determinants of arthropod-borne viruses
Research Focus:
- West Nile virus (WNV) determinants of avian virulence
- Molecular epidemiology of alpha and flaviviruses
- Adaptive mutations of WNV for increased replication in avian and mosquito hosts
- Development of novel diagnostic assays for arthropod-borne virus detection