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KAJON, ADRIANA E., PHD CONTACT INFORMATION Fax: (505) 348-8567 e-mail: akajon@LRRI.org Extended CV

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EDUCATION
B.S. (Biochemistry) 1983, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ph.D. (Virology) 1990, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ph.D. (Virology) 1995, University of Umeå, Sweden

EMPLOYMENT

3/04 - Present	Associate Scientist, Infectious Diseases Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM
1/02 - Present	Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
9/01 - 3/04	Associate Research Scientist, Respiratory Immunology and Asthma Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM
2000 - 8/01	Postdoctoral Fellow, Respiratory Immunology and Asthma Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM
1996 - 2000	Postdoctoral Research Associate with Professor Katherine R. Spindler, Department of Genetics, University of Georgia
1993 - 1997	Assistant Researcher, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina
1990 - 1995	Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Virology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
1985 - 1990	Graduate Student Fellow, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Society for Microbiology
American Society for Virology
American Association for the Advancement of Science

AREAS OF RESEARCH

• Molecular epidemiology of adenovirus respiratory infections
• Animal modeling of adenovirus pathogenesis

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

1. Mistchenko, A. S., A. Maffey, G. Casal and A. E. Kajon: Adenoviral Pericarditis: High Levels of Interleukin 6 in Pericardial Fluid. Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 14: 1007-1009, 1995.

2. Kajon, A. E., A. S. Mistchenko, C. Videla, M. Hortal, G. Wadell and L. F. Avendaño: Molecular Epidemiology of Adenoviruses Associated with Acute Lower Respiratory Infections of Children in the South Cone of South America (1991-1994). J. Med. Virol. 48: 151-156, 1996.

3. Kajon, A. E. and G. Wadell: Sequence Analysis of the E3 Region and Fiber Gene of Human Adenovirus Genome Type 7h. Virology 215: 190-196, 1996.

4. Kidd, A., M. Jönsson, D. Garwicz, A. E. Kajon, A. G. Wermenbol, M. W. Verweij and J. de Jong: Rapid Subgenus Identification of Human Adenovirus Isolates by a General PCR. J. Clin. Microbiol. 34: 622-627, 1996.

5. Murtagh, P. and A. Kajon: Chronic Pulmonary Sequelae of Adenovirus Infection. Pediatr. Pulmonol. Suppl. 16: 150-151, 1997.

6. Kajon, A., C. C. Brown and K. R. Spindler: Distribution of Mouse Adenovirus Type 1 in Intraperitoneally and Intranasally Infected Adult Outbred Mice. J. Virol. 72: 1219-1223, 1998.

7. Mistchenko, A., J. F. Robaldo, F. C. Rosman, E. R. R. Koch and A. Kajon: Fatal Adenovirus Infection Associated with New Genome Type. J. Med. Virol. 54: 233-236, 1998.

8. Kajon, A. E., S. A. Portes, W. A. de Mello, J. P. Nascimento and M. M. Siqueira: Genome Type Analysis of Brazilian Adenovirus Strains of Serotypes 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 Collected Between 1976 and 1995. J. Med. Virol. 58(4): 408-412, 1999.

9. Rao, V. P., A. E. Kajon, K. R. Spindler and G. Carayanniotis: Involvement of Epitope Mimicry in Potentiation but not Initiation of Autoimmune Disease. J. Immunol. 162(10): 5888-5893, 1999.

10. Videla, C., G. Carballal and A. Kajon: Genomic Analysis of Adenovirus Isolated from Argentinian Children with Acute Lower Respiratory Infections. J. Clin. Virol. 14(1): 67-71, 1999.

11. Kajon, A. E. and K. R. Spindler: Mouse Adenovirus Type 1 Replication In Vitro is Resistant to Interferon. Virology 274(1): 213-219, 2000.

12. Larranaga, C., A. Kajon, E. Villagra and L. F. Avendano: Adenovirus Surveillance on Children Hospitalized for Acute Lower Respiratory Infections in Chile (1988-1996). J. Med. Virol. 60(3): 342-346, 2000.

13. Gerber, S. I., D. D. Erdman, S. L. Pur, P. S. Diaz, J. Segreti, A. E. Kajon, R. P. Belkengren and R. C. Jones: Outbreak of Adenovirus Genome Type 7d2 Infection in a Pediatric Chronic-Care Facility and Tertiary-Care Hospital. Clin. Infect. Dis. 32(5): 694-700, 2001.

14. Spindler, K. R., L. Fang, M. L. Moore, G. N. Hirsch, C. C. Brown and A. Kajon: SLJ/J Mice are Highly Susceptible to Infection by Mouse Adenovirus Type 1. J. Virol. 75(24): 12039-12046, 2001.

15. Erdman, D. D., W. Xu, S. I. Gerber, G. C. Gray, D. Schnurr, A. E. Kajon and L. J. Anderson: Molecular Epidemiology of Adenovirus Type 7 in the United States, 1966-2000. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 8(3): 269-277, 2002.

16. Kajon, A. E., A. P. Gigliotti and K. S. Harrod: Acute Inflammatory Response and Remodeling of Airway Epithelium After Subspecies B1 Human Adenovirus Infection of the Mouse Lower Respiratory Tract. J. Med. Virol. 71(2): 233-244, 2003.

17. Avvakumov, N., A. E. Kajon, R. C. Hoeben and J. S. Mymryk: Comprehensive Sequence Analysis of the E1A Proteins of Human and Simian Adenoviruses. Virology 329(2): 477-492, 2004.

18. Kajon, A. E., W. Xu and D. D. Erdman: Sequence Polymorphism in the E3 7.7K ORF of Subspecies B1 Human Adenoviruses. Virus Res. 107(1): 11-19, 2005.

19. Metzgar, D., M. Osuna, S. Yingst, M. Rakha, K. Earhart, D. Elyan, H. Esmat, M. D. Saad, A. Kajon, J. Wu, G. C. Gray, M. A. Ryan and K. L. Russell: PCR Analysis of Egyptian Respiratory Adenovirus Isolates, Including Identification of Species, Serotypes, and Coinfections. J. Clin. Microbiol. 43(11): 5743-5752, 2005.

20. Russell, K. L., M. P. Broderick, S. E. Franklin, L. B. Blyn, N. E. Freed, E. Moradi, D. J. Ecker, P. E. Kammerer, M. A. Osuna, A. E. Kajon, C. B. Morn and M. A. Ryan: Transmission Dynamics and Prospective Environmental Sampling of Adenovirus in a Military Recruit Setting. J. Infect. Dis. 194(7): 877-885, 2006.

21. Gray, G. C., T. McCarthy, M. G. Lebeck, D. P. Schnurr, K. L. Russell, A. E. Kajon, M. L. Landry, D. S. Leland, G. A. Storch, C. C. Ginocchio, C. C. Robinson, G. J. Demmler, M. A. Saubolle, S. C. Kehl, R. Selvarangan, M. B. Miller, J. D. Chappell, D. M. Zerr, D. L. Kiska, D. C. Halstead, A. W. Capuano, S. F. Setterquist, M. L. Chorazy, J. D. Dawson and D. D. Erdman: Genotype Prevalence and Risk Factors for Clinical Adenovirus Infections, United States 2004-2006. Clin. Infect. Dis. 45(9): 1120-1131, 2007.

22. Kajon, A. E. and D. D. Erdman: Assessment of Genetic Variability Among Subspecies B1 Human Adenoviruses for Molecular Epidemiology Studies. In Adenovirus Methods and Protocols, Volume 2: Ad Proteins and RNA, Lifecycle and Host Interactions, and Phyologenetics (W. S. M. Wold and A. E. Tollefsson, eds.), 2nd Ed., pp. 335-355, Humana Press, 2007.

23. Kajon, A. E., J. M. Moseley, D. Metzgar, H. S. Huong, A. Wadleigh, M. A. Ryan and K. L. Russell: Molecular Epidemiology of Adenovirus Type 4 Infections in US Military Recruits in the Postvaccination Era (1997-2003). J. Infect. Dis. 196(1): 67-75, 2007.

24. Metzgar, D., M. Osuna, A. E. Kajon, A. W. Hawksworth, M. Irvine and K. L. Russell: Abrupt Emergence of Diverse Species B Adenoviruses in US Military Recruit Training Centers. J. Infect. Dis. 196(10): 1465-1473, 2007.

25. Louie, J. K., A. E. Kajon, M. Holodniy, L. Guardia-LeBar, B. Lee, A. M. Petru, J. K. Hacker and D. P. Schnurr: Severe Pneumonia Due to Adenovirus Serotype 14: A New Respiratory Threat? Clin. Infect. Dis. 46(3): 421-425, 2008.