Dr Zheng-Fei Liu
DVM, PhD,
Professor of animal infectious disease
Expertise Statement
Teaching Duties
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Virology
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Zoonosis
Research Interests
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Acute infection, latency, and reactivation of pseudorabies virus (PRV), bovine
herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1), and bovine herpesvirus 5 (BHV-5)
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The intracellular life cycle of Brucella melitensis (B. melitensis)
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Vaccines and diagnostic kits for animal infectious diseases, such as swine
hepatitis E (sHEV), Canine parvovirus 2 (CPV2), BHV-1, and B. melitensis.
Professional Memberships
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Fellow of the Chinese veterinary medicine society
Other Roles
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Reviewer of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Ministry of
Education of returned overseas students to start research and fund projects
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Reviewer of peer-review journals, such as Journal of Clinical Microbiology,
and Chinese Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences.
Education & Working Experience
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2011.12- Professor of animal infectious disease
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2004.10-2007.4 Postdoctoral fellow of Shafiqul I Chowdhury’s laboratory in
Kansas State University Veterinary Medicine, Manhattan, Kansas
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2004.12-2011.11 Associate professor
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2002.07-2004.10 Assistant professor
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1997.9-2002.6 Ph.D student of Veterinary microbiology and immunology
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1993.9-1997.6 Bachelor student of Animal science
Publications
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Fan Qiang , Yao Lan, Ding Ming , Wang Dan-Jing, Chen Huan-Chun , Liu Zheng-Fei* .
Development of Latex Agglutination Test for Rapid Detection of Antibodies against
Bovine Herpesvirus Type 1 and Bovine Herpesvirus Type 5 in Cattle. J Vet Diagn Invest,
Vol. 24, Number 6, November 2012. In press.
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Wu Yi-Quan, Chen Di-Jun, He Hua-Bin, Chen Dong-Sheng, Chen Ling-Ling, Chen
Huan-Chun, Liu Zheng-Fei*. Pseudorabies virus infected porcine epithelial cell line
generates a diverse set of host micrornas and a special cluster of viral micrornas. PLoS
ONE. 2012, 7(1): e30988.
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Zheng Ke, Chen Dong-Sheng, Wu Yi-Quan, Xu Xian-Jin, Zhang Hui, Chen Chuang-Fu,
Chen Huan-Chun, Liu Zheng-Fei*. MicroRNA expression profile in RAW264.7 cells in
response to Brucella melitensis infection. Int J Biol Sci. 2012; 8(7):1013-1022.
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Zhang Hou–Yong , Chen Dong–Sheng, Wu Yi–Quan, He Qi–Gai, Chen Huan–Chun, and
Liu Zheng–Fei*. Both swine and human cells are capable to support the replication of
swine hepatitis E virus type 4 in vitro.Virus Research. 2011, 158: 289-293
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Liu ZF, Brum MCS, Doster A, Jones C, and Chowdhury SI. A Bovine Herpesvirus Type
1 (BHV-1) Mutant Virus Specifying a Carboxyl Terminal Truncation of Glycoprotein E
(gE) is Defective in Anterograde Neuronal Transport in Rabbits and Calves. Journal
Virology. 2008, 82(15): 7432-7442
Additional Information
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Lab website: lzf.hzau.edu.cn
Contact details
State Key laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology,
Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine,
College of Veterinary Medicine,
Huazhong Agricultural University.
Shizi Shan street,
Hongshan district,
Wuhan, Hubei provine 430070
China
Phone: 86-27-87282608
Fax: 86-27-87282608
Email: lzf6789@mail.hzau.edu.cn