Leslie Sims

Dr
Leslie
Sims

Director
Asia Pacific Vet Information Services
Biography

Private veterinary consultant with a special interest in practical control of diseases at the human-animal interface and transboundary animal diseases working for a range of organisations including FAO and Government of Hong Kong (2003- present day)

Former Assistant Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation (Hong Kong) (1993-2002)

Veterinary diagnostician in Australia and Papua New Guinea (1978-1993) 

 

 

Research interests

Transboundary diseases with pandemic potential

Projects you're working on

Executive committee OFFLU

Rebalancing pros and cons of avian influenza vaccination

Vaccination for H9N2 Myanmar

Control and prevention of African swine fever 

Discipline
Deployment Epidemiology
Host species
Pigs Poultry Zoonoses
Pathogen
Viruses Viruses›African swine fever virus Viruses›Foot-and-mouth disease virus Viruses›Influenza virus Viruses›Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus Viruses›Rabies virus
Stage of vaccine development
Deployment