Dr
David
Lazarus
Dr
David
Lazarus
Chief Veterinary Research Officer
National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom
Email
dlazarus [at] nvri.gov.ngLinkedIn
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David Lazarus is a research veterinarian at the Infectious and Transboundary Animal Diseases, National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom Nigeria. He qualified with a DVM degree from the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria and obtained MSc (Veterinary Science) and PhD from the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
His research focuses on the control of Foot-and-Mouth and Similar Transboundary (FAST) Animal Diseases and evaluation of vaccines.
He is also a founding member of the African Vaccinology Network (AfVANET)
Research interests
Epidemiological evaluation of veterinary vaccines
Discipline
Challenge study design Clinical trials – efficacy Clinical trials – safety Epidemiology Ethics Immunology – B-cells Immunology – T-cells Immunology – innate Safety evaluation Virology Host species
Buffalo Cattle Pigs Small ruminants Wildlife Zoonoses Pathogen
Viruses›African horse sickness virus Viruses›African swine fever virus Viruses›Arboviruses Viruses›Bovine viral diarrhoea Viruses›Capripoxvirus Viruses›Classical swine fever virus Viruses›Coronavirus Viruses›Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus Viruses›Ebolaviruses/filoviruses Viruses›Foot-and-mouth disease virus Viruses›Peste des petits ruminants virus Viruses›Rabies virus Viruses›Rift Valley fever virus Stage of vaccine development
Clinical trials Correlates of protection – immunomonitoring Field trials Pre-clinical trials