Dr
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