(Source: Virginia Tech - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) BLACKSBURG, Va., Feb. 19, 2013 - For individuals with compromised immune systems, chronic infections can be deadly. Thanks to a nearly $2 million grant, a professor in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine will be working to better understand chronic hepatitis E virus infections. Dr. X.J. Meng, professor of virology on the college's Virginia Tech campus, received the five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He directs a lab in the Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease that is considered one of the world's leading hepatitis E virus research centers....
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