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National Wildlife Research Center NWRC)

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Kaci K. VanDalen
Biologist

Kaci VanDalen is a biologist in the Ecology of Emerging Viruses and Bacterial Diseases project at the USDA APHIS Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC). She has held this position since 2004. In her work with wildlife diseases, Ms. VanDalen has assisted in pathogen surveillance studies and outbreak investigations. She has also conducted multiple laboratory studies and experimental infection investigations in BSL-3 and BSL-2 facilities. She has worked with a variety of host species from house finches to waterfowl to American alligators and a number of wildlife pathogens including Mycoplasma gallisepticum, West Nile virus, and influenza viruses.

Expertise Keywords

Zoonotic diseases, virology, microbiology, virus ecology

Taxonomic Groups of Interest

Passerines, waterfowl, small mammals, reptiles, amphibians

Current Research

  • Avian influenza transmission and detection
  • Environmental sampling for wildlife pathogens
  • Comparing and optimizing laboratory techniques for studies of wildlife pathogens

Previous Positions

  • ORISE fellow, Centers for Disease Control
  • EID fellow, Association of Public Health Laboratories and Centers for Disease Control
  • Research Assistant, Auburn University
  • Teaching Assistant, Auburn University
  • Quality Assurance Technician, Reames Foods Inc

Education

  • M.S., Auburn University, Microbiology, Optimization of a complementation system for studies of RSV envelope proteins.
  • B.A., Biology, Central College

Certifications

Certificate in Field Epidemiology, University of North Carolina

Contact Information

  • Address: USDA/APHIS/WS/NWRC 4101 LaPorte Ave, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521
  • Telephone: 970.266.6312
  • Fax: 970.266.6138
  • E-mail: kaci.vandalen@aphis.usda.gov

Recent Publications:

2012

Fry, T., Van Dalen K., Hurley J., Nash P. 2012. Mucosal adjuvants to improve wildlife rabies vaccination. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 48:1042-6. DOI: 10.7589/2011-11-331.

Pepin, K. M., K. K. Vandalen, N. L. Mooers, J. W. Ellis, H. J. Sullivan, J. J. Root, C. T. Webb, A. B. Franklin, and S. A. Shriner. 2012. Quantification of heterosubtypic immunity between avian influenza subtypes H3N8 and H4N6 in multiple avian host species. Journal of General Virology 2012., 93, 2575–2583.

Piaggio, A.J., Shriner, S.A., VanDalen, K.K., Franklin, A.B., Anderson., T.D., et al. 2012. Molecular surveillance of low pathogenic avian influenza viruses in wild birds across the United States: inferences from the hemagglutinin gene. PLoS ONE 7(12): e50834. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050834

Shriner, S.A., K.K. VanDalen, N.L. Mooers, J.W. Ellis, H.J. Sullivan, J.J. Root, A.M. Pelzel, and A.B. Franklin. 2012. Low-pathogenic avian influenza viruses in wild house mice. PLoS ONE 7(6): e39206.

2011

Franklin, A. B., K. K. Vandalen, and K. Huyvaert. 2011. Avian influenza virus in aquatic environments--an ecological perspective. Pages 59-72 in S. K. Majumdar, F. J. Brenner, J. E. Huffman, R. G. McLean, A. I. Panah, P. J. F. Pietrobon, S. P. Keeler,and S. E. Shive, editors. Pandemic influenza viruses: science, surveillance and public health. Pennsylvania Academy of Science, Easton, Pennsylvania.

2010

Vandalen, K. K., A. B. Franklin, N. L. Mooers, H. J. Sullivan, and S. A. Shriner. 2010. Shedding light on avian influenza H4N6 infection in mallards: modes of transmission and implications for surveillance. PLOS One Online

 

Last Modified: January 2, 2013