Kris
Helke, DVM, PhD
Assistant Professor
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine &
Department of Comparative Medicine
Room 618, 114 Doughty Street
Phone:
843-876-5212
Fax: 843-792-9619
Clinical
Expertise: Veterinary Pathology
Education/Training:
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DVM, 2000, University of Wisconsin- Madison, Madison, WI
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PhD, 2007, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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Veterinary Pathology Fellowship: 2001-2005 Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Research Interests:
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Neurodegeneration, Animal Disease
Recent Publications:
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Helke KL, Denver MC, Bronson E, Mankowski JL. Disseminated cryptococcosis in a guenon (Cercopithecus ascanius). Veterinary Pathology. (2006) 43: 75-78
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Helke KL, Mankowski JL, Manabe YC. Animal models of cavitation in pulmonary tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (Edinb). (2006) 86: 337-48
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Helke KL, Cooper TK, Mankowski JL, Poynton SL. Disseminated visceral coccidiosis in Indo-gangetic flap-shelled turtles, Lissemys punctata andersonii. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. (2006) 42: 788-796
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Zink MC, Laast VA, Helke KL, Brice A, Barber SA, Clements JE, Mankowski JL. From mice to macaques: animal models of HIV nervous system disease. Current HIV Research. (2006) 4: 293-305
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Helke KL, Poynton SL. Myxidium mackiei (Myxosporea) in Indo-gangetic flap-shelled turtles (Lissemys punctata andersonii): parasite-host interaction and ultrastructure. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. (2005) 63: 215-230
Helke KL, Queen SE, Tarwater PM, Turchan-Cholewo J, Nath A, Zink MC, Irani DN, Mankowski JL. 14-3-3 protein in CSF: an early predictor of SIV CNS disease. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology. (2005) 64: 202-208
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Nuermberger E, Helke K, Bishai WR. The low-dose aerosol model of pneumococcal pneumonia in the mouse: utility for evaluation of antimicrobial efficacy. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. (2005) 26: 497-503
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