Manuel Borca
Plum Island Animal Disease Center
Research Microbiologist
Phone: (631) 323-3019
Fax: (631) 323-3006
40550 ROUTE 25
USDA ORIENT POINT WAREHOUSE ORIENT POINT, NY, 11957
Piccone, M.E., Pacheco Tobin, J., Pauszek, S.J., Borca, M.V., Rieder, A.E., Rodriguez, L.L. 2008. Role of the Region Located Between the Two AUG Initiation Codons in the Pathogenesis of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV). European Study Group on the Molecular Biology of Picornaviruses. p. 199.
Fernandez-Sainz, I., Holinka, L.G., Lu, Z., Risatti, G.R., Borca, M.V. 2007. Removal of a N-linked Glycosylation Site on the Classical Swine Fever Virus Strain Brescia E(rns) Glycoprotein Affects Virulence in Swine. Virology. 370:122-129.
Risatti, G.R., Holinka, L.G., Fernanez-Sainz, I., Carrillo, C., Kutish, G., Lu, Z., Zhu, J., Rock, D.L., Borca, M.V., 2007, Mutations in the Carboxyl Terminal Region of E2 Glycoprotein of Classical Swine Fever Virus are Responsible for Viral Attenuation in Swine. Positive Strand RNA Virus International Conference Proceedings. P2-K27, p.116
Risatti, G., Holinka, L.G., Fernandez-Sainz, I., Carrillo, C., Kutish, G.F., Lu, Z., Zhu, J., Rock, D.L., Borca, M.V. 2007. Mutations in the Carboxyl Terminal Region of E2 Glycoprotein of Classical Swine Fever Virus is Responsible for Viral Attenuation in Swine. Virology. 364 (2): 371-82.
Risatti, G.R., Holinka, L.G., Carillo, C., Kutish, G.F., Lu, Z., Tulman, E.R., Fernandez-Sainz, I., Borca, M.V. 2006. Identification of a Novel Virulence Determinant Within the E2 Structural Glycoprotein of Classical Swine Fever Virus. Conference of Research Workers in Animal Disease (CRWAD) annual meeting, Chicago, IL, December 3-5, 2006, page 201.
Risatti, G.R., Holinka, L.G., Fernandez-Sainz, I., Carillo, C., Kutish, G.F., Lu, Z., Tulman, E.R., Rock, D.L., Borca, M.V. Mutations in the Carboxi Terminal Region of E2 Glycoprotein of Classical Swine Fever Virus is Responsible for Viral Attenuation in Swine. Conference of Research Workers in Animal Disease (CRWAD) annual meeting, Chicago, IL, December 3-5, 2006, page 138.
Carrillo, C., Lu, Z., Tulman, E., Borca, M.V., Vagnozzi, A., Kutish, G.F., Rock, D.L. 2005. Genetic and Phenotypic Variation of FMDV During Serial Passages in Pigs. European Study Group on the Molecular Biology of Picornaviruses. P. E06.
Rodriguez, L.L., Baxt, B., Rieder, A.E., Golde, W.T., Borca, M.V., Grubman, M.J. 2005. Novel tools to prevent and eradicate foreign animal diseases. American Society for Microbiology Biodefense Meeting. p 41.
Risatti, G.R., Borca, M.V., Kutish, G.F., Lu, Z., Holinka, L.G., French, R., Tulman, E., Rock, D.L. 2005 The E2 Glycoprotein of Classical Swine Fever Virus Affects Viral Virulence in Swine. Journal of Virology.79: 3787-3796.
Risatti, G.R., Kutish, G.F., Lu, Z., Holinka, L.G., French, R.A., Sur, J.H., Rock, D.L., Borca, M.V. 2004. A 19mer Peptide Insertion in the E1 Glycoprotein of Classical Swine Fever Virus Affects Viral Virulence in Swine. Conference of Research Worksers in Animal Disese Meeting. P.195
Risatti, G.R., Kutish, G.F., Lu, Z., Holinka, L.G., French, R.A., Tulman, E., Rock, D.L., Borca, M.V. 2004. The E2 Glycoprotein of Classical Swine Fever Virus is a Virulence Determinant in Swine. Conference of Research Worksers in Animal Disese Meeting. P. 196.
Risatti, G.R., Holinka, L.G., Lu, Z., Kutish, G.F., Callahan, J.D., Nelson, W.N., Tio, B.E., Borca, M.V. 2004. Diagnostic Evaluation of a Portable Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assay for the Detection of Classical Swine Fever. Conference of Research Worksers in Animal Disese Meeting. P 194.
Dus Santos, M., Carrillo, C., Ardila, F., Rios, R., Franzone, M., Piccone, M.E., Wigdorovitz, A., Borca, M.V. 2005. Development of Transgenic Alfalfa Plants Containing the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Structural Polyprotein Gene p1 and Its Utilization as an Experimental Immunogen. Vaccine.23(15): 1838-43.
Perez, D., Brayfield, B., Phiri, S., Borca, M.V., Woods, C., Morris, T. 2004. Preserved antigenicity of hiv-1 p24 produced and purified in high yields from plants inoculated with tobacco mosaic virus (tmv)-derived vector.. Journal of Virological Methods. 121 (2004) 201-208.
Perez Filgueira, D., Mozgovoj, M., Wigdorovitz, A., Dus Santos, M., Parreno, V., Trono, K., Fernandez, F., Carrillo, C., Badiuk, L., Morris, T., Borca, M.V. 2004. Passive protection to bovine rotavirus (brv) infection induced by a brv vp8* produced in plants using a tmv-based vector.. Archives of Virology. 149:2337-2348.
Wigdorovitz, A., Mozgovoj, M., Dus Santos, M.J., Parreno, V., Perez-Filgueira, D.M., Trono, K.G., Rios, R.D., Carrillo, C., Escribano, J.M., Borca, M.V. 2004. Protective lactogenic immunity conferred by an edible peptide vaccine to bovine rotavirus produced in transgenic plants. Journal of General Virology. 85:1825-1832.