Journal of Antivirals & Antiretrovirals
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Zafar K. Khan

Biography

Dr. Khan is a professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at Drexel University College of Medicine, and director of the Center for International Translational Research.He completed his PhD at Banaras Hindu University in 1977,India.For the last several years his frontier area of research has been on the microbial pathogenesis and therapy of infectious diseases including retroviruses and opportunistic infections. The current research efforts primarily focus on defining the mechanism of virus-induced neuroinflammation and demyelination in the central and peripheral nervous system in order to identify potential diagnostic markers and targets for therapeutic intervention.

Research Interest

Zafar K Khan research interests include High throughput screening and preclinical evaluation of antiviral agents; animal modeling of microbial infections and neuroinflammation.

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