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Konstantin P. Lyashchenko is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine and immunology and microbiology, with a focus on infectious diseases, epidemiology, microbiology, immunology, and molecular biology.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Microbial infections and disease research
  • Vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
  • Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Konstantin P. Lyashchenko has published research across several academic journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology
  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Animals

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Konstantin P. Lyashchenko include:

  • Memory B cells and tuberculosis, 2020, Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology
  • Differential antigen recognition by serum antibodies from three bovid hosts of Mycobacterium bovis infection, 2020, Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
  • Review of Diagnostic Tests for Detection of Mycobacterium bovis Infection in South African Wildlife, 2021, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Transboundary tuberculosis: Importation of alpacas infected with Mycobacterium bovis from the United Kingdom to Poland and potential for serodiagnostic assays in detecting tuberculin skin test false-negative animals, 2020, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Biopsy and Tracheobronchial Aspirates as Additional Tools for the Diagnosis of Bovine Tuberculosis in Living European Bison (Bison bonasus), 2020, Animals

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Michele A. Miller
  • W. Ray Waters
  • Archana A. Sridhara
  • Ashley Johnathan-Lee
  • Javan Esfandiari

Best Publications

  • Bovine Tuberculosis: A Review of Current and Emerging Diagnostic Techniques in View of their Relevance for Disease Control and Eradication

    I. Schiller;B. Oesch;H. M. Vordermeier;M. V. Palmer

  • Heterogeneous Antibody Responses in Tuberculosis

    Konstantin Lyashchenko;Roberto Colangeli;Michel Houde;Hamdan Al Jahdali

  • Protection of macaques against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection by a subunit vaccine based on a fusion protein of antigen 85B and ESAT-6.

    Jan A.M. Langermans;T. Mark Doherty;Richard A.W. Vervenne;Tridia van der Laan

  • A multi-antigen print immunoassay for the development of serological diagnosis of infectious diseases.

    Konstantin P. Lyashchenko;Mewa Singh;Roberto Colangeli;Maria Laura Gennaro

  • Association of Tuberculin-Boosted Antibody Responses with Pathology and Cell-Mediated Immunity in Cattle Vaccinated with Mycobacterium bovis BCG and Infected with M. bovis

    Konstantin Lyashchenko;Adam O. Whelan;Rena Greenwald;John M. Pollock

  • Use of Multiepitope Polyproteins in Serodiagnosis of Active Tuberculosis

    Raymond L. Houghton;Michael J. Lodes;Davin C. Dillon;Lisa D. Reynolds

  • Early Antibody Responses to Experimental Mycobacterium bovis Infection of Cattle

    W. R. Waters;M. V. Palmer;T. C. Thacker;J. P. Bannantine

  • Animal-side serologic assay for rapid detection of Mycobacterium bovis infection in multiple species of free-ranging wildlife

    K.P. Lyashchenko;R. Greenwald;J. Esfandiari;M.A. Chambers

  • Protection against tuberculosis in Eurasian wild boar vaccinated with heat-inactivated Mycobacterium bovis.

    Joseba M. Garrido;Iker A. Sevilla;Beatriz Beltrán-Beck;Esmeralda Minguijón

  • Tuberculosis in Elephants: Antibody Responses to Defined Antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Potential for Early Diagnosis, and Monitoring of Treatment

    Konstantin P. Lyashchenko;Rena Greenwald;Javan Esfandiari;John H. Olsen

  • Serologic tests for detecting antibodies against Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa scrofa).

    Mariana Boadella;Konstantin Lyashchenko;Reena Greenwald;Javan Esfandiari

  • Highly Accurate Antibody Assays for Early and Rapid Detection of Tuberculosis in African and Asian Elephants

    Rena Greenwald;Olena Lyashchenko;Javan Esfandiari;Michele Miller

  • Diversity of Antigen Recognition by Serum Antibodies in Experimental Bovine Tuberculosis

    Konstantin P. Lyashchenko;John M. Pollock;Roberto Colangeli;Maria Laura Gennaro

  • Molecular cloning, purification, and serological characterization of MPT63, a novel antigen secreted by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    Claudia Manca;Konstantin Lyashchenko;Harald Gotten Wiker;Donatella Usai

  • Improved serodetection of Mycobacterium bovis infection in badgers (Meles meles) using multiantigen test formats.

    Rena Greenwald;Javan Esfandiari;Sandrine Lesellier;Raymond Houghton

  • Three-step purification of lipopolysaccharide-free, polyhistidine-tagged recombinant antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Roberto Colangeli;Anna Heijbel;Alan M Williams;Claudia Manca

  • Immunological characterization of antigens encoded by the RD1 region of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome.

    P. N. Brusasca;R. Colangeli;K. P. Lyashchenko;X. Zhao

  • Use of recombinant proteins in antibody tests for bovine tuberculosis.

    Massimo Amadori;Konstantin P Lyashchenko;Marila L Gennaro;John M Pollock

  • Effects of Different Tuberculin Skin-Testing Regimens on Gamma Interferon and Antibody Responses in Cattle Experimentally Infected with Mycobacterium bovis

    M. V. Palmer;W. R. Waters;T. C. Thacker;R. Greenwald

  • MTSA-10, the product of the Rv3874 gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, elicits tuberculosis-specific, delayed-type hypersensitivity in guinea pigs.

    Roberto Colangeli;John S. Spencer;Pablo Bifani;Alan Williams

  • Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens of high serodiagnostic value.

    Gregory C. Ireton;Rena Greenwald;Hong Liang;Javan Esfandiari

Frequent Co-Authors

Mitchell V. Palmer
Mitchell V. Palmer Agricultural Research Service
Maria Laura Gennaro
Maria Laura Gennaro Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Christian Gortázar
Christian Gortázar University of Castilla-La Mancha
John M. Pollock
John M. Pollock Government of the United Kingdom
Peter E. Andersen
Peter E. Andersen Technical University of Denmark
José de la Fuente
José de la Fuente University of Castilla-La Mancha
R. Glyn Hewinson
R. Glyn Hewinson Aberystwyth University
Paul D. van Helden
Paul D. van Helden Stellenbosch University
Beatriz Romero
Beatriz Romero Complutense University of Madrid

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