Massimo Giangaspero DVM
Biography
With more than 20 years of experience in virology research at national and international levels, Prof Giangaspero’ work includes investigations in emerging and potentially zoonotic diseases as for example study on bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDv) in man or association of BVDv with HIV in human patients. Currently, Prof Giangaspero is developing virus genome secondary structure based identification methods applied to pestiviruses and human hepatitis C virus species. Prof Giangaspero’ institutional activities includes strengthening of sanitary veterinary institutions in the framework of EU assistance as Pre-Accession Adviser in Slovenia or technical assistance to food safety and veterinary authorities in Albania, Poland, Lithuania, Croatia and Romania.
Research Interest
Virology