Irina Leneva
Mechnikov Research Institute of Vaccines and Sera, Moscow, Russia
Biography
Irina Leneva has completed her PhD at the age of 28 years from Research Institute for Viral Preparations ( Moscow, Russia) and postdoctoral studies from Centre of Chemistry of Drugs ( Moscow, Russia). She is the Head of Experimental Virology Laboratory of I.Mechnikov Institute for Vaccines and Sera. Irina Leneva has nearly 50 publications in reviewed journals. She is the virology scientific councilor for the Russian Society for Infection Diseases. Additionally, she is reviewer for several scientific journals in the areas of virology. Her current research focuses on pathogenesis of viral respiratory diseases, mainly , vaccine and antiviral development against biological threat agents and emerging pathogens, clinical trials of antivirals and vaccines, monitoring resistance to antivirals. Irina Leneva is also interested in developing novel assys and animal models for testing new drugs targeting respiratoty viruses.
Abstract
Abstract : Impact of umifenovir use on the reduction secondary bacterial pneumonia following influenza