Prof. Asmaa Abdel-Nasser Ahmed Hussein

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Assiut University, Egypt

Univ. Professor of Zoonoses

Director of the Molecular Biology Research Unit

Email: asmaah@yahoo.com (preferred), asmaah@aun.edu.eg

Qualifications

1993 Ph.D., Veterinary Science (Zoonoses), Faculty of Vet. Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt

1989 M.S., Veterinary Science (Zoonoses), Faculty of Vet. Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt

1985 B.S., Veterinary Science, Faculty of Vet. Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt

Research Fields

Field of Zoonoses especially the use of modern techniques for diagnosis, prevention and control of Zoonotic diseases & Emerging Zoonotic diseases.

The use of serological techniques for identification and detection of pathogens or their products, as Complement Fixation test, Precipitation tests, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) .etc.

The use of nontraditional methods for identification and detection of pathogens or their products, as genetic probes, nucleic acid hybridization, Western Blot Assay, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) & Real time (PCR), Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Fingerprinting (RAPD System), Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE), DNA Sequencing etc.

Publications (Selected)

1. Rania M. Ewida & Asmaa A.A. Hussein (2018): Occurrence of Virulent and Antibiotic-Resistant Enteropathogenic and Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Some Milk Products Sold in Assiut City. Journal of Advanced Veterinary Research, Volume 8, Issue 3, p: 38-42. 
2. Nagah M. Saad; Asmaa A.A. Hussein & Rania M. Ewida (2018): Occurrence of Toxoplasma gondii in raw goat, sheep and camel milk in Upper Egypt. Accepted in Veterinary World Journal 2018. 
3. Rania M. Ewida; Marwa Awad; Asmaa A.A. Hussein (2018): Incidence and antibiogram of Salmonella and Enterobacter hermaechei isolated from some milk products sold in Assiut city, Egypt. First International Conference of Food Safety and Hygiene in cooperation with TiHo-Hannover - Germany “Food Safety and Human Health”, 16-17 April 2018, Page 11. 
4. Donia, T.; Asmaa A.A. Hussein; Sylvia, O; Alshimaa, H. and Sary, AE (2018): Epidemiological study on the role of quails in transmitting of Toxoplasma gondii to man. Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal, Vol. 64, No. 156, 1-7. 
5. Abdel Ghani, S.; Maher, E.; Asmaa A.A. Hussein; Hebatalla, R.; Hebatalla, N. (2017): Brucellosis in high risk groups in Assiut Province. Accepted in Medical Journal of Cairo University, December 2017. 
6. Asmaa A. A. Hussein; Alshimaa, A. H.; Suzan, S.; Rania, E. & Marwa, A. (2017): Investigation of the emergence of Avian Influenza among respiratory patients in Assiut University Hospital, Egypt. Pakistan Veterinary Journal, 2074-7764 (Online). www.pvj.com.pk. 
7. Waleed Younis; Haroon Mohammad; Matthew Hostetler; Daneli Lopez Perez ; Calvin Steussy; Mark Lipton; Cynthia Stauffacher; Serageldeen Sultan; Mohamed Wael Abd Al-Azeem; Asmaa A.A. Hussein & Mohamed N. Sleem (2017): Class II HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors targeting Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius. Journal of Advanced Veterinary Research, 7 (1), 1-6. 
8. Mostafa, F.N. Abushahba; Asmaa, A.A. Hussein; Mohamed, N. Seleem & Raafat, A. Hassanein (2016): Listeria monoyctogenes: Overview and Targeting Advances. Journal of Advanced Veterinary Research, Volume 6, Issue 2: 72-80. 
9. Mostafa, F.N. Abushahba; Haroon Mohamed, Shankar Thangamani; Asmaa, A.A. Hussein & Mohamed, N. Sleem (2016): Impact of different cell penetrating peptides on the efficacy of antisense therapeutics for targeting intracellular pathogens. Scientific Reports, 6: 20832/ DOI:10.1038, p:1-12 
10. O. Amen; S.V. Vemula; Zhao, J; R. Ibrahim; A. Hussein; I.K. Hewlett; S. Mousa; & S.K. Mittal (2015): Identification and Chracterization of a Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza a Virus During An Outbreak in Vaccinated Chickens in Egypt. Virus Research 210, P: 337-343. 
11. Raafat, Hassanein; Sohaila, F.H. Elhawary; K. Ibrahim Elsayh & Asmaa A.A. Hussein (2015): A Cohort Study on Shiga Toxin Producing E. Coli O157: H7 Isolated from Some Meat Products in Assiut Governorate as a Cause of Bloody Diarrhea in Children. Assiut Vet. Med. J. Vol. 61, No. 147, P: 1-7. 
12. Asmaa, A.A. Hussein; Ahmed, A.F.; Hassanein, A.M.R. & Hassan, G. Asmaa (2014): Campylobacteriosis Among School Children as one of Zoonotic Food-Borne diseases. 21th International Congress of Mediterranean Federation of Health and Ruminant Production (Femesprum), 23-25 April 2014, Cartagena – Spain. 
13. Asmaa A.A. Hussein; Soliman, A. A.; Hassanein, A. R.; Arafa, I. M.& Nageib, R. B. (2014): Epidemiological Studies on Fascioliasis in Assiut& New Valley Governorates, Egypt. 21th International Congress of Mediterranean Federation of Health and Ruminant Production (Femesprum), 23-25 April 2014, Cartagena – Spain. 
14. Mostafa, F.N. Abushahba; S. Thangamani; H. Mohammad; Asmaa, A.A. Hussein & Mohamed, N. Sleem (2014): Novel antisense therapeutics for treatment of intracellular pthogens. The 27th annual Phi Zeta Research day, April 12, West Lafayette, IN, USA 
15. Mostafa, F.N. Abushahba; H. Mohammed; Asmaa, A.A. Hussein & Mohamed, N. Sleem (2014): Targeting intracellular Listeria pathogen with antisence therapeutics. Sigma XI, the scientific Research Society, Februrar 12, West Lafayette, IN, USA

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