Adjunct Professor, Department of  Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, National Laboratory for HIV Immunology, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada,Visiting Scientist/Lecturer, University of Nairobi, Kenya PhD (Medical Microbiology, Manitoba 2006) MSc (Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Manitoba, 1998) Mailing Address:Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba Room 514, Basic Medical Sciences Building 745 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 0J9 Tel: (204) 789 - 3260 Fax: (204) 789 - 3926 E-mail: Adrienne.Meyers@phac-aspc.gc.ca

Research Interests:
HIV pathogenesis, mechanisms of resistance to infection, mucosal innate immune mechanisms, and drug-resistance to antiretroviral therapies.
Virology and innate immunology (NK cell biology), most recently with HIV, Influenza and Dengue.

Recent Publications:

1. Ghadially H, Keynan Y, Kimani J, Kimani M, Ball TB, Plummer FA, Mandelboim O, and AFA Meyers.  2010.  Altered DC/NK interaction in Kenyan sex workers resistant to HIV-1 infection. 
2. Songok EM, Osero B, McKinnon L, Rono MK, Apidi W, Matey EJ, Meyers AFA, Luo M, Kimani J, Wachihi C, Ball BT, Plummer FA, Mpoke S.  2010.  CD26/dipeptidyl peptidase IV (CD26/DPPIV) is highly expressed in peripheral blood of HIV-1 exposed uninfected female sex workers.  Virology Journal.  7:  343.
3. Meyers and Fowke KR.  2010.  International Symposium on Natural Immunity to HIV:  A Gathering of the HIV Highly Exposed Seronegative Clan.  Journal of Infectious Diseases.  202(S3):  S327 - S328.
4. Keynan Y, Juno J, Meyers A, Ball TB, Kumar A, Rubinstein E, and KR Fowke.  2010.  Chemokine receptor 5∆32 allele in patients with severe pandemic (H1N1) 2009.  Emerging Infectious Diseases.  16(10):  1621 -2.
5. Filoviruses – New Insight into Virus Replication.  Meyers AFA, Feldmann H, Artsob H, Ebihara H. (2007).   in Hefferon (ed) Virus expression vectors. 381-413.
6. Wasilenko ST, *Stewart TL, *Meyers AFA and M Barry.  2003.  Vaccinia virus encodes a previously uncharacterized mitochondrial-associated inhibitor of apoptosis.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  100:  14345-50.
7. MA Marra et al.  2003.  The Genome Sequence of the SARS-Associated Coronavirus. Science.   300:  1399-404.