玛丽亚·皮特斯博士

Dr. Maria Pieters is a faculty member with the Swine Group at the College of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Minnesota. She is an investigator with strong background on Mycoplasma research. Her investigation has been focused on swine Mycoplasmas, with special emphasis on M. hyopneumoniae diagnostics, immunology, epidemiology and control. She received her DVM degree from the Universidad Central de Venezuela and her PhD from the University of Minnesota. During her PhD research Dr. Pieters showed that M. hyopneumoniae infections are prolonged in infected animals and that infected animals can be carriers for up to 214 days after infection, information that has been instrumental to develop effective mycoplasma elimination protocols. During her post-doctoral experience at the University of Illinois she studied the effect of gut microbiota on Mycoplasma infection in pigs. More recently, Dr. Pieters has led efforts in the Mycoplasma Research Laboratory of the University of Minnesota (http://www.cvm.umn.edu/vpm/faculty/mariapieters/Mycoplasma-Research-Laboratory/index.htm), where she is dedicated to diagnostics, epidemiology and control of animal Mycoplasmas, especially in swine.

玛丽亚•皮特斯博士是明尼苏达大学兽医学院养猪研究小组成员。她从事支原体方面的研究。 研究内容集中在猪支原体，特别着重猪肺炎支原体诊断，免疫学，流行病学和控制。皮特斯博士在委内瑞拉中央大学获得DVM学位；在明尼苏达大学获得博士学 位。在她的博士研究证明猪肺炎支原体在感染动物中长期存在， 感染后可携带病原长达214天， 研究结果对开发有效的支原体清除方法很有帮助。在她的伊利诺伊大学博士后研究中，她研究了肠道菌群对猪支原体感染影响。最近，皮特斯博士牵头美国明尼苏达大学的支原体实验室开展研究，致力于动物特别是猪的支原体的诊断，流行病学和控制。