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H1N1 Alert - Vet Scientist Working On Saliva Swab Tests For Swine Flu
K-State professors Dick Hesse and Bob Rowland -- along with a research partner at Iowa State University -- are collaborating with Susan Wong, a scientist at the New York State Department of Health, on diagnostic and intervention tools for the H1N1 virus.
While Wong is working on the human health side, the other scientists are focused on aspects of the research that will benefit animal health, including the health of swine in Kansas. Hesse is an associate professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology and head of diagnostic virology in the K-State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. Rowland is a K-State professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology. Their Iowa State collaborator, Jeffrey Zimmerman, is a professor of veterinary diagnostic and production animal medicine.
One of the ways these scientists' work intersects is in a method for identifying the H1N1 virus. At K-State, Rowland and Hesse are working on a diagnostic method for pigs that analyzes saliva rather than blood. Zimmerman developed a less invasive collection procedure for the pigs: The animals chew on a rope, from which saliva is collected.
"Just as we are developing noninvasive techniques to collect samples from animals, it provides the New York State health lab the opportunity to develop the same oral fluids technique for humans," Rowland said. "Using a saliva swab rather than a needle to draw blood works especially well for kids."
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