Ehud (Udi) Elnekave, DVM, PhD
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DVM, Koret School of Veterinary Medicine in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
PhD, Veterinary Epidemiology, Koret School of Veterinary Medicine in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
BSc, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Summary
Ehud (Udi) Elnekave is a postdoctoral fellow in the Veterinary Population Medicine department and Center for Animal Health and Food Safety. His research focuses on zoonotic enteric pathogens epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance using molecular tools, such as whole genome sequencing, and evolutionary models.
Dr. Elnekave's main passions are public health and food safety. In his research, he wants to understand how much resistance to antibiotics exists in production animals, what are the genetic mechanisms that lead to this resistance and what is the risk for spread to humans.
Dr. Elnekave's work at the U of M is supported by the United States - Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund, Vaadia-BARD Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Epidemiology, Molecular Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Resistance, Public Health, Zoonotic Diseases, Foodborne Pathogens, Bacterial Evolution
Elnekave, E., Hong, S., Mather, A.E., Boxrud, D., Taylor, A.J., Lappi, V., Johnson, T.J., Vannucci, F., Davies, P., Hedberg, C., Perez, A., Alvarez, J. (2018). Salmonella enterica serotype 4,[5],12:i:- in swine in the United States Midwest: an emerging multidrug-resistant clade. Clinical Infectious Diseases; 66(6): 877-85.
Johnson, T.J., Elnekave, E., Miller, E.A., Munoz-Aguayo, J., Figueroa, C.F., Johnston, B., Nielson, D.W., Logue, C.M., Johnson, J.R. (2019). Phylogenomic Analysis of Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Sequence Type 1193, an Emerging Multidrug-Resistant Clonal Group. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy; 63(1).
Elnekave, E., Hong, S.L., Lim, S., Hayer, S.S., Boxrud, D., Taylor, A.J., Lappi, V., Noyes, N., Johnson, T.J., Rovira, A., Davies, P., Perez, A., and Alvarez, J. (2019). Circulation of plasmids harboring resistance genes to quinolones and/or extended spectrum cephalosporins in multiple Salmonella enterica serotypes from swine in the United States. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy; 63(4).
Please contact Dr. Elnekave for further information regarding these publications.