Kevin Zeng

Dr. Xiankun (Kevin) Zeng is a principal investigator at Pathology Division of US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID). His research has been focusing on understanding the persistent infection of deadly viruses including Ebola virus, Marburg virus, Lassa virus, and Nipah virus in the immune privileged organs including brain, eyes, and testes by using nonhuman primate survivors as a model. Dr. Zeng’s work lays the foundation to develop medical countermeasures to prevent and clear persistent infection of deadly viruses.