Advanced Concentration

Immunology & Microbiology

Mentor

Paul A. Gulig, Ph.D.

Department

Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Enrolled 

August 2003

Lab Room

R1-144

Lab Phone

392-0682

E-mail

tucker76@ufl.edu

Education

M.S., Public Health, University of South Florida

B.S., Microbiology & Cell Science, UF

Dissertation Research

Publications

Kwa BH, Aviles R, Tucker MS, Sanchez JA, Isaza MG, Nash BN, Price DL, DeBaldo AC, Stockton MB, Fennell EM.  Surveillance for enteric parasites among U.S. military personnel and civilian staff on Joint Task Force Base-Bravo in Soto Cano, Honduras and the local population in Comayagua and La Paz, Honduras. Mil Med. 2004 Nov;169(11):903-8. abstract

Tucker MS, Price DL, Kwa BH, DeBaldo AC.  Observations of Breinlia booliati in a new host, Rattus rattus jalorensis, from Kuantan, state of Pahang, Malaysia. J Parasitol. 2003 Dec;89(6):1220-6. abstract

Abstracts Presented at Meetings

Tucker, MS, DL Price, BH Kwa and AC DeBaldo.  “A New Species of Dipetalonema (Nematoda: Filarioidea) in Rattus rattus jalorensis from Kuantan, State of Pahang, Malaysia.”  3^rd European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, September 8-11, 2002, Lisbon, Portugal.

Kwa, BH, R Aviles, MS Tucker, M Isaza, B Nash, JA Sanchez, DL Price, AC DeBaldo, and MB Stockton.  “Surveillance for Enteric Parasites Among U.S. Military Personnel and Civilian Staff on Base in Soto Cano Military Base and the Local Population in Comayagua, Honduras.”  3^rd European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, September 8-11, 2002, Lisbon, Portugal.

Honors & Awards