Morshed, M

Clinical Associate Professor, Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Research Interests

I am particularly interested in molecular epidemiology, pathogenesis and diagnosis of Zoonotic diseases and Emerging pathogens. Currently we are involved in Lyme disease, Relapsing fever, Ehrlichiosis, Treponema pallidum and Helicobacter pylori  and West Nile virus  diagnosis and  research. Our team is currently characterizing Borrelia isolates from British Columbia.  The team is also working on PCR based detection of Treponema pallidum from genital lesions.

Selected Publications

Morshed MG, Yokota M, Nakazawa T and Konishi H. 1993. Transfer of antibody against Borrelia duttonii from mother to young in ddY mice. Infect Immun 61:4147-4152

 

Tsuda M, Karita M, Morshed MG, Okita K and Nakazawa T. 1994. A Urease-negative mutant of Helicobacter pylori constructed by allelic exchange mutagenesis lacks the ability to colonize nude mouse stomach. Infect Immun 62:3586-3589

 

Yokota M, Morshed MG, Nakazawa T and Konishi H. 1997. Protective activity of Borrelia duttonii -specific immunoglobulin subclasses in mice. J Med Microbiol 46:675-680

 

Morshed MG, Saunders RA, Wadsworth LD, Banerjee SN, Smith JA and Isaac-Renton JR. 1999. Exflagellation of malarial parasite in a BC patient with Relapsing fever. British Columbia Med J 41(1):23-26

 

Banerjee SN, Banerjee M, Fernando K, Scott JD, Mann R and Morshed MG. 2000. Presence of Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi in the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis in Southern Ontario. CMAJ 162(11):1567-1569

 

J.D. Scott, K. Fernando, S.N.Bamerjee, L. A. Durden, S.K. Byrne, M. Banerjee, R.B. Mann, and M.G. Morshed. 2001. Birds disperse Ixodid (Acari: Ixodidae) and Borrelia burgdorferi-infected Ticks in Canada. J. Med. Enromol. 38 (4):493-500

 

M. G. Morshed, J. D. Scott, K. Fernando, R. B. Mann, and L. A. Durden. 2003. Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi Endemic at Epicenter in Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario. J. med. Entomol. 40(1):90-94

 

Galloway,P.H., S. J. Warner, M. G. Morshed, and F. S. Mikelberg. 2003. Helicobacter pylori infection and the risk for open-angle glaucoma. Opthalmology 110:922-925.

 

John D Scott, Keerthi Fernando, Lance A . Durden and Muhammad G. Morshed. 2004. Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, Endemic in Epicenter at Turkey Point, Ontario. J. Med. Entomol. 41:226-230