Koray Ergunay
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU) Medical Microbiologist
Koray Ergunay is a professor of medical microbiology in the Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine. A medical doctor trained as a diagnostic microbiologist with a doctorate in microbiology, Koray has specific expertise in the field of clinical virology. His main research involves vector-borne viruses and focuses on molecular and serological assay development, surveillance, viral metagenomics and virus discovery.
Koray has been studying various aspects of mosquito, sandfly and tick-associated viruses. His group produced significant ouputs on West Nile virus including human and equine infections, entomological screening, and published several reports on clinical disease and epidemiology. Moreover, he is a prominent researcher working on various aspects of Toscana and other sandfly-associated phleboviruses. Koray has currently been involved in projects on host dynamics and control strategies for medically-important tick-borne infections including Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and novel virus identification in ticks. Koray has a long track record of developing and implementing various assays for screening and diagnosis.