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2018

Phylogenomic characterization of two novel members of the genus Megalocytivirus from archived ornamental fish samples

Koda, S. A., Subramaniam, K., Francis-Floyd, R., Yanong, R. P., Frasca, S., Groff, J. M., Popov, V. L., Fraser, W. A., Yan, A., Mohan, S. & Waltzek, T. B., Aug 28 2018, In: Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 130, 1, p. 11-14 4 p.

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10 Scopus citations

Disruption of Phosphatidylserine Synthesis or Trafficking Reduces Infectivity of Ebola Virus

Younan, P., Iampietro, M., Santos, R. I., Ramanathan, P., Popov, V. L. & Bukreyev, A., Nov 22 2018, In: Journal of Infectious Diseases. 218, p. S475-S485

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2 Scopus citations

2012

In vivo bioluminescence imaging of Escherichia coli O104:H4 and role of aerobactin during colonization of a mouse model of infection

Torres, A. G., Cieza, R. J., Rojas-Lopez, M., Blumentritt, C. A., Souza, C. S., Johnston, R. K., Strockbine, N., Kaper, J. B., Sbrana, E. & Popov, V. L., 2012, In: BMC Microbiology. 12, 112.

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16 Scopus citations

2014

Hijacking of RIG-I signaling proteins into virus-induced cytoplasmic structures correlates with the inhibition of type I interferon responses

Santiago, F. W., Covaleda, L. M., Sanchez-Aparicio, M. T., Silvas, J. A., Diaz-Vizarreta, A. C., Patel, J. R., Popov, V., Yu, X. J., García-Sastre, A. & Aguilar, P. V., Apr 2014, In: Journal of virology. 88, 8, p. 4572-4585 14 p.

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60 Scopus citations

2011

Obligate intracellular bacterium Ehrlichia inhibiting mitochondrial activity

Liu, Y., Zhang, Z., Jiang, Y., Zhang, L., Popov, V. L., Zhang, J., Walker, D. H. & Yu, X. J., Mar 2011, In: Microbes and Infection. 13, 3, p. 232-238 7 p.

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15 Scopus citations

Differential microbicidal effects of human histone proteins H2A and H2B on Leishmania promastigotes and amastigotes

Wang, Y., Chen, Y., Xin, L., Beverley, S. M., Carlsen, E. D., Popov, V., Chang, K. P., Wang, M. & Soong, L., Mar 2011, In: Infection and immunity. 79, 3, p. 1124-1133 10 p.

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53 Scopus citations

2018

The endonucleolytic RNA cleavage function of nsp1 of middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus promotes the production of infectious virus particles in specific human cell lines

Nakagawa, K., Narayanan, K., Wada, M., Popov, V. L., Cajimat, M., Baric, R. S. & Makino, S., Nov 1 2018, In: Journal of virology. 92, 21, e01157.

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14 Scopus citations

2015

Intramuscular immunization of mice with a live-Attenuated triple mutant of yersinia pestis co92 induces robust humoral and cell-mediated immunity to completely protect animals against pneumonic plague

Tiner, B. L., Sha, J., Ponnusamy, D., Baze, W. B., Fitts, E. C., Popov, V. L., Van Lier, C. J., Erova, T. E. & Chopra, A. K., Dec 2015, In: Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 22, 12, p. 1255-1268 14 p.

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9 Scopus citations

2018

Exchange protein directly activated by cAMP modulates ebola virus uptake into vascular endothelial cells

Drelich, A., Judy, B., He, X., Chang, Q., Yu, S., Li, X., Lu, F., Wakamiya, M., Popov, V., Zhou, J., Ksiazek, T. & Gong, B., Oct 16 2018, In: Viruses. 10, 10, 563.

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4 Scopus citations

2014

Short report: Whole genome analysis of Sierra Nevada virus, a novel mononegavirus in the family Nyamiviridae

Rogers, M. B., Cui, L., Fitch, A., Popov, V., Travassos Da Rosa, A. P. A., Vasilakis, N., Tesh, R. B. & Ghedin, E., Jul 2014, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 91, 1, p. 159-164 6 p.

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12 Scopus citations

2012

Genomic and antigenic characterization of Jos virus

Bussetti, A. V., Palacios, G., da Rosa, A. T., Savji, N., Jain, K., Guzman, H., Hutchison, S., Popov, V. L., Tesh, R. B. & Lipkin, W. I., Feb 2012, In: Journal of General Virology. 93, 2, p. X293-298

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16 Scopus citations

Antibacterial role for natural killer cells in host defense to Bacillus anthracis

Gonzales, C. M., Williams, C. B., Calderon, V. E., Huante, M. B., Moen, S. T., Popov, V. L., Baze, W. B., Peterson, J. W. & Endsley, J. J., Jan 2012, In: Infection and immunity. 80, 1, p. 234-242 9 p.

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19 Scopus citations

2011

Insights into the CtrA regulon in development of stress resistance in obligatory intracellular pathogen Ehrlichia chaffeensis

Cheng, Z., Miura, K., Popov, V. L., Kumagai, Y. & Rikihisa, Y., Dec 2011, In: Molecular Microbiology. 82, 5, p. 1217-1234 18 p.

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41 Scopus citations

2014

Characterization of a novel Negevirus and a novel Bunyavirus isolated from Culex (Culex) declarator mosquitoes in Trinidad

Auguste, A. J., Carrington, C. V. F., Forrester, N. L., Popov, V. L., Guzman, H., Widen, S. G., Wood, T. G., Weaver, S. C. & Tesh, R. B., Feb 2014, In: Journal of General Virology. 95, PART 2, p. 481-485 5 p.

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53 Scopus citations

2011

Isolation of a rickettsial pathogen from a non-hematophagous arthropod

Thepparit, C., Sunyakumthorn, P., Guillotte, M. L., Popov, V. L., Foil, L. D. & Macaluso, K. R., 2011, In: PloS one. 6, 1, e16396.

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37 Scopus citations

2015

Attenuated West Nile virus mutant NS1130-132QQA/175A/207A exhibits virus-induced ultrastructural changes and accumulation of protein in the endoplasmic reticulum

Whiteman, M. C., Popov, V., Sherman, M. B., Wen, J. & Barrett, A. D. T., Jan 15 2015, In: Journal of Virology. 89, 2, p. 1474-1478 5 p.

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2011

Characterization of Durham virus, a novel rhabdovirus that encodes both a C and SH protein

Allison, A. B., Palacios, G., Travassos da Rosa, A., Popov, V. L., Lu, L., Xiao, S. Y., DeToy, K., Briese, T., Lipkin, W. I., Keel, M. K., Stallknecht, D. E., Bishop, G. R. & Tesh, R. B., Jan 2011, In: Virus Research. 155, 1, p. 112-122 11 p.

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20 Scopus citations

2014

Mesoniviruses are mosquito-specific viruses with extensive geographic distribution and host range

Vasilakis, N., Guzman, H., Firth, C., Forrester, N. L., Widen, S. G., Wood, T. G., Rossi, S. L., Ghedin, E., Popov, V., Blasdell, K. R., Walker, P. J. & Tesh, R. B., May 20 2014, In: Virology journal. 11, 1, 97.

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43 Scopus citations

2015

Mercadeo virus: A novel mosquito-specific flavivirus from Panama

Carrera, J. P., Guzman, H., Beltrán, D., Díaz, Y., López-Vergès, S., Torres-Cosme, R., Popov, V., Widen, S. G., Wood, T. G., Weaver, S. C., Cáceres-Carrera, L., Vasilakis, N. & Tesh, R. B., Nov 4 2015, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 93, 5, p. 1014-1019 6 p.

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17 Scopus citations

2011

Fever with thrombocytopenia associated with a novel bunyavirus in China

Yu, X. J., Liang, M. F., Zhang, S. Y., Liu, Y., Li, J. D., Sun, Y. L., Zhang, L., Zhang, Q. F., Popov, V. L., Li, C., Qu, J., Li, Q., Zhang, Y. P., Hai, R., Wu, W., Wang, Q., Zhan, F. X., Wang, X. J., Kan, B., Wang, S. W. & 26 others, Wan, K. L., Jing, H. Q., Lu, J. X., Yin, W. W., Zhou, H., Guan, X. H., Liu, J. F., Bi, Z. Q., Liu, G. H., Ren, J., Wang, H., Zhao, Z., Song, J. D., He, J. R., Wan, T., Zhang, J. S., Fu, X. P., Sun, L. N., Dong, X. P., Feng, Z. J., Yang, W. Z., Hong, T., Zhang, Y., Walker, D. H., Wang, Y. & Li, D. X., Apr 21 2011, In: New England Journal of Medicine. 364, 16, p. 1523-1532 10 p.

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762 Scopus citations

2015

Combinational deletion of three membrane protein-encoding genes highly attenuates Yersinia pestis while retaining immunogenicity in a mouse model of pneumonic plague

Tiner, B. L., Sha, J., Kirtley, M. L., Erova, T. E., Popov, V. L., Baze, W. B., van Lier, C. J., Ponnusamy, D., Andersson, J. A., Motin, V. L., Chauhan, S. & Chopra, A. K., 2015, In: Infection and immunity. 83, 4, p. 1318-1338 21 p.

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13 Scopus citations

2014

Deletion of braun lipoprotein and plasminogen-activating protease-encoding genes attenuates Yersinia pestis in mouse models of bubonic and pneumonic plague

Van Lier, C. J., Sha, J., Kirtley, M. L., Cao, A., Tiner, B. L., Erova, T. E., Cong, Y., Kozlova, E. V., Popov, V. L., Baze, W. B. & Chopra, A. K., 2014, In: Infection and immunity. 82, 6, p. 2485-2503 19 p.

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19 Scopus citations

Arboretum and Puerto Almendras viruses: Two novel rhabdoviruses isolated from mosquitoes in Peru

Vasilakis, N., Castro-Llanos, F., Widen, S. G., Aguilar, P. V., Guzman, H., Guevara, C., Fernandez, R., Auguste, A. J., Wood, T. G., Popov, V., Mundal, K., Ghedin, E., Kochel, T. J., Holmes, E. C., Walker, P. J. & Tesh, R. B., 2014, In: Journal of General Virology. 95, PART 4, p. 787-792 6 p.

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28 Scopus citations

2012

Identification of coli surface antigen 23, a novel adhesin of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Del Canto, F., Botkin, D. J., Valenzuela, P., Popov, V., Ruiz-Perez, F., Nataro, J. P., Levine, M. M., Stine, O. C., Pop, M., Torres, A. G. & Vidal, R., Aug 2012, In: Infection and immunity. 80, 8, p. 2791-2801 11 p.

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30 Scopus citations

2014

Genetic and biological characterization of selected Changuinola viruses (Reoviridae, Orbivirus) from Brazil

Silva, S. P., Dilcher, M., Weber, F., Hufert, F. T., Weidmann, M., Cardoso, J. F., Carvalho, V. L., Chiang, J. O., Martins, L. C., Lima, C. P. S., Da Silva, D. E. A., Vianez-Júnior, J. L. S. G., Popov, V. L., Travassos da Rosa, A. P. A., Tesh, R. B., Vasconcelos, P. F. C. & Nunes, M. R. T., Oct 1 2014, In: Journal of General Virology. 95, p. 2251-2259 9 p.

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4 Scopus citations

2012

Eilat virus, a unique alphavirus with host range restricted to insects by RNA replication

Nasar, F., Palacios, G., Gorchakov, R. V., Guzman, H., Travassos Da Rosa, A. P., Savji, N., Popov, V. L., Sherman, M. B., Lipkin, W. I., Tesh, R. B. & Weaver, S. C., Sep 4 2012, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109, 36, p. 14622-14627 6 p.

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98 Scopus citations

2015

Insect-specific viruses detected in laboratory mosquito colonies and their potential implications for experiments evaluating arbovirus vector competence

Bolling, B. G., Vasilakis, N., Guzman, H., Widen, S. G., Wood, T. G., Popov, V. L., Thangamani, S. & Tesh, R. B., Feb 1 2015, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 92, 2, p. 422-428 7 p.

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33 Scopus citations

Attenuated West Nile virus mutant NS1_{130-132QQA/175A/207A} exhibits virus-induced ultrastructural changes and accumulation of protein in the endoplasmic reticulum

Whiteman, M. C., Popov, V., Sherman, M. B., Wen, J. & Barrett, A. D. T., 2015, In: Journal of virology. 89, 2, p. 1474-1478 5 p.

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7 Scopus citations

2012

Impact of QseBC system in c-di-GMP-dependent quorum sensing regulatory network in a clinical isolate SSU of Aeromonas hydrophila

Kozlova, E. V., Khajanchi, B. K., Popov, V. L., Wen, J. & Chopra, A. K., Sep 2012, In: Microbial Pathogenesis. 53, 3-4, p. 115-124 10 p.

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20 Scopus citations

2018

Hepatic alcohol dehydrogenase deficiency induces pancreatic injury in chronic ethanol feeding model of deer mice

Amer, S. M., Bhopale, K. K., Kakumanu, R. D., Popov, V. L., Rampy, B. A., El-Mehallawi, I. H., Ashmawy, M. M., Shakeel Ansari, G. A. & Kaphalia, B. S., Feb 2018, In: Experimental and Molecular Pathology. 104, 1, p. 89-97 9 p.

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3 Scopus citations

2015

A newly isolated reovirus has the simplest genomic and structural organization of any reovirus

Auguste, A. J., Kaelber, J. T., Fokam, E. B., Guzman, H., Carrington, C. V. F., Erasmus, J. H., Kamgang, B., Popov, V. L., Jakana, J., Liu, X., Wood, T. G., Widen, S. G., Vasilakis, N., Tesh, R. B., Chiu, W. & Weaver, S. C., 2015, In: Journal of virology. 89, 1, p. 676-687 12 p.

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34 Scopus citations

2011

Characterization of an F1 deletion mutant of Yersinia pestis CO92, pathogenic role of F1 antigen in bubonic and pneumonic plague, and evaluation of sensitivity and specificity of F1 antigen capture-based dipsticks

Sha, J., Endsley, J. J., Kirtley, M. L., Foltz, S. M., Huante, M. B., Erova, T. E., Kozlova, E. V., Popov, V. L., Yeager, L. A., Zudina, I. V., Motin, V. L., Peterson, J. W., DeBord, K. L. & Chopra, A. K., May 2011, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 49, 5, p. 1708-1715 8 p.

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25 Scopus citations

2018

Characterization of three new insect-specific flaviviruses: Their relationship to the mosquito-borne flavivirus pathogens

Guzman, H., Contreras-Gutierrez, M. A., Travassos da Rosa, A. P. A., Nunes, M. R. T., Cardoso, J. F., Popov, V. L., Young, K. I., Savit, C., Wood, T. G., Widen, S. G., Watts, D. M., Hanley, K. A., Perera, D., Fish, D., Vasilakis, N. & Tesh, R. B., 2018, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 98, 2, p. 410-419 10 p.

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17 Scopus citations

2014

Cultivated vaginal microbiomes alter HIV-1 infection and antiretroviral efficacy in colonized epithelial multilayer cultures

Pyles, R. B., Vincent, K. L., Baum, M. M., Elsom, B., Miller, A. L., Maxwell, C., Eaves-Pyles, T. D., Li, G., Popov, V. L., Nusbaum, R. J. & Ferguson, M. R., Mar 27 2014, In: PloS one. 9, 3, e93419.

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28 Scopus citations

2012

Burkholderia mallei and Burkholderia pseudomallei stimulate differential inflammatory responses from human alveolar type II cells (ATII) and macrophages.

Lu, R., Popov, V., Patel, J. & Eaves-Pyles, T., 2012, In: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2, p. 165 1 p.

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10 Scopus citations

2018

Role of Transmembrane Protein 16F in the Incorporation of Phosphatidylserine into Budding Ebola Virus Virions

Younan, P., Iampietro, M., Santos, R. I., Ramanathan, P., Popov, V. L. & Bukreyev, A., Nov 22 2018, In: Journal of Infectious Diseases. 218, p. S335-S345

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3 Scopus citations

Genome sequence of chiqui virus, a novel reovirus isolated from mosquitoes collected in Colombia

Contreras-Gutiérrez, M. A., Guzman, H., Cardoso, J. F., Popov, V. L., Nunes, M. R. T., Uribe, S., Widen, S. G., Wood, T. G., Vasilakis, N. & Tesh, R. B., Sep 27 2018, In: Microbiology Resource Announcements. 7, 12, e00881-18.

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1 Scopus citations

2014

Upolu virus and Aransas Bay virus, two presumptive bunyaviruses, are novel members of the family Orthomyxoviridae

Briese, T., Chowdhary, R., Da Rosa, A. T., Hutchison, S. K., Popov, V., Street, C., Tesh, R. B. & Lipkin, W. I., 2014, In: Journal of virology. 88, 10, p. 5298-5309 12 p.

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16 Scopus citations

2012

Surface Proteome Analysis and Characterization of Surface Cell Antigen (Sca) or Autotransporter Family of Rickettsia typhi

Sears, K. T., Ceraul, S. M., Gillespie, J. J., Allen, E. D., Popov, V. L., Ammerman, N. C., Rahman, M. S. & Azad, A. F., Aug 2012, In: PLoS pathogens. 8, 8, e1002856.

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41 Scopus citations

2011

A kunitz protease inhibitor from dermacentor variabilis, a vector for spotted fever group rickettsiae, limits rickettsia montanensis invasion

Ceraul, S. M., Chung, A., Sears, K. T., Popov, V. L., Beier-Sexton, M., Rahman, M. S. & Azad, A. F., Jan 2011, In: Infection and immunity. 79, 1, p. 321-329 9 p.

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30 Scopus citations

2018

Peli1 facilitates virus replication and promotes neuroinflammation during West Nile virus infection

Luo, H., Winkelmann, E. R., Zhu, S., Ru, W., Mays, E., Silvas, J. A., Vollmer, L. L., Gao, J., Peng, B. H., Bopp, N. E., Cromer, C., Shan, C., Xie, G., Li, G., Tesh, R., Popov, V. L., Shi, P. Y., Sun, S. C., Wu, P., Klein, R. S. & 4 others, Tang, S. J., Zhang, W., Aguilar, P. V. & Wang, T., Nov 1 2018, In: Journal of Clinical Investigation. 128, 11, p. 4980-4991 12 p.

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11 Scopus citations

2012

A double, long polar fimbria mutant of Escherichia coli O157:H7 expresses curli and exhibits reduced in vivo colonization

Lloyd, S. J., Ritchie, J. M., Rojas-Lopez, M., Blumentritt, C. A., Popov, V. L., Greenwich, J. L., Waldor, M. K. & Torres, A. G., Mar 2012, In: Infection and immunity. 80, 3, p. 914-920 7 p.

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33 Scopus citations

2015

Attenuated West Nile virus mutant NS1_{130-132QQA/175A/207A} exhibits virus-induced ultrastructural changes and accumulation of protein in the endoplasmic reticulum

Whiteman, M. C., Popov, V., Sherman, M. B., Wen, J. & Barrett, A. D. T., 2015, In: Journal of Virology. 89, 2, p. 1474-1478 5 p.

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2012

The two-component QseBC signalling system regulates in vitro and in vivo virulence of Aeromonas hydrophila

Khajanchi, B. K., Kozlova, E. V., Sha, J., Popov, V. L. & Chopra, A. K., Jan 2012, In: Microbiology. 158, 1, p. 259-271 13 p.

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44 Scopus citations

2014

Complement protective epitopes and CD55-microtubule complexes facilitate the invasion and intracellular persistence of uropathogenic escherichia coli

Rana, T., Hasan, R. J., Nowicki, S., Venkatarajan, M. S., Singh, R., Urvil, P. T., Popov, V., Braun, W. A., Popik, W., Goodwin, J. S. & Nowicki, B. J., 2014, In: Journal of Infectious Diseases. 209, 7, p. 1066-1076 11 p.

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8 Scopus citations

2012

Commensal bacteria modulate innate immune responses of vaginal epithelial cell multilayer cultures

Rose, W. A., McGowin, C. L., Spagnuolo, R. A., Eaves-Pyles, T. D., Popov, V. L. & Pyles, R. B., Mar 7 2012, In: PloS one. 7, 3, e32728.

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68 Scopus citations

2011

The genome of yoka poxvirus

Zhao, G., Droit, L., Tesh, R. B., Popov, V. L., Little, N. S., Upton, C., Virgin, H. W. & Wang, D., Oct 2011, In: Journal of virology. 85, 19, p. 10230-10238 9 p.

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24 Scopus citations

2015

An animal model of a newly emerging human ehrlichiosis

Saito, T. B., Thirumalapura, N. R., Shelite, T. R., Rockx-Brouwer, D., Popov, V. L. & Walker, D. H., Feb 1 2015, In: Journal of Infectious Diseases. 211, 3, p. 452-461 10 p.

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14 Scopus citations

2014

Quantitative study of Rickettsia massiliae in Rhipicephalus sanguineus organs

Milhano, N., Popov, V., Vilhena, M., Bouyer, D. H., de Sousa, R. & Walker, D. H., Oct 1 2014, In: Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 5, 6, p. 709-714 6 p.

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6 Scopus citations

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