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Adrian B. McDermott is affiliated with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and immunology and microbiology, with particular attention to infectious diseases, immunology, epidemiology, virology, and radiology-related imaging disciplines.

Their main topics of work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, HIV research and treatment, influenza virus research studies, immunotherapy and immune responses, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, and animal virus infections studies.

McDermott's research output is reflected in frequent publications across a variety of scientific journals. The most common venues where their work appears include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Science Translational Medicine, the New England Journal of Medicine, UNC Libraries, and Science.

They have collaborated extensively with several other researchers. Frequent co-authors include John R. Mascola, Richard A. Koup, Sandeep Narpala, Sarah O'Connell, and Sarah F. Andrews.

Among the recent papers associated with this researcher are:

  • An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 - Preliminary Report, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Safety and Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 Vaccine in Older Adults, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Immune correlates analysis of the mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine efficacy clinical trial, 2022, Science
  • Evaluation of the mRNA-1273 Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 in Nonhuman Primates, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Durability of Responses after SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 Vaccination, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine

Best Publications

  • An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report

    Lisa A. Jackson;Evan J. Anderson;Nadine G. Rouphael;Paul C. Roberts

  • Safety and Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 Vaccine in Older Adults.

    Evan J. Anderson;Nadine G. Rouphael;Alicia T. Widge;Lisa A. Jackson

  • Evaluation of the mRNA-1273 Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 in Nonhuman Primates.

    Kizzmekia S Corbett;Barbara Flynn;Kathryn E Foulds;Joseph R Francica

  • Immune correlates analysis of the mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine efficacy clinical trial.

    Peter B Gilbert;Peter B Gilbert;David C Montefiori;Adrian B McDermott;Youyi Fong

  • Homologous and Heterologous Covid-19 Booster Vaccinations

    Unknown

  • Durability of Responses after SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 Vaccination.

    Alicia T. Widge;Nadine G. Rouphael;Lisa A. Jackson;Evan J. Anderson

  • Antibody Persistence through 6 Months after the Second Dose of mRNA-1273 Vaccine for Covid-19.

    Nicole Doria-Rose;Mehul S. Suthar;Mat Makowski;Sarah O’Connell

  • Durability of mRNA-1273 vaccine-induced antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants.

    Pegu, Amarendra, O’Connell, Sarah E.;Stephen D. Schmidt;O’Dell, Sijy, Talana, Chloe A.

  • Virologic effects of broadly neutralizing antibody VRC01 administration during chronic HIV-1 infection

    Rebecca M. Lynch;Eli Boritz;Emily E. Coates;Adam DeZure

  • Crystal structure, conformational fixation and entry-related interactions of mature ligand-free HIV-1 Env

    Young Do Kwon;Marie Pancera;Priyamvada Acharya;Ivelin S. Georgiev

  • Rational Design of an Epstein-Barr Virus Vaccine Targeting the Receptor-Binding Site

    Masaru Kanekiyo;Wei Bu;M. Gordon Joyce;Geng Meng

  • Vaccine-Induced Antibodies that Neutralize Group 1 and Group 2 Influenza A Viruses

    M. Gordon Joyce;Adam K. Wheatley;Paul V. Thomas;Gwo-Yu Chuang

  • mRNA-1273 or mRNA-Omicron boost in vaccinated macaques elicits similar B cell expansion, neutralizing responses, and protection from Omicron

    Unknown

  • Attenuation of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus SIVmac239 Infection by Prophylactic Immunization with DNA and Recombinant Adenoviral Vaccine Vectors Expressing Gag

    Danilo R. Casimiro;Fubao Wang;William A. Schleif;Xiaoping Liang

  • Mosaic nanoparticle display of diverse influenza virus hemagglutinins elicits broad B cell responses

    Masaru Kanekiyo;M Gordon Joyce;M Gordon Joyce;Rebecca A Gillespie;John R Gallagher

  • HIV vaccine design: insights from live attenuated SIV vaccines

    Wayne C Koff;Philip R Johnson;David I Watkins;Dennis R Burton

  • Vaccination induces HIV broadly neutralizing antibody precursors in humans

    Unknown

  • Epitope-based vaccine design yields fusion peptide-directed antibodies that neutralize diverse strains of HIV-1.

    K. Xu;P. Acharya;R. Kong;C. Cheng

  • A human monoclonal antibody prevents malaria infection by targeting a new site of vulnerability on the parasite

    Neville K. Kisalu;Azza H. Idris;Connor Weidle;Yevel Flores-Garcia

  • Vaccine-Induced Cellular Immune Responses Reduce Plasma Viral Concentrations after Repeated Low-Dose Challenge with Pathogenic Simian Immunodeficiency Virus SIVmac239

    Nancy A. Wilson;Jason Reed;Gnankang S. Napoe;Shari Piaskowski

  • Safety, pharmacokinetics and neutralization of the broadly neutralizing HIV-1 human monoclonal antibody VRC01 in healthy adults.

    J. E. Ledgerwood;E. E. Coates;G. Yamshchikov;J. G. Saunders

  • Immune correlates of protection by mRNA-1273 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 in nonhuman primates.

    Kizzmekia S. Corbett;Martha C. Nason;Britta Flach;Matthew Gagne

  • Major histocompatibility complex class I alleles associated with slow simian immunodeficiency virus disease progression bind epitopes recognized by dominant acute-phase cytotoxic-T-lymphocyte responses.

    David H. O'Connor;Bianca R. Mothe;Jason T. Weinfurter;Sarah Fuenger

  • Epitope-based vaccine design yields fusion peptide-directed antibodies that neutralize diverse strains of HIV-1

    Kai Xu;Priyamvada Acharya;Rui Kong;Cheng Cheng

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Mascola
John R. Mascola ModeX Therapeutics
Barney S. Graham
Barney S. Graham Morehouse School of Medicine
Julie E. Ledgerwood
Julie E. Ledgerwood National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Peter D. Kwong
Peter D. Kwong Columbia University Medical Center
Richard A. Koup
Richard A. Koup National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Adam K. Wheatley
Adam K. Wheatley University of Melbourne
Robert T. Bailer
Robert T. Bailer National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Daniel C. Douek
Daniel C. Douek National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
M. Gordon Joyce
M. Gordon Joyce Henry M. Jackson Foundation
Gwo-Yu Chuang
Gwo-Yu Chuang Moderna Therapeutics (United States)

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