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Danilo R. Casimiro is affiliated with the United States Military Academy in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Immunology, Animal Science and Zoology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health as subfields of study.

The scientist has engaged extensively in topics related to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, respiratory viral infections, animal virus infections, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, tuberculosis research and epidemiology, influenza virus research, and mosquito-borne diseases and control.

Casimiro's recent scholarly publications include several articles in prominent journals. Notable papers are:

  • "Prevention of tuberculosis in macaques after intravenous BCG immunization," 2020, Nature
  • "The promise of mRNA vaccines: a biotech and industrial perspective," 2020, npj Vaccines
  • "Development of multivalent mRNA vaccine candidates for seasonal or pandemic influenza," 2021, npj Vaccines
  • "Immunogenicity and efficacy of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine MRT5500 in preclinical animal models," 2021, npj Vaccines
  • "Protective antibodies elicited by SARS-CoV-2 spike protein vaccination are boosted in the lung after challenge in nonhuman primates," 2021, Science Translational Medicine

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Casimiro include Tong-Ming Fu, Joshua M. DiNapoli, Frank DeRosa, Timothy Tibbitts, and Robert A. Seder.

Publications have appeared most often in the journal npj Vaccines, with four publications, followed by bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with three papers. Other publication venues include Nature, Science Translational Medicine, and Cell Reports Medicine.

Best Publications

  • Efficacy assessment of a cell-mediated immunity HIV-1 vaccine (the Step Study): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, test-of-concept trial.

    Susan P Buchbinder;Devan V Mehrotra;Ann Duerr;Daniel W Fitzgerald

  • Replication-incompetent adenoviral vaccine vector elicits effective anti-immunodeficiency-virus immunity.

    John W. Shiver;Tong-Ming Fu;Ling Chen;Danilo R. Casimiro

  • Structure of a glycerol-conducting channel and the basis for its selectivity.

    Daxiong Fu;Andrew Libson;Larry J. W. Miercke;Cindy Weitzman

  • Control of Viremia and Prevention of Clinical AIDS in Rhesus Monkeys by Cytokine-Augmented DNA Vaccination

    Dan H. Barouch;Sampa Santra;Jörn E. Schmitz;Marcelo J. Kuroda

  • HIV-1 vaccine-induced immunity in the test-of-concept Step Study: a case–cohort analysis

    M Juliana McElrath;M Juliana McElrath;Stephen C De Rosa;Stephen C De Rosa;Zoe Moodie;Sheri Dubey

  • Comparative immunogenicity in rhesus monkeys of DNA plasmid, recombinant vaccinia virus, and replication-defective adenovirus vectors expressing a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gag gene

    Danilo R. Casimiro;Ling Chen;Tong-Ming Fu;Robert K. Evans

  • Prevention of tuberculosis in macaques after intravenous BCG immunization

    Patricia A. Darrah;Joseph J. Zeppa;Pauline Maiello;Joshua A. Hackney

  • Integrase Inhibitors and Cellular Immunity Suppress Retroviral Replication in Rhesus Macaques

    Daria J. Hazuda;Steven D. Young;James P. Guare;Neville J. Anthony

  • Design of an HA2-based Escherichia coli expressed influenza immunogen that protects mice from pathogenic challenge

    Gayathri Bommakanti;Michael P Citron;Robert W Hepler;Cheryl Callahan

  • International epidemiology of human pre-existing adenovirus (Ad) type-5, type-6, type-26 and type-36 neutralizing antibodies: Correlates of high Ad5 titers and implications for potential HIV vaccine trials

    T. Christopher Mast;Lisa Kierstead;Swati B. Gupta;Alexander A. Nikas

  • Genetic impact of vaccination on breakthrough HIV-1 sequences from the STEP trial

    Morgane Rolland;Sodsai Tovanabutra;Allan C deCamp;Nicole Frahm

  • Analysis of plasmid DNA from a pharmaceutical perspective

    C. Russell Middaugh;Robert K. Evans;Donna L. Montgomery;Danilo R. Casimiro

  • Development of stable liquid formulations for adenovirus-based vaccines.

    Robert K. Evans;Denise K. Nawrocki;Lynne A. Isopi;Donna M. Williams

  • Human adenovirus-specific T cells modulate HIV-specific T cell responses to an Ad5-vectored HIV-1 vaccine

    Nicole Frahm;Allan C. DeCamp;David P. Friedrich;Donald K. Carter

  • Adenovirus-specific immunity after immunization with an Ad5 HIV-1 vaccine candidate in humans.

    Kara L O'Brien;Jinyan Liu;Sharon L King;Ying-Hua Sun

  • PD-1 Blockade in Rhesus Macaques: Impact on Chronic Infection and Prophylactic Vaccination

    Adam C. Finnefrock;Aimin Tang;Fengsheng Li;Daniel C. Freed

  • Mamu-A*01 Allele-Mediated Attenuation of Disease Progression in Simian-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

    Zhi-Qiang Zhang;Tong-Ming Fu;Danilo R. Casimiro;Mary-Ellen Davies

  • Pentameric complex of viral glycoprotein H is the primary target for potent neutralization by a human cytomegalovirus vaccine

    Daniel C. Freed;Qi Tang;Aimin Tang;Fengsheng Li

  • Vaccine-Induced Cellular Responses Control Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Replication after Heterologous Challenge

    Nancy A. Wilson;Brandon F. Keele;Jason S. Reed;Shari M. Piaskowski

  • Low-dose penile SIVmac251 exposure of rhesus macaques infected with adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) and then immunized with a replication-defective Ad5-based SIV gag/pol/nef vaccine recapitulates the results of the phase IIb step trial of a similar HIV-1 vaccine.

    Huma Qureshi;Huma Qureshi;Zhong Min Ma;Zhong Min Ma;Ying Huang;Gregory Hodge

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Shiver
John W. Shiver United States Military Academy
M. Juliana McElrath
M. Juliana McElrath University of Washington
Lawrence Corey
Lawrence Corey Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Michael R. Betts
Michael R. Betts University of Pennsylvania
Dan H. Barouch
Dan H. Barouch Harvard Medical School
Peter B. Gilbert
Peter B. Gilbert Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Harvey M. Friedman
Harvey M. Friedman University of Pennsylvania
Michelle A. Lifton
Michelle A. Lifton Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Emilio A. Emini
Emilio A. Emini Pfizer (United States)
Susan Buchbinder
Susan Buchbinder University of California, San Francisco

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