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Overview

Dean D. Erdman is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on infectious diseases, with significant contributions to medicine, agricultural and biological sciences, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's main subfields of study include infectious diseases, animal science and zoology, genetics, epidemiology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their work covers multiple topics, particularly viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, animal virus infections studies, virus-based gene therapy research, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, respiratory viral infections research, and viral infections and immunology research.

Dean D. Erdman has coauthored publications with several frequent collaborators, including Gregory C. Gray, Leshan Xiu, Raquel A. Binder, Natalie A. Alarja, and Kara Kochek.

The researcher's recent published papers include:

  • A RT-PCR assay for the detection of coronaviruses from four genera, 2020, Journal of Clinical Virology
  • A RT-PCR assay for the detection of coronaviruses from four genera, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Genotype Prevalence and Risk Factors for Severe Clinical Adenovirus Infection, United States 2004-2006, 2020, UNC Libraries

Their contributions are published in venues such as the Journal of Clinical Virology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and UNC Libraries.

Best Publications

  • A novel coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome.

    Ksiazek Tg;Erdman D;Goldsmith Cs;Zaki

  • Community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization among U.S. adults

    Seema Jain;Derek J. Williams;Sandra R. Arnold;Krow Ampofo

  • Characterization of a novel coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome.

    Paul A. Rota;M. Steven Oberste;Stephan S. Monroe;W. Allan Nix

  • The burden of respiratory syncytial virus infection in young children.

    Caroline Breese Hall;Geoffrey A. Weinberg;Marika K. Iwane;Aaron K. Blumkin

  • Community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization among U.S. children.

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  • The Underrecognized Burden of Influenza in Young Children

    Katherine A. Poehling;Kathryn M. Edwards;Geoffrey A. Weinberg;Peter Szilagyi

  • Virological Features and Clinical Manifestations Associated with Human Metapneumovirus: A New Paramyxovirus Responsible for Acute Respiratory-Tract Infections in All Age Groups

    Guy Boivin;Yacine Abed;Gilles Pelletier;Louisette Ruel

  • Human Metapneumovirus Infections in Young and Elderly Adults

    Ann R Falsey;Dean Erdman;Larry J Anderson;Edward E Walsh

  • Population-Based Surveillance for Hospitalizations Associated With Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Influenza Virus, and Parainfluenza Viruses Among Young Children

    Marika K Iwane;Kathryn M Edwards;Peter G Szilagyi;Frances J Walker

  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Is an Important Cause of Community-Acquired Lower Respiratory Infection among Hospitalized Adults

    Scott F. Dowell;Larry J. Anderson;Howard E. Gary;Dean D. Erdman

  • Viral discovery and sequence recovery using DNA microarrays.

    David Wang;Anatoly Urisman;Yu-Tsueng Liu;Michael Springer

  • Characterization of Human Metapneumoviruses Isolated from Patients in North America

    Teresa C. T. Peret;Guy Boivin;Yan Li;Michel Couillard

  • Respiratory synctial virus infection in BALB/c mice previously immunized with formalin-inactivated virus induces enhanced pulmonary inflammatory response with a predominant Th2-like cytokine pattern.

    M E Waris;C Tsou;D D Erdman;S R Zaki

  • Species-Specific Identification of Human Adenoviruses by a Multiplex PCR Assay

    WanHong Xu;Mike C. McDonough;Dean D. Erdman

  • Prevalence and Quantitation of Species C Adenovirus DNA in Human Mucosal Lymphocytes

    C. T. Garnett;D. Erdman;W. Xu;Linda R. Gooding

  • Human Bocavirus: A Novel Parvovirus Epidemiologically Associated with Pneumonia Requiring Hospitalization in Thailand

    Alicia M. Fry;Xiaoyan Lu;Malinee Chittaganpitch;Teresa Peret

  • Human Coronavirus Infections in Rural Thailand: A Comprehensive Study Using Real-Time Reverse-Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays

    Ryan K. Dare;Alicia M. Fry;Malinee Chittaganpitch;Pathom Sawanpanyalert

  • Prevalence of viral respiratory tract infections in children with asthma.

    Nino Khetsuriani;N. Neely Kazerouni;Dean D. Erdman;Xiaoyan Lu

  • Real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay for SARS-associated coronavirus.

    Shannon L. Emery;Dean D. Erdman;Michael D. Bowen;Bruce R. Newton

  • Rhinovirus-Associated Hospitalizations in Young Children

    E. Kathryn Miller;Xiaoyan Lu;Dean D. Erdman;Katherine A. Poehling

  • Hospital-Associated Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus: A Serologic, Epidemiologic, and Clinical Description

    Mohammad Mousa Al-Abdallat;Daniel C. Payne;Sultan Alqasrawi;Brian Rha

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry J. Anderson
Larry J. Anderson Emory University
Susan I. Gerber
Susan I. Gerber Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kathryn M. Edwards
Kathryn M. Edwards Vanderbilt University Medical Center
William J. Bellini
William J. Bellini Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Caroline B. Hall
Caroline B. Hall University of Rochester
Geoffrey A. Weinberg
Geoffrey A. Weinberg University of Rochester
Robert F. Breiman
Robert F. Breiman Emory University
Edison Luiz Durigon
Edison Luiz Durigon Universidade de São Paulo
Sonja J. Olsen
Sonja J. Olsen Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Marie R. Griffin
Marie R. Griffin Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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