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Eric T. Harvill is a researcher affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their scholarly work focuses heavily on medicine, immunology, and microbiology, with significant contributions to the understanding of bacterial infections, vaccines, and respiratory diseases.

The scientist has authored numerous papers spanning multiple specialized fields, including microbiology, epidemiology, otorhinolaryngology, infectious diseases, and endocrinology. Their research frequently addresses topics such as bacterial infections and vaccines, influenza virus studies, pneumonia and respiratory infections, ear surgery and otitis media, peripheral neuropathies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, and respiratory viral infections.

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Pertactin-DeficientBordetella pertussis, Vaccine-Driven Evolution, and Reemergence of Pertussis" (2021) published in Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • "Acellular Pertussis Vaccine Components: Today and Tomorrow" (2020) published in Vaccines
  • "Overcoming Waning Immunity in Pertussis Vaccines: Workshop of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases" (2020) published in The Journal of Immunology
  • "Disrupting Bordetella Immunosuppression Reveals a Role for Eosinophils in Coordinating the Adaptive Immune Response in the Respiratory Tract" (2020) published in Microorganisms
  • "Modeling Immune Evasion and Vaccine Limitations by Targeted Nasopharyngeal Bordetella pertussis Inoculation in Mice" (2021) published in Emerging Infectious Diseases

Eric T. Harvill's work has been published regularly in venues such as Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, The Journal of Immunology, Frontiers in Immunology, Emerging Infectious Diseases, and PLoS Pathogens.

Their collaborations involve frequent coauthors including Kalyan K. Dewan, Amanda D. Caulfield, Colleen Sedney, Maiya Callender, and Bodo Linz, indicating an active engagement with a network of researchers contributing to related fields.

In addition to articles, Eric T. Harvill has contributed to book publications, notably with Frontiers Media for a book titled "Otitis Media" published in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Molecular signature of hypersaline adaptation: insights from genome and proteome composition of halophilic prokaryotes

    Sandip Paul;Sumit K Bag;Sabyasachi Das;Eric T Harvill

  • Global Population Structure and Evolution of Bordetella pertussis and Their Relationship with Vaccination

    Marieke J. Bart;Simon R. Harris;Abdolreza Advani;Yoshichika Arakawa

  • Mice Lacking the Orphan G Protein-Coupled Receptor G2A Develop a Late-Onset Autoimmune Syndrome

    Lu Q Le;Janusz H.S Kabarowski;Zhigang Weng;Anne B Satterthwaite

  • The BvgAS virulence control system regulates type III secretion in Bordetella bronchiseptica

    Ming Huam Yuk;Eric T. Harvill;Jeff F. Miller

  • Modulation of host immune responses, induction of apoptosis and inhibition of NF‐κB activation by the Bordetella type III secretion system

    Ming Huam Yuk;Eric T. Harvill;Peggy A. Cotter;Jeff F. Miller

  • Pertussis toxin inhibits neutrophil recruitment to delay antibody-mediated clearance of Bordetella pertussis

    Girish S. Kirimanjeswara;Luis M. Agosto;Mary J. Kennett;Ottar N. Bjornstad

  • Multiple roles for Bordetella lipopolysaccharide molecules during respiratory tract infection.

    Eric T. Harvill;Andrew Preston;Peggy A. Cotter;Andrew G. Allen

  • Probing the Function of Bordetella bronchiseptica Adenylate Cyclase Toxin by Manipulating Host Immunity

    Eric T. Harvill;Peggy A. Cotter;Ming Huam Yuk;Jeff F. Miller

  • Modeling systems-level regulation of host immune responses.

    Juilee Thakar;Mylisa Pilione;Girish Kirimanjeswara;Eric T Harvill

  • Critical Pertussis Illness in Children, A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study

    John T. Berger;Joseph A. Carcillo;Thomas P. Shanley;David L. Wessel

  • Comparative genomics of the classical Bordetella subspecies: the evolution and exchange of virulence-associated diversity amongst closely related pathogens

    Jihye Park;Ying Zhang;Anne M Buboltz;Xuqing Zhang

  • Pregenomic comparative analysis between bordetella bronchiseptica RB50 and Bordetella pertussis tohama I in murine models of respiratory tract infection.

    Eric T. Harvill;Peggy A. Cotter;Jeff F. Miller

  • Differential expression of microRNAs in exhaled breath condensates of patients with asthma, patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and healthy adults

    Mark Pinkerton;Vernon Chinchilli;Erin Banta;Timothy Craig

  • Role of Antibodies in Immunity to Bordetella Infections

    Girish S. Kirimanjeswara;Paul B. Mann;Eric T. Harvill

  • Generating super-shedders: co-infection increases bacterial load and egg production of a gastrointestinal helminth

    Sandra Lass;Peter J. Hudson;Juilee Thakar;Jasmina Saric

  • An IgG3-IL2 fusion protein activates complement, binds Fc gamma RI, generates LAK activity and shows enhanced binding to the high affinity IL-2R

    Eric T. Harvill;Sherie L. Morrison

  • Bordetella bronchiseptica PagP is a Bvg‐regulated lipid A palmitoyl transferase that is required for persistent colonization of the mouse respiratory tract

    Andrew Preston;Elizabeth Maxim;Elinor Toland;E. Jane Pishko

  • Pertussis Pathogenesis—What We Know and What We Don't Know

    Erik L. Hewlett;Drusilla L. Burns;Peggy Ann Cotter;Eric T. Harvill

  • Evolution and emergence of Bordetella in humans

    Ottar N. Bjørnstad;Eric T. Harvill

  • Genomic and Genetic Analysis of Bordetella Bacteriophages Encoding Reverse Transcriptase-Mediated Tropism-Switching Cassettes

    Minghsun Liu;Mari Gingery;Sergei R. Doulatov;Yichin Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeff F. Miller
Jeff F. Miller University of California, Los Angeles
Ottar N. Bjørnstad
Ottar N. Bjørnstad Pennsylvania State University
Réka Albert
Réka Albert Pennsylvania State University
Julian Parkhill
Julian Parkhill University of Cambridge
Sherie L. Morrison
Sherie L. Morrison University of California, Los Angeles
Peggy A. Cotter
Peggy A. Cotter University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Peter J. Hudson
Peter J. Hudson Pennsylvania State University
Duncan J. Maskell
Duncan J. Maskell University of Melbourne
Nicole Guiso
Nicole Guiso Institut Pasteur
Vitali Sintchenko
Vitali Sintchenko University of Sydney

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