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Jack T. Stapleton

Jack T. Stapleton

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Immunology

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64
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18798
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2903
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Overview

Jack T. Stapleton is a researcher affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their work spans multiple areas within medicine, immunology, and microbiology, with a strong focus on infectious diseases and molecular biology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics involving HIV research and treatment, mosquito-borne diseases and control, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, extracellular vesicles in disease, HIV-related health complications and treatments, viral infections and vectors, as well as immunotherapy and immune responses.

Stapleton has published in a variety of journals, frequently appearing in venues such as The Journal of Infectious Diseases, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Vaccine, AIDS, and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Some notable recent papers include:

  • Renaming of the genus Flavivirus to Orthoflavivirus and extension of binomial species names within the family Flaviviridae, 2023, Archives of Virology
  • A randomized phase II trial to compare safety and immunogenicity of the MVA-BN smallpox vaccine at various doses in adults with a history of AIDS, 2020, Vaccine
  • Variability in the Management of Adults With Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Glycerol Monolaurate, an Analogue to a Factor Secreted by Lactobacillus, Is Virucidal against Enveloped Viruses, Including HIV-1, 2020, mBio
  • Electrostatic Surface Properties of Blood and Semen Extracellular Vesicles: Implications of Sialylation and HIV-Induced Changes on EV Internalization, 2020, Viruses

Frequent co-authors in Stapleton's collaborations include Jinhua Xiang, Patricia Winokur, Chioma M. Okeoma, Sharon E. Frey, and Jennifer L. Welch.

Their research contributions are primarily situated within the following fields of study:

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Within those fields, subfields emphasized in their work include infectious diseases, molecular biology, immunology, epidemiology, and virology.

Best Publications

  • Expanded classification of hepatitis C virus into 7 genotypes and 67 subtypes: Updated criteria and genotype assignment web resource

    Donald B. Smith;Jens Bukh;Carla Kuiken;A. Scott Muerhoff

  • The major genetic determinants of HIV-1 control affect HLA class I peptide presentation

    Pereyra F;Jia X;McLaren Pj

  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Flaviviridae.

    Peter Simmonds;Paul Becher;Jens Bukh;Ernest A. Gould

  • A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of oral acyclovir for the prevention of cytomegalovirus disease in recipients of renal allografts

    Henry H. Balfour;Beverly A. Chace;Jack T. Stapleton;Richard L. Simmons

  • Efficacy Results of a Trial of a Herpes Simplex Vaccine

    Robert B. Belshe;Peter A. Leone;David I. Bernstein;Anna Wald

  • Final efficacy, immunogenicity, and safety analyses of a nine-valent human papillomavirus vaccine in women aged 16–26 years: a randomised, double-blind trial

    Warner K. Huh;Elmar A. Joura;Anna R. Giuliano;Ole Erik Iversen;Ole Erik Iversen

  • Effect of coinfection with GB virus C on survival among patients with HIV infection.

    Jinhua Xiang;Sabina Wünschmann;Daniel J. Diekema;Donna Klinzman

  • The GB viruses: a review and proposed classification of GBV-A, GBV-C (HGV), and GBV-D in genus Pegivirus within the family Flaviviridae

    Jack T. Stapleton;Steven Foung;A. Scott Muerhoff;Jens Bukh;Jens Bukh

  • Persistent GB virus C infection and survival in HIV-infected men.

    Carolyn F. Williams;Donna Klinzman;Traci E. Yamashita;Jinhua Xiang

  • Characterization of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and HCV E2 Interactions with CD81 and the Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor

    Sabina Wünschmann;Jheem D. Medh;Donna Klinzmann;Warren N. Schmidt

  • Proposed revision to the taxonomy of the genus Pestivirus, family Flaviviridae.

    Donald B. Smith;Donald B. Smith;Gregor Meyers;Jens Bukh;Ernest A. Gould

  • Inhibition of HIV-1 replication by GB virus C infection through increases in RANTES, MlP-lα, MIP-1β, and SDF-1

    Jinhua Xiang;Sarah L George;Sabina Wünschmann;Qing Chang

  • Efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity of the human papillomavirus 16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine in women older than 25 years: 4-year interim follow-up of the phase 3, double-blind, randomised controlled VIVIANE study

    S. Rachel Skinner;S. Rachel Skinner;Anne Szarewski;Barbara Romanowski;Suzanne M. Garland

  • GB virus type C/Hepatitis G virus.

    Jack T. Stapleton

  • Efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity of the human papillomavirus 16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine in women older than 25 years: 7-year follow-up of the phase 3, double-blind, randomised controlled VIVIANE study

    Cosette M Wheeler;S Rachel Skinner;S Rachel Skinner;M Rowena Del Rosario-Raymundo;Suzanne M Garland

  • GB virus C: the good boy virus?

    Nirjal Bhattarai;Jack T. Stapleton

  • Concealment of homosexual identity, social support and CD4 cell count among HIV-seropositive gay men.

    Philip M Ullrich;Susan K Lutgendorf;Jack T Stapleton

  • Proposed update to the taxonomy of the genera Hepacivirus and Pegivirus within the Flaviviridae family.

    Donald B. Smith;Paul Becher;Jens Bukh;Ernest A. Gould

  • Immunoglobulin Prophylaxis for Hepatitis A

    Patricia L. Winokur;Jack T. Stapleton

  • Full-length GB virus C (hepatitis G virus) RNA transcripts are infectious in primary CD4 positive T cells

    Jinhua Xiang;Sabina Wünschmann;Warren Schmidt;Jack Stapleton

  • Host Immune Response To Hepatitis A Virus

    Jack T. Stapleton

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan L. Landay
Alan L. Landay The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Peter Simmonds
Peter Simmonds University of Oxford
Mark J. Mulligan
Mark J. Mulligan New York University
Nadine Rouphael
Nadine Rouphael Emory University
Sharon E. Frey
Sharon E. Frey Saint Louis University
Michael P. Busch
Michael P. Busch University of California, San Francisco
David I. Bernstein
David I. Bernstein University of Cincinnati
Jens Bukh
Jens Bukh University of Copenhagen
David R. Soll
David R. Soll University of Iowa
Kathryn M. Edwards
Kathryn M. Edwards Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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