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Overview

Jay W. Hooper is affiliated with the United States Department of the Army in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with significant expertise in infectious diseases, epidemiology, virology, molecular biology, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's work spans several main research topics including:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
  • Poxvirus Research and Outbreaks
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases

Their publication record shows contributions to a range of notable journals and venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Vaccines
  • npj Vaccines
  • Antiviral Research
  • Science Translational Medicine

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 transgenic mice infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop severe and fatal respiratory disease," 2020, JCI Insight
  • "Improved DNA Vaccine Delivery with Needle-Free Injection Systems," 2023, Vaccines
  • "An mpox virus mRNA-lipid nanoparticle vaccine confers protection against lethal orthopoxviral challenge," 2023, Science Translational Medicine
  • "Comparison of protection against mpox following mRNA or modified vaccinia Ankara vaccination in nonhuman primates," 2024, Cell
  • "Development of a coronavirus disease 2019 nonhuman primate model using airborne exposure," 2021, PLoS ONE

Jay W. Hooper frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Notable coauthors include:

  • Steven A. Kwilas
  • Xiankun Zeng
  • Rebecca L. Brocato
  • Eric M. Mucker
  • Jeffrey M. Smith

Best Publications

  • Phase 1 Trials of rVSV Ebola Vaccine in Africa and Europe

    Selidji T Agnandji;Angela Huttner;Madeleine E Zinser;Patricia Njuguna

  • Smallpox vaccine–induced antibodies are necessary and sufficient for protection against monkeypox virus

    Yvette Edghill-Smith;Hana Golding;Jody Manischewitz;Lisa R King

  • A Recombinant Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Ebola Vaccine — Preliminary Report

    Jason A. Regules;John H. Beigel;Kristopher M. Paolino;Jocelyn Voell

  • Smallpox DNA Vaccine Protects Nonhuman Primates against Lethal Monkeypox

    J. W. Hooper;E. Thompson;C. Wilhelmsen;M. Zimmerman

  • A lethal disease model for hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.

    J.W. Hooper;T. Larsen;D.M. Custer;C.S. Schmaljohn

  • The effect of dose on the safety and immunogenicity of the VSV Ebola candidate vaccine: a randomised double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 1/2 trial

    Angela Huttner;Julie-Anne Dayer;Sabine Yerly;Christophe Combescure

  • Four-gene-combination DNA vaccine protects mice against a lethal vaccinia virus challenge and elicits appropriate antibody responses in nonhuman primates.

    J.W Hooper;D.M Custer;E Thompson

  • DNA vaccination with vaccinia virus L1R and A33R genes protects mice against a lethal poxvirus challenge.

    J.W. Hooper;D.M. Custer;C.S. Schmaljohn;A.L. Schmaljohn

  • Human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 transgenic mice infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop severe and fatal respiratory disease.

    Joseph W. Golden;Curtis R. Cline;Xiankun Zeng;Aura R. Garrison

  • Active and Passive Vaccination against Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome with Andes Virus M Genome Segment-Based DNA Vaccine

    D. M. Custer;E. Thompson;C. S. Schmaljohn;T. G. Ksiazek

  • DNA vaccination with hantavirus M segment elicits neutralizing antibodies and protects against seoul virus infection.

    J W Hooper;K I Kamrud;Fredrik Elgh;Fredrik Elgh;D Custer

  • Subunit Recombinant Vaccine Protects against Monkeypox

    Jean-Michel Heraud;Yvette Edghill-Smith;Yvette Edghill-Smith;Victor Ayala;Irene Kalisz

  • DNA vaccination with the Hantaan virus M gene protects Hamsters against three of four HFRS hantaviruses and elicits a high-titer neutralizing antibody response in Rhesus monkeys.

    J. W. Hooper;D. M. Custer;E. Thompson;C. S. Schmaljohn

  • Smallpox DNA vaccine delivered by novel skin electroporation device protects mice against intranasal poxvirus challenge.

    Jay W. Hooper;Joseph W. Golden;Anthony M. Ferro;Alan D. King

  • Immunogenicity of combination DNA vaccines for Rift Valley fever virus, tick-borne encephalitis virus, Hantaan virus, and Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus

    Kristin Spik;Amy Shurtleff;Anita K. McElroy;Mary C. Guttieri

  • Treatment of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.

    Colleen B. Jonsson;Jay Hooper;Gregory Mertz

  • Progress on the Prevention and Treatment of Hantavirus Disease

    Rebecca L. Brocato;Jay W. Hooper

  • Matrix-M adjuvant enhances antibody, cellular and protective immune responses of a Zaire Ebola/Makona virus glycoprotein (GP) nanoparticle vaccine in mice.

    Karin Lövgren Bengtsson;Haifeng Song;Linda Stertman;Ye Liu

  • Temporal Analysis of Andes Virus and Sin Nombre Virus Infections of Syrian Hamsters

    Victoria Wahl-Jensen;Jennifer Chapman;Ludmila Asher;Robert Fisher

  • Comparison of the Protective Efficacy of Naked DNA, DNA-based Sindbis Replicon, and Packaged Sindbis Replicon Vectors Expressing Hantavirus Structural Genes in Hamsters

    K I Kamrud;J W Hooper;Fredrik Elgh;C S Schmaljohn

Frequent Co-Authors

Connie S. Schmaljohn
Connie S. Schmaljohn National Institutes of Health
Alan L. Schmaljohn
Alan L. Schmaljohn University of Maryland, Baltimore
John M. Dye
John M. Dye United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
Hana Golding
Hana Golding US Food and Drug Administration
Heinz Feldmann
Heinz Feldmann National Institutes of Health
Bernard N. Fields
Bernard N. Fields Harvard University
Gale Smith
Gale Smith Novavax (United States)
Markus Eickmann
Markus Eickmann Philipp University of Marburg
David Safronetz
David Safronetz University of Manitoba
Surender Khurana
Surender Khurana US Food and Drug Administration

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