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Jürgen A. Richt is affiliated with Kansas State University in the United States. Their research encompasses a range of topics primarily within the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. These fields include subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Agronomy and Crop Science, Immunology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Their work often focuses on areas including Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Viral Gastroenteritis Research and Epidemiology, Vector-Borne Animal Diseases, Viral Infections and Immunology Research, Animal Virus Infections Studies, and Immune Cell Function and Interaction.

Jürgen A. Richt has published research in several notable venues, with multiple publications in the following journals:

  • Viruses
  • Animal Diseases
  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
  • Cell Host & Microbe

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern link to increased spike cleavage and virus transmission" (2022, Cell Host & Microbe)
  • "Epizootic Haemorrhagic Disease Virus Serotype 8 in Tunisia, 2021" (2022, Viruses)
  • "Reston virus causes severe respiratory disease in young domestic pigs" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Modulation of Immune Responses to Influenza A Virus Vaccines by Natural Killer T Cells" (2020, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • "SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern have acquired mutations associated with an increased spike cleavage" (2021, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])

Frequent collaborators in Jürgen A. Richt's research include Konner Cool, Igor Morozov, Natasha N. Gaudreault, Cassandra K Jones, and Charles R. Stark. Each of these coauthors has contributed to multiple joint publications, reflecting ongoing collaborative efforts.

Best Publications

  • Animal models for COVID-19.

    César Muñoz-Fontela;William E. Dowling;Simon G.P. Funnell;Pierre S. Gsell

  • Swine influenza viruses a North American perspective.

    Amy L. Vincent;Wenjun Ma;Wenjun Ma;Wenjun Ma;Kelly M. Lager;Bruce H. Janke

  • The pig as a mixing vessel for influenza viruses: Human and veterinary implications

    Wenjun Ma;Robert E Kahn;Juergen A Richt

  • Production of cattle lacking prion protein.

    Jiirgen A. Richt;Poothappillai Kasinathan;Amir N. Hamir;Joaquin Castilla

  • Ovarian tumor domain-containing viral proteases evade ubiquitin- and ISG15-dependent innate immune responses.

    Natalia Frias-Staheli;Nadia V. Giannakopoulos;Marjolein Kikkert;Shannon L. Taylor

  • African Swine Fever Virus: An Emerging DNA Arbovirus.

    Natasha N. Gaudreault;Daniel W. Madden;William C. Wilson;Jessie D. Trujillo

  • Mutations in the NS1 protein of swine influenza virus impair anti-interferon activity and confer attenuation in pigs.

    Alicia Solórzano;Richard J. Webby;Kelly M. Lager;Bruce H. Janke

  • Identification of H2N3 influenza A viruses from swine in the United States.

    Wenjun Ma;Amy L. Vincent;Marie R. Gramer;Christy B. Brockwell

  • Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern link to increased spike cleavage and virus transmission

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  • SARS-CoV-2 infection, disease and transmission in domestic cats.

    Natasha N. Gaudreault;Jessie D. Trujillo;Mariano Carossino;David A. Meekins

  • African Swine Fever Virus Biology and Vaccine Approaches.

    Yolanda Revilla;Daniel Pérez-Núñez;Juergen A Richt

  • Characterization of a newly emerged genetic cluster of H1N1 and H1N2 swine influenza virus in the United States

    Amy L. Vincent;Wenjun Ma;Wenjun Ma;Kelly M. Lager;Marie R. Gramer

  • Pathogenic and Antigenic Properties of Phylogenetically Distinct Reassortant H3N2 Swine Influenza Viruses Cocirculating in the United States

    Jürgen A. Richt;Kelly M. Lager;Bruce H. Janke;Roger D. Woods

  • The role of swine in the generation of novel influenza viruses.

    W. Ma;K. M. Lager;A. L. Vincent;B. H. Janke

  • Vaccination of Pigs against Swine Influenza Viruses by Using an NS1-Truncated Modified Live-Virus Vaccine

    Jürgen A. Richt;Porntippa Lekcharoensuk;Kelly M. Lager;Amy L. Vincent

  • Efficacy of intranasal administration of a truncated NS1 modified live influenza virus vaccine in swine.

    Amy L. Vincent;Wenjun Ma;Wenjun Ma;Kelly M. Lager;Bruce H. Janke

  • African Swine Fever Virus Armenia/07 Virulent Strain Controls Interferon Beta Production through the cGAS-STING Pathway.

    Raquel García-Belmonte;Daniel Pérez-Núñez;Marco Pittau;Juergen A Richt

  • Evaluation of hemagglutinin subtype 1 swine influenza viruses from the United States.

    Amy L. Vincent;Kelly M. Lager;Wenjun Ma;Wenjun Ma;Porntippa Lekcharoensuk;Porntippa Lekcharoensuk

  • Failure of protection and enhanced pneumonia with a US H1N2 swine influenza virus in pigs vaccinated with an inactivated classical swine H1N1 vaccine

    Amy L. Vincent;Kelly M. Lager;Bruce H. Janke;Marie R. Gramer

  • Wildlife and Emerging Zoonotic Diseases: The Biology, Circumstances and Consequences of Cross-Species Transmission

    James E. Childs;John S. Mackenzie;Jürgen A. Richt

  • Live attenuated influenza vaccine provides superior protection from heterologous infection in pigs with maternal antibodies without inducing vaccine associated enhanced respiratory disease

    Amy L. Vincent;Wenjun Ma;Kelly M. Lager;Jürgen A. Richt

  • Subunit Vaccine Approaches for African Swine Fever Virus.

    Natasha N. Gaudreault;Juergen A. Richt

  • Introduction: conceptualizing and partitioning the emergence process of zoonotic viruses from wildlife to humans.

    James E. Childs;Jürgen A. Richt;John S. Mackenzie

  • The Role of Swine in the Generation of Novel Influenza

    W. Ma;K. M. Lager;A. L. Vincent;B. H. Janke

Frequent Co-Authors

Kelly M. Lager
Kelly M. Lager Agricultural Research Service
Adolfo García-Sastre
Adolfo García-Sastre Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Richard J. Webby
Richard J. Webby St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Amy L. Vincent
Amy L. Vincent Agricultural Research Service
Marcus E. Kehrli
Marcus E. Kehrli Agricultural Research Service
Rudolf Rott
Rudolf Rott University of Giessen
Wolfgang Garten
Wolfgang Garten Philipp University of Marburg
Heinz Feldmann
Heinz Feldmann National Institutes of Health
Andreas Reichenbach
Andreas Reichenbach Leipzig University
Yoshihiro Kawaoka
Yoshihiro Kawaoka University of Tokyo

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