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Overview

Kay S. Faaberg is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, with a particular focus on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields include Animal Science and Zoology, Infectious Diseases, Genetics, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Their research topics cover areas such as Animal Virus Infections Studies, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, Virus-based gene therapy research, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Viral Infections and Immunology Research, and Research Data Management Practices.

Notable recent publications include:

  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Arteriviridae 2021, published in 2021 in the Journal of General Virology
  • Inactivating Three Interferon Antagonists Attenuates Pathogenesis of an Enteric Coronavirus, published in 2020 in the Journal of Virology
  • Comparison of historical and contemporary isolates of Senecavirus A, published in 2020 in Veterinary Microbiology
  • Tripal, a community update after 10 years of supporting open source, standards-based genetic, genomic and breeding databases, published in 2021 in Briefings in Bioinformatics
  • Structural insights into the interaction of papain-like protease 2 from the alphacoronavirus porcine epidemic diarrhea virus and ubiquitin, published in 2021 in Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Faaberg include Kelly M. Lager, Alexandra Buckley, Tavis K. Anderson, Blake Inderski, and Margo A. Brinton.

Common venues for their publications are the Journal of Virology, Journal of General Virology, Veterinary Microbiology, Briefings in Bioinformatics, and Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology.

Best Publications

  • Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus comparison: divergent evolution on two continents.

    Chris J. Nelsen;Michael P. Murtaugh;Kay S. Faaberg

  • Molecular epidemiology of PRRSV: A phylogenetic perspective

    Mang Shi;Tommy Tsan Yuk Lam;Chung Chau Hon;Raymond Kin Hei Hui

  • PRRSV structure, replication and recombination: Origin of phenotype and genotype diversity.

    Matthew A. Kappes;Kay S. Faaberg

  • Complete genome analysis of RFLP 184 isolates of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus.

    Jun Han;Yue Wang;Kay S. Faaberg

  • Characterization of Emerging European-Like Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Isolates in the United States

    Susan L. Ropp;Carrie E. Mahlum Wees;Ying Fang;Eric A. Nelson

  • Processing and evolution of the N-terminal region of the arterivirus replicase ORF1a protein: identification of two papainlike cysteine proteases.

    J. A. Den Boon;K. S. Faaberg;J. J. M. Meulenberg;A. L. M. Wassenaar

  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Arteriviridae 2021.

    Margo A. Brinton;Anastasia A. Gulyaeva;Udeni B. R. Balasuriya;Magda Dunowska

  • The primary neutralization epitope of porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus strain VR-2332 is located in the middle of the GP5 ectodomain

    P. G. W. Plagemann;R. R. R. Rowland;K. S. Faaberg

  • Genomic sequence and virulence comparison of four Type 2 porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus strains.

    Susan L. Brockmeier;Crystal L. Loving;Ann C. Vorwald;Marcus E. Kehrli

  • Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS): an immune dysregulatory pandemic

    J. E. Butler;K. M. Lager;William Golde;Kay S. Faaberg

  • Diversity and evolution of a newly emerged North American Type 1 porcine arterivirus: analysis of isolates collected between 1999 and 2004.

    Y. Fang;P. Schneider;W. P. Zhang;K. S. Faaberg

  • Recombination between North American strains of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus.

    Shishan Yuan;Chris J. Nelsen;Michael P. Murtaugh;Beverly J. Schmitt

  • Identification of Nonessential Regions of the nsp2 Replicase Protein of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Strain VR-2332 for Replication in Cell Culture

    Jun Han;Gongping Liu;Yue Wang;Kay S. Faaberg

  • Generation of an Infectious Clone of VR-2332, a Highly Virulent North American-Type Isolate of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus

    H.S. Nielsen;G. Liu;Jens Nielsen;M.B. Oleksiewicz

  • Coronavirus Endoribonuclease Activity in Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Suppresses Type I and Type III Interferon Responses

    Xufang Deng;Albert van Geelen;Alexandra C. Buckley;Amornrat O’Brien

  • Functional properties of the predicted helicase of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus.

    Elida M. Bautista;Kay S. Faaberg;Dan Mickelson;Edward D. McGruder

  • Experimental infection of United States swine with a Chinese highly pathogenic strain of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus.

    Baoqing Guo;Kelly M. Lager;Jamie N. Henningson;Laura C. Miller

  • Neutralizing antibody responses of pigs infected with natural GP5 N-glycan mutants of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus.

    Kay S. Faaberg;Jason D. Hocker;Matthew M. Erdman;D.L. Hank Harris

  • The porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus nsp2 cysteine protease domain possesses both trans- and cis-cleavage activities

    Jun Han;Mark S. Rutherford;Kay S. Faaberg

  • Evaluation of a Rapid Fecal PCR Test for Detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Dairy Cattle

    Scott J. Wells;Michael T. Collins;Kay S. Faaberg;Carrie Wees

  • Porcine reproductive and respiratory disease virus: Evolution and recombination yields distinct ORF5 RFLP 1-7-4 viruses with individual pathogenicity

    Albert G.M. van Geelen;Tavis K. Anderson;Kelly M. Lager;Phani B. Das

  • Detection of bovine viral diarrhea virus by TaqMan reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction.

    Carrie E. Mahlum;Sigrun Haugerud;Jan L. Shivers;Kurt D. Rossow

Frequent Co-Authors

Kelly M. Lager
Kelly M. Lager Agricultural Research Service
Michael P. Murtaugh
Michael P. Murtaugh University of Minnesota
Marcus E. Kehrli
Marcus E. Kehrli Agricultural Research Service
Peter G.W. Plagemann
Peter G.W. Plagemann University of Minnesota
James E. Collins
James E. Collins University of Minnesota
Raymond R. R. Rowland
Raymond R. R. Rowland University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Susan C. Baker
Susan C. Baker Loyola University Chicago
Eric A. Nelson
Eric A. Nelson South Dakota State University
Scott Dee
Scott Dee University of Minnesota
John Deen
John Deen University of Minnesota

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