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Kelly M. Lager is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States, contributing to several fields of study primarily within medicine and agricultural and biological sciences.

The scientist's research spans multiple subfields including infectious diseases, animal science and zoology, agronomy and crop science, epidemiology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Kelly's work addresses a broad range of main research topics such as animal virus infections studies, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, animal disease management and epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, viral infections and immunology research, vector-borne animal diseases, and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing.

Among the recent scientific papers are:

  • Susceptibility of White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) to SARS-CoV-2, 2021, Journal of Virology
  • From Deer-to-Deer: SARS-CoV-2 is efficiently transmitted and presents broad tissue tropism and replication sites in white-tailed deer, 2022, PLoS Pathogens
  • Experimental Inoculation of Young Calves with SARS-CoV-2, 2021, Viruses
  • Inactivating Three Interferon Antagonists Attenuates Pathogenesis of an Enteric Coronavirus, 2020, Journal of Virology
  • Susceptibility of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) to SARS-CoV-2, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Kelly M. Lager has published extensively in several key scientific venues. The most frequent publication platforms include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Journal of Virology, Viruses, and Veterinary Microbiology.

The scientist collaborates regularly with a number of co-authors, notably Alexandra Buckley, Diego G. Diel, Kay S. Faaberg, Mitchell V. Palmer, and Mathias Martins.

Best Publications

  • Experimental Reproduction of Severe Disease in CD/CD Pigs Concurrently Infected with Type 2 Porcine Circovirus and Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus:

    P. A. Harms;S. D. Sorden;P. G. Halbur;S. R. Bolin

  • Swine influenza viruses a North American perspective.

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

  • 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

  • Detection of two porcine circovirus type 2 genotypic groups in United States swine herds.

    A. K. Cheung;K. M. Lager;O. I. Kohutyuk;A. L. Vincent

  • Susceptibility of white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ) to SARS-CoV-2.

    Mitchell V. Palmer;Mathias Martins;Shollie Falkenberg;Alexandra Buckley

  • Lactogenic immunity and vaccines for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV): historical and current concepts.

    Stephanie N. Langel;Francine Chimelo Paim;Kelly M. Lager;Anastasia N. Vlasova

  • 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

  • The effect of porcine parvovirus and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus on porcine reproductive performance

    W.L Mengeling;K.M Lager;A.C Vorwald

  • 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

  • Differentiation of a porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus vaccine strain from North American field strains by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of ORF 5

    Ronald D. Wesley;William L. Mengeling;Kelly M. Lager;Deborah F. Clouser

  • Diagnosis of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome

    William L. Mengeling;Kelly M. Lager;Ann C. Vorwald

  • Genetic variation and phylogenetic relationships of 22 porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) field strains based on sequence analysis of open reading frame 5

    V. G. Andreyev;R. D. Wesley;W. L. Mengeling;A. C. Vorwald

  • Domestic pigs have low susceptibility to H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses.

    Aleksandr S. Lipatov;Yong Kuk Kwon;Luciana V. Sarmento;Kelly M. Lager

  • Kinetics of lung lesion development and pro-inflammatory cytokine response in pigs with vaccine-associated enhanced respiratory disease induced by challenge with pandemic (2009) A/H1N1 influenza virus.

    Phillip Charles Gauger;Ame L. Vincent;Crystal Lynn Loving;Jamie N. Henningson

  • Live porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus vaccines: Current status and future direction

    Gourapura J. Renukaradhya;Xiang-Jin Meng;Jay G. Calvert;Michael Roof

  • 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

  • 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

  • Characterization of an influenza A virus isolated from pigs during an outbreak of respiratory disease in swine and people during a county fair in the United States.

    Amy L. Vincent;Sabrina L. Swenson;Kelly M. Lager;Phillip C. Gauger

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Amy L. Vincent
Amy L. Vincent Agricultural Research Service
Marcus E. Kehrli
Marcus E. Kehrli Agricultural Research Service
Kay S. Faaberg
Kay S. Faaberg Agricultural Research Service
Jürgen A. Richt
Jürgen A. Richt Kansas State University
Phillip C. Gauger
Phillip C. Gauger Iowa State University
John E. Butler
John E. Butler University of Iowa
Tanja Opriessnig
Tanja Opriessnig Moredun Foundation
Richard J. Webby
Richard J. Webby St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Eric Delwart
Eric Delwart University of California, San Francisco
Kyoung-Jin Yoon
Kyoung-Jin Yoon Iowa State University

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