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Overview

Mark A. Pallansch is affiliated with the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on infectious diseases and epidemiology.

The scientist's work prominently covers topics related to viral infections and immunology research, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, and animal disease management and epidemiology. Other subjects of interest include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, respiratory viral infections research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, and the impacts of COVID-19 on healthcare.

Mark A. Pallansch has contributed significantly to the academic literature, with notable publications including:

  • First Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the United States, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Evolving epidemiology of poliovirus serotype 2 following withdrawal of the serotype 2 oral poliovirus vaccine, 2020, Science
  • Certifying the interruption of wild poliovirus transmission in the WHO African region on the turbulent journey to a polio-free world, 2020, The Lancet Global Health
  • Global Transmission of Live Polioviruses: Updated Dynamic Modeling of the Polio Endgame, 2020, Risk Analysis
  • Updated Characterization of Outbreak Response Strategies for 2019-2029: Impacts of Using a Novel Type 2 Oral Poliovirus Vaccine Strain, 2020, Risk Analysis

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Pallansch include Dominika A. Kalkowska, Kimberly M. Thompson, Stephen L. Cochi, Steven G.F. Wassilak, and Cara C. Burns.

Publications can be found across various venues, with a concentration in:

  • Vaccine
  • Risk Analysis
  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Science

Their scholarly contributions primarily fall into the disciplines of medicine and agricultural and biological sciences, with subfields emphasizing infectious diseases, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, agronomy and crop science, epidemiology, and oncology.

Best Publications

  • First Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the United States.

    Michelle L Holshue;Chas DeBolt;Scott Lindquist;Kathy H Lofy

  • Characterization of a novel coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome.

    Paul A. Rota;M. Steven Oberste;Stephan S. Monroe;W. Allan Nix

  • Molecular Evolution of the Human Enteroviruses: Correlation of Serotype with VP1 Sequence and Application to Picornavirus Classification

    M. Steven Oberste;Kaija Maher;David R. Kilpatrick;Mark A. Pallansch

  • Sensitive, seminested PCR amplification of VP1 sequences for direct identification of all enterovirus serotypes from original clinical specimens.

    W. Allan Nix;M. Steven Oberste;Mark A. Pallansch

  • Vaccine-derived polioviruses and the endgame strategy for global polio eradication.

    Olen M. Kew;Roland W. Sutter;Esther M. de Gourville;Walter R. Dowdle

  • Deaths of Children during an Outbreak of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in Sarawak, Malaysia: Clinical and Pathological Characteristics of the Disease

    L. G. Chan;Umesh D. Parashar;M. S. Lye;F. G. L. Ong

  • Outbreak of Poliomyelitis in Hispaniola Associated with Circulating Type 1 Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus

    Olen Kew;Victoria Morris-Glasgow;Mauricio Landaverde;Cara Burns

  • Typing of Human Enteroviruses by Partial Sequencing of VP1

    M. Steven Oberste;Kaija Maher;David R. Kilpatrick;Mary R. Flemister

  • Enterovirus surveillance--United States, 1970-2005.

    Nino Khetsuriani;Ashley Lamonte-Fowlkes;Steven Oberst;Mark A Pallansch

  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Picornaviridae

    R. Zell;E. Delwart;A. E. Gorbalenya;T. Hovi

  • Comparison of Classic and Molecular Approaches for the Identification of Untypeable Enteroviruses

    M S Oberste;K Maher;M R Flemister;G Marchetti

  • Geographic distribution of wild poliovirus type 1 genotypes.

    Rebeca Rico-Hesse;Mark A. Pallansch;Baldev K. Nottay;Olen M. Kew

  • Improved molecular identification of enteroviruses by RT-PCR and amplicon sequencing.

    M.Steven Oberste;William A Nix;Kaija Maher;Mark A Pallansch

  • Epidemiology of Poliomyelitis in the United States One Decade after the Last Reported Case of Indigenous Wild Virus-Associated Disease

    Peter M. Strebel;Roland W. Sutter;Stephen L. Cochi;Robin J. Biellik

  • Sensitive and Broadly Reactive Reverse Transcription-PCR Assays To Detect Novel Paramyxoviruses

    Suxiang Tong;Shur-Wern Wang Chern;Yan Li;Mark A. Pallansch

  • Enterovirus 68 is associated with respiratory illness and shares biological features with both the enteroviruses and the rhinoviruses.

    M. Steven Oberste;Kaija Maher;David Schnurr;Mary R. Flemister

  • Evidence for Frequent Recombination within Species Human Enterovirus B Based on Complete Genomic Sequences of All Thirty-Seven Serotypes

    M. Steven Oberste;Kaija Maher;Mark A. Pallansch

  • Complete Genomic Sequencing Shows that Polioviruses and Members of Human Enterovirus Species C Are Closely Related in the Noncapsid Coding Region

    Betty Brown;M. Steven Oberste;Kaija Maher;Mark A. Pallansch

  • Enterovirus 71 Infections and Neurologic Disease—United States, 1977–1991

    James P. Alexander;Lindsey Baden;Mark A. Pallansch;Larry J. Anderson

  • First 12 patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the United States

    Stephanie A. Kujawski;Karen K Wong;Jennifer P. Collins;Lauren Epstein

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Steven Oberste
M. Steven Oberste Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Olen M. Kew
Olen M. Kew Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Roland W. Sutter
Roland W. Sutter World Health Organization
Larry J. Anderson
Larry J. Anderson Emory University
Dean D. Erdman
Dean D. Erdman Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Susan I. Gerber
Susan I. Gerber Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
W. Allan Nix
W. Allan Nix Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
James Alexander
James Alexander Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hiroyuki Shimizu
Hiroyuki Shimizu National Institutes of Health
Keith Grimwood
Keith Grimwood Griffith University

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