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Overview

Nigel J Maclachlan is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and agricultural and biological sciences, focusing notably on infectious diseases, surgery, ecology, and public health aspects.

Their published work addresses topics such as viral infections and vectors, vector-borne animal diseases, animal disease management and epidemiology, mosquito-borne diseases and control, as well as epidemiological studies related to COVID-19. Additional interests include gastrointestinal disorders, treatments, and eosinophilic esophagitis.

The scientist has contributed to studies published in several venues, including:

  • Revue Scientifique et Technique de l OIE
  • Viruses
  • UNC Libraries

Coresearchers frequently collaborating with Nigel J Maclachlan include:

  • Christie Mayo
  • C.T. Weyer
  • Molly Carpenter
  • Kailee J. Reed
  • Case Rodgers

Representative publications by Nigel J Maclachlan include:

  • Diagnostic applications of molecular and serological assays for bluetongue and African horse sickness, 2021, Revue Scientifique et Technique de l OIE
  • Experimental Infection of Mid-Gestation Pregnant Female and Intact Male Sheep with Zika Virus, 2020, Viruses
  • Expression of the Two Major Envelope Proteins of Equine Arteritis Virus as a Heterodimer Is Necessary for Induction of Neutralizing Antibodies in Mice Immunized with Recombinant Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Replicon Particles, 2020, UNC Libraries

Through these works, Nigel J Maclachlan contributes to the understanding of viral diseases affecting animals, with particular attention to diagnostic methodologies, immunological responses, and epidemiology.

Best Publications

  • The pathology and pathogenesis of bluetongue.

    Nigel J Maclachlan;C. P. Drew;K. E. Darpel;G. Worwa

  • Fenner's veterinary virology

    Nigel James Maclachlan;Edward J Dubovi;Frank John Fenner

  • Induction of type I diabetes by interferon-alpha in transgenic mice

    T. A. Stewart;B. Hultgren;X. Huang;S. Pitts-Meek

  • Tumors of the Genital Systems

    N. J. MacLachlan;P. C. Kennedy

  • The pathogenesis and immunology of bluetongue virus infection of ruminants

    Nigel J Maclachlan

  • Duration of viraemia infectious to Culicoides sonorensis in bluetongue virus-infected cattle and sheep.

    K. R. Bonneau;C. D. DeMaula;B. A. Mullens;Nigel J Maclachlan

  • Detection of bluetongue virus in the blood of inoculated calves: comparison of virus isolation, PCR assay, and in vitro feeding of Culicoides variipennis.

    Nigel J Maclachlan;R. A. Nunamaker;J. B. Katz;M. M. Sawyer

  • Bluetongue: pathogenesis and duration of viraemia.

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  • Occurrence of genetic drift and founder effect during quasispecies evolution of the VP2 and NS3/NS3A genes of bluetongue virus upon passage between sheep, cattle, and Culicoides sonorensis.

    K. R. Bonneau;B. A. Mullens;Nigel J Maclachlan

  • Dynamics of viral spread in bluetongue virus infected calves

    Simon M. Barratt-Boyes;Nigel J Maclachlan

  • The Pathogenesis of Experimental Bluetongue Virus Infection of Calves

    Nigel J Maclachlan;G. Jagels;P. V. Rossitto;Peter F Moore

  • Neutralization determinants of laboratory strains and field isolates of equine arteritis virus: identification of four neutralization sites in the amino-terminal ectodomain of the G(L) envelope glycoprotein.

    Udeni B R Balasuriya;John F. Patton;Paul V. Rossitto;Peter J. Timoney

  • Ontogeny of the immune system.

    Bennie Osburn;Nigel J Maclachlan;T. G. Terrell

  • Pathogenesis of bluetongue virus infection of cattle.

    S. M. Barratt-Boyes;Nigel J Maclachlan

  • Pathologic, Immunohistochemical, and Electron Microscopic Findings in Naturally Occurring Virulent Systemic Feline Calicivirus Infection in Cats:

    Patricia Pesavento;Nigel J Maclachlan;L. Dillard-Telm;C. K. Grant

  • Sequence comparison of the L2 and S10 genes of bluetongue viruses from the United States and the People’s Republic of China

    Kyle R. Bonneau;Nianzu Zhang;Jianbo Zhu;Fuqiang Zhang

  • Evaluation of serum feline trypsin-like immunoreactivity for the diagnosis of pancreatitis in cats.

    Nigel C. Swift;Stanley L Marks;Nigel J Maclachlan;Carol R. Norris

  • Expression of the Two Major Envelope Proteins of Equine Arteritis Virus as a Heterodimer Is Necessary for Induction of Neutralizing Antibodies in Mice Immunized with Recombinant Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Replicon Particles

    U. B R Balasuriya;H. W. Heidner;J. F. Hedges;J. C. Williams

  • Changes in the outer capsid proteins of bluetongue virus serotype ten that abrogate neutralization by monoclonal antibodies.

    Christopher D. Demaula;Kyle R. Bonneau;Nigel J Maclachlan

  • Bluetongue and equine viral arteritis viruses as models of virus-induced fetal injury and abortion

    Nigel J Maclachlan;Alan J Conley;P. C. Kennedy

Frequent Co-Authors

Bennie Osburn
Bennie Osburn University of California, Davis
Udeni B. R. Balasuriya
Udeni B. R. Balasuriya Louisiana State University
Ian A. Gardner
Ian A. Gardner University of Prince Edward Island
Bradley A. Mullens
Bradley A. Mullens University of California, Riverside
Edward B. Breitschwerdt
Edward B. Breitschwerdt North Carolina State University
Stéphan Zientara
Stéphan Zientara Université Paris Cité
Peter P. C. Mertens
Peter P. C. Mertens University of Nottingham
Bradd C. Barr
Bradd C. Barr University of California, Davis
Edward J. Dubovi
Edward J. Dubovi Cornell University
Peter F Moore
Peter F Moore University of California, Davis

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