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Animal Science and Veterinary
USA
2023

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Animal Science and Veterinary

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71
Citations
19488
World Ranking
149
National Ranking
47

Microbiology

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71
Citations
19615
World Ranking
1831
National Ranking
782

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United States Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors

Overview

Patrick G. Halbur is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Infectious Diseases, Animal Science and Zoology, Genetics, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Hepatology. The main research topics covered by Patrick G. Halbur include viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, animal virus infections studies, virus-based gene therapy research, animal disease management and epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, microbial infections and disease research, and prion diseases and protein misfolding.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics related to viral infections in animals, especially swine. Notable papers include:

  • Future perspectives on swine viral vaccines: where are we headed?, 2021, Porcine Health Management
  • Porcine Astrovirus Type 5-Associated Enteritis in Pigs, 2020, Journal of Comparative Pathology
  • Porcine circovirus type 2a or 2b based experimental vaccines provide protection against PCV2d/porcine parvovirus 2 co-challenge, 2020, Vaccine
  • An Ex Vivo Brain Slice Culture Model of Chronic Wasting Disease: Implications for Disease Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Development, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Porcine Respiratory Coronavirus (PRCV): Isolation and Characterization of a Variant PRCV from USA Pigs, 2023, Pathogens

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Tanja Opriessnig
  • Gaurav Rawal
  • Phillip C. Gauger
  • Anbu K. Karuppannan
  • Jianqiang Zhang

Patrick G. Halbur's work has been published multiple times in several key scientific venues including:

  • Vaccine
  • Pathogens
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Porcine Health Management
  • Journal of Comparative Pathology

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2016. Their research contributions cover a multidisciplinary approach involving viral diseases in animals, vaccine development, and disease management.

Best Publications

  • A novel virus in swine is closely related to the human hepatitis E virus

    Xiang-Jin Meng;Robert H. Purcell;Patrick G. Halbur;James R. Lehman

  • Porcine circovirus type 2-associated disease: Update on current terminology, clinical manifestations, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and intervention strategies

    Tanja Opriessnig;Xiang-Jin Meng;Patrick G. Halbur

  • Comparison of the Pathogenicity of Two US Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Isolates with that of the Lelystad Virus

    P. G. Halbur;P. S. Paul;M. L. Frey;J. Landgraf

  • Genetic and Experimental Evidence for Cross-Species Infection by Swine Hepatitis E Virus

    Xiang-Jin Meng;Patrick G. Halbur;Max S. Shapiro;Sugantha Govindarajan

  • 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

  • Polymicrobial respiratory disease in pigs

    Tanja Opriessnig;L G Giménez-Lirola;P G Halbur

  • Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Potentiation of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus-Induced Pneumonia

    Eileen L. Thacker;Patrick G. Halbur;Richard F. Ross;Roongroje Thanawongnuwech;Roongroje Thanawongnuwech

  • Experimental reproduction of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome in pigs by dual infection with Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and porcine circovirus type 2.

    T. Opriessnig;E. L. Thacker;S. Yu;M. Fenaux

  • Detection of a Novel Strain of Porcine Circovirus in Pigs with Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome

    Igor Morozov;Theerapol Sirinarumitr;Steven D. Sorden;Patrick G. Halbur

  • Detection by Reverse Transcription-PCR and Genetic Characterization of Field Isolates of Swine Hepatitis E Virus from Pigs in Different Geographic Regions of the United States

    F. F. Huang;G. Haqshenas;D. K. Guenette;P. G. Halbur

  • Detection and characterization of infectious Hepatitis E virus from commercial pig livers sold in local grocery stores in the USA

    A. R. Feagins;T. Opriessnig;D. K. Guenette;P. G. Halbur

  • Comparative pathogenesis of infection of pigs with hepatitis E viruses recovered from a pig and a human

    P. G. Halbur;C. Kasorndorkbua;C. Gilbert;D. Guenette

  • Evidence of Extrahepatic Sites of Replication of the Hepatitis E Virus in a Swine Model

    T. P. E. Williams;C. Kasorndorkbua;P. G. Halbur;G. Haqshenas

  • Genetic Characterization of Type 2 Porcine Circovirus (PCV-2) from Pigs with Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome in Different Geographic Regions of North America and Development of a Differential PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Assay To Detect and Differentiate between Infections with PCV-1 and PCV-2

    Martijn Fenaux;Patrick G. Halbur;Mike Gill;Thomas E. Toth

  • Comparative Pathogenicity of Nine US Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) Isolates in a Five-Week-Old Cesarean-Derived, Colostrum-Deprived Pig Model

    Patrick G. Halbur;Prem S. Paul;Xiang Jin Meng;Melissa A. Lum

  • Experimental infection of pigs with the newly identified swine hepatitis E virus (swine HEV), but not with human strains of HEV

    X.-J. Meng;P. G. Halbur;J. S. Haynes;T. S. Tsareva

  • Effect of Vaccination with Selective Bacterins on Conventional Pigs Infected with Type 2 Porcine Circovirus

    T. Opriessnig;S. Yu;J. M. Gallup;R. B. Evans

  • Global molecular genetic analysis of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) sequences confirms the presence of four main PCV2 genotypes and reveals a rapid increase of PCV2d

    Chao-Ting Xiao;Patrick G. Halbur;Tanja Opriessnig;Tanja Opriessnig

  • Comparison of Molecular and Biological Characteristics of a Modified Live Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) Vaccine (Ingelvac PRRS MLV), the Parent Strain of the Vaccine (ATCC VR2332), ATCC VR2385, and Two Recent Field Isolates of PRRSV

    T. Opriessnig;P. G. Halbur;K.-J. Yoon;R. M. Pogranichniy

  • The Level of Virus-Specific T-Cell and Macrophage Recruitment in Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Infection in Pigs Is Independent of Virus Load

    Zhengguo Xiao;Laura Batista;Scott Dee;Patrick Halbur

  • Sequence comparison of open reading frames 2 to 5 of low and high virulence United States isolates of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus

    Xiang-Jin Meng;Prem S. Paul;Patrick G. Halbur;Igor Morozov

  • Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequencing of the 3'-terminal genomic RNA of the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus.

    Xiang-Jin Meng;Prem S. Paul;Patrick G. Halbur

Frequent Co-Authors

Tanja Opriessnig
Tanja Opriessnig Moredun Foundation
Xiang-Jin Meng
Xiang-Jin Meng Virginia Tech
Eileen L. Thacker
Eileen L. Thacker Agricultural Research Service
Kyoung-Jin Yoon
Kyoung-Jin Yoon Iowa State University
Suzanne U. Emerson
Suzanne U. Emerson National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Robert H. Purcell
Robert H. Purcell National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
James A. Roth
James A. Roth Iowa State University
Phillip C. Gauger
Phillip C. Gauger Iowa State University
Scott Dee
Scott Dee University of Minnesota
Anumantha G. Kanthasamy
Anumantha G. Kanthasamy University of Georgia

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