2026 Peter B. Jahrling: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	77	1817	1661	893	804	256	22022
Medicine	77	18420	17307	9189	8490	256	22022

Research.com Recognitions

2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Peter B. Jahrling is affiliated with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States. Their scientific contributions primarily fall under the broad field of Medicine, with a focus on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Animal Science and Zoology, Virology, and Immunology.

Their research covers a diverse range of topics, including:

Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
Viral Infections and Vectors
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
Animal Virus Infections Studies
Poxvirus research and outbreaks
Influenza Virus Research Studies

The scientist has published multiple papers in several venues, including:

Viruses
UNC Libraries
American Journal Of Pathology
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Microorganisms

Representative recent publications include:

"Comparison of Multiplexed Immunofluorescence Imaging to Chromogenic Immunohistochemistry of Skin Biomarkers in Response to Monkeypox Virus Infection," 2020, Viruses
"The SKI complex is a broad-spectrum, host-directed antiviral drug target for coronaviruses, influenza, and filoviruses," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Kikwit Ebola Virus Disease Progression in the Rhesus Monkey Animal Model," 2020, Viruses
"Formulation, Stability, Pharmacokinetic, and Modeling Studies for Tests of Synergistic Combinations of Orally Available Approved Drugs against Ebola Virus In Vivo," 2021, Microorganisms
"Expanded Histopathology and Tropism of Ebola Virus in the Rhesus Macaque Model," 2021, American Journal Of Pathology

Frequent collaborators include:

Lisa E. Hensley
Jens H. Kuhn
Michael R. Holbrook
Reed F. Johnson
James Logue

Peter B. Jahrling was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2003.

Best Publications

Pathogenesis of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in cynomolgus macaques: evidence that dendritic cells are early and sustained targets of infection.

Thomas W. Geisbert;Lisa E. Hensley;Tom Larsen;Howard A. Young

732
Citations
Repurposing of Clinically Developed Drugs for Treatment of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection

Julie Dyall;Christopher M. Coleman;Brit J. Hart;Thiagarajan Venkataraman

712
Citations
Exotic emerging viral diseases: progress and challenges

Thomas W Geisbert;Peter B Jahrling

623
Citations
Proposal for a revised taxonomy of the family Filoviridae: classification, names of taxa and viruses, and virus abbreviations.

Jens H. Kuhn;Stephan Becker;Hideki Ebihara;Thomas W. Geisbert

605
Citations
Virulence differences between monkeypox virus isolates from West Africa and the Congo basin.

Nanhai Chen;Guiyun Li;M. Kathryn Liszewski;John P. Atkinson

567
Citations
Treatment of Ebola virus infection with a recombinant inhibitor of factor VIIa/tissue factor: a study in rhesus monkeys.

Thomas W Geisbert;Lisa E Hensley;Peter B Jahrling;Tom Larsen

522
Citations
Preliminary report: isolation of Ebola virus from monkeys imported to USA.

P. B. Jahrling;Thomas Geisbert;E. D. Johnson;C. J. Peters

521
Citations
Mechanisms Underlying Coagulation Abnormalities in Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Overexpression of Tissue Factor in Primate Monocytes/Macrophages Is a Key Event

Thomas W. Geisbert;Howard A. Young;Peter B. Jahrling;Kelly J. Davis

468
Citations
Pathogenesis of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in Primate Models: Evidence that Hemorrhage Is Not a Direct Effect of Virus-Induced Cytolysis of Endothelial Cells

Thomas W. Geisbert;Howard A. Young;Peter B. Jahrling;Kelly J. Davis

429
Citations
Antiviral Potential of ERK/MAPK and PI3K/AKT/mTOR Signaling Modulation for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection as Identified by Temporal Kinome Analysis

Jason Kindrachuk;Britini Ork;Brit J. Hart;Steven Mazur

426
Citations
Human monkeypox and smallpox viruses: genomic comparison.

Sergei N. Shchelkunov;Alexei V. Totmenin;Igor V. Babkin;Pavel F. Safronov

418
Citations
Analysis of the monkeypox virus genome.

S.N. Shchelkunov;A.V. Totmenin;P.F. Safronov;M.V. Mikheev

411
Citations
Lethal experimental infections of rhesus monkeys by aerosolized Ebola virus.

E Johnson;N Jaax;J White;P Jahrling

393
Citations
Panmicrobial oligonucleotide array for diagnosis of infectious diseases.

Gustavo F. Palacios;Phuong-Lan Quan;Omar J. Jabado;Sean Conlan

381
Citations
Ebola Virus Can Be Effectively Neutralized by Antibody Produced in Natural Human Infection

Toshiaki Maruyama;Luis L. Rodriguez;Peter B. Jahrling;Anthony Sanchez

371
Citations
Reorganization and expansion of the nidoviral family Arteriviridae

Jens H. Kuhn;Michael Lauck;Adam L. Bailey;Alexey M. Shchetinin

355
Citations
Evaluation of candidate vaccine approaches for MERS-CoV

Lingshu Wang;Wei Shi;M. Gordon Joyce;Kayvon Modjarrad

324
Citations
Postexposure Protection of Guinea Pigs against a Lethal Ebola Virus Challenge Is Conferred by RNA Interference

Thomas W. Geisbert;Lisa E. Hensley;Elliott Kagan;Erik Zhaoying Yu

321
Citations
Pre- and Postexposure Prophylaxis of Ebola Virus Infection in an Animal Model by Passive Transfer of a Neutralizing Human Antibody

Paul W H I Parren;Thomas Geisbert;Toshiaki Maruyama;Peter B. Jahrling

288
Citations
Recombinant RNA replicons derived from attenuated Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus protect guinea pigs and mice from Ebola hemorrhagic fever virus.

Peter Pushko;Mike Bray;George V Ludwig;Michael Parker

286
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens H. Kuhn National Institutes of Health

Lisa E. Hensley National Institutes of Health

Thomas W. Geisbert The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Michael R. Holbrook National Institutes of Health

Sheli R. Radoshitzky Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

Gene G. Olinger Boston University

Sina Bavari United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

Gustavo Palacios Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Heinz Feldmann National Institutes of Health

Joan B. Geisbert The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

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