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Microbiology

D-Index
64
Citations
13838
World Ranking
2621
National Ranking
1054

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1990 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Best Publications

  • Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase 2a Trial of Falciparum Malaria Vaccines RTS,S/AS01B and RTS,S/AS02A in Malaria-Naive Adults: Safety, Efficacy, and Immunologic Associates of Protection

    Kent E. Kester;James F. Cummings;Opokua Ofori-Anyinam;Christian F. Ockenhouse

  • SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF A RECOMBINANT DNA PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM SPOROZOITE VACCINE

    W. Ripley Ballou;JamesA. Sherwood;JamesA. Sherwood;FranklinA. Neva;DanielM. Gordon

  • Bloodmeal Identification by Direct Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (Elisa), Tested on Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) in Kenya

    John C. Beier;Peter V. Perkins;Robert A. Wirtz;Joseph Koros

  • Comparative testing of monoclonal antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites for ELISA development.

    R. A. Wirtz;F. Zavala;Y. Charoenvit;G. H. Campbell

  • Circumsporozoite protein heterogeneity in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax

    Ronald Rosenberg;Robert A. Wirtz;David E. Lanar;Jetsumon Sattabongkot

  • Long-Term Efficacy and Immune Responses following Immunization with the RTS,S Malaria Vaccine

    J A Stoute;K E Kester;U Krzych;B T Wellde

  • Expression of Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite proteins in Escherichia coli for potential use in a human malaria vaccine

    JF Young;WT Hockmeyer;M Gross;WR Ballou

  • Field evaluation of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax sporozoites in mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from Papua New Guinea.

    R. A. Wirtz;T. R. Burkot;P. M. Graves;R. G. Andre

  • EVIDENCE FOR TRANSMISSION OF PLASMODIUM VIVAX AMONG A DUFFY ANTIGEN NEGATIVE POPULATION IN WESTERN KENYA

    Jeffrey R. Ryan;José A. Stoute;Joseph Amon;Raymond F. Dunton

  • Naturally acquired antibodies to sporozoites do not prevent malaria: vaccine development implications

    Stephen L. Hoffman;Charles N. Oster;Christopher V. Plowe;Gillian R. Woollett

  • An estimation of the number of malaria sporozoites ejected by a feeding mosquito

    Unknown

  • Xanthurenic Acid Induces Gametogenesis in Plasmodium, the Malaria Parasite

    Gregory E. Garcia;Robert A. Wirtz;John R. Barr;A. Woolfitt

  • Emergence of a New Neotropical Malaria Vector Facilitated by Human Migration and Changes in Land Use

    Jan E Conn;Richard C Wilkerson;M Nazaré O Segura;Raimundo T L de Souza

  • Efficacy of murine malaria sporozoite vaccines: implications for human vaccine development

    James E. Egan;James L. Weber;W. Ripley Ballou;Michael R. Hollingdale

  • Immunogenicity of synthetic peptides from circumsporozoite protein of Plasmodium falciparum.

    Unknown

  • Field evaluation of a lethal ovitrap against dengue vectors in Brazil.

    M. J. Perich;A. Kardec;I. A. Braga;I. F. Portal

  • Non-destructive Determination of Age and Species of Anopheles gambiae s.l. Using Near-infrared Spectroscopy

    Valeliana S. Mayagaya;Kristin Michel;Mark Q. Benedict;Gerry F. Killeen

  • Phylogeny of Anophelinae (Diptera: Culicidae) based on nuclear ribosomal and mitochondrial DNA sequences

    Maria Anice Mureb Sallum;T. R. Schultz;P. G. Foster;K. Aronstein

  • Identification of Plasmodium vivax sporozoites in mosquitoes using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

    R. A. Wirtz;T. R. Burkot;R. G. Andre;Ronald Rosenberg

  • Immunity to malaria and naturally acquired antibodies to the circumsporozoite protein of Plasmodium falciparum.

    Hoffman Sl;Wistar R;Ballou Wr;Hollingdale Mr

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah J. Moore
Sarah J. Moore Ifakara Health Institute
Jan E. Conn
Jan E. Conn New York State Department of Health
Gregor J. Devine
Gregor J. Devine QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
W. Ripley Ballou
W. Ripley Ballou International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
Christian F. Ockenhouse
Christian F. Ockenhouse Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
David E. Lanar
David E. Lanar Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Urszula Krzych
Urszula Krzych United States Army Research Laboratory
Kent E. Kester
Kent E. Kester Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Thomas F. McCutchan
Thomas F. McCutchan National Institutes of Health

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