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

Overview

Robert B. Belshe is affiliated with Saint Louis University in the United States and specializes in medicine with a focus on immunology and microbiology. Their research spans several subfields, including epidemiology, immunology, genetics, virology, and agronomy and crop science.

The scientist's work predominantly addresses topics related to influenza virus research studies and respiratory viral infections research. Additional areas of focus include herpesvirus infections and treatments, poxvirus research and outbreaks, virus-based gene therapy research, pneumonia and respiratory infections, and immune response and inflammation.

Robert B. Belshe has published extensively in a range of journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases (5 publications)
  • Aging Cell (2 publications)
  • The Journal of Immunology (1 publication)
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases (1 publication)
  • Vaccines (1 publication)

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Belshe include:

  • "Seasonal Variability and Shared Molecular Signatures of Inactivated Influenza Vaccination in Young and Older Adults," 2020, The Journal of Immunology
  • "M2-Deficient Single-Replication Influenza Vaccine-Induced Immune Responses Associated With Protection Against Human Challenge With Highly Drifted H3N2 Influenza Strain," 2021, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "Human Antibody Responses Following Vaccinia Immunization Using Protein Microarrays and Correlation With Cell-Mediated Immunity and Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity Responses," 2021, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "Intranasal M2SR (M2-Deficient Single Replication) H3N2 Influenza Vaccine Provides Enhanced Mucosal and Serum Antibodies in Adults," 2022, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "Failure of Herpes Simplex Virus Glycoprotein D Antibodies to Elicit Antibody-Dependent Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity: Implications for Future Vaccines," 2022, The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Robert B. Belshe frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Tamara P. Blevins
  • Subhasis Mohanty
  • Daniel G. Chawla
  • Albert C. Shaw
  • Steven H. Kleinstein

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2003.

Best Publications

  • The Efficacy of Live Attenuated, Cold-Adapted, Trivalent, Intranasal Influenzavirus Vaccine in Children

    Robert B. Belshe;Paul M. Mendelman;John Treanor;James King

  • Live attenuated versus inactivated influenza vaccine in infants and young children.

    Robert B. Belshe;Kathryn M. Edwards;Timo Vesikari;Steven V. Black

  • Effectiveness of live, attenuated intranasal influenza virus vaccine in healthy, working adults: a randomized controlled trial.

    Kristin L. Nichol;Paul M. Mendelman;Kenneth P. Mallon;Lisa A. Jackson

  • Age-Associated Decrease in TLR Function in Primary Human Dendritic Cells Predicts Influenza Vaccine Response

    Alexander Panda;Feng Qian;Subhasis Mohanty;David van Duin

  • Efficacy Results of a Trial of a Herpes Simplex Vaccine

    Robert B. Belshe;Peter A. Leone;David I. Bernstein;Anna Wald

  • Immunization with Envelope Subunit Vaccine Products Elicits Neutralizing Antibodies against Laboratory-Adapted but Not Primary Isolates of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1

    J R Mascola;S W Snyder;O S Weislow;S M Belay

  • Emergence and apparent transmission of rimantadine-resistant influenza A virus in families

    Frederick G. Hayden;Robert B. Belshe;Richard D. Clover;Alan J. Hay

  • Efficacy of vaccination with live attenuated, cold-adapted, trivalent, intranasal influenza virus vaccine against a variant (A/Sydney) not contained in the vaccine.

    Robert B. Belshe;William C. Gruber;Paul M. Mendelman;Iksung Cho

  • Correlates of Immune Protection Induced by Live, Attenuated, Cold-Adapted, Trivalent, Intranasal Influenza Virus Vaccine

    Robert B. Belshe;William C. Gruber;Paul M. Mendelman;Harshvardhan B. Mehta

  • Serum antibody responses after intradermal vaccination against influenza.

    Robert B. Belshe;Frances K. Newman;Joan Cannon;Carol Duane

  • Management of Influenza in Households: A Prospective, Randomized Comparison of Oseltamivir Treatment With or Without Postexposure Prophylaxis

    Frederick G. Hayden;Robert Belshe;Catalina Villanueva;Riin Lanno

  • Epidemiology, clinical presentation and antibody response to primary infection with herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 in young women

    David I. Bernstein;Abbie R. Bellamy;Edward W. Hook;Myron J. Levin

  • Evaluation of a live, cold-passaged, temperature-sensitive, respiratory syncytial virus vaccine candidate in infancy

    Peter F. Wright;Ruth A. Karron;Robert B. Belshe;Juliette Thompson

  • Evaluation of trivalent, live, cold-adapted (CAIV-T) and inactivated (TIV) influenza vaccines in prevention of virus infection and illness following challenge of adults with wild-type influenza A (H1N1), A (H3N2), and B viruses.

    John J Treanor;Karen Kotloff;Robert F Betts;Robert Belshe

  • Identification of a Recombinant Live Attenuated Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine Candidate That Is Highly Attenuated in Infants

    Ruth A. Karron;Peter F. Wright;Robert B. Belshe;Bhagvanji Thumar

  • Live and Inactivated Influenza Vaccines Induce Similar Humoral Responses, but Only Live Vaccines Induce Diverse T-Cell Responses in Young Children

    Daniel F. Hoft;Elizabeth Babusis;Shewangizaw Worku;Charles T. Spencer

  • Clinical responses to undiluted and diluted smallpox vaccine.

    Sharon E. Frey;Robert B. Couch;Carol O. Tacket;John J. Treanor

  • The Origins of Pandemic Influenza — Lessons from the 1918 Virus

    Robert B. Belshe

  • Hemagglutinin stalk antibodies elicited by the 2009 pandemic influenza virus as a mechanism for the extinction of seasonal H1N1 viruses

    Natalie Pica;Rong Hai;Florian Krammer;Taia T. Wang

  • Safety and Immunogenicity of HCV E1E2 Vaccine Adjuvanted with MF59 Administered to Healthy Adults

    Sharon E. Frey;Michael Houghton;Stephen Coates;Sergio Abrignani

  • Immune Responses to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Type 1 Induced by Canarypox Expressing HIV-1MN gp120, HIV-1SF2 Recombinant gp120, or Both Vaccines in Seronegative Adults

    Mary Lou Clements-Mann;Kent Weinhold;Thomas J. Matthews;Barney S. Graham

Frequent Co-Authors

Sharon E. Frey
Sharon E. Frey Saint Louis University
Peter F. Wright
Peter F. Wright Dartmouth College
John J. Treanor
John J. Treanor University of Rochester Medical Center
Barney S. Graham
Barney S. Graham Morehouse School of Medicine
David I. Bernstein
David I. Bernstein University of Cincinnati
Michael C. Keefer
Michael C. Keefer University of Rochester
Mary Lou Clements
Mary Lou Clements Johns Hopkins University
Daniel F. Hoft
Daniel F. Hoft Saint Louis University
Mark J. Mulligan
Mark J. Mulligan New York University
Paul M. Mendelman
Paul M. Mendelman Takeda (Japan)

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