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  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Robert B. Tesh is affiliated with The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on infectious diseases within the field of medicine, with a particular emphasis on mosquito-borne diseases and viral infections related to vectors.

Their main areas of study include:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Parasitology
  • Insect Science

Central topics addressed in their work are:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Leptospirosis research and findings
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research

Frequent co-authors contributing to their publications include:

  • Hilda Guzmán (8 co-authored papers)
  • Scott C. Weaver (4 co-authored papers)
  • Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos (4 co-authored papers)
  • Milene Silveira Ferreira (3 co-authored papers)
  • Edward I. Patterson (2 co-authored papers)

They have published multiple papers in several journals, with the following venues being most frequent:

  • Viruses (3 publications)
  • Virus Genes (2 publications)
  • Journal of Virology (1 publication)
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (1 publication)
  • Virology (1 publication)

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Negeviruses Reduce Replication of Alphaviruses during Coinfection," 2021, Journal of Virology
  • "Etiologies of Acute Undifferentiated Febrile Illnesses in and near Iquitos from 1993 to 1999 in the Amazon River Basin of Peru," 2022, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • "Isolation of a novel insect-specific flavivirus with immunomodulatory effects in vertebrate systems," 2021, Virology
  • "Experimental yellow fever virus infection in the squirrel monkey (Saimiri spp.) I: gross anatomical and histopathological findings in organs at necropsy," 2020, Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
  • "Negeviruses reduce replication of alphaviruses during co-infection," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

In recognition of scientific contributions, Robert B. Tesh was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1996.

Best Publications

  • Probable non-vector-borne transmission of Zika virus, Colorado, USA.

    Brian D Foy;Kevin C Kobylinski;Joy L. Chilson Foy;Bradley J. Blitvich

  • Zika virus in the Americas: Early epidemiological and genetic findings

    Nuno Rodrigues Faria;Nuno Rodrigues Faria;Raimunda do Socorro da Silva Azevedo;Moritz U. G. Kraemer;Renato Souza

  • Genetic Characterization of Zika Virus Strains: Geographic Expansion of the Asian Lineage

    Andrew D. Haddow;Amy J. Schuh;Chadwick Y. Yasuda;Matthew R. Kasper

  • Re-emergence of Chikungunya and O'nyong-nyong viruses: evidence for distinct geographical lineages and distant evolutionary relationships.

    Ann M. Powers;Aaron C. Brault;Robert B. Tesh;Scott C. Weaver

  • Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2016

    Claudio L. Afonso;Gaya K. Amarasinghe;Krisztián Bányai;Yīmíng Bào

  • Characterization of a Novel Murine Model to Study Zika Virus

    Shannan L. Rossi;Robert B. Tesh;Sasha R. Azar;Antonio E. Muruato

  • Zika virus infection, Cambodia, 2010.

    Vireak Heang;Chadwick Y. Yasuda;Ly Sovann;Andrew D. Haddow

  • Re-emergence of epidemic Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis in South America

    Scott C. Weaver;Rosalba Salas;Rebeca Rico-Hesse;George V. Ludwig

  • Control of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis: Is it time to change strategies?

    Robert B. Tesh

  • Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2019.

    Gaya K. Amarasinghe;María A. Ayllón;Yīmíng Bào;Christopher F. Basler

  • Phylogeography of West Nile Virus: from the Cradle of Evolution in Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas

    Fiona J. May;C. Todd Davis;Robert B. Tesh;Alan D. T. Barrett

  • A simple technique for mass rearing Lutzomyia longipalpis and Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the laboratory.

    Govind B. Modi;Robert B. Tesh

  • Divergent Viruses Discovered in Arthropods and Vertebrates Revise the Evolutionary History of the Flaviviridae and Related Viruses

    Mang Shi;Xian Dan Lin;Nikos Vasilakis;Jun Hua Tian

  • West Nile virus infection in the golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus): a model for West Nile encephalitis.

    Shu Yuan Xiao;Hilda Guzman;Hui Zhang;Amelia P.A. Travassos Da Rosa

  • Insect-Specific Virus Discovery: Significance for the Arbovirus Community

    Bethany G. Bolling;Scott C. Weaver;Robert B. Tesh;Nikos Vasilakis

  • An Infectious cDNA Clone of Zika Virus to Study Viral Virulence, Mosquito Transmission, and Antiviral Inhibitors

    Chao Shan;Xuping Xie;Antonio E. Muruato;Shannan L. Rossi

  • Phylogenetic analysis of North American West Nile virus isolates, 2001-2004: evidence for the emergence of a dominant genotype.

    C. Todd Davis;Gregory D. Ebel;Robert S. Lanciotti;Aaron C. Brault

  • 2020 taxonomic update for phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales

    Jens H. Kuhn;Scott Adkins;Daniela Alioto;Sergey V. Alkhovsky

  • Genetic variation of Japanese encephalitis virus in nature

    Woan-Ru Chen;Robert B. Tesh;Rebeca Rico-Hesse

  • Experimental transmission of Mayaro virus by Aedes aegypti

    Kanya C. Long;Sarah A. Ziegler;Saravanan Thangamani;Nicole L. Hausser

  • A live-attenuated Zika virus vaccine candidate induces sterilizing immunity in mouse models

    Chao Shan;Antonio E. Muruato;Bruno T.D. Nunes;Bruno T.D. Nunes;Huanle Luo

  • A novel rhabdovirus associated with acute hemorrhagic fever in central Africa.

    Gilda Grard;Joseph N. Fair;Deanna Lee;Elizabeth Slikas

  • Mayaro Virus Disease: An Emerging Mosquito-Borne Zoonosis in Tropical South America

    Robert B. Tesh;Douglas M. Watts;Kevin L. Russell;Chitra Damodaran

  • West Nile Virus in Mexico: Evidence of Widespread Circulation since July 2002.

    Jose G. Estrada-Franco;Roberto Navarro-Lopez;David W.C. Beasley;Lark Coffey

Frequent Co-Authors

Amelia P. A. Travassos da Rosa
Amelia P. A. Travassos da Rosa The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Hilda Guzman
Hilda Guzman The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Scott C. Weaver
Scott C. Weaver The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Nikos Vasilakis
Nikos Vasilakis The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Vsevolod L. Popov
Vsevolod L. Popov The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Alan D.T. Barrett
Alan D.T. Barrett The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Shu-Yuan Xiao
Shu-Yuan Xiao University of Chicago
Gustavo Palacios
Gustavo Palacios Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Peter J. Walker
Peter J. Walker University of Queensland
Márcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes
Márcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes Instituto Evandro Chagas

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