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Overview

Ruben O. Donis is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a particular emphasis on Infectious Diseases. The subfields of study that characterize their work include Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Health, Animal Science and Zoology, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics addressed in their research encompass SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, Influenza Virus Research Studies, Animal Virus Infections Studies, and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research.

Ruben O. Donis has contributed to several scientific publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • Immune correlates analysis of the mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine efficacy clinical trial, 2022, Science
  • A Covid-19 Milestone Attained - A Correlate of Protection for Vaccines, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Immune Correlates Analysis of the mRNA-1273 COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy Trial, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Immune correlates analysis of the PREVENT-19 COVID-19 vaccine efficacy clinical trial, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Immune correlates analysis of the ENSEMBLE single Ad26.COV2.S dose vaccine efficacy clinical trial, 2022, Nature Microbiology

Their frequent co-authors include Richard A. Koup, Peter B. Gilbert, Christopher R. Houchens, Lakshmi Jayashankar, and Dean Follmann.

Ruben O. Donis has published extensively in several journals and venues, with a particularly high volume of work appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Clinical Infectious Diseases, npj Vaccines, and Nature Medicine.

Best Publications

  • Antigenic and Genetic Characteristics of Swine-Origin 2009 A(H1N1) Influenza Viruses Circulating in Humans

    Rebecca J. Garten;C. Todd Davis;Colin A. Russell;Colin A. Russell;Bo Shu

  • New world bats harbor diverse influenza A viruses.

    Suxiang Tong;Xueyong Zhu;Yan Li;Mang Shi

  • Generation of influenza A viruses entirely from cloned cDNAs

    Gabriele Neumann;Tokiko Watanabe;Hiroshi Ito;Shinji Watanabe

  • A distinct lineage of influenza A virus from bats

    Suxiang Tong;Yan Li;Pierre Rivailler;Christina Conrardy

  • Transmission of Equine Influenza Virus to Dogs

    P. C. Crawford;Edward J. Dubovi;William L. Castleman;Iain Stephenson

  • Avian Influenza (H5N1) Viruses Isolated from Humans in Asia in 2004 Exhibit Increased Virulence in Mammals

    Taronna R. Maines;Xui Hua Lu;Steven M. Erb;Lindsay Edwards

  • Three Indonesian clusters of H5N1 virus infection in 2005.

    I Nyoman Kandun;Hariadi Wibisono;Endang R Sedyaningsih;Yusharmen

  • IFITM3 Inhibits Influenza A Virus Infection by Preventing Cytosolic Entry

    Eric M. Feeley;Jennifer S. Sims;Sinu P. John;Christopher R. Chin

  • Antiviral Activity and Increased Host Defense against Influenza Infection Elicited by the Human Cathelicidin LL-37

    Peter G. Barlow;Pavel Svoboda;Annie Mackellar;Anthony A. Nash

  • Lack of transmission of H5N1 avian–human reassortant influenza viruses in a ferret model

    Taronna R. Maines;Li-Mei Chen;Yumiko Matsuoka;Hualan Chen

  • Evolution of H5N1 avian influenza viruses in Asia

    Jean Thierry Aubin;Saliha Azebi;Amanda Balish;Jill Banks

  • NS1 protein of influenza A virus inhibits the function of intracytoplasmic pathogen sensor, RIG-I.

    Zhu Guo;Li-mei Chen;Hui Zeng;Jorge A. Gomez

  • Protection of mice and poultry from lethal H5N1 avian influenza virus through adenovirus-based immunization

    Wentao Gao;Adam C. Soloff;Xiuhua Lu;Angela Montecalvo

  • Replication and Transmission of H9N2 Influenza Viruses in Ferrets: Evaluation of Pandemic Potential

    Hongquan Wan;Erin M. Sorrell;Haichen Song;Jaber Hossain

  • Continued evolution of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1): Updated nomenclature

    Gjd Smith;RO Donis

  • Neuraminidase Stalk Length and Additional Glycosylation of the Hemagglutinin Influence the Virulence of Influenza H5N1 Viruses for Mice

    Yumiko Matsuoka;David E. Swayne;Colleen Thomas;Marie-Anne Rameix-Welti

  • Nomenclature updates resulting from the evolution of avian influenza A(H5) virus clades 2.1.3.2a, 2.2.1, and 2.3.4 during 2013–2014

    Gavin J. D. Smith;Ruben O. Donis

  • Monoclonal antibody analyses of cytopathic and noncytopathic viruses from fatal bovine viral diarrhea virus infections.

    W V Corapi;R O Donis;E J Dubovi

  • Neutralizing monoclonal antibodies to bovine viral diarrhoea virus bind to the 56K to 58K glycoprotein.

    Ruben O. Donis;Wayne Corapi;Edward J. Dubovi

  • Influenza A virus (H3N8) in dogs with respiratory disease, Florida.

    Sunchai Payungporn;P. Cynda Crawford;Theodore S. Kouo;Li-mei Chen

  • Recent avian H5N1 viruses exhibit increased propensity for acquiring human receptor specificity.

    James Stevens;Ola Blixt;Li-Mei Chen;Ruben O. Donis

  • In vitro evolution of H5N1 avian influenza virus toward human-type receptor specificity.

    Li-Mei Chen;Ola Blixt;James Stevens;James Stevens;Aleksandr S. Lipatov

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander Klimov
Alexander Klimov Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jacqueline M. Katz
Jacqueline M. Katz Emory University
Edward J. Dubovi
Edward J. Dubovi Cornell University
Nancy J. Cox
Nancy J. Cox Vanderbilt University Medical Center
James Stevens
James Stevens National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Yoshihiro Kawaoka
Yoshihiro Kawaoka University of Tokyo
David E. Swayne
David E. Swayne United States Department of Agriculture
Daniel R. Perez
Daniel R. Perez University of Georgia
Stephen P. Luby
Stephen P. Luby Stanford University
James C. Paulson
James C. Paulson Scripps Research Institute

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