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Ruy M. Ribeiro is a researcher affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States, primarily working within the field of Medicine. Their research focuses extensively on infectious diseases, with particular attention to epidemiology, virology, immunology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's research encompasses multiple topics, including:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

Ribeiro has contributed to numerous publications, with significant papers including:

  • "In vivo kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 infection and its relationship with a person's infectiousness" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "The latent reservoir of inducible, infectious HIV-1 does not decrease despite decades of antiretroviral therapy" (2023, Journal of Clinical Investigation)
  • "Complex decay dynamics of HIV virions, intact and defective proviruses, and 2LTR circles following initiation of antiretroviral therapy" (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Risk of BA.5 Infection among Persons Exposed to Previous SARS-CoV-2 Variants" (2022, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • "Kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the human upper and lower respiratory tracts and their relationship with infectiousness" (2020, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • PLoS Computational Biology
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Ruy M. Ribeiro often collaborates with various co-authors, including:

  • Alan S. Perelson
  • Ruian Ke
  • Jonathan Z. Li
  • Carolin Zitzmann
  • Manish C. Choudhary

Best Publications

  • Increased Turnover of T Lymphocytes in HIV-1 Infection and Its Reduction by Antiretroviral Therapy

    Hiroshi Mohri;Alan S. Perelson;Keith Tung;Ruy M. Ribeiro

  • Rapid Emergence of Protease Inhibitor Resistance in Hepatitis C Virus

    Libin Rong;Harel Dahari;Ruy M. Ribeiro;Alan S. Perelson

  • Trypanosoma brucei Parasites Occupy and Functionally Adapt to the Adipose Tissue in Mice.

    Sandra Trindade;Filipa Rijo-Ferreira;Filipa Rijo-Ferreira;Filipa Rijo-Ferreira;Tânia Carvalho;Daniel Pinto-Neves

  • Real Time Bayesian Estimation of the Epidemic Potential of Emerging Infectious Diseases

    Luís M. A. Bettencourt;Luís M. A. Bettencourt;Ruy M. Ribeiro

  • Modeling the within-host dynamics of HIV infection

    Alan S Perelson;Ruy M Ribeiro

  • Analysis of hepatitis B viral load decline under potent therapy: Complex decay profiles observed

    Sharon R. Lewin;Sharon R. Lewin;Ruy M. Ribeiro;Tomos Walters;George K. Lau

  • Acute loss of intestinal CD4+ T cells is not predictive of simian immunodeficiency virus virulence.

    Ivona V. Pandrea;Rajeev Gautam;Ruy M. Ribeiro;Jason M. Brenchley

  • Estimation of the Initial Viral Growth Rate and Basic Reproductive Number during Acute HIV-1 Infection

    Ruy M. Ribeiro;Li Qin;Leslie L. Chavez;Dongfeng Li

  • HIV persistence in tissue macrophages of humanized myeloid-only mice during antiretroviral therapy

    Jenna B Honeycutt;William O Thayer;Caroline E Baker;Ruy M Ribeiro

  • In vivo dynamics of T cell activation, proliferation, and death in HIV-1 infection: Why are CD4+ but not CD8+ T cells depleted?

    Ruy M. Ribeiro;Hiroshi Mohri;David D. Ho;Alan S. Perelson

  • Production of resistant HIV mutants during antiretroviral therapy

    Ruy M. Ribeiro;Sebastian Bonhoeffer

  • Modeling the mechanisms of acute hepatitis B virus infection.

    Stanca M. Ciupe;Ruy M. Ribeiro;Patrick W. Nelson;Alan S. Perelson;Alan S. Perelson

  • Modeling hepatitis C virus dynamics: liver regeneration and critical drug efficacy.

    Harel Dahari;Arthur Lo;Ruy M. Ribeiro;Alan S. Perelson

  • Kinetics of Coinfection with Influenza A Virus and Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Amber M. Smith;Frederick R. Adler;Ruy M. Ribeiro;Ruy M. Ribeiro;Ryan N. Gutenkunst

  • Viral dynamics and response differences in HCV-infected African American and white patients treated with IFN and ribavirin

    Jennifer E. Layden-Almer;Ruy M. Ribeiro;Thelma Wiley;Alan S. Perelson

  • Dynamics of hepatitis B virus infection.

    Ruy M. Ribeiro;Arthur Lo;Alan S. Perelson

  • Cutting Edge: Experimentally Induced Immune Activation in Natural Hosts of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Induces Significant Increases in Viral Replication and CD4+ T Cell Depletion

    Ivona Pandrea;Thaidra Gaufin;Jason M. Brenchley;Rajeev Gautam

  • The level of monocyte turnover predicts disease progression in the macaque model of AIDS.

    Atsuhiko Hasegawa;Huining Liu;Binhua Ling;Juan T. Borda

  • CD8+ Lymphocytes Control Viral Replication in SIVmac239-Infected Rhesus Macaques without Decreasing the Lifespan of Productively Infected Cells

    Nichole R. Klatt;Nichole R. Klatt;Emi Shudo;Alex M. Ortiz;Jessica C. Engram

  • In vivo kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 infection and its relationship with a person's infectiousness.

    Ruian Ke;Carolin Zitzmann;David D. Ho;Ruy M. Ribeiro

  • Quantifying the diversification of hepatitis C virus (HCV) during primary infection: estimates of the in vivo mutation rate.

    Ruy M. Ribeiro;Hui Li;Shuyi Wang;Mark B. Stoddard

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan S. Perelson
Alan S. Perelson Los Alamos National Laboratory
Cristian Apetrei
Cristian Apetrei University of Pittsburgh
Ivona Pandrea
Ivona Pandrea University of Pittsburgh
Miles P. Davenport
Miles P. Davenport University of New South Wales
Sharon R. Lewin
Sharon R. Lewin University of Melbourne
Guido Silvestri
Guido Silvestri Emory University
David D. Ho
David D. Ho Columbia University
Andrew H. Talal
Andrew H. Talal University at Buffalo, State University of New York
George M. Shaw
George M. Shaw University of Pennsylvania
Beatrice H. Hahn
Beatrice H. Hahn University of Pennsylvania

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