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Overview

Stephen F. Porcella is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States and focuses their research primarily within the field of Medicine, with an emphasis on Infectious Diseases.

Their main subfields of study include Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Virology, Small Animals, and Emergency Medicine. These areas reflect a broad engagement with diseases affecting populations, viral pathogens, and related health interventions.

The scientist's research covers several topics, notably:

  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments
  • Neonatal and Maternal Infections
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Parasites and Host Interactions

Stephen F. Porcella's recent publications highlight a focus on infectious agents and viral diseases. Selected papers include:

  • "Molecular evidence of hybridization between pig and human Ascaris indicates an interbred species complex infecting humans," published in 2020 in eLife.
  • "RNA Editing as a General Trait of Ebolaviruses," published in 2023 in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
  • "HIV subtype is not associated with dementia among individuals with moderate and advanced immunosuppression in Kampala, Uganda," published in 2020 in UNC Libraries.
  • "miR-182 and miR-10a Are Key Regulators of Treg Specialisation and Stability during Schistosome and Leishmania-associated Inflammation," published in 2020 in UNC Libraries.
  • "Comparative Pathogenesis of Three Human and Zoonotic SARS-CoV Strains in Cynomolgus Macaques," published in 2020 in UNC Libraries.

Their work has been published frequently in venues such as UNC Libraries, eLife, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, and PLoS Pathogens, indicating a mix of institutional archives and peer-reviewed journals.

Stephen F. Porcella collaborates regularly with several researchers including Thomas C. Quinn, Andrew D. Redd, Craig Martens, Stacy Ricklefs, and Kimmo Virtaneva. These frequent co-authors appear across multiple publications, demonstrating ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Insights into Mechanisms Used by Staphylococcus aureus to Avoid Destruction by Human Neutrophils

    Jovanka M. Voyich;Kevin R. Braughton;Daniel E. Sturdevant;Adeline R. Whitney

  • Genome sequence of a serotype M3 strain of group A Streptococcus: Phage-encoded toxins, the high-virulence phenotype, and clone emergence

    Stephen B. Beres;Gail L. Sylva;Kent D. Barbian;Benfang Lei

  • Host cell-free growth of the Q fever bacterium Coxiella burnetii.

    Anders Omsland;Diane C. Cockrell;Dale Howe;Elizabeth R. Fischer

  • Virulence control in group A Streptococcus by a two-component gene regulatory system: Global expression profiling and in vivo infection modeling

    Morag R. Graham;Laura M. Smoot;Cristi A. Lux Migliaccio;Kimmo Virtaneva

  • Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease: Prospective Study of a Distinct Preexisting Syndrome

    Richard D. Kim;David E. Greenberg;Mary E. Ehrmantraut;Shireen V. Guide

  • Genome sequence and comparative microarray analysis of serotype M18 group A Streptococcus strains associated with acute rheumatic fever outbreaks

    James C. Smoot;Kent D. Barbian;Jamie J. Van Gompel;Laura M. Smoot

  • Evolutionary Origin and Emergence of a Highly Successful Clone of Serotype M1 Group A Streptococcus Involved Multiple Horizontal Gene Transfer Events

    Paul Sumby;Paul Sumby;Steve F. Porcella;Andres G. Madrigal;Kent D. Barbian

  • Molecular dissection of the evolution of carbapenem-resistant multilocus sequence type 258 Klebsiella pneumoniae

    Frank R. DeLeo;Liang Chen;Stephen F. Porcella;Craig A. Martens

  • Malaria-associated atypical memory B cells exhibit markedly reduced B cell receptor signaling and effector function

    Silvia Portugal;Christopher M. Tipton;Haewon Sohn;Younoussou Kone

  • Genetic loci associated with delayed clearance of Plasmodium falciparum following artemisinin treatment in Southeast Asia

    Shannon Takala-Harrison;Taane G Clark;Christopher G Jacob;Michael P Cummings

  • Comparative Genomic Analysis of Chlamydia trachomatis Oculotropic and Genitotropic Strains

    John H. Carlson;Stephen F. Porcella;Grant McClarty;Harlan D. Caldwell

  • Genome Sequence of a Serotype M28 Strain of Group A Streptococcus: Potential New Insights into Puerperal Sepsis and Bacterial Disease Specificity

    Nicole M. Green;Nicole M. Green;Nicole M. Green;Shizhen Zhang;Stephen F. Porcella;Michal J. Nagiec

  • Longitudinal analysis of the group A Streptococcus transcriptome in experimental pharyngitis in cynomolgus macaques

    Kimmo Virtaneva;Stephen F. Porcella;Morag R. Graham;Robin M. Ireland

  • Simultaneous high-resolution analysis of vaccinia virus and host cell transcriptomes by deep RNA sequencing

    Zhilong Yang;Daniel P. Bruno;Craig A. Martens;Stephen F. Porcella

  • Comparative Genomics Reveal Extensive Transposon-Mediated Genomic Plasticity and Diversity among Potential Effector Proteins within the Genus Coxiella

    Paul A. Beare;Nathan Unsworth;Masako Andoh;Daniel E. Voth

  • Adaptive response of Yersinia pestis to extracellular effectors of innate immunity during bubonic plague

    Florent Sebbane;Nadine Lemaître;Daniel E. Sturdevant;Roberto Rebeil

  • Identification of a Highly Transmissible Animal-Independent Staphylococcus aureus ST398 Clone with Distinct Genomic and Cell Adhesion Properties

    Uhlemann Ac;Porcella Sf;Trivedi S;Sullivan Sb

  • Plasmodium falciparum genome-wide scans for positive selection, recombination hot spots and resistance to antimalarial drugs

    Jianbing Mu;Rachel A. Myers;Rachel A. Myers;Hongying Jiang;Shengfa Liu;Shengfa Liu

  • Molecular genetic anatomy of inter- and intraserotype variation in the human bacterial pathogen group A Streptococcus

    Stephen B. Beres;Ellen W. Richter;Michal J. Nagiec;Paul Sumby

  • The Chlamydia trachomatis Plasmid Is a Transcriptional Regulator of Chromosomal Genes and a Virulence Factor

    John H. Carlson;William M. Whitmire;Deborah D. Crane;Luke Wicke

  • Progress toward characterization of the group A Streptococcus metagenome: Complete genome sequence of a macrolide-resistant serotype M6 strain

    David J. Banks;David J. Banks;Stephen F. Porcella;Kent D. Barbian;Stephen B. Beres

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel E. Sturdevant
Daniel E. Sturdevant National Institutes of Health
Thomas C. Quinn
Thomas C. Quinn Johns Hopkins University
James M. Musser
James M. Musser Houston Methodist
Tom G. Schwan
Tom G. Schwan National Institutes of Health
Bernard Moss
Bernard Moss National Institutes of Health
Frank R. DeLeo
Frank R. DeLeo National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Hideki Ebihara
Hideki Ebihara Mayo Clinic
Heinz Feldmann
Heinz Feldmann National Institutes of Health
Alan G. Barbour
Alan G. Barbour University of California, Irvine
Oliver Laeyendecker
Oliver Laeyendecker Johns Hopkins University

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