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Stephen S. Whitehead is affiliated with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to public health, environmental and occupational health, infectious diseases, epidemiology, virology, and modeling and simulation.

Their work covers key topics including:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Malaria research and control
  • Virology and viral diseases
  • Viral infections and outbreaks research
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Dengue and mosquito control research

Whitehead's recent papers include:

  • "Live, Attenuated, Tetravalent Butantan-Dengue Vaccine in Children and Adults," 2024, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Safety and immunogenicity of the tetravalent, live-attenuated dengue vaccine Butantan-DV in adults in Brazil: a two-step, double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled phase 2 trial," 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "Antigenic evolution of dengue viruses over 20 years," 2021, Science
  • "T Cell Responses Induced by Attenuated Flavivirus Vaccination Are Specific and Show Limited Cross-Reactivity with Other Flavivirus Species," 2020, Journal of Virology
  • "Antigenic Variation of the Dengue Virus 2 Genotypes Impacts the Neutralization Activity of Human Antibodies in Vaccinees," 2020, Cell Reports

Their frequent coauthors are:

  • Anna P. Durbin
  • Sean A. Diehl
  • Kristen K. Pierce
  • Beth D. Kirkpatrick
  • Usha K. Nivarthi

Whitehead has published multiple articles in venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Virology
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • New England Journal of Medicine

Best Publications

  • Prospects for a dengue virus vaccine.

    Stephen S. Whitehead;Joseph E. Blaney;Anna P. Durbin;Brian R. Murphy

  • The Human Immune Response to Dengue Virus Is Dominated by Highly Cross-Reactive Antibodies Endowed with Neutralizing and Enhancing Activity

    Martina Beltramello;Katherine L. Williams;Cameron P. Simmons;Annalisa Macagno

  • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) SH and G proteins are not essential for viral replication in vitro: clinical evaluation and molecular characterization of a cold-passaged, attenuated RSV subgroup B mutant.

    Ruth A. Karron;Deborah A. Buonagurio;Alice F. Georgiu;Stephen S. Whitehead

  • Immune Response to Dengue Virus and Prospects for a Vaccine

    Brian R Murphy;Stephen S Whitehead

  • Attenuation and immunogenicity in humans of a live dengue virus type-4 vaccine candidate with a 30 nucleotide deletion in its 3'-untranslated region.

    Anna P. Durbin;Ruth A. Karron;Wellington Sun;David W. Vaughn

  • Recombinant respiratory syncytial virus from which the entire SH gene has been deleted grows efficiently in cell culture and exhibits site-specific attenuation in the respiratory tract of the mouse.

    Alexander Bukreyev;Stephen S. Whitehead;Brian R. Murphy;Peter L. Collins

  • 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

  • Contribution of the respiratory syncytial virus G glycoprotein and its secreted and membrane-bound forms to virus replication in vitro and in vivo.

    Michael N. Teng;Stephen S. Whitehead;Peter L. Collins

  • Recombinant Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bearing a Deletion of either the NS2 or SH Gene Is Attenuated in Chimpanzees

    Stephen S. Whitehead;Alexander Bukreyev;Michael N. Teng;Cai Yen Firestone

  • Recombinant respiratory syncytial virus that does not express the NS1 or M2-2 protein is highly attenuated and immunogenic in chimpanzees.

    Michael N. Teng;Stephen S. Whitehead;Alison Bermingham;Marisa St. Claire

  • The live attenuated dengue vaccine TV003 elicits complete protection against dengue in a human challenge model

    Beth D. Kirkpatrick;Stephen S. Whitehead;Kristen K. Pierce;Cecilia M. Tibery

  • Dengue viruses cluster antigenically but not as discrete serotypes

    Leah C. Katzelnick;Judith M. Fonville;Judith M. Fonville;Judith M. Fonville;Gregory D. Gromowski;Jose Bustos Arriaga

  • Maternal antibody and viral factors in the pathogenesis of dengue virus in infants.

    Cameron P. Simmons;Tran Nguyen Bich Chau;Tran Thi Thuy;Nguyen Minh Tuan

  • Recombinant, live-attenuated tetravalent dengue virus vaccine formulations induce a balanced, broad, and protective neutralizing antibody response against each of the four serotypes in rhesus monkeys.

    Joseph E. Blaney;Jennifer M. Matro;Brian R. Murphy;Stephen S. Whitehead

  • Robust and Balanced Immune Responses to All 4 Dengue Virus Serotypes Following Administration of a Single Dose of a Live Attenuated Tetravalent Dengue Vaccine to Healthy, Flavivirus-Naive Adults

    Beth D. Kirkpatrick;Anna P. Durbin;Kristen K. Pierce;Marya P. Carmolli

  • Maturation of West Nile Virus Modulates Sensitivity to Antibody-Mediated Neutralization

    Steevenson Nelson;Christiane A. Jost;Qinq Xu;Jessica Ess

  • Recovery of infectious human parainfluenza virus type 3 from cDNA.

    Anna P. Durbin;Susan L. Hall;Jeffrey W. Siew;Stephen S. Whitehead

  • A Live, Attenuated Dengue Virus Type 1 Vaccine Candidate with a 30-Nucleotide Deletion in the 3′ Untranslated Region Is Highly Attenuated and Immunogenic in Monkeys

    Stephen S. Whitehead;Barry Falgout;Kathryn A. Hanley;Joseph E. Blaney

  • A dynamic landscape for antibody binding modulates antibody-mediated neutralization of West Nile virus.

    Kimberly A. Dowd;Christiane A. Jost;Anna P. Durbin;Stephen S. Whitehead

  • A Single Dose of Any of Four Different Live Attenuated Tetravalent Dengue Vaccines Is Safe and Immunogenic in Flavivirus-naive Adults: A Randomized, Double-blind Clinical Trial

    Anna P. Durbin;Beth D. Kirkpatrick;Kristen K. Pierce;Daniel Elwood

  • The human CD8+ T cell responses induced by a live attenuated tetravalent dengue vaccine are directed against highly conserved epitopes

    Daniela Weiskopf;Michael A. Angelo;Derek J. Bangs;John Sidney

  • A Full-Length Infectious cDNA Clone of Zika Virus from the 2015 Epidemic in Brazil as a Genetic Platform for Studies of Virus-Host Interactions and Vaccine Development

    Konstantin A. Tsetsarkin;Heather Kenney;Rubing Chen;Guangping Liu

  • Recombinant respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bearing a set of mutations from cold-passaged RSV is attenuated in chimpanzees.

    Stephen S. Whitehead;Katalin Juhasz;Cai-Yen Firestone;Peter L. Collins

  • Temperature-dependent production of pseudoinfectious dengue reporter virus particles by complementation.

    Camilo Ansarah-Sobrinho;Steevenson Nelson;Christiane A. Jost;Stephen S. Whitehead

  • Genetically modified, live attenuated dengue virus type 3 vaccine candidates.

    Joseph E. Blaney;Christopher T. Hanson;Cai-Yen Firestone;Kathryn A. Hanley

  • Development of TV003/TV005, a single dose, highly immunogenic live attenuated dengue vaccine; what makes this vaccine different from the Sanofi-Pasteur CYD™ vaccine?

    Stephen S. Whitehead

  • Development of a Live Attenuated Dengue Virus Vaccine Using Reverse Genetics

    Joseph E. Blaney;Anna P. Durbin;Brian R. Murphy;Stephen S. Whitehead

Frequent Co-Authors

Anna P. Durbin
Anna P. Durbin Johns Hopkins University
Brian R. Murphy
Brian R. Murphy National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Kathryn A. Hanley
Kathryn A. Hanley New Mexico State University
Alessandro Sette
Alessandro Sette La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology
Peter L. Collins
Peter L. Collins National Institutes of Health
Dennis R. Burton
Dennis R. Burton Scripps Research Institute
Daniela Weiskopf
Daniela Weiskopf La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology
Theodore C. Pierson
Theodore C. Pierson National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Cameron P. Simmons
Cameron P. Simmons University College London
Esper G. Kallas
Esper G. Kallas Universidade de São Paulo

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