2026 Sue E. Crawford: Microbiology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Microbiology	63	2727	2499	1097	976	127	14444

Overview

Sue E. Crawford is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, their work focuses notably on Infectious Diseases, Genetics, Animal Science and Zoology, Epidemiology, and Oncology.

The main topics addressed in their publications include viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, animal virus infections studies, virus-based gene therapy research, viral infections and immunology research, Escherichia coli research studies, digestive system and related health, and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research.

The scientist has contributed to several notable research papers, including:

New Insights and Enhanced Human Norovirus Cultivation in Human Intestinal Enteroids (2021, mSphere)
Bile acids and ceramide overcome the entry restriction for GII.3 human norovirus replication in human intestinal enteroids (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
Fusobacterium nucleatum Adheres to Clostridioides difficile via the RadD Adhesin to Enhance Biofilm Formation in Intestinal Mucus (2020, Gastroenterology)
Human norovirus exhibits strain-specific sensitivity to host interferon pathways in human intestinal enteroids (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
CLIC and membrane wound repair pathways enable pandemic norovirus entry and infection (2023, Nature Communications)

The frequent coauthors collaborating with this researcher include Mary K. Estes, Robert L. Atmar, Xi-Lei Zeng, B. Vijayalakshmi Ayyar, and Sasirekha Ramani.

The scientist has published extensively in a number of venues, most prominently:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
mSphere
Gastroenterology
mBio

Best Publications

Replication of human noroviruses in stem cell–derived human enteroids

Khalil Ettayebi;Sue E. Crawford;Kosuke Murakami;James R. Broughman

1365
Citations
Norwalk virus shedding after experimental human infection.

Robert L. Atmar;Antone R. Opekun;Mark A. Gilger;Mary K. Estes

1003
Citations
Characterization of virus-like particles produced by the expression of rotavirus capsid proteins in insect cells.

S. E. Crawford;M. Labbe;J. Cohen;M. H. Burroughs

433
Citations
Determination of the 50% Human Infectious Dose for Norwalk Virus

Robert L. Atmar;Antone R. Opekun;Mark A. Gilger;Mary K. Estes

398
Citations
Human Intestinal Enteroids: a New Model To Study Human Rotavirus Infection, Host Restriction, and Pathophysiology

Kapil Saxena;Sarah E. Blutt;Khalil Ettayebi;Xi Lei Zeng

381
Citations
Cell attachment protein VP8* of a human rotavirus specifically interacts with A-type histo-blood group antigen

Liya Hu;Sue E. Crawford;Rita Czako;Nicolas W. Cortes-Penfield

377
Citations
The 3′ End of Norwalk Virus mRNA Contains Determinants That Regulate the Expression and Stability of the Viral Capsid Protein VP1: a Novel Function for the VP2 Protein

Andrea Bertolotti-Ciarlet;Sue E. Crawford;Anne M. Hutson;Mary K. Estes

330
Citations
Expression of rotavirus VP2 produces empty corelike particles.

M Labbé;A Charpilienne;S E Crawford;M K Estes

284
Citations
Rotavirus virus-like particles administered mucosally induce protective immunity.

C M O'Neal;S E Crawford;M K Estes;M E Conner

263
Citations
Protective Effect of Natural Rotavirus Infection in an Indian Birth Cohort

Beryl P. Gladstone;Sasirekha Ramani;Indrani Mukhopadhya;Jayaprakash Muliyil

257
Citations
Prevention and cure of rotavirus infection via TLR5/NLRC4–mediated production of IL-22 and IL-18

Benyue Zhang;Benoit Chassaing;Zhenda Shi;Robin Uchiyama

250
Citations
Rotavirus Proteins: Structure and Assembly

J. B. Pesavento;S. E. Crawford;M. K. Estes;B. V. Venkataram Prasad

244
Citations
Rotavirus Viremia and Extraintestinal Viral Infection in the Neonatal Rat Model

Sue E. Crawford;Dinesh G. Patel;Elly Cheng;Zuzana Berkova

216
Citations
Norwalk Virus RNA Is Infectious in Mammalian Cells

Susana Guix;Miyuki Asanaka;Kazuhiko Katayama;Sue E. Crawford

214
Citations
Synthesis and immunogenicity of the rotavirus major capsid antigen using a baculovirus expression system.

M. K. Estes;S. E. Crawford;M. E. Penaranda;B. L. Petrie

213
Citations
Rotavirus antigenemia in children is associated with viremia.

Sarah E Blutt;David O Matson;Sue E Crawford;Mary Allen Staat

195
Citations
Human enteroids as an ex-vivo model of host–pathogen interactions in the gastrointestinal tract

Jennifer Foulke-Abel;Julie In;Olga Kovbasnjuk;Nicholas C. Zachos

193
Citations
Trypsin Cleavage Stabilizes the Rotavirus VP4 Spike

Sue E. Crawford;Sharmila K. Mukherjee;Mary K. Estes;Jeffery A. Lawton

188
Citations
Microbial Metabolic Capacity for Intestinal Folate Production and Modulation of Host Folate Receptors.

Melinda A. Engevik;Christina N. Morra;Daniel Röth;Kristen Engevik

188
Citations
Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of rotavirus 2/6-virus-like particles produced by a dual baculovirus expression vector and administered intramuscularly, intranasally, or orally to mice.

Andrea Bertolotti-Ciarlet;Max Ciarlet;Sue E Crawford;Margaret E Conner;Margaret E Conner

186
Citations
Strain-Dependent Norovirus Bioaccumulation in Oysters

Haifa Maalouf;Julien Schaeffer;Sylvain Parnaudeau;Jacques Le Pendu

181
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary K. Estes Baylor College of Medicine

Margaret E. Conner Baylor College of Medicine

Robert L. Atmar Baylor College of Medicine

David Y. Graham Baylor College of Medicine

B. V. Venkataram Prasad Baylor College of Medicine

Max Ciarlet Novartis (Switzerland)

Mary K. Estes Baylor College of Medicine

Nadim J. Ajami The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Kazuhiko Katayama Kitasato University

Mark Donowitz Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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