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Microbiology

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Citations
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735
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344

Medicine

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Terence S. Dermody publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Terence S. Dermody sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 308 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Terence S. Dermody D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Terence S. Dermody sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - ASM D.C. White Award, American Society for Microbiology
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Terence S. Dermody is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Infectious Diseases, Genetics, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Celiac Disease Research and Management

Frequent collaborators in Dermody's publications include Danica M. Sutherland, Gwen M. Taylor, Olivia L. Welsh, Pavithra Aravamudhan, and Daniel DiMaio.

Publications have appeared in journals and venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Annual Review of Virology, Journal of Virology, Nature Communications, and mBio.

Recent papers by this researcher include:

  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Sedoreoviridae 2022, 2022, Journal of General Virology
  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Spinareoviridae 2022, 2022, Journal of General Virology
  • Enteric viruses evoke broad host immune responses resembling those elicited by the bacterial microbiome, 2021, Cell Host & Microbe
  • Reovirus directly engages integrin to recruit clathrin for entry into host cells, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Ins and Outs of Reovirus: Vesicular Trafficking in Viral Entry and Egress, 2020, Trends in Microbiology

Recognition for Dermody's work includes the ASM D.C. White Award from the American Society for Microbiology in 2016, election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2007, and membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Length-dependent recognition of double-stranded ribonucleic acids by retinoic acid–inducible gene-I and melanoma differentiation–associated gene 5

    Hiroki Kato;Osamu Takeuchi;Eriko Mikamo-Satoh;Eriko Mikamo-Satoh;Reiko Hirai

  • Intestinal microbiota promote enteric virus replication and systemic pathogenesis.

    Sharon K. Kuss;Gavin T. Best;Chris A. Etheredge;Andrea J. Pruijssers

  • Junction Adhesion Molecule Is a Receptor for Reovirus

    Erik S Barton;J.Craig Forrest;Jodi L Connolly;James D Chappell

  • Antiviral immunity via RIG-I-mediated recognition of RNA bearing 5′-diphosphates

    Delphine Goubau;Martin Schlee;Safia Deddouche;Andrea J. Pruijssers

  • JAM-A regulates permeability and inflammation in the intestine in vivo.

    Mike G. Laukoetter;Porfirio Nava;Winston Y. Lee;Eric A. Severson

  • Chikungunya virus: epidemiology, replication, disease mechanisms, and prospective intervention strategies

    Laurie A. Silva;Terence S. Dermody

  • Reovirus infection triggers inflammatory responses to dietary antigens and development of celiac disease

    Romain Bouziat;Reinhard Hinterleitner;Judy J. Brown;Jennifer E. Stencel-Baerenwald

  • SARS coronavirus, but not human coronavirus NL63, utilizes cathepsin L to infect ACE2-expressing cells.

    I-Chueh Huang;Berend Jan Bosch;Fang Li;Wenhui Li

  • The sweet spot: defining virus–sialic acid interactions

    Jennifer E. Stencel-Baerenwald;Kerstin Reiss;Dirk M. Reiter;Thilo Stehle

  • Microbial Vertical Transmission During Human Pregnancy

    Nitin Arora;Yoel Sadovsky;Terence S. Dermody;Carolyn B. Coyne;Carolyn B. Coyne

  • Cathepsin L and cathepsin B mediate reovirus disassembly in murine fibroblast cells.

    Daniel H. Ebert;Jan Deussing;Christoph Peters;Terence S. Dermody

  • A Plasmid-Based Reverse Genetics System for Animal Double-Stranded RNA Viruses

    Takeshi Kobayashi;Annukka A.R. Antar;Karl W. Boehme;Pranav Danthi

  • AP-3 directs the intracellular trafficking of HIV-1 Gag and plays a key role in particle assembly.

    Xinhong Dong;Hua Li;Aaron Derdowski;Lingmei Ding

  • Utilization of sialic acid as a coreceptor enhances reovirus attachment by multistep adhesion strengthening.

    Erik S. Barton;Jodi L. Connolly;J. Craig Forrest;James D. Chappell

  • Crystal structure of reovirus attachment protein σ1 reveals evolutionary relationship to adenovirus fiber

    James D. Chappell;Andrea E. Prota;Terence S. Dermody;Thilo Stehle

  • Part II: The Viruses – the double stranded RNA viruses - family Reoviridae

    H Attoui;J Becnel;S Belaganahalli;M Bergoin

  • Differences in the capacity of reovirus strains to induce apoptosis are determined by the viral attachment protein sigma 1.

    Kenneth L. Tyler;Margaret K.T. Squier;Steven E. Rodgers;Benjamin E. Schneider

  • 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

  • β1 Integrin Mediates Internalization of Mammalian Reovirus

    Melissa S. Maginnis;J. Craig Forrest;Sarah A. Kopecky-Bromberg;S. Kent Dickeson

  • An Improved Reverse Genetics System for Mammalian Orthoreoviruses

    Takeshi Kobayashi;Laura S. Ooms;Mine Ikizler;James D. Chappell

Frequent Co-Authors

Thilo Stehle
Thilo Stehle University of Tübingen
James D. Chappell
James D. Chappell Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Kenneth L. Tyler
Kenneth L. Tyler University of Colorado Denver
James E. Crowe
James E. Crowe Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Max L. Nibert
Max L. Nibert Harvard University
Barbara Sherry
Barbara Sherry North Carolina State University
Bernard N. Fields
Bernard N. Fields Harvard University
Bana Jabri
Bana Jabri University of Chicago
John T. Patton
John T. Patton Indiana University
Mark T. Heise
Mark T. Heise University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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