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Overview

Terrence M. Tumpey is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on infectious diseases and epidemiology, with a significant emphasis on influenza virus studies and respiratory viral infections.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these fields, Tumpey has a notable presence in the subfields of Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology, and Modeling and Simulation.

Tumpey's main research topics include:

  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies

The scientist has published in multiple peer-reviewed journals, with frequent publication venues including:

  • Emerging infectious diseases
  • Journal of Virology
  • mBio
  • Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • Scientific Reports

Recent papers by Tumpey feature collaborative work with coauthors such as Jessica A. Belser, Taronna R. Maines, Xiangjie Sun, Nicole Brock, and Joanna A. Pulit-Penaloza. Notable publications include:

  • Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus of clade 2.3.4.4b isolated from a human case in Chile causes fatal disease and transmits between co-housed ferrets (2024, Emerging Microbes & Infections)
  • Transmission of a human isolate of clade 2.3.4.4b A(H5N1) virus in ferrets (2024, Nature)
  • Pathogenesis and Transmissibility of North American Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in Ferrets (2022, Emerging infectious diseases)
  • Characterization of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5Nx viruses in the ferret model (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Genetically and Antigenically Divergent Influenza A(H9N2) Viruses Exhibit Differential Replication and Transmission Phenotypes in Mammalian Models (2020, Journal of Virology)

Best Publications

  • Characterization of the reconstructed 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic virus

    Terrence M. Tumpey;Christopher F. Basler;Patricia V. Aguilar;Hui Zeng

  • Structure and Receptor Specificity of the Hemagglutinin from an H5N1 Influenza Virus

    James Stevens;Ola Blixt;Terrence M. Tumpey;Jeffery K. Taubenberger

  • H5N1 and 1918 pandemic influenza virus infection results in early and excessive infiltration of macrophages and neutrophils in the lungs of mice.

    Lucy A. Perrone;Julie K. Plowden;Adolfo García-Sastre;Jacqueline M. Katz

  • Pathogenicity of Influenza Viruses with Genes from the 1918 Pandemic Virus: Functional Roles of Alveolar Macrophages and Neutrophils in Limiting Virus Replication and Mortality in Mice

    Terrence M. Tumpey;Adolfo García-Sastre;Jeffery K. Taubenberger;Peter Palese

  • A Two-Amino Acid Change in the Hemagglutinin of the 1918 Influenza Virus Abolishes Transmission

    Terrence M. Tumpey;Taronna R. Maines;Neal Van Hoeven;Laurel Glaser

  • Genomic analysis of increased host immune and cell death responses induced by 1918 influenza virus

    John C. Kash;Terrence M. Tumpey;Sean C. Proll;Victoria Carter

  • A single mutation in the PB1-F2 of H5N1 (HK/97) and 1918 influenza A viruses contributes to increased virulence.

    Gina M Conenello;Dmitriy Zamarin;Lucy A Perrone;Terrence Tumpey

  • Neutralizing antibodies derived from the B cells of 1918 influenza pandemic survivors

    Xiaocong Yu;Tshidi Tsibane;Patricia A. McGraw;Frances S. House

  • Induction of broadly neutralizing H1N1 influenza antibodies by vaccination

    Chih Jen Wei;Jeffrey C. Boyington;Patrick M. McTamney;Wing Pui Kong

  • Protection against lethal influenza virus challenge by RNA interference in vivo.

    Stephen Mark Tompkins;Chia-Yun Lo;Terrence M. Tumpey;Suzanne L. Epstein

  • A Single Amino Acid Substitution in 1918 Influenza Virus Hemagglutinin Changes Receptor Binding Specificity

    Laurel Glaser;James Stevens;Dmitriy Zamarin;Ian A. Wilson

  • Glycan topology determines human adaptation of avian H5N1 virus hemagglutinin.

    Aarthi Chandrasekaran;Aravind Srinivasan;Rahul Raman;Karthik Viswanathan

  • The ferret as a model organism to study influenza A virus infection

    Jessica A. Belser;Jacqueline M. Katz;Terrence M. Tumpey

  • Early and sustained innate immune response defines pathology and death in nonhuman primates infected by highly pathogenic influenza virus

    Carole R. Baskin;Helle Bielefeldt-Ohmann;Terrence M. Tumpey;Patrick J. Sabourin

  • Influenza virus-like particles comprised of the HA, NA, and M1 proteins of H9N2 influenza virus induce protective immune responses in BALB/c mice.

    Peter Pushko;Terrence M. Tumpey;Fang Bu;John Knell

  • Evolution of H5N1 avian influenza viruses in Asia

    Jean Thierry Aubin;Saliha Azebi;Amanda Balish;Jill Banks

  • Matrix Protein 2 Vaccination and Protection against Influenza Viruses, Including Subtype H5N1

    Stephen Mark Tompkins;Zi-Shan Zhao;Chia-Yun Lo;Julia A. Misplon

  • Protection against multiple influenza A subtypes by vaccination with highly conserved nucleoprotein

    Suzanne L. Epstein;Wing Pui Kong;Julia A. Misplon;Chia Yun Lo

  • Mucosal Delivery of Inactivated Influenza Vaccine Induces B-Cell-Dependent Heterosubtypic Cross-Protection against Lethal Influenza A H5N1 Virus Infection

    Terrence M. Tumpey;Mary Renshaw;John D. Clements;Jacqueline M. Katz

  • Ocular Tropism of Respiratory Viruses

    Jessica A. Belser;Paul A. Rota;Terrence M. Tumpey

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacqueline M. Katz
Jacqueline M. Katz Emory University
Mary J. Pantin-Jackwood
Mary J. Pantin-Jackwood United States Department of Agriculture
David E. Wentworth
David E. Wentworth Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
David E. Swayne
David E. Swayne United States Department of Agriculture
James Stevens
James Stevens National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Sean Proll
Sean Proll University of Washington
Adolfo García-Sastre
Adolfo García-Sastre Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Nancy J. Cox
Nancy J. Cox Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Robert T. Bailer
Robert T. Bailer National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Richard A. Koup
Richard A. Koup National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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