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Overview

Theodore C. Pierson is affiliated with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with significant contributions in Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Immunology, and Virology. The scientist's work covers a wide range of topics related to viral infections and disease control.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Virology and Viral Diseases
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research

Theodore C. Pierson has published extensively, with frequent appearances in several notable scientific journals. The major publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Microbiology
  • npj Vaccines
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Science Translational Medicine

Their recent papers demonstrate a continuing focus on emerging viral threats and vaccine research. These include:

  • The continued threat of emerging flaviviruses (2020, Nature Microbiology)
  • Fe-S cofactors in the SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase are potential antiviral targets (2021, Science)
  • The Challenges of Vaccine Development against a New Virus during a Pandemic (2020, Cell Host & Microbe)
  • Effect of a Chikungunya Virus-Like Particle Vaccine on Safety and Tolerability Outcomes (2020, JAMA)
  • Lipid nanoparticle encapsulated nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccines elicit polyfunctional HIV-1 antibodies comparable to proteins in nonhuman primates (2021, npj Vaccines)

Theodore C. Pierson collaborates with a range of researchers, showing repeated co-authorship with:

  • Kimberly A. Dowd
  • Katherine E. Burgomaster
  • John R. Mascola
  • Barney S. Graham
  • Peter D. Kwong

Best Publications

  • Identification of a Reservoir for HIV-1 in Patients on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

    Diana Finzi;Monika Hermankova;Theodore Pierson;Lucy M. Carruth

  • Latent infection of CD4 + T cells provides a mechanism for lifelong persistence of HIV-1, even in patients on effective combination therapy

    Diana Finzi;Joel N Blankson;Janet M Siliciano;Joseph Bernard Margolick

  • The continued threat of emerging flaviviruses

    Theodore C. Pierson;Michael S. Diamond

  • 2′-O methylation of the viral mRNA cap evades host restriction by IFIT family members

    Stephane Daffis;Kristy J. Szretter;Jill Schriewer;Jianqing Li

  • Modified mRNA Vaccines Protect against Zika Virus Infection.

    Justin M. Richner;Sunny Himansu;Kimberly A. Dowd;Scott L. Butler

  • Zika virus protection by a single low-dose nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccination

    Norbert Pardi;Michael J. Hogan;Rebecca S. Pelc;Hiromi Muramatsu

  • The 3.8 Å resolution cryo-EM structure of Zika virus

    Devika Sirohi;Zhenguo Chen;Lei Sun;Thomas Klose

  • Reservoirs for HIV-1: Mechanisms for Viral Persistence in the Presence of Antiviral Immune Responses and Antiretroviral Therapy

    Theodore Pierson;Justin McArthur;Robert F. Siliciano

  • The 3.8 angstrom resolution cryo-EM structure of Zika virus.

    D Sirohi;Z Chen;L Sun;T Klose

  • The emergence of Zika virus and its new clinical syndromes.

    Theodore C. Pierson;Michael S. Diamond

  • Rapid development of a DNA vaccine for Zika virus

    Kimberly A. Dowd;Sung-Youl Ko;Kaitlyn M. Morabito;Eun Sung Yang

  • West Nile virus discriminates between DC-SIGN and DC-SIGNR for cellular attachment and infection.

    Carl W. Davis;Hai-Yen Nguyen;Sheri L. Hanna;Melissa D. Sánchez

  • Resting CD4+ T cells from human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected individuals carry integrated HIV-1 genomes within actively transcribed host genes.

    Yefei Han;Kara Lassen;Daphne Monie;Ahmad R. Sedaghat

  • Structural Basis of Zika Virus-Specific Antibody Protection.

    Haiyan Zhao;Estefania Fernandez;Kimberly A. Dowd;Scott D. Speer

  • A CRISPR screen defines a signal peptide processing pathway required by flaviviruses

    Rong Zhang;Jonathan J. Miner;Matthew J. Gorman;Keiko Rausch

  • The Stoichiometry of Antibody-Mediated Neutralization and Enhancement of West Nile Virus Infection

    Theodore C. Pierson;Qing Xu;Steevenson Nelson;Theodore Oliphant

  • Antibody recognition and neutralization determinants on domains I and II of West Nile Virus envelope protein.

    Theodore Oliphant;Grant E. Nybakken;Michael Engle;Qing Xu

  • Castanospermine, a Potent Inhibitor of Dengue Virus Infection In Vitro and In Vivo

    Kevin Whitby;Theodore C. Pierson;Brian Geiss;Kelly Lane

  • Molecular Insight into Dengue Virus Pathogenesis and Its Implications for Disease Control

    Michael S. Diamond;Theodore C. Pierson

  • Structural insights into the mechanisms of antibody-mediated neutralization of flavivirus infection: implications for vaccine development.

    Theodore C. Pierson;Daved H. Fremont;Richard J. Kuhn;Michael S. Diamond

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael S. Diamond
Michael S. Diamond Washington University in St. Louis
Daved H. Fremont
Daved H. Fremont Washington University in St. Louis
Robert W. Doms
Robert W. Doms Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Barney S. Graham
Barney S. Graham Morehouse School of Medicine
Julie E. Ledgerwood
Julie E. Ledgerwood National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
John R. Mascola
John R. Mascola ModeX Therapeutics
Robert F. Siliciano
Robert F. Siliciano Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Richard Kuhn
Richard Kuhn Purdue University West Lafayette
Stephen S. Whitehead
Stephen S. Whitehead National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Syd Johnson
Syd Johnson AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)

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