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Austria
2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
67
Citations
16606
World Ranking
2271
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Austria Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Austria Leader Award

Overview

Wolfgang Baumgärtner is affiliated with the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna in Austria. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant emphasis on infectious diseases, epidemiology, immunology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and molecular biology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Veterinary Oncology Research
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Recent publications by Wolfgang Baumgärtner include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant causes mild pathology in the upper and lower respiratory tract of hamsters, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Robust hepatitis E virus infection and transcriptional response in human hepatocytes, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Microgliosis and neuronal proteinopathy in brain persist beyond viral clearance in SARS-CoV-2 hamster model, 2022, EBioMedicine
  • Influenza-induced thrombocytopenia is dependent on the subtype and sialoglycan receptor and increases with virus pathogenicity, 2020, Blood Advances
  • Infections with highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus (HPAIV) H5N8 in harbor seals at the German North Sea coast, 2021, Emerging Microbes & Infections

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Baumgärtner include:

  • Christina Puff
  • Federico Armando
  • Małgorzata Ciurkiewicz
  • Georg Beythien
  • Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede

Their work has been regularly published in several journals and venues, notably:

  • Tierärztliche Praxis Ausgabe K Kleintiere / Heimtiere
  • Journal of Comparative Pathology
  • Tierärztliche Praxis Ausgabe G Großtiere / Nutztiere
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Best Publications

  • Astrocytes regulate myelin clearance through recruitment of microglia during cuprizone-induced demyelination

    Thomas Skripuletz;Diane Hackstette;Katharina Bauer;Viktoria Gudi

  • Pathogenesis and immunopathology of systemic and nervous canine distemper.

    A Beineke;C Puff;F Seehusen;W Baumgärtner

  • Detection of Canine Distemper Virus Nucleoprotein RNA by Reverse Transcription-PCR Using Serum, Whole Blood, and Cerebrospinal Fluid from Dogs with Distemper

    A. L. Frisk;M. König;A. Moritz;W. Baumgärtner

  • Cross-species transmission of canine distemper virus—an update

    Andreas Beineke;Wolfgang Baumgärtner;Peter Wohlsein

  • Neurotropic virus infections as the cause of immediate and delayed neuropathology.

    Martin Ludlow;Jeroen Kortekaas;Christiane Herden;Bernd Hoffmann

  • An orthopoxvirus-based vaccine reduces virus excretion after MERS-CoV infection in dromedary camels

    Bart L. Haagmans;Judith M. A. van den Brand;V. Stalin Raj;Asisa Volz

  • Identification of an epitope on the P and V proteins of simian virus 5 that distinguishes between two isolates with different biological characteristics

    J. A. Southern;D. F. Young;F. Heaney;W. K. Baumgärtner

  • Long-term neuroinflammation induced by influenza A virus infection and the impact on hippocampal neuron morphology and function

    Shirin Hosseini;Esther Wilk;Kristin Michaelsen-Preusse;Ingo Gerhauser

  • Sequential myelin protein expression during remyelination reveals fast and efficient repair after central nervous system demyelination

    M. Lindner;S. Heine;K. Haastert;N. Garde

  • Presence of atypical porcine pestivirus (APPV) genomes in newborn piglets correlates with congenital tremor

    Alexander Postel;Florian Hansmann;Christine Baechlein;Nicole Fischer

  • Differential expression of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus receptor in the upper respiratory tracts of humans and dromedary camels

    W. Widagdo;V. Stalin Raj;Debby Schipper;Kimberley Kolijn

  • Schmallenberg Virus Pathogenesis, Tropism and Interaction with the Innate Immune System of the Host

    Mariana Varela;Esther Schnettler;Marco Caporale;Claudio Murgia

  • Postoperative adjuvant treatment of invasive malignant mammary gland tumors in dogs with doxorubicin and docetaxel.

    Daniela Simon;Dorina Schoenrock;Wolfgang Baumgärtner;Ingo Nolte

  • Clinical course of infection and viral tissue tropism of hepatitis C virus–like nonprimate hepaciviruses in horses

    Stephanie Pfaender;Jessika M.V. Cavalleri;Stephanie Walter;Juliane Doerrbecker

  • Avian Influenza A(H10N7) virus-associated mass deaths among harbor seals.

    Rogier Bodewes;Theo M. Bestebroer;Erhard van der Vries;Josanne H. Verhagen

  • Immunohistochemical Characterization of Inflammatory Cells in Brains of Dogs with Granulomatous Meningoencephalitis

    A. Kipar;W. Baumgärtner;C. Vogl;K. Gaedke

  • The differentiated airway epithelium infected by influenza viruses maintains the barrier function despite a dramatic loss of ciliated cells.

    Nai-Huei Wu;Wei Yang;Andreas Beineke;Ronald Dijkman;Ronald Dijkman

  • Microgliosis and neuronal proteinopathy in brain persist beyond viral clearance in SARS-CoV-2 hamster model

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  • Canine epilepsy as a translational model

    Heidrun Potschka;Andrea Fischer;Eva-Lotta von Rüden;Velia Hülsmeyer

  • MMP-12, MMP-3, and TIMP-1 are markedly upregulated in chronic demyelinating theiler murine encephalomyelitis.

    Reiner Ulrich;Wolfgang Baumgärtner;Ingo Gerhauser;Frank Seeliger

  • New Aspects of the Pathogenesis of Canine Distemper Leukoencephalitis

    Charlotte Lempp;Ingo Spitzbarth;Christina Puff;Armend Cana

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus
Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
Ursula Siebert
Ursula Siebert University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
Achim D. Gruber
Achim D. Gruber Freie Universität Berlin
Martin Stangel
Martin Stangel Hannover Medical School
Tosso Leeb
Tosso Leeb University of Bern
Rogier Bodewes
Rogier Bodewes National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
Marion Koopmans
Marion Koopmans Erasmus University Rotterdam
Timm C. Harder
Timm C. Harder Kiel University
Jochen Huehn
Jochen Huehn Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Joaquim Segalés
Joaquim Segalés Autonomous University of Barcelona

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