David H. Walker

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Immunology and MicrobiologyMedicineAgricultural and Biological Sciences

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Driven by 29 papers. Top paper: “Mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 protects animals from lethal SARS-CoV challenge”.

Mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 protects animals from lethal SARS-CoV challenge

PLoS Biology(2021)10.1371/journal.pbio.3001284

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0.673DataRank · unranked

88 citations

Michelle N. Vu, Bryan A. Johnson, Meredith E. Davis-Gardner, Abigail Vanderheiden, Kumari G. Lokugamage +14 more

Loss-of-function mutation in Omicron variants reduces spike protein expression and attenuates SARS-CoV-2 infection

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.04.17.536926

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0.470DataRank · unranked

22 citations

R. Elias Alvarado, Dorothea R. Morris, Kumari G. Lokugamage, Yiyang Zhou, Angelica L. Morgan +15 more

Interaction between host G3BP and viral nucleocapsid protein regulates SARS-CoV-2 replication

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.06.29.546885

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0.330DataRank · unranked

8 citations

Bryan A. Johnson, Victoria Meliopoulos, Xiaohui Ju, Peipei Zhang, Michael P. Hughes +22 more

Convergent evolution in nucleocapsid facilitated SARS-CoV-2 adaptation for human infection

Journal of Virology(2025)10.1128/jvi.02091-24

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0.310DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Yiyang Zhou, R. Elias Alvarado, Jessica A. Plante, Yani P. Ahearn, Jennifer C. Chen +8 more

Mouse Adapted SARS-CoV-2 protects animals from lethal SARS-CoV challenge

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.05.03.442357

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23 citations

Michelle N. Vu, Bryan A. Johnson, Meredith E. Davis-Gardner, Abigail Vanderheiden, Kumari Lokugmage +14 more

QTQTN motif upstream of the furin-cleavage site plays key role in SARS-CoV-2 infection and pathogenesis

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.12.15.472450

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9 citations

Kumari G. Lokugamage, Jessica A. Plante, Dionna Scharton, Bryan A. Johnson, Stephanea Sotcheff +11 more

Nucleocapsid mutations in SARS-CoV-2 augment replication and pathogenesis

PLoS Pathogens(2022)10.1371/journal.ppat.1010627

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169 citations

Yiyang Zhou, Kumari G. Lokugamage, Michelle N. Vu, Nathen E. Bopp, Patricia A. Crocquet-Valdes +14 more

Emerging Tickborne Bacteria in Cattle from Colombia

Emerging infectious diseases(2022)10.3201/eid2810.220657

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14 citations

Esteban Arroyave, Álvaro A. Faccini‐Martínez, H Diaz, Paola Betancourt-Ruiz, Luz-Adriana Olaya-M +5 more

Rickettsial Infections Causing Acute Febrile Illness in Urban Slums, Brazil

Emerging infectious diseases(2022)10.3201/eid2810.220497

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2 citations

Lucas S. Blanton, Nívison Nery, Elsio A. Wunder, Federico Costa, Mitermayer Galvão dos Reis +4 more

SARS-CoV-2 Uses Nonstructural Protein 16 to Evade Restriction by IFIT1 and IFIT3

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.09.26.509529

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9 citations

Kumari G. Lokugamage, Michelle N. Vu, Bryan A. Johnson, Dionna Scharton, Jessica A. Plante +13 more

SARS-CoV-2 Uses Nonstructural Protein 16 To Evade Restriction by IFIT1 and IFIT3

Journal of Virology(2023)10.1128/jvi.01532-22

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46 citations

Kumari G. Lokugamage, Michelle N. Vu, Bryan A. Johnson, Dionna Scharton, Jessica A. Plante +13 more

Immunogenicity and efficacy of vaccine boosters against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariant BA.5 in male Syrian hamsters

Nature Communications(2023)10.1038/s41467-023-40033-2

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16 citations

Jordyn Walker, Dionna Scharton, Grace Rafael, Brooke Mitchell, Rachel A. Reyna +7 more

Serologic Evidence of Orientia Infection among Rural Population, Cauca Department, Colombia

Emerging infectious diseases(2023)10.3201/eid2902.221458

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11 citations

Carlos Ramiro Silva‐Ramos, Lucas S. Blanton, Esteban Arroyave, H Diaz, Paola Betancourt-Ruiz +3 more

SARS-CoV-2 hijacks fragile X mental retardation proteins for efficient infection

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.09.01.555899

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3 citations

R. Elias Alvarado, Filip Mundt, Emma Nilsson, Josephine Kerzel Duel, Fabian Coscia +19 more

Interaction between host G3BP and viral nucleocapsid protein regulates SARS-CoV-2 replication and pathogenicity

Cell Reports(2024)10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113965

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61 citations

Bryan A. Johnson, Victoria Meliopoulos, Xiaohui Ju, Peipei Zhang, Michael P. Hughes +23 more

Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a neglected tropical disease in Latin America

PLoS neglected tropical diseases(2024)10.1371/journal.pntd.0012276

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17 citations

Christopher D. Paddock, David H. Walker, Jesús G. Valenzuela, Jesús René Tadeo Calleja-López, Cristian Noé Rivera-Rosas +2 more

The NSP3 protein of SARS-CoV-2 binds fragile X mental retardation proteins to disrupt UBAP2L interactions

EMBO Reports(2024)10.1038/s44319-023-00043-z

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19 citations

R. Elias Alvarado, Filip Mundt, Richard Lindqvist, Josephine Kerzel Duel, Fabian Coscia +19 more

Broad protection and respiratory immunity of dual mRNA vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 variants

npj Vaccines(2024)10.1038/s41541-024-00957-2

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10 citations

Jessica A. Plante, Srinivasa Reddy Bonam, Grace Rafael, Yuejin Liang, Nicholas C. Hazell +9 more

Establishment of a multisite umbrella cohort study protocol to describe the epidemiology and aetiologies of acute undifferentiated febrile illness in Latin America

BMJ Open(2024)10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083560

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4 citations

Patricia Veronica Aguilar, Juan David Rodas, Marylin Hidalgo, Karen Mozo, Eugenia González-Díaz +9 more

Broad protection and respiratory immunity of dual mRNA vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 variants

Research Square(2024)10.21203/rs.3.rs-4189618/v1

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0 citations

Renee L. Hajnik, Jessica A. Plante, Srinivasa Reddy Bonam, Grace Rafael, Yuejin Liang +8 more

Development of a rapid antigen-based lateral flow assay for tick-borne spotted fever rickettsioses

PLoS ONE(2025)10.1371/journal.pone.0312819

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6 citations

Yingxin Zhao, Kristen Brosamer, Yogita Pal, Lucas S. Blanton, Esteban Arroyave +5 more

SARS-CoV-2 EndoU-ribonuclease regulates RNA recombination and impacts viral fitness

Nature Communications(2025)10.1038/s41467-025-67001-2

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4 citations

Yani P. Ahearn, Kumari G. Lokugamage, Angelica L. Morgan, R. Elias Alvarado, Leah K. Estes +11 more

Vaccination-induced neutralizing antibodies in immunocompetent hosts correlate with protection against rickettsiae

npj Vaccines(2025)10.1038/s41541-025-01228-4

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2 citations

Jessica A. Plante, Chen Yi Chu, Garrett Cutchin, Bing Zhu, Nicole Y. Burkhardt +8 more

Probable scrub typhus-like infection in Colombia: seroconversion and serological reactivity to Orientia spp. among patients with acute undifferentiated febrile illness in Villeta municipality

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease(2025)10.1016/j.tmaid.2025.102937

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1 citations

Nicole L. Mendell, Patricia A. Crocquet-Valdes, Peter C. Melby, Patricia V. Aguilar, Miguel M. Cabada +3 more

Quantitative Proteomics of the Endothelial Secretome Identifies RC0497 as Diagnostic of Acute Rickettsial Spotted Fever Infections

American Journal Of Pathology(2020)10.1016/j.ajpath.2019.10.007

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14 citations

Rong Fang, Jing Zhang, Yueqing Zhang, Jeremy Bechelli, Claire Smalley +5 more

mRNA-delivered neutralizing antibodies confer protection against SARS-CoV-2 variant in the lower and upper respiratory tract

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.04.28.650951

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0 citations

Rachel A. Reyna, Srinivasa Reddy Bonam, Jiani Bei, Naveen Kumar, Tina Nguyen +6 more

Activation of ASC Inflammasome Driven by Toll-Like Receptor 4 Contributes to Host Immunity against Rickettsial Infection

Infection and Immunity(2020)10.1128/iai.00886-19

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25 citations

Ilirjana Hyseni, Jere W. McBride, David H. Walker, Rong Fang, Claire Smalley

Role of Phospholipase-Associated Penetration Mechanism in Cell Injury by Rickettsia rickettsii

UNC Libraries(2020)10.17615/gvsw-vw54

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9 citations

W. J. Firth, David H. Walker

Subversion of Host Innate Immunity by Rickettsia australis via a Modified Autophagic Response in Macrophages

Frontiers in Immunology(2021)10.3389/fimmu.2021.638469

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20 citations

Claire Smalley, David H. Walker, Steven G. Widen, Kamil Khanipov, Rong Fang +1 more