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Richard J Webby

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1 The polymerase complex genes contribute to the high virulence of the human H5N1 influenza virus isolate A/Vietnam/1203/04. J Exp Med 2006 5.94
2 The intracellular sensor NLRP3 mediates key innate and healing responses to influenza A virus via the regulation of caspase-1. Immunity 2009 4.51
3 Dynamic T cell migration program provides resident memory within intestinal epithelium. J Exp Med 2010 4.09
4 Gain-of-function experiments on H7N9. Science 2013 3.67
5 MERS coronaviruses in dromedary camels, Egypt. Emerg Infect Dis 2014 3.64
6 The genesis and source of the H7N9 influenza viruses causing human infections in China. Nature 2013 3.60
7 Cross-reactive neuraminidase antibodies afford partial protection against H5N1 in mice and are present in unexposed humans. PLoS Med 2007 3.57
8 Immunization with reverse-genetics-produced H5N1 influenza vaccine protects ferrets against homologous and heterologous challenge. J Infect Dis 2006 3.28
9 The influenza virus gene pool in a poultry market in South central china. Virology 2003 3.25
10 Influenza in migratory birds and evidence of limited intercontinental virus exchange. PLoS Pathog 2007 2.94
11 Mutations in the NS1 protein of swine influenza virus impair anti-interferon activity and confer attenuation in pigs. J Virol 2005 2.88
12 Identification of H2N3 influenza A viruses from swine in the United States. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 2.73
13 Studies of H5N1 influenza virus infection of pigs by using viruses isolated in Vietnam and Thailand in 2004. J Virol 2005 2.56
14 Pathogenic and antigenic properties of phylogenetically distinct reassortant H3N2 swine influenza viruses cocirculating in the United States. J Clin Microbiol 2003 2.55
15 H3N2 influenza virus transmission from swine to turkeys, United States. Emerg Infect Dis 2004 2.53
16 Multiple reassortment between pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and endemic influenza viruses in pigs, United States. Emerg Infect Dis 2011 2.42
17 Long-term evolution and transmission dynamics of swine influenza A virus. Nature 2011 2.39
18 Comparative sequence analysis of the symbiosis island of Mesorhizobium loti strain R7A. J Bacteriol 2002 2.37
19 Avian flu: Gain-of-function experiments on H7N9. Nature 2013 2.32
20 Influenza: emergence and control. J Virol 2004 2.31
21 Pause on avian flu transmission research. Science 2012 2.24
22 Adaptation of pandemic H1N1 influenza viruses in mice. J Virol 2010 2.22
23 Passive immunoprophylaxis and therapy with humanized monoclonal antibody specific for influenza A H5 hemagglutinin in mice. Respir Res 2006 2.15
24 Pathogenesis of Hong Kong H5N1 influenza virus NS gene reassortants in mice: the role of cytokines and B- and T-cell responses. J Gen Virol 2005 2.15
25 Role of specific hemagglutinin amino acids in the immunogenicity and protection of H5N1 influenza virus vaccines. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 2.13
26 Changes in H5N1 influenza virus hemagglutinin receptor binding domain affect systemic spread. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 2.11
27 Diversity of influenza viruses in swine and the emergence of a novel human pandemic influenza A (H1N1). Influenza Other Respir Viruses 2009 2.11
28 Host genetic variation affects resistance to infection with a highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza A virus in mice. J Virol 2009 2.08
29 Hemagglutinin-neuraminidase balance confers respiratory-droplet transmissibility of the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in ferrets. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 2.04
30 Indications that live poultry markets are a major source of human H5N1 influenza virus infection in China. J Virol 2011 1.85
31 Efficacy of H5 influenza vaccines produced by reverse genetics in a lethal mouse model. J Infect Dis 2005 1.83
32 Isolation of a novel swine influenza virus from Oklahoma in 2011 which is distantly related to human influenza C viruses. PLoS Pathog 2013 1.83
33 Oseltamivir-resistant pandemic H1N1/2009 influenza virus possesses lower transmissibility and fitness in ferrets. PLoS Pathog 2010 1.81
34 Respiratory viruses augment the adhesion of bacterial pathogens to respiratory epithelium in a viral species- and cell type-dependent manner. J Virol 2006 1.78
35 Mucosal immune responses predict clinical outcomes during influenza infection independently of age and viral load. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2014 1.75
36 Inactivated seasonal influenza vaccines increase serum antibodies to the neuraminidase of pandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009 virus in an age-dependent manner. J Infect Dis 2010 1.70
37 Increased pathogenicity of a reassortant 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus containing an H5N1 hemagglutinin. J Virol 2011 1.69
38 Does pandemic A/H1N1 virus have the potential to become more pathogenic? MBio 2010 1.68
39 The polymerase acidic protein gene of influenza a virus contributes to pathogenicity in a mouse model. J Virol 2009 1.68
40 Naturally occurring swine influenza A virus PB1-F2 phenotypes that contribute to superinfection with Gram-positive respiratory pathogens. J Virol 2012 1.57
41 Evolution and ecology of influenza A viruses. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2014 1.57
42 Avian influenza viruses in Korean live poultry markets and their pathogenic potential. Virology 2005 1.54
43 Coincident ruddy turnstone migration and horseshoe crab spawning creates an ecological 'hot spot' for influenza viruses. Proc Biol Sci 2010 1.53
44 The epidemiological and molecular aspects of influenza H5N1 viruses at the human-animal interface in Egypt. PLoS One 2011 1.51
45 Vaccination of pigs against swine influenza viruses by using an NS1-truncated modified live-virus vaccine. J Virol 2006 1.48
46 Continuing evolution of H9 influenza viruses in Korean poultry. Virology 2006 1.45
47 Efficacy of intranasal administration of a truncated NS1 modified live influenza virus vaccine in swine. Vaccine 2007 1.45
48 Recipients of vaccine against the 1976 "swine flu" have enhanced neutralization responses to the 2009 novel H1N1 influenza virus. Clin Infect Dis 2010 1.44
49 Inflammasome-independent role of the apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing CARD (ASC) in the adjuvant effect of MF59. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 1.43
50 Matrix gene of influenza a viruses isolated from wild aquatic birds: ecology and emergence of influenza a viruses. J Virol 2004 1.41
51 Isolation and genetic characterization of H5N2 influenza viruses from pigs in Korea. J Virol 2009 1.40
52 The immunogenicity and efficacy against H5N1 challenge of reverse genetics-derived H5N3 influenza vaccine in ducks and chickens. Virology 2006 1.39
53 NFkappaB negatively regulates interferon-induced gene expression and anti-influenza activity. J Biol Chem 2006 1.38
54 Genotype turnover by reassortment of replication complex genes from avian influenza A virus. J Gen Virol 2006 1.37
55 Evidence of infection with H4 and H11 avian influenza viruses among Lebanese chicken growers. PLoS One 2011 1.35
56 T-705 (favipiravir) induces lethal mutagenesis in influenza A H1N1 viruses in vitro. J Virol 2013 1.34
57 Role of terrestrial wild birds in ecology of influenza A virus (H5N1). Emerg Infect Dis 2007 1.33
58 Cross-reactive neutralizing antibodies directed against pandemic H1N1 2009 virus are protective in a highly sensitive DBA/2 mouse influenza model. J Virol 2010 1.33
59 Establishment and lineage replacement of H6 influenza viruses in domestic ducks in southern China. J Virol 2012 1.32
60 Live bird markets of Bangladesh: H9N2 viruses and the near absence of highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza. PLoS One 2011 1.32
61 Structural and biochemical basis for development of influenza virus inhibitors targeting the PA endonuclease. PLoS Pathog 2012 1.30
62 Complete genome sequence of a novel Newcastle disease virus strain isolated from a chicken in West Africa. J Virol 2012 1.30
63 An unexpected antibody response to an engineered influenza virus modifies CD8+ T cell responses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 1.29
64 Hidden epitopes emerge in secondary influenza virus-specific CD8+ T cell responses. J Immunol 2007 1.28
65 Consequences of immunodominant epitope deletion for minor influenza virus-specific CD8+-T-cell responses. J Virol 2005 1.28
66 Generation of high-yielding influenza A viruses in African green monkey kidney (Vero) cells by reverse genetics. J Virol 2004 1.28
67 Natural history of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1. Virus Res 2013 1.26
68 Pathogenicity and transmission in pigs of the novel A(H3N2)v influenza virus isolated from humans and characterization of swine H3N2 viruses isolated in 2010-2011. J Virol 2012 1.26
69 Molecular changes associated with adaptation of human influenza A virus in embryonated chicken eggs. Virology 2006 1.24
70 Viral reassortment and transmission after co-infection of pigs with classical H1N1 and triple-reassortant H3N2 swine influenza viruses. J Gen Virol 2010 1.23
71 Traditional and new influenza vaccines. Clin Microbiol Rev 2013 1.22
72 H5N1 influenza virus pathogenesis in genetically diverse mice is mediated at the level of viral load. MBio 2011 1.22
73 Extent of antigenic cross-reactivity among highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza viruses. J Clin Microbiol 2011 1.21
74 Plasmid DNA-based vaccines protect mice and ferrets against lethal challenge with A/Vietnam/1203/04 (H5N1) influenza virus. J Infect Dis 2008 1.21
75 Antigenic and molecular characterization of avian influenza A(H9N2) viruses, Bangladesh. Emerg Infect Dis 2013 1.19
76 Influenza a virus migration and persistence in North American wild birds. PLoS Pathog 2013 1.19
77 Continuing threat of influenza (H5N1) virus circulation in Egypt. Emerg Infect Dis 2011 1.18
78 Use of semiconductor-based oligonucleotide microarrays for influenza a virus subtype identification and sequencing. J Clin Microbiol 2006 1.17
79 Active surveillance for influenza A virus among swine, midwestern United States, 2009-2011. Emerg Infect Dis 2013 1.17
80 Puzzling inefficiency of H5N1 influenza vaccines in Egyptian poultry. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010 1.17
81 Virulence and genetic compatibility of polymerase reassortant viruses derived from the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza virus and circulating influenza A viruses. J Virol 2011 1.13
82 Active surveillance for avian influenza virus, Egypt, 2010-2012. Emerg Infect Dis 2014 1.13
83 Increased acid stability of the hemagglutinin protein enhances H5N1 influenza virus growth in the upper respiratory tract but is insufficient for transmission in ferrets. J Virol 2013 1.13
84 Impaired wound healing predisposes obese mice to severe influenza virus infection. J Infect Dis 2011 1.12
85 Antiviral resistance among highly pathogenic influenza A (H5N1) viruses isolated worldwide in 2002-2012 shows need for continued monitoring. Antiviral Res 2013 1.11
86 Contribution of antibody production against neuraminidase to the protection afforded by influenza vaccines. Rev Med Virol 2012 1.11
87 Using sequence data to infer the antigenicity of influenza virus. MBio 2013 1.10
88 Feasibility of reconstructed ancestral H5N1 influenza viruses for cross-clade protective vaccine development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010 1.10
89 Live attenuated influenza vaccine provides superior protection from heterologous infection in pigs with maternal antibodies without inducing vaccine-associated enhanced respiratory disease. J Virol 2012 1.09
90 Virulence and transmissibility of H1N2 influenza virus in ferrets imply the continuing threat of triple-reassortant swine viruses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012 1.08
91 Transmission studies resume for avian flu. Science 2013 1.07
92 Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and seasonal influenza A (H1N1) co-infection, New Zealand, 2009. Emerg Infect Dis 2010 1.05
93 Influenza A virus-induced early activation of ERK and PI3K mediates V-ATPase-dependent intracellular pH change required for fusion. Cell Microbiol 2010 1.04
94 Global avian influenza surveillance in wild birds: a strategy to capture viral diversity. Emerg Infect Dis 2015 1.03
95 The neuraminidase inhibitor oseltamivir is effective against A/Anhui/1/2013 (H7N9) influenza virus in a mouse model of acute respiratory distress syndrome. J Infect Dis 2013 1.03
96 The neuraminidase and matrix genes of the 2009 pandemic influenza H1N1 virus cooperate functionally to facilitate efficient replication and transmissibility in pigs. J Gen Virol 2012 1.02
97 Phylogenetic and pathotypic characterization of newcastle disease viruses circulating in west Africa and efficacy of a current vaccine. J Clin Microbiol 2012 1.01
98 Fatal outcome of pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza virus infection is associated with immunopathology and impaired lung repair, not enhanced viral burden, in pregnant mice. J Virol 2011 0.99
99 Contemporary seasonal influenza A (H1N1) virus infection primes for a more robust response to split inactivated pandemic influenza A (H1N1) Virus vaccination in ferrets. Clin Vaccine Immunol 2010 0.98
100 Identifying antigenicity-associated sites in highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus hemagglutinin by using sparse learning. J Mol Biol 2012 0.98
101 Isolation and characterization of novel H3N1 swine influenza viruses from pigs with respiratory diseases in Korea. J Clin Microbiol 2006 0.97
102 Review on the impact of pregnancy and obesity on influenza virus infection. Influenza Other Respir Viruses 2012 0.97
103 Combination of PB2 271A and SR polymorphism at positions 590/591 is critical for viral replication and virulence of swine influenza virus in cultured cells and in vivo. J Virol 2011 0.97
104 Analysis of cytokine secretion from human plasmacytoid dendritic cells infected with H5N1 or low-pathogenicity influenza viruses. Virology 2008 0.97
105 Surveillance for influenza viruses in poultry and swine, west Africa, 2006-2008. Emerg Infect Dis 2012 0.97
106 A contributing role for anti-neuraminidase antibodies on immunity to pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza A virus. PLoS One 2011 0.96
107 Qualitatively different memory CD8+ T cells are generated after lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus and influenza virus infections. J Immunol 2010 0.96
108 Avian influenza A virus subtype H5N2 in a red-lored Amazon parrot. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2006 0.94
109 Pathogenicity and transmissibility of North American triple reassortant swine influenza A viruses in ferrets. PLoS Pathog 2012 0.94
110 Genetic and antigenic evolution of H9N2 avian influenza viruses circulating in Egypt between 2011 and 2013. Arch Virol 2014 0.92
111 Genetic analysis of influenza B viruses isolated in Uganda during the 2009-2010 seasons. Virol J 2013 0.92
112 Extensive mammalian ancestry of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus. Emerg Infect Dis 2010 0.92
113 Respiratory tract versus cloacal sampling of migratory ducks for influenza A viruses: are both ends relevant? Influenza Other Respir Viruses 2012 0.91
114 Different incubation temperatures affect viral polymerase activity and yields of low-pathogenic avian influenza viruses in embryonated chicken eggs. Arch Virol 2011 0.90
115 Molecular epidemiology of influenza A/H3N2 viruses circulating in Uganda. PLoS One 2011 0.90
116 A single amino acid at the hemagglutinin cleavage site contributes to the pathogenicity but not the transmission of Egyptian highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus in chickens. J Virol 2013 0.89
117 Differential localization and function of antibody-forming cells responsive to inactivated or live-attenuated influenza virus vaccines. Int Immunol 2012 0.89
118 Rapid genotyping of swine influenza viruses. Emerg Infect Dis 2011 0.89
119 Protective memory responses are modulated by priming events prior to challenge. J Virol 2009 0.89
120 Pathogenicity of swine influenza viruses possessing an avian or swine-origin PB2 polymerase gene evaluated in mouse and pig models. Virology 2010 0.88
121 North American triple reassortant and Eurasian H1N1 swine influenza viruses do not readily reassort to generate a 2009 pandemic H1N1-like virus. MBio 2014 0.88
122 Possible role of songbirds and parakeets in transmission of influenza A(H7N9) virus to humans. Emerg Infect Dis 2014 0.87
123 Multiple introductions of avian influenza viruses (H5N1), Laos, 2009-2010. Emerg Infect Dis 2012 0.87
124 Protection against divergent influenza H1N1 virus by a centralized influenza hemagglutinin. PLoS One 2011 0.87
125 Spread of influenza virus A (H5N1) clade 2.3.2.1 to Bulgaria in common buzzards. Emerg Infect Dis 2012 0.87
126 The avian and mammalian host range of highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza. Virus Res 2013 0.87
127 Novel genotyping and quantitative analysis of neuraminidase inhibitor resistance-associated mutations in influenza a viruses by single-nucleotide polymorphism analysis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2011 0.86
128 Physiological numbers of CD4+ T cells generate weak recall responses following influenza virus challenge. J Immunol 2010 0.86
129 Influenza A(H7N9) virus transmission between finches and poultry. Emerg Infect Dis 2015 0.86
130 Prospective study of avian influenza transmission to humans in Egypt. BMC Public Health 2010 0.86
131 Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in Egypt. Emerg Infect Dis 2016 0.85
132 Putative amino acid determinants of the emergence of the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus in the human population. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 0.84
133 Antigenic cross-reactivity among H5N1 viruses. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2009 0.84
134 Neutralizing DNA aptamers against swine influenza H3N2 viruses. J Clin Microbiol 2012 0.84
135 Cross-protection of chicken immunoglobulin Y antibodies against H5N1 and H1N1 viruses passively administered in mice. Clin Vaccine Immunol 2011 0.83
136 Avian influenza in shorebirds: experimental infection of ruddy turnstones (Arenaria interpres) with avian influenza virus. Influenza Other Respir Viruses 2012 0.82
137 Long-term vaccine-induced heterologous protection against H5N1 influenza viruses in the ferret model. Influenza Other Respir Viruses 2012 0.82
138 Host differences in influenza-specific CD4 T cell and B cell responses are modulated by viral strain and route of immunization. PLoS One 2012 0.82
139 Influenza Virus Surveillance in Coordinated Swine Production Systems, United States. Emerg Infect Dis 2015 0.81
140 Influenza research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: the current state and the way forward. Influenza Other Respir Viruses 2013 0.81
141 Both influenza hemagglutinin and polymerase acidic genes are important for delayed pandemic 2009 H1N1 virus clearance in the ferret model. Virology 2012 0.80
142 Influenza virus variation in susceptibility to inactivation by pomegranate polyphenols is determined by envelope glycoproteins. Antiviral Res 2010 0.80
143 Characterization of a porcine intestinal epithelial cell line for influenza virus production. J Gen Virol 2012 0.79
144 Serologic evidence of avian metapneumovirus infection among adults occupationally exposed to Turkeys. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2011 0.79
145 PCPP-formulated H5N1 influenza vaccine displays improved stability and dose-sparing effect in lethal challenge studies. J Pharm Sci 2010 0.79
146 A statistical strategy to identify recombinant viral ribonucleoprotein of avian, human, and swine influenza A viruses with elevated polymerase activity. Influenza Other Respir Viruses 2013 0.79
147 Competitive transmissibility and fitness of oseltamivirsensitive and resistant pandemic influenza H1N1 viruses in ferrets. Influenza Other Respir Viruses 2011 0.79
148 In vitro reassortment between endemic H1N2 and 2009 H1N1 pandemic swine influenza viruses generates attenuated viruses. PLoS One 2012 0.79
149 Surveillance for Coronaviruses in Bats, Lebanon and Egypt, 2013-2015. Emerg Infect Dis 2016 0.79
150 Genetic composition of contemporary swine influenza viruses in the West Central region of the United States of America. Influenza Other Respir Viruses 2011 0.79
151 Influenza A (H15N4) virus isolation in Western Siberia, Russia. J Virol 2013 0.79
152 Prevalence of influenza A viruses in livestock and free-living waterfowl in Uganda. BMC Vet Res 2014 0.78
153 The homologous tripartite viral RNA polymerase of A/swine/Korea/CT1204/2009(H1N2) influenza virus synergistically drives efficient replication and promotes respiratory droplet transmission in ferrets. J Virol 2013 0.78
154 A novel genetic locus linked to pro-inflammatory cytokines after virulent H5N1 virus infection in mice. BMC Genomics 2014 0.78
155 Inter- and intraspecies transmission of canine influenza virus (H3N2) in dogs, cats, and ferrets. Influenza Other Respir Viruses 2012 0.78
156 Highly Pathogenic Reassortant Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Clade 2.3.2.1a in Poultry, Bhutan. Emerg Infect Dis 2016 0.77
157 The pandemic H1N1 influenza experience. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2013 0.77
158 Increased virulence of neuraminidase inhibitor-resistant pandemic H1N1 virus in mice: potential emergence of drug-resistant and virulent variants. Virulence 2013 0.77
159 No evidence of a link between influenza vaccines and Guillain-Barre syndrome-associated antiganglioside antibodies. Influenza Other Respir Viruses 2011 0.76
160 An mRNA vaccine for influenza. Nat Biotechnol 2012 0.76
161 Household Transmission of Zoonotic Influenza Viruses in a Cohort of Egyptian Poultry Growers. JMIR Res Protoc 2015 0.75
162 Incidence and Seroprevalence of Avian Influenza in a Cohort of Backyard Poultry Growers, Egypt, August 2015-March 2019. Emerg Infect Dis 2020 0.75
163 Genesis of Influenza A(H5N8) Viruses. Emerg Infect Dis 2017 0.75