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Robert G. Webster
Researcher at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Publications - 851
Citations - 94698
Robert G. Webster is an academic researcher from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Virus & Influenza A virus subtype H5N1. The author has an hindex of 158, co-authored 843 publications receiving 90776 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert G. Webster include University of Tennessee Health Science Center & University of Melbourne.
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Evolution and ecology of influenza A viruses.
TL;DR: Wild aquatic bird populations have long been considered the natural reservoir for influenza A viruses with virus transmission from these birds seeding other avian and mammalian hosts, but recent studies in bats have suggested other reservoir species may also exist.
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Universal primer set for the full-length amplification of all influenza A viruses.
TL;DR: The resultant primer set is suitable for all influenza A viruses to generate full-length cDNAs, to subtype viruses, to sequence their DNA, and to construct expression plasmids for reverse genetics systems.
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A DNA transfection system for generation of influenza A virus from eight plasmids
TL;DR: An eight-plasmid DNA transfection system for the rescue of infectious influenza A virus from cloned cDNA facilitates the design and recovery of both recombinant and reassortant influenza A viruses, and may also be applicable to the recovery of other RNA viruses entirely from cloning cDNA.
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Human influenza A H5N1 virus related to a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
E.C.J. Claas,Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus,Ruud van Beek,Jan C. de Jong,Guus F. Rimmelzwaan,Dennis A. Senne,Scott Krauss,Kennedy F. Shortridge,Robert G. Webster +8 more
TL;DR: The results suggest transmission of the virus from infected chickens to the child without another intermediate mammalian host acting as a "mixing vessel" illustrates the importance of intensive global influenza surveillance.
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DNA vaccines: protective immunizations by parenteral, mucosal, and gene-gun inoculations
Ellen F. Fynan,Robert G. Webster,Deborah H. Fuller,Joel R. Haynes,Joseph C. Santoro,Harriet L. Robinson +5 more
TL;DR: By far the most efficient DNA immunizations were achieved by using a gene gun to deliver DNA-coated gold beads to the epidermis, and 95% protection was achieved by two immunizations with beads loaded with as little as 0.4 micrograms of DNA.