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Scott C. Weaver

Researcher at University of Texas Medical Branch

Publications -  584
Citations -  40298

Scott C. Weaver is an academic researcher from University of Texas Medical Branch. The author has contributed to research in topics: Virus & Alphavirus. The author has an hindex of 92, co-authored 536 publications receiving 32230 citations. Previous affiliations of Scott C. Weaver include Mount Sinai St. Luke's and Mount Sinai Roosevelt & Lenox Hill Hospital.

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Next generation sequencing of DNA-launched Chikungunya vaccine virus

TL;DR: The DNA-launched CHIKV-7 virus has a reduced probability of reversion mutations, thereby enhancing vaccine safety, and is compared to the 181/25 virus.
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Potential for Zika virus to establish a sylvatic transmission cycle in the Americas

TL;DR: A sylvatic cycle of ZikV would make future elimination efforts in the Americas practically impossible, and paints a dire situation for the epidemiology of ZIKV and ending the ongoing outbreak of congenital Zika syndrome.
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An adjuvanted adenovirus 5-based vaccine elicits neutralizing antibodies and protects mice against chikungunya virus-induced footpad swelling.

TL;DR: This study uniquely demonstrates the capacity of a mucosally-administered adenovirus vaccine to induce serum antibody responses and confer protective efficacy in a pre-clinical model of chikungunya virus.