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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
Rachmat Hidajat,Brian Nickols,Naomi L. Forrester,Irina Tretyakova,Scott C. Weaver,Peter Pushko +5 more
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
Benjamin M. Althouse,Nikos Vasilakis,Amadou A. Sall,Mawlouth Diallo,Scott C. Weaver,Kathryn A. Hanley +5 more
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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Arboviruses: Alphaviruses, flaviviruses and bunyaviruses: Encephalitis; yellow fever; dengue; haemorrhagic fever; miscellaneous tropical fevers; undifferentiated fever
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Effect of an intervention in storm drains to prevent Aedes aegypti reproduction in Salvador, Brazil
Raquel Lima Souza,Vánio André Mugabe,Vánio André Mugabe,Vánio André Mugabe,Igor A.D. Paploski,Igor A.D. Paploski,Moreno S. Rodrigues,Patrícia S.S. Moreira,Leile Camila Jacob Nascimento,Christopher M. Roundy,Scott C. Weaver,Mitermayer G. Reis,Mitermayer G. Reis,Uriel Kitron,Uriel Kitron,Guilherme S. Ribeiro,Guilherme S. Ribeiro +16 more
TL;DR: This study exemplifies how a simple intervention targeting storm drains can result in a major reduction of water retention, and, consequently, impact Ae.
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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.