Jeffrey L. Americo

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

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Jeffrey L. Americo is a scholar working on Virology, Epidemiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jeffrey L. Americo has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Virology, 19 papers in Epidemiology and 13 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Jeffrey L. Americo's work include Poxvirus research and outbreaks (28 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (17 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (11 papers). Jeffrey L. Americo is often cited by papers focused on Poxvirus research and outbreaks (28 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (17 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (11 papers). Jeffrey L. Americo collaborates with scholars based in United States. Jeffrey L. Americo's co-authors include Bernard Moss, Patricia L. Earl, Linda S. Wyatt, Catherine A. Cotter, Roselyn J. Eisenberg, Gary H. Cohen, John W. Huggins, Andrea S. Weisberg, Leigh Anne Eller and Judith A. Kassis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Jeffrey L. Americo

36 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Virulence differences of mpox (monkeypox) virus clades I, IIa, and IIb.1 in a small animal model

2023 125 citations Jeffrey L. Americo, Patricia L. Earl et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jeffrey L. Americo United States	23	1.2k	978	918	390	238	36	1.7k
Jerry R. Sisler United States	11	1.2k 1.0×	638 0.7×	976 1.1×	342 0.9×	115 0.5×	12	1.6k
Rebecca P. Sumner United Kingdom	18	637 0.5×	358 0.4×	504 0.5×	585 1.5×	237 1.0×	26	1.2k
Eric A. Weaver United States	25	500 0.4×	967 1.0×	572 0.6×	499 1.3×	564 2.4×	68	2.0k
J W Dubay United States	13	1.1k 0.9×	615 0.6×	467 0.5×	334 0.9×	629 2.6×	18	1.7k
Yahia Chebloune France	25	594 0.5×	547 0.6×	623 0.7×	276 0.7×	181 0.8×	91	1.6k
Fadila Bouamr United States	23	947 0.8×	786 0.8×	423 0.5×	461 1.2×	507 2.1×	38	1.8k
Caroline Staib Germany	20	604 0.5×	483 0.5×	621 0.7×	924 2.4×	182 0.8×	32	1.7k
Valgerður Andrésdóttir Iceland	19	717 0.6×	407 0.4×	603 0.7×	238 0.6×	251 1.1×	42	1.2k
Martin Heinkelein Germany	24	705 0.6×	609 0.6×	590 0.6×	213 0.5×	370 1.6×	36	1.6k
José Luis Nájera Spain	21	825 0.7×	376 0.4×	590 0.6×	592 1.5×	187 0.8×	27	1.2k

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Earl, Patricia L., Jeffrey L. Americo, S. L. Reynolds, et al.. (2025). A functional approach to analyze the genetic basis for differences in virulence of monkeypox virus clades. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 14(1). 2456144–2456144. 3 indexed citations

Cotter, Catherine A., Jeffrey L. Americo, Patricia L. Earl, et al.. (2024). Mpox mRNA-1769 vaccine inhibits orthopoxvirus replication at intranasal, intrarectal, and cutaneous sites of inoculation. npj Vaccines. 9(1). 256–256. 5 indexed citations

Americo, Jeffrey L., Patricia L. Earl, & Bernard Moss. (2023). Virulence differences of mpox (monkeypox) virus clades I, IIa, and IIb.1 in a small animal model. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(8). e2220415120–e2220415120. 125 indexed citations breakdown →

Americo, Jeffrey L., Catherine A. Cotter, Patricia L. Earl, Ruikang Liu, & Bernard Moss. (2022). Intranasal inoculation of an MVA-based vaccine induces IgA and protects the respiratory tract of hACE2 mice from SARS-CoV-2 infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(24). e2202069119–e2202069119. 40 indexed citations

Liu, Ruikang, Jeffrey L. Americo, Catherine A. Cotter, et al.. (2021). One or two injections of MVA-vectored vaccine shields hACE2 transgenic mice from SARS-CoV-2 upper and lower respiratory tract infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(12). 42 indexed citations

Earl, Patricia L., Jeffrey L. Americo, & Bernard Moss. (2020). Natural killer cells expanded in vivo or ex vivo with IL-15 overcomes the inherent susceptibility of CAST mice to lethal infection with orthopoxviruses. PLoS Pathogens. 16(4). e1008505–e1008505. 40 indexed citations

Reynoso, Glennys V., John P. Shannon, Jeffrey L. Americo, James S. Gibbs, & Heather D. Hickman. (2019). Growth and Purification of Vaccinia Virus Stocks for MPM Imaging. Methods in molecular biology. 2023. 287–299. 3 indexed citations

Reynoso, Glennys V., Andrea S. Weisberg, John P. Shannon, et al.. (2019). Lymph node conduits transport virions for rapid T cell activation. Nature Immunology. 20(5). 602–612. 76 indexed citations

Americo, Jeffrey L., Patricia L. Earl, & Bernard Moss. (2017). Droplet digital PCR for rapid enumeration of viral genomes and particles from cells and animals infected with orthopoxviruses. Virology. 511. 19–22. 18 indexed citations

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Wyatt, Linda S., Wei Xiao, Jeffrey L. Americo, Patricia L. Earl, & Bernard Moss. (2017). Novel Nonreplicating Vaccinia Virus Vector Enhances Expression of Heterologous Genes and Suppresses Synthesis of Endogenous Viral Proteins. mBio. 8(3). 13 indexed citations

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Earl, Patricia L., Jeffrey L. Americo, & Bernard Moss. (2015). Genetic studies of the susceptibility of classical and wild-derived inbred mouse strains to monkeypox virus. Virology. 481. 161–165. 18 indexed citations

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Kastenmayer, Robin J., Liliana Maruri‐Avidal, Jeffrey L. Americo, et al.. (2014). Elimination of A-type inclusion formation enhances cowpox virus replication in mice: Implications for orthopoxvirus evolution. Virology. 452-453. 59–66. 14 indexed citations

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Earl, Patricia L., Jeffrey L. Americo, Catherine A. Cotter, & Bernard Moss. (2014). Comparative live bioluminescence imaging of monkeypox virus dissemination in a wild-derived inbred mouse (Mus musculus castaneus) and outbred African dormouse (Graphiurus kelleni). Virology. 475. 150–158. 38 indexed citations

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Americo, Jeffrey L., Catherine A. Cotter, Jodi L. Vogel, et al.. (2013). Susceptibility of the wild-derived inbred CAST/Ei mouse to infection by orthopoxviruses analyzed by live bioluminescence imaging. Virology. 449. 120–132. 28 indexed citations

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Earl, Patricia L., Jeffrey L. Americo, & Bernard Moss. (2012). Lethal Monkeypox Virus Infection of CAST/EiJ Mice Is Associated with a Deficient Gamma Interferon Response. Journal of Virology. 86(17). 9105–9112. 63 indexed citations

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Nigam, Pragati, Patricia L. Earl, Jeffrey L. Americo, et al.. (2007). DNA/MVA HIV-1/AIDS vaccine elicits long-lived vaccinia virus-specific immunity and confers protection against a lethal monkeypox challenge. Virology. 366(1). 73–83. 37 indexed citations

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Earl, Patricia L., Jeffrey L. Americo, Linda S. Wyatt, et al.. (2007). Recombinant modified vaccinia virus Ankara provides durable protection against disease caused by an immunodeficiency virus as well as long-term immunity to an orthopoxvirus in a non-human primate. Virology. 366(1). 84–97. 51 indexed citations

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Fogg, Christiana N., Jeffrey L. Americo, Shlomo Lustig, et al.. (2007). Adjuvant-enhanced antibody responses to recombinant proteins correlates with protection of mice and monkeys to orthopoxvirus challenges. Vaccine. 25(15). 2787–2799. 65 indexed citations

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Earl, Patricia L., Jeffrey L. Americo, Linda S. Wyatt, et al.. (2004). Immunogenicity of a highly attenuated MVA smallpox vaccine and protection against monkeypox. Nature. 428(6979). 182–185. 352 indexed citations

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Earl, Patricia L., Jeffrey L. Americo, & Bernard Moss. (2003). Development and Use of a Vaccinia Virus Neutralization Assay Based on Flow Cytometric Detection of Green Fluorescent Protein. Journal of Virology. 77(19). 10684–10688. 76 indexed citations

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