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Last published 2024
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Wesley A. Bland

Researcher

Also affiliated: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2024); North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (2024)

Graduate Student Researcher

1 h-index 3 pubs 8 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Wesley A. Bland's research focuses on the development and evaluation of vaccines against gammaherpesviruses. His work has investigated replication-deficient gammaherpesvirus vaccines, demonstrating their ability to protect mice from lytic disease and reduce the establishment of latency. This research also showed protection against acute replication, reactivation from latency, and lethal challenges in mouse models. Bland has co-authored three publications with collaborators J. Craig Forrest and Shana M. Owens at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, with his most recent publication in 2024. His scholarly output includes an h-index of 1, with a total of three publications and six citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 1
  • Publications: 3
  • Citations: 8

Selected Publications

  • A replication-deficient gammaherpesvirus vaccine protects mice from lytic disease and reduces latency establishment (2024)
    npj Vaccines 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Replication-dead gammaherpesvirus vaccine protects against acute replication, reactivation from latency, and lethal challenge in mice (2023)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex

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Collaboration Network

11 Collaborators 10 Institutions 1 Country

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