Joan B. Geisbert

Effective Post-Exposure Treatment of Ebola Infection (2007)

Heinz Feldmann, Steven M. Jones, Joan B. Geisbert, Ute Ströher, Allen Grolla, ...

Ebola viruses are highly lethal human pathogens that have received considerable attention in recent years due to an increasing re-emergence in Central Africa and a potential for use as a biological...

Neutralizing Antibody Fails to Impact the Course of Ebola Virus Infection in Monkeys (2007)

Wendelien B. Oswald, Thomas W. Geisbert, Kelly J. Davis, Joan B. Geisbert, Nancy J. Sullivan, Peter B. Jahrling, ...

Prophylaxis with high doses of neutralizing antibody typically offers protection against challenge with viruses producing acute infections. In this study, we have investigated the ability of the...

Immune Protection of Nonhuman Primates against Ebola Virus with Single Low-Dose Adenovirus Vectors Encoding Modified GPs (2006)

Nancy J. Sullivan, Thomas W. Geisbert, Joan B. Geisbert, Devon J. Shedlock, Ling Xu, Laurie Lamoreaux, ...

A simplified Ebola vaccine that consists of a modified GP protein (which is well-tolerated by human cells even at high concentrations) in a replication-defective adenoviral vector protects macaques.

Immune Protection of Nonhuman Primates against Ebola Virus with Single Low-Dose Adenovirus Vectors Encoding Modified GPs (2006)

Nancy J. Sullivan, Thomas W. Geisbert, Joan B. Geisbert, Devon J. Shedlock, Ling Xu, Laurie Lamoreaux, ...

BackgroundEbola virus causes a hemorrhagic fever syndrome that is associated with high mortality in humans. In the absence of effective therapies for Ebola virus infection, the development of a...

Development of a New Vaccine for the Prevention of Lassa Fever (2005)

Thomas W. Geisbert, Steven Jones, Elizabeth A. Fritz, Amy C. Shurtleff, Joan B. Geisbert, Ryan Liebscher, ...

A replication-competent vaccine based on attenuated recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus vector protects non- human primates.

Development of a New Vaccine for the Prevention of Lassa Fever (2005)

Thomas W. Geisbert, Steven Jones, Elizabeth A. Fritz, Amy C. Shurtleff, Joan B. Geisbert, Ryan Liebscher, ...

Background Recent importation of Lassa fever into Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States by travelers on commercial airlines from Africa underscores the public health...

Comparison of the Protective Efficacy of DNA and Baculovirus-Derived Protein Vaccines for EBOLA Virus in Guinea Pigs (1998)

Mellquist-Riemenschneider, Jenny L., Garrison, Aura R., Geisbert, Joan B., Saikh, Kamal U., Heidebrink, Kelli D.

The filoviruses Ebola virus (EBOV) and Marburg virus (MARV) cause severe hemorrhagic fever in humans for which no vaccines are available. Previously, a priming dose of a DNA vaccine expressing the...

Treatment of Ebola Virus Infection With a Recombinant Inhibitor of Factor Vlla/Tissue Factor: A Study in Rhesus Monkeys (1998)

Geisbert, Thomas W., Hensley, Lisa E., Jahrling, Peter B., Larsen, Tom, Geisbert, Joan B.

Infection with the Ebola virus induces overexpression of the procoagulant tissue factor in primate monocytes and macrophages, suggesting that inhibition of the tissue-factor pathway could ameliorate...

Live Attenuated Recombinant Vaccine Protects Nonhuman Primates Against Ebola and Marburg Viruses (1998)

Jones, Steven M., Feldmann, Heinz, Stroher, Ute, Geisbert, Joan B., Fernando, Lisa, Grolla, Allen, ...

Vaccines and therapies are urgently needed to address public health needs stemming from emerging pathogens and biological threat agents such as the filoviruses Ebola virus (EBOV) and Marburg virus...

Postexposure Protection Against Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever with Recombinant Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Vectors in Non-Human Primates: An Efficacy Assessment (1998)

Daddario-DiCaprio, Kathleen M., Geisbert, Thomas W., Stroher, Ute, Geisbert, Joan B., Grolla, Allen, Fritz, Elizabeth A., ...

Effective countermeasures are urgently needed to prevent and treat infections caused by highly pathogenic and biological threat agents such as Marburg virus (MARV). We aimed to test the efficacy of a...

Development of a New Vaccine for the Prevention of Lassa Fever

Geisbert, Thomas W, Jones, Steven, Fritz, Elizabeth A, Shurtleff, Amy C, Geisbert, Joan B, Liebscher, Ryan, ...

A replication-competent vaccine based on attenuated recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus vector protects non- human primates.

Immune Protection of Nonhuman Primates against Ebola Virus with Single Low-Dose Adenovirus Vectors Encoding Modified GPs

Sullivan, Nancy J, Geisbert, Thomas W, Geisbert, Joan B, Shedlock, Devon J, Xu, Ling, Lamoreaux, Laurie, ...

A simplified Ebola vaccine that consists of a modified GP protein (which is well-tolerated by human cells even at high concentrations) in a replication-defective adenoviral vector protects macaques.

Development of a New Vaccine for the Prevention of Lassa Fever

Geisbert, Thomas W, Jones, Steven, Fritz, Elizabeth A, Shurtleff, Amy C, Geisbert, Joan B, Liebscher, Ryan, ...

A replication-competent vaccine based on attenuated recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus vector protects non- human primates.

Immune Protection of Nonhuman Primates against Ebola Virus with Single Low-Dose Adenovirus Vectors Encoding Modified GPs

Sullivan, Nancy J, Geisbert, Thomas W, Geisbert, Joan B, Shedlock, Devon J, Xu, Ling, Lamoreaux, Laurie, ...

A simplified Ebola vaccine that consists of a modified GP protein (which is well-tolerated by human cells even at high concentrations) in a replication-defective adenoviral vector protects macaques.

Neutralizing Antibody Fails to Impact the Course of Ebola Virus Infection in Monkeys

Oswald, Wendelien B, Geisbert, Thomas W, Davis, Kelly J, Geisbert, Joan B, Sullivan, Nancy J, Jahrling, Peter B, ...

Prophylaxis with high doses of neutralizing antibody typically offers protection against challenge with viruses producing acute infections. In this study, we have investigated the ability of the...

Effective Post-Exposure Treatment of Ebola Infection

Feldmann, Heinz, Jones, Steven M, Daddario-DiCaprio, Kathleen M, Geisbert, Joan B, Ströher, Ute, Grolla, Allen, ...

Ebola viruses are highly lethal human pathogens that have received considerable attention in recent years due to an increasing re-emergence in Central Africa and a potential for use as a biological...

Cross-Protection against Marburg Virus Strains by Using a Live, Attenuated Recombinant Vaccine

Daddario-DiCaprio, Kathleen M., Geisbert, Thomas W., Geisbert, Joan B., Ströher, Ute, Hensley, Lisa E., Grolla, Allen, ...

Marburg virus (MARV) has been associated with sporadic episodes of hemorrhagic fever, including a recent highly publicized outbreak in Angola that produced severe disease and significant mortality in...

Pathogenesis of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in Cynomolgus Macaques: Evidence that Dendritic Cells Are Early and Sustained Targets of Infection

Geisbert, Thomas W., Hensley, Lisa E., Larsen, Tom, Young, Howard A., Reed, Douglas S., Geisbert, Joan B., ...

Ebola virus (EBOV) infection causes a severe and fatal hemorrhagic disease that in many ways appears to be similar in humans and nonhuman primates; however, little is known about the development of...

Proteolytic Processing of the Ebola Virus Glycoprotein Is Not Critical for Ebola Virus Replication in Nonhuman Primates▿

Neumann, Gabriele, Geisbert, Thomas W., Ebihara, Hideki, Geisbert, Joan B., Daddario-DiCaprio, Kathleen M., Feldmann, Heinz, ...

Enveloped viruses often require cleavage of a surface glycoprotein by a cellular endoprotease such as furin for infectivity and virulence. Previously, we showed that Ebola virus glycoprotein does not...

Recombinant Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Vector Mediates Postexposure Protection against Sudan Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in Nonhuman Primates▿

Geisbert, Thomas W., Daddario-DiCaprio, Kathleen M., Williams, Kinola J. N., Geisbert, Joan B., Leung, Anders, Feldmann, Friederike, ...

Recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) vectors expressing homologous filoviral glycoproteins can completely protect rhesus monkeys against Marburg virus when administered after exposure and can...