Author

Vaughn V. Wicker

Observed name: Vaughn Wicker

Institutions: Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases

Observed institutions: Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Department of Health and Human Services, University of Kinshasa, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

ORCID: 0000-0003-4407-9489

Observed ORCID: 0000-0003-4407-9489

OpenAlex ID: A5007761011

Genomic deletions and rearrangements in monkeypox virus from the 2022 outbreak, USA

2022 · Crystal M. Gigante, Matthew Plumb, et al. · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 23

Human-to-Human Rabies Transmission via Solid Organ Transplantation from a Donor with Undiagnosed Rabies — United States, October 2024–February 2025

2025 · Rebecca Earnest, Kris K. Carter, et al. · MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report · 12

Patterns of genomic deletions in monkeypox virus during the 2022 outbreak in the United States

2025 · Crystal M. Gigante, Daisy McGrath, et al. · Nature Communications · 12

The Challenge of Lyssavirus Infections in Domestic and Other Animals: A Mix of Virological Confusion, Consternation, Chagrin, and Curiosity

2025 · Charles E. Rupprecht, Aniruddha V. Belsare, et al. · Pathogens · 11

Postmortem Diagnosis of Rabies in Animals by the Updated, Multiplexed LN34 Real-Time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay

2025 · Crystal M. Gigante, Vaughn Wicker, et al. · Journal of Visualized Experiments · 6

Monkeypox Virus Partial-Genome Amplicon Sequencing for Improvement of Genomic Surveillance during Mpox Outbreaks

2025 · Jiusheng Deng, Daisy McGrath, et al. · Emerging infectious diseases · 5

Optimization of pan-lyssavirus LN34 assay for streamlined rabies diagnostics by real-time RT-PCR

2024 · Crystal M. Gigante, Vaughn Wicker, et al. · Journal of Virological Methods · 5

Human Rabies Deaths — Minnesota and California, 2024

2026 · Malia Ireland, Curtis L. Fritz, et al. · MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report · 4

High sensitivity of the Bionote Anigen Rapid Rabies Antigen Test in detection of diverse rabies virus variants suggests utility for global rabies control

2026 · Lillian A. Orciari, Vaughn Wicker, et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2

Works count: 9

Citation count: 80

H-index: 5

I10-index: 4