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Rebecca P. Wilkes

Medicine · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2002
Virology and Viral DiseasesVirus-based gene therapy researchAnimal Virus Infections StudiesMicrobial infections and disease researchHerpesvirus Infections and Treatments

Publications

117

Citations

1,850

Est. group size

~8

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

25

Publishing since 2002

Research summary
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Rebecca P. Wilkes works in veterinary diagnostic microbiology, focusing on identifying infectious agents (viruses, bacteria, and parasites) in animals such as dogs, cats, cattle, horses, and turkeys. Much of the recent work involves developing and applying next-generation sequencing (NGS) and PCR-based tests to detect pathogens like SARS-CoV-2, Moraxella, Bartonella, and various parasites in clinical veterinary samples. This research supports improved diagnostic tools used in veterinary hospitals and diagnostic laboratories.

Veterinary infectious disease diagnosticsNext-generation sequencing (NGS) pathogen detectionAnimal virology (e.g., distemper, herpesvirus, SARS-CoV-2)Bacterial and parasitic pathogens in companion and farm animalsDiagnostic assay development (PCR, sequencing panels)

Publication output has been fairly steady over the last decade, with some year-to-year fluctuation (a dip around 2021, a peak in 2022) but consistent activity averaging over 8 papers per year in the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 8.4/year recently
2017: 6 publications172018: 7 publications182019: 9 publications192020: 8 publications202021: 3 publications212022: 12 publications12222023: 7 publications232024: 7 publications242025: 10 publications252026: 6 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation×10
  • Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine×8
  • Veterinary Microbiology×7
  • Figshare×7
  • Pathogens×6
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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