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Gavin JD Smith

Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Verified email at duke-nus.edu.sg
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The emergence of pandemic influenza viruses

Y Guan, D Vijaykrishna, J Bahl, H Zhu, J Wang… - Protein & cell, 2010 - Springer
Pandemic influenza has posed an increasing threat to public health worldwide in the last
decade. In the 20th century, three human pandemic influenza outbreaks occurred in 1918 …

The ecology and adaptive evolution of influenza A interspecies transmission

U Joseph, YCF Su, D Vijaykrishna… - Influenza and other …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Since 2013, there have been several alarming influenza‐related events; the spread of highly
pathogenic avian influenza H5 viruses into North America, the detection of H10N8 and …

Avian influenza viruses in humans: lessons from past outbreaks

YT Li, M Linster, IH Mendenhall, YCF Su… - British Medical …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Human infections with avian influenza viruses (AIV) represent a persistent
public health threat. The principal risk factor governing human infection with AIV is from …

[HTML][HTML] Origins and evolutionary genomics of the 2009 swine-origin H1N1 influenza A epidemic

GJD Smith, D Vijaykrishna, J Bahl, SJ Lycett… - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
Abstract In March and early April 2009, a new swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus (S-OIV)
emerged in Mexico and the United States. During the first few weeks of surveillance, the …

[HTML][HTML] Fatal outcome of human influenza A (H5N1) is associated with high viral load and hypercytokinemia

MD De Jong, CP Simmons, TT Thanh, VM Hien… - Nature medicine, 2006 - nature.com
Abstract Avian influenza A (H5N1) viruses cause severe disease in humans,, but the basis
for their virulence remains unclear. In vitro and animal studies indicate that high and …

[HTML][HTML] Oseltamivir resistance during treatment of influenza A (H5N1) infection

MD De Jong, TT Thanh, TH Khanh… - New england journal …, 2005 - Mass Medical Soc
Influenza A (H5N1) virus with an amino acid substitution in neuraminidase conferring high-
level resistance to oseltamivir was isolated from two of eight Vietnamese patients during …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of a major deletion in the SARS-CoV-2 genome on the severity of infection and the inflammatory response: an observational cohort study

BE Young, SW Fong, YH Chan, TM Mak, LW Ang… - The lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants with a
382-nucleotide deletion (∆ 382) in the open reading frame 8 (ORF8) region of the genome …

Human infection with an avian H9N2 influenza A virus in Hong Kong in 2003

KM Butt, GJD Smith, H Chen, LJ Zhang… - Journal of clinical …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Avian H9N2 influenza A virus has caused repeated human infections in Asia
since 1998. Here we report that an H9N2 influenza virus infected a 5-year-old child in Hong …

[PDF][PDF] Early induction of functional SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells associates with rapid viral clearance and mild disease in COVID-19 patients

AT Tan, M Linster, CW Tan, N Le Bert, WN Chia… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Virus-specific humoral and cellular immunity act synergistically to protect the host from viral
infection. We interrogate the dynamic changes of virological and immunological parameters …

Dating the emergence of pandemic influenza viruses

GJD Smith, J Bahl, D Vijaykrishna… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Pandemic influenza viruses cause significant mortality in humans. In the 20th century, 3
influenza viruses caused major pandemics: the 1918 H1N1 virus, the 1957 H2N2 virus, and …