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Immunology

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143
Citations
147264
World Ranking
146
National Ranking
6

Medicine

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143
Citations
147248
World Ranking
1462
National Ranking
69

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award
  • 2021 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Microbiology and Immunology

Overview

Christian Drosten is affiliated with Charité - University Medicine Berlin in Germany and specializes predominantly in the field of Medicine. Their research encompasses multiple subfields, including Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Immunology, Animal Science and Zoology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's main topics of work cover a range of issues related to viral infections and public health, notably:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection

Christian Drosten has contributed to numerous publications, with a significant number appearing in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Emerging infectious diseases, Eurosurveillance, Research Square, and Nature. The distribution of publications across these venues reflects ongoing engagement with both preprint and peer-reviewed platforms.

Recent papers by or involving Christian Drosten include the following:

  • "SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor," 2020, published in Cell
  • "Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR," 2020, published in Eurosurveillance
  • "The species Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus: classifying 2019-nCoV and naming it SARS-CoV-2," 2020, published in Nature Microbiology
  • "Virological assessment of hospitalized patients with COVID-2019," 2020, published in Nature
  • "Transmission of 2019-nCoV Infection from an Asymptomatic Contact in Germany," 2020, published in New England Journal of Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Christian Drosten include:

  • Victor M. Corman
  • Marcel A. Müller
  • Daniela Niemeyer
  • Terry C. Jones
  • Barbara Mühlemann

Christian Drosten has been recognized by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften in 2021 for contributions in Microbiology and Immunology.

Best Publications

  • SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor

    Markus Hoffmann;Hannah Kleine-Weber;Simon Schroeder;Nadine Krüger

  • Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR.

    Victor M. Corman;Olfert Landt;Marco Kaiser;Richard Molenkamp

  • Virological assessment of hospitalized patients with COVID-2019.

    Roman Wölfel;Victor M. Corman;Wolfgang Guggemos;Michael Seilmaier

  • The species Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus: classifying 2019-nCoV and naming it SARS-CoV-2

    Alexander E. Gorbalenya;Susan C. Baker;Ralph S. Baric;Raoul J. de Groot

  • Identification of a novel coronavirus in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome.

    Christian Drosten;Stephan Günther;Wolfgang Preiser;Sylvie van der Werf

  • Transmission of 2019-nCoV Infection from an Asymptomatic Contact in Germany.

    Camilla Rothe;Mirjam Schunk;Peter Sothmann;Gisela Bretzel

  • The continuing 2019-nCoV epidemic threat of novel coronaviruses to global health - The latest 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China.

    David S. Hui;Esam Ei Azhar;Tariq A. Madani;Francine Ntoumi

  • Characterization of a novel coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome.

    Paul A. Rota;M. Steven Oberste;Stephan S. Monroe;W. Allan Nix

  • Crystal structure of SARS-CoV-2 main protease provides a basis for design of improved α-ketoamide inhibitors

    Linlin Zhang;Daizong Lin;Xinyuanyuan Sun;Ute Curth

  • Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 is a functional receptor for the emerging human coronavirus-EMC

    V. Stalin Raj;Huihui Mou;Saskia L. Smits;Dick H. W. Dekkers

  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus: The species and its viruses – a statement of the Coronavirus Study Group

    Alexander E. Gorbalenya;Alexander E. Gorbalenya;Susan C. Baker;Ralph Baric;Raoul J. de Groot

  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2-Specific Antibody Responses in Coronavirus Disease Patients

    Nisreen M.A. Okba;Marcel A. Müller;Wentao Li;Chunyan Wang

  • Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV): announcement of the Coronavirus Study Group.

    Raoul J. de Groot;Susan C. Baker;Ralph S. Baric;Caroline S. Brown

  • Severe COVID-19 Is Marked by a Dysregulated Myeloid Cell Compartment.

    Jonas Schulte-Schrepping;Nico Reusch;Daniela Paclik;Kevin Baßler

  • Olfactory transmucosal SARS-CoV-2 invasion as a port of central nervous system entry in individuals with COVID-19.

    Jenny Meinhardt;Josefine Radke;Carsten Dittmayer;Jonas Franz;Jonas Franz

  • Newly discovered coronavirus as the primary cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome

    Thijs Kuiken;Ron A.M. Fouchier;Martin Schutten;Guus F. Rimmelzwaan

  • COVID-19 severity correlates with airway epithelium-immune cell interactions identified by single-cell analysis.

    Robert Lorenz Chua;Soeren Lukassen;Saskia Trump;Bianca P. Hennig

  • SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells in healthy donors and patients with COVID-19.

    Julian Braun;Lucie Loyal;Marco Frentsch;Daniel Wendisch

  • Evidence that TMPRSS2 Activates the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Spike Protein for Membrane Fusion and Reduces Viral Control by the Humoral Immune Response

    Ilona Glowacka;Stephanie Bertram;Marcel A. Müller;Paul Allen

  • Hosts and Sources of Endemic Human Coronaviruses.

    Victor M. Corman;Doreen Muth;Daniela Niemeyer;Christian Drosten

  • Comparative pathogenesis of COVID-19, MERS, and SARS in a nonhuman primate model.

    Barry Rockx;Thijs Kuiken;Sander Herfst;Theo Bestebroer

Frequent Co-Authors

Victor M. Corman
Victor M. Corman Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Marcel A. Müller
Marcel A. Müller Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Jan Felix Drexler
Jan Felix Drexler Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Marcus Panning
Marcus Panning Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Sandra Junglen
Sandra Junglen Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Stephan Günther
Stephan Günther Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Eric M. Leroy
Eric M. Leroy Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Martin Witzenrath
Martin Witzenrath Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Norbert Suttorp
Norbert Suttorp Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Volker Thiel
Volker Thiel University of Bern

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