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David Safronetz

David Safronetz

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Microbiology

D-Index
47
Citations
8019
World Ranking
4796
National Ranking
143

Overview

David Safronetz is affiliated with the University of Manitoba in Canada and specializes in the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, and Immunology. Their work covers a wide variety of topics related to viral infections, outbreaks, and control.

Their research topics include:

  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies

Frequent publication venues for their research are:

  • Emerging infectious diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Viruses
  • Journal of Virology
  • Emerging Microbes & Infections

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by David Safronetz include:

  • "SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission in the North American deer mouse" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "Characterization of a novel STAT 2 knock-out hamster model of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus pathogenesis" (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Vesicular Stomatitis Virus: From Agricultural Pathogen to Vaccine Vector" (2021), published in Pathogens
  • "In vitro and in vivo efficacy of tecovirimat against a recently emerged 2022 monkeypox virus isolate" (2022), published in Science Translational Medicine
  • "An introduction to the Marburg virus vaccine consortium, MARVAC" (2022), published in PLoS Pathogens

The scientist has worked extensively with a number of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Darwyn Kobasa
  • Kevin Tierney
  • Bryce M. Warner
  • Geoff Soule
  • Nikesh Tailor

Best Publications

  • Molecular Evidence of Sexual Transmission of Ebola Virus

    Suzanne E Mate;Jeffrey R Kugelman;Tolbert G Nyenswah;Jason T Ladner

  • Host genetic diversity enables Ebola hemorrhagic fever pathogenesis and resistance

    Angela L. Rasmussen;Atsushi Okumura;Atsushi Okumura;Martin T Ferris;Richard Green

  • Zika viral dynamics and shedding in rhesus and cynomolgus macaques.

    Christa E. Osuna;So Yon Lim;Claire Deleage;Bryan D. Griffin

  • Nanopore Sequencing as a Rapidly Deployable Ebola Outbreak Tool

    Thomas Hoenen;Allison Groseth;Kyle Rosenke;Robert J. Fischer

  • Characterization of a novel STAT 2 knock-out hamster model of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus pathogenesis

    Charlene Ranadheera;Emelissa J. Valcourt;Bryce M. Warner;Bryce M. Warner;Guillaume Poliquin;Guillaume Poliquin

  • Lethal Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Infection in Interferon α/β Receptor Knockout Mice Is Associated With High Viral Loads, Proinflammatory Responses, and Coagulopathy

    Marko Zivcec;David Safronetz;Dana Scott;Shelly Robertson

  • A recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus-based Lassa fever vaccine protects guinea pigs and macaques against challenge with geographically and genetically distinct Lassa viruses.

    David Safronetz;Chad Mire;Kyle Rosenke;Friederike Feldmann

  • Validation of assays to monitor immune responses in the Syrian golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus).

    Marko Zivcec;David Safronetz;Elaine Haddock;Heinz Feldmann;Heinz Feldmann

  • Mutation rate and genotype variation of Ebola virus from Mali case sequences

    T. Hoenen;D. Safronetz;A. Groseth;K. R. Wollenberg

  • Detection of Lassa virus, Mali.

    David Safronetz;Job E. Lopez;Nafomon Sogoba;Sékou F. Traore

  • A Novel Model of Lethal Hendra Virus Infection in African Green Monkeys and the Effectiveness of Ribavirin Treatment

    Barry Rockx;Katharine N. Bossart;Friederike Feldmann;Joan B. Geisbert

  • Lassa fever in West Africa: evidence for an expanded region of endemicity.

    N. Sogoba;H. Feldmann;D. Safronetz

  • Immunobiology of Ebola and Lassa virus infections

    Joseph B. Prescott;Andrea Marzi;David Safronetz;Shelly J. Robertson

  • The broad-spectrum antiviral favipiravir protects guinea pigs from lethal Lassa virus infection post-disease onset

    David Safronetz;Kyle Rosenke;Jonna B. Westover;Cynthia Martellaro

  • Global Interactomics Uncovers Extensive Organellar Targeting by Zika Virus.

    Etienne Coyaud;Charlene Ranadheera;Derrick Cheng;João Gonçalves

  • Pandemic Swine-Origin H1N1 Influenza A Virus Isolates Show Heterogeneous Virulence in Macaques

    David Safronetz;Barry Rockx;Friederike Feldmann;Sarah E. Belisle

  • Use of Favipiravir to Treat Lassa Virus Infection in Macaques.

    Kyle Rosenke;Heinz Feldmann;Jonna B. Westover;Patrick William Hanley

  • Vesicular Stomatitis Virus-Based Vaccine Protects Hamsters against Lethal Challenge with Andes Virus

    Kyle S. Brown;David Safronetz;Andrea Marzi;Hideki Ebihara

  • SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission in the North American deer mouse.

    Bryan D Griffin;Mable Chan;Nikesh Tailor;Emelissa J Mendoza

  • Vesicular Stomatitis Virus–Based Vaccines against Lassa and Ebola Viruses

    Andrea Marzi;Friederike Feldmann;Thomas W. Geisbert;Heinz Feldmann

  • DNA vaccination protects mice against Zika virus-induced damage to the testes.

    Bryan D. Griffin;Bryan D. Griffin;Kar Muthumani;Bryce M. Warner;Bryce M. Warner;Anna Majer

  • Evaluation of 5 Commercially Available Zika Virus Immunoassays.

    David Safronetz;Angela Sloan;Derek R. Stein;Emelissa Mendoza

  • Adenovirus vectors expressing hantavirus proteins protect hamsters against lethal challenge with andes virus.

    David Safronetz;David Safronetz;David Safronetz;Nagendra R. Hegde;Hideki Ebihara;Hideki Ebihara;Michael Denton

  • Evaluation of Euroimmun Anti-Zika Virus IgM and IgG Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for Zika Virus Serologic Testing

    Arnaud G. L'Huillier;Anne Hamid-Allie;Erik Kristjanson;Louis Papageorgiou

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinz Feldmann
Heinz Feldmann National Institutes of Health
Volker Gerdts
Volker Gerdts University of Saskatchewan
Wangxue Chen
Wangxue Chen National Research Council Canada
Alan S. Perelson
Alan S. Perelson Los Alamos National Laboratory
Xiangguo Qiu
Xiangguo Qiu Public Health Agency of Canada
Andrea Marzi
Andrea Marzi National Institutes of Health
Jonathan B. Gubbay
Jonathan B. Gubbay BC Children's Hospital Foundation
Gary Kobinger
Gary Kobinger The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Anne-Claude Gingras
Anne-Claude Gingras Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Nicholas H. Ogden
Nicholas H. Ogden Public Health Agency of Canada

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