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Overview

David Wang is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medical fields, with a substantial number of publications in infectious diseases, molecular biology, epidemiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and genetics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to viral infections and their impact, including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, viral infections and outbreaks, viral infections and vectors, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, mosquito-borne diseases and control, and COVID-19 clinical research studies.

Frequent publication venues where their work has appeared include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Virology, mSphere, Microbiology Resource Announcements, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Recent publications by David Wang include:

  • Resistance of SARS-CoV-2 variants to neutralization by monoclonal and serum-derived polyclonal antibodies, 2021, Nature Medicine
  • Neutralizing Antibody and Soluble ACE2 Inhibition of a Replication-Competent VSV-SARS-CoV-2 and a Clinical Isolate of SARS-CoV-2, 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  • In vivo monoclonal antibody efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 variant strains, 2021, Nature
  • A potently neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 antibody inhibits variants of concern by utilizing unique binding residues in a highly conserved epitope, 2021, Immunity
  • SARS-CoV-2 E Gene Variant Alters Analytical Sensitivity Characteristics of Viral Detection Using a Commercial Reverse Transcription-PCR Assay, 2021, Journal of Clinical Microbiology

David Wang has worked alongside several frequent co-authors, including Lindsay Droit, Adrianus C. M. Boon, Scott A. Handley, Daved H. Fremont, and Michael Diamond.

Best Publications

  • Disease-specific alterations in the enteric virome in inflammatory bowel disease.

    Jason M. Norman;Scott A. Handley;Megan T. Baldridge;Lindsay Droit

  • Microarray-based detection and genotyping of viral pathogens

    David Wang;Laurent Coscoy;Maxine Zylberberg;Pedro C. Avila

  • Identification of a novel polyomavirus from patients with acute respiratory tract infections.

    Anne M Gaynor;Michael D Nissen;David M Whiley;Ian M Mackay

  • Resistance of SARS-CoV-2 variants to neutralization by monoclonal and serum-derived polyclonal antibodies.

    Rita E. Chen;Xianwen Zhang;James Brett Case;Emma S. Winkler

  • Early life dynamics of the human gut virome and bacterial microbiome in infants

    Efrem S Lim;Yanjiao Zhou;Guoyan Zhao;Irma K Bauer

  • Viral discovery and sequence recovery using DNA microarrays.

    David Wang;Anatoly Urisman;Yu-Tsueng Liu;Michael Springer

  • Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2016

    Claudio L. Afonso;Gaya K. Amarasinghe;Krisztián Bányai;Yīmíng Bào

  • Laboratory mice born to wild mice have natural microbiota and model human immune responses

    Stephan P. Rosshart;Jasmin Herz;Brian G. Vassallo;Ashli Hunter

  • Altered Virome and Bacterial Microbiome in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Associated Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

    Cynthia L. Monaco;David B. Gootenberg;Guoyan Zhao;Scott A. Handley

  • Neutralizing Antibody and Soluble ACE2 Inhibition of a Replication-Competent VSV-SARS-CoV-2 and a Clinical Isolate of SARS-CoV-2.

    James Brett Case;Paul W Rothlauf;Rita E Chen;Zhuoming Liu

  • Natural and Experimental Infection of Caenorhabditis Nematodes by Novel Viruses Related to Nodaviruses

    Marie-Anne Félix;Alyson Ashe;Joséphine Piffaretti;Guang Wu

  • Metagenomic Analysis of Human Diarrhea: Viral Detection and Discovery

    Stacy R Finkbeiner;Adam F Allred;Phillip I Tarr;Eilleen J Klein

  • Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2018

    Gaya K. Amarasinghe;Nidia G. Aréchiga Ceballos;Ashley C. Banyard;Christopher F. Basler

  • Pan-Viral Screening of Respiratory Tract Infections in Adults With and Without Asthma Reveals Unexpected Human Coronavirus and Human Rhinovirus Diversity

    Amy Kistler;Pedro C. Avila;Silvi Rouskin;David Wang

  • Gut DNA viromes of Malawian twins discordant for severe acute malnutrition

    Alejandro Reyes;Laura V. Blanton;Song Cao;Guoyan Zhao

  • Pathogenic Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Is Associated with Expansion of the Enteric Virome

    Scott A. Handley;Larissa B. Thackray;Guoyan Zhao;Rachel Presti

  • Raw Sewage Harbors Diverse Viral Populations

    Paul G. Cantalupo;Byron Calgua;Guoyan Zhao;Ayalkibet Hundesa

  • Identification of a Novel Coronavirus from a Beluga Whale by Using a Panviral Microarray

    Kathie A. Mihindukulasuriya;Guang Wu;Judy St. Leger;Robert W. Nordhausen

  • Intestinal virome changes precede autoimmunity in type I diabetes-susceptible children.

    Guoyan Zhao;Tommi Vatanen;Tommi Vatanen;Lindsay Droit;Arnold Park

  • Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2017

    Gaya K. Amarasinghe;Yīmíng Bào;Christopher F. Basler;Sina Bavari

  • Identification of a Novel Astrovirus (Astrovirus VA1) Associated with an Outbreak of Acute Gastroenteritis

    Stacy R. Finkbeiner;Yan Li;Susan Ruone;Christina Conrardy

Frequent Co-Authors

Norbert Nowotny
Norbert Nowotny University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Daved H. Fremont
Daved H. Fremont Washington University in St. Louis
Robert B. Tesh
Robert B. Tesh The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Michael S. Diamond
Michael S. Diamond Washington University in St. Louis
Theo P. Sloots
Theo P. Sloots University of Queensland
Jonathan S. Towner
Jonathan S. Towner Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Michael D. Nissen
Michael D. Nissen University of Queensland
Dan H. Barouch
Dan H. Barouch Harvard Medical School
Gregory A. Storch
Gregory A. Storch Washington University in St. Louis

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