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Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna

Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna

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Microbiology

D-Index
54
Citations
14445
World Ranking
3913
National Ranking
100

Overview

Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The researcher's work primarily focuses on epidemiology, infectious diseases, modeling and simulation, agronomy and crop science, and molecular biology.

Their research topics cover a broad spectrum including Influenza Virus Research Studies, Respiratory Viral Infections Research, Viral Infections and Vectors, COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.

Key recent publications authored or co-authored by them include:

  • Human seasonal influenza under COVID-19 and the potential consequences of influenza lineage elimination, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Off-season RSV epidemics in Australia after easing of COVID-19 restrictions, 2022, Nature Communications
  • The episodic resurgence of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 virus, 2023, Nature
  • Bayesian Evaluation of Temporal Signal in Measurably Evolving Populations, 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Influenza A-associated severe pneumonia in hospitalized patients: Risk factors and NAI treatments, 2020, International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Frequent co-authors collaborating with the researcher include:

  • Kimberly M. Edwards
  • Ruopeng Xie
  • Malik Peiris
  • Benjamin J. Cowling
  • Leo L. M. Poon

The research output appears frequently in publication venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Virology
  • Research Square (Research Square)

The scientific work of Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna spans multiple aspects of infectious disease research with a notable emphasis on viral pathogens, their epidemiology, and modeling their impacts, particularly in the context of influenza viruses and the ongoing challenges posed by respiratory infections including COVID-19.

Best Publications

  • Origins and evolutionary genomics of the 2009 swine-origin H1N1 influenza A epidemic.

    Gavin J. D. Smith;Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna;Justin Bahl;Samantha J. Lycett

  • Establishment of multiple sublineages of H5N1 influenza virus in Asia: Implications for pandemic control

    H. Chen;G. J.D. Smith;G. J.D. Smith;K. S. Li;J. Wang

  • Dating the emergence of pandemic influenza viruses

    Gavin J. D. Smith;Justin Bahl;Justin Bahl;Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna;Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna;Jinxia Zhang;Jinxia Zhang

  • A Phylogenetic Evaluation of Whether Endophytes Become Saprotrophs at Host Senescence

    Itthayakorn Promputtha;Saisamorn Lumyong;Vijaykrishna Dhanasekaran;Eric Huge Charles McKenzie

  • Reassortment of pandemic H1N1/2009 influenza A virus in swine.

    D. Vijaykrishna;D. Vijaykrishna;L. L. M. Poon;H. C. Zhu;H. C. Zhu;S. K. Ma

  • Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Coronaviruses in Bats from China

    X. C. Tang;J. X. Zhang;S. Y. Zhang;P. Wang

  • Emergence and predominance of an H5N1 influenza variant in China

    G. J. D. Smith;X. H. Fan;J. Wang;K. S. Li

  • Evolutionary insights into the ecology of coronaviruses.

    D. Vijaykrishna;G. J. D. Smith;J. X. Zhang;J. S. M. Peiris

  • Evolution and adaptation of H5N1 influenza virus in avian and human hosts in Indonesia and Vietnam.

    G.J.D. Smith;T.S.P. Naipospos;T.D. Nguyen;M.D. de Jong

  • The Genesis and Evolution of H9N2 Influenza Viruses in Poultry from Southern China, 2000 to 2005

    K. M. Xu;G. J. D. Smith;G. J. D. Smith;J. Bahl;J. Bahl;L. Duan;L. Duan

  • Long-term evolution and transmission dynamics of swine influenza A virus

    Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna;Gavin J. D. Smith;Gavin J. D. Smith;Gavin J. D. Smith;Oliver G. Pybus;Huachen Zhu;Huachen Zhu

  • Ancient origins determine global biogeography of hot and cold desert cyanobacteria

    Justin Bahl;Maggie C.Y. Lau;Gavin J.D. Smith;Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna

  • Human CD8+ T cell cross-reactivity across influenza A, B and C viruses

    Marios Koutsakos;Patricia T. Illing;Thi H. O. Nguyen;Nicole A. Mifsud

  • The contrasting phylodynamics of human influenza B viruses

    Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna;Edward C. Holmes;Udayan Joseph;Mathieu Fourment

  • The emergence of pandemic influenza viruses

    Yi Guan;Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna;Justin Bahl;Huachen Zhu

  • The Broad Host Range and Genetic Diversity of Mammalian and Avian Astroviruses

    Celeste Donato;Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna;Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna

  • Evolutionary dynamics and emergence of panzootic H5N1 influenza viruses.

    Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna;Justin Bahl;Justin Bahl;Steven Riley;Lian Duan;Lian Duan

  • Temporally structured metapopulation dynamics and persistence of influenza A H3N2 virus in humans

    Justin Bahl;Martha I. Nelson;Kwok H. Chan;Rubing Chen

  • The development and genetic diversity of H5N1 influenza virus in China, 1996-2006.

    L. Duan;J. Bahl;J. Bahl;G.J.D. Smith;G.J.D. Smith;J. Wang;J. Wang

  • Detection of a novel and highly divergent coronavirus from asian leopard cats and Chinese ferret badgers in Southern China.

    B. Q. Dong;W. Liu;X. H. Fan;D. Vijaykrishna

  • Off-season RSV epidemics in Australia after easing of COVID-19 restrictions

    John-Sebastian Eden;Chisha Sikazwe;Ruopeng Xie;Yi-Mo Deng;Yi-Mo Deng

Frequent Co-Authors

Gavin J. D. Smith
Gavin J. D. Smith Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Yi Guan
Yi Guan University of Hong Kong
Ian G. Barr
Ian G. Barr University of Melbourne
Robert G. Webster
Robert G. Webster St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Aeron C. Hurt
Aeron C. Hurt Roche (Switzerland)
Leo L. M. Poon
Leo L. M. Poon University of Hong Kong
Joseph S. M. Peiris
Joseph S. M. Peiris University of Hong Kong
Sebastian Maurer-Stroh
Sebastian Maurer-Stroh Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Kevin D. Hyde
Kevin D. Hyde Mae Fah Luang University
Kennedy F. Shortridge
Kennedy F. Shortridge University of Hong Kong

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