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Elena A. Govorkova is affiliated with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on influenza virus studies within the field of medicine, contributing extensively to epidemiology, infectious diseases, and immunology.

The scientist's main areas of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Epidemiology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Immunology
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Agronomy and Crop Science

The key research topics covered in their work are:

  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Viral Infections and Vectors

Govorkova has published extensively in several notable scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Antiviral Research
  • Nature Communications
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Their recent scholarly articles include:

  • "Rapid evolution of A(H5N1) influenza viruses after intercontinental spread to North America," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Global update on the susceptibilities of human influenza viruses to neuraminidase inhibitors and the cap-dependent endonuclease inhibitor baloxavir, 2018-2020," 2022, Antiviral Research
  • "Influenza antivirals and their role in pandemic preparedness," 2022, Antiviral Research
  • "Influenza A and B viruses with reduced baloxavir susceptibility display attenuated in vitro fitness but retain ferret transmissibility," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus in a common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in Florida," 2024, Communications Biology

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Jeremy C. Jones
  • Richard J. Webby
  • Philippe Noriel Q. Pascua
  • Ahmed Kandeil
  • Thomas Fabrizio

Best Publications

  • Role of domestic ducks in the propagation and biological evolution of highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza viruses in Asia

    D. J. Hulse-Post;K. M. Sturm-Ramirez;J. Humberd;P. Seiler

  • Are Ducks Contributing to the Endemicity of Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Influenza Virus in Asia

    K. M. Sturm-Ramirez;D. J. Hulse-Post;E. A. Govorkova;J. Humberd

  • H5N1 Influenza — Continuing Evolution and Spread

    Robert G Webster;Elena A Govorkova

  • T-705 (Favipiravir) Induces Lethal Mutagenesis in Influenza A H1N1 Viruses in Vitro

    Tatiana Baranovich;Sook-San Wong;Jianling Armstrong;Henju Marjuki

  • Lethality to Ferrets of H5N1 Influenza Viruses Isolated from Humans and Poultry in 2004

    Elena A. Govorkova;Jerold E. Rehg;Scott Krauss;Hui-Ling Yen

  • Continuing challenges in influenza

    Robert G. Webster;Elena A. Govorkova

  • The polymerase complex genes contribute to the high virulence of the human H5N1 influenza virus isolate A/Vietnam/1203/04

    Rachelle Salomon;John Franks;Elena A. Govorkova;Natalia A. Ilyushina

  • Evolution of H5N1 avian influenza viruses in Asia

    Jean Thierry Aubin;Saliha Azebi;Amanda Balish;Jill Banks

  • Comparison of Efficacies of RWJ-270201, Zanamivir, and Oseltamivir against H5N1, H9N2, and Other Avian Influenza Viruses

    Elena A. Govorkova;Irina A. Leneva;Olga G. Goloubeva;Karen Bush

  • Responsiveness to a pandemic alert: use of reverse genetics for rapid development of influenza vaccines.

    RJ Webby;Perez;JS Coleman;Y Guan

  • Influenza: Emergence and Control

    Aleksandr S. Lipatov;Elena A. Govorkova;Richard J. Webby;Hiroichi Ozaki

  • Neuraminidase Inhibitor-Resistant Influenza Viruses May Differ Substantially in Fitness and Transmissibility

    Hui-Ling Yen;Hui-Ling Yen;Louise M. Herlocher;Erich Hoffmann;Mikhail N. Matrosovich

  • Characterization of H5N1 Influenza Viruses That Continue To Circulate in Geese in Southeastern China

    Robert G. Webster;Yi Guan;Malik Peiris;David Walker

  • Structure of antigenic sites on the haemagglutinin molecule of H5 avian influenza virus and phenotypic variation of escape mutants.

    Nikolai V. Kaverin;Irina A. Rudneva;Natalia A. Ilyushina;Natalia L. Varich

  • The neuraminidase inhibitor GS4104 (oseltamivir phosphate) is efficacious against A/Hong Kong/156/97 (H5N1) and A/Hong Kong/1074/99 (H9N2) influenza viruses

    Irina A. Leneva;Noel Roberts;Elena A. Govorkova;Olga G. Goloubeva

  • Epitope Mapping of the Hemagglutinin Molecule of a Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Influenza Virus by Using Monoclonal Antibodies

    Nikolai V. Kaverin;Irina A. Rudneva;Elena A. Govorkova;Tatyana A. Timofeeva

  • Virulence may determine the necessary duration and dosage of oseltamivir treatment for highly pathogenic A/Vietnam/1203/04 influenza virus in mice.

    Hui-Ling Yen;Hui-Ling Yen;Arnold S. Monto;Robert G. Webster;Robert G. Webster;Elena A. Govorkova

  • Rapid evolution of A(H5N1) influenza viruses after intercontinental spread to North America

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  • Importance of neuraminidase active-site residues to the neuraminidase inhibitor resistance of influenza viruses

    Hui-Ling Yen;Erich Hoffmann;Garry Taylor;Christoph Scholtissek

  • African green monkey kidney (Vero) cells provide an alternative host cell system for influenza A and B viruses.

    E A Govorkova;G Murti;B Meignier;C de Taisne

  • Immunization with Reverse-Genetics–Produced H5N1 Influenza Vaccine Protects Ferrets against Homologous and Heterologous Challenge

    Elena A. Govorkova;Richard J. Webby;Jennifer Humberd;Jon P. Seiler

  • Neuraminidase Inhibitor-Resistant Recombinant A/Vietnam/1203/04 (H5N1) Influenza Viruses Retain Their Replication Efficiency and Pathogenicity In Vitro and In Vivo

    Hui-Ling Yen;Natalia A. Ilyushina;Rachelle Salomon;Erich Hoffmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert G. Webster
Robert G. Webster St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Richard J. Webby
Richard J. Webby St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Yi Guan
Yi Guan University of Hong Kong
Scott Krauss
Scott Krauss St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Charles J. Russell
Charles J. Russell St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Hui-Ling Yen
Hui-Ling Yen University of Hong Kong
Peter Vogel
Peter Vogel St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Stacey Schultz-Cherry
Stacey Schultz-Cherry St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Malik Peiris
Malik Peiris University of Hong Kong
Young Ki Choi
Young Ki Choi Institute for Basic Science

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