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Gwong-Jen J. Chang is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to the fields of public health, environmental and occupational health, infectious diseases, molecular biology, insect science, and epidemiology.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as mosquito-borne diseases and control, viral infections and vectors, malaria research and control, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, virology and viral diseases, pain mechanisms and treatments, and cancer treatment and pharmacology.

Chang has published articles in several scientific venues, including Food Science and Human Wellness, Frontiers in Microbiology, Emerging Microbes & Infections, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, and the Journal of Virology.

Recent publications include:

  • Application of Next-Generation Sequencing to Reveal How Evolutionary Dynamics of Viral Population Shape Dengue Epidemiology (2020, Frontiers in Microbiology)
  • Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays using virus-like particles containing mutations of conserved residues on envelope protein can distinguish three flavivirus infections (2020, Emerging Microbes & Infections)
  • Low-temperature culture enhances production of flavivirus virus-like particles in mammalian cells (2024, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology)
  • Development of HEK-293 Cell Lines Constitutively Expressing Flaviviral Antigens for Use in Diagnostics (2022, Microbiology Spectrum)
  • Epitope(s) involving amino acids of the fusion loop of Japanese encephalitis virus envelope protein is(are) important to elicit protective immunity (2024, Journal of Virology)

Chang has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Day-Yu Chao, Yi-Chin Fan, Jo-Mei Chen, Yi-Ying Chen, and Shyan-Song Chiou.

Best Publications

  • Rapid detection and typing of dengue viruses from clinical samples by using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction.

    R. S. Lanciotti;C. H. Calisher;D. J. Gubler;Gwong-Jen Chang

  • Phylogeny of the genus Flavivirus.

    Goro Kuno;Gwong-Jen J. Chang;K. Richard Tsuchiya;Nick Karabatsos

  • West Nile Virus Recombinant DNA Vaccine Protects Mouse and Horse from Virus Challenge and Expresses In Vitro a Noninfectious Recombinant Antigen That Can Be Used in Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays

    Brent S. Davis;Gwong-Jen J. Chang;Bruce Cropp;John T. Roehrig

  • Full-length sequencing and genomic characterization of Bagaza, Kedougou, and Zika viruses

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  • CONSTRUCTION OF INFECTIOUS CDNA CLONES FOR DENGUE 2 VIRUS : STRAIN 16681 AND ITS ATTENUATED VACCINE DERIVATIVE, STRAIN PDK-53

    Richard M. Kinney;Siritorn Butrapet;Gwong-Jen J. Chang;Kiyotaka R. Tsuchiya

  • Antibodies to Envelope Glycoprotein of Dengue Virus during the Natural Course of Infection Are Predominantly Cross-Reactive and Recognize Epitopes Containing Highly Conserved Residues at the Fusion Loop of Domain II

    Chih-Yun Lai;Wen-Yang Tsai;Su-Ru Lin;Chuan-Liang Kao

  • Localization and Characterization of Flavivirus Envelope Glycoprotein Cross-Reactive Epitopes

    Wayne D. Crill;Gwong-Jen J. Chang

  • Biological Transmission of Arboviruses: Reexamination of and New Insights into Components, Mechanisms, and Unique Traits as Well as Their Evolutionary Trends

    Goro Kuno;Gwong-Jen J. Chang

  • Fever and multisystem organ failure associated with 17D-204 yellow fever vaccination: a report of four cases.

    Michael Martin;Michael Martin;Theodore F Tsai;Bruce Cropp;Gwong-Jen J Chang

  • Development of Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assays To Detect and Serotype Dengue Viruses

    Li-Jung Chien;Tsai-Ling Liao;Pei-Yun Shu;Jyh-Hsiung Huang

  • Attenuation of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus strain TC-83 is encoded by the 5'-noncoding region and the E2 envelope glycoprotein.

    Richard M. Kinney;Gwong Jen Chang;Kiyotaka R. Tsuchiya;Judith M. Sneider

  • Chimeric Dengue Type 2 (Vaccine Strain PDK-53)/Dengue Type 1 Virus as a Potential Candidate Dengue Type 1 Virus Vaccine

    Claire Y.-H. Huang;Siritorn Butrapet;Siritorn Butrapet;Dennis J. Pierro;Gwong-Jen J. Chang

  • Phylogenetic relationships of dengue-2 viruses.

    Joyce A. Lewis;Gwong Jen Chang;Robert S. Lanciotti;Richard M. Kinney

  • Nucleotide sequence of the virulent SA-14 strain of Japanese encephalitis virus and its attenuated vaccine derivative, SA-14-14-2

    Sorachai Nitayaphan;Joyce A. Grant;Gwong Jen J. Chang;Dennis W. Trent

  • A West Nile Virus DNA Vaccine Induces Neutralizing Antibody in Healthy Adults during a Phase 1 Clinical Trial

    Julie E. Martin;Theodore C. Pierson;Sarah Hubka;Steve Rucker

  • Humoral immune responses of dengue fever patients using epitope-specific serotype-2 virus-like particle antigens.

    Wayne D. Crill;Holly R. Hughes;Mark J. Delorey;Gwong-Jen J. Chang

  • A single intramuscular injection of recombinant plasmid DNA induces protective immunity and prevents Japanese encephalitis in mice.

    Gwong-Jen J. Chang;Ann R. Hunt;Brent Davis

  • Experimental infection of cats and dogs with West Nile virus.

    Laura E. Austgen;Richard A. Bowen;Michel L. Bunning;Brent S. Davis

  • Laboratory diagnosis of dengue virus infection: current and future perspectives in clinical diagnosis and public health.

    Chuan-Liang Kao;Chwan-Chuen King;Day-Yu Chao;Hui-Lin Wu

  • Development of Multiplex Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assays for Detecting Eight Medically Important Flaviviruses in Mosquitoes

    Day-Yu Chao;Brent S. Davis;Gwong-Jen J. Chang

  • Enhancing biosynthesis and secretion of premembrane and envelope proteins by the chimeric plasmid of dengue virus type 2 and Japanese encephalitis virus.

    Gwong-Jen J. Chang;Ann R. Hunt;Derek A. Holmes;Tracy Springfield

Frequent Co-Authors

Han-Chung Wu
Han-Chung Wu National Chung Hsing University
Chwan-Chuen King
Chwan-Chuen King National Taiwan University
Yi-Ling Lin
Yi-Ling Lin Academia Sinica
John T. Roehrig
John T. Roehrig Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Duane J. Gubler
Duane J. Gubler Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Richard A. Bowen
Richard A. Bowen Colorado State University
Chuan-Liang Kao
Chuan-Liang Kao National Taiwan University
Robert S. Lanciotti
Robert S. Lanciotti Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Richard M. Kinney
Richard M. Kinney Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sherif R. Zaki
Sherif R. Zaki Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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