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Denmark
2026

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Immunology

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88
Citations
31569
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1158
National Ranking
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Medicine

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88
Citations
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National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Immunology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Jens Bukh is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in Medicine, with a focus on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Hepatology. Their work spans molecular biology and radiology related fields, contributing to advancing knowledge in these domains.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies

Bukh has published significantly in journals such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Viruses
  • Hepatology
  • Journal of Hepatology
  • EBioMedicine

Among recent publications credited to or associated with the scientist are:

  • "Renaming of the genus Flavivirus to Orthoflavivirus and extension of binomial species names within the family Flaviviridae," 2023, Archives of Virology
  • "Nirmatrelvir-resistant SARS-CoV-2 variants with high fitness in an infectious cell culture system," 2022, Science Advances
  • "In vitro efficacy of artemisinin-based treatments against SARS-CoV-2," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Overcoming Culture Restriction for SARS-CoV-2 in Human Cells Facilitates the Screening of Compounds Inhibiting Viral Replication," 2021, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • "In vitro Characterization of Fitness and Convalescent Antibody Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Cluster 5 Variant Emerging in Mink at Danish Farms," 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Ulrik Fahnøe
  • Santseharay Ramírez
  • Judith M. Gottwein
  • Anna Offersgaard
  • Nina Weis

Best Publications

  • Consensus proposals for a unified system of nomenclature of hepatitis C virus genotypes.

    Peter Simmonds;Jens Bukh;Christophe Combet;Gilbert Deléage

  • Expanded classification of hepatitis C virus into 7 genotypes and 67 subtypes: Updated criteria and genotype assignment web resource

    Donald B. Smith;Jens Bukh;Carla Kuiken;A. Scott Muerhoff

  • Genetic Heterogeneity of Hepatitis C Virus: Quasispecies and Genotypes

    Jens Bukh;Roger H. Miller;Robert H. Purcell

  • Genomic analysis of the host response to hepatitis C virus infection.

    Andrew I. Su;John P. Pezacki;Lisa Wodicka;Amy D. Brideau

  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Flaviviridae.

    Peter Simmonds;Paul Becher;Jens Bukh;Ernest A. Gould

  • Viral and immunological determinants of hepatitis C virus clearance, persistence, and disease

    Robert Thimme;Jens Bukh;Hans Christian Spangenberg;Stefan Wieland

  • Transcripts from a single full-length cDNA clone of hepatitis C virus are infectious when directly transfected into the liver of a chimpanzee

    Masayuki Yanagi;Robert H. Purcell;Suzanne U. Emerson;Jens Bukh

  • Sequence analysis of the 5' noncoding region of hepatitis C virus.

    Jens Bukh;Robert H. Purcell;Roger H. Miller

  • Classification, nomenclature, and database development for hepatitis C virus (HCV) and related viruses: proposals for standardization

    B Robertson;G Myers;C Howard;T Brettin

  • At least 12 genotypes of hepatitis C virus predicted by sequence analysis of the putative E1 gene of isolates collected worldwide

    Jens Bukh;Robert H. Purcell;Roger H. Miller

  • A virus discovery method incorporating DNase treatment and its application to the identification of two bovine parvovirus species.

    Tobias Allander;Suzanne U. Emerson;Ronald E. Engle;Robert H. Purcell

  • Genetic Epidemiology of Hepatitis C Virus throughout Egypt

    Stuart C. Ray;Ray R. Arthur;Anthony Carella;Jens Bukh

  • In vitro assay for neutralizing antibody to hepatitis C virus: evidence for broadly conserved neutralization epitopes.

    Birke Bartosch;Jens Bukh;Jean-Christophe Meunier;Christelle Granier

  • Development and characterization of hepatitis C virus genotype 1-7 cell culture systems: Role of CD81 and scavenger receptor class B type I and effect of antiviral drugs

    Judith M. Gottwein;Troels K. H. Scheel;Tanja B. Jensen;Jacob B. Lademann

  • Sequence analysis of the core gene of 14 hepatitis C virus genotypes.

    Jens Bukh;Robert H. Purcell;Roger H. Miller

  • The GB viruses: a review and proposed classification of GBV-A, GBV-C (HGV), and GBV-D in genus Pegivirus within the family Flaviviridae

    Jack T. Stapleton;Steven Foung;A. Scott Muerhoff;Jens Bukh;Jens Bukh

  • The p7 polypeptide of hepatitis C virus is critical for infectivity and contains functionally important genotype-specific sequences

    Akito Sakai;Marisa St. Claire;Kristina Faulk;Sugantha Govindarajan

  • Human broadly neutralizing antibodies to the envelope glycoprotein complex of hepatitis C virus

    Erick Giang;Marcus Dorner;Jannick C. Prentoe;Marlène Dreux;Marlène Dreux

  • Importance of primer selection for the detection of hepatitis C virus RNA with the polymerase chain reaction assay.

    Jens Bukh;Robert H. Purcell;Roger H. Miller

  • Mutations that permit efficient replication of hepatitis C virus RNA in Huh-7 cells prevent productive replication in chimpanzees

    Jens Bukh;Thomas Pietschmann;Volker Lohmann;Nicole Krieger

  • SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF THE 5' NON-CODING REGION OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS

    J Bukh;R H Purcell;R H Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Purcell
Robert H. Purcell National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Suzanne U. Emerson
Suzanne U. Emerson National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Lars Vedel Kessing
Lars Vedel Kessing University of Copenhagen
Ronald E. Engle
Ronald E. Engle National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Mansun Law
Mansun Law Scripps Research Institute
Xavier Forns
Xavier Forns University of Barcelona
Maj Vinberg
Maj Vinberg University of Copenhagen
Sugantha Govindarajan
Sugantha Govindarajan University of Southern California
Thomas Benfield
Thomas Benfield Copenhagen University Hospital
Ulrik Gether
Ulrik Gether University of Copenhagen

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