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Overview

Jing Zou is affiliated with The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Medicine, with a concentrated focus on Infectious Diseases, Animal Science and Zoology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Neurology, and Molecular Biology.

The core topics of their work include studies on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, covering detection, clinical research, and virus infection mechanisms. Other notable research domains involve animal virus infections, mosquito-borne diseases and control, viral gastroenteritis epidemiology, and viral infections and vectors.

Jing Zou has contributed to multiple scientific publications documented in various reputed venues. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature
  • Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • npj Vaccines

Their recent significant papers include:

  • Spike mutation D614G alters SARS-CoV-2 fitness, 2020, Nature
  • Loss of furin cleavage site attenuates SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis, 2021, Nature
  • An Infectious cDNA Clone of SARS-CoV-2, 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  • Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 spike 69/70 deletion, E484K and N501Y variants by BNT162b2 vaccine-elicited sera, 2021, Nature Medicine
  • Low neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.75.2, BQ.1.1 and XBB.1 by parental mRNA vaccine or a BA.5 bivalent booster, 2022, Nature Medicine

Jing Zou frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Pei-Yong Shi
  • Xuping Xie
  • Hongjie Xia
  • Ping Ren
  • Scott C. Weaver

Best Publications

  • Spike mutation D614G alters SARS-CoV-2 fitness.

    Jessica A. Plante;Yang Liu;Jianying Liu;Hongjie Xia

  • An infectious cDNA clone of SARS-CoV-2

    Xuping Xie;Antonio Muruato;Kumari G. Lokugamage;Krishna Narayanan

  • Loss of furin cleavage site attenuates SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis.

    Bryan A. Johnson;Xuping Xie;Adam L. Bailey;Birte Kalveram

  • Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 spike 69/70 deletion, E484K and N501Y variants by BNT162b2 vaccine-elicited sera.

    Xuping Xie;Yang Liu;Jianying Liu;Xianwen Zhang

  • SARS-CoV-2 Neutralization with BNT162b2 Vaccine Dose 3.

    Ann R Falsey;Robert W Frenck;Edward E Walsh;Nicholas Kitchin

  • BNT162b2-elicited neutralization of B.1.617 and other SARS-CoV-2 variants.

    Jianying Liu;Yang Liu;Hongjie Xia;Jing Zou

  • An evolutionary NS1 mutation enhances Zika virus evasion of host interferon induction.

    Hongjie Xia;Huanle Luo;Chao Shan;Antonio E Muruato

  • A nanoluciferase SARS-CoV-2 for rapid neutralization testing and screening of anti-infective drugs for COVID-19.

    Xuping Xie;Antonio E. Muruato;Xianwen Zhang;Kumari G. Lokugamage

  • Furin Cleavage Site Is Key to SARS-CoV-2 Pathogenesis

    Bryan A. Johnson;Xuping Xie;Birte Kalveram;Kumari G. Lokugamage

  • Characterization of Dengue Virus NS4A and NS4B Protein Interaction

    Jing Zou;Xuping Xie;Qing Yin Wang;Hongping Dong

  • Nasal delivery of an IgM offers broad protection from SARS-CoV-2 variants.

    Zhiqiang Ku;Xuping Xie;Paul R. Hinton;Xinli Liu

  • Functional Analysis of Glycosylation of Zika Virus Envelope Protein

    Camila R. Fontes-Garfias;Chao Shan;Huanle Luo;Antonio E. Muruato

  • Neutralization of N501Y mutant SARS-CoV-2 by BNT162b2 vaccine-elicited sera

    Xuping Xie;Jing Zou;Camila R. Fontes-Garfias;Hongjie Xia

  • Two Distinct Sets of NS2A Molecules Are Responsible for Dengue Virus RNA Synthesis and Virion Assembly

    Xuping Xie;Jing Zou;Chunya Puttikhunt;Zhiming Yuan

  • Mapping the Interactions between the NS4B and NS3 Proteins of Dengue Virus

    Jing Zou;Jing Zou;Le Tian Lee;Le Tian Lee;Qing Yin Wang;Xuping Xie

  • A Multiplex Microsphere Immunoassay for Zika Virus Diagnosis.

    Susan J. Wong;Andrea Furuya;Jing Zou;Xuping Xie

  • Dimerization of Flavivirus NS4B Protein

    Jing Zou;Jing Zou;Xuping Xie;Le Tian Lee;Le Tian Lee;Ramya Chandrasekaran

  • Targeting dengue virus NS4B protein for drug discovery.

    Xuping Xie;Jing Zou;Qing Yin Wang;Pei-Yong Shi

  • Spike mutation D614G alters SARS-CoV-2 fitness and neutralization susceptibility.

    Jessica A Plante;Yang Liu;Jianying Liu;Hongjie Xia

  • Neutralization of spike 69/70 deletion, E484K, and N501Y SARS-CoV-2 by BNT162b2 vaccine-elicited sera

    Xuping Xie;Yang Liu;Jianying Liu;Xianwen Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Pei-Yong Shi
Pei-Yong Shi GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)
Xuping Xie
Xuping Xie The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Scott C. Weaver
Scott C. Weaver The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Vineet D. Menachery
Vineet D. Menachery The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Kena A. Swanson
Kena A. Swanson Pfizer (United States)
Philip R. Dormitzer
Philip R. Dormitzer Pfizer (United States)
David A. Cooper
David A. Cooper University of New South Wales
Zhiqiang An
Zhiqiang An The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Alexander N. Freiberg
Alexander N. Freiberg The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Julien Lescar
Julien Lescar Nanyang Technological University

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