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Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit

Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit

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Microbiology

D-Index
67
Citations
16618
World Ranking
2270
National Ranking
166

Overview

Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany and specializes primarily in medicine, with a significant focus on public health, environmental and occupational health, infectious diseases, epidemiology, insect science, and plant science. Their research encompasses a broad spectrum within these fields, addressing complex issues related to viral infections, zoonotic diseases, and vector-borne illnesses.

Their work includes extensive investigations into mosquito-borne diseases and control, viral infections and vectors, malaria research and control, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, viral infections and outbreaks research, zoonotic diseases and public health, as well as virology and viral diseases. This thematic diversity is reflected across numerous publications and research projects.

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Zoonotic spillover infections with Borna disease virus 1 leading to fatal human encephalitis, 1999-2019: an epidemiological investigation" (2020), published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "West Nile Virus Epidemic in Germany Triggered by Epizootic Emergence, 2019" (2020), published in Viruses
  • "Arbovirus researchers unite: expanding genomic surveillance for an urgent global need" (2023), published in The Lancet Global Health
  • "Active Case Finding of Current Bornavirus Infections in Human Encephalitis Cases of Unknown Etiology, Germany, 2018-2020" (2021), published in Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • "Phlebotomine sand flies in Southwest Germany: an update with records in new locations" (2020), published in Parasites & Vectors

The scientist frequently collaborates with a network of coauthors, including Renke Lühken, Dániel Cadar, Stéphanie Jansen, Anna Heitmann, and Hanna Jöst, each having contributed to multiple joint publications.

Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit has published extensively in several key scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include Parasites & Vectors, Viruses, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Eurosurveillance, and Scientific Reports.

Their research contributions mainly advance understanding in:

  • Medicine
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Insect Science
  • Plant Science

Key topics covered in their work include:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Virology and Viral Diseases

Best Publications

  • Emergence of Zaire Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea

    Sylvain Baize;Delphine Pannetier;Lisa Oestereich;Toni Rieger

  • Bats host major mammalian paramyxoviruses

    Jan Felix Drexler;Victor Max Corman;Marcel Alexander Müller;Gael Darren Maganga

  • Phase 1 Trials of rVSV Ebola Vaccine in Africa and Europe

    Selidji T Agnandji;Angela Huttner;Madeleine E Zinser;Patricia Njuguna

  • A Case of Severe Ebola Virus Infection Complicated by Gram-Negative Septicemia

    Benno Kreuels;Dominic Wichmann;Petra Emmerich;Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit

  • Recent Zika Virus Isolates Induce Premature Differentiation of Neural Progenitors in Human Brain Organoids

    Elke Gabriel;Anand Ramani;Ulrike Karow;Marco Gottardo

  • First case of laboratory-confirmed Zika virus infection imported into Europe, November 2013.

    D Tappe;J Rissland;M Gabriel;P Emmerich

  • A Variegated Squirrel Bornavirus Associated with Fatal Human Encephalitis

    Bernd Hoffmann;Dennis Tappe;Dirk Höper;Christiane Herden

  • Zika virus infections imported to Italy: clinical, immunological and virological findings, and public health implications.

    Lorenzo Zammarchi;Giulia Stella;Antonia Mantella;Dario Bartolozzi

  • Evidence for novel hepaciviruses in rodents.

    Jan Felix Drexler;Victor Max Corman;Marcel Alexander Müller;Alexander N. Lukashev

  • Serodiagnosis of Zika virus (ZIKV) infections by a novel NS1-based ELISA devoid of cross-reactivity with dengue virus antibodies: a multicohort study of assay performance, 2015 to 2016.

    Katja Steinhagen;Christian Probst;Christiane Radzimski;Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit

  • Autochthonous Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Spain.

    Anabel Negredo;Fernando de la Calle-Prieto;Eduardo Palencia-Herrejón;Marta Mora-Rillo

  • Epizootic emergence of Usutu virus in wild and captive birds in Germany

    Norbert Becker;Hanna Jöst;Hanna Jöst;Ute Ziegler;Martin Eiden

  • Isolation of Usutu Virus in Germany

    Hanna Jöst;Alexandra Bialonski;Deborah Maus;Vittorio Sambri

  • New Hosts of The Lassa Virus

    Ayodeji Olayemi;Daniel Cadar;N’Faly Magassouba;Adeoba Obadare

  • Cytokine kinetics of Zika virus-infected patients from acute to reconvalescent phase.

    Dennis Tappe;José Vicente Pérez-Girón;Lorenzo Zammarchi;Jürgen Rissland

  • Zika virus infection in a traveller returning to Europe from Brazil, March 2015

    L Zammarchi;D Tappe;C Fortuna;M E Remoli

  • Management of Accidental Exposure to Ebola Virus in the Biosafety Level 4 Laboratory, Hamburg, Germany

    Stephan Günther;Heinz Feldmann;Thomas W. Geisbert;Lisa E. Hensley

  • Acute Zika virus infection after travel to Malaysian Borneo, September 2014.

    Dennis Tappe;Stephan Nachtigall;Annette Kapaun;Paul Schnitzler

  • Dengue virus infection in a traveller returning from Croatia to Germany

    Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit;M. Haditsch;Irene Schöneberg;Stephan Günther

  • Widespread activity of multiple lineages of Usutu virus, western Europe, 2016

    Daniel Cadar;Renke Luhken;Henk van der Jeugd;Mutien-Marie Garigliany

  • Corrigendum: Bats host major mammalian paramyxoviruses.

    Jan Felix Drexler;Victor Max Corman;Marcel Alexander Müller;Gael Darren Maganga

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan Günther
Stephan Günther Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Rainer G. Ulrich
Rainer G. Ulrich Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Petra Emmerich
Petra Emmerich Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Egbert Tannich
Egbert Tannich Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Martin H. Groschup
Martin H. Groschup Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Gerald Heckel
Gerald Heckel University of Bern
Martin Beer
Martin Beer Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Martin Pfeffer
Martin Pfeffer Leipzig University
Chantal Reusken
Chantal Reusken National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
Olli Vapalahti
Olli Vapalahti University of Helsinki

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