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Kristian G. Andersen is affiliated with the Scripps Research Institute in the United States. Their primary research focus lies within the field of Medicine, with considerable work in Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Modeling and Simulation.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, viral infections and outbreaks research, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, viral infections and vectors, zoonotic diseases and public health, and COVID-19 clinical research studies.

Kristian G. Andersen has published papers in several frequent venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Science
  • Viruses

Among recent papers in their field of research, key publications include:

  • The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • The origins of SARS-CoV-2: A critical review, 2021, Cell
  • The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan was the early epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022, Science
  • Emergence and rapid transmission of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 in the United States, 2021, Cell
  • Outbreak.info genomic reports: scalable and dynamic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants and mutations, 2023, Nature Methods

Kristian G. Andersen's frequent co-authors include Karthik Gangavarapu, Robert F. Garry, Mark Zeller, Marc A. Suchard, and Joshua I. Levy, indicating collaboration across multiple researchers in related fields.

Best Publications

  • The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2.

    Kristian G. Andersen;Kristian G. Andersen;Andrew Rambaut;W. Ian Lipkin;Edward C. Holmes

  • Genomic surveillance elucidates Ebola virus origin and transmission during the 2014 outbreak

    Stephen K. Gire;Stephen K. Gire;Augustine Goba;Kristian G. Andersen;Kristian G. Andersen;Rachel S G Sealfon;Rachel S G Sealfon

  • Multiplex PCR method for MinION and Illumina sequencing of Zika and other virus genomes directly from clinical samples

    Joshua Quick;Nathan D Grubaugh;Steven T Pullan;Ingra M Claro

  • An amplicon-based sequencing framework for accurately measuring intrahost virus diversity using PrimalSeq and iVar

    Nathan D. Grubaugh;Nathan D. Grubaugh;Karthik Gangavarapu;Joshua Quick;Nathaniel L. Matteson

  • Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas

    N R Faria;Joshua Quick;I M Claro;J Thézé

  • Tracking virus outbreaks in the twenty-first century.

    Nathan D Grubaugh;Jason T Ladner;Philippe Lemey;Oliver G Pybus

  • The Origins of SARS-CoV-2: A Critical Review

    Edward C. Holmes;Stephen A. Goldstein;Angela L. Rasmussen;David L. Robertson

  • Virus genomes reveal factors that spread and sustained the Ebola epidemic

    Gytis Dudas;Gytis Dudas;Luiz Max Carvalho;Trevor Bedford;Andrew J. Tatem

  • Neuropilin-1 Expression on Regulatory T Cells Enhances Their Interactions with Dendritic Cells during Antigen Recognition

    Milka Sarris;Kristian G. Andersen;Felix Randow;Luzia Mayr

  • Direct Identification of Hundreds of Expression-Modulating Variants using a Multiplexed Reporter Assay

    Ryan Tewhey;Ryan Tewhey;Dylan Kotliar;Dylan Kotliar;Daniel S. Park;Brandon Liu

  • Research capacity. Enabling the genomic revolution in Africa

    Charles Rotimi;Akin Abayomi;Alash'le Abimiku;Victoria May Adabayeri

  • Zika virus evolution and spread in the Americas

    Hayden C. Metsky;Hayden C. Metsky;Christian B. Matranga;Shirlee Wohl;Shirlee Wohl;Stephen F. Schaffner;Stephen F. Schaffner

  • Identifying Recent Adaptations in Large-Scale Genomic Data

    Shamai Aaron Grossman;Shamai Aaron Grossman;Shamai Aaron Grossman;Kristian G Andersen;Kristian G Andersen;Ilya Shlyakhter;Ilya Shlyakhter;Shervin Tabrizi;Shervin Tabrizi

  • Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of Zika virus into the United States.

    Nathan D. Grubaugh;Jason T. Ladner;Moritz U. G. Kraemer;Moritz U. G. Kraemer;Gytis Dudas

  • Ebola virus epidemiology, transmission, and evolution during seven months in Sierra Leone

    Daniel J. Park;Gytis Dudas;Shirlee Wohl;Shirlee Wohl;Augustine Goba

  • Clinical Sequencing Uncovers Origins and Evolution of Lassa Virus

    Kristian G. Andersen;Kristian G. Andersen;Kristian G. Andersen;B. Jesse Shapiro;B. Jesse Shapiro;B. Jesse Shapiro;Christian B. Matranga;Rachel Sealfon;Rachel Sealfon

  • The evolution of Ebola virus: Insights from the 2013–2016 epidemic

    Edward C. Holmes;Gytis Dudas;Andrew Rambaut;Kristian G. Andersen

  • Emergence and rapid transmission of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 in the United States.

    Nicole L. Washington;Karthik Gangavarapu;Mark Zeller;Alexandre Bolze

  • Genomic surveillance reveals multiple introductions of SARS-CoV-2 into Northern California.

    Xianding Deng;Wei Gu;Scot Federman;Louis du Plessis

  • Direct Identification of Hundreds of Expression-Modulating Variants using a Multiplexed Reporter Assay

    Daniel S. Park;Brandon Liu;Sarah Winnicki;Steven K. Reilly

Frequent Co-Authors

Pardis C. Sabeti
Pardis C. Sabeti Harvard University
Nathan D. Grubaugh
Nathan D. Grubaugh Yale University
Robert F. Garry
Robert F. Garry Tulane University
Stephen F. Schaffner
Stephen F. Schaffner Broad Institute
Andrew Rambaut
Andrew Rambaut University of Edinburgh
Erica Ollmann Saphire
Erica Ollmann Saphire La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology
Trevor Bedford
Trevor Bedford Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Oliver G. Pybus
Oliver G. Pybus University of Oxford
Gustavo Palacios
Gustavo Palacios Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Nuno Rodrigues Faria
Nuno Rodrigues Faria Imperial College London

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