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Stephan Günther is affiliated with the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Germany. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Infectious Diseases.

The subfields they extensively contribute to include:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Modeling and Simulation

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics centered on viral infections and their public health implications. These main topics include:

  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Disaster Response and Management
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health

Stephan Günther has published several significant papers, among the most cited are:

  • "X-ray screening identifies active site and allosteric inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 main protease," 2021, Science
  • "2020 taxonomic update for phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales," 2020, Archives of Virology
  • "Resurgence of Ebola virus in 2021 in Guinea suggests a new paradigm for outbreaks," 2021, Nature
  • "2021 Taxonomic update of phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales," 2021, Archives of Virology
  • "2022 taxonomic update of phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales," 2022, Archives of Virology

The frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Stephan Günther include:

  • Sophie Duraffour
  • Sylvanus Okogbenin
  • Lisa Oestereich
  • Ephraim Ogbaini-Emovon
  • Meike Pahlmann

Common publication venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Viruses
  • Archives of Virology

Best Publications

  • Identification of a novel coronavirus in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome.

    Christian Drosten;Stephan Günther;Wolfgang Preiser;Sylvie van der Werf

  • Characterization of a novel coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome.

    Paul A. Rota;M. Steven Oberste;Stephan S. Monroe;W. Allan Nix

  • Emergence of Zaire Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea

    Sylvain Baize;Delphine Pannetier;Lisa Oestereich;Toni Rieger

  • Real-time, portable genome sequencing for Ebola surveillance

    Joshua Quick;Nicholas J. Loman;Sophie Duraffour;Jared T. Simpson;Jared T. Simpson

  • Efficacy and effectiveness of an rVSV-vectored vaccine in preventing Ebola virus disease: final results from the Guinea ring vaccination, open-label, cluster-randomised trial (Ebola Ça Suffit!).

    Ana Maria Henao-Restrepo;Anton Camacho;Ira M. Longini;Conall H. Watson

  • Rapid detection and quantification of RNA of Ebola and Marburg viruses, Lassa virus, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, Rift Valley fever virus, dengue virus, and yellow fever virus by real-time reverse transcription-PCR.

    Christian Drosten;Stephan Göttig;Stefan Schilling;Marcel Asper

  • Efficacy and effectiveness of an rVSV-vectored vaccine expressing Ebola surface glycoprotein: interim results from the Guinea ring vaccination cluster-randomised trial

    Ana Maria Henao-Restrepo;Ira M Longini;Matthias Egger;Matthias Egger;Natalie E Dean

  • A novel method for efficient amplification of whole hepatitis B virus genomes permits rapid functional analysis and reveals deletion mutants in immunosuppressed patients.

    S. Gunther;Bi-Chen Li;S. Miska;D. H. Kruger

  • Successful treatment of advanced Ebola virus infection with T-705 (favipiravir) in a small animal model

    Lisa Oestereich;Anja Lüdtke;Stephanie Wurr;Toni Rieger

  • Experimental Treatment with Favipiravir for Ebola Virus Disease (the JIKI Trial): A Historically Controlled, Single-Arm Proof-of-Concept Trial in Guinea.

    Daouda Sissoko;Cedric Laouenan;Elin Folkesson;Abdoul-Bing M’Lebing

  • Lambda interferon renders epithelial cells of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts resistant to viral infections.

    Markus Mordstein;Eva Neugebauer;Vanessa Ditt;Birthe Jessen

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

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

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

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

  • Taxonomy of the order Bunyavirales : update 2019

    Abulikemu Abudurexiti;Scott Adkins;Daniela Alioto;Sergey V. Alkhovsky

  • Temporal and spatial analysis of the 2014–2015 Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa

    Miles W. Carroll;David A. Matthews;Julian A. Hiscox;Michael J. Elmore

  • Naturally occurring variants of hepatitis B virus.

    Stephan Günther;Lutz Fischer;Irmgard Pult;Martina Sterneck

  • Serological pattern "anti-HBc alone": report on a workshop.

    P. Grob;W. Jilg;H. Bornhak;G. Gerken

  • 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

  • X-ray screening identifies active site and allosteric inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 main protease.

    Sebastian Günther;Patrick Y. A. Reinke;Yaiza Fernández-García;Julia Lieske

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

    D Tappe;J Rissland;M Gabriel;P Emmerich

  • Inhibition of Filovirus Replication by the Zinc Finger Antiviral Protein

    Stefanie Müller;Peggy Möller;Matthew J. Bick;Stephanie Wurr

  • Resurgence of Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea Linked to a Survivor With Virus Persistence in Seminal Fluid for More Than 500 Days.

    Boubacar Diallo;Daouda Sissoko;Nicholas J. Loman;Hadja Aïssatou Bah

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

    Lorenzo Zammarchi;Giulia Stella;Antonia Mantella;Dario Bartolozzi

  • Mastomys natalensis and Lassa fever, West Africa.

    Emilie Lecompte;Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet;Stéphane Daffis;Kékoura Koulémou

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit
Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit Universität Hamburg
Petra Emmerich
Petra Emmerich Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Christian Drosten
Christian Drosten Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Hans Will
Hans Will Heinrich-Pette-Institute
Herbert Schmitz
Herbert Schmitz Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Pardis C. Sabeti
Pardis C. Sabeti Harvard University
Julian A. Hiscox
Julian A. Hiscox University of Liverpool
Helga Meisel
Helga Meisel Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Stephan Becker
Stephan Becker Philipp University of Marburg

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