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

Overview

Yi Guan is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, focusing specifically on infectious diseases and related subfields. Their research spans multiple areas including infectious diseases, molecular biology, epidemiology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and immunology.

The main themes of their work encompass several topics clustered around viral infections and epidemiological studies. These topics include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Viral Gastroenteritis Research and Epidemiology
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Yi Guan's notable publications cover a range of scientific journals and repositories. Some of their recent papers include:

  • Identifying SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses in Malayan pangolins, 2020, Nature
  • Ggtree: A serialized data object for visualization of a phylogenetic tree and annotation data, 2022, iMeta
  • The COVID-19 Pandemic: Diverse Contexts; Different Epidemics-How and Why?, 2020, The Sydney eScholarship Repository (The University of Sydney)
  • ggmsa: a visual exploration tool for multiple sequence alignment and associated data, 2022, Briefings in Bioinformatics
  • Identification of 2019-nCoV related coronaviruses in Malayan pangolins in southern China, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Yi Guan include Huachen Zhu, Lunzhi Yuan, Ningshao Xia, Tong Cheng, and Quan Yuan. These collaborations indicate ongoing research partnerships in related areas of study.

Yi Guan's research has been published frequently in several venues, reflecting their active role in disseminating findings. These venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PubMed
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • ggtree: an R package for visualization and annotation of phylogenetic trees with their covariates and other associated data

    Guangchuang Yu;David K. Smith;Huachen Zhu;Yi Guan

  • Coronavirus as a possible cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome

    Jsm Peiris;ST Lai;Llm Poon;Y Guan

  • Clinical progression and viral load in a community outbreak of coronavirus-associated SARS pneumonia: a prospective study.

    J S M Peiris;C M Chu;V C C Cheng;K S Chan

  • Isolation and characterization of viruses related to the SARS coronavirus from animals in southern China.

    Y. Guan;B. J. Zheng;Y. Q. He;X. L. Liu

  • Origins and evolutionary genomics of the 2009 swine-origin H1N1 influenza A epidemic.

    Gavin J. D. Smith;Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna;Justin Bahl;Samantha J. Lycett

  • Universal primer set for the full-length amplification of all influenza A viruses.

    E Hoffmann;J Stech;Y Guan;R G Webster

  • Fatal outcome of human influenza A (H5N1) is associated with high viral load and hypercytokinemia

    Menno D de Jong;Cameron P Simmons;Tran Tan Thanh;Vo Minh Hien

  • Identifying SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses in Malayan pangolins.

    Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam;Na Jia;Ya-Wei Zhang;Marcus Ho-Hin Shum

  • Role of lopinavir/ritonavir in the treatment of SARS: initial virological and clinical findings.

    C M Chu;V C C Cheng;I F N Hung;M M L Wong

  • Genesis of a highly pathogenic and potentially pandemic H5N1 influenza virus in eastern Asia

    K. S. Li;Y. Guan;Y. Guan;J. Wang;J. Wang;G. J. D. Smith;G. J. D. Smith

  • Characterization and Complete Genome Sequence of a Novel Coronavirus, Coronavirus HKU1, from Patients with Pneumonia

    Patrick C. Y. Woo;Susanna K. P. Lau;Chung-ming Chu;Kwok-hung Chan

  • Epidemiology and cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Guangdong, People's Republic of China, in February, 2003

    N. S. Zhong;B. J. Zheng;Y. M. Li;L. L. M. Poon

  • Unique and conserved features of genome and proteome of SARS-coronavirus, an early split-off from the coronavirus group 2 lineage.

    Eric J. Snijder;Peter J. Bredenbeek;Jessika C. Dobbe;Volker Thiel

  • Lung pathology of fatal severe acute respiratory syndrome

    John M. Nicholls;Leo L. M. Poon;Kam C. Lee;Wai F. Ng

  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome

    J S M Peiris;Y Guan;K Y Yuen

  • Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1): a Threat to Human Health

    J. S. Malik Peiris;Menno D. de Jong;Yi Guan

  • Oseltamivir Resistance during Treatment of Influenza A (H5N1) Infection

    de Jong;Tran Tt;Truong Hk;Vo Mh

  • Avian flu: H5N1 virus outbreak in migratory waterfowl

    H. Chen;G. J. D. Smith;G. J. D. Smith;S. Y. Zhang;K. Qin;K. Qin

  • Induction of proinflammatory cytokines in human macrophages by influenza A (H5N1) viruses: a mechanism for the unusual severity of human disease?

    C Y Cheung;L L M Poon;A S Lau;W Luk

  • Re-emergence of fatal human influenza A subtype H5N1 disease

    J S M Peiris;W C Yu;C W Leung;C Y Cheung

  • Molecular characterization of H9N2 influenza viruses: Were they the donors of the “internal” genes of H5N1 viruses in Hong Kong?

    Yi Guan;Kennedy F. Shortridge;Scott Krauss;Robert G. Webster

  • Heterosubtypic neutralizing monoclonal antibodies cross-protective against H5N1 and H1N1 recovered from human IgM+ memory B cells.

    Mark Throsby;Edward van den Brink;Mandy Jongeneelen;Leo L. M. Poon

  • Avian-to-human transmission of H9N2 subtype influenza A viruses: Relationship between H9N2 and H5N1 human isolates

    Y. P. Lin;M. Shaw;V. Gregory;K. Cameron

  • Establishment of multiple sublineages of H5N1 influenza virus in Asia: Implications for pandemic control

    H. Chen;G. J.D. Smith;G. J.D. Smith;K. S. Li;J. Wang

  • Characterization of Avian H5N1 Influenza Viruses from Poultry in Hong Kong

    K. F. Shortridge;Nan Nan Zhou;Yi Guan;Peng Gao

  • Human Infection with an Avian H9N2 Influenza A Virus in Hong Kong in 2003

    K. M. Butt;Gavin J. D. Smith;Gavin J. D. Smith;Honglin Chen;Honglin Chen;L. J. Zhang;L. J. Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Leo L. M. Poon
Leo L. M. Poon University of Hong Kong
Robert G. Webster
Robert G. Webster St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Joseph S. M. Peiris
Joseph S. M. Peiris University of Hong Kong
Gavin J. D. Smith
Gavin J. D. Smith Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Kwok-Yung Yuen
Kwok-Yung Yuen University of Hong Kong
Richard J. Webby
Richard J. Webby St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Malik Peiris
Malik Peiris University of Hong Kong
Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna
Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna University of Hong Kong
John M. Nicholls
John M. Nicholls University of Hong Kong
Kennedy F. Shortridge
Kennedy F. Shortridge University of Hong Kong

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