Korea VirusResearch Institute

Molecular genomic characterization of tick- and human-derived severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus isolates from South Korea

Seok-Min Yun, Su-Jin Park, Sun-Whan Park, WooYoung Choi, Hye Won Jeong, Young-Ki Choi*, Won-Ja Lee* [PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES 11:9(2017)]

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome

Evaluation of the Immune Responses to and Cross-Protective Efficacy of Eurasian H7 Avian Influenza Viruses

Hyeok-Il Kwon, Young-Il Kim, Su-Jin Park, Min-Suk Song, Eun-Ha Kim, Se Mi Kim, Young-Jae Si, In-Won Lee, Byung-Min Song, Youn-Jeong Lee, Seok Joong Yun, Wun-Jae Kim, Young Ki Choi* [JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 91:11(2017)]

Eurasian H7 influenza virus, H7N9, cross-reactivity, vaccines

An inactivated hand-foot-and-mouth disease vaccine using the enterovirus 71 (C4a) strain isolated from a Korean patient induces a strong immunogenic response in mice

Hyun Ju In, Heeji Lim, Jung-Ah Lee, Hye Jin Kim, Jin-Won Kim, Ji-Yeon Hyeon, Sang-Gu Yeo, June-Woo Lee, Jung Sik Yoo, Young Ki Choi, Sang-Won Lee* [PLOS ONE 12:5(2017)]

Enterovirus, Immune response

Vaccine Efficacy of Inactivated, Chimeric Hemagglutinin H9/H5N2 Avian Influenza Virus and Its Suitability for the Marker Vaccine Strategy

Se Mi Kim, Young-Il Kim, Su-Jin Park, Eun-Ha Kim, Hyeok-Il Kwon, Young-Jae Si, In-Won Lee, Min-Suk Song, Young Ki Choi* [JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 91:6(2017)]

H5N1, H5N8, H9N2, avian influenza virus, chimeric vaccine, poultry

Rapid acquisition of polymorphic virulence markers during adaptation of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 virus in the mouse

Won-Suk Choi, Yun Hee Baek, Jin Jung Kwon, Ju Hwan Jeong, Su-Jin Park, Young-Il Kim, Sun-Woo Yoon, Jungwon Hwang, Myung Hee Kim, Chul-Joong Kim, Richard J Webby*, Young Ki Choi*, Min-Suk Song* [SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 7(2017)]

Influenza virus, Molecular evolution, Pathogens

Genetic characterisation of novel, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N6 viruses isolated in birds, south Korea, november 2016

Young-Jae Si, In Won Lee, Eun-Ha Kim, Young-Il Kim, Hyeok-Il Kwon, Su-Jin Park, Hiep Dinh Nguyen, Se Mi Kim, Jin-Jung Kwon, Won-Suk Choi, Yun Hee Beak, Min-Suk Song, Chul-Joong Kim, Richard J Webby, Young-Ki Choi* [Eurosurveillance 22:1(2017)]

H5N6, Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), Influenza A virus, South Korea

One-Pot Reverse Transcriptional Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (RT-LAMP) for Detecting MERS-CoV

Se Hee Lee, Yun Hee Baek, Yang-Hoon Kim, Young-Ki Choi, Min-Suk Song*, Ji-Young Ahn* [FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY 7(2017)]

EvaGreen, MERS-CoV, loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP), nucleocapsid (N) protein, one-pot reverse transcription (RT)

Injectable and Pathogen-Mimicking Hydrogels for Enhanced Protective Immunity against Emerging and Highly Pathogenic Influenza Virus

Hyun Jong Noh, Young-Woock Noh, Min Beom Heo, Eun-Ha Kim, Su-Jin Park, Young-Il Kim, Young Ki Choi, Yong Taik Lim* [SMALL 12:45, 6279-6288(2016)]

adjuvant, antigen delivery, cellular immunity, humoral immunity, injectable hydrogels