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Kristian G. Andersen

Researcher at Scripps Research Institute

Publications -  130
Citations -  16632

Kristian G. Andersen is an academic researcher from Scripps Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ebola virus & Zika virus. The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 112 publications receiving 12040 citations. Previous affiliations of Kristian G. Andersen include University of California, San Diego & Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies.

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The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2.

TL;DR: It is shown that SARS-CoV-2 is not a laboratory construct or a purposefully manipulated virus, and scenarios by which they could have arisen are discussed.
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Genomic surveillance elucidates Ebola virus origin and transmission during the 2014 outbreak

TL;DR: This West African variant likely diverged from central African lineages around 2004, crossed from Guinea to Sierra Leone in May 2014, and has exhibited sustained human-to-human transmission subsequently, with no evidence of additional zoonotic sources.
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Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas

Nuno R. Faria, +78 more
- 15 Jun 2017 - 
TL;DR: The origin and epidemic history of ZIKV in Brazil and the Americas remain poorly understood, despite the value of this information for interpreting observed trends in reported microcephaly and other birth defects as mentioned in this paper.