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Lin-Fa Wang
Researcher at National University of Singapore
Publications - 505
Citations - 37893
Lin-Fa Wang is an academic researcher from National University of Singapore. The author has contributed to research in topics: Virus & Hendra Virus. The author has an hindex of 86, co-authored 454 publications receiving 28758 citations. Previous affiliations of Lin-Fa Wang include Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation & University of Melbourne.
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Bats are natural reservoirs of SARS-like coronaviruses.
Wendong Li,Zhengli Shi,Meng Yu,Wuze Ren,Craig Smith,Jonathan H. Epstein,Hanzhong Wang,Gary Crameri,Zhihong Hu,Huajun Zhang,Jianhong Zhang,Jennifer A. McEachern,Hume Field,Peter Daszak,Bryan T. Eaton,Shuyi Zhang,Lin-Fa Wang +16 more
TL;DR: It is reported that species of bats are a natural host of coronaviruses closely related to those responsible for the SARS outbreak, and these viruses display greater genetic variation than SARS-CoV isolated from humans or from civets.
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Epidemiologic Features and Clinical Course of Patients Infected With SARS-CoV-2 in Singapore.
Barnaby Edward Young,Sean Wei Xiang Ong,Shirin Kalimuddin,Shirin Kalimuddin,Jenny G. Low,Jenny G. Low,Seow Yen Tan,Jiashen Loh,Oon Tek Ng,Kalisvar Marimuthu,Li Wei Ang,Tze Minn Mak,Sok Kiang Lau,Danielle E. Anderson,Kian Sing Chan,Thean Yen Tan,Thean Yen Tan,Tong Yong Ng,Lin Cui,Zubaidah Said,Lalitha Kurupatham,Mark I-Cheng Chen,Monica Chan,Shawn Vasoo,Lin-Fa Wang,Boon Huan Tan,Raymond T. P. Lin,Vernon J. Lee,Yee Sin Leo,David C. Lye +29 more
TL;DR: Among the first 18 patients diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection in Singapore, clinical presentation was frequently a mild respiratory tract infection and some patients required supplemental oxygen and had variable clinical outcomes following treatment with an antiretroviral agent.
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SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell immunity in cases of COVID-19 and SARS, and uninfected controls.
Nina Le Bert,Anthony T. Tan,Kamini Kunasegaran,Christine Y.L. Tham,Morteza Hafezi,Adeline Chia,Melissa Hui Yen Chng,Meiyin Lin,Meiyin Lin,Nicole Tan,Martin Linster,Wan Ni Chia,Mark I-Cheng Chen,Lin-Fa Wang,Eng Eong Ooi,Shirin Kalimuddin,Paul A. Tambyah,Jenny G. Low,Jenny G. Low,Yee-Joo Tan,Yee-Joo Tan,Antonio Bertoletti,Antonio Bertoletti +22 more
TL;DR: Infection with betacoronaviruses induces multi-specific and long-lasting T cell immunity against the structural N protein, and SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells were found in individuals who had recovered from SARS or COVID-19 and in unexposed donors, although with different patterns of immunoreactivity.
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Isolation and characterization of a bat SARS-like coronavirus that uses the ACE2 receptor
Xing-Yi Ge,Jia Lu Li,Xing-Lou Yang,Aleksei A. Chmura,Guangjian Zhu,Jonathan H. Epstein,Jonna A. K. Mazet,Ben Hu,Wei Zhang,Cheng Peng,Yu Ji Zhang,Chu Ming Luo,Bing Tan,Ning Wang,Yan Zhu,Gary Crameri,Shuyi Zhang,Lin-Fa Wang,Lin-Fa Wang,Peter Daszak,Zhengli Shi +20 more
TL;DR: These results provide the strongest evidence to date that Chinese horseshoe bats are natural reservoirs of SARS-CoV, and that intermediate hosts may not be necessary for direct human infection by some bat SL-CoVs, and highlight the importance of pathogen-discovery programs targeting high-risk wildlife groups in emerging disease hotspots.
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A SARS-CoV-2 surrogate virus neutralization test based on antibody-mediated blockage of ACE2-spike protein-protein interaction.
Chee Wah Tan,Wan Ni Chia,Xijian Qin,Pei Liu,Mark I-Cheng Chen,Charles Tiu,Zhiliang Hu,Zhiliang Hu,Vivian Chih Wei Chen,Barnaby Edward Young,Barnaby Edward Young,Wan Rong Sia,Yee-Joo Tan,Yee-Joo Tan,Randy Foo,Yongxiang Yi,David C. Lye,Danielle E. Anderson,Lin-Fa Wang +18 more
TL;DR: A blocking assay based on the recombinant receptor-binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor provides an alternative to conventional antibody neutralization assays requiring live virus.