Area of research
Plant Science · Endocrinology
Research interest
Research interests include Plant Virus Research Studies, Plant and Fungal Interactions Research, Animal Virus Infections Studies, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.
Summary of taxonomy changes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses from the Plant Viruses Subcommittee, 2025
Identification and genomic characterisation of BA.3.2: a highly divergent BA.3-related SARS-CoV-2 lineage from southern Africa
Rapid epidemic expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in southern Africa
Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineages BA.4 and BA.5 in South Africa
The evolving SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Africa: Insights from rapidly expanding genomic surveillance
Exploring the Natural Origins of SARS-CoV-2 in the Light of Recombination
Selection Analysis Identifies Clusters of Unusual Mutational Changes in Omicron Lineage BA.1 That Likely Impact Spike Function
Neutralisation sensitivity of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron (B.1.1.529) variant: a cross-sectional study
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 intra-host recombination during superinfection with Alpha and Epsilon variants in New York City
Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern in South Africa
Omicron extensively but incompletely escapes Pfizer BNT162b2 neutralization
The emergence and ongoing convergent evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 N501Y lineages
A year of genomic surveillance reveals how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic unfolded in Africa
Exploring the natural origins of SARS-CoV-2 in the light of recombination
Complex evolutionary history of felid anelloviruses
A novel lineage of polyomaviruses identified in bark scorpions
RDP5: a computer program for analyzing recombination in, and removing signals of recombination from, nucleotide sequence datasets
Sampling bias and incorrect rooting make phylogenetic network tracing of SARS-COV-2 infections unreliable
A Novel Divergent Geminivirus Identified in Asymptomatic New World Cactaceae Plants
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Geminiviridae
Capulavirus and Grablovirus: two new genera in the family Geminiviridae
RDP4: Detection and analysis of recombination patterns in virus genomes
Revision of Begomovirus taxonomy based on pairwise sequence comparisons
Gene-Wide Identification of Episodic Selection
The global distribution of<i>Banana bunchy top virus</i>reveals little evidence for frequent recent, human-mediated long distance dispersal events
Establishment of three new genera in the family Geminiviridae: Becurtovirus, Eragrovirus and Turncurtovirus
Revisiting the classification of curtoviruses based on genome-wide pairwise identity
A genome-wide pairwise-identity-based proposal for the classification of viruses in the genus Mastrevirus (family Geminiviridae)
The Comparative Genomics of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Subgroups A and B: Genetic Variability and Molecular Evolutionary Dynamics
Molecular evolution of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus isolates from central China