Albert I. Ko

Research interests

Publications

• Neutralizing antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron variants following heterologous CoronaVac plus BNT162b2 booster vaccination

  Nature Medicine · 2022 · 10.1038/s41591-022-01705-6

• Effectiveness of the CoronaVac vaccine in older adults during a gamma variant associated epidemic of covid-19 in Brazil: test negative case-control study

  BMJ · 2021 · 10.1136/bmj.n2015

• Diverse functional autoantibodies in patients with COVID-19

  Nature · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03631-y

• Analytical sensitivity and efficiency comparisons of SARS-CoV-2 RT–qPCR primer–probe sets

  Nature Microbiology · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-020-0761-6

• Saliva or Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens for Detection of SARS-CoV-2

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2020 · 10.1056/nejmc2016359

• Longitudinal analyses reveal immunological misfiring in severe COVID-19

  Nature · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2588-y

• Measurement of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater tracks community infection dynamics

  Nature Biotechnology · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0684-z

• Sex differences in immune responses that underlie COVID-19 disease outcomes

  Nature · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2700-3

• Slum Health: Arresting COVID-19 and Improving Well-Being in Urban Informal Settlements

  Journal of Urban Health · 2020 · 10.1007/s11524-020-00438-6

• SARS–CoV-2 infection of the placenta

  Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2020 · 10.1172/jci139569

• Coast-to-Coast Spread of SARS-CoV-2 during the Early Epidemic in the United States

  Cell · 2020 · 10.1016/j.cell.2020.04.021

• Saliva is more sensitive for SARS-CoV-2 detection in COVID-19 patients than nasopharyngeal swabs

  medRxiv · 2020 · 10.1101/2020.04.16.20067835

• Zika Virus Infection — After the Pandemic

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2019 · 10.1056/nejmra1808246

• Pathways to zoonotic spillover

  Nature Reviews Microbiology · 2017 · 10.1038/nrmicro.2017.45

• Recurrent Potent Human Neutralizing Antibodies to Zika Virus in Brazil and Mexico

  Cell · 2017 · 10.1016/j.cell.2017.04.024

• Ocular Findings in Infants With Microcephaly Associated With Presumed Zika Virus Congenital Infection in Salvador, Brazil

  JAMA Ophthalmology · 2016 · 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2016.0267

• Zika virus: History, emergence, biology, and prospects for control

  Antiviral Research · 2016 · 10.1016/j.antiviral.2016.03.010

• Global Morbidity and Mortality of Leptospirosis: A Systematic Review

  PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2015 · 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003898

• Global Burden of Leptospirosis: Estimated in Terms of Disability Adjusted Life Years

  PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2015 · 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004122

• Leptospira: the dawn of the molecular genetics era for an emerging zoonotic pathogen

  Nature Reviews Microbiology · 2009 · 10.1038/nrmicro2208

• Impact of Environment and Social Gradient on Leptospira Infection in Urban Slums

  PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2008 · 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000228

• Leptospirosis

  Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases · 2005 · 10.1097/01.qco.0000178824.05715.2c

• Comparative Genomics of Two Leptospira interrogans Serovars Reveals Novel Insights into Physiology and Pathogenesis

  Journal of Bacteriology · 2004 · 10.1128/jb.186.7.2164-2172.2004

• Urban epidemic of severe leptospirosis in Brazil

  The Lancet · 1999 · 10.1016/s0140-6736(99)80012-9

• Regioselectivity and stereoselectivity of androgen hydroxylations catalyzed by cytochrome P-450 isozymes purified from phenobarbital-induced rat liver.

  Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1983 · 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)44323-7

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