Overview
Christian Drosten is a virology specialist with an H-index of 137 at Charité Berlin (Member). Has been published in Nature, Nature Neuroscience, Cancer Cell. Based in Unknown, Unknown, Global.
Biography
Christian Heinrich Maria Drosten is a German virologist whose field of research broadly concerns RNA-viruses, specifically in the areas of ecology, epidemiology and evolution of novel viruses (emergent viruses). During the COVID-19 pandemic, Drosten's extensive work on previously described Coronaviruses enabled him and his laboratory to notably contribute to the efforts to identify, monitor and manage the spread of SARS-CoV2, which led to his national prominence as an expert on the implications and actions required to combat the illness in Germany.
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CellEuro SurveillScience
Key Publications
SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor.
SARS-CoV-2 infection triggers profibrotic macrophage responses and lung fibrosis.
Severe COVID-19 Is Marked by a Dysregulated Myeloid Cell Compartment.
Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR.
Retraction.
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