David E. Wentworth

This study shows that delayed innate immune responses to influenza B virus in ferrets lead to weaker antibody responses compared to influenza A virus.

The paper develops SpikeSeq, a targeted sequencing method for the SARS-CoV-2 S-gene, showing high conservation and accuracy across variants.

The paper identifies a novel SARS-CoV-2 Delta-Omicron recombinant virus in the United States with a hybrid Spike protein.

The paper develops a real-time RT-PCR assay to detect and distinguish influenza B/VIC lineage deletion variant viruses from other influenza B lineages.

The paper identifies a reassortant A(H3N2) virus, A2/re, which became dominant in the 2017-2018 influenza season despite lacking HA mutations and showing no antigenic difference from previous strains.

The paper describes using field-derived nanopore sequencing to identify a novel swine influenza A virus that posed a pandemic risk, leading to the development of a vaccine candidate and real-time public health response.

The paper demonstrates direct RNA sequencing of the complete influenza A virus genome using a nanopore adapter, achieving 100% nucleotide coverage and high consensus identity.