Mahan Ghafari
DPhil
Independent Research Fellow
- Wellcome Trust Early Career Research Fellow, Ghafari Research Group – Molecular Evolution of Emerging Pathogens
- Independent Investigator, Pandemic Sciences Institute
- Independent Research Fellow, Department of Biology
- Kemp Junior Research Fellow in Medical Sciences, Lincoln College
Biography
Recent publications
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The recency and geographical origins of the bat viruses ancestral to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2.
Journal article
Pekar JE. et al, (2025), Cell
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Genetically distinct within-host subpopulations of hepatitis C virus persist after Direct-Acting Antiviral treatment failure
Journal article
Zhao L. et al, (2025), PLOS Pathogens, 21, e1012959 - e1012959
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Lineage-aware evolutionary analysis of hepatitis C virus within-host dynamics
Preprint
Zhao L. et al, (2024)
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Determinants of SARS-CoV-2 within-host evolutionary rates in persistently infected individuals
Preprint
Ghafari M. et al, (2024)
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Revisiting the origins of the Sobemovirus genus: A case for ancient origins of plant viruses.
Journal article
Ghafari M. et al, (2024), PLoS Pathog, 20