Mahan Ghafari
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
I am mainly interested in understanding the evolutionary and epidemiological processes involved in determining the rate at which viruses evolve over time. In my current postdoctoral work, I study the within-host evolutionary dynamics, and transmission, of chronic viral infections such as SARS-CoV-2 and HIV. My focus is on analysing whole genome sequencing data to better understand the within-host evolution and transmission of these viruses, including the roles of selection, recombination, and compartmentalisation.
Recent publications
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The recency and geographical origins of the bat viruses ancestral to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2
Preprint
Pekar JE. et al, (2023)
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The evolutionary history of hepaciviruses.
Journal article
Li YQ. et al, (2023), bioRxiv
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Reconstructing the evolutionary history of human, simian, and prosimian immunodeficiency viruses
Preprint
Ghafari M. et al, (2023)
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Insights into SARS-CoV-2 in Angola during the COVID-19 Peak: Molecular Epidemiology and Genome Surveillance
Preprint
FRANCISCO NM. et al, (2023)
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A quantitative evaluation of the impact of vaccine roll-out rate and coverage on reducing deaths from COVID-19: a counterfactual study on the impact of the delayed vaccination programme in Iran
Preprint
Ghafari M. et al, (2023)