Summary of taxonomy changes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses from the Plant Viruses Subcommittee, 2025.
Rubino L. et al, (2025), The Journal of general virology, 106
The recency and geographical origins of the bat viruses ancestral to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2.
Pekar JE. et al, (2025), Cell
Genetically distinct within-host subpopulations of hepatitis C virus persist after Direct-Acting Antiviral treatment failure
Zhao L. et al, (2025), PLOS Pathogens, 21, e1012959 - e1012959
Determinants of SARS-CoV-2 within-host evolutionary rates in persistently infected individuals
Ghafari M. et al, (2024)
Revisiting the origins of the Sobemovirus genus: A case for ancient origins of plant viruses.
Ghafari M. et al, (2024), PLoS Pathog, 20
A quantitative evaluation of the impact of vaccine roll-out rate and coverage on reducing deaths: insights from the first 2 years of COVID-19 epidemic in Iran.
Ghafari M. et al, (2023), BMC medicine, 21
Lineage replacement and evolution captured by 3 years of the United Kingdom Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey
Lythgoe KA. et al, (2023), Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290
Insights into SARS-CoV-2 in Angola during the COVID-19 peak: Molecular epidemiology and genome surveillance.
Francisco NM. et al, (2023), Influenza and other respiratory viruses, 17
The recency and geographical origins of the bat viruses ancestral to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2
Pekar JE. et al, (2023)
Reconstructing the evolutionary history of human, simian, and prosimian immunodeficiency viruses
Ghafari M. et al, (2023)
Insights into SARS-CoV-2 in Angola during the COVID-19 Peak: Molecular Epidemiology and Genome Surveillance
FRANCISCO NM. et al, (2023)
Estimating SARS-CoV-2 variant fitness and the impact of interventions in England using statistical and geo-spatial agent-based models
Hinch R. et al, (2022), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 380
A framework for reconstructing SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics using excess mortality data.
Ghafari M. et al, (2022), Nature communications, 13
Purifying Selection Determines the Short-Term Time Dependency of Evolutionary Rates in SARS-CoV-2 and pH1N1 Influenza
Ghafari M. et al, (2022), Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39
Investigating the evolutionary origins of the first three SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
Ghafari M. et al, (2022)
Investigating the evolutionary origins of the first three SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
Ghafari M. et al, (2022), FRONTIERS IN VIROLOGY, 2
A mechanistic evolutionary model explains the time-dependent pattern of substitution rates in viruses.
Ghafari M. et al, (2021), Current biology : CB, 31, 4689 - 4696.e5
Lessons for preparedness and reasons for concern from the early COVID-19 epidemic in Iran.
Ghafari M. et al, (2021), Epidemics, 36
Excess deaths associated with the Iranian COVID-19 epidemic: A province-level analysis.
Ghafari M. et al, (2021), International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, 107, 101 - 115
Estimates of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in Iran.
Ghafari M. et al, (2021), The Lancet. Infectious diseases, 21, 602 - 603
A framework for reconstructing SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics using excess mortality data
Ghafari M. et al, (2021)
Engaging Religious Institutions and Faith-Based Communities in Public Health Initiatives: A Case Study of the Romanian Orthodox Church During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Dascalu S. et al, (2021), Frontiers in public health, 9
Prisoner of War dynamics explains the time-dependent pattern of substitution rates in viruses
Ghafari M. et al, (2021)
Estimating the false-negative test probability of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR
Wikramaratna PS. et al, (2020), Eurosurveillance, 25
Inferring Transmission Bottleneck Size from Viral Sequence Data Using a Novel Haplotype Reconstruction Method.
Ghafari M. et al, (2020), Journal of virology, 94, e00014 - e00020
Excess deaths associated with the Iranian COVID-19 epidemic: a province-level analysis
Ghafari M. et al, (2020)
The expected time to cross extended fitness plateaus.
Ghafari M. and Weissman DB., (2019), Theoretical population biology, 129, 54 - 67
Luria–Delbrück, revisited: the classic experiment does not rule out Lamarckian evolution
Holmes CM. et al, (2017), Physical Biology, 14, 055004 - 055004
On the role of topology in regulating transcriptional cascades
Ghafari M. and Mashaghi A., (2017), Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19, 25168 - 25179
Observation of a crossover in kinetic aggregation of Palladium colloids
Ghafari M. et al, (2015), APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 353, 1143 - 1149