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David Evans
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Research
Latest papers
Serial cycle threshold to assess the infectious potential of SARS-CoV-2: A systematic review.
Epidemiology and infection · 2026
Oro-faecal transmission of SARS-CoV-2: A systematic review of studies employing viral culture from gastrointestinal and other potential oro-faecal sources and evidence for transmission to humans.
Epidemiology and infection · 2024
The Wnt/β-catenin pathway is important for replication of SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogenic RNA viruses.
Npj viruses · 2024
Latest funding
- $105,000
Engineering oncolytic vaccinia virus to increase immunogenicity of cold tumours
CIHR · 2023 · Supervisor
- $49,533
COVID-19 Variant Supplement - Therapeutic approaches to SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogenic coronaviruses
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
- $252,000
Gene acquisition by large DNA viruses
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
16 publications.
Serial cycle threshold to assess the infectious potential of SARS-CoV-2: A systematic review.
Rosca EC, Oke J, Jefferson T, Brassey J, Onakpoya I, Plüddemann A, Gandini S, Maltoni S, Evans D, Conly J, Heneghan C
Oro-faecal transmission of SARS-CoV-2: A systematic review of studies employing viral culture from gastrointestinal and other potential oro-faecal sources and evidence for transmission to humans.
Gandini S, Conly J, Spencer EA, Evans D, Rosca EC, Brassey J, Maltoni S, Onakpoya I, Plüddemann A, Jefferson T, Heneghan C
The Wnt/β-catenin pathway is important for replication of SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogenic RNA viruses.
Xu Z, Elaish M, Wong CP, Hassan BB, Lopez-Orozco J, Felix-Lopez A, Ogando NS, Nagata L, Mahal LK, Kumar A, Wilson JA, Noyce R, Mayers I, Power C, Evans D, Hobman TC
The domestication of SARS-CoV-2 into a seasonal infection by viral variants.
McClelland RD, Lin YJ, Culp TN, Noyce R, Evans D, Hobman TC, Meier-Stephenson V, Marchant DJ
Special Issue of the 4th Symposium of the Canadian Society for Virology 2022.
Meier-Stephenson V, Evans D, Hobman T, Marchant D, Noyce R, Shmulevitz M
Coinfection with Strongyloides and SARS-CoV-2: A Systematic Review.
Rosca EC, Heneghan C, Spencer EA, Plüddemann A, Maltoni S, Gandini S, Onakpoya IJ, Evans D, Conly JM, Jefferson T
Patient and ward related risk factors in a multi-ward nosocomial outbreak of COVID-19: Outbreak investigation and matched case-control study.
Leal J, O'Grady HM, Armstrong L, Dixit D, Khawaja Z, Snedeker K, Ellison J, Erebor J, Jamieson P, Weiss A, Salcedo D, Roberts K, Wiens K, Croxen MA, Berenger BM, Pabbaraju K, Lin YC, Evans D, Conly JM
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Associated with Cruise Ship Travel: A Systematic Review.
Rosca EC, Heneghan C, Spencer EA, Brassey J, Plüddemann A, Onakpoya IJ, Evans D, Conly JM, Jefferson T
A Hierarchical Framework for Assessing Transmission Causality of Respiratory Viruses.
Jefferson T, Heneghan CJ, Spencer E, Brassey J, Plüddemann A, Onakpoya I, Evans D, Conly J
The Role of Subgenomic RNA in Discordant Results From Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction Tests for COVID-19.
Toppings NB, Oberding LK, Lin YC, Evans D, Pillai DR
Engineering oncolytic vaccinia virus to increase immunogenicity of cold tumours
Principal investigators: Wang, Jun Li
Keywords: Cold Tumour; Cytotoxic T Cell; Flow Cytometry; Oncolytic Virus; Single-Cell Rna Sequencing; Vaccinia Virus
COVID-19 Variant Supplement - Therapeutic approaches to SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogenic coronaviruses
Principal investigators: Hobman, Tom C
Keywords: Antivirals; Coronavirus; Emerging Viruses; Sars; Vaccines
Gene acquisition by large DNA viruses
Principal investigators: Evans, David
Population-based seroprevalence of prior infection with COVID-19 in Canada: implications for testing, economic revitalization and population health.
Principal investigators: Drews, Steven J
Keywords: Antibody Neutralization Assays; Blood Donors; Epidemiology; Methods Comparisons; Modelling; Pandemic Response; Public Health; Sars-Cov-2; Serologic Antibody Testing; Seroprevalence
Therapeutic approaches to SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogenic coronaviruses
Principal investigators: Hobman, Tom C
Keywords: Antivirals; Coronavirus; Emerging Viruses; Sars; Vaccines
Plausibility of the aerosol transmission of COVID-19 - Is SARS-CoV-2 aerosolized by breathing and speaking?_x000d_ _x000d_
Principal investigators: Olfert, Jason
Poxvirus replication and recombination as drivers of genome evolution
Principal investigators: Evans, David H
Keywords: Correlative Microscopy; Genome Structure; Horsepox Virus; Recombination; Replication; Synthetic Biology; Vaccinia Virus
Improving breast cancer treatment using a combination of oncolytic vaccinia virus immunotherapy with image-guided radiation.
Principal investigators: Umer, Brittany
Keywords: Breast Cancer; Combination Therapy; Immunology; Immunotherapy; Oncology; Oncolytic Virus; Radiation Therapy; Virology
Vaccinia virus DNA binding proteins and their role in virion morphogenesis
Principal investigators: Evans, David
The development of safer oncolytic poxviruses dependent on cellular dNTP synthesis
Principal investigators: Evans, David H
Keywords: Animal Models; Bladder Cancer; Breast Cancer; Chick Embryos; Cytotoxicity; Gemcitabine; Oncolytic Viruses; Ribonucleotide Reductase; Vaccinia Virus; Xenografted Tumors
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Medical Microbiology and Immunology
- Medicine
- Emergency Medicine
- Medicine/Neurology
- Social and Preventive Medicine
- Cell Biology
- Other
Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
John Conly
Medicine
3 shared papers, latest 2026
David Evans
Emergency Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2017
Vanessa Meier-Stephenson
Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2023
Avery Nathens
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2017
Lynne Moore
Social and Preventive Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Jenine Leal
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Tom Hobman
Cell Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Lynne Moore
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Christopher Power
Medicine/Neurology
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Maya Shmulevitz
Medical Microbiology and Immunology
1 shared papers, latest 2023
David Marchant
Medical Microbiology and Immunology
1 shared papers, latest 2023
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