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Art Poon
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Latest papers
SARS-CoV-2 viral titer measurements in Ontario, Canada wastewaters throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Scientific data · 2024
SUP: a probabilistic framework to propagate genome sequence uncertainty, with applications
NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics · 2023 · senior author
Dating reservoir formation in virologically suppressed people living with HIV-1 in Rakai, Uganda.
Virus evolution · 2023 · senior author
Latest funding
- $215,040
Modelling the evolution of virus genomes
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
7 publications.
SARS-CoV-2 viral titer measurements in Ontario, Canada wastewaters throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
D'Aoust PM, Hegazy N, Ramsay NT, Yang MI, Dhiyebi HA, Edwards E, Servos MR, Ybazeta G, Habash M, Goodridge L, Poon A, Arts E, Brown RS, Payne SJ, Kirkwood A, Simmons D, Desaulniers JP, Ormeci B, Kyle C, Bulir D, Charles T, McKay RM, Gilbride K, Oswald C, Peng H, Pileggi V, Wang ML, Tong A, Orellano D, WSI Consortium, DeGroot CT, Delatolla R
SUP: a probabilistic framework to propagate genome sequence uncertainty, with applications
Becker D, Champredon D, Chato C, Gugan G, Poon A
Dating reservoir formation in virologically suppressed people living with HIV-1 in Rakai, Uganda.
Kankaka EN, Redd AD, Khan A, Reynolds SJ, Saraf S, Kirby C, Lynch B, Hackman J, Tomusange S, Kityamuweesi T, Jamiru S, Anok A, Buule P, Bruno D, Martens C, Chang LW, Quinn TC, Prodger JL, Poon A
Traversing missing links in the spread of HIV.
Brintnell E, Poon A
Addressing Ethical Challenges in US-Based HIV Phylogenetic Research.
Dawson L, Benbow N, Fletcher FE, Kassaye S, Killelea A, Latham SR, Lee LM, Leitner T, Little SJ, Mehta SR, Martinez O, Minalga B, Poon A, Rennie S, Sugarman J, Sweeney P, Torian LV, Wertheim JO
An open-source k-mer based machine learning tool for fast and accurate subtyping of HIV-1 genomes.
Solis-Reyes S, Avino M, Poon A, Kari L
Higher sequence diversity in the vaginal tract than in blood at early HIV-1 infection.
Klein K, Nickel G, Nankya I, Kyeyune F, Demers K, Ndashimye E, Kwok C, Chen PL, Rwambuya S, Poon A, Munjoma M, Chipato T, Byamugisha J, Mugyenyi P, Salata RA, Morrison CS, Arts EJ
Modelling the evolution of virus genomes
Principal investigators: Poon, Art
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
- Robert Delatolla and Hui Peng: 3 shared papers
- David Champredon and Robert Delatolla: 1 shared paper
- David Champredon and Art Poon: 1 shared paper
- Eric Arts and Robert Delatolla: 1 shared paper
- Eric Arts and Hui Peng: 1 shared paper
- Eric Arts and Denina Simmons: 1 shared paper
- Eric Arts and Art Poon: 1 shared paper
- Robert Delatolla and Denina Simmons: 1 shared paper
- Robert Delatolla and Art Poon: 1 shared paper
- Hui Peng and Denina Simmons: 1 shared paper
- Hui Peng and Art Poon: 1 shared paper
- Denina Simmons and Art Poon: 1 shared paper
- PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE, Western University
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Civil Engineering
- Other
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