Hyeyun Kang, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher Division of Respiratory Viruses Korea National Institute of Health Korea 363-951
Phone: +82-43-719-8119
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Email: hyeyun.kang [at] gmail.com
Curriculum Vitae
Bio
Education
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2004 |
B.S. |
Department of Microbiology, Hannam University, Daejeon, Korea |
2009 |
M.S. |
Department of Microbiology, Korea University, Seoul, Korea |
2009 |
Ph.D. |
Department of Microbiology, Korea University, Seoul, Korea |
Dissertation title: Genetic Diversity and Molecular Phylogeny of Newly Identified Soricid- and Talpid-Borne Hantaviruses Employment/Positions HeldMarch 2011 - present Senior Researcher, Division of Enteric Bacterial Infections, Korea National Institute of Health, Korea 363-951 September 2009 - January 2011 Junior Researcher, Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 January 2008 - August 2009 Research Technician, Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Research Keywords: Hantavirus, evolution, phylogeography, Soricomorpha
Selected Publications
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Kang HJ, Gu SH, Yashina LN, Cook JA, Yanagihara R.
Highly divergent genetic variants of soricid-borne Altai virus (Hantaviridae) in Eurasia suggest ancient host-switching events.
Viruses
2019
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Liphardt SW, Kang HJ, Dizney LJ, Ruedas LA, Cook JA, Yanagihara R.
Complex history of codiversification and host switching of a newfound soricid-borne orthohantavirus in North America.
Viruses
2019
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Arai S, Kang HJ, Gu SH, Ohdachi SD, Cook JA, Yashina LN, Tanaka-Taya K, Abramov SA, Morikawa S, Okabe N, Oishi K, Yanagihara R.
Genetic diversity of Artybash virus in the Laxmann’s shrew (Sorex caecutiens).
Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
2016
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Gu SH, Arai S, Yu HT, Lim BK, Kang HJ, Yanagihara R.
Genetic variants of Cao Bang hantavirus in the Chinese mole shrew (Anourosorex squamipes) and Taiwanese mole shrew (Anourosorex yamashinai).
Infection Genetics and Evolution
2016
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Kang HJ, Gu SH, Cook JA, Yanagihara R.
Dahonggou Creek virus, a divergent lineage of hantavirus harbored by the long-tailed mole (Scaptonyx fusicaudus).
Tropical Medicine and Health
2016
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Bennett SN, Gu SH, Kang HJ, Arai S, Yanagihara R.
Reconstructing the evolutionary origins and phylogeography of hantaviruses.
Trends in Microbiology
2014
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Gu SH, Hejduk J, Markowski J, Kang HJ, Markowski M, Polatynska M, Sikorska B, Liberski PP, Yanagihara R.
Co-circulation of soricid- and talpid-borne hantaviruses in Poland.
Infection, Genetics and Evolution
2014
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Kang HJ, Stanley WT, Esselstyn JA, Gu SH, Yanagihara R.
Expanded host diversity and geographic distribution of hantaviruses in sub-Saharan Africa.
Journal of Virology
2014
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Yanagihara R, Gu SH, Arai S, Kang HJ, Song JW.
Hantaviruses: rediscovery and new beginnings.
Virus Research
2014
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Gu SH, Markowski J, Kang HJ, Hejduk J, Sikorska B, Liberski PP, Yanagihara R.
Boginia virus, a newfound hantavirus harbored by the Eurasian water shrew (Neomys fodiens) in Poland.
Virology Journal
2013
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Arai S, Gu SH, Baek LJ, Tabara K, Bennett SN, Oh HS, Takada N, Kang HJ, Tanaka-Taya K, Morikawa S, Okabe N, Yanagihara R, Song JW.
Divergent ancestral lineages of newfound hantaviruses harbored by phylogenetically related crocidurine shrew species in Korea.
Virology
2012
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Sumibcay L, Kadjo B, Gu SH, Kang HJ, Lim BK, Cook JA, Song JW, Yanagihara R.
Divergent lineage of a novel hantavirus in the banana pipistrelle (Neoromicia nanus) in Cote d’Ivoire.
Virology Journal
2012
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Gu SH, Kang HJ, Baek LJ, Noh JY, Kim HC, Klein TA, Yanagihara R, Song JW.
Genetic diversity of Imjin virus in the Ussuri white-toothed shrew (Crocidura lasiura) in the Republic of Korea, 2004-2010.
Virology Journal
2011
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Kang HJ, Bennett SN, Hope AG, Cook JA, Yanagihara R.
Shared ancestry between a newfound mole-borne hantavirus and hantaviruses harbored by cricetid rodents.
Journal of Virology
2011
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Kang HJ, Kadjo B, Dubey S, Jacquet F, Yanagihara R.
Molecular evolution of Azagny virus, a newfound hantavirus harbored by the West African pygmy shrew (Crocidura obscurior) in Cote d’Ivoire.
Virology Journal
2011
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Kang HJ, Kosoy MY, Shrestha SK, Shrestha MP, Pavlin JA, Gibbons RV, Yanagihara R.
Genetic diversity of Thottapalayam virus, a hantavirus harbored by the Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus) in Nepal.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2011
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Kang HJ, Arai S, Hope AG, Cook JA, Yanagihara R.
Novel hantavirus in the flat-skulled shrew (Sorex roboratus).
Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
2010
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Yashina LN, Abramov SA, Gutorov VV, Dupal TA, Krivopalov AV, Panov VV, Danchinova GA, Vinogradov VV, Luchnikova EM, Hay J, Kang HJ, Yanagihara R.
Seewis virus: phylogeography of a shrew-borne hantavirus in Siberia, Russia.
Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
2010
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Kang HJ, Arai S, Hope AG, Song JW, Cook JA, Yanagihara R.
Genetic diversity and phylogeography of Seewis virus in the Eurasian common shrew in Finland and Hungary.
Virology Journal
2009
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Kang HJ, Bennett SN, Dizney L, Sumibcay L, Arai S, Ruedas LA, Song JW, Yanagihara R.
Host switch during evolution of a genetically distinct hantavirus in the American shrew mole (Neurotrichus gibbsii).
Virology
2009
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Kang HJ, Bennett SN, Sumibcay L, Arai S, Hope AG, Mocz G, Song JW, Cook JA, Yanagihara R.
Evolutionary insights from a genetically divergent hantavirus harbored by the European common mole (Talpa europaea).
PLoS One
2009
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Song JW, Kang HJ, Gu SH, Moon SS, Bennett SN, Song KJ, Baek LJ, Kim HC, O'Guinn ML, Chong ST, Klein TA, Yanagihara R.
Characterization of Imjin virus, a newly isolated hantavirus from the Ussuri white-toothed shrew (Crocidura lasiura).
Journal of Virology
2009
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Arai S, Ohdachi SD, Asakawa M, Kang HJ, Mocz G, Arikawa J, Okabe N, Yanagihara R.
Molecular phylogeny of a newfound hantavirus in the Japanese shrew mole (Urotrichus talpoides).
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA
2008
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Song JW, Kang HJ, Song KJ, Truong TT, Bennett SN, Arai S, Truong NU, Yanagihara R.
Newfound hantavirus in Chinese mole shrew, Vietnam.
Emerging Infectious Diseases
2007
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