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PUBLICATION

2026

From traumatic oral fibroma to fatal pneumonia: a multidisciplinary postmortem investigation in a long-term monitored Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus)

Ji-Hyung Park, Kyung Lee Lee, Young Min Lee, Ji Yeong Choi, Yu Ri Heo, Seung Mok Oh, Dasom Lee, Sunmin Kim, Heon Woo Lee, Cherry Tsz Ching Poon, Won Hee Hong, Hyo-Bang Moon, Sori Mok, Chung-Young Lee, Min-Ah Kim, Adams Hei Long Yuen, Seung Hyeok Seok, Byung Yeop Kim, Sang Wha Kim

BMC zoology, 2026

Pathogenicity and zoonotic potential of a novel pdm09-lineage H1N2 swine influenza A virus spatiotemporally linked to transboundary pig trade

Seung-Chai Kim, Hwan-Ju Kim, Bitgoeul Kim, Gyeong-Seo Park, Byeong-Joo Seo, Chonghan Kim, Chang-Gi Jeong, Jae-Ku Oem, Sung-Hyun Moon, Se-Kyung Jung, Yeonsu Oh, Ho-Seong Cho, Yu Kyung Kim, Chung-Young Lee*, Won-Il Kim*

Under review

Enhanced mammalian adaptation of H3N2 canine influenza virus via PB2-G590S

Jisu Lee, Bitgoeul Kim, Min-ah Kim, Se-kyung Jung, Se-hee An, Gyeong-Beom Heo, Chung-Young Lee*

Under review

Current insights into bacterial secondary infection following influenza A virus infection

Jeong-Hoo Seo, Ye-Ji Seo, Hong-Yeoul Ryu,  Minsang Shin, Chung-Young Lee*

Frontiers in Microbiology, 17:1851115, 2026

2025

Comparative analysis of macroscopic and microscopic optical absorbance in hemagglutination assay

Dong-Gyu Jeon, Chung-Young Lee, Chang-Hee Cho, Gang Ho Lee, Yongmin Chang , Sung-Wook Nam

Methods, 244, 195-209, 2025

Clonal Dynamics and Antimicrobial Resistance of blaOXA-23-Harboring Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates in a Korean Hospital, 2004-2018

Shukho Kim, Chung-Young Lee, Minsang Shin, Seong-Jun Kim, Jungmin Kim, Je Chul Lee

Journal of Bacteriology and Virology, 55(3), 197-204, 2025

A High-Yield Recombinant Inactivated Whole-Virion Nasal Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Virus Vaccine with an Attenuated PB2 Gene

Seung-Eun Son, Jin-Ha Song, Ho-Won Kim, Se-Hee An, Seung-Ji Kim, Chung-Young Lee, Hyuk-Joon Kwon and

Kang-Seuk Choi

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 26(12), 5489, 2025

Viral expansion after transfer is a primary driver of influenza A virus transmission bottlenecks

Katie E. Holmes, Lucas M. Ferreri, Baptiste Elie, Ketaki Ganti, Chung-Young Lee, David VanInsberghe, Anice C. Lowen

PLoS Biology, 23(9), e3003352, 2025

Machine learning assessment of zoonotic potential in avian influenza viruses using PB2 segment

Sangwook Kim, Min-Ah Kim, Bitgoeul Kim, Jisu Lee, Se-Kyung Jung, Jonghong Kim, Ho-Young Chung, Chung-Young Lee*, Sungmoon Jeong*

BMC Genomics 26, 395 (2025)

Rapid and specific on-site H5Nx avian influenza diagnosis via RPA and PAM-independent CRISPR-Cas12a assay combined with anti-NP antibody-based viral RNA purification

JINHA SONG, Seung-Eun Son, Se-Hee An, Chung-Young Lee, Ho-Won Kim, Seung-Ji Kim, Hyuk-Joon Kwon and Kang-Seuk Choi

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 12, 2025

A model H5N2 vaccine strain for dual protection against H5N1 and H9N2
avian influenza viruses

Jin-Ha Song, Seung-Eun Son, Ho-Won Kim, Se-Hee An, Chung-Young Lee, Hyuk-Joon Kwon *, Kang-Seuk Choi *

Vaccines, 13(1), 22, 2025

2024

H-NS is a Transcriptional Repressor of the CRISPR-Cas System in Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 19606

Kyeongmin Kim, Md Maidul Islam, Seunghyeok Bang, Jeongah Kim, Chung-Young Lee, Je Chul Lee, Minsang Shin

Journal of Microbiology, 62, 2024

Emergence of HPAI H5N6 Clade 2.3.4.4b in Wild Birds: A Case Study From South Korea, 2023

Chang-Gi Jeong, Chung-Young Lee, Su-Beom Chae, Jung-Hoon Kwon, Eun-Jee Na, Park-Jun Soo, Young-Sik Kim, Seung-Chai Kim, Hwan-Ju Kim, Young-Sun Sung, Sun-Young Kim, Won-Il Kim, Jae-Ku Oem

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2024

(2023 Impact factor=3.5, JIF percentile=93.7)

Exploring Potential Intermediates in the Cross-Species Transmission of Influenza A Virus to Humans

Chung-Young Lee

Viruses 2024, 16(7), 1129 

(2023 Impact factor=3.8, JIF percentile=59.8)

Dispensable role of wild rodents in avian influenza A virus transmission in Gyeonggi province, Korea

Chung-Young Lee*, Ilhwan Kim, Hyuk-Joon Kwon*

Korean Journal of Veterinary Research 2024;64(2):e13

Major shift of influenza A virus of swine (IAV-S) by human-to-swine spillover of the 2009 pandemic virus in Korea

Seung-Chai Kim, Taek Geun Lee, Eun-Jee Na, Sung-Hyun Moon, Hwan-Ju Kim, Chang-Gi Jeong, Young Ki Choi, Yeonsu Oh, Chung-Young Lee*, Jae-Ku Oem*, Won-Il Kim*, Ho-Seong Cho*

*Co-corresponding

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2024

(2023 Impact factor=3.5, JIF percentile=93.7)

Host Subcellular Organelles: Targets of Viral Manipulation

Min Seok Song, Dong-Kun Lee, Chung-Young Lee, Sang-Cheol Park, Jinsung Yang
International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25(3), 1638

2023

Viral expansion after transfer is a primary driver of influenza A virus transmission bottlenecks
Katie E Holmes, David VanInsberghe, Lucas M Ferreri, Baptiste Elie, Ketaki Ganti, Chung-Young Lee, Anice C Lowen
bioRxiv

Evolution and international transmission of H3N2 canine influenza A viruses from Korea during 2014-2017
Chung-Young Lee
Journal of Veterinary Science
24, e78
(2022 Impact factor=1.8)

Engineering an Optimal Y280-Lineage H9N2 Vaccine Strain by Tuning PB2 Activity
Se-Hee An, Seung-Min Hong, Jin-Ha Song, Seung-Eun Son, Chung-Young Lee, Kang-Seuk Choi, Hyuk-Joon Kwon 
Int. J. Mol. Sci  24(10), 8840
(2021 Impact factor=6.208
)

Epistasis reduces fitness costs of influenza A virus escape from stem-binding antibodies
Lee, Chung-Young; Caceres, C Joaquin; Geiger, Ginger; Seibert, Brittany; Faccin, Flavio Cargnin; Gay, L Claire; Ferreri, Lucas M; Kaul, Drishti; Wrammert, Jens; Tan, Gene S
PNAS 120(17), e2208718120
(2021 Impact factor=12.779)


       2023년 한빛사 인터뷰

2022

Beneficial effects of cellular coinfection resolve inefficiency in influenza A virus transcription
Shartouny, Jessica R*; Lee, Chung-Young*; Delima, Gabrielle K; Lowen, Anice C
PLoS Pathogens 18 (9), e1010865,
DOI: https://doi.org/10
.1371/journal.ppat.1010865, *Contributed equally

(2021 Impact factor=7.464, JIF percentile=91.03)

        2022년 한빛사 소개

Timing of exposure is critical in a highly sensitive model of SARS-CoV-2 transmission
Ganti, Ketaki*; Ferreri, Lucas M*; Lee, Chung-Young*; Bair, Camden R*; Delima, Gabrielle K; Holmes, Kate E; Suthar, Mehul S; Lowen, Anice C
PLoS Pathogens 18 (3), e1010181

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010181
*Contributed equally

(2021 Impact factor=7.464, JIF percentile=91.03)

Selection of an Optimal Recombinant Egyptian H9N2 Avian Influenza Vaccine Strain for Poultry with High Antigenicity and Safety
An, Se-Hee, Son, Seung-Eun, Song, Jin-Ha, Hong, Seung-Min, Lee, Chung-Young, Lee, Nak-Hyung, Jeong, Young-Ju, Choi, Jun-Gu, Lee, Youn-Jeong, Kang, Hyun-Mi
Vaccines 10 (2), 162
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10020162

(2021 Impact factor=4.961)

Before
2022

Animal models for SARS-CoV-2
Lee, Chung-Young, Lowen, Anice C
Current opinion in virology 48, 73-81
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coviro.2021.03.009


Collective interactions augment influenza A virus replication in a host-dependent manner
Phipps, Kara L; Ganti, Ketaki*; Jacobs, Nathan T*; Lee, Chung-Young*; Carnaccini, Silvia; White, Maria C; Manandhar, Miglena; Pickett, Brett E; Tan, Gene S; Ferreri, Lucas M;
Nature microbiology 5 (9), 1158-1169,
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-020-0749-2  

*Contributed equally

Rank orders of mammalian pathogenicity-related PB2 mutations of avian influenza A viruses
Lee, Chung-Young; An, Se-Hee; Choi, Jun-Gu; Lee, Youn-Jeong; Kim, Jae-Hong; Kwon, Hyuk-Joon;
Scientific Reports 10 (1), 1-13
DOI: https://doi.or
g/10.1038/s41598-020-62036-5 

Improvement of PR8-Derived Recombinant Clade 2.3. 4.4 c H5N6 Vaccine Strains by Optimization of Internal Genes and H103Y Mutation of Hemagglutinin
An, Se-Hee; Hong, Seung-Min; Son, Seung-Eun; Song, Jin-Ha; Lee, Chung-Young; Choi, Jun-Gu; Lee, Youn-Jeong; Jeong, Jei-Hyun; Kim, Jun-Beom; Song, Chang-Seon 
Vaccines 8 (4), 781
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines8040781
 

Generation of highly productive and mammalian nonpathogenic recombinant H9N2 avian influenza viruses by optimization of 3’end promoter and NS genome
An, Se-Hee; Lee, Chung-Young; Choi, Jun-Gu; Lee, Youn-Jeong; Kim, Jae-Hong; Kwon, Hyuk-Joon
Veterinary microbiology 228, 213-218
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2018.11.031


Bioengineering a highly productive vaccine strain in embryonated chicken eggs and mammals from a non-pathogenic clade 2· 3· 4· 4 H5N8 strain
An, Se-Hee; Lee, Chung-Young; Hong, Seung-Min; Choi, Jun-Gu; Lee, Youn-Jeong; Jeong, Jei-Hyun; Kim, Jun-Beom; Song, Chang-Seon; Kim, Jae-Hong; Kwon, Hyuk-Joon
Vaccine 37 (42), 6154-6161
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.08.074


Novel Mutations Evading Avian Immunity around the Receptor Binding Site of the Clade 2.3. 2.1 c Hemagglutinin Gene Reduce Viral Thermostability and Mammalian Pathogenicity
An, Se-Hee; Lee, Chung-Young; Hong, Seung-Min; Song, Chang-Seon; Kim, Jae-Hong; Kwon, Hyuk-Joon 
Viruses 11 (10), 923
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/v11100923


Molecular evolution of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Gallinarum biovar Gallinarum in the field
Kim, Nam-Hyung, Ha, Eun-Jin, Ko, Dae-Sung, Lee, Chung-Young, Kim, Jae-Hong, Kwon, Hyuk-Joon
Veterinary microbiology 235, 63-70
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2019.05.019


An optimized molecular method for detection of influenza A virus using improved generic primers and concentration of the viral genomic RNA and nucleoprotein complex
Kim, Ji-Woon*, Lee, Chung-Young*, Nguyen, Thanh Trung, Kim, Il-Hwan, Kwon, Hyuk-Joon, Kim, Jae-Hong
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 31 (2), 175-183
DOI: 10.1177/1040638719830760
*Contributed equally


Pathobiological and genomic characterization of a cold-adapted infectious bronchitis virus (BP-caKII)
Hong, Seung-Min, An, Se-Hee, Lee, Chung-Young, Song, Chang-Seon, Choi, Kang-Seuk, Kim, Jae-Hong, Kwon, Hyuk-Joon
Viruses 10 (11), 652
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/v10110652


Molecu
lar prophage typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from bovine mastitis
Ko, Dae-Sung, Seong, Won-Jin, Kim, Danil, Kim, Eun-Kyung, Kim, Nam-Hyung, Lee, Chung-Young; Kim, Jae-Hong; Kwon, Hyuk-Joon
Journal of Veterinary Science 19 (6), 771-781
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4142/jvs.2018.19.6.771


Acquisition of Innate Inhibitor Resistance and Mammalian Pathogenicity During Egg Adaptation by the H9N2 Avian Influenza Virus
Lee, Chung-Young, An, Se-Hee, Choi, Jun-Gu, Lee, Youn-Jeong, Kim, Jae-Hong, Kwon, Hyuk-Joon
Frontiers in Microbiology 9, 1939
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01939


Novel mutations in avian PA in combination with an adaptive mutation in PR8 NP exacerbate the virulence of PR8-derived recombinant influenza A viruses in mice
Lee, Chung-Young, An, Se-Hee, Kim, Ilhwan, Choi, Jun-Gu, Lee, Youn-Jeong, Kim, Jae-Hong, Kwon, Hyuk-Joon
Veterinary microbiology 221, 114-121
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2018.05.026


Prerequisites for the acquisition of mammalian pathogenicity by influenza A virus with a prototypic avian PB2 gene
Lee, Chung-Young, An, Se-Hee, Kim, Ilhwan, Go, Du-Min, Kim, Dae-Yong, Choi, Jun-Gu, Lee, Youn-Jeong, Kim, Jae-Hong, Kwon, Hyuk-Joon
Scientific Reports 7 (1), 1-12
PMID: 28860593


Effect of the fourth nucleotide at the 3′ end of neuraminidase and matrix viral genomic RNA on the pathogenicity of influenza virus A/PR/8/34
Lee, Chung-Young, Kwon, Hyuk-Joon, Nguyen, Thanh Trung, Kim, Ilhwan, Jang, Hyung-Kwan, Kim, Jae-Hong
Journal of Veterinary Science 18 (Suppl 1), 307
PMID: 28859270 


Optimized clade 2.3. 2.1 c H5N1 recombinant-vaccine strains against highly pathogenic avian influenza
Jang, Jin-Wook, Lee, Chung-Young, Kim, Il-hwan, Choi, Jun-Gu, Lee, Youn-Jeong, Yuk, Seong-Su, Lee, Ji-Ho, Song, Chang-Seon, Kim, Jae-Hong, Kwon, Hyuk-Joon
Journal of veterinary science 18 (S1), 299-306
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4142/jvs.2017.18.S1.299

Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University
Daegu, Republic of Korea 

@ 2023 by KNU Zoonotic Viruses Lab.

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