Thisun B. H. Piyasena

A recombinant platform for flavivirus vaccines and diagnostics using chimeras of a new insect-specific virus

Jody Hobson‐Peters, Jessica J. Harrison, Daniel Watterson et al. · Science Translational Medicine · 2019 · 120 citations

Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Microbiology +17

A New Clade of Insect-Specific Flaviviruses from Australian <i>Anopheles</i> Mosquitoes Displays Species-Specific Host Restriction

Agathe M. G. Colmant, Jody Hobson‐Peters, Helle Bielefeldt‐Ohmann et al. · mSphere · 2017 · 82 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Molecular Biology +17

Antigenic Characterization of New Lineage II Insect-Specific Flaviviruses in Australian Mosquitoes and Identification of Host Restriction Factors

Jessica J. Harrison, Jody Hobson‐Peters, Agathe M. G. Colmant et al. · mSphere · 2020 · 59 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Entomology, Microbiology +16

Infectious DNAs derived from insect-specific flavivirus genomes enable identification of pre- and post-entry host restrictions in vertebrate cells

Thisun B. H. Piyasena, Yin Xiang Setoh, Jody Hobson‐Peters et al. · Scientific Reports · 2017 · 54 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology +16

Chimeric viruses of the insect-specific flavivirus Palm Creek with structural proteins of vertebrate-infecting flaviviruses identify barriers to replication of insect-specific flaviviruses in vertebrate cells

Thisun B. H. Piyasena, Natalee D. Newton, Jody Hobson‐Peters et al. · Journal of General Virology · 2019 · 30 citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +17