Darren P. Martin

University of Cape Town — South Africa

Medicine · Health Sciences

13h-index2.7kcitations21works6.12yr avg
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Research Topics

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research(10), Plant Virus Research Studies(4), Animal Virus Infections Studies(4), Viral Infections and Vectors(4), Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research(3)

Publications20 total

Signatures of omicron-like adaptation in early SARS-CoV-2 variants and chronic infection
Cell Reports·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Tracing the spatial origins and spread of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineages in South Africa
Nature Communications·2025· 7 citedOpen Access
Travel-associated international spread of Oropouche virus beyond the Amazon
Journal of Travel Medicine·2025· 12 citedOpen Access
Recombination Between Bubaline Alphaherpesvirus 1 and Bovine Alphaherpesvirus 1 as a Possible Origin of Bovine Alphaherpesvirus 5
Viruses·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
An Oxford Nanopore Technology-Based Hepatitis B Virus Sequencing Protocol Suitable for Genomic Surveillance Within Clinical Diagnostic Settings
International Journal of Molecular Sciences·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Rapid Viral Expansion Beyond the Amazon Basin: Increased Epidemic Activity of Oropouche Virus Across the Americas
2024· 18 citedOpen Access
Description of the new HIV-1 intersubtype B/C circulating recombinant form (CRF146_BC) detected in Brazil
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Thème 1 Origine et éco-épidémiologie des zoonoses émergentes et réémergentes en Afrique de l’Ouest et centrale
Virologie·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Neutralisation sensitivity of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron (B.1.1.529) variant: a cross-sectional study
The Lancet Infectious Diseases·2022· 93 citedOpen Access
Variable loss of antibody potency against SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron)
2021· 18 citedOpen Access
The emergence and ongoing convergent evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 N501Y lineages
Cell·2021· 268 citedOpen Access
The emergence and ongoing convergent evolution of the N501Y lineages coincides with a major global shift in the SARS-CoV-2 selective landscape
PubMed·2021· 53 citedOpen Access
A novel variant of interest of SARS-CoV-2 with multiple spike mutations detected through travel surveillance in Africa
2021· 36 citedOpen Access
The emergence and ongoing convergent evolution of the N501Y lineages coincides with a major global shift in the SARS-CoV-2 selective landscape
2021· 89 citedOpen Access
Transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 within-host diversity in two major hospital outbreaks in South Africa
Virus Evolution·2021· 39 citedOpen Access
The Westward Journey of Alfalfa Leaf Curl Virus
Viruses·2018· 13 citedOpen Access
Genome diversity and evidence of recombination and reassortment in nanoviruses from Europe
Journal of General Virology·2014· 51 cited
Identification and characterisation of a highly divergent geminivirus: Evolutionary and taxonomic implications
Virus Research·2013· 86 citedOpen Access
The Evolutionary Value of Recombination Is Constrained by Genome Modularity
PLoS Genetics·2005· 114 citedOpen Access
RDP: detection of recombination amongst aligned sequences
Bioinformatics·2000· 1.5k cited

Frequent Co-authors

Túlio de Oliveira(8), Richard Lessells(7), Houriiyah Tegally(6), Eduan Wilkinson(5), Jennifer Giandhari(5), Lavanya Singh(4), Ben Murrell(4), Sureshnee Pillay(4), James Emmanuel San(3), Ravindra K. Gupta(3), Gordon W. Harkins(3), Philippe Roumagnac(3), Arvind Varsani(3), Vagner Fonseca(3), Marta Giovanetti(3), Derek Tshiabuila(3), Luíz Carlos Júnior Alcântara(3), Edward P. Rybicki(2), Steven Weaver(2), Stephen D. Shank(2)