Ajit Lalvani

18.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
162 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

Ajit Lalvani is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Ajit Lalvani has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Infectious Diseases, 105 papers in Epidemiology and 52 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Ajit Lalvani's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (115 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (76 papers) and Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis (36 papers). Ajit Lalvani is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (115 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (76 papers) and Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis (36 papers). Ajit Lalvani collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and India. Ajit Lalvani's co-authors include Jonathan J Deeks, Adrian V. S. Hill, Ansar A. Pathan, Katie Ewer, Geoffrey Pasvol, Kerry Millington, Manish Pareek, Robert J. Wilkinson, Saranya Sridhar and Mohammed Latif and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Ajit Lalvani

158 papers receiving 11.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Cellular immune correlates of protection against symptomatic pandemic influenza

2013 643 citations Saranya Sridhar, Alison Bermingham et al. profile →
Influence of vitamin D deficiency and vitamin D receptor polymorphisms on tuberculosis among Gujarati Asians in west London: a case-control study

2000 590 citations Robert J. Wilkinson, Geoffrey Pasvol et al. profile →
Rapid Effector Function in CD8+ Memory T Cells

1997 573 citations Ajit Lalvani, Adrian V. S. Hill et al. profile →
A systematic review of rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of tuberculosis infection

2007 494 citations Jonathan J Deeks, Heinke Kunst et al. Health Technology Assessment profile →
Prevalence and risk factor for long COVID in children and adolescents: A meta-analysis and systematic review

2023 72 citations Ajit Lalvani et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ajit Lalvani

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Reference-Free Variant Calling with Local Graph Construction with ska lo (SKA) 2025 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Romain Derelle, Kieran Madon, Joel Hellewell, (unknown), Nimalan Arinaminpathy, Ajit Lalvani, Nicholas J. Croucher, Simon R. Harris, John A. Lees, Leonid Chindelevitch	1
2	Patient outcomes following emergency admission to hospital for COVID-19 compared with influenza: retrospective cohort study 2022 ·Thorax ·Thomas Woodcock, Geva Greenfield, Ajit Lalvani, Azeem Majeed, Paul Aylin	7
3	SARS-CoV-2 antigen lateral flow tests for detecting infectious people: linked data analysis 2022 ·BMJ ·Jonathan J Deeks, Anika Singanayagam, Hamish Houston, Alice Sitch, Seran Hakki, Jake Dunning, Ajit Lalvani	18
4	New technologies for diagnosing active TB: the VANTDET diagnostic accuracy study 2021 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Alice Halliday, Pooja Jain, Long Hoàng, Robert Parker, Mica Tolosa-Wright, (unknown), Nathan Green, (unknown), Yemisi Takwoingi, Shea Hamilton, (unknown), Anastasia Fries, Lachlan Coin, Jonathan J Deeks, Peter J White, Michael Levin, Peter C. L. Beverley, Onn Min Kon, Ajit Lalvani	2
5	Telemedicine-enabled Accelerated Discharge of Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 to Isolation in Repurposed Hotel Rooms 2020 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·(unknown), Ajit Lalvani, Luca Richeldi	16
6	Immunodiagnosis of active tuberculosis 2019 ·Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine ·Alice Halliday, (unknown), Mica Tolosa-Wright, (unknown), Ajit Lalvani	9
7	Predicting progression to active tuberculosis: A rate-limiting step on the path to elimination 2019 ·PLoS Medicine ·Ajit Lalvani, (unknown), Alice Halliday	6
8	Effectiveness of BCG Vaccination Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Adults: A Cross-sectional Analysis of a UK-Based Cohort 2019 ·The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Anthea L Katelaris, Charlotte Jackson, Jo Southern, Rishi K Gupta, Francis Drobniewski, Ajit Lalvani, Marc Lipman, Punam Mangtani, Ibrahim Abubakar	29
9	Quantitative IFN-γ Release Assay and Tuberculin Skin Test Results to Predict Incident Tuberculosis. A Prospective Cohort Study 2019 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Rishi K Gupta, Marc Lipman, Charlotte Jackson, Alice Sitch, Jo Southern, Francis Drobniewski, Jonathan J Deeks, (unknown), Chris Griffiths, Jennifer Davidson, Colin Campbell, Oliver Stirrup, Mahdad Noursadeghi, Heinke Kunst, Pranabashis Haldar, Ajit Lalvani, Ibrahim Abubakar	29
10	Two interferon gamma release assays for predicting active tuberculosis: the UK PREDICT TB prognostic test study 2018 ·Health Technology Assessment ·Ibrahim Abubakar, Ajit Lalvani, (unknown), Alice Sitch, Charlotte Jackson, Olu Onyimadu, Marc Lipman, Jonathan J Deeks, Chris Griffiths, Graham Bothamley, Onn Min Kon, Andrew Hayward, Joanne Lord, Francis Drobniewski	21
11	Longevity and Determinants of Protective Humoral Immunity After Pandemic Influenza Infection 2014 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Saranya Sridhar, (unknown), Katja Höschler, Alison Bermingham, Walt E. Adamson, William F. Carman, Steven Riley, Ajit Lalvani	18
12	Tuberculosis screening of migrants to low-burden nations: insights from evaluation of UK practice 2010 ·European Respiratory Journal ·Manish Pareek, Ibrahim Abubakar, Paul J. White, (unknown), Ajit Lalvani	37
13	Dynamic Relationship between IFN-γ and IL-2 Profile of Mycobacterium tuberculosis -Specific T Cells and Antigen Load 2007 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Kerry Millington, J A Innes, Sarah Hackforth, Timothy Hinks, Jonathan J Deeks, Davinder Dosanjh, (unknown), (unknown), Paul Klenerman, Ajit Lalvani	234
14	Dynamic Antigen-specific T-Cell Responses after Point-Source Exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis 2006 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Katie Ewer, Kerry Millington, Jonathan J Deeks, Lydia Alvarez‐Erviti, (unknown), Ajit Lalvani	182
15	Rapid Diagnosis of Smear-Negative Tuberculosis by Bronchoalveolar Lavage Enzyme-linked Immunospot 2006 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Claudia Jafari, Martin Ernst, Barbara Kalsdorf, U Greinert, Roland Diel, D Kirsten, (unknown), Ajit Lalvani, Christoph Lange	126
16	Enzyme-linked Immunospot and Tuberculin Skin Testing to Detect Latent Tuberculosis Infection 2005 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Homayoun Shams, Stephen E. Weis, Peter Klucar, Ajit Lalvani, Patrick K. Moonan, Janice M. Pogoda, Katie Ewer, Peter F. Barnes	101
17	T Cell–Based Tracking of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Infection after Brief Exposure 2004 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Luca Richeldi, Katie Ewer, Monica Losi, Barbara Maria Bergamini, Pietro Roversi, Jonathan J Deeks, Leonardo M. Fabbri, Ajit Lalvani	115
18	Characterization of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Peptide That Is Recognized by Human CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells in the Context of Multiple HLA Alleles 2004 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Homayoun Shams, Peter Klucar, (unknown), Ajit Lalvani, Patrick K. Moonan, Hassan Safi, Benjamin Wizel, Katie Ewer, Gerald T. Nepom, David Lewinsohn, Peter Andersen, Peter F. Barnes	69
19	Rapid Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection by Enumeration of Antigen-specific T Cells 2001 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Ajit Lalvani, Ansar A. Pathan, Helen McShane, Robert J. Wilkinson, Mohammed Latif, Christopher P. Conlon, Geoffrey Pasvol, Adrian V. S. Hill	346
20	Direct Ex Vivo Analysis of Antigen-Specific IFN-γ-Secreting CD4 T Cells in Mycobacterium tuberculosis -Infected Individuals: Associations with Clinical Disease State and Effect of Treatment 2001 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Ansar A. Pathan, Katalin A. Wilkinson, Paul Klenerman, Helen McShane, Robert N. Davidson, Geoffrey Pasvol, Adrian V. S. Hill, Ajit Lalvani	299

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