Benjamin A. Krishna

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Benjamin A. Krishna is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin A. Krishna has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Epidemiology, 8 papers in Infectious Diseases and 8 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Benjamin A. Krishna's work include Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (21 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (17 papers) and Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 (7 papers). Benjamin A. Krishna is often cited by papers focused on Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (21 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (17 papers) and Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 (7 papers). Benjamin A. Krishna collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Benjamin A. Krishna's co-authors include John Sinclair, Mark R. Wills, Emma Poole, Christine M. O’Connor, Betty Lau, William E. Miller, Sarah Jackson, Max Crispin, Kavitha Baruah and Christopher N. Scanlan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin A. Krishna

35 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Spontaneous, persistent, T cell–dependent IFN-γ release in patients who progress to Long Covid

2024 41 citations Benjamin A. Krishna, Eleanor Y. Lim et al. Science Advances profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin A. Krishna United Kingdom	22	797	369	306	188	172	37	1.3k
Ilija Brizić Croatia	18	618 0.8×	149 0.4×	349 1.1×	227 1.2×	158 0.9×	45	1.0k
Emily M. Eriksson Australia	21	203 0.3×	305 0.8×	516 1.7×	140 0.7×	73 0.4×	52	1.1k
Véronique Robert-Hebmann France	22	481 0.6×	366 1.0×	706 2.3×	245 1.3×	65 0.4×	37	1.5k
Michael Rak United States	14	674 0.8×	176 0.5×	306 1.0×	92 0.5×	237 1.4×	14	953
Julie Vergara United States	15	216 0.3×	1.1k 3.0×	286 0.9×	284 1.5×	30 0.2×	17	1.6k
Christine M. O’Connor United States	21	944 1.2×	218 0.6×	295 1.0×	77 0.4×	211 1.2×	40	1.1k
Rebecca Aicheler United Kingdom	12	846 1.1×	222 0.6×	613 2.0×	87 0.5×	164 1.0×	19	1.3k
Marina Vaysburd United Kingdom	21	178 0.2×	462 1.3×	499 1.6×	257 1.4×	25 0.1×	29	1.2k
Carolyn M. Nielsen United Kingdom	14	207 0.3×	246 0.7×	636 2.1×	133 0.7×	39 0.2×	19	989
Casper Paludan United States	8	630 0.8×	260 0.7×	921 3.0×	76 0.4×	110 0.6×	9	1.4k

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Krishna, Benjamin A., et al.. (2025). Inhibition of MAPK signaling suppresses cytomegalovirus reactivation in CD34+ Kasumi-3 cells. Antiviral Research. 238. 106169–106169. 1 indexed citations

Ram, Raja, et al.. (2025). Robust antibody and T cell responses tracked longitudinally in patients with long COVID. Journal of General Virology. 106(12).

Krishna, Benjamin A., et al.. (2025). Why Are Cytomegalovirus-Encoded G-Protein-Coupled Receptors Essential for Infection but Only Variably Conserved?. Pathogens. 14(3). 245–245. 1 indexed citations

Lambisia, Arnold W., et al.. (2025). Adenovirus‐Specific T Cells in Adults Are Frequent, Cross‐Reactive to Common Childhood Adenovirus Infections and Boosted by Adenovirus‐Vectored Vaccines. Journal of Medical Virology. 97(2). e70222–e70222.

Krishna, Benjamin A., et al.. (2024). Cardiovascular disease and covid-19: A systematic review. IJC Heart & Vasculature. 54. 101482–101482. 6 indexed citations

Krishna, Benjamin A., Eleanor Y. Lim, Sarah Jackson, et al.. (2024). Spontaneous, persistent, T cell–dependent IFN-γ release in patients who progress to Long Covid. Science Advances. 10(8). eadi9379–eadi9379. 41 indexed citations breakdown →

Krishna, Benjamin A., et al.. (2024). Comparison of different T cell assays for the retrospective determination of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Journal of General Virology. 105(12). 1 indexed citations

Krishna, Benjamin A., Mark R. Wills, & Nyaradzai Sithole. (2023). Long COVID: what is known and what gaps need to be addressed. British Medical Bulletin. 147(1). 6–19. 20 indexed citations

Wass, Amanda B., Benjamin A. Krishna, Laura E. Herring, et al.. (2022). Cytomegalovirus US28 regulates cellular EphA2 to maintain viral latency. Science Advances. 8(43). eadd1168–eadd1168. 12 indexed citations

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Krishna, Benjamin A., Eleanor Y. Lim, Paul Lyons, et al.. (2022). Evidence of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection in seronegative patients with long COVID. EBioMedicine. 81. 104129–104129. 24 indexed citations

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Krishna, Benjamin A., Amanda B. Wass, & Christine M. O’Connor. (2020). Activator protein-1 transactivation of the major immediate early locus is a determinant of cytomegalovirus reactivation from latency. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(34). 20860–20867. 27 indexed citations

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Krishna, Benjamin A., et al.. (2020). The Requirement for US28 During Cytomegalovirus Latency Is Independent of US27 and US29 Gene Expression. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 10. 186–186. 14 indexed citations

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Krishna, Benjamin A., Monica S. Humby, William E. Miller, & Christine M. O’Connor. (2019). Human cytomegalovirus G protein-coupled receptor US28 promotes latency by attenuating c-fos. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(5). 1755–1764. 48 indexed citations

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Williamson, James C., Veronika Romashova, Elizabeth Elder, et al.. (2019). Human Cytomegalovirus Upregulates Expression of HCLS1 Resulting in Increased Cell Motility and Transendothelial Migration during Latency. iScience. 20. 60–72. 18 indexed citations

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Shnayder, Miri, Aharon Nachshon, Benjamin A. Krishna, et al.. (2018). Defining the Transcriptional Landscape during Cytomegalovirus Latency with Single-Cell RNA Sequencing. mBio. 9(2). 127 indexed citations

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Chavali, Pavithra L., Lovorka Stojic, Luke W. Meredith, et al.. (2017). Neurodevelopmental protein Musashi-1 interacts with the Zika genome and promotes viral replication. Science. 357(6346). 83–88. 117 indexed citations

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Krishna, Benjamin A., Katja Spieß, Emma Poole, et al.. (2017). Targeting the latent cytomegalovirus reservoir with an antiviral fusion toxin protein. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14321–14321. 53 indexed citations

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Krishna, Benjamin A., Betty Lau, Sarah Jackson, et al.. (2016). Transient activation of human cytomegalovirus lytic gene expression during latency allows cytotoxic T cell killing of latently infected cells. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 24674–24674. 47 indexed citations

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Lau, Betty, Emma Poole, Benjamin A. Krishna, et al.. (2016). The Expression of Human Cytomegalovirus MicroRNA MiR-UL148D during Latent Infection in Primary Myeloid Cells Inhibits Activin A-triggered Secretion of IL-6. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 31205–31205. 68 indexed citations

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Harvey, David J., Kavitha Baruah, Xiaojie Yu, et al.. (2014). Fragments of Bacterial Endoglycosidase S and Immunoglobulin G Reveal Subdomains of Each That Contribute to Deglycosylation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(20). 13876–13889. 23 indexed citations

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