Birgitta Åsjö

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Birgitta Åsjö is a scholar working on Virology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgitta Åsjö has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Virology, 34 papers in Infectious Diseases and 30 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Birgitta Åsjö's work include HIV Research and Treatment (56 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (20 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (19 papers). Birgitta Åsjö is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (56 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (20 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (19 papers). Birgitta Åsjö collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Norway and France. Birgitta Åsjö's co-authors include Jan Albert, Linda Morfeldt-Månson, Simon Wain–Hobson, Andreas Meyerhans, Francesca Chiodi, Eva-Maria Fenyö, Éva Mária Fenyõ, E M Fenyö, Knut Lidman and Jean‐Pierre Vartanian and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Birgitta Åsjö

75 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Temporal fluctuations in HIV quasispecies in vivo are not reflected by sequential HIV isolations

1989 566 citations Jan Albert, Linda Morfeldt-Månson et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Birgitta Åsjö Sweden	32	3.1k	2.1k	1.4k	1.0k	522	75	4.3k
Cecil H. Fox United States	26	3.7k 1.2×	2.2k 1.1×	1.9k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	502 1.0×	60	5.1k
A S Fauci United States	34	3.4k 1.1×	2.1k 1.0×	2.3k 1.6×	1.2k 1.2×	613 1.2×	52	5.1k
Éva Mária Fenyõ Sweden	38	3.5k 1.1×	2.2k 1.1×	1.9k 1.3×	923 0.9×	741 1.4×	116	4.6k
Mary Zupancic United States	16	2.8k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	822 0.8×	450 0.9×	23	3.5k
Janet K.A. Nicholson United States	30	2.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	2.1k 1.4×	990 1.0×	713 1.4×	72	4.3k
Charles Farthing United States	22	3.0k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	373 0.7×	46	4.0k
Rémi Cheynier France	35	2.9k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	2.2k 1.5×	1.1k 1.0×	610 1.2×	85	4.5k
M Tersmette Netherlands	27	5.3k 1.7×	3.4k 1.6×	2.3k 1.6×	1.0k 1.0×	713 1.4×	39	5.9k
Malcolm A. Martin United States	38	3.6k 1.2×	1.7k 0.8×	2.4k 1.6×	1.0k 1.0×	868 1.7×	70	4.6k
Frank de Wolf Netherlands	33	3.1k 1.0×	2.5k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	421 0.8×	67	4.4k

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Baba, Kamaldeen, Sharad Pathak, Nina Langeland, et al.. (2008). Real-time Quantitative PCR in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Formalin-fixed Paraffin-embedded Pleural Tissue in Patients From a High HIV Endemic Area. Diagnostic Molecular Pathology. 17(2). 112–117. 32 indexed citations

Bostad, Leif, et al.. (2005). Cathepsin B and Cystatin A as Indicators of a Separate Apoptotic Pathway in HIV-1 Infection. Retrovirology. 2(S1). 14 indexed citations

Andersson, Sören, et al.. (2004). Relevance of a combined HIV antigen/antibody assay to detect early HIV infections in a low prevalence population: case reports.. PubMed. 50(7-8). 409–13. 14 indexed citations

Albrektsen, Grethe, et al.. (2003). Changes in Immunoglobulin Isotypes and Immunoglobulin G (IgG) Subclasses During Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 34(4). 358–367. 19 indexed citations

Åsjö, Birgitta, et al.. (2002). Phase I Trial of a Therapeutic HIV Type 1 Vaccine, Vacc-4x, in HIV Type 1-Infected Individuals with or without Antiretroviral Therapy. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 18(18). 1357–1365. 33 indexed citations

Dyrhol‐Riise, Anne Ma, et al.. (2001). Residual Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection in Lymphoid Tissue during Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy: Quantitation and Virus Characterization. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 17(7). 577–586. 10 indexed citations

Goudsmit, Jaap, et al.. (2000). Short Communication: Determinants for the Syncytium-Inducing Phenotype of HIV-1 Subtype F Isolates Are Located in the V3 Region. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 16(9). 867–870. 12 indexed citations

Dyrhol‐Riise, Anne Ma, et al.. (2000). Changes in tonsillar tissue in early HIV‐1 infection and during 3 years of antiretroviral therapy. Apmis. 108(7-8). 539–550. 1 indexed citations

Bruu, Anne‐Lise, Reidar Hjetland, Ellen Holter, et al.. (2000). Evaluation of 12 Commercial Tests for Detection of Epstein-Barr Virus-Specific and Heterophile Antibodies. Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology. 7(3). 451–456. 71 indexed citations

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Dyrhol‐Riise, Anne Ma, et al.. (1999). Activation of CD8 T cells normalizes and correlates with the level of infectious provirus in tonsils during highly active antiretroviral therapy in early HIV-1 infection. AIDS. 13(17). 2365–2376. 35 indexed citations

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Røsok, Bård I., et al.. (1998). Correlates of Apoptosis of CD4 ⁺ and CD8 ⁺ T Cells in Tonsillar Tissue in HIV Type 1 Infection. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 14(18). 1635–1643. 30 indexed citations

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Røsok, Bård I., et al.. (1997). CD8 ⁺ T Cells from HIV Type 1-Seronegative Individuals Suppress Virus Replication in Acutely Infected Cells. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 13(1). 79–85. 30 indexed citations

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Røsok, Bård I., et al.. (1996). Dynamics of HIV-1 replication following influenza vaccination of HIV+ individuals. Clinical & Experimental Immunology. 104(2). 203–207. 45 indexed citations

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Holm‐Hansen, Carol, et al.. (1995). Characterization of HIV Type 1 from Romanian Children: Lack of Correlation between V3 Loop Amino Acid Sequence and Syncytium Formation in MT-2 Cells. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 11(5). 597–603. 24 indexed citations

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Åsjö, Birgitta, Daniel Céfaï, Patrice Debré, Yasmine Dudoit, & Brigitte Autran. (1993). A novel mode of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) activation: ligation of CD28 alone induces HIV-1 replication in naturally infected lymphocytes. Journal of Virology. 67(7). 4395–4398. 37 indexed citations

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Valentin, Antonio, Shunji Matsuda, & Birgitta Åsjö. (1990). Characterization of the In Vitro Maturation of Monocytes and the Susceptibility to HIV Infection. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 6(8). 977–978. 17 indexed citations

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Åsjö, Birgitta, et al.. (1990). Naturally Occurring HIV-1 Isolates with Differences in Replicative Capacity are Distinguished by In Situ Hybridization of Infected Cells. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 6(10). 1177–1182. 27 indexed citations

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Fenyö, E M, Linda Morfeldt-Månson, Francesca Chiodi, et al.. (1988). Distinct replicative and cytopathic characteristics of human immunodeficiency virus isolates. Journal of Virology. 62(11). 4414–4419. 378 indexed citations

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Chiodi, Francesca, Ulla Bredberg-Rådén, Gunnel Biberfeld, et al.. (1987). Radioimmunoprecipitation and Western Blotting with Sera of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Patients: A Comparative Study. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 3(2). 165–176. 39 indexed citations

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Åsjö, Birgitta, Éva Mária Fenyõ, & George Klein. (1981). Moloney virus (M‐MuLV) leukemogenesis: Virus spread, antibody production and antigenic expression in neonatally virus‐inoculated young mice. International Journal of Cancer. 28(1). 65–70. 5 indexed citations

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