Carter L. Diggs

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Carter L. Diggs is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Carter L. Diggs has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 16 papers in Epidemiology and 16 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Carter L. Diggs's work include Malaria Research and Control (35 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (19 papers) and Trypanosoma species research and implications (12 papers). Carter L. Diggs is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (35 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (19 papers) and Trypanosoma species research and implications (12 papers). Carter L. Diggs collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Carter L. Diggs's co-authors include J. David Haynes, Wayne T. Hockmeyer, Robert A. Wirtz, Abraham G. Osler, Imogene Schneider, Jeffrey D. Chulay, Michael R. Hollingdale, Robert E. Desjardins, Louis H. Miller and Thomas F. McCutchan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Carter L. Diggs

57 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Structure of the Gene Encoding the Immunodominant Surface... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Structure of the Gene Encoding the Immunodominant Surface Antigen on the Sporozoite of the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum
    1984 611 citations J. David Haynes, Carter L. Diggs et al. profile →

Peers

Carter L. Diggs
Richard L. Beaudoin United States
Wayne T. Hockmeyer United States
Daniel M. Gordon United States
John G. Scaife United Kingdom
Russell J. Howard United States
Anthony N. Hodder Australia
Elizabeth Nardin United States
Jana S. McBride United Kingdom
T. Ponnudurai Netherlands
Anthony W. Stowers United States
Richard L. Beaudoin United States
Carter L. Diggs
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Srinivasan, P., G. Christian Baldeviano, Kazutoyo Miura, et al.. (2017). A malaria vaccine protects Aotus monkeys against virulent Plasmodium falciparum infection. npj Vaccines. 2(1). 40 indexed citations
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Sedegah, Martha, Bjoern Peters, Michael R. Hollingdale, et al.. (2016). Vaccine Strain-Specificity of Protective HLA-Restricted Class 1 P. falciparum Epitopes. PLoS ONE. 11(10). e0163026–e0163026. 12 indexed citations
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Sedegah, Martha, Michael R. Hollingdale, Fouzia Farooq, et al.. (2014). Sterile Immunity to Malaria after DNA Prime/Adenovirus Boost Immunization Is Associated with Effector Memory CD8+T Cells Targeting AMA1 Class I Epitopes. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e106241–e106241. 49 indexed citations
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Sedegah, Martha, Yohan Kim, Harini Ganeshan, et al.. (2013). Identification of minimal human MHC-restricted CD8+ T-cell epitopes within the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein (CSP). Malaria Journal. 12(1). 185–185. 33 indexed citations
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Ouattara, Amed, Shannon Takala‐Harrison, Mahamadou A. Théra, et al.. (2012). Molecular Basis of Allele-Specific Efficacy of a Blood-Stage Malaria Vaccine: Vaccine Development Implications. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 207(3). 511–519. 53 indexed citations
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Dutta, Sheetij, JoAnn S. Sullivan, Katharine K. Grady, et al.. (2009). High Antibody Titer against Apical Membrane Antigen-1 Is Required to Protect against Malaria in the Aotus Model. PLoS ONE. 4(12). e8138–e8138. 68 indexed citations
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Ockenhouse, Christian F., Evelina Angov, Kent E. Kester, et al.. (2005). Phase I safety and immunogenicity trial of FMP1/AS02A, a Plasmodium falciparum MSP-1 asexual blood stage vaccine☆. Vaccine. 24(15). 3009–3017. 73 indexed citations
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Diggs, Carter L., et al.. (2004). Strength in unity. Nature. 430(7002). 938–939. 2 indexed citations
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Angov, Evelina, Barbara Aufiero, Christian F. Ockenhouse, et al.. (2003). Development and pre-clinical analysis of a Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein-142 malaria vaccine. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 128(2). 195–204. 71 indexed citations
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Kublin, James G., Mark H. Lowitt, Robert G. Hamilton, et al.. (2002). Delayed-type hypersensitivity in volunteers immunized with a synthetic multi-antigen peptide vaccine (PfCS-MAP1NYU) against Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites. Vaccine. 20(13-14). 1853–1861. 14 indexed citations
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Nardin, Elizabeth, Giane A. Oliveira, J. Mauricio Calvo‐Calle, et al.. (2000). Synthetic Malaria Peptide Vaccine Elicits High Levels of Antibodies in Vaccinees of Defined HLA Genotypes. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 182(5). 1486–1496. 130 indexed citations
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Camus, Daniel, et al.. (1987). Characterization of gp195 processed products purified from Plasmodium falciparum culture supernates. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 26(1-2). 21–27. 9 indexed citations
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Howard, Russell J., Jeffrey A. Lyon, Carter L. Diggs, et al.. (1984). Localization of the major Plasmodium falciparum glycoprotein on the surface of mature intraerythrocytic trophozoites and schizonts. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 11. 349–362. 31 indexed citations
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Chulay, Jeffrey D., J. David Haynes, & Carter L. Diggs. (1983). Plasmodium falciparum: Assessment of in vitro growth by [3H]hypoxanthine incorporation. Experimental Parasitology. 55(1). 138–146. 146 indexed citations
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Wellde, B. T., Carter L. Diggs, & Scott Anderson. (1979). Recent developments in vaccination against malaria: Immunization of Aotus trivirgatus against Plasmodium falciparum with irradiated blood forms. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 57. 153. 8 indexed citations
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Wellde, B. T., et al.. (1975). Trypanosoma rhodesiense: Variant specificity of immunity induced by irradiated parasites. Experimental Parasitology. 37(1). 125–129. 13 indexed citations
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Diggs, Carter L. & Abraham G. Osler. (1969). Humoral immunity in rodent malaria. I. Estimation of parasitemia by electronic particle counting.. PubMed. 102(2). 292–7. 12 indexed citations
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Diggs, Carter L. & E. H. Sadun. (1965). Serological cross reactivity between Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum as determined by a modified fluorescent antibody test. Experimental Parasitology. 16(2). 217–223. 37 indexed citations
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Diggs, Carter L.. (1964). Comments on the Antigenic Analysis of Plasmodia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 13(1_Part_2). 217–218.

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