Elizabeth A. Dragon

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Elizabeth A. Dragon is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Elizabeth A. Dragon has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Epidemiology, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Elizabeth A. Dragon's work include Hepatitis B Virus Studies (6 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (6 papers) and Trypanosoma species research and implications (5 papers). Elizabeth A. Dragon is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis B Virus Studies (6 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (6 papers) and Trypanosoma species research and implications (5 papers). Elizabeth A. Dragon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Austria. Elizabeth A. Dragon's co-authors include Jeffrey D. Gabe, Yaoxing Huang, Avidan U. Neumann, John Phair, Linqi Zhang, Steven M. Wolinsky, Daniel J. Ceradini, Karina Yazdanbakhsh, Daniel L. Erickson and Kevin Kunstman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, The Journal of Immunology and Molecular and Cellular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Elizabeth A. Dragon

21 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

The role of a mutant CCR5 allele in HIV–1 transmission and disease progression

1996 1.1k citations Yaoxing Huang, William A. Paxton et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elizabeth A. Dragon United States	16	955	689	685	586	482	22	2.0k
Kesen Dang United States	22	647 0.7×	570 0.8×	1.6k 2.4×	535 0.9×	807 1.7×	27	2.4k
Masashi Shingai Japan	23	799 0.8×	776 1.1×	1.7k 2.5×	691 1.2×	441 0.9×	56	2.6k
Ryan M. Troyer United States	24	783 0.8×	469 0.7×	733 1.1×	721 1.2×	382 0.8×	59	2.0k
Valérie Pasquetto United States	22	488 0.5×	739 1.1×	1.1k 1.6×	298 0.5×	827 1.7×	26	2.0k
Michael A. Chattergoon United States	30	986 1.0×	899 1.3×	2.3k 3.4×	719 1.2×	1.3k 2.8×	58	3.8k
Catherine Tamalet France	29	1.5k 1.5×	831 1.2×	170 0.2×	1.5k 2.5×	376 0.8×	107	2.5k
M. P. Kieny France	20	1.2k 1.2×	629 0.9×	605 0.9×	514 0.9×	651 1.4×	30	2.0k
M. Slaoui United States	26	425 0.4×	1.6k 2.3×	1.1k 1.6×	550 0.9×	726 1.5×	51	3.2k
Ronald W. Ellis United States	31	279 0.3×	1.6k 2.3×	524 0.8×	475 0.8×	787 1.6×	58	2.9k
Neil Almond United Kingdom	31	1.7k 1.8×	1.0k 1.5×	1.1k 1.6×	791 1.3×	465 1.0×	135	2.9k

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Sauleda, Sílvia, Juan Ignacio Esteban, L Viladomiu, et al.. (2001). Evaluation of hepatitis C virus RNA RT/PCR qualitative and quantitative second generation assays. Journal of Virological Methods. 91(1). 51–58. 7 indexed citations

Gallarda, James & Elizabeth A. Dragon. (2000). Blood Screening by Nucleic Acid Amplification Technology: Current Issues, Future Challenges. Molecular Diagnosis. 5(1). 11–22. 41 indexed citations

Castro, Francisco J., Juan Ignacio Esteban, Sílvia Sauleda, et al.. (2000). Utility of early testing for HCV viremia as predictive factor of sustained response during interferon or interferon plus ribavirin treatment. Journal of Hepatology. 32(5). 843–849. 15 indexed citations

Sun, Ran, et al.. (2000). Experience with PCR screening.. PubMed. 102. 81–91. 5 indexed citations

Mutimer, David, Deenan Pillay, Elizabeth A. Dragon, et al.. (1999). High pre-treatment serum hepatitis B virus titre predicts failure of lamivudine prophylaxis and graft re-infection after liver transplantation. Journal of Hepatology. 30(4). 715–721. 113 indexed citations

Kessler, Harald H., Karen Pierer, Elizabeth A. Dragon, et al.. (1998). Evaluation of a new assay for HBV DNA quantitation in patients with chronic hepatitis B. Clinical and Diagnostic Virology. 9(1). 37–43. 49 indexed citations

Gabe, Jeffrey D., et al.. (1998). Identification of a Linked Set of Genes in Serpulina hyodysenteriae (B204) Predicted To Encode Closely Related 39-Kilodalton Extracytoplasmic Proteins. Journal of Bacteriology. 180(2). 444–448. 15 indexed citations

Kessler, Harald H., Elizabeth A. Dragon, Karen Pierer, et al.. (1997). Performance of the automated COBAS AMPLICOR™ system for the detection of hepatitis C virus RNA. Clinical and Diagnostic Virology. 7(3). 139–145. 15 indexed citations

Huang, Yaoxing, William A. Paxton, Steven M. Wolinsky, et al.. (1996). The role of a mutant CCR5 allele in HIV–1 transmission and disease progression. Nature Medicine. 2(11). 1240–1243. 1068 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dale, Beverly A. & Elizabeth A. Dragon. (1994). Polymerase Chain Reaction in Infectious Disease Diagnosis. Laboratory Medicine. 25(10). 637–641. 7 indexed citations

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Dragon, Elizabeth A.. (1993). Handling Reagents tn the PCR Laboratory. Genome Research. 3(2). S8–S9. 9 indexed citations

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Loeffelholz, Michael J., et al.. (1992). Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in endocervical specimens by polymerase chain reaction. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 30(11). 2847–2851. 183 indexed citations

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Dragon, Elizabeth A., et al.. (1992). Comparison of three nonradioisotopic polymerase chain reaction-based methods for detection of human immunodeficiency virus type 1. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 30(4). 845–853. 70 indexed citations

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Loeffelholz, Michael J., et al.. (1992). DETECTION OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS IN ENDOCERVICAL SPECIMENS BY PCR. 30(11). 2847–2851. 1 indexed citations

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Jackson, J. Brooks, Christopher M. Ndugwa, Francis Mmiro, et al.. (1991). Non-isotopic polymerase chain reaction methods for the detection of HIV-1 in Ugandan mothers and infants. AIDS. 5(12). 1463–1467. 20 indexed citations

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Engman, David M., Elizabeth A. Dragon, & J E Donelson. (1990). Human humoral immunity to hsp70 during Trypanosoma cruzi infection.. The Journal of Immunology. 144(10). 3987–3991. 77 indexed citations

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Engman, David M., et al.. (1989). Comparison of HSP70 genes from two strains of Trypanosoma cruzi. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 37(2). 285–287. 40 indexed citations

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Kuhn, Irene, Leland S. Paul, Jeffrey D. Gabe, et al.. (1988). Characterization of a surface antigen of Eimeria tenella sporozoites and synthesis from a cloned cDNA in Escherichia coli. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 28(3). 235–247. 54 indexed citations

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Dragon, Elizabeth A., et al.. (1987). The genome of Trypanosoma cruzi contains a constitutively expressed, tandemly arranged multicopy gene homologous to a major heat shock protein.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 7(3). 1271–1275. 84 indexed citations

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Dragon, Elizabeth A., et al.. (1985). A Mr 90 000 surface polypeptide of Trypanosoma cruzi as a candidate for a Chagas' disease diagnostic antigen. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 16(3). 213–229. 27 indexed citations

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