Fred A. Lewis

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
88 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

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Fred A. Lewis is a scholar working on Parasitology, Ecology and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, Fred A. Lewis has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Parasitology, 57 papers in Ecology and 36 papers in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in Fred A. Lewis's work include Parasites and Host Interactions (80 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (57 papers) and Helminth infection and control (36 papers). Fred A. Lewis is often cited by papers focused on Parasites and Host Interactions (80 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (57 papers) and Helminth infection and control (36 papers). Fred A. Lewis collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Brazil. Fred A. Lewis's co-authors include Patricia Caspar, Jean‐Marie Grzych, Edward J. Pearce, Allen W. Cheever, Alan Sher, Thomas A. Wynn, Matty Knight, Charles S. Richards, M. A. Stirewált and Daniel G. Colley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Fred A. Lewis

88 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Downregulation of Th1 cytokine production accompanies induction of Th2 responses by a parasitic helminth, Schistosoma mansoni.

1991 664 citations Edward J. Pearce, Patricia Caspar et al. profile →
Egg deposition is the major stimulus for the production of Th2 cytokines in murine schistosomiasis mansoni

1991 463 citations Jean‐Marie Grzych, Edward J. Pearce et al. The Journal of Immunology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fred A. Lewis United States	32	3.1k	1.9k	1.0k	960	743	88	4.1k
Miguel J. Stadecker United States	41	2.7k 0.9×	1.0k 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	614 0.6×	1.7k 2.3×	122	5.3k
Gerhard A. Schad United States	38	2.4k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	394 0.4×	1.1k 1.1×	554 0.7×	133	4.0k
Diane J. McLaren Tanzania	38	2.8k 0.9×	2.0k 1.1×	679 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	246 0.3×	115	4.1k
Karl F. Hoffmann United Kingdom	37	2.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	705 0.7×	751 1.0×	98	4.2k
Colette Dissous France	34	2.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	743 0.7×	496 0.5×	380 0.5×	102	3.2k
Yukifumi Nawa Japan	42	3.1k 1.0×	2.3k 1.2×	550 0.5×	1.8k 1.8×	1.8k 2.5×	323	7.1k
Geoffrey N. Gobert Australia	44	3.9k 1.3×	2.6k 1.4×	1.0k 1.0×	768 0.8×	322 0.4×	131	4.8k
Raymond T. Damian United States	30	1.6k 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	416 0.4×	476 0.5×	329 0.4×	95	2.4k
Michael Cappello United States	35	1.6k 0.5×	937 0.5×	302 0.3×	676 0.7×	581 0.8×	117	3.5k
Adrian P. Mountford United Kingdom	30	1.8k 0.6×	995 0.5×	712 0.7×	383 0.4×	574 0.8×	60	2.5k

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Yang, Ning, Fred A. Lewis, Peter M. Yau, et al.. (2019). A rotifer-derived paralytic compound prevents transmission of schistosomiasis to a mammalian host. PLoS Biology. 17(10). e3000485–e3000485. 11 indexed citations

Lewis, Fred A. & Matthew S. Tucker. (2014). Schistosomiasis. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 766. 47–75. 31 indexed citations

Pearce, Edward J., Patricia Caspar, Jean‐Marie Grzych, Fred A. Lewis, & Alan Sher. (2012). Pillars Article: Downregulation of Th1 Cytokine Production Accompanies Induction of Th2 Responses by a Parasitic Helminth, Schistosoma mansoni. J. Exp. Med. 1991. 173: 159-166. The Journal of Immunology. 189(3). 1104–1111. 3 indexed citations

Rinaldi, Gabriel, Anastas Popratiloff, Sutas Suttiprapa, et al.. (2011). Genetic Manipulation of Schistosoma haematobium, the Neglected Schistosome. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 5(10). e1348–e1348. 34 indexed citations

Test, Matthew, et al.. (2010). Long-Term Genetic Stability and Population Dynamics of Laboratory Strains of Schistosoma mansoni. Journal of Parasitology. 96(5). 900–907. 17 indexed citations

Ittiprasert, Wannaporn, André Miller, Nithya Raghavan, et al.. (2009). Schistosoma mansoni infection of juvenile Biomphalaria glabrata induces a differential stress response between resistant and susceptible snails. Experimental Parasitology. 123(3). 203–211. 40 indexed citations

Lewis, Fred A., et al.. (2008). The NIH-NIAID Schistosomiasis Resource Center. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2(7). e267–e267. 48 indexed citations

Pearson, Mark S., Donald P. McManus, Danielle J. Smyth, Fred A. Lewis, & Alex Loukas. (2005). In vitro and in silico analysis of signal peptides from the human blood fluke,Schistosoma mansoni. FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology. 45(2). 201–211. 13 indexed citations

Dorsey, Charles H., et al.. (2002). Ultrastructure of the Schistosoma mansoni cercaria. Micron. 33(3). 279–323. 71 indexed citations

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Drew, Alexander C., et al.. (1998). Tandemly repeated genomic sequence demonstrates inter‐ and intra‐strain genetic variation in Schistosoma japonicum*. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 3(5). 373–380. 10 indexed citations

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Miller, André, Kwame Simpe Ofori, Fred A. Lewis, & Matty Knight. (1996). Schistosoma mansoni:Use of a Subtractive Cloning Strategy to Search for RFLPs in Parasite-ResistantBiomphalaria glabrata. Experimental Parasitology. 84(3). 420–428. 21 indexed citations

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Wynn, Thomas A., Allen W. Cheever, Dragana Janković, et al.. (1995). An IL-12-based vaccination method for preventing fibrosis induced by schistosome infection. Nature. 376(6541). 594–596. 343 indexed citations

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Wynn, Thomas A., Isabelle P. Oswald, Isam A. Eltoum, et al.. (1994). Elevated expression of Th1 cytokines and nitric oxide synthase in the lungs of vaccinated mice after challenge infection with Schistosoma mansoni .. The Journal of Immunology. 153(11). 5200–5209. 102 indexed citations

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Wynn, Thomas A., Isam A. Eltoum, Allen W. Cheever, et al.. (1993). Analysis of cytokine mRNA expression during primary granuloma formation induced by eggs of Schistosoma mansoni .. The Journal of Immunology. 151(3). 1430–1440. 300 indexed citations

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Knight, Matty, André Miller, Nithyakalyani Raghavan, Charles S. Richards, & Fred A. Lewis. (1992). Identification of a repetitive element in the snail Biomphalaria glabrata: relationship to the reverse transcriptase-encoding sequence in Line-1 transposons. Gene. 118(2). 181–187. 16 indexed citations

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Knight, Matty, Paul J. Brindley, Charles S. Richards, & Fred A. Lewis. (1991). Schistosoma mansoni: Use of a cloned ribosomal RNA gene probe to detect restriction fragment length polymorphisms in the intermediate host Biomphalaria glabrata. Experimental Parasitology. 73(3). 285–294. 26 indexed citations

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Grzych, Jean‐Marie, Edward J. Pearce, Allen W. Cheever, et al.. (1991). Egg deposition is the major stimulus for the production of Th2 cytokines in murine schistosomiasis mansoni. The Journal of Immunology. 146(4). 1322–1327. 463 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brindley, Paul J., Fred A. Lewis, Thomas F. McCutchan, Ernest Bueding, & Alan Sher. (1989). A genomic change associated with the development of resistance to hycanthone in Schistosoma mansoni. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 36(3). 243–252. 35 indexed citations

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Lewis, Fred A., et al.. (1988). Schistosoma mansoni: Relationship between cercarial production levels and snail host susceptibility. Experimental Parasitology. 66(1). 78–85. 24 indexed citations

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McCutchan, Thomas F., Andrew J.G. Simpson, Alan Sher, et al.. (1984). Differentiation of schistosomes by species, strain, and sex by using cloned DNA markers.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 81(3). 889–893. 72 indexed citations

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