John A. Branda

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

John A. Branda is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, John A. Branda has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Infectious Diseases, 48 papers in Parasitology and 37 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in John A. Branda's work include Vector-borne infectious diseases (42 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (34 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (27 papers). John A. Branda is often cited by papers focused on Vector-borne infectious diseases (42 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (34 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (27 papers). John A. Branda collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovenia and Canada. John A. Branda's co-authors include Allen C. Steere, Mary Jane Ferraro, Gary P. Wormser, Franc Strle, Xin Li, Linden T. Hu, Paul S. Mead, Joppe W. Hovius, Emmett V. Schmidt and Jenna Rychert and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Cell and Molecular and Cellular Biology.

In The Last Decade

John A. Branda

107 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Lyme borreliosis

2016 532 citations Gary P. Wormser, John A. Branda et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John A. Branda United States	25	1.8k	1.2k	632	484	389	112	2.8k
Klaus‐Peter Hunfeld Germany	28	1.5k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	540 0.9×	296 0.6×	512 1.3×	69	2.7k
Maria E. Aguero‐Rosenfeld United States	31	2.6k 1.5×	2.5k 2.0×	673 1.1×	231 0.5×	223 0.6×	66	3.4k
Karen C. Bloch United States	27	1.7k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	668 1.1×	220 0.5×	1.3k 3.4×	72	3.2k
Muriel Cornet France	31	2.3k 1.3×	786 0.6×	227 0.4×	328 0.7×	1.4k 3.6×	91	3.3k
Jean‐Louis Mège France	35	1.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.2×	717 1.1×	620 1.3×	681 1.8×	66	3.6k
Samir N. Patel Canada	30	955 0.5×	440 0.4×	858 1.4×	462 1.0×	514 1.3×	111	2.9k
Craig Martens United States	30	1.5k 0.9×	332 0.3×	266 0.4×	1.0k 2.1×	715 1.8×	109	3.6k
Ronald F. Schell United States	33	1.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	410 0.6×	293 0.6×	535 1.4×	173	3.2k
Eberhard Straube Germany	28	722 0.4×	470 0.4×	318 0.5×	216 0.4×	554 1.4×	78	2.0k
Cléa Melenotte France	18	933 0.5×	869 0.7×	336 0.5×	133 0.3×	313 0.8×	57	1.7k

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Solomon, Isaac H., Sam R. Telford, Matthew T. Aliota, et al.. (2024). Analysis of Powassan Virus Genome Sequences from Human Cases Reveals Substantial Genetic Diversity with Implications for Molecular Assay Development. Viruses. 16(11). 1653–1653.

Dugdale, Caitlin M., Kimon C. Zachary, Dustin McEvoy, et al.. (2024). Second Time's the Charm? Assessing the Sensitivity and Yield of Inpatient Diagnostic Algorithms for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a Low-Prevalence Setting. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 11(6). ofae253–ofae253. 1 indexed citations

Klontz, Erik H., Isaac H. Solomon, Sarah E. Turbett, Jacob E. Lemieux, & John A. Branda. (2024). Cerebrospinal fluid metagenomics has greatest added value as a test for Powassan virus among patients in New England with suspected central nervous system infection. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 108(4). 116169–116169. 5 indexed citations

Klontz, Erik H., et al.. (2024). Laboratory Testing for Powassan Virus: Past, Present, and Future. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 230(Supplement_1). S70–S75. 3 indexed citations

Allan‐Blitz, Lao‐Tzu, Gordon Adams, G. H. Sanders, et al.. (2024). Preliminary clinical performance of a Cas13a-based lateral flow assay for detecting Neisseria gonorrhoeae in urine specimens. mSphere. 10(1). e0067724–e0067724. 1 indexed citations

Nigrovic, Lise E., Anupam B. Kharbanda, Amy D. Thompson, et al.. (2023). Biomarkers for Pediatric Bacterial Musculoskeletal Infections in Lyme Disease–Endemic Regions. PEDIATRICS. 152(2). 1 indexed citations

Lewandrowski, Elizabeth Lee, John A. Branda, Kent Lewandrowski, & Sarah E. Turbett. (2023). Evaluation of the Rapid Quidel Sofia 2 Lyme Immunoassay as a First-Tier Test in a Two-Tier Testing Algorithm for Lyme Disease: Comparison to the Zeus ELISA Borrelia VlsE1/pepC10 IgG/IgM Assay Followed by Immunoblot. American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 160(1). 58–61.

Ahmed, Saima, Patrick van Zalm, Michael J. Leone, et al.. (2022). Using CSF Proteomics to Investigate Herpesvirus Infections of the Central Nervous System. Viruses. 14(12). 2757–2757. 6 indexed citations

Torous, Vanda F. & John A. Branda. (2022). Fun with fungi: a comprehensive review of common fungal organisms encountered in cytology. Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology. 12(3). 153–169. 1 indexed citations

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Lantos, Paul M., Aris Garro, Michael N. Levas, et al.. (2021). Two-Tier Lyme Disease Serology in Children with Previous Lyme Disease. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 21(11). 839–842. 1 indexed citations

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Anahtar, Melis N., Graham McGrath, Brian Rabe, et al.. (2020). Clinical Assessment and Validation of a Rapid and Sensitive SARS-CoV-2 Test Using Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Without the Need for RNA Extraction. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 8(2). ofaa631–ofaa631. 39 indexed citations

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García-Beltrán, Wilfredo F., Evan C. Lam, Michael G. Astudillo, et al.. (2020). COVID-19-neutralizing antibodies predict disease severity and survival. Cell. 184(2). 476–488.e11. 407 indexed citations

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Turbett, Sarah E., Melis N. Anahtar, Anand S. Dighe, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of Three Commercial SARS-CoV-2 Serologic Assays and Their Performance in Two-Test Algorithms. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 59(1). 40 indexed citations

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Wormser, Gary P., et al.. (2015). Neutropenia in Congenital and Adult Babesiosis. American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 144(1). 94–96. 17 indexed citations

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Garner, Omai B., A. Brian Mochon, John A. Branda, et al.. (2013). Multi-centre evaluation of mass spectrometric identification of anaerobic bacteria using the VITEK® MS system. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 20(4). 335–339. 74 indexed citations

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Young, Lucy H., Hasan Bazari, Marlene L. Durand, & John A. Branda. (2010). Case 33-2010. New England Journal of Medicine. 363(18). 1749–1758. 5 indexed citations

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Baden, Lindsey R., et al.. (2009). Case 35-2009. New England Journal of Medicine. 361(20). 1980–1989. 7 indexed citations

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Uyeki, Timothy M., Amita Sharma, & John A. Branda. (2009). Case 40-2009. New England Journal of Medicine. 361(26). 2558–2569. 5 indexed citations

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Hirsch, Martin, Alfred DeMaria, Pamela W. Schaefer, & John A. Branda. (2008). Case 22-2008. New England Journal of Medicine. 359(3). 294–303. 9 indexed citations

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Jones, Robin M., Marcy E. MacDonald, John A. Branda, et al.. (1997). Assignment of the human gene encoding eukaryotic initiation factor 4E (EIF4E) to the region q21-25 on chromosome 4. Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics. 23(3). 221–223. 4 indexed citations

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