Maria Blasi

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 884 citations indexed

About

Maria Blasi is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Blasi has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 884 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Infectious Diseases, 14 papers in Epidemiology and 11 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Maria Blasi's work include HIV Research and Treatment (11 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (10 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (7 papers). Maria Blasi is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (11 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (10 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (7 papers). Maria Blasi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Spain. Maria Blasi's co-authors include Jenny Li, Sallie R. Permar, Stephanie N. Langel, Mary E. Klotman, Andrea Cara, Donatella Negri, Dmitry I. Gabrilovich, Laxminarasimha Donthireddy, Valerian E. Kagan and Maureen E. Murphy and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Maria Blasi

34 papers receiving 868 citations

Hit Papers

The use of viral vectors in vaccine development 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150
What are hit papers?

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. The use of viral vectors in vaccine development
    2022 170 citations Jenny Li, Maria Blasi et al. npj Vaccines profile →

Peers

Maria Blasi
Sandra Lester United States
Sonia Zicari United States
Nadine van Montfoort Netherlands
Yean K. Yong Malaysia
Rebecca J. Nusbaum United States
Zhong He United States
Patrizia Puddu Italy
Sébastien Bontems Belgium
Jiří Kovařík Switzerland
Lucas Thompson United States
Sandra Lester United States
Maria Blasi
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Countries citing papers authored by Maria Blasi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Maria Blasi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maria Blasi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Maria Blasi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Maria Blasi based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Maria Blasi. Maria Blasi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Langel, Stephanie N., Jerry Chang, Lauren E. Williamson, et al.. (2025). Breast milk delivery of an engineered dimeric IgA protects neonates against rotavirus. Mucosal Immunology. 18(2). 441–452. 4 indexed citations
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Gao, Feng, et al.. (2024). Longitudinal analysis of viral dynamics in HIV+-to-HIV+ HOPE Act kidney-transplant recipients. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 134(20). 3 indexed citations
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Liang, Kaixin, Katherine C. Barnett, Martin Hsu, et al.. (2024). Initiator cell death event induced by SARS-CoV-2 in the human airway epithelium. Science Immunology. 9(97). eadn0178–eadn0178. 14 indexed citations
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Langel, Stephanie N., Maria Blasi, & Sallie R. Permar. (2022). Maternal immune protection against infectious diseases. Cell Host & Microbe. 30(5). 660–674. 48 indexed citations
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Goswami, Ria, Charlene Thomas, Philip F. Hughes, et al.. (2021). Oral Hsp90 inhibitor SNX-5422 attenuates SARS-CoV-2 replication and dampens inflammation in airway cells. iScience. 24(12). 103412–103412. 21 indexed citations
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Hughes, Kelly T., Güray Aktürk, Sacha Gnjatic, et al.. (2020). Proliferation of HIV-infected renal epithelial cells following virus acquisition from infected macrophages. AIDS. 34(11). 1581–1591. 18 indexed citations
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Blasi, Maria, Erich J. Baker, Celia C. LaBranche, et al.. (2020). Therapeutic vaccination with IDLV-SIV-Gag results in durable viremia control in chronically SHIV-infected macaques. npj Vaccines. 5(1). 36–36. 14 indexed citations
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Hughes, Kelly T., et al.. (2020). HIV-1 diversity and compartmentalization in urine, semen, and blood. Medicine. 99(46). e23063–e23063. 6 indexed citations
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Blasi, Maria, Min-Nung Huang, Anne F. Buckley, et al.. (2020). Skeletal Muscle Is an Antigen Reservoir in Integrase-Defective Lentiviral Vector-Induced Long-Term Immunity. Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development. 17. 532–544. 18 indexed citations
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Veglia, Filippo, Vladimir A. Tyurin, Dariush Mohammadyani, et al.. (2017). Lipid bodies containing oxidatively truncated lipids block antigen cross-presentation by dendritic cells in cancer. Nature Communications. 8(1). 2122–2122. 231 indexed citations
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Negri, Donatella, Maria Blasi, Celia C. LaBranche, et al.. (2016). Immunization with an SIV-based IDLV Expressing HIV-1 Env 1086 Clade C Elicits Durable Humoral and Cellular Responses in Rhesus Macaques. Molecular Therapy. 24(11). 2021–2032. 28 indexed citations
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Chaparro, María, Jordi Gordillo, Eugeni Domènech, et al.. (2015). P438. Prospective, randomized clinical trial comparing the efficacy of two vaccines against hepatitis B virus (HBV) in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients. Journal of Crohn s and Colitis. 9(suppl 1). S299–S299. 1 indexed citations
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Blasi, Maria, et al.. (2015). Identification of HIV-1 genitourinary tract compartmentalization by analyzing the env gene sequences in urine. AIDS. 29(13). 1651–1657. 15 indexed citations
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Blasi, Maria, Bala S. Balakumaran, Ping Chen, et al.. (2014). Renal epithelial cells produce and spread HIV-1 via T-cell contact. AIDS. 28(16). 2345–2353. 31 indexed citations
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Rossi, Alessandra, Zuleika Michelini, Pasqualina Leone, et al.. (2014). Optimization of Mucosal Responses after Intramuscular Immunization with Integrase Defective Lentiviral Vector. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e107377–e107377. 11 indexed citations
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Bona, Roberta, Silvia Baroncelli, Gabriella d’Ettorre, et al.. (2013). Effects of Raltegravir on 2-Long Terminal Repeat Circle Junctions in HIV Type 1 Viremic and Aviremic Patients. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 29(10). 1365–1369. 3 indexed citations
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Negri, Donatella, Alessandra Rossi, Maria Blasi, et al.. (2012). Simian immunodeficiency virus-Vpx for improving integrase defective lentiviral vector-based vaccines. Retrovirology. 9(1). 69–69. 19 indexed citations
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Negri, Donatella, Zuleika Michelini, Roberta Bona, et al.. (2011). Integrase-defective lentiviral-vector-based vaccine: a new vector for induction of T cell immunity. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy. 11(6). 739–750. 26 indexed citations

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