Matthew Ojeda Saavedra

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 566 citations indexed

About

Matthew Ojeda Saavedra is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew Ojeda Saavedra has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 566 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Infectious Diseases, 13 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 6 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Matthew Ojeda Saavedra's work include Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (13 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (10 papers) and Neonatal and Maternal Infections (6 papers). Matthew Ojeda Saavedra is often cited by papers focused on Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (13 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (10 papers) and Neonatal and Maternal Infections (6 papers). Matthew Ojeda Saavedra collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Poland. Matthew Ojeda Saavedra's co-authors include James J. Davis, Concepcion Cantu, James M. Musser, S. Wesley Long, Randall J. Olsen, Randall J. Olsen, Thomas Brettin, Stephen B. Beres, Luchang Zhu and Jessica Cambric and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Matthew Ojeda Saavedra

20 papers receiving 564 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.

Signals of Significantly Increased Vaccine Breakthrough, Decreased Hospitalization Rates, and Less Severe Disease in Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 Caused by the Omicron Variant of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Houston, Texas

2022 127 citations Paul Christensen, Randall J. Olsen et al. American Journal Of Pathology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthew Ojeda Saavedra United States	12	300	173	149	142	98	22	566
Nicola Cumley United Kingdom	7	232 0.8×	91 0.5×	135 0.9×	63 0.4×	70 0.7×	9	441
Patrick Eberechi Akpaka Trinidad and Tobago	15	436 1.5×	157 0.9×	303 2.0×	79 0.6×	194 2.0×	67	762
Tahereh Navidifar Iran	14	106 0.4×	165 1.0×	172 1.2×	49 0.3×	90 0.9×	41	481
Sarah Schmitt Switzerland	14	130 0.4×	161 0.9×	114 0.8×	55 0.4×	85 0.9×	48	542
Cécile Meex Belgium	10	211 0.7×	74 0.4×	78 0.5×	65 0.5×	148 1.5×	36	481
Giulia Menchinelli Italy	19	295 1.0×	282 1.6×	130 0.9×	103 0.7×	238 2.4×	46	825
Hye Ran Kim South Korea	13	154 0.5×	84 0.5×	89 0.6×	40 0.3×	143 1.5×	23	391
Lih-Shinn Wang Taiwan	13	149 0.5×	187 1.1×	78 0.5×	58 0.4×	102 1.0×	35	478
Biagio Santella Italy	13	107 0.4×	79 0.5×	132 0.9×	118 0.8×	135 1.4×	32	580
Benjamin J. Parcell United Kingdom	13	179 0.6×	98 0.6×	82 0.6×	27 0.2×	110 1.1×	43	418

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Gawor, Jan, Matthew Ojeda Saavedra, Stephen B. Beres, et al.. (2024). ICESp1109, a Novel Hybrid Integrative Conjugative Element of Macrolide-Resistant Streptococcus pyogenes Serotype M77 Collected Between 2003 and 2017 in Poland. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 231(3). e521–e530.

Christensen, Paul, Randall J. Olsen, Sheng Long, et al.. (2022). Signals of Significantly Increased Vaccine Breakthrough, Decreased Hospitalization Rates, and Less Severe Disease in Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 Caused by the Omicron Variant of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Houston, Texas. American Journal Of Pathology. 192(4). 642–652. 127 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhu, Luchang, Jesus M. Eraso, Matthew Ojeda Saavedra, et al.. (2022). Genome-Wide Transposon Mutagenesis Screens Identify Group A Streptococcus Genes Affecting Susceptibility to β-Lactam Antibiotics. Journal of Bacteriology. 204(12). e0028722–e0028722. 4 indexed citations

Olsen, Randall J., Paul Christensen, S. Wesley Long, et al.. (2021). Trajectory of Growth of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Variants in Houston, Texas, January through May 2021, Based on 12,476 Genome Sequences. American Journal Of Pathology. 191(10). 1754–1773. 10 indexed citations

Long, S. Wesley, Randall J. Olsen, Paul Christensen, et al.. (2021). Sequence Analysis of 20,453 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Genomes from the Houston Metropolitan Area Identifies the Emergence and Widespread Distribution of Multiple Isolates of All Major Variants of Concern. American Journal Of Pathology. 191(6). 983–992. 28 indexed citations

Beres, Stephen B., Priyanka Kachroo, Matthew Ojeda Saavedra, et al.. (2020). Population Genomic Molecular Epidemiological Study of Macrolide-Resistant Streptococcus pyogenes in Iceland, 1995 to 2016: Identification of a Large Clonal Population with a pbp2x Mutation Conferring Reduced In Vitro β-Lactam Susceptibility. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 58(9). 29 indexed citations

Gagetti, Paula, et al.. (2020). Characterization of the First mec A-Positive Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Isolated from an Argentinian Patient. Microbial Drug Resistance. 26(7). 717–721. 11 indexed citations

Roch, Mélanie, Agustina Taglialegna, S. Wesley Long, et al.. (2020). Carbapenems drive the collateral resistance to ceftaroline in cystic fibrosis patients with MRSA. Communications Biology. 3(1). 599–599. 13 indexed citations

Zhu, Luchang, Randall J. Olsen, Stephen B. Beres, et al.. (2020). Genome-Wide Screens Identify Group A Streptococcus Surface Proteins Promoting Female Genital Tract Colonization and Virulence. American Journal Of Pathology. 190(4). 862–873. 11 indexed citations

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Eraso, Jesus M., Priyanka Kachroo, Randall J. Olsen, et al.. (2020). Genetic heterogeneity of the Spy1336/R28—Spy1337 virulence axis in Streptococcus pyogenes and effect on gene transcript levels and pathogenesis. PLoS ONE. 15(3). e0229064–e0229064. 10 indexed citations

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Long, S. Wesley, Matthew Ojeda Saavedra, Paul A. Christensen, James M. Musser, & Randall J. Olsen. (2020). Human Infections Caused by Clonally Related African Clade (Clade III) Strains of Candida auris in the Greater Houston Region. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 58(7). 1 indexed citations

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Zhu, Luchang, Prasanti Yerramilli, Layne Pruitt, et al.. (2020). Genome-Wide Assessment of Streptococcus agalactiae Genes Required for Survival in Human Whole Blood and Plasma. Infection and Immunity. 88(10). 11 indexed citations

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Bernard, Paul E., Priyanka Kachroo, Jesus M. Eraso, et al.. (2020). Polymorphisms in RocA contribute to the molecular pathogenesis of serotype M28 group A streptococcus. The FASEB Journal. 34(S1). 1–1.

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Zhu, Luchang, Randall J. Olsen, Stephen B. Beres, et al.. (2020). Streptococcus pyogenes genes that promote pharyngitis in primates. JCI Insight. 5(11). 10 indexed citations

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Long, S. Wesley, Randall J. Olsen, Hoang Anh Nguyen, Matthew Ojeda Saavedra, & James M. Musser. (2019). Draft Genome Sequence of Candida auris Strain LOM, a Human Clinical Isolate from Greater Metropolitan Houston, Texas. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 8(25). 5 indexed citations

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Bernard, Paul E., Priyanka Kachroo, Jesus M. Eraso, et al.. (2019). Polymorphisms in Regulator of Cov Contribute to the Molecular Pathogenesis of Serotype M28 Group A Streptococcus. American Journal Of Pathology. 189(10). 2002–2018. 4 indexed citations

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Do, Hackwon, Nishanth Makthal, Matthew Ojeda Saavedra, et al.. (2019). Environmental pH and peptide signaling control virulence of Streptococcus pyogenes via a quorum-sensing pathway. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2586–2586. 47 indexed citations

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Zhu, Luchang, Randall J. Olsen, Stephen B. Beres, et al.. (2019). Gene fitness landscape of group A streptococcus during necrotizing myositis. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 129(2). 887–901. 34 indexed citations

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Long, S. Wesley, Matthew Ojeda Saavedra, Concepcion Cantu, et al.. (2017). Whole-Genome Sequencing of a Human Clinical Isolate of the Novel Species Klebsiella quasivariicola sp. nov. Genome Announcements. 5(42). 41 indexed citations

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Beres, Stephen B., Randall J. Olsen, Matthew Ojeda Saavedra, et al.. (2017). Genome sequence analysis of emm89 Streptococcus pyogenes strains causing infections in Scotland, 2010–2016. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 66(12). 1765–1773. 17 indexed citations

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