T. Blake Ball

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

T. Blake Ball is a scholar working on Immunology, Virology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, T. Blake Ball has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Immunology, 12 papers in Virology and 10 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in T. Blake Ball's work include HIV Research and Treatment (12 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (9 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (6 papers). T. Blake Ball is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (12 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (9 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (6 papers). T. Blake Ball collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Kenya and United States. T. Blake Ball's co-authors include Francis A. Plummer, Sandra Kiazyk, Joshua Kimani, Elizabeth Ngugi, Richard Lester, Lawrence Gelmon, Lehana Thabane, Paul Ritvo, Sarah Karanja and Edward J. Mills and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and Journal of Virology.

In The Last Decade

T. Blake Ball

26 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Effects of a mobile phone short message service on antiretroviral treatment adherence in Kenya (WelTel Kenya1): a randomised trial

2010 989 citations Richard Lester, Paul Ritvo et al. The Lancet profile →

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Lawrence Gelmon Kenya

Marta Ackers United States

George W Rutherford United States

Julius Kiwanuka Uganda

Benson Estambale Kenya

Charles Kouanfack Cameroon

Richard S. Garfein United States

Larry W. Chang United States

Sabin Nsanzimana Rwanda

Joseph Kagaayi Uganda

Lawrence Gelmon Kenya

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Citations per year, relative to T. Blake Ball T. Blake Ball (= 1×) peers Lawrence Gelmon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of T. Blake Ball

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zerbib, Yoann, Maryam Shojaei, Adrienne F. A. Meyers, et al.. (2020). Pathway mapping of leukocyte transcriptome in influenza patients reveals distinct pathogenic mechanisms associated with progression to severe infection. BMC Medical Genomics. 13(1). 28–28. 12 indexed citations

Juno, Jennifer A., Kathleen M. Wragg, Christine Mesa, et al.. (2018). Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells Are Depleted and Exhibit Altered Chemokine Receptor Expression and Elevated Granulocyte Macrophage-Colony Stimulating Factor Production During End-Stage Renal Disease. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 1076–1076. 13 indexed citations

Juno, Jennifer A., Angela Harris, Christine Mesa, et al.. (2017). γδ T-cell function is inhibited in end-stage renal disease and impacted by latent tuberculosis infection. Kidney International. 92(4). 1003–1014. 12 indexed citations

Kiazyk, Sandra & T. Blake Ball. (2017). Latent tuberculosis infection: An overview. Canada Communicable Disease Report. 43(3/4). 62–66. 133 indexed citations

Kiazyk, Sandra, et al.. (2017). Potential biomarkers associated with discrimination between latent and active pulmonary tuberculosis. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 21(3). 278–285. 26 indexed citations

Juno, Jennifer A., et al.. (2016). Maintenance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis- specific T cell responses in End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and implications for diagnostic efficacy. Clinical Immunology. 168. 55–63. 7 indexed citations

Mesa, Christine, Jennifer A. Juno, Omu Anzala, et al.. (2015). Cytokine and chemokine expression profiles in response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis stimulation are altered in HIV-infected compared to HIV-uninfected subjects with active tuberculosis. Tuberculosis. 95(5). 555–561. 4 indexed citations

Kimani, Joshua, Lyle R. McKinnon, Charles Wachihi, et al.. (2013). Correction: Enumeration of Sex Workers in the Central Business District of Nairobi, Kenya. PLoS ONE. 8(11). 3 indexed citations

Omange, Robert W., Bethany M. Henrick, Richard Lester, et al.. (2013). Acting locally: innate mucosal immunity in resistance to HIV-1 infection in Kenyan commercial sex workers. Mucosal Immunology. 7(2). 268–279. 39 indexed citations

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Kimani, Joshua, Lyle R. McKinnon, Charles Wachihi, et al.. (2013). Enumeration of Sex Workers in the Central Business District of Nairobi, Kenya. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e54354–e54354. 22 indexed citations

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McKinnon, Lyle R., Charles Wachihi, Duncan Chege, et al.. (2012). Does antiretroviral therapy initiation increase sexual risk taking in Kenyan female sex workers? A retrospective case–control study. BMJ Open. 2(2). e000565–e000565. 5 indexed citations

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Luo, Ma, Taha Hirbod, Joshua Kimani, et al.. (2012). A Genetic Polymorphism of FREM1 Is Associated with Resistance against HIV Infection in the Pumwani Sex Worker Cohort. Journal of Virology. 86(21). 11899–11905. 21 indexed citations

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McKinnon, Lyle R., Sandra Kiazyk, Charles Wachihi, et al.. (2010). Epitope Mapping of HIV-Specific CD8 ⁺ T Cell Responses by Multiple Immunological Readouts Reveals Distinct Specificities Defined by Function. Journal of Virology. 85(3). 1275–1286. 11 indexed citations

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Lester, Richard, Paul Ritvo, Edward J. Mills, et al.. (2010). Effects of a mobile phone short message service on antiretroviral treatment adherence in Kenya (WelTel Kenya1): a randomised trial. The Lancet. 376(9755). 1838–1845. 989 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liang, Binhua, Ma Luo, T. Blake Ball, Steven J.M. Jones, & Francis A. Plummer. (2010). QUASI analysis of host immune responses to Gag polyproteins of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 by a systematic bioinformatics approachThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in this special issue entitled “Second International Symposium on Recent Advances in Basic, Clinical, and Social Medicine” and has undergone the Journal's usual peer review process.. Biochemistry and Cell Biology. 88(4). 671–681. 2 indexed citations

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Baltzer, Heather L., Duncan Chege, Anuradha Rebbapragada, et al.. (2009). Relative HIV Resistance in Kenyan Sex Workers is Not Due to an Altered Prevalence or Mucosal Immune Impact of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection. Current HIV Research. 7(5). 504–507. 7 indexed citations

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Lester, Richard, Edward J. Mills, Paul Ritvo, et al.. (2009). The HAART cell phone adherence trial (WelTel Kenya1): a randomized controlled trial protocol. Trials. 10(1). 87–87. 79 indexed citations

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Liang, Binhua, Ma Luo, T. Blake Ball, et al.. (2008). Systematic Analysis of Host Immunological Pressure on the Envelope Gene of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 by an Immunobioinformatics Approach. Current HIV Research. 6(4). 370–379. 5 indexed citations

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MacDonald, Kelly S., Keith R. Fowke, Joshua Kimani, et al.. (2000). Influence of HLA Supertypes on Susceptibility and Resistance to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 181(5). 1581–1589. 199 indexed citations

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Luscher, Mark A., Ephantus Njagi, Job J. Bwayo, et al.. (1998). Naturally Occurring IgG Anti-HLA Alloantibody Does Not Correlate with HIV Type 1 Resistance in Nairobi Prostitutes. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 14(2). 109–115. 13 indexed citations

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