Tomas Bergström

11.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
281 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Tomas Bergström is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tomas Bergström has authored 281 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 174 papers in Epidemiology, 54 papers in Infectious Diseases and 47 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Tomas Bergström's work include Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (127 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (56 papers) and Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins (27 papers). Tomas Bergström is often cited by papers focused on Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (127 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (56 papers) and Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins (27 papers). Tomas Bergström collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Rwanda. Tomas Bergström's co-authors include Edward Trybala, Jan‐Åke Liljeqvist, Sigvard Olofsson, Jan Winberg, Magnus Lindh, Bo Svennerholm, Bo Jacobsson, K. Lincoln, Heidi J. Larson and Peter Norberg and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Tomas Bergström

268 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

ACYCLOVIR VERSUS VIDARABINE IN HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS

1984 412 citations Tomas Bergström et al. profile →
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SYMPTOMATIC URINARY TRACT INFECTION IN CHILDHOOD

1974 407 citations Tomas Bergström et al. profile →
Detection of Pathogenic Viruses in Sewage Provided Early Warnings of Hepatitis A Virus and Norovirus Outbreaks

2014 344 citations Tomas Bergström, Heléne Norder et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tomas Bergström Sweden	49	4.0k	2.1k	1.3k	1.1k	641	281	8.3k
George E. Griffin United Kingdom	50	2.3k 0.6×	2.6k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	2.6k 2.4×	932 1.5×	181	9.3k
Sarman Singh India	46	3.7k 0.9×	2.8k 1.3×	1.0k 0.8×	633 0.6×	944 1.5×	335	7.9k
Robert A. Schwartz United States	63	4.4k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	438 0.7×	551	15.8k
B.H. Thiers United States	42	1.8k 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	1.7k 1.5×	198 0.3×	729	8.6k
Stephen A. Spector United States	67	7.9k 2.0×	7.6k 3.6×	1.5k 1.2×	2.5k 2.3×	609 1.0×	319	16.2k
Rubens Belfort Brazil	53	3.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	2.1k 1.6×	504 0.5×	2.5k 3.9×	438	12.7k
Ying Zhang China	51	2.0k 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	2.9k 2.3×	2.0k 1.9×	277 0.4×	523	9.3k
Deepak Shukla United States	54	4.7k 1.2×	1.1k 0.5×	2.7k 2.1×	1.9k 1.8×	412 0.6×	259	10.6k
Willy Rozenbaum France	43	3.1k 0.8×	5.0k 2.4×	1.2k 0.9×	2.7k 2.5×	162 0.3×	169	11.0k
Carolyn B. Coyne United States	55	2.5k 0.6×	2.6k 1.3×	3.3k 2.6×	3.2k 2.9×	277 0.4×	123	10.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tomas Bergström

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bergström, Tomas, et al.. (2025). Kinetics of tick-borne encephalitis virus IgM antibody responses in serum and cerebrospinal fluid. Infectious Diseases. 57(7). 676–686.

Quarsten, Hanne, Åshild Kristine Andreassen, Katrine M. Paulsen, et al.. (2024). No detection of tick-borne encephalitis virus RNA in blood, urine or saliva of hospitalised immunocompetent tick-borne encephalitis patients. PLoS ONE. 19(6). e0305603–e0305603. 1 indexed citations

Albinsson, Bo, Tove Hoffman, Tomas Bergström, et al.. (2024). Seroprevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus and vaccination coverage of tick-borne encephalitis, Sweden, 2018 to 2019. Eurosurveillance. 29(2). 11 indexed citations

Einarsdottir, Sigrun, Krista Vaht, Tomas Bergström, et al.. (2023). Long-Term Immunity Against Tetanus and Diphtheria after Vaccination of Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation Recipients. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 29(4). 275.e1–275.e5. 2 indexed citations

Bagdonaite, Ieva, Emil M.H. Pallesen, Sarah L. King‐Smith, et al.. (2023). Glycoengineered keratinocyte library reveals essential functions of specific glycans for all stages of HSV-1 infection. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7000–7000. 4 indexed citations

Biström, Martin, Jonatan Salzer, Pernilla Stridh, et al.. (2023). Human herpesvirus 6A and axonal injury before the clinical onset of multiple sclerosis. Brain. 147(1). 177–185. 13 indexed citations

Liu, Lifeng, et al.. (2022). Cellular Chondroitin Sulfate and the Mucin-like Domain of Viral Glycoprotein C Promote Diffusion of Herpes Simplex Virus 1 While Heparan Sulfate Restricts Mobility. Viruses. 14(8). 1836–1836. 9 indexed citations

Einarsdottir, Sigrun, Tomas Bergström, Berit Johansson, et al.. (2021). Vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) after autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Vaccine. 39(7). 1035–1038. 3 indexed citations

Ljungberg, Karl, Claude Mambo Muvunyi, Jean Bosco Gahutu, et al.. (2019). Seroreactivity to Chikungunya and West Nile Viruses in Rwandan Blood Donors. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 19(10). 731–740. 13 indexed citations

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Delguste, Martin, Edward Trybala, Sigvard Olofsson, et al.. (2019). Regulatory Mechanisms of the Mucin-Like Region on Herpes Simplex Virus during Cellular Attachment. ACS Chemical Biology. 14(3). 534–542. 20 indexed citations

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Dijkman, Ronald, Tomas Bergström, Nina Kann, et al.. (2014). Targeting Membrane-Bound Viral RNA Synthesis Reveals Potent Inhibition of Diverse Coronaviruses Including the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Virus. PLoS Pathogens. 10(5). e1004166–e1004166. 133 indexed citations

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Svensson, Alexandra, Inger Nordström, Anna Rudin, Tomas Bergström, & Kimmo Eriksson. (2012). Enveloped Virus but not Bacteria Block IL‐13 Responses in Human Cord Blood T Cells In Vitro. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 75(4). 409–418. 2 indexed citations

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Jennische, Eva, Tomas Bergström, Maria E. Johansson, et al.. (2008). The peptide AF-16 abolishes sickness and death at experimental encephalitis by reducing increase of intracranial pressure. Brain Research. 1227. 189–197. 30 indexed citations

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Trybala, Edward, Sigvard Olofsson, Bo Svennerholm, et al.. (2004). Structural and functional features of the polycationic peptide required for inhibition of herpes simplex virus invasion of cells. Antiviral Research. 62(3). 125–134. 19 indexed citations

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Liljeqvist, Jan‐Åke, Edward Trybala, Johan Hoebeke, Bo Svennerholm, & Tomas Bergström. (2002). Monoclonal antibodies and human sera directed to the secreted glycoprotein G of herpes simplex virus type 2 recognize type-specific antigenic determinants. Journal of General Virology. 83(1). 157–165. 24 indexed citations

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Trybala, Edward, et al.. (2001). Mutational analysis of the major heparan sulfate-binding domain of herpes simplex virus type 1 glycoprotein C. Journal of General Virology. 82(8). 1941–1950. 57 indexed citations

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Trybala, Edward, Tomas Bergström, Dorothe Spillmann, et al.. (1996). Mode of Interaction between Pseudorabies Virus and Heparan Sulfate/Heparin. Virology. 218(1). 35–42. 23 indexed citations

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Bergström, Tomas. (1995). Konsten att finna tulipanarosor. Om chefer i en förändrad offentlig sektor. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 1 indexed citations

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Trybala, Edward, Tomas Bergström, Bo Svennerholm, et al.. (1994). Localization of a functional site on herpes simplex virus type 1 glycoprotein C involved in binding to cell surface heparan sulphate. Journal of General Virology. 75(4). 743–752. 93 indexed citations

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Furuta, Yasushi, Tomas Bergström, Gunnar Norkrans, & Peter Horal. (1994). HIV Type 1 V3 Sequence Diversity in Contact-Traced Swedish Couples at the Time of Sexual Transmission. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 10(9). 1187–1189. 10 indexed citations

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