William H. Benjamin

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

William H. Benjamin is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, William H. Benjamin has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Epidemiology, 23 papers in Infectious Diseases and 11 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in William H. Benjamin's work include Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (16 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (10 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (10 papers). William H. Benjamin is often cited by papers focused on Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (16 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (10 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (10 papers). William H. Benjamin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and South Korea. William H. Benjamin's co-authors include Meg Mosteller‐Barnum, Jan M. Orenstein, Lesley E. Smythies, Gang Meng, Marty T. Sellers, Ronald H. Clements, Phillip D. Smith, David E. Briles, Susan K. Hollingshead and Nancy E. Dunlap and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, The Journal of Immunology and Journal of Virology.

In The Last Decade

William H. Benjamin

57 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Human intestinal macrophages display profound inflammatory anergy despite avid phagocytic and bacteriocidal activity

2005 660 citations Lesley E. Smythies, Marty T. Sellers et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
Human intestinal macrophages display profound inflammatory anergy despite avid phagocytic and bacteriocidal activity

2005 647 citations Lesley E. Smythies, Marty T. Sellers et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William H. Benjamin United States	29	1.5k	1.1k	770	703	438	57	3.6k
Marie‐Louise Hammarström Sweden	38	773 0.5×	1.8k 1.6×	1.2k 1.6×	284 0.4×	341 0.8×	96	4.4k
Masahito Hashimoto Japan	23	688 0.5×	2.5k 2.3×	1.3k 1.6×	564 0.8×	631 1.4×	64	4.1k
Prosper N. Boyaka United States	36	549 0.4×	1.5k 1.4×	934 1.2×	679 1.0×	406 0.9×	98	3.6k
Gerben Ferwerda Netherlands	30	1.7k 1.1×	2.3k 2.1×	1.3k 1.7×	1.2k 1.7×	359 0.8×	85	4.9k
Satoshi Iwata Japan	43	2.3k 1.5×	632 0.6×	1.4k 1.8×	727 1.0×	1.1k 2.6×	306	6.0k
Mona Bajaj‐Elliott United Kingdom	34	477 0.3×	1.3k 1.2×	984 1.3×	714 1.0×	477 1.1×	89	3.6k
Gary R. Klimpel United States	41	1.2k 0.8×	3.1k 2.9×	1.3k 1.7×	823 1.2×	369 0.8×	110	6.0k
Nicolas W.J. Schröder Germany	28	1.0k 0.7×	2.3k 2.1×	623 0.8×	449 0.6×	566 1.3×	41	3.6k
Shawn Skerrett United States	44	1.6k 1.0×	2.0k 1.9×	1.5k 2.0×	670 1.0×	364 0.8×	95	5.5k
Urban Forsum Sweden	39	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.5×	887 1.2×	279 0.4×	1.2k 2.8×	152	4.8k

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Mirza, Shaper, William H. Benjamin, Shen‐An Hwang, et al.. (2016). The effects of differences in pspA alleles and capsular types on the resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae to killing by apolactoferrin. Microbial Pathogenesis. 99. 209–219. 14 indexed citations

Kumar, Ranjit, Craig L. Maynard, Peter Eipers, et al.. (2016). Colonization potential to reconstitute a microbe community in patients detected early after fecal microbe transplant for recurrent C. difficile. BMC Microbiology. 16(1). 5–5. 20 indexed citations

Tan, Chee K., Kimberly B. Ulett, Michael Steele, William H. Benjamin, & Glen C. Ulett. (2012). Prognostic value of semi-quantitative bacteruria counts in the diagnosis of group B streptococcus urinary tract infection: a 4-year retrospective study in adult patients. BMC Infectious Diseases. 12(1). 273–273. 35 indexed citations

Ulett, Kimberly B., et al.. (2012). Group B streptococcus cystitis presenting in a diabetic patient with a massive abdominopelvic abscess: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 6(1). 237–237. 11 indexed citations

Nahm, Moon H., W. Winn Chatham, & William H. Benjamin. (2012). Device for Carrying Blood Samples at 37°C for Cryoglobulin Test. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 19(9). 1555–1556. 8 indexed citations

Ulett, Glen C., Richard I. Webb, Kimberly B. Ulett, et al.. (2010). Group BStreptococcus(GBS) Urinary Tract Infection Involves Binding of GBS to Bladder Uroepithelium and Potent but GBS‐Specific Induction of Interleukin 1α. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 201(6). 866–870. 42 indexed citations

Torii, Ikuko, Muneki Hotomi, William H. Benjamin, et al.. (2008). PIR-B-Deficient Mice Are Susceptible to Salmonella Infection. The Journal of Immunology. 181(6). 4229–4239. 30 indexed citations

Smythies, Lesley E., Marty T. Sellers, Ronald H. Clements, et al.. (2005). Human intestinal macrophages display profound inflammatory anergy despite avid phagocytic and bacteriocidal activity. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 115(1). 66–75. 647 indexed citations breakdown →

Benjamin, William H., K R Smith, & Ken B. Waites. (2003). Ligase Chain Reaction. Humana Press eBooks. 226. 135–150. 6 indexed citations

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Hooper, Nancy, et al.. (2002). Cross-Jurisdictional Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Maryland and Washington, D.C., 1996–2000, Linked to the Homeless. Emerging infectious diseases. 8(11). 1249–1251. 16 indexed citations

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Johnson, Crystal N., et al.. (2001). In vitro activity of ABT-773, telithromycin and eight other antimicrobials against erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae respiratory isolates of children. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 18(6). 531–535. 11 indexed citations

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Lok, Kerry H., et al.. (2001). Value of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Fingerprinting as a Tool in a Rural State Surveillance Program. CHEST Journal. 120(6). 1877–1882. 11 indexed citations

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Zheng, Xiaotian, Crystal N. Johnson, Yuanan Lu, et al.. (2001). Clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae resistant to levofloxacin contain mutations in both gyrA and parC genes. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 18(4). 373–378. 11 indexed citations

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Haydel, Shelley E., Nancy E. Dunlap, & William H. Benjamin. (1999). In vitroevidence of two-component system phosphorylation between theMycobacterium tuberculosisTrcR/TrcS proteins. Microbial Pathogenesis. 26(4). 195–206. 36 indexed citations

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Swords, W. Edward, et al.. (1997). Bacterial phenotypes mediated bymviAand their relationship to the mouse virulence ofSalmonella typhimurium. Microbial Pathogenesis. 22(6). 353–362. 8 indexed citations

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Dunlap, Nancy E., et al.. (1992). A ‘safe-site’ for Salmonella typhimurium is within splenic polymorphonuclear cells. Microbial Pathogenesis. 13(3). 181–190. 46 indexed citations

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Benjamin, William H., et al.. (1991). A hemA mutation renders Salmonella typhimurium avirulent in mice, yet capable of eliciting protection against intravenous infection with S. typhimurium. Microbial Pathogenesis. 11(4). 289–295. 15 indexed citations

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Dunlap, Nancy E., et al.. (1991). A ‘safe-site’ for Salmonella typhimurium is within splenic cells during the early phase of infection in mice. Microbial Pathogenesis. 10(4). 297–310. 79 indexed citations

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Fallon, Michael T., Trenton R. Schoeb, William H. Benjamin, J. Russell Lindsey, & David E. Briles. (1989). Modulation of resistance to Salmonella typhimurium infection in mice by mouse hepatitis virus (MHV). Microbial Pathogenesis. 6(2). 81–91. 5 indexed citations

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Briles, David E., et al.. (1986). Independence of macrophage activation and expression of the alleles of the Ity (immunity to typhimurium) locus. Microbial Pathogenesis. 1(1). 33–41. 17 indexed citations

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