William M. Switzer

11.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
181 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

William M. Switzer is a scholar working on Virology, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, William M. Switzer has authored 181 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Virology, 72 papers in Epidemiology and 58 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in William M. Switzer's work include HIV Research and Treatment (83 papers), T-cell and Retrovirus Studies (42 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (41 papers). William M. Switzer is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (83 papers), T-cell and Retrovirus Studies (42 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (41 papers). William M. Switzer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. William M. Switzer's co-authors include Walid Heneine, Thomas M. Folks, Vedapuri Shanmugam, Louisa E. Chapman, Paul Sandstrom, Nathan Wolfe, Vinod Bhullar, Anupama Shankar, Hongwei Jia and Donald S. Burke and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

William M. Switzer

176 papers receiving 7.0k citations

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Investigation of Presumptive HIV Transmission Associated with Receipt of Platelet-Rich Plasma Microneedling Facials at a Spa Among Former Spa Clients — New Mexico, 2018–2023 2024 ·MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Huiyuan Zheng, Hongwei Jia, Sheryl Lyss, William M. Switzer, Scott Grytdal, (unknown), (unknown), Marla Sievers, Chad Smelser	2
2	Genome characterization of a simian foamy virus from a human bitten by an African green monkey 2024 ·Microbiology Resource Announcements ·Anupama Shankar, James M. Smith, William M. Switzer	0
3	HantaNet: A New MicrobeTrace Application for Hantavirus Classification, Genomic Surveillance, Epidemiology and Outbreak Investigations 2023 ·Viruses ·Roxana Cintrón, Shannon Whitmer, (unknown), Ellsworth M. Campbell, Reagan Kelly, (unknown), Melissa W. Mobley, (unknown), (unknown), Anupama Shankar, Joel M. Montgomery, John D. Klena, William M. Switzer	2
4	Accurate assembly of minority viral haplotypes from next-generation sequencing through efficient noise reduction 2021 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Sergey Knyazev, (unknown), Anupama Shankar, (unknown), Alexander Artyomenko, (unknown), Yuri B. Porozov, Ellsworth M. Campbell, William M. Switzer, Pavel Skums, Serghei Mangul, Alex Zelikovsky	34
5	MicrobeTrace: Retooling molecular epidemiology for rapid public health response 2021 ·PLoS Computational Biology ·Ellsworth M. Campbell, (unknown), Anupama Shankar, Jay Kim, Sergey Knyazev, Roxana Cintrón, William M. Switzer	30
6	Trends in HIV-2 Diagnoses and Use of the HIV-1/HIV-2 Differentiation Test — United States, 2010–2017 2020 ·MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ·Anne Harwood Peruski, Laura G. Wesolowski, Kevin P. Delaney, Pollyanna R. Chávez, S. Michele Owen, Timothy C. Granade, (unknown), William M. Switzer, Xue–Yuan Dong, John T. Brooks, M. Patricia Joyce	20
7	Genome-Wide Patterns of Gene Expression in a Wild Primate Indicate Species-Specific Mechanisms Associated with Tolerance to Natural Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 2019 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·(unknown), Geeta N. Eick, María José Ruiz‐López, David Hyeroba, Patrick A. Omeja, Geoffrey Weny, Huiyuan Zheng, Anupama Shankar, Simon D. W. Frost, James H. Jones, Colin A. Chapman, William M. Switzer, Tony L. Goldberg, Kirstin N. Sterner, Nelson Ting	7
8	Spumaretroviruses: Updated taxonomy and nomenclature 2018 ·Virology ·Arifa S. Khan, Jochen Bodem, Florence Buseyne, Antoine Gessain, Welkin E. Johnson, Jens H. Kuhn, Jacek Kuźmak, Dirk Lindemann, Maxine L. Linial, Martin Löchelt, Magdalena Materniak-Kornas, Marcelo A. Soares, William M. Switzer	51
9	Bayesian inference reveals ancient origin of simian foamy virus in orangutans 2017 ·Infection Genetics and Evolution ·(unknown), William M. Switzer, Michael A. Schillaci, (unknown), Ellsworth M. Campbell, Manon Ragonnet‐Cronin, (unknown), (unknown), Carl Lowenberger, (unknown), Hope Hollocher, Paul Sandstrom, James Brooks	4
10	Transmission fitness of drug-resistant HIV revealed in a surveillance system transmission network 2017 ·Virus Evolution ·Joel O. Wertheim, Alexandra M. Oster, Jeffrey A. Johnson, William M. Switzer, Neeraja Saduvala, Ángela Hernández, H. Irene Hall, Walid Heneine	46
11	Investigation of Hepatitis B Virus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission among Severely Mentally Ill Residents at a Long Term Care Facility 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·Supriya Jasuja, Nicola D. Thompson, Philip J. Peters, Yury Khudyakov, Megan T. Patel, (unknown), Hong Thai, William M. Switzer, Anupama Shankar, Walid Heneine, Dale J. Hu, Anne C. Moorman, Susan I. Gerber	7
12	Neutralizing antibodies to human and simian adenoviruses in humans and New-World monkeys 2010 ·Virology ·Jonatan Ersching, Malva Isabel Medina Hernández, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), William M. Switzer, Zhiquan Xiang, Hildegund C.J. Ertl, Carlos R. Zanetti, Aguinaldo R. Pinto	60
13	Short Communication: Absence of Evidence of HTLV-3 and HTLV-4 in Patients with Large Granular Lymphocyte (LGL) Leukemia 2008 ·AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·Yen T. Duong, Hongwei Jia, John A. Lust, Albert García-Quintanilla, Amanda Tiffany, Walid Heneine, William M. Switzer	21
14	Clinical and Virological Characterization of Persistent Human Infection with Simian Foamy Viruses 2007 ·AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·Roumiana S. Boneva, William M. Switzer, Thomas J. Spira, Vinod Bhullar, Vedapuri Shanmugam, Mian-er Cong, Lee Lam, Walid Heneine, Thomas M. Folks, Louisa E. Chapman	59
15	Molecular characterization of a novel simian immunodeficiency virus lineage (SIVtal) from northern talapoins (Miopithecus ogouensis) 2006 ·Virology ·Florian Liégeois, Valérie Courgnaud, William M. Switzer, (unknown), Sévérin Loul, Avelin F. Aghokeng, Xavier Pourrut, Eitel Mpoudi‐Ngolé, Éric Delaporte, Martine Peeters	12
16	Susceptibility of HIV-2, SIV and SHIV to various anti-HIV-1 compounds: Implications for treatment and postexposure prophylaxis 2004 ·Antiviral Research ·Myriam Witvrouw, Christophe Pannecouque, William M. Switzer, Thomas M. Folks, Erik De Clercq, Walid Heneine	1
17	Short Communication: Lack of Evidence for Infection with Simian Immunodeficiency Virus in Bonobos 2002 ·AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·Sonia Van Dooren, William M. Switzer, Walid Heneine, Patrick Goubau, Ernst J. Verschoor, Bharat Parekh, W. De Meurichy, (unknown), Marc Van Ranst, Anne–Mieke Vandamme	7
18	Simian foamy virus infection in a blood donor 2002 ·Transfusion ·Roumiana S. Boneva, Alfred J. Grindon, Sophie Orton, William M. Switzer, Vedapuri Shanmugam, Althaf I. Hussain, Vinod Bhullar, Mary E. Chamberland, Walid Heneine, T M Folks, Louisa E. Chapman	31
19	Induction of Long-Term Protective Effects against Heterologous Challenge in SIVhu-Infected Macaques 2000 ·Virology ·(unknown), William M. Switzer, Bharat Parekh, Ronald A. Otten, Debra Adams, Vedapuri Shanmugam, Pavel Boštík, Ann E. Mayne, Nathaniel F. Chikkala, Harold M. McClure, Francis J. Novembre, Qizhi Yao, Walid Heneine, Thomas M. Folks, Aftab A. Ansari	12
20	Identification and Biologic Characterization of an Acutely Lethal Variant of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus from Sooty Mangabeys (SIV/SMM) 1989 ·AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·Patricia N. Fultz, Harold M. McClure, Daniel C. Anderson, William M. Switzer	172

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