W F Piessens - Concepedia

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W F Piessens

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W F Piessens, W PIESSENS, W Piessens, W. F. Piessens, W.F Piessens, W.F. PIESSENS, W.F. Piessens, Will F. Piessens, Willy F. Piessens

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Harvard University Ministry of Health Institut Jules Bordet Brigham and Women's Hospital Massachusetts Department of Public Health

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W F Piessens is an author at Harvard University specializing in medicine, immunology, and pathogenesis.

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#	Concept	H-Index	Publications	Citations
1	Medicine	14	19	948
2	Natural Sciences	3	3	133
3	Allergy	2	2	71
4	Engineering	1	1	31
5	Health Sciences	1	1	23

W F Piessens

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	Year	Citations
Acute attacks in the extremities of persons living in an area endemic for bancroftian filariasis: differentiation of two syndromes Gerusa Dreyer, Zulma Medeiros, Maria José Netto, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Parasitic DiseaseBancroftian FilariasisArea EndemicZoonotic DiseasePathogenesis	1999	150
Immune responses in human infections with Brugia malayi: specific cellular unresponsiveness to filarial antigens. W F Piessens, P. B. McGreevy, Patricia W. Piessens, Journal of Clinical Investigation Parasitic DiseaseImmunodeficienciesInnate Immune SystemImmunologyImmune System	1980	148
Transmission-blocking antibodies recognize microfilarial chitinase in brugian lymphatic filariasis. Juliet A. Fuhrman, W S Lane, Roger Smith, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences OphthalmologyParasitic NematodePathogenesisImmunologyLymphatic Filariasis	1992	112
Chitin synthesis and sheath morphogenesis in Brugia malayi microfilariae Juliet A. Fuhrman, W F Piessens Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology BiologyChitin SynthesisMicrobiologyBiotransformation	1985	104
B-Cell Outgrowth and Ligand-Specific Production of IL-10 Correlate with Th2 Dominance in Certain Parasitic Diseases V. Palanivel, C. Posey, Achim Hörauf, Experimental Parasitology InflammationAutoimmune DiseasePathogenesisImmune RegulationImmunology	1996	99
Sequence analysis and amplification by polymerase chain reaction of a cloned DNA fragment for identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rubina J. Patel, Jochen W.U. Fries, W F Piessens, Journal of Clinical Microbiology BacteriologyMolecular BiologyM. TuberculosisMycobacterium TuberculosisCloned Dna Fragment	1990	84
Genus- and species-specific DNA probes to identify mycobacteria using the polymerase chain reaction Jochen W.U. Fries, Rubina J. Patel, W F Piessens, Molecular and Cellular Probes Polymerase Chain ReactionMicrobial SystematicsBacteriologyMolecular BiologyMicrobiology	1990	58
Evaluation of Recombinant Chitinase and SXP1 Antigens as Antimicrofilarial Vaccines S H Wang, S Dissanayake, Wenli Cheng, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene VaccinationMucosal VaccinationVaccine DevelopmentVaccine TargetPathogenesis	1997	52
In vivo and in vitro characterization of murine T-cell clones reactive to Mycobacterium tuberculosis W H Boom, Robert N. Husson, R A Young, Infection and Immunity Vitro CharacterizationAdaptive Immune SystemMurine T-cell ClonesImmunologyImmunodominance	1987	48
A Monoclonal Antibody to Surface Antigens on Microfilariae of Brugia malayi Reduces Microfilaremia in Infected Jirds M M Canlas, A A Wadee, Lucie Lamontagne, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene	1984	45

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