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D-Index
63
Citations
17490
World Ranking
2693
National Ranking
64

Antonella Castagna publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Antonella Castagna sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 413 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Antonella Castagna D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Antonella Castagna sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Antonella Castagna is affiliated with Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Italy. Their research contributions span multiple areas within medicine, with a significant focus on infectious diseases and immunology. The body of work includes extensive studies related to HIV and COVID-19.

The scientist's primary fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Within these main fields, subfields of particular emphasis are:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Virology
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Molecular Biology

The research topics associated with Antonella Castagna cover:

  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Poxvirus research and outbreaks
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • AIDS
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Some recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Antonella Castagna are:

  • Compassionate Use of Remdesivir for Patients with Severe Covid-19, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Effect of Remdesivir vs Standard Care on Clinical Status at 11 Days in Patients With Moderate COVID-19, 2020, JAMA
  • Efficacy and safety of tocilizumab in severe COVID-19 patients: a single-centre retrospective cohort study, 2020, European Journal of Internal Medicine
  • Secondary infections in patients hospitalized with COVID-19: incidence and predictive factors, 2020, Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Early predictors of clinical outcomes of COVID-19 outbreak in Milan, Italy, 2020, Clinical Immunology

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Laura Galli
  • Silvia Nozza
  • Vincenzo Spagnuolo
  • Antonella d'Arminio Monforte
  • Angelo Roberto Raccagni

Best Publications

  • A Whole-Genome Association Study of Major Determinants for Host Control of HIV-1

    Jacques Fellay;Kevin V. Shianna;Dongliang Ge;Sara Colombo

  • Effect of Remdesivir vs Standard Care on Clinical Status at 11 Days in Patients With Moderate COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Christoph D. Spinner;Robert L. Gottlieb;Gerard J. Criner;José Ramón Arribas López

  • Common genetic variation and the control of HIV-1 in humans.

    Jacques Fellay;Dongliang Ge;Kevin V. Shianna;Sara Colombo

  • Risk Factors and Outcomes for Late Presentation for HIV-Positive Persons in Europe: Results from the Collaboration of Observational HIV Epidemiological Research Europe Study (COHERE).

    Amanda Mocroft;Jens D Lundgren;Jens D Lundgren;Miriam Lewis Sabin;Antonella d'Arminio Monforte

  • Efficacy and safety of tocilizumab in severe COVID-19 patients: a single-centre retrospective cohort study.

    Corrado Campochiaro;Emanuel Della-Torre;Giulio Cavalli;Giacomo De Luca

  • Dolutegravir in Antiretroviral-Experienced Patients With Raltegravir- and/or Elvitegravir-Resistant HIV-1: 24-Week Results of the Phase III VIKING-3 Study

    Antonella Castagna;Franco Maggiolo;Giovanni Penco;David Wright

  • Epstein-Barr virus DNA in cerebrospinal fluid from patients with AIDS-related primary lymphoma of the central nervous system

    P. Cinque;M. Brytting;B. Wahren;A. Linde

  • Secondary infections in patients hospitalized with COVID-19: incidence and predictive factors.

    Marco Ripa;Laura Galli;Andrea Poli;Chiara Oltolini

  • Capsid Inhibition with Lenacapavir in Multidrug-Resistant HIV-1 Infection.

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  • All-cause mortality in treated HIV-infected adults with CD4 ≥500/mm3 compared with the general population: evidence from a large European observational cohort collaboration

    Charlotte Lewden;Vincent Bouteloup;Stéphane De Wit

  • Eosinophils from Physiology to Disease: A Comprehensive Review.

    Giuseppe A. Ramirez;Mona-Rita Yacoub;Marco Ripa;Daniele Mannina

  • Early predictors of clinical outcomes of COVID-19 outbreak in Milan, Italy.

    Fabio Ciceri;Antonella Castagna;Patrizia Rovere-Querini;Francesco De Cobelli

  • Polymerase chain reaction on cerebrospinal fluid for diagnosis of virus-associated opportunistic diseases of the central nervous system in HIV-infected patients.

    Paola Cinque;Luca Vago;Helena Dahl;Maria Brytting

  • Microbial translocation predicts disease progression of HIV-infected antiretroviral-naive patients with high CD4+ cell count.

    Giulia Marchetti;Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri;Esther Merlini;Giusi M. Bellistrì

  • Elevated alpha-tumor necrosis factor levels in spinal fluid from HIV-1-infected patients with central nervous system involvement.

    L. M. E. Grimaldi;G. V. Martino;D. M. Franciotta;R. Brustia

  • CD4 cell count and the risk of AIDS or death in HIV-Infected adults on combination antiretroviral therapy with a suppressed viral load: a longitudinal cohort study from COHERE

    Jim Young;Mina Psichogiou;Laurence Meyer

  • Long-term Mortality in HIV-Positive Individuals Virally Suppressed for > 3 Years With Incomplete CD4 Recovery

    Frederik N. Engsig;Robert Zangerle;Olga Katsarou;Francois Dabis

  • Lamivudine monotherapy in HIV-1-infected patients harbouring a lamivudine-resistant virus: a randomized pilot study (E-184V study).

    Antonella Castagna;Anna Danise;Stefano Menzo;Laura Galli

  • Prevalence, Associated Factors, and Prognostic Determinants of AIDS-Related Toxoplasmic Encephalitis in the Era of Advanced Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

    Andrea Antinori;Dora Larussa;Antonella Cingolani;Patrizia Lorenzini

  • Cytomegalovirus infection of the central nervous system in patients with AIDS: diagnosis by DNA amplification from cerebrospinal fluid.

    Paola Cinque;Luca Vago;Maria Brytting;Antonella Castagna

  • Interleukin-1 and interleukin-6 inhibition compared with standard management in patients with COVID-19 and hyperinflammation: a cohort study.

    Giulio Cavalli;Alessandro Larcher;Alessandro Tomelleri;Corrado Campochiaro

  • Randomized trial to evaluate indinavir/ritonavir versus saquinavir/ritonavir in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected patients: the MaxCmin1 Trial.

    Ulrik B.Ulrik Dragsted;Jan Gerstoft;Court Pedersen;Barry Peters

  • Common Genetic Variation and the Control of HIV-1 in Humans

    Jacques Fellay;Dongliang Ge;Kevin V. Shianna;Sara Colombo

Frequent Co-Authors

Adriano Lazzarin
Adriano Lazzarin Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Cristina Mussini
Cristina Mussini University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Antonella d'Arminio Monforte
Antonella d'Arminio Monforte University of Milan
Andrea Antinori
Andrea Antinori Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani
Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri
Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri University College London
Andrea De Luca
Andrea De Luca University of Siena
Fabio Ciceri
Fabio Ciceri Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Paola Cinque
Paola Cinque Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Amanda Mocroft
Amanda Mocroft University College London
Massimo Clementi
Massimo Clementi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

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