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Claudia Balotta

Claudia Balotta

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
42
Citations
7151
World Ranking
5347
National Ranking
179

Claudia Balotta 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 Claudia Balotta sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 142 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Claudia Balotta 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 Claudia Balotta sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Claudia Balotta is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine with a particular emphasis on Infectious Diseases. The subfields of study include Modeling and Simulation, Animal Science and Zoology, Virology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work centers around topics related to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, including detection and testing, clinical research studies, and epidemiological investigations. Additional research topics involve animal virus infections and HIV research and treatment.

Frequent co-authors contributing to collaborative studies with Claudia Balotta include Alessia Lai, Annalisa Bergna, Gianguglielmo Zehender, Massimo Galli, and Ilaria Vicenti.

Research output has appeared in several publication venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Medical Virology
  • Viruses
  • Virology Journal

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Claudia Balotta include:

  • Genomic characterization and phylogenetic analysis of SARS-COV-2 in Italy, 2020, Journal of Medical Virology
  • Molecular Tracing of SARS-CoV-2 in Italy in the First Three Months of the Epidemic, 2020, Viruses
  • Circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants in Italy, October 2020-March 2021, 2021, Virology Journal
  • GENOMIC CHARACTERISATION AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF SARS-COV-2 IN ITALY, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Tracing of SARS-CoV-2 in Italy in the First Three Months of the Epidemic, 2020, Preprints.org

Best Publications

  • Local epidemics gone viral: Evolution and diffusion of the Italian HIV-1 recombinant form CRF60_BC

    Alessia Lai;Francesco Roberto Simonetti;Gaetano Brindicci;Annalisa Bergna

  • Prevalence of Drug-Resistant HIV-1 Variants in Untreated Individuals in Europe: Implications for Clinical Management

    Annemarie M. J. Wensing;David A. van de Vijver;Gioacchino Angarano;Birgitta Åsjö

  • Growth of macrophage-tropic and primary human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) isolates in a unique CD4+ T-cell clone (PM1): failure to downregulate CD4 and to interfere with cell-line-tropic HIV-1.

    P. Lusso;F. Cocchi;C. Balotta;P. D. Markham

  • Transmission of Drug-Resistant HIV-1 Is Stabilizing in Europe

    Jurgen Vercauteren;Annemarie M. J. Wensing;David A. M. C. van de Vijver;Jan Albert

  • Cytomegalovirus Coinfection Is Associated With an Increased Risk of Severe Non–AIDS-Defining Events in a Large Cohort of HIV-Infected Patients

    Miriam Lichtner;Paola Cicconi;Serena Vita;Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri

  • Clinical outcome and predictive factors of failure of highly active antiretroviral therapy in antiretroviral-experienced patients in advanced stages of HIV-1 infection.

    d'Arminio Monforte A;Testa L;Adorni F;Chiesa E

  • Homozygous Δ32 deletion of the Ccr-5 chemokine receptor gene in an Hiv-1-infected patient

    Claudia Balotta;Patrizia Bagnarelli;Michela Violin;Anna Lisa Ridolfo

  • Transmission of HIV Drug Resistance and the Predicted Effect on Current First-line Regimens in Europe

    L. Marije Hofstra;Nicolas Sauvageot;Jan Albert;Jan Albert;Ivailo Alexiev

  • HIV-1 subtype distribution and its demographic determinants in newly diagnosed patients in Europe suggest highly compartmentalized epidemics

    Ana B. Abecasis;Annemarie M.J. Wensing;Dimitris Paraskevis;Jurgen Vercauteren;Jurgen Vercauteren

  • Productive infection of CD4+ and CD8+ mature human T cell populations and clones by human herpesvirus 6. Transcriptional down-regulation of CD3.

    P Lusso;M Malnati;A De Maria;C Balotta

  • Tracing the HIV-1 subtype B mobility in Europe: a phylogeographic approach

    Dimitrios Paraskevis;Dimitrios Paraskevis;Oliver Pybus;Gkikas Magiorkinis;Angelos Hatzakis

  • Antisense phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotides targeted to the vpr gene inhibit human immunodeficiency virus type 1 replication in primary human macrophages.

    C Balotta;P Lusso;R Crowley;R C Gallo

  • Low-frequency drug-resistant HIV-1 and risk of virological failure to first-line NNRTI-based ART: a multicohort European case–control study using centralized ultrasensitive 454 pyrosequencing

    Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri;Marc Noguera-Julian;Francesca Di Giallonardo;Rob Schuurman

  • Risk of failure in patients with 215 HIV-1 revertants starting their first thymidine analog-containing highly active antiretroviral therapy.

    Michela Violin;Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri;Rossella Velleca;Antonella Vincenti

  • The impact of transmitted drug resistance on the natural history of HIV infection and response to first-line therapy.

    Pillay D;Bhaskaran K;Jurriaans S;Prins M

  • Origin and regulation of tumor-associated macrophages: the role of tumor-derived chemotactic factor.

    Alberto Mantovani;Wang Ji Ming;Claudia Balotta;Benomar Abdeljalil

  • The calculated genetic barrier for antiretroviral drug resistance substitutions is largely similar for different HIV-1 subtypes

    David A van de Vijver;Annemarie M J Wensing;Gioacchino Angarano;Birgitta Asjö

  • Type 1 Cytokine Production and Low Prevalence of Viral Isolation Correlate with Long-Term Nonprogression in HIV Infection

    Mario Clerici;Claudia Balotta;Luca Meroni;Enrica Ferrario

  • Genomic characterization and phylogenetic analysis of SARS-COV-2 in Italy.

    Gianguglielmo Zehender;Alessia Lai;Annalisa Bergna;Luca Meroni

  • Susceptibility to PNU-140690 (Tipranavir) of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Isolates Derived from Patients with Multidrug Resistance to Other Protease Inhibitors

    S. Rusconi;S. La Seta Catamancio;P. Citterio;S. Kurtagic

  • Dynamics and modulation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 transcripts in vitro and in vivo.

    Patrizia Bagnarelli;Anna Valenza;Stefano Menzo;Riccardo Sampaolesi

  • Secondary Mutations in the Protease Region of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Virologic Failure in Drug-Naive Patients Treated with Protease Inhibitor-Based Therapy

    Carlo F. Perno;Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri;Claudia Balotta;Federica Forbici

  • Neurological Symptoms during Primary Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection Correlate with High Levels of HIV RNA in Cerebrospinal Fluid

    G. Tambussi;A. Gori;B. Capiluppi;C. Balotta

  • Prevalence of transmitted HIV-1 drug resistance and the role of resistance algorithms: data from seroconverters in the CASCADE collaboration from 1987 to 2003.

    Bernard Masquelier;Krishnan Bhaskaran;Deenan Pillay;Robert Gifford

Frequent Co-Authors

Massimo Galli
Massimo Galli University of Milan
Anne-Mieke Vandamme
Anne-Mieke Vandamme Rega Institute for Medical Research
Maurizio Zazzi
Maurizio Zazzi University of Siena
Mauro Moroni
Mauro Moroni University of Milan
Charles A. Boucher
Charles A. Boucher Erasmus University Rotterdam
Jan Albert
Jan Albert Karolinska Institute
Mario Clerici
Mario Clerici University of Milan
Anders Sönnerborg
Anders Sönnerborg Karolinska Institute
Kristel Van Laethem
Kristel Van Laethem Rega Institute for Medical Research
Dimitrios Paraskevis
Dimitrios Paraskevis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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