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Eric Sandström

Eric Sandström

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Microbiology

D-Index
45
Citations
6628
World Ranking
5051
National Ranking
95

Overview

Eric Sandström is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and specializes in research primarily focused on infectious diseases, virology, epidemiology, sociology, political science, and immunology. Their work encompasses a significant volume of publications concentrated in the fields of medicine and immunology and microbiology.

The main research topics covered in Sandström's publications include HIV research and treatment, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, HIV, drug use, and sexual risk, as well as sex work and related issues. Additional areas of investigation involve HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, and immune cell function and interaction.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Sandström are:

  • Sarah Fidler
  • Wolfgang Stöhr
  • John Frater
  • Patricia Munseri
  • Muhammad Bakari

Sandström has published in a variety of scientific journals, with frequent contributions appearing in:

  • The Lancet
  • BMC Women's Health
  • AIDS and Behavior
  • JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Recent publications include:

  • "Antiretroviral therapy alone versus antiretroviral therapy with a kick and kill approach, on measures of the HIV reservoir in participants with recent HIV infection (the RIVER trial): a phase 2, randomised trial," 2020, The Lancet
  • "I did not plan to have a baby. This is the outcome of our work": a qualitative study exploring unintended pregnancy among female sex workers, 2020, BMC Women's Health
  • Awareness, Willingness and Use of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Female Sex Workers Living in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, 2022, AIDS and Behavior
  • The Prevalence, Incidence, and Risk Factors for HIV Among Female Sex Workers-A Cohort Being Prepared for a Phase IIb HIV Vaccine Trial in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2022, JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • Induction of Identical IgG HIV-1 Envelope Epitope Recognition Patterns After Initial HIVIS-DNA/MVA-CMDR Immunization and a Late MVA-CMDR Boost, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology

Best Publications

  • Circulating microRNAs in sera correlate with soluble biomarkers of immune activation but do not predict mortality in ART treated individuals with HIV-1 infection : a case control study

    Daniel D. Murray;Kazuo Suzuki;Matthew Law;Jonel Trebicka

  • Cellular cytotoxic response induced by DNA vaccination in HIV-1-infected patients

    Sandra Calarota;Göran Bratt;Siv Nordlund;Jorma Hinkula

  • Serological Classification of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with Use of Monoclonal Antibodies to Gonococcal Outer Membrane Protein I

    Joan S. Knapp;Milton R. Tam;Robert C. Nowinski;King K. Holmes

  • Serological classification of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with monoclonal antibodies.

    M R Tam;T M Buchanan;E G Sandström;K K Holmes

  • Induction of specific T-cell responses in HIV infection

    Ann-Charlotte Leandersson;Göran Bratt;Jorma Hinkula;Gustav Gilljam

  • MT-2 cell tropism as prognostic marker for disease progression in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.

    A Karlsson;K Parsmyr;E Sandström;E M Fenyö

  • Broad Immunogenicity of a Multigene, Multiclade HIV-1 DNA Vaccine Boosted with Heterologous HIV-1 Recombinant Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara

    Eric Sandström;Charlotta Nilsson;Bo Hejdeman;Andreas Bråve

  • Gonococcal strains from homosexual men have outer membranes with reduced permeability to hydrophobic molecules.

    S A Morse;P G Lysko;L McFarland;J S Knapp

  • Immune responses in asymptomatic HIV-1-infected patients after HIV-DNA immunization followed by highly active antiretroviral treatment.

    Sandra A. Calarota;Ann Charlotte Leandersson;Göran Bratt;Jorma Hinkula

  • Antiretroviral therapy alone versus antiretroviral therapy with a kick and kill approach, on measures of the HIV reservoir in participants with recent HIV infection (the RIVER trial): a phase 2, randomised trial

    S Fidler;W Stöhr;M Pace;L Dorrell

  • Identification of an iron-regulated 37,000-dalton protein in the cell envelope of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

    T A Mietzner;G H Luginbuhl;E Sandstrom;S A Morse

  • Therapeutic immunisation with recombinant gp160 in HIV-1 infection: a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial

    Eric Sandström;Britta Wahren

  • Broad and potent immune responses to a low dose intradermal HIV-1 DNA boosted with HIV-1 recombinant MVA among healthy adults in Tanzania.

    Muhammad Bakari;Said Aboud;Said Aboud;Charlotta Nilsson;Joel Francis

  • Detection of human anti‐HTLV‐III antibodies by indirect immunofluorescence using fixed cells

    E. G. Sandstrom;R. T. Schooley;D. D. Ho;R. Byington

  • Hypofibrinolytic state in HIV-1-infected patients treated with protease inhibitor-containing highly active antiretroviral therapy.

    Kristina Koppel;Göran Bratt;Sam Schulman;Håkan Bylund

  • Epidemiology of penicillinase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections: analysis by auxotyping and serogrouping.

    H. Hunter Handsfield;Eric G. Sandström;Joan S. Knapp;Peter L. Perine

  • The health related quality of life in a Swedish sample of HIV-infected persons

    Lars E. Eriksson;Gun Nordström;Torsten Berglund;Eric Sandström

  • Recombinant Modified Vaccinia Ankara (MVA) effectively boosts DNA-primed HIV-specific immune responses in humans despite pre-existing vaccinia immunity.

    Lindvi Gudmundsdotter;Charlotta Nilsson;Andreas Brave;Bo Hejdeman

  • Improved HIV-1 Viral Load Determination Based on Reverse Transcriptase Activity Recovered From Human Plasma

    Anders Malmsten;Xing-Wu Shao;Staffan Sjödahl;Eva-Lena Fredriksson

  • Serology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: coagglutination serogroups WI and WII/III correspond to different outer membrane protein I molecules

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  • Antiviral therapy in AIDS. Clinical pharmacological properties and therapeutic experience to date.

    Eric G. Sandström;Eric G. Sandström;Joan C. Kaplan;Joan C. Kaplan

  • Serology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Classification by co-agglutination.

    Eric SandströM;Dan Danielsson

  • HIV-1 peptides induce a proliferative response in lymphocytes from infected persons.

    Wahren B;Rosen J;Sandström E;Mathiesen T

  • Synergistic inhibition of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type III replication in vitro by phosphonoformate and recombinant alpha-A interferon.

    K. L. Hartshorn;E. G. Sandstrom;D. Neumeyer;T. J. Paradis

Frequent Co-Authors

Britta Wahren
Britta Wahren Karolinska Institute
Gunnel Biberfeld
Gunnel Biberfeld Karolinska Institute
Merlin L. Robb
Merlin L. Robb Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Jan Albert
Jan Albert Karolinska Institute
Jorma Hinkula
Jorma Hinkula Linköping University
Michael Hoelscher
Michael Hoelscher Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Patricia L. Earl
Patricia L. Earl National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Bernard Moss
Bernard Moss National Institutes of Health
Guido Ferrari
Guido Ferrari Duke University
Gabriella Scarlatti
Gabriella Scarlatti Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

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