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2023

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Citations
15765
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2517
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Immunology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Lars Hviid is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant emphasis on immunology and microbiology. Within these broad fields, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as public health, environmental and occupational health, immunology, genetics, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and molecular biology.

The scientist has concentrated on several main topics throughout their career, including malaria research and control, mosquito-borne diseases and control, the complement system in diseases, hemoglobinopathies and related disorders, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, parasites and host interactions, and iron metabolism and disorders.

Recent publications by Lars Hviid reflect the focus on infectious diseases and immunological responses. Notable papers include:

  • Afucosylated Plasmodium falciparum-specific IgG is induced by infection but not by subunit vaccination, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Endemic Burkitt lymphoma - an aggressive childhood cancer linked to Plasmodium falciparum exposure, but not to exposure to other malaria parasites, 2020, Apmis
  • ICAM-1-binding Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 variants elicits opsonic-phagocytosis IgG responses in Beninese children, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Heart failure associated with imported malaria: a nationwide Danish cohort study, 2021, ESC Heart Failure
  • Acquisition and decay of IgM and IgG responses to merozoite antigens after Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Ghanaian children, 2020, PLoS ONE

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Lars Hviid include:

  • Michael F. Ofori
  • Mary Lopez-Perez
  • María del Pilar Quintana
  • Nicaise Tuikue Ndam
  • Zakaria Seidu

The venues where Lars Hviid publishes regularly encompass a range of journals specializing in infectious diseases, parasitology, and immunology. These frequent publication venues are:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Trends in Parasitology
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

In addition to journal articles, Lars Hviid has also contributed to book publications. They authored a work titled Malaria Immunology, published in 2022 by Springer Science+Business Media.

Best Publications

  • Selective upregulation of a single distinctly structured var gene in chondroitin sulphate A-adhering Plasmodium falciparum involved in pregnancy-associated malaria

    Ali Salanti;Trine Staalsoe;Thomas Lavstsen;Anja T. R. Jensen

  • Malaria in pregnancy: pathogenesis and immunity.

    Stephen J Rogerson;Lars Hviid;Lars Hviid;Patrick E Duffy;Patrick E Duffy;Rose F G Leke

  • Evidence for the involvement of VAR2CSA in pregnancy-associated malaria.

    Ali Salanti;Madeleine Dahlbäck;Madeleine Dahlbäck;Louise Turner;Louise Turner;Morten A. Nielsen;Morten A. Nielsen

  • Plasma antibodies from malaria-exposed pregnant women recognize variant surface antigens on Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes in a parity-dependent manner and block parasite adhesion to chondroitin sulfate A.

    Christina H. Ricke;Trine Staalsoe;Kwadwo Koram;Bartholomew D. Akanmori

  • Low plasma concentrations of interleukin 10 in severe malarial anaemia compared with cerebral and uncomplicated malaria

    Jørgen Al Kurtzhals;Jørgen Al Kurtzhals;Victoria Adabayeri;Bamenla Quarm Goka;Bartholomew D Akanmori

  • Plasmodium falciparum associated with severe childhood malaria preferentially expresses PfEMP1 encoded by group A var genes.

    Anja T.R. Jensen;Pamela Magistrado;Sarah Sharp;Louise Joergensen

  • The concentration of the C-type lectin, mannan-binding protein, in human plasma increases during an acute phase response.

    S. Thiel;U. Holmskov;L. Hviid;S. B. Laursen

  • Licochalcone A, a new antimalarial agent, inhibits in vitro growth of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and protects mice from P. yoelii infection.

    Ming Chen;T. G. Theander;S. B. Christensen;L. Hviid

  • Variant surface antigen-specific IgG and protection against clinical consequences of pregnancy-associated Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

    Trine Staalsoe;Caroline E Shulman;Caroline E Shulman;Judith N Bulmer;Ken Kawuondo

  • Plasmodium falciparum Variant Surface Antigen Expression Varies Between Isolates Causing Severe and Nonsevere Malaria and Is Modified by Acquired Immunity

    Morten A. Nielsen;Trine Staalsoe;Jørgen A. L. Kurtzhals;Jørgen A. L. Kurtzhals;Bamenla Q. Goka

  • Detection of very low level Plasmodium falciparum infections using the nested polymerase chain reaction and a reassessment of the epidemiology of unstable malaria in Sudan

    Cally Roper;Ibrahim M. Elhassan;Lars Hviid;Haider Giha

  • Acquisition and Decay of Antibodies to Pregnancy-Associated Variant Antigens on the Surface of Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes That Protect against Placental Parasitemia

    Trine Staalsoe;Rosette Megnekou;Nadine Fievét;Christina H. Ricke

  • A Longitudinal Study of Type-Specific Antibody Responses to Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein-1 in an Area of Unstable Malaria in Sudan

    D R Cavanagh;I M Elhassan;C Roper;V J Robinson

  • Detection of antibodies to variant antigens on Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes by flow cytometry.

    Trine Staalsoe;Haider A. Giha;Haider A. Giha;Daniel Dodoo;Daniel Dodoo;Thor G. Theander

  • Structure-Guided Identification of a Family of Dual Receptor-Binding PfEMP1 that Is Associated with Cerebral Malaria

    Frank Lennartz;Yvonne Adams;Anja Bengtsson;Anja Bengtsson;Rebecca W. Olsen;Rebecca W. Olsen

  • PfEMP1 - A Parasite Protein Family of Key Importance in Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Immunity and Pathogenesis.

    Lars Hviid;Anja T.R. Jensen

  • Naturally acquired immunity to Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Africa

    Lars Hviid

  • Malaria-induced acquisition of antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum variant surface antigens.

    Michael F. Ofori;Daniel Dodoo;Trine Staalsoe;Jørgen A. L. Kurtzhals;Jørgen A. L. Kurtzhals

  • Reversible suppression of bone marrow response to erythropoietin in Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

    J. A. L. Kurtzhals;O. Rodrigues;M. Addae;J. O. O. Commey

  • Inhibition of Plasmepsin V activity demonstrates its essential role in protein export, PfEMP1 display, and survival of malaria parasites.

    Brad E Sleebs;Sash Lopaticki;Danushka S. Marapana;Matthew T. O'Neill

  • Levels of antibody to conserved parts of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 in Ghanaian children are not associated with protection from clinical malaria.

    Daniel Dodoo;Daniel Dodoo;Thor G. Theander;Jorgen A. L. Kurtzhals;Jorgen A. L. Kurtzhals;Kojo Koram

Frequent Co-Authors

Thor G. Theander
Thor G. Theander University of Copenhagen
Jørgen A. L. Kurtzhals
Jørgen A. L. Kurtzhals University of Copenhagen
Bartholomew D. Akanmori
Bartholomew D. Akanmori Southern Cross University
Ali Salanti
Ali Salanti Copenhagen University Hospital
James B. Jensen
James B. Jensen Michigan State University
Thomas Lavstsen
Thomas Lavstsen University of Copenhagen
John Lusingu
John Lusingu University of Copenhagen
Eleanor M. Riley
Eleanor M. Riley University of Edinburgh
Brian Greenwood
Brian Greenwood London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Arsalan Kharazmi
Arsalan Kharazmi University of Copenhagen

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