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Immunology

D-Index
50
Citations
10092
World Ranking
4229
National Ranking
1928

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1988 - William Beaumont Prize, American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)
  • 1986 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1985 - Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award, American Association of Blood Banks (AABB)
  • 1983 - Society Citation Award, Infectious Diseases Society of America
  • 1981 - John Howland Award, American Pediatric Society (APS)
  • 1978 - Robert Koch Gold Medal
  • 1976 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1976 - Alexander Fleming Award, Infectious Diseases Society of America

Best Publications

  • Infectious hepatitis. Evidence for two distinctive clinical, epidemiological, and immunological types of infection.

    Saul Krugman;Joan P. Giles;Jack Hammond

  • Persistence of maternal antibody in infants beyond 12 months: mechanism of measles vaccine failure.

    Paul Albrecht;Francis A. Ennis;Edward J. Saltzman;Saul Krugman

  • Relation of Australia-SH antigen to the willowbrook MS-2 strain.

    Joan P. Giles;Robert W. McCollum;L. W. Berndtson;Saul Krugman

  • Viral hepatitis, type B. Studies on natural history and prevention re-examined.

    Saul Krugman;Lacy R. Overby;Isa K. Mushahwar;Chung-Mei Ling

  • Yeast-recombinant hepatitis B vaccine. Efficacy with hepatitis B immune globulin in prevention of perinatal hepatitis B virus transmission.

    Cladd E. Stevens;Patricia E. Taylor;Myron J. Tong;Pearl T. Toy

  • Perinatal hepatitis B virus transmission in the United States. Prevention by passive-active immunization

    Cladd E. Stevens;Pearl T. Toy;Myron J. Tong;Patricia E. Taylor

  • Viral hepatitis, type B (MS-2-strain). Further observations on natural history and prevention.

    Saul Krugman;Joan P. Giles

  • The natural history of infectious hepatitis

    Saul Krugman;Robert Ward;Joan P. Giles

  • STUDIES ON IMMUNITY TO MEASLES.

    Saul Krugman;Joan P. Giles;Harriet Friedman;Shirley Stone

  • Present status of measles and rubella immunization in the United States: A medical progress report

    Saul Krugman

  • Infectious Diseases of Children

    Saul Krugman

  • Infectious hepatitis; studies of its natural history and prevention.

    R Ward;S Krugman;J P Giles;A M Jacobs

  • The Willowbrook Hepatitis Studies Revisited: Ethical Aspects

    Saul Krugman

  • Viral hepatitis, type B, DNA polymerase activity and antibody to hepatitis B core antigen.

    Saul Krugman;Jay H. Hoofnagle;Rogert J. Gerety;Paul M. Kaplan

  • Infectious hepatitis: detection of virus during the incubation period and in clinically inapparent infection.

    S. Krugman;R. Ward;Joan P. Giles;O. Bodansky

  • Viral hepatitis, type B (MS-2 strain). Detection of antibody after primary infection.

    Jerrold J. Lander;Joan P. Giles;Robert H. Purcell;Saul Krugman

  • Hepatitis virus: effect of heat on the infectivity and antigenicity of the MS-1 and MS-2 strains.

    Saul Krugman;Joan P. Giles;Jack Hammond

  • Infectious hepatitis. Studies on the effect of gamma globulin and on the incidence of inapparent infection.

    Saul Krugman;Robert Ward;Joan P. Giles;A. Milton Jacobs

  • The resurgence of measles in the United States, 1989-1990.

    William L. Atkinson;Walter A. Orenstein;Saul Krugman

  • Further-Attenuated Measles Vaccine: Characteristics and Use

    Saul Krugman

  • Viral hepatitis, type B (MS-2 strain). Prevention with specific hepatitis B immune serum globulin.

    Saul Krugman;Joan P. Giles;Jack Hammond

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil Pearce
Neil Pearce London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Myron J. Tong
Myron J. Tong University of California, Los Angeles
Girish N. Vyas
Girish N. Vyas University of California, San Francisco
Anne A. Gershon
Anne A. Gershon Columbia University
Robert H. Purcell
Robert H. Purcell National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Kenneth McIntosh
Kenneth McIntosh Boston Children's Hospital
Albert B. Sabin
Albert B. Sabin University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Jules L. Dienstag
Jules L. Dienstag Harvard University
Isa K. Mushahwar
Isa K. Mushahwar Abbott (United Kingdom)
William R. Miller
William R. Miller University of New Mexico

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