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Overview

Zvi Bentwich is affiliated with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. Their primary research contributions lie within the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, as well as Medicine. The scientist's work spans multiple subfields, including Parasitology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Ecology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and General Health Professions.

The scientist has actively published in venues such as International Health, Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Microorganisms, and Parasitologia. Among frequent co-authors collaborating with Zvi Bentwich are Michal Bruck, Galia Sabar, Rachel Golan, Asrat Meleko, and Dorin Brener Turgeman.

Main research topics encompass:

  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Global Health and Surgery
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research

Recent publications provide insights into their research focus and timeline:

  • High prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomiasis among primary schoolchildren in Southwest Ethiopia: the need for health strategies alongside mass drug administration, 2023, International Health
  • Schistosomiasis Control in Ethiopia: The Role of Snail Mapping in Endemic Communities, 2022, Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
  • Motivating school communities towards behavior change and local ownership: a gamification intervention to prevent trachoma at primary schools in southern Ethiopia, 2023, International Health
  • The Role of HIV-1-Encoded microRNAs in Viral Replication, 2024, Microorganisms
  • Sustainable Elimination of Schistosomiasis in Ethiopia-A Five-Year Follow-Up Study, 2022, Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

Best Publications

  • The colorectal microRNAome

    Jordan M. Cummins;Yiping He;Rebecca J. Leary;Ray Pagliarini

  • Identification of human B and T lymphocytes by scanning electron microscopy.

    A. Polliack;N. Lampen;B. D. Clarkson;E. De Harven

  • Immune activation is a dominant factor in the pathogenesis of African AIDS.

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  • Establishment in continuous culture of a new type of lymphocyte from a “burkitt-like” malignant lymphoma (line d.g.-75)

    H Ben-Bassat;N Goldblum;S Mitrani;T Goldblum

  • miR-24-mediated downregulation of H2AX suppresses DNA repair in terminally differentiated blood cells.

    Ashish Lal;Yunfeng Pan;Francisco Navarro;Derek M Dykxhoorn

  • Can eradication of helminthic infections change the face of AIDS and tuberculosis

    Zvi Bentwich;Alexander Kalinkovich;Ziva Weisman;Gadi Borkow

  • Epithelial microRNAs regulate gut mucosal immunity via epithelium–T cell crosstalk

    Moshe Biton;Avi Levin;Avi Levin;Michal Slyper;Irit Alkalay

  • Analyses of Lymphocytes from Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus OCCURRENCE OF INTERFERING COLD-REACTIVE ANTILYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODIES

    R. J. Winchester;J. B. Winfield;F. Siegal;P. Wernet

  • Chronic immune activation associated with intestinal helminth infections results in impaired signal transduction and anergy.

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  • Concurrent infections and HIV pathogenesis.

    Zvi Bentwich;Gary Maartens;Dina Torten;Altaf A. Lal

  • miR-34a contributes to megakaryocytic differentiation of K562 cells independently of p53.

    Francisco Navarro;David Gutman;Eti Meire;Mario Cáceres

  • Chronic Immune Activation Associated with Chronic Helminthic and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infections: Role of Hyporesponsiveness and Anergy

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  • Helminths, human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis.

    Gadi Borkow;Ziva Weisman;Qibin Leng;Miguel Stein

  • Immune activation correlates better than HIV plasma viral load with CD4 T-cell decline during HIV infection.

    Qibin Leng;Gadi Borkow;Ziva Weisman;Miguel Stein

  • Treatment of intestinal worms is associated with decreased HIV plasma viral load.

    Dawit Wolday;Shlomo Mayaan;Zeru G. Mariam;Nega Berhe

  • MicroRNA Expression Patterns and Function in Endodermal Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells

    Galit Tzur;Asaf Levy;Eti Meiri;Omer Barad

  • SHEEP RED CELL BINDING TO HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES TREATED WITH NEURAMINIDASE; ENHANCEMENT OF T CELL BINDING AND IDENTIFICATION OF A SUBPOPULATION OF B CELLS

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  • Genotypic variation of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and protease: comparative analysis of clade C and clade B.

    Zehava Grossman;Nurit Vardinon;Daniel Chemtob;Michael L. Alkan

  • Increased CCR5 and CXCR4 expression in Ethiopians living in Israel: environmental and constitutive factors.

    Alexander Kalinkovich;Gadi Borkow;Ziva Weisman;Alexander Tsimanis

  • INCREASED SUSCEPTIBILITY TO HIV-1 INFECTION OF PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELLS FROM CHRONICALLY IMMUNE-ACTIVATED INDIVIDUALS

    Shapira-Nahor O;Kalinkovich A;Weisman Z;Greenberg Z

  • CTLA-4 upregulation during HIV infection: association with anergy and possible target for therapeutic intervention.

    Qibin Leng;Zvi Bentwich;Eli Magen;Alexander Kalinkovich

  • Active anti-interferon-α immunization: A European-Israeli, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial in 242 HIV-1-infected patients (the EURIS study)

    Alessandro Gringeri;Massimo Musicco;Philippe Hermans;Zvi Bentwich

  • Specific properties of human B and T lymphocytes and alterations in disease.

    Zvi Bentwich;Henry G. Kunkel

  • Treatment of Intestinal Helminths Does Not Reduce Plasma Concentrations of HIV-1 RNA in Coinfected Zambian Adults

    Kayvon Modjarrad;Isaac Zulu;David T. Redden;Lungowe Njobvu

  • Chronic parasite infections cause immune changes that could affect successful vaccination

    Gadi Borkow;Zvi Bentwich

  • Osmotic behavior of normal and leukemic lymphocytes.

    S Ben-Sasson;R Shaviv;Z Bentwich;S Slavin

  • CTLA-4 upregulation during aging

    Qibin Leng;Zvi Bentwich;Gadi Borkow

  • Concurrent infections that rise the HIV viral load.

    Zvi Bentwich

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Hotez
Peter J. Hotez Baylor College of Medicine
Irun R. Cohen
Irun R. Cohen Weizmann Institute of Science
Noam Shomron
Noam Shomron Tel Aviv University
Michael H. Malim
Michael H. Malim King's College London
Mauro Pistello
Mauro Pistello University of Pisa
Paolo Lusso
Paolo Lusso National Institutes of Health
Jonathan M. Schapiro
Jonathan M. Schapiro Sheba Medical Center
Elisa Vicenzi
Elisa Vicenzi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Reinhard Kurth
Reinhard Kurth Robert Koch Institute
Stephen J. O'Brien
Stephen J. O'Brien Nova Southeastern University

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