Allan Pillay

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Allan Pillay is a scholar working on Physiology, Microbiology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Allan Pillay has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Physiology, 43 papers in Microbiology and 20 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Allan Pillay's work include Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment (50 papers), Reproductive tract infections research (43 papers) and Sex work and related issues (11 papers). Allan Pillay is often cited by papers focused on Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment (50 papers), Reproductive tract infections research (43 papers) and Sex work and related issues (11 papers). Allan Pillay collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and United Kingdom. Allan Pillay's co-authors include B M Steiner, Ronald C. Ballard, Hsi Liu, Stephen A. Morse, A. Willem Sturm, Cheng‐Yu Chen, Samantha S. Katz, Kai-Hua Chi, Elitza S. Theel and Cheng‐Yen Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Allan Pillay

57 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

CDC Laboratory Recommendations for Syphilis Testing, United States, 2024

2024 57 citations John R. Papp, Ina U. Park et al. PubMed profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Allan Pillay United States	23	1.1k	862	397	271	269	60	1.4k
Arturo Centurion‐Lara United States	27	1.5k 1.4×	1.2k 1.4×	506 1.3×	279 1.0×	246 0.9×	41	2.0k
Charmie Godornes United States	22	1.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.3×	522 1.3×	331 1.2×	247 0.9×	37	1.9k
Ronald C. Ballard United States	29	1.3k 1.2×	1.3k 1.5×	800 2.0×	257 0.9×	351 1.3×	96	2.2k
Lorenzo Giacani United States	24	1.1k 1.0×	933 1.1×	460 1.2×	189 0.7×	143 0.5×	71	1.4k
A McMillan United Kingdom	23	494 0.5×	716 0.8×	491 1.2×	128 0.5×	114 0.4×	95	1.4k
Sarah Alexander United Kingdom	30	915 0.9×	1.7k 2.0×	784 2.0×	132 0.5×	285 1.1×	85	2.5k
Sandra A. Larsen United States	22	1.7k 1.6×	1.2k 1.4×	596 1.5×	366 1.4×	357 1.3×	81	2.4k
M.A. Gomberg Russia	16	743 0.7×	1.2k 1.4×	490 1.2×	63 0.2×	223 0.8×	39	1.6k
A Meheus Belgium	19	479 0.4×	492 0.6×	295 0.7×	95 0.4×	196 0.7×	49	1.1k
Glenda Fehler Australia	25	630 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	951 2.4×	299 1.1×	227 0.8×	62	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Allan Pillay

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Cao, Weiping, Yetunde Fakile, Kevin Pettus, et al.. (2024). External quality assessment to support the WHO ProSPeRo study for the evaluation of two dual HIV/syphilis point-of-care tests in seven countries. BMC Infectious Diseases. 24(S1). 194–194. 3 indexed citations

Papp, John R., Ina U. Park, Yetunde Fakile, et al.. (2024). CDC Laboratory Recommendations for Syphilis Testing, United States, 2024. PubMed. 73(1). 1–32. 57 indexed citations breakdown →

Cloete, J.H., Allan Pillay, Moherndran Archary, et al.. (2024). Policy brief: Optimising antimicrobial usage in paediatric inpatient hospital settings. South African Medical Journal. 114(4). e1296–e1296.

Joseph, Sandeep J., Lilia Ganova‐Raeva, Samantha S. Katz, et al.. (2022). Selective Whole-Genome Amplification as a Tool to Enrich Specimens with Low Treponema pallidum Genomic DNA Copies for Whole-Genome Sequencing. mSphere. 7(3). e0000922–e0000922. 11 indexed citations

Fakile, Yetunde, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of the WHO/CDC Syphilis Serology Proficiency Programme to support the global elimination of mother-to-child transmission of syphilis: an observational cross-sectional study, 2008–2015. BMJ Open. 10(1). e029434–e029434. 2 indexed citations

Pereira, Lara, Samantha S. Katz, Kai-Hua Chi, et al.. (2020). Successful isolation of Treponema pallidum strains from patients’ cryopreserved ulcer exudate using the rabbit model. PLoS ONE. 15(1). e0227769–e0227769. 9 indexed citations

Pillay, Allan, et al.. (2019). A case of inguinal lymphogranuloma venereum imitating malignancy on CT imaging. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14(5). 581–583. 1 indexed citations

Marks, Michael, Lasse S. Vestergaard, Allan Pillay, et al.. (2015). Challenges and key research questions for yaws eradication. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 15(10). 1220–1225. 31 indexed citations

Chi, Kai-Hua, Damien Danavall, Fasihah Taleo, et al.. (2014). Molecular Differentiation of Treponema pallidum Subspecies in Skin Ulceration Clinically Suspected as Yaws in Vanuatu Using Real-Time Multiplex PCR and Serological Methods. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 92(1). 134–138. 43 indexed citations

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Fanfair, Robyn Neblett, et al.. (2014). Acquired Macrolide-Resistant Treponema pallidum After a Human Bite. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 41(8). 493–495. 5 indexed citations

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Cruz, Adriana R., Allan Pillay, Lady G. Ramírez, et al.. (2010). Secondary Syphilis in Cali, Colombia: New Concepts in Disease Pathogenesis. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 4(5). e690–e690. 59 indexed citations

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Katz, Kenneth A., Allan Pillay, Katherine A. Ahrens, et al.. (2010). Molecular Epidemiology of Syphilis—San Francisco, 2004-2007. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 37(10). 660–663. 53 indexed citations

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Harper, Kristin N., Paolo Ocampo, B M Steiner, et al.. (2008). On the Origin of the Treponematoses: A Phylogenetic Approach. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2(1). e148–e148. 107 indexed citations

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Pillay, Allan, et al.. (2006). Molecular typing of Treponema pallidum strains from patients with neurosyphilis in Pretoria, South Africa. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 83(3). 189–192. 40 indexed citations

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Pillay, Allan, F Radebe, Glenda Fehler, Ye Minn Htun, & Ronald C. Ballard. (2006). Comparison of a TaqMan-based real-time polymerase chain reaction with conventional tests for the detection of Trichomonas vaginalis. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 83(2). 126–129. 34 indexed citations

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Sutton, Madeline Y., Hsi Liu, B M Steiner, et al.. (2001). Molecular Subtyping ofTreponema pallidumin an Arizona County with Increasing Syphilis Morbidity: Use of Specimens from Ulcers and Blood. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 183(11). 1601–1606. 59 indexed citations

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Marfin, Anthony A., Hsi Liu, Madeline Y. Sutton, et al.. (2001). Amplification of the DNA polymerase I gene of Treponema pallidum from whole blood of persons with syphilis. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 40(4). 163–166. 44 indexed citations

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Pillay, Allan, Hsi Liu, Cheng‐Yu Chen, et al.. (1998). Molecular Subtyping of Treponema pallidum Subspecies pallidum. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 25(8). 408–414. 134 indexed citations

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Pillay, Allan, et al.. (1998). Comparison of culture media for the laboratory diagnosis of chancroid. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 47(11). 1023–1026. 6 indexed citations

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Pillay, Deenan, J.A. Karas, Allan Pillay, & A. Willem Sturm. (1997). Nosocomial transmission of Shigella dysenteriae type 1. Journal of Hospital Infection. 37(3). 199–205. 11 indexed citations

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