Amadou Alpha Sall

11.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
107 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Amadou Alpha Sall is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Amadou Alpha Sall has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Infectious Diseases, 64 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 15 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Amadou Alpha Sall's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (68 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (62 papers) and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (23 papers). Amadou Alpha Sall is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (68 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (62 papers) and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (23 papers). Amadou Alpha Sall collaborates with scholars based in Senegal, France and United Kingdom. Amadou Alpha Sall's co-authors include Oumar Faye, Mawlouth Diallo, Ousmane Faye, Ousmane Faye, Manfred Weidmann, Dominique Heymann, Diawo Diallo, Lothar H. Wieler, Myoung‐don Oh and Juliet Bedford and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Amadou Alpha Sall

99 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

COVID-19: towards controlling of a pandemic

2020 1.1k citations Amadou Alpha Sall et al. The Lancet profile →
Molecular Evolution of Zika Virus during Its Emergence in the 20th Century

2014 582 citations Oumar Faye, Ousmane Faye et al. profile →
Quantitative real-time PCR detection of Zika virus and evaluation with field-caught Mosquitoes

2013 308 citations Oumar Faye, Ousmane Faye et al. profile →
Zika virus and microcephaly: why is this situation a PHEIC?

2016 272 citations Amadou Alpha Sall et al. The Lancet profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amadou Alpha Sall

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All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Evaluation of a Luminex‐Based Multiplex Immunoassay of Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses in Senegal 2025 ·Transboundary and Emerging Diseases ·Safiétou Sankhe, Maryam Diarra, Mamadou Aliou Barry, Martin Faye, Cheikh Talla, (unknown), (unknown), Pape Mbacké Sembène, Amadou Alpha Sall, Gamou Fall, Oumar Faye, Cheikh Loucoubar, Ousmane Faye, Inès Vigan-Womas, Keersten M. Ricks, (unknown), Moussa Moïse Diagne	0
2	Case report: Kinetics of viral load, immunoglobulins, and cytokines in a fatal case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus 2025 ·Frontiers in Virology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mignane Ndiaye, Mamadou Aliou Barry, (unknown), (unknown), Amadou Alpha Sall, Gamou Fall, Ndongo Dia, Oumar Faye	0
3	Establishment of a New Real-Time Molecular Assay for the Detection of Babanki Virus in Africa 2024 ·Viruses ·Martin Faye, (unknown), (unknown), El Hadji Ndiaye, (unknown), Gamou Fall, Moussa Moïse Diagne, Amadou Alpha Sall, Mawlouth Diallo, Valérie Choumet, Ousmane Faye	0
4	Recent Molecular Epidemiology of Echovirus 11 Throughout North and West Africa Resulted in the First Identification of a Recombinant Strain from an Acute Flaccid Paralysis Case in West Africa 2024 ·Viruses ·(unknown), (unknown), Adamou Lagaré, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Guéladio Cissé, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Dadja Essoya Landoh, Ndongo Dia, Amadou Alpha Sall, Ousmane Faye, Martin Faye	2
5	The Spatiotemporal Distribution and Molecular Characterization of Circulating Dengue Virus Serotypes/Genotypes in Senegal from 2019 to 2023 2024 ·Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease ·Idrissa Dieng, Cheikh Talla, Mamadou Aliou Barry, (unknown), (unknown), Mignane Ndiaye, (unknown), (unknown), Moussa Moïse Diagne, Boly Diop, Boubacar Diallo, Amadou Alpha Sall, Ousmane Faye, (unknown), Gamou Fall, Cheikh Loucoubar, Oumar Faye	1
6	Molecular Detection and Genetic Characterization of Two Dugbe Orthonairovirus Isolates Detected from Ticks in Southern Senegal 2024 ·Viruses ·Mignane Ndiaye, (unknown), Idrissa Dieng, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Anna S. Gladkikh, Alioune Gaye, Ousmane Faye, Amadou Alpha Sall, Mawlouth Diallo, Vladimir G. Dedkov, (unknown), (unknown)	1
7	Shifting Patterns of Influenza Circulation during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Senegal 2023 ·Emerging infectious diseases ·Alexandre Lampros, Cheikh Talla, Maryam Diarra, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Boly Diop, (unknown), Ndongo Dia, Amadou Alpha Sall, Mamadou Aliou Barry, Cheikh Loucoubar	8
8	Use of Envelope Domain III Protein for the Detection of IgG Type Antibodies Specific to Zika Virus by Indirect ELISA 2023 ·Diagnostics ·Oumar Ndiaye, Cheikh Tidiane Diagne, Ahmed Abd El Wahed, (unknown), Moussa Dia, Adama Faye, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Cheikh Saad Bouh Boye, Juliet E. Bryant, Philippe Desprès, Ousmane Faye, (unknown), Amadou Alpha Sall, Oumar Faye	6
9	Laboratory Evaluation and Field Testing of Dengue NS1 and IgM/IgG Rapid Diagnostic Tests in an Epidemic Context in Senegal 2023 ·Viruses ·Oumar Ndiaye, (unknown), (unknown), Cheikh Loucoubar, (unknown), Cheikh Fall, (unknown), Emily R. Adams, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Cheikh Tidiane Diagne, Manfred Weidmann, Oumar Faye, Joseph R A Fitchett, Amadou Alpha Sall	6
10	First hepatitis E outbreak in Southeastern Senegal 2022 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Martin Faye, Marco Kaiser, Maryam Diarra, Fanny Balique, Cheikh Tidiane Diagne, Oumar Faye, Moussa Moïse Diagne, Gamou Fall, Oumar Ndiaye, Cheikh Loucoubar, Abdourahmane Sow, Ousmane Faye, Adama Faye, Cheikh Saad Bouh Boye, Amadou Alpha Sall	8
11	COVID-19 and other adult vaccines can drive global disease prevention 2022 ·The Lancet ·David B. Agus, (unknown), Amadou Alpha Sall, John I. Bell	3
12	Origin and Spread of the Dengue Virus Type 1, Genotype V in Senegal, 2015–2019 2021 ·Viruses ·Idrissa Dieng, Marielton dos Passos Cunha, Moussa Moïse Diagne, Pape Mbacké Sembène, Paolo Marinho de Andrade Zanotto, Ousmane Faye, Oumar Faye, Amadou Alpha Sall	28
13	First Detection of the West Nile Virus Koutango Lineage in Sandflies in Niger 2021 ·Pathogens ·Gamou Fall, Diawo Diallo, (unknown), El Hadji Ndiaye, Adamou Lagaré, (unknown), Marie Henriette Dior Ndione, Michael R. Wiley, Moussa Dia, Mamadou Diop, (unknown), Fati Sidikou, (unknown), Oumar Faye, Jean Testa, Cheikh Loucoubar, Amadou Alpha Sall, Mawlouth Diallo, Ousmane Faye	6
14	Biological Characteristics and Patterns of Codon Usage Evolution for the African Genotype Zika Virus 2020 ·Viruses ·Martin Faye, (unknown), Cheikh Loucoubar, Manfred Weidmann, Ousmane Faye, Marielton dos Passos Cunha, (unknown), Amadou Alpha Sall, Oumar Faye	4
15	ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Nairoviridae 2020 ·Journal of General Virology ·Aura R. Garrison, (unknown), Tatjana Avšič‐Županc, Dennis A. Bente, Éric Bergeron, Felicity J. Burt, Nicholas Di Paola, Koray Ergünay, Roger Hewson, Jens H. Kuhn, Alì Mirazimi, Anna Papa, Amadou Alpha Sall, Jessica R. Spengler, Gustavo Palacios	73
16	Multinomial Logistic Model for Coinfection Diagnosis Between Arbovirus and Malaria in Kedougou 2018 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·(unknown), (unknown), Abdourahmane Sow, Amadou Alpha Sall, Cheikh Loucoubar, Élisabeth Gassiat	2
17	Real-Time RT-PCR Assays for Detection and Genotyping of West Nile Virus Lineages Circulating in Africa 2016 ·Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases ·Gamou Fall, Martin Faye, Manfred Weidmann, Marco Kaiser, Anne Dupressoír, (unknown), Yamar Bâ, Mawlouth Diallo, Ousmane Faye, Amadou Alpha Sall	14
18	Mobile deployment of recombinase polymerase amplification based rapid diagnostics for Ebola virus disease in Guinea in 2015 2015 ·Journal of Clinical Virology ·Oumar Faye, (unknown), Ousmane Faye, Barré Soropogui, Pranav Patel, Ahmed Abd El Wahed, Cheikh Loucoubar, (unknown), N’Faly Magassouba, Alpha Kabinet Kéita, Mandy Kader Kondé, (unknown), Lamine Koivogui, Helen Karlberg, Alì Mirazimi, (unknown), Olaf Piepenburg, Matthias Niedrig, Amadou Alpha Sall, Manfred Weidmann	3
19	Synonymous Mutations in the Core Gene Are Linked to Unusual Serological Profile in Hepatitis C Virus Infection 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·Agata Budkowska, (unknown), Eric Nerrienet, Olga Kalinina, Patrick Maillard, Srey Viseth Horm, (unknown), Niki Vassilaki, Urania Georgopoulou, (unknown), Amadou Alpha Sall, Penelope Mavromara	16
20	Usutu Virus in Africa 2011 ·Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases ·Birgit Nikolay, Mawlouth Diallo, Cheikh Saad Bouh Boye, Amadou Alpha Sall	138

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