Andrés G. Lescano

8.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
163 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Andrés G. Lescano is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrés G. Lescano has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 41 papers in Infectious Diseases and 38 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Andrés G. Lescano's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (24 papers), Malaria Research and Control (22 papers) and Parasitic infections in humans and animals (15 papers). Andrés G. Lescano is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (24 papers), Malaria Research and Control (22 papers) and Parasitic infections in humans and animals (15 papers). Andrés G. Lescano collaborates with scholars based in Peru, United States and United Kingdom. Andrés G. Lescano's co-authors include Robert H. Gilman, Douglas S. Berkman, Maureen M. Black, Sonia López, Héctor H. Garcı́a, Armando E. González, Lilia Cabrera, E. Javier Pretell, Javier A. Bustos and G. Christian Baldeviano and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Andrés G. Lescano

156 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Effects of stunting, diarrhoeal disease, and parasitic infection during infancy on cognition in late childhood: a follow-up study

2002 606 citations Andrés G. Lescano, Robert H. Gilman et al. profile →

Peers

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Beverley‐Ann Biggs Australia

Pascal Magnussen Denmark

Ricardo J. Soares Magalhães Australia

Henrik Friis Denmark

Renaud Piarroux France

Jacquelin M. Roberts United States

Robert H. Gilman United States

Christoph Hatz Switzerland

Hélène Carabin United States

Darren J. Gray Australia

Beverley‐Ann Biggs Australia

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793 ×0.7

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353 ×0.4

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Countries citing papers authored by Andrés G. Lescano

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Fields of papers citing papers by Andrés G. Lescano

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrés G. Lescano

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Andrés G. Lescano. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Andrés G. Lescano based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Andrés G. Lescano. Andrés G. Lescano is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Durand, Salomón, Silver K. Vargas, Ana Bakhtiari, et al.. (2025). Discrepancy Between Active Trachoma and Tests of Chlamydial Infection in Alto Amazonas, Peru. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 1 indexed citations

Mayor, Pedro, Richard E. Bodmer, Pedro E. PÉREZ-PEÑA, et al.. (2025). Monitoring of Selected Swine Viral Diseases in Peruvian Amazon Peccaries. EcoHealth. 22(1). 69–78.

Bruno, Alfredo, Victoria Pando‐Robles, Julián Alfredo Fernández-Niño, et al.. (2025). Pandemic preparedness and response priorities in Latin America: A regional Delphi consensus. Public Health. 244. 105602–105602.

Culquichicón, Carlos, et al.. (2024). Post-traumatic stress disorder, food insecurity, and social capital after the 2017 coastal El Niño flooding among mothers from Piura, Peru: A mixed method study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4). e0002996–e0002996. 2 indexed citations

Espunyes, Johan, Maritza Calderón, Edith Málaga, et al.. (2024). Toxoplasma gondii in a Remote Subsistence Hunting-Based Indigenous Community of the Peruvian Amazon. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 9(5). 98–98. 3 indexed citations

Castillo, Denis, et al.. (2024). Helicobacter pylori cagA, vacA, iceA and babA Genotypes from Peruvian Patients with Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia. Cancers. 16(8). 1476–1476. 2 indexed citations

Espunyes, Johan, et al.. (2024). A Survey of Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis E Virus at the Human–Wildlife Interface in the Peruvian Amazon. Microorganisms. 12(9). 1868–1868.

Divala, Titus, Andrés G. Lescano, Mohammed Majam, et al.. (2023). “We usually see a lot of delay in terms of coming for or seeking care”: an expert consultation on COVID testing and care pathways in seven low- and middle-income countries. BMC Health Services Research. 23(1). 1288–1288. 3 indexed citations

Harding‐Esch, Emma M., et al.. (2023). Prevalence of and factors associated with childhood anaemia in remote villages of the Peruvian Amazon: a cross-sectional study and geospatial analysis. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 117(8). 598–605. 1 indexed citations

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Arroyo, Gianfranco, Andrés G. Lescano, César M. Gavidia, et al.. (2023). Antibody Banding Patterns on the Enzyme-Linked Immunoelectrotransfer Blot (EITB) Assay Clearly Discriminate Viable Cysticercosis in Naturally Infected Pigs. Pathogens. 13(1). 15–15. 1 indexed citations

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Myers, Katherine W., Carlos Culquichicón, Andrés G. Lescano, et al.. (2022). Impairment in Working Memory and Executive Function Associated with Mercury Exposure in Indigenous Populations in Upper Amazonian Peru. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(17). 10989–10989. 11 indexed citations

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Valdivia, Hugo O., Hugo Rázuri, Roberto Fernández, et al.. (2021). Diversity, distribution and natural Leishmania infection of sand flies from communities along the Interoceanic Highway in the Southeastern Peruvian Amazon. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(2). e0009000–e0009000. 4 indexed citations

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Recalde-Coronel, G. Cristina, Carlos F. Mena, Benjamin F. Zaitchik, et al.. (2020). Malaria Transmission and Spillover across the Peru–Ecuador Border: A Spatiotemporal Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(20). 7434–7434. 17 indexed citations

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Lescano, Andrés G., et al.. (2018). Desafíos y prioridades : política de adolescentes y jóvenes en el Perú. MINISTERIO DE EDUCACIÓN. 1 indexed citations

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Horna, Gertrudis, et al.. (2016). Extended-spectrum β-lactamase–producing Enterobacteriaceae in cell phones of health care workers from Peruvian pediatric and neonatal intensive care units. American Journal of Infection Control. 44(8). 910–916. 19 indexed citations

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Giron, J., et al.. (2012). Public perceptions of intellectual disability in a shantytown community in Lima, Peru. International Health. 4(4). 253–259. 7 indexed citations

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Rodríguez, Silvia, Pierre Dorny, Victor C. W. Tsang, et al.. (2009). Detection ofTaenia soliumAntigens and Anti–T. soliumAntibodies in Paired Serum and Cerebrospinal Fluid Samples from Patients with Intraparenchymal or Extraparenchymal Neurocysticercosis. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 199(9). 1345–1352. 87 indexed citations

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Lescano, Andrés G., et al.. (2007). Transición nutricional en el Perú, 1991 - 2005. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13 indexed citations

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Konda, Kelika A., Jeffrey D. Klausner, Andrés G. Lescano, et al.. (2005). The Epidemiology of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection in Low-Income Urban Populations in Coastal Peru. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 32(9). 534–541. 32 indexed citations

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Bern, Caryn, Ynés R. Ortega, William Checkley, et al.. (2002). Epidemiologic Differences Between Cyclosporiasis and Cryptosporidiosis in Peruvian Children. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12 indexed citations

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