Anna Obiegala

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Anna Obiegala is a scholar working on Parasitology, Infectious Diseases and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Anna Obiegala has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Parasitology, 38 papers in Infectious Diseases and 13 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Anna Obiegala's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (36 papers), Vector-borne infectious diseases (31 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (11 papers). Anna Obiegala is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (36 papers), Vector-borne infectious diseases (31 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (11 papers). Anna Obiegala collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Poland. Anna Obiegala's co-authors include Martin Pfeffer, Cornelia Silaghi, Nina Król, Sarah Bonnet, Ivo Rudolf, Olivier Plantard, Annapaola Rizzoli, Muriel Vayssier‐Taussat, Daniel Kiefer and Dietlinde Woll and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Dairy Science.

In The Last Decade

Anna Obiegala

49 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Ixodes ricinus and Its Transmitted Pathogens in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas in Europe: New Hazards and Relevance for Public Health

2014 401 citations Cornelia Silaghi, Anna Obiegala et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anna Obiegala Germany	18	1.0k	874	389	194	164	51	1.2k
Gianluca D’Amico Romania	23	955 0.9×	940 1.1×	402 1.0×	216 1.1×	199 1.2×	66	1.3k
João Fábio Soares Brazil	20	1.2k 1.2×	815 0.9×	499 1.3×	338 1.7×	286 1.7×	114	1.4k
Maria D. Esteve‐Gasent United States	21	915 0.9×	676 0.8×	373 1.0×	196 1.0×	323 2.0×	56	1.3k
Ram K. Raghavan United States	17	574 0.6×	540 0.6×	247 0.6×	213 1.1×	137 0.8×	32	849
Grzegorz Karbowiak Poland	24	1.2k 1.2×	992 1.1×	532 1.4×	197 1.0×	209 1.3×	75	1.4k
J.C. Barba-Carretero Spain	9	969 0.9×	637 0.7×	456 1.2×	107 0.6×	95 0.6×	10	1.0k
Francisco Borges Costa Brazil	24	1.4k 1.4×	1.0k 1.1×	465 1.2×	583 3.0×	323 2.0×	87	1.7k
Lúcia Helena O’Dwyer Brazil	19	975 0.9×	653 0.7×	247 0.6×	171 0.9×	63 0.4×	58	1.1k
Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo Brazil	20	1.3k 1.3×	862 1.0×	433 1.1×	509 2.6×	267 1.6×	41	1.5k
Zsuzsa Kalmár Romania	19	581 0.6×	495 0.6×	230 0.6×	96 0.5×	66 0.4×	55	764

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anna Obiegala

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Flores, Luis, et al.. (2025). The conquest of the north continues: Baylisascaris procyonis in free-ranging invasive raccoons (Procyon lotor) from Germany, including a first report in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife. 28. 101139–101139.

Obiegala, Anna, et al.. (2024). Sylvatic vector-borne pathogens including Cytauxzoon europaeus in the European wildcat (Felis silvestris) from southwestern Germany. Parasites & Vectors. 17(1). 361–361. 1 indexed citations

Chitimia‐Dobler, Lidia, Michael Bröker, Silke Wölfel, et al.. (2024). Ticks and tick-borne diseases from Mallorca Island, Spain. Parasitology. 151(6). 606–614. 1 indexed citations

Rieger, Alexandra, et al.. (2024). Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Pathogens in Raccoon Dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) and Raccoons (Procyon lotor) from Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Pathogens. 13(3). 270–270. 6 indexed citations

Sébastian, Patrick, Nina Król, Ard M. Nijhof, et al.. (2023). Preliminary Study on Artificial versus Animal-Based Feeding Systems for Amblyomma Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae). Microorganisms. 11(5). 1107–1107. 5 indexed citations

Ziegler, Ute, Anna Obiegala, Katharina L. Lohmann, et al.. (2023). Horses as Sentinels for the Circulation of Flaviviruses in Eastern–Central Germany. Viruses. 15(5). 1108–1108. 14 indexed citations

Obiegala, Anna, et al.. (2023). Seroprevalence of Tick-Borne Encephalitis (TBE) Virus Antibodies in Wild Rodents from Two Natural TBE Foci in Bavaria, Germany. Pathogens. 12(2). 185–185. 8 indexed citations

Obiegala, Anna, Christian Imholt, Stephan Drewes, et al.. (2021). Influence of Season, Population and Individual Characteristics on the Prevalence of Leptospira spp. in Bank Voles in North-West Germany. Biology. 10(9). 933–933. 17 indexed citations

Obiegala, Anna, et al.. (2021). Host–parasite interactions of rodent hosts and ectoparasite communities from different habitats in Germany. Parasites & Vectors. 14(1). 112–112. 15 indexed citations

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Król, Nina, et al.. (2020). Under the skin: Ixodes ticks in the subcutaneous tissue of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Germany. Parasites & Vectors. 13(1). 189–189. 6 indexed citations

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Obiegala, Anna, et al.. (2020). Survival time of Leptospira kirschneri serovar Grippotyphosa under different environmental conditions. PLoS ONE. 15(7). e0236007–e0236007. 9 indexed citations

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Król, Nina, et al.. (2020). Tick burden on European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) from Saxony, Germany, and detection of tick-borne encephalitis virus in attached ticks. Parasitology Research. 119(4). 1387–1392. 7 indexed citations

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Król, Nina, et al.. (2019). Tick-borne pathogens in the European polecat, Mustela putorius and in attached Ixodes hexagonus ticks from Germany. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 10(3). 594–597. 3 indexed citations

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Schmäschke, Ronald, et al.. (2018). First detection of Baylisascaris procyonis in wild raccoons (Procyon lotor) from Leipzig, Saxony, Eastern Germany. Parasitology Research. 117(10). 3289–3292. 23 indexed citations

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Król, Nina, Martin Pfeffer, Marco Marklewitz, et al.. (2018). The diversity of tick-borne bacteria and parasites in ticks collected from the Strandja Nature Park in south-eastern Bulgaria. Parasites & Vectors. 11(1). 165–165. 24 indexed citations

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Obiegala, Anna, Stephan Drewes, Christian Imholt, et al.. (2017). Leptospira spp. in Small Mammals from Areas with Low and High Human Hantavirus Incidences in South-West Germany. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 17(5). 312–318. 14 indexed citations

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Obiegala, Anna, et al.. (2016). Rickettsia spp. in small mammals and their parasitizing ectoparasites from Saxony, Germany. Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports. 5. 19–24. 26 indexed citations

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Silaghi, Cornelia, et al.. (2016). Bartonella, Rodents, Fleas and Ticks: a Molecular Field Study on Host-Vector-Pathogen Associations in Saxony, Eastern Germany. Microbial Ecology. 72(4). 965–974. 38 indexed citations

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Obiegala, Anna, et al.. (2015). Molecular examinations of Babesia microti in rodents and rodent-attached ticks from urban and sylvatic habitats in Germany. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 6(4). 445–449. 36 indexed citations

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Obiegala, Anna, Martin Pfeffer, Kurt Pfister, et al.. (2014). Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum: prevalences and investigations on a new transmission path in small mammals and ixodid ticks. Parasites & Vectors. 7(1). 563–563. 46 indexed citations

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