Baharak Afshar

2.1k total citations
32 papers, 926 citations indexed

About

Baharak Afshar is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Endocrinology and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Baharak Afshar has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 926 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Epidemiology, 15 papers in Endocrinology and 11 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Baharak Afshar's work include Legionella and Acanthamoeba research (14 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (12 papers) and Microbial infections and disease research (11 papers). Baharak Afshar is often cited by papers focused on Legionella and Acanthamoeba research (14 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (12 papers) and Microbial infections and disease research (11 papers). Baharak Afshar collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Sweden. Baharak Afshar's co-authors include Norman K. Fry, Timothy G. Harrison, H. Meugnier, Jérôme Etienne, Paul Christian Lück, Raffaele Peduzzi, Valeria Gaia, M. Mentasti, Anthony Underwood and Victoria J. Chalker and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Clinical Infectious Diseases and Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Baharak Afshar

31 papers receiving 894 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Baharak Afshar United Kingdom 15 612 353 246 210 167 32 926
Diane Lindsay United Kingdom 18 666 1.1× 323 0.9× 269 1.1× 272 1.3× 199 1.2× 32 1.0k
C A Joseph United Kingdom 16 563 0.9× 187 0.5× 141 0.6× 180 0.9× 219 1.3× 32 864
Maddalena Castellani Pastoris Italy 13 1.2k 1.9× 579 1.6× 153 0.6× 211 1.0× 359 2.1× 36 1.3k
Paul Christian Lück Germany 24 1.5k 2.5× 785 2.2× 432 1.8× 322 1.5× 447 2.7× 49 1.9k
Manuel Segovia Spain 19 202 0.3× 158 0.4× 639 2.6× 159 0.8× 84 0.5× 52 1.1k
Alvaro J. Benitez United States 19 126 0.2× 106 0.3× 462 1.9× 108 0.5× 49 0.3× 29 784
Zhujun Shao China 19 172 0.3× 174 0.5× 882 3.6× 108 0.5× 53 0.3× 61 1.2k
Nguyễn Thị Phương Lan Vietnam 16 144 0.2× 105 0.3× 127 0.5× 391 1.9× 20 0.1× 36 872
Pamela K. Cassiday United States 21 359 0.6× 169 0.5× 1.1k 4.3× 290 1.4× 25 0.1× 47 1.5k
David Bergmire‐Sweat United States 13 211 0.3× 112 0.3× 142 0.6× 427 2.0× 89 0.5× 13 730

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Fields of papers citing papers by Baharak Afshar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Baharak Afshar

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All Works

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Tewolde, Rediat, Joshua C D'Aeth, Rebecca Thombre, et al.. (2025). Comparative genomic analysis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae isolated in the United Kingdom, between 2016 and 2024. BMC Genomics. 26(1). 893–893.
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Layton, Georgia R., Rebecca Thombre, Baharak Afshar, et al.. (2025). Disseminated Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection presenting with polyarthritis and endocarditis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 25(4). e253–e254. 1 indexed citations
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Efstratiou, Androulla, Uffe B. Skov Sørensen, Roberta Creti, et al.. (2024). Maternal Streptococcus agalactiae colonization in Europe: data from the multi-center DEVANI study. Infection. 53(1). 373–381. 4 indexed citations
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Cano, R., et al.. (2023). A community outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease caused by outdoor hot tubs for private use in a hotel. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1137470–1137470. 2 indexed citations
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Sauteur, Patrick M. Meyer, Michael L. Beeton, Søren Anker Uldum, et al.. (2022). Mycoplasma pneumoniae detections before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of a global survey, 2017 to 2021. Eurosurveillance. 27(19). 87 indexed citations
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Day, Jessica, Baharak Afshar, Richard S. Rowlands, et al.. (2021). Molecular exploration for Mycoplasma amphoriforme, Mycoplasma fermentans and Ureaplasma spp. in patient samples previously investigated for Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 27(11). 1697.e1–1697.e5. 3 indexed citations
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Chalker, Victoria J., et al.. (2021). Fatal Co-infections with SARS-CoV-2 and Legionella pneumophila, England. Emerging infectious diseases. 27(11). 2950–2952. 8 indexed citations
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Afshar, Baharak, et al.. (2019). Surveillance of tuberculosis (TB) cases attributable to relapse or reinfection in London, 2002-2015. PLoS ONE. 14(2). e0211972–e0211972. 16 indexed citations
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David, Sophia, Baharak Afshar, M. Mentasti, et al.. (2017). Seeding and Establishment of Legionella pneumophila in Hospitals: Implications for Genomic Investigations of Nosocomial Legionnaires’ Disease. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 64(9). 1251–1259. 32 indexed citations
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Afshar, Baharak, David Bibby, Natasha Ohemeng-Kumi, et al.. (2017). A European multi-centre External Quality Assessment (EQA) study on phenotypic and genotypic methods used for Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) drug resistance testing. Journal of Clinical Virology. 96. 89–93. 15 indexed citations
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Mentasti, M., Pierre Cassier, Sophia David, et al.. (2016). Rapid detection and evolutionary analysis of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 sequence type 47. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 23(4). 264.e1–264.e9. 11 indexed citations
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Collins, Samuel, Baharak Afshar, James T. Walker, et al.. (2015). Heated birthing pools as a source of Legionnaires' disease. Epidemiology and Infection. 144(4). 796–802. 17 indexed citations
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Mentasti, M., Darja Keše, Fedoua Echahidi, et al.. (2015). Design and validation of a qPCR assay for accurate detection and initial serogrouping of Legionella pneumophila in clinical specimens by the ESCMID Study Group for Legionella Infections (ESGLI). European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 34(7). 1387–1393. 23 indexed citations
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Turner, Claudia, Paul Turner, Aruni De Zoysa, et al.. (2012). Group B streptococcal carriage, serotype distribution and antibiotic susceptibilities in pregnant women at the time of delivery in a refugee population on the Thai-Myanmar border. BMC Infectious Diseases. 12(1). 34–34. 34 indexed citations
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Hassan, Ikrema, et al.. (2011). A quantitative descriptive study of the prevalence of carriage (colonisation) of haemolytic streptococci groups A, B, C and G in pregnancy. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 31(3). 207–209. 16 indexed citations
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Afshar, Baharak, R. A. J. Nicholas, D.G. Pitcher, Mark D. Fielder, & R.J. Miles. (2009). Biochemical and genetic variation inMycoplasma fermentansstrains from cell line, human and animal sources. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 107(2). 498–505. 3 indexed citations
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Pourcel, Christine, Paolo Visca, Baharak Afshar, et al.. (2007). Identification of Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat (VNTR) Sequences in Legionella pneumophila and Development of an Optimized Multiple-Locus VNTR Analysis Typing Scheme. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 45(4). 1190–1199. 40 indexed citations
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Fry, Norman K., Baharak Afshar, Paolo Visca, et al.. (2005). Assessment of fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis for epidemiological genotyping of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 11(9). 704–712. 9 indexed citations

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