Blaise Genton

15.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
258 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Blaise Genton is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Blaise Genton has authored 258 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 178 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 46 papers in Epidemiology and 41 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Blaise Genton's work include Malaria Research and Control (137 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (107 papers) and Travel-related health issues (57 papers). Blaise Genton is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (137 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (107 papers) and Travel-related health issues (57 papers). Blaise Genton collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Papua New Guinea and Tanzania. Blaise Genton's co-authors include Valérie D’Acremont, Michael P. Alpers, Hans‐Peter Beck, Fadwa Al‐Yaman, Christian Lengeler, Thomas A. Smith, John C. Reeder, Ingrid Felger, Robin F. Anders and Judith Kahama‐Maro and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Blaise Genton

252 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

Beyond Malaria — Causes of Fever in Outpatient Tanzanian ... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Beyond Malaria — Causes of Fever in Outpatient Tanzanian Children
    2014 303 citations Valérie D’Acremont, Judith Kahama‐Maro et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Blaise Genton Switzerland 54 6.2k 1.5k 1.4k 1.3k 1.1k 258 9.0k
Lorenz von Seidlein United Kingdom 57 5.2k 0.8× 970 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 1.6k 1.2× 762 0.7× 226 9.4k
Anders Björkman Sweden 54 7.7k 1.2× 1.4k 1.0× 985 0.7× 1.4k 1.0× 950 0.9× 275 11.0k
Brett Lowe Kenya 42 4.2k 0.7× 801 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 992 0.7× 1.4k 1.3× 82 6.7k
Grant Dorsey United States 61 8.4k 1.3× 1.6k 1.0× 824 0.6× 1.7k 1.3× 1.1k 1.0× 301 10.5k
Umberto D’Alessandro Gambia 57 8.5k 1.4× 1.6k 1.1× 1.5k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 597 0.5× 412 12.3k
Norbert Peshu Kenya 49 4.4k 0.7× 890 0.6× 1.3k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 95 8.0k
Philippe J. Guérin United Kingdom 48 4.8k 0.8× 735 0.5× 2.1k 1.4× 2.0k 1.5× 523 0.5× 226 11.1k
Frank P. Mockenhaupt Germany 45 3.1k 0.5× 1.0k 0.7× 792 0.6× 1.0k 0.8× 602 0.6× 216 6.3k
Paul N. Newton United Kingdom 59 7.3k 1.2× 2.7k 1.8× 1.7k 1.2× 2.8k 2.1× 609 0.6× 356 12.5k
Bertrand Lell Gabon 40 3.3k 0.5× 1.3k 0.8× 632 0.4× 1.0k 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 176 5.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Blaise Genton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Blaise Genton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Blaise Genton

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Renggli, Sabine, Eliangiringa Kaale, Honorati Masanja, et al.. (2024). Prevalence and predictors of residual antibiotics in children's blood in community settings in Tanzania. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 30(8). 1042–1048.
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Camprubí, Daniel, Blaise Genton, Emmanuel Bottieau, et al.. (2022). Causes of fever in returning travelers: a European multicenter prospective cohort study. Journal of Travel Medicine. 29(2). 38 indexed citations
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Opota, Onya, Katia Jaton, René Brouillet, et al.. (2021). Performance of RT-PCR on Saliva Specimens Compared With Nasopharyngeal Swabs for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Children. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 40(8). e300–e304. 14 indexed citations
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Shao, Amani, Clotilde Rambaud-Althaus, Ndeniria Swai, et al.. (2015). Can smartphones and tablets improve the management of childhood illness in Tanzania? A qualitative study from a primary health care worker’s perspective. BMC Health Services Research. 15(1). 135–135. 42 indexed citations
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Rochat, Laurence, Alain Bizzini, Nicolas Senn, et al.. (2015). Acute Schistosomiasis: A Risk Underestimated by Travelers and a Diagnosis Frequently Missed by General Practitioners—A Cluster Analysis of 42 Travelers. Journal of Travel Medicine. 22(3). 168–173. 10 indexed citations
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Hatz, Christoph, Alexander Walz, Blaise Genton, & R.H. Behrens. (2014). Mort des voyageurs : risques réels, risques virtuels. Revue Médicale Suisse. 10(429). 1001–1003. 1 indexed citations
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Mosha, Dominic, Festo Mazuguni, Sigilbert Mrema, Salim Abdulla, & Blaise Genton. (2014). Medication exposure during pregnancy: a pilot pharmacovigilance system using health and demographic surveillance platform. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 14(1). 322–322. 16 indexed citations
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Kramme, Stefanie, Hans‐Peter Marti, Blaise Genton, & Christoph Hatz. (2011). Comment la sérologie peut-elle aider à l’établissement du diagnostic des parasites?. Revue Médicale Suisse. 7(294). 1 indexed citations
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Ballif, Marie, Jeffrey Hii, Jutta Marfurt, et al.. (2010). Monitoring of malaria parasite resistance to chloroquine and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in the Solomon Islands by DNA microarray technology. Malaria Journal. 9(1). 270–270. 16 indexed citations
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Genton, Blaise & Louis Loutan. (2009). Mauvais accès aux [b]soins[/b] ou accès aux mauvais soins.... Revue Médicale Suisse. 5(202). 995–996. 1 indexed citations
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Audran, R, Blaise Genton, H. Blythman, et al.. (2009). The Synthetic Plasmodium falciparum Circumsporozoite Peptide PfCS102 as a Malaria Vaccine Candidate: A Randomized Controlled Phase I Trial. PLoS ONE. 4(10). e7304–e7304. 17 indexed citations
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Senn, Nicolas & Blaise Genton. (2009). Acute Hepatitis A in a Young Returning Traveler From Kenya Despite Immunization Before Departure. Journal of Travel Medicine. 16(1). 72–73. 4 indexed citations
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Genton, Blaise. (2008). Malaria vaccines: a toy for travelers or a tool for eradication?. Expert Review of Vaccines. 7(5). 597–611. 30 indexed citations
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Genton, Blaise & Valérie D’Acremont. (2001). Clinical features of malaria in returning travelers and migrants. IRIS. 16 indexed citations
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Smith, Thomas A., Jeffrey Hii, Blaise Genton, et al.. (2001). Associations of peak shifts in age-prevalence for human malarias with bednet coverage. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 95(1). 1–6. 103 indexed citations
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Genton, Blaise, et al.. (1996). Rapid Manual Diagnosis ofPlasmodium falciparumMalaria UsingParaSight-F Dipsticks Applied to Human Blood and Urine. Journal of Travel Medicine. 3(3). 172–173. 6 indexed citations
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Genton, Blaise, Kenton Kramer, Jack Taraika, et al.. (1995). Acquired antibody levels to Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface antigen 1 in residents of a highly endemic area of Papua New Guinea. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 89(5). 555–559. 14 indexed citations
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Al‐Yaman, Fadwa, Blaise Genton, Michael L. Falk, et al.. (1995). Humoral Response to Plasmodium falciparum Ring-Infected Erythrocyte Surface Antigen in a Highly Endemic Area of Papua New Guinea. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 52(1). 66–71. 25 indexed citations

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