Brent R. Dixon

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

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Brent R. Dixon is a scholar working on Parasitology, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brent R. Dixon has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Parasitology, 22 papers in Infectious Diseases and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Brent R. Dixon's work include Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (51 papers), Amoebic Infections and Treatments (14 papers) and Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (13 papers). Brent R. Dixon is often cited by papers focused on Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (51 papers), Amoebic Infections and Treatments (14 papers) and Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (13 papers). Brent R. Dixon collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Brent R. Dixon's co-authors include Lorna J. Parrington, Jeffrey M. Farber, Herman W. Barkema, Asma Iqbal, Spencer J. Greenwood, J. Trenton McClure, Ebo Budu-Amoako, Aurélien Dumètre, Frank Pollari and Elizabeth VanWormer and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Brent R. Dixon

64 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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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.

Environmental transmission of Toxoplasma gondii: Oocysts in water, soil and food

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brent R. Dixon Canada	27	1.5k	798	190	182	173	65	1.9k
C. del Águila Spain	30	1.6k 1.1×	535 0.7×	277 1.5×	136 0.7×	188 1.1×	103	2.4k
Ynés R. Ortega United States	34	3.3k 2.2×	2.1k 2.6×	132 0.7×	274 1.5×	190 1.1×	85	4.1k
Ryan O’Handley Australia	27	1.9k 1.3×	1.2k 1.5×	109 0.6×	176 1.0×	115 0.7×	72	2.3k
Katsuhisa Takumi Netherlands	22	915 0.6×	1.0k 1.3×	63 0.3×	57 0.3×	148 0.9×	53	1.6k
Joke W. B. van der Giessen Netherlands	27	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.5×	114 0.6×	298 1.6×	297 1.7×	61	2.3k
J. Trenton McClure Canada	26	445 0.3×	656 0.8×	279 1.5×	179 1.0×	122 0.7×	121	2.3k
Jacek Sroka Poland	24	1.2k 0.8×	603 0.8×	118 0.6×	314 1.7×	271 1.6×	116	1.8k
Sven Poppert Germany	25	677 0.5×	770 1.0×	347 1.8×	390 2.1×	370 2.1×	106	2.1k
Fuchun Jian China	37	2.8k 1.9×	1.7k 2.1×	118 0.6×	168 0.9×	109 0.6×	113	3.1k
Mostafa Rezaeian Iran	27	912 0.6×	533 0.7×	589 3.1×	139 0.8×	113 0.7×	122	2.0k

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Reiling, Sarah J., et al.. (2024). Toxoplasma gondii DNA in Tissues of Anadromous Arctic Charr, Salvelinus alpinus, Collected From Nunavik, Québec, Canada. Zoonoses and Public Health. 71(8). 933–941. 3 indexed citations

Barta, John R., Hervé Menan, Karine Thivierge, et al.. (2022). Genotyping Canadian Cyclospora cayetanensis Isolates to Supplement Cyclosporiasis Outbreak Investigations. Microorganisms. 10(2). 447–447. 6 indexed citations

Dion, Réjean, et al.. (2020). Cryptosporidium spp.: Human incidence, molecular characterization and associated exposures in Québec, Canada (2016-2017). PLoS ONE. 15(2). e0228986–e0228986. 16 indexed citations

Hassan, Eman M., et al.. (2020). Highly sensitive magnetic-microparticle-based aptasensor for Cryptosporidium parvum oocyst detection in river water and wastewater: Effect of truncation on aptamer affinity. Talanta. 222. 121618–121618. 17 indexed citations

Reiling, Sarah J., Janneke Wit, Matthew L. Workentine, et al.. (2020). Benchmarking hybrid assemblies of Giardia and prediction of widespread intra-isolate structural variation. Parasites & Vectors. 13(1). 108–108. 10 indexed citations

Naushad, Sohail, Ruimin Gao, Marc‐Olivier Duceppe, et al.. (2020). A New Whole Genome Culture-Independent Diagnostic Test (WG-CIDT) for Rapid Detection of Salmonella in Lettuce. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 602–602. 10 indexed citations

Jain, Sona, Zhicheng Huang, Brent R. Dixon, Syed A. Sattar, & Juewen Liu. (2019). Cryptosporidium parvum oocyst directed assembly of gold nanoparticles and graphene oxide. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering. 13(3). 608–615. 10 indexed citations

Iqbal, Asma, Lena N. Measures, Stéphane Lair, & Brent R. Dixon. (2018). Toxoplasma gondii infection in stranded St. Lawrence Estuary beluga Delphinapterus leucas in Quebec, Canada. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 130(3). 165–175. 16 indexed citations

Dixon, Brent R., et al.. (2016). Qualitative Risk Assessment: Cyclospora cayetanensis on Fresh Raspberries and Blackberries Imported into Canada. Food Protection Trends. 36(1). 18–32. 8 indexed citations

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Schurer, Janna M., Anna Huber, Brett Elkin, et al.. (2016). Intestinal parasites of gray wolves (Canis lupus) in northern and western Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 94(9). 643–650. 21 indexed citations

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Thivierge, Karine, Asma Iqbal, Brent R. Dixon, et al.. (2016). Cryptosporidium hominis Is a Newly Recognized Pathogen in the Arctic Region of Nunavik, Canada: Molecular Characterization of an Outbreak. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 10(4). e0004534–e0004534. 23 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Asma, David A. Goldfarb, Robert Slinger, & Brent R. Dixon. (2015). Prevalence and molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis in diarrhoeic patients in the Qikiqtani Region, Nunavut, Canada. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 74(1). 27713–27713. 28 indexed citations

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Dixon, Brent R., Lorna J. Parrington, Angela Cook, Frank Pollari, & Jeffrey M. Farber. (2013). Detection of Cyclospora, Cryptosporidium, and Giardia in Ready-to-Eat Packaged Leafy Greens in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Food Protection. 76(2). 307–313. 60 indexed citations

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Dixon, Brent R., et al.. (2013). Evaluation Qualitative des Risques Microbiologiques que Comportent les jus non Pasteurises de Pomme et D’autres Fruits. 1–1. 1 indexed citations

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Farzan, Abdolvahab, Lorna J. Parrington, Angela Cook, et al.. (2011). Detection and Characterization of Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp. on Swine Farms in Ontario, Canada. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 8(11). 1207–1213. 45 indexed citations

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Farber, Jeffrey M., et al.. (2010). Temporal changes in the prevalence and shedding patterns of Giardia duodenalis cysts and Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts in a herd of dairy calves in Ontario.. PubMed. 51(8). 841–6. 14 indexed citations

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Dixon, Brent R., et al.. (1997). A comparison of conventional microscopy, immunofluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry in the detection of Giardia lamblia cysts in beaver fecal samples. Journal of Immunological Methods. 202(1). 27–33. 27 indexed citations

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Dixon, Brent R.. (1994). Pathogens in popular food. BMJ. 308(6929). 663.2–663.2. 1 indexed citations

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Fieldes, Mary Ann & Brent R. Dixon. (1988). Malate dehydrogenase isozymes in flax genotroph leaves: Differences in apparent molecular weight and charge between and within L and S. Biochemical Genetics. 26(3-4). 249–260. 1 indexed citations

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Dixon, Brent R. & Hisao P. Arai. (1987). An investigation of host influence on soluble protein banding profiles of Hymenolepis spp. (Cestoidea), using isoelectric focusing. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 65(10). 2471–2474. 5 indexed citations

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