Clara Menéndez

23.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
278 papers, 11.2k citations indexed

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Clara Menéndez is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Clara Menéndez has authored 278 papers receiving a total of 11.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 162 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 101 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 43 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Clara Menéndez's work include Malaria Research and Control (138 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (92 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (70 papers). Clara Menéndez is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (138 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (92 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (70 papers). Clara Menéndez collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Mozambique and United States. Clara Menéndez's co-authors include Pedro L. Alonso, Richard W. Steketee, Monica E. Parise, Bernard L. Nahlen, Jaume Ordï, Azucena Bardají, John J. Aponte, Elizeus Kahigwa, Alfredo Mayor and David Schellenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Clara Menéndez

270 papers receiving 10.8k citations

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The burden of malaria in pregnancy in malaria-endemic areas

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Protecting the most vulnerable: The urgent need to include HIV-exposed children in malaria chemoprevention strategies 2024 ·PLoS Medicine ·Raquel González, Tacilta Nhampossa, (unknown), André-Marie Tchouatieu, Christine Manyando, Clara Menéndez	0
2	Effect of HIV and Malaria in Pregnancy on Pertussis-specific Antibodies and Transplacental Antibody Transfer: A Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Cohort Study in Mozambican Pregnant Women and Their Infants 2024 ·The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal ·Azucena Bardají, Carlota Dobaño, Selena Alonso, Anifa Valá, (unknown), Marta Vidal, (unknown), Arsénio Nhacolo, (unknown), (unknown), Llorenç Quintó, Esperança Sevene, Eusébio Macete, Alfredo Mayor, Clara Menéndez, (unknown), Raquel González	0
3	Immunisation coverage and factors associated with incomplete immunisation in children under two during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sierra Leone 2024 ·BMC Public Health ·(unknown), Augustin E Fombah, (unknown), Kwabena Owusu-Kyei, Julian Williams, (unknown), (unknown), Llorenç Quintó, Tom Sesay, Mohamed Samai, Clara Menéndez, Raquel González	8
4	SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and preeclampsia markers in Mozambican pregnant women with perinatal loss 2024 ·BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth ·(unknown), Tacilta Nhampossa, Carla Carrilho, (unknown), (unknown), Jahit Sacarlal, Jessica Navero‐Castillejos, Manuel Morales‐Ruiz, Miguel J. Martínez, Jaume Ordï, Natalia Rakislova, Clara Menéndez, Raquel González	0
5	The impact of community delivery of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy on its coverage in four sub-Saharan African countries (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Mozambique, and Nigeria): a quasi-experimental multicentre evaluation 2023 ·The Lancet Global Health ·Raquel González, Manu F. Manun’Ebo, Martin Meremikwu, Victor Rabeza, Charfudin Sacoor, (unknown), (unknown), Eusébio Macete, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Clara Pons‐Duran, Sergi Sanz, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Elaine Roman, Franco Pagnoni, Clara Menéndez	17
6	Cost-effectiveness of community-based distribution of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of Congo 2023 ·BMJ Global Health ·(unknown), Charfudin Sacoor, Martin Meremikwu, (unknown), Manu F. Manun’Ebo, Clara Pons‐Duran, Dachi Arikpo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Raquel González, (unknown), Elaine Roman, Elisa Sicuri, Franco Pagnoni, Clara Menéndez	3
7	Prevalence and impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on maternal and infant health in African populations: protocol of a multicentre prospective cohort study (MA-CoV project) 2023 ·BMJ Open ·(unknown), (unknown), Ghyslain Mombo‐Ngoma, Johannes Mischlinger, Meral Esen, Michael Vögler, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sergi Sanz, Michael Ramharter, Francisco Saúte, Tacilta Nhampossa, Clara Menéndez, Raquel González	1
8	Burden of malaria in pregnancy among adolescent girls compared to adult women in 5 sub-Saharan African countries: A secondary individual participant data meta-analysis of 2 clinical trials 2022 ·PLoS Medicine ·Clara Pons‐Duran, Ghyslain Mombo‐Ngoma, Eusébio Macete, Meghna Desai, Mwaka A. Kakolwa, Rella Zoleko‐Manego, (unknown), Valérie Briand, Anifa Valá, Abdunoor M. Kabanywanyi, Peter Ouma, Achille Massougbodji, Esperança Sevene, Michel Cot, John J. Aponte, Alfredo Mayor, Laurence Slutsker, Michael Ramharter, Clara Menéndez, Raquel González	8
9	Burden, clinical presentation and risk factors of advanced HIV disease in pregnant Mozambican women 2022 ·BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth ·Tacilta Nhampossa, Raquel González, Arsénio Nhacolo, Laura García‐Otero, Llorenç Quintó, (unknown), (unknown), Aina Casellas, (unknown), Aleny Couto, Esperança Sevene, Khátia Munguambe, Clara Menéndez	3
10	Birth weight, growth, nutritional status and mortality of infants from Lambaréné and Fougamou in Gabon in their first year of life 2021 ·PLoS ONE ·Rella Zoleko‐Manego, Johannes Mischlinger, Jean Claude Dejon‐Agobé, Arti Basra, (unknown), (unknown), Ayôla Akim Adégnika, Sélidji Todagbé Agnandji, Bertrand Lell, Peter G. Kremsner, Pierre Blaise Matsiegui, Raquel González, Clara Menéndez, Michael Ramharter, Ghyslain Mombo‐Ngoma	19
11	Evaluation of the safety and efficacy of dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in HIV-infected pregnant women: protocol of a multicentre, two-arm, randomised, placebo-controlled, superiority clinical trial (MAMAH project) 2021 ·BMJ Open ·Raquel González, Tacilta Nhampossa, Ghyslain Mombo‐Ngoma, Johannes Mischlinger, Meral Esen, André-Marie Tchouatieu, Clara Pons‐Duran, (unknown), Bertrand Lell, Heimo Lagler, Laura García‐Otero, Rella Zoleko Manego, (unknown), Sergi Sanz, (unknown), Esperança Sevene, Michael Ramharter, Francisco Saúte, Clara Menéndez	9
12	Safety of oral ivermectin during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2019 ·The Lancet Global Health ·(unknown), Marta F. Maia, Quique Bassat, Kevin C. Kobylinski, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, N. Regina Rabinovich, Clara Menéndez, Azucena Bardají, Carlos Chaccour	75
13	Effects of HIV infection on maternal and neonatal health in southern Mozambique: A prospective cohort study after a decade of antiretroviral drugs roll out 2017 ·PLoS ONE ·Raquel González, María Rupérez, Esperança Sevene, Anifa Valá, Sónia Maculuve, Helder Bulo, Arsénio Nhacolo, Alfredo Mayor, John J. Aponte, Eusébio Macete, Clara Menéndez	40
14	Anaemia in hospitalised preschool children from a rural area in Mozambique: a case control study in search for aetiological agents 2017 ·BMC Pediatrics ·Cinta Moraleda, Ruth Aguilar, Llorenç Quintó, Tacilta Nhampossa, (unknown), Augusto Nhabomba, Sozinho Acácio, John J. Aponte, Delino Nhalungo, Ariel H. Achtman, Louis Schofield, (unknown), Eusébio Macete, Pedro L. Alonso, Clara Menéndez	22
15	How Hidden Can Malaria Be in Pregnant Women? Diagnosis by Microscopy, Placental Histology, Polymerase Chain Reaction and Detection of Histidine-Rich Protein 2 in Plasma 2012 ·Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Alfredo Mayor, L. Moro, Ruth Aguilar, Azucena Bardají, Pau Cisteró, Elisa Serra‐Casas, Betuel Sigaúque, Pedro L. Alonso, Jaume Ordï, Clara Menéndez	66
16	Development of vaccines to prevent malaria in pregnant women: WHO MALVAC meeting report 2011 ·Expert Review of Vaccines ·Clara Menéndez, Vasee Moorthy, Zarifah Reed, Azucena Bardají, Pedro L. Alonso, Graham V. Brown	5
17	Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine and Artemether-Lumefantrine for Treating Uncomplicated Malaria in African Children: A Randomised, Non-Inferiority Trial 2009 ·PLoS ONE ·Quique Bassat, Modest Mulenga, Halidou Tinto, Patrice Piola, Steffen Borrmann, Clara Menéndez, Michael Nambozi, Innocent Valéa, Carolyn Nabasumba, Philip Sasi, Antonella Bacchieri, (unknown), David Ubben, Ambrose Talisuna, Umberto D’Alessandro	108
18	Rapid Spread and Genetic Diversification of HIV Type 1 Subtype C in a Rural Area of Southern Mozambique 2008 ·AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·María Lahuerta, (unknown), Azucena Bardají, (unknown), Jahit Sacarlal, Inácio Mandomando, Pedro L. Alonso, Miguel Ángel Martı́nez, Clara Menéndez, Denise Naniche	18
19	Treatment and prevention of malaria in pregnancy: opportunities and challenges 2006 ·Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy ·Stephen J. Rogerson, Clara Menéndez	13
20	Duration of Protection and Age-Dependence of the Effects of the SPf66 Malaria Vaccine in African Children Exposed to Intense Transmission of Plasmodium falciparum 1996 ·The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Pedro L. Alonso, Thomas A. Smith, Joanna Schellenberg, Andrew Kitua, Honorati Masanja, Richard Hayes, N. Hurt, F. Font, Clara Menéndez, W. L. Kilama, Marcel Tanner	32

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