D. C. Gajdusek

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

D. C. Gajdusek is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, D. C. Gajdusek has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Infectious Diseases and 13 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in D. C. Gajdusek's work include Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (35 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (11 papers) and Neurological diseases and metabolism (10 papers). D. C. Gajdusek is often cited by papers focused on Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (35 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (11 papers) and Neurological diseases and metabolism (10 papers). D. C. Gajdusek collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Japan. D. C. Gajdusek's co-authors include Clarence J. Gibbs, Michael P. Alpers, C. J. Gibbs, Richard Yanagihara, Jiri Safar, Peter P. Roller, H L Amyx, J. Steven Jacobsen, T Maciag and Dmitry Goldgaber and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

D. C. Gajdusek

78 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Experimental Transmission of a Kuru-like Syndrome to Chimpanzees

1966 540 citations D. C. Gajdusek, Clarence J. Gibbs et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. C. Gajdusek United States	30	2.3k	1.2k	882	594	537	79	3.7k
Susanne Krasemann Germany	25	1.3k 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	495 0.6×	290 0.5×	381 0.7×	68	2.6k
Lev G. Goldfarb United States	43	5.0k 2.2×	1.2k 1.0×	939 1.1×	591 1.0×	184 0.3×	139	7.1k
Diego Adhemar Jaitin Israel	22	4.5k 2.0×	856 0.7×	923 1.0×	149 0.3×	255 0.5×	27	6.8k
Hiroshi Kitani Japan	33	1.3k 0.6×	537 0.5×	296 0.3×	107 0.2×	104 0.2×	122	3.2k
Maurizio Pocchiari Italy	43	6.8k 3.0×	3.2k 2.7×	791 0.9×	1.7k 2.9×	318 0.6×	152	7.8k
Juan María Torres Spain	34	2.6k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	245 0.3×	801 1.3×	289 0.5×	155	3.3k
Atsushi Saito Japan	34	1.7k 0.7×	319 0.3×	349 0.4×	145 0.2×	145 0.3×	174	4.0k
Eliette Bonnefoy France	21	1.1k 0.5×	186 0.2×	629 0.7×	38 0.1×	329 0.6×	33	1.9k
Paul M. Knopf United States	27	961 0.4×	544 0.5×	192 0.2×	122 0.2×	176 0.3×	79	3.3k
Mark Head United Kingdom	39	5.2k 2.3×	2.1k 1.8×	679 0.8×	1.1k 1.8×	171 0.3×	138	6.0k

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Goldfarb, L. G., Larisa Červen̆áková, & D. C. Gajdusek. (2004). Genetic Studies in Relation to Kuru: An Overview. Current Molecular Medicine. 4(4). 375–384. 24 indexed citations

Barcikowska, Maria, et al.. (2000). A new point mutation of the PRNP gene in Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker case in Poland.. PubMed. 38(4). 164–6. 8 indexed citations

Kordek, Radzisław, Paweł P. Liberski, Richard Yanagihara, Stuart Isaacson, & D. C. Gajdusek. (1997). Molecular analysis of prion protein (PrP) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) transcripts in experimental Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in mice. Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis. 57(2). 85–90. 16 indexed citations

Reder, Anthony T., Paul Brown, Jean‐Paul Spire, et al.. (1995). Clinical and genetic studies of fatal familial insomnia. Neurology. 45(6). 1068–1075. 47 indexed citations

Safar, Jiri, Peter P. Roller, D. C. Gajdusek, & C. J. Gibbs. (1993). Conformational transitions, dissociation, and unfolding of scrapie amyloid (prion) protein.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 268(27). 20276–20284. 315 indexed citations

Guiroy, Don C., Richard Yanagihara, & D. C. Gajdusek. (1991). Localization of amyloidogenic proteins and sulfated glycosaminoglycans in nontransmissible and transmissible cerebral amyloidoses. Acta Neuropathologica. 82(2). 87–92. 34 indexed citations

Croxson, Michael, Paul Brown, Beth J. Synek, et al.. (1988). A new case of Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease associated with human growth hormone therapy in New Zealand. Neurology. 38(7). 1128–1128. 19 indexed citations

Higgins, Gerald A., David A. Lewis, Sina Bahmanyar, et al.. (1988). Differential regulation of amyloid β-protein mRNA expression within hippocampal neuronal sub-populations in Alzheimerʼs disease. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders. 2(4). 382–382. 14 indexed citations

Ceroni, Mauro, Pedro Piccardo, Pamela Rodgers‐Johnson, et al.. (1988). Intrathecal synthesis of IgG antibodies to HTLV-I supports an etiological role for HTLV-I in tropical spastic paraparesis. Annals of Neurology. 23(S1). S188–S191. 53 indexed citations

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Yase, Y, et al.. (1987). [Trace-elemental study on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and parkinsonism-dementia(PD) in the Kii Peninsula of Japan and Guam].. PubMed. 27(1). 79–87. 7 indexed citations

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Yanagihara, Richard, et al.. (1987). Serological survey of Prospect Hill virus infection in indigenous wild rodents in the USA. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 81(1). 42–45. 33 indexed citations

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Cartier, L, Sergio Gálvez, & D. C. Gajdusek. (1985). Familial clustering of the ataxic form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with Hirano bodies.. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 48(3). 234–238. 23 indexed citations

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Takenaka, Akira, Clarence J. Gibbs, & D. C. Gajdusek. (1985). Antiviral neutralizing antibody to Hantaan virus as determined by plaque reduction technique. Archives of Virology. 84(3-4). 197–206. 21 indexed citations

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Yanagihara, Richard, W. Paul Glezen, A. R. Diwan, et al.. (1985). Serological Evidence of Hantaan Virus Infection in the United States. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 34(2). 396–399. 14 indexed citations

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Kingsbury, D T, et al.. (1982). Inability to Transmit Scrapie by Transfection of Mouse Embryo Cells in vitro. Journal of General Virology. 58(2). 263–271. 8 indexed citations

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Brown, Paul, et al.. (1978). Effect of Different Gradient Solutions on the Buoyant Density of Scrapie Infectivity. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 158(4). 513–516. 10 indexed citations

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Masters, Colin L., B. A. Kakulas, M P Alpers, D. C. Gajdusek, & C. J. Gibbs. (1976). Preclinical Lesions and Their Progression in the Experimental Spongiform Encephalopathies (Kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease) in Primates. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 35(6). 593–605. 27 indexed citations

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Benfante, Richard, Roger D. Traub, Apiradee Lim, et al.. (1974). Immunological Reactions in Kuru. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 23(3). 476–488. 1 indexed citations

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Hooks, John J., et al.. (1972). Characterization and distribution of two new foamy viruses isolated from chimpanzees. Archives of Virology. 38(1). 38–55. 24 indexed citations

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Beck, Elisabeth, P. M. Daniel, Michael P. Alpers, D. C. Gajdusek, & Clarence J. Gibbs. (1966). EXPERIMENTAL "KURU" IN CHIMPANZEES A Pathological Report. The Lancet. 288(7472). 1056–1059. 56 indexed citations

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