David A. Sack

32.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
430 papers, 22.6k citations indexed

About

David A. Sack is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Infectious Diseases and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, David A. Sack has authored 430 papers receiving a total of 22.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 279 papers in Endocrinology, 161 papers in Infectious Diseases and 80 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in David A. Sack's work include Vibrio bacteria research studies (189 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (138 papers) and Escherichia coli research studies (131 papers). David A. Sack is often cited by papers focused on Vibrio bacteria research studies (189 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (138 papers) and Escherichia coli research studies (131 papers). David A. Sack collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bangladesh and Sweden. David A. Sack's co-authors include R. Bradley Sack, G. Balakrish Nair, Thomas A. Wehr, Shah M. Faruque, Mohammad Ali, N E Rosenthal, Norman E. Rosenthal, Anna Lena Lopez, Jan Holmgren and Rita R. Colwell 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

David A. Sack

422 papers receiving 21.3k 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.

Updated Global Burden of Cholera in Endemic Countries

2015 831 citations Mohammad Ali, Allyson R. Nelson et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases profile →
Cholera

2004 688 citations David A. Sack, G. Balakrish Nair et al. profile →
Human Reovirus-like Agent as the Major Pathogen Associated with “Winter” Gastroenteritis in Hospitalized Infants and Young Children

1976 393 citations David A. Sack et al. profile →
Test for enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli using Y-1 adrenal cells in miniculture

1975 388 citations David A. Sack et al. Infection and Immunity profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David A. Sack United States	78	12.4k	6.6k	3.9k	3.6k	3.3k	430	22.6k
J. Glenn Morris United States	55	5.4k 0.4×	3.3k 0.5×	2.8k 0.7×	2.1k 0.6×	831 0.3×	237	13.6k
Richard L. Guerrant United States	71	4.0k 0.3×	9.2k 1.4×	3.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.3×	6.4k 1.9×	400	21.5k
Alessio Fasano United States	90	2.7k 0.2×	3.1k 0.5×	2.1k 0.5×	3.3k 0.9×	3.3k 1.0×	406	33.8k
Andreas J. Bäumler United States	92	7.3k 0.6×	7.0k 1.0×	11.3k 2.9×	3.4k 0.9×	2.2k 0.7×	234	26.6k
R. Bradley Sack United States	61	7.6k 0.6×	4.3k 0.6×	3.2k 0.8×	2.1k 0.6×	2.4k 0.7×	207	13.1k
B. Brett Finlay Canada	128	18.7k 1.5×	14.5k 2.2×	14.1k 3.6×	8.5k 2.3×	3.8k 1.1×	532	57.8k
Martin J. Blaser United States	122	2.9k 0.2×	10.9k 1.6×	10.1k 2.6×	14.3k 4.0×	4.4k 1.3×	645	66.1k
James Versalovic United States	78	1.5k 0.1×	4.1k 0.6×	4.7k 1.2×	1.7k 0.5×	3.0k 0.9×	254	24.8k
Andrew T. Gewirtz United States	83	1.3k 0.1×	3.5k 0.5×	2.7k 0.7×	7.1k 2.0×	2.5k 0.8×	285	24.7k
Philip M. Sherman Canada	74	1.9k 0.2×	2.8k 0.4×	3.0k 0.8×	2.5k 0.7×	2.6k 0.8×	413	20.3k

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Zhang, Weiping & David A. Sack. (2025). Recent progress in enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli vaccine research and development. Infection and Immunity. 93(12). e0036825–e0036825.

Bosomprah, Samuel, Michelo Simuyandi, Fred Kapaya, et al.. (2024). Comparative analysis of cholera serum vibriocidal antibodies from Convalescent and vaccinated adults in Zambia. Vaccine. 42(20). 125979–125979. 1 indexed citations

Bhandari, Nita, Norbert Hirschhorn, Nathaniel Pierce, David A. Sack, & Mathuram Santosham. (2023). Dilip Mahalanabis (12 November 1934–16 October 2022). 36. 64–65.

Boru, Waqo, Shaoming Xiao, Patrick Amoth, et al.. (2023). Prioritizing interventions for cholera control in Kenya, 2015–2020. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 17(5). e0010928–e0010928. 5 indexed citations

Ngwa, Moise Chi, Wondimagegnehu Alemu, Ifeanyi Okudo, et al.. (2020). The multi-sectorial emergency response to a cholera outbreak in Internally Displaced Persons camps in Borno State, Nigeria, 2017. BMJ Global Health. 5(1). e002000–e002000. 29 indexed citations

Bwire, Godfrey, David A. Sack, Atek Kagirita, et al.. (2020). The quality of drinking and domestic water from the surface water sources (lakes, rivers, irrigation canals and ponds) and springs in cholera prone communities of Uganda: an analysis of vital physicochemical parameters. BMC Public Health. 20(1). 1128–1128. 60 indexed citations

Roskosky, Mellisa, et al.. (2020). Spatial clustering of cholera cases in the Kathmandu Valley: implications for a ring vaccination strategy. International Health. 13(2). 170–177. 7 indexed citations

Ali, Mohammad, Allyson R. Nelson, Francisco J. Luquero, et al.. (2017). Safety of a killed oral cholera vaccine (Shanchol) in pregnant women in Malawi: an observational cohort study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 17(5). 538–544. 19 indexed citations

Bwire, Godfrey, Mohammad Ali, David A. Sack, et al.. (2017). Identifying cholera "hotspots" in Uganda: An analysis of cholera surveillance data from 2011 to 2016. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 11(12). e0006118–e0006118. 36 indexed citations

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Lee, G., Pablo Peñataro Yori, Maribel Paredes Olórtegui, et al.. (2014). An instrument for the assessment of diarrhoeal severity based on a longitudinal community-based study. BMJ Open. 4(6). e004816–e004816. 26 indexed citations

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Rahman, Ahmed Shafiqur, Shafiqul Alam Sarker, Tahmeed Ahmed, et al.. (2013). Relationship of Intestinal Parasites, H. Pylori Infection with Anemia or Iron Status Among School age Children in Rural Bangladesh. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research. 2(9). 769–773. 4 indexed citations

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Islam, M. Sirajul, Iqbal Kabir Jahid, Mohammad Majibur Rahman, et al.. (2007). Biofilm Acts as a Microenvironment for Plankton‐Associated Vibrio cholerae in the Aquatic Environment of Bangladesh. Microbiology and Immunology. 51(4). 369–379. 58 indexed citations

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Faruque, Shah M., Kuntal Biswas, S. M. Nashir Udden, et al.. (2006). Transmissibility of cholera: In vivo -formed biofilms and their relationship to infectivity and persistence in the environment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(16). 6350–6355. 248 indexed citations

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Faruque, Shah M., Nityananda Chowdhury, Muhammad Kamruzzaman, et al.. (2004). Genetic diversity and virulence potential of environmental Vibrio cholerae population in a cholera-endemic area. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(7). 2123–2128. 167 indexed citations

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Colwell, Rita R., Anwar Huq, M. Sirajul Islam, et al.. (2003). Reduction of cholera in Bangladeshi villages by simple filtration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(3). 1051–1055. 259 indexed citations

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Sack, David A., et al.. (1993). Clearance of Shigella flexneri carriers in a zoologic collection of primates.. PubMed. 203(1). 133–6. 6 indexed citations

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Sims, Robert B., et al.. (1993). Prevalence of shigellosis and other enteric pathogens in a zoologic collection of primates. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 203(1). 126–132. 19 indexed citations

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Clemens, John D., Robyn L. Ward, Malla Rao, et al.. (1992). Seroepidemiologic Evaluation of Antibodies to Rotavirus as Correlates of the Risk of Clinically Significant Rotavirus Diarrhea in Rural Bangladesh. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 165(1). 161–165. 38 indexed citations

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Ward, Robyn L., John D. Clemens, D R Knowlton, et al.. (1992). Evidence that Protection against Rotavirus Diarrhea after Natural Infection Is Not Dependent on Serotype-Specific Neutralizing Antibody. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 166(6). 1251–1257. 60 indexed citations

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Clemens, John D., Bonita Stanton, Jeffrey R. Harris, et al.. (1989). Exclusion of Clinically Atypical or Microbiologically Mixed Diarrhoeal Episodes from Outcome Events in a Field Trial of Oral Cholera Vaccines. International Journal of Epidemiology. 18(2). 440–445. 7 indexed citations

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