Deborah Steensels

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 819 citations indexed

About

Deborah Steensels is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah Steensels has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 819 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Epidemiology, 10 papers in Infectious Diseases and 5 papers in Clinical Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Deborah Steensels's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (5 papers), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (5 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (4 papers). Deborah Steensels is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (5 papers), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (5 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (4 papers). Deborah Steensels collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Deborah Steensels's co-authors include Line Heylen, Pieter Vermeersch, Dieter Mesotten, Joris Penders, Noëlla Pierlet, Marie‐Luce Delforge, Jan Verhaegen, Els Oris, Laura Coninx and Dieter Nuyens and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, PLoS ONE and Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Deborah Steensels

22 papers receiving 804 citations

Hit Papers

Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Response Following Vacc... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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  1. Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Response Following Vaccination With BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273
    2021 210 citations Deborah Steensels, Noëlla Pierlet et al. JAMA profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Deborah Steensels Belgium 11 463 223 195 115 91 22 819
Alex Carignan Canada 15 415 0.9× 380 1.7× 241 1.2× 184 1.6× 40 0.4× 47 1.0k
Kévin Bouiller France 17 420 0.9× 113 0.5× 98 0.5× 52 0.5× 20 0.2× 69 755
Dat Tran Canada 16 484 1.0× 1.1k 5.1× 187 1.0× 55 0.5× 89 1.0× 33 1.5k
Fredrik Kahn Sweden 17 229 0.5× 264 1.2× 77 0.4× 71 0.6× 23 0.3× 58 780
Natalie Woon Hui Tan Singapore 14 425 0.9× 197 0.9× 60 0.3× 103 0.9× 93 1.0× 39 764
Francesco Maria Fusco Italy 16 441 1.0× 178 0.8× 85 0.4× 65 0.6× 78 0.9× 48 798
Judith A. Guzman‐Cottrill United States 14 443 1.0× 313 1.4× 151 0.8× 244 2.1× 26 0.3× 45 970
Barbara Jantausch United States 17 473 1.0× 626 2.8× 228 1.2× 242 2.1× 10 0.1× 35 1.3k
Benjamin Galen United States 15 423 0.9× 313 1.4× 122 0.6× 157 1.4× 17 0.2× 44 1.2k
Linghang Wang China 12 686 1.5× 209 0.9× 92 0.5× 72 0.6× 50 0.5× 40 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Deborah Steensels

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Deborah Steensels

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All Works

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Tartaglia, Katrien, Isabelle Dehaene, Joachim Van Keirsbilck, et al.. (2024). Synbiotics in patients at risk for spontaneous preterm birth: protocol for a multi-centre, double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial (PRIORI). Trials. 25(1). 615–615. 1 indexed citations
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Laat, Bas de, Marisa Ninivaggi, Dieter Mesotten, et al.. (2022). Population-wide persistent hemostatic changes after vaccination with ChAdOx1-S. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 9. 966028–966028. 12 indexed citations
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Praet, Jens Van, Marijke Reynders, Dirk De Bacquer, et al.. (2021). Predictors and Dynamics of the Humoral and Cellular Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccines in Hemodialysis Patients: A Multicenter Observational Study. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 32(12). 3208–3220. 62 indexed citations
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Steensels, Deborah, Noëlla Pierlet, Joris Penders, Dieter Mesotten, & Line Heylen. (2021). Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Response Following Vaccination With BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273. JAMA. 326(15). 1533–1533. 210 indexed citations breakdown →
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Heylen, Line, et al.. (2021). 128 days of SARS-CoV-2 viral shedding in a haemodialysis patient. Clinical Kidney Journal. 14(4). 1284–1286. 1 indexed citations
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Steensels, Deborah, Els Oris, Laura Coninx, et al.. (2020). Hospital-Wide SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Screening in 3056 Staff in a Tertiary Center in Belgium. JAMA. 324(2). 195–195. 197 indexed citations
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Coussement, Julien, David Lebeaux, Deborah Steensels, et al.. (2019). Nocardia polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assay performed on bronchoalveolar lavage fluid after lung transplantation: A prospective pilot study. PLoS ONE. 14(2). e0211989–e0211989. 15 indexed citations
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Steensels, Deborah, Marijke Reynders, Patrick Descheemaeker, et al.. (2019). Epidemiology and clinical impact of viral, atypical, and fungal respiratory pathogens in symptomatic immunocompromised patients: a two-center study using a multi-parameter customized respiratory Taqman® array card. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 38(8). 1507–1514. 3 indexed citations
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Delforge, Marie‐Luce, et al.. (2018). Combination of line immunoassays Mikrogen recomLine CMV IgG and recomLine CMV IgG Avidity helps to date the onset of CMV primary infection. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 93(3). 208–212. 7 indexed citations
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Steensels, Deborah, Marie‐Luce Delforge, Katrien Lagrou, Kurt Beuselinck, & Isabel Montesinos. (2018). Development of a Customized TaqMan® Array Card for Simultaneous Detection of 32 Respiratory Pathogens. 2(1). 1 indexed citations
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Steensels, Deborah, Marijke Reynders, Patrick Descheemaeker, et al.. (2017). Performance evaluation of direct fluorescent antibody, Focus Diagnostics Simplexa™ Flu A/B & RSV and multi-parameter customized respiratory Taqman® array card in immunocompromised patients. Journal of Virological Methods. 245. 61–65. 6 indexed citations
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Wyndham-Thomas, Chloé, Sophie Henrard, Deborah Steensels, et al.. (2017). Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections in Men Who Have Sex With Men: Diagnostic Accuracy of Nucleic Acid Amplification Test on Pooled Urine, Anorectal, and Pharyngeal Specimens. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 45(3). 195–198. 19 indexed citations
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Heinrichs, Amélie, Martine Antoine, Deborah Steensels, Isabel Montesinos, & Marie‐Luce Delforge. (2016). HCV false positive immunoassays in patients with LVAD: A potential trap!. Journal of Clinical Virology. 78. 44–46. 9 indexed citations
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Coussement, Julien, Deborah Steensels, Marie‐Cécile Nollevaux, et al.. (2016). When polymerase chain reaction does not help: cytomegalovirus pneumonitis associated with very low or undetectable viral load in both blood and bronchoalveolar lavage samples after lung transplantation. Transplant Infectious Disease. 18(2). 284–287. 8 indexed citations
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Steensels, Deborah, A. Deplano, Olivier Denis, Anne Simon, & Alexia Verroken. (2016). MALDI-TOF MS typing of a nosocomial methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureusoutbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit. Acta Clinica Belgica. 72(4). 219–225. 9 indexed citations
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Steensels, Deborah, Marijke Reynders, Patrick Descheemaeker, et al.. (2015). Clinical evaluation of a multi-parameter customized respiratory TaqMan ® array card compared to conventional methods in immunocompromised patients. Journal of Clinical Virology. 72. 36–41. 19 indexed citations
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Liss, Michael A., Stephen A. Taylor, Deepak Batura, et al.. (2014). Fluoroquinolone Resistant Rectal Colonization Predicts Risk of Infectious Complications after Transrectal Prostate Biopsy. The Journal of Urology. 192(6). 1673–1678. 55 indexed citations
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Steensels, Deborah, Anne Vankeerberghen, & Hans De Beenhouwer. (2013). Towards Multitarget Testing in Molecular Microbiology. International Journal of Microbiology. 2013. 1–6. 9 indexed citations
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Steensels, Deborah, et al.. (2012). Failure of PCR-Based IS 6110 Analysis To Detect Vertebral Spondylodiscitis Caused by Mycobacterium bovis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 51(1). 366–368. 13 indexed citations
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