Denise Whitby

15.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
217 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Denise Whitby is a scholar working on Oncology, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Denise Whitby has authored 217 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 188 papers in Oncology, 105 papers in Epidemiology and 85 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Denise Whitby's work include Viral-associated cancers and disorders (186 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (88 papers) and Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies (73 papers). Denise Whitby is often cited by papers focused on Viral-associated cancers and disorders (186 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (88 papers) and Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies (73 papers). Denise Whitby collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Uganda. Denise Whitby's co-authors include Vickie Marshall, Thomas F. Schulz, Robin A. Weiss, Thomas S. Uldrick, Robert J. Biggar, Robert Yarchoan, James J. Goedert, Wendell Miley, Eric A. Engels and Chris Boshoff and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Denise Whitby

213 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

Detection of Kaposi sarcoma associated herpesvirus in per... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 1995 2019 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Detection of Kaposi sarcoma associated herpesvirus in peripheral blood of HIV-infected individuals and progression to Kaposi's sarcoma
    1995 702 citations Denise Whitby et al. profile →
  2. HIV-specific cytotoxic T-cells in HIV-exposed but uninfected Gambian women
    1995 633 citations Denise Whitby et al. profile →
  3. Kaposi sarcoma
    2019 402 citations Blossom Damania, Jeffrey N. Martin et al. profile →

Peers

Denise Whitby
Thomas F. Schulz Germany
Éric Oksenhendler France
George Miller United States
Daniel M. Knowles United States
Richard F. Ambinder United States
Dirk P. Dittmer United States
Blossom Damania United States
Ethel Cesarman United States
David A. Thorley‐Lawson United States
Rajiv Khanna Australia
Thomas F. Schulz Germany
Denise Whitby
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Denise Whitby

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ramaswami, Ramya, Kathryn Lurain, Mark N. Polizzotto, et al.. (2025). Characteristics and outcomes of Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus–associated inflammatory cytokine syndrome. Blood Advances. 9(22). 5720–5731. 1 indexed citations
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Lurain, Kathryn, Ramya Ramaswami, Laurie T. Krug, et al.. (2024). HIV-associated cancers and lymphoproliferative disorders caused by Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus and Epstein-Barr virus. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 37(3). e0002223–e0002223. 11 indexed citations
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Caduff, Nicole, Donal McHugh, Wendell Miley, et al.. (2024). KSHV infection of B cells primes protective T cell responses in humanized mice. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4841–4841. 3 indexed citations
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Sabourin, Katherine R., Joseph Mugisha, Gershim Asiki, et al.. (2023). Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) antibody changes over time in a general population cohort in rural Uganda, 1992–2008. Infectious Agents and Cancer. 18(1). 55–55. 3 indexed citations
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Nalwoga, Angela, Katherine R. Sabourin, Wendell Miley, et al.. (2023). Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Is Associated With Increased Kaposi Sarcoma–Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV) Seropositivity and Higher KSHV Antibody Breadth and Magnitude: Results of a Case-Control Study From Rural Uganda. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 229(2). 432–442. 1 indexed citations
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Lazarte, Susana, Radhika Kainthla, Wendell Miley, et al.. (2023). High Seroprevalence of Kaposi Sarcoma–Associated Herpesvirus in Men Who Have Sex With Men With HIV in the Southern United States. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 10(4). ofad160–ofad160. 6 indexed citations
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Casper, Corey, Lawrence Corey, Jeffrey I. Cohen, et al.. (2022). KSHV (HHV8) vaccine: promises and potential pitfalls for a new anti-cancer vaccine. npj Vaccines. 7(1). 108–108. 35 indexed citations
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Marshall, Vickie, Charles Goodman, Abigail L. Thorpe, et al.. (2022). Systematic analysis of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS)‐associated herpesvirus genomes from a KS case‐control study in Cameroon: Evidence of dual infections but no association between viral sequence variation and KS risk. International Journal of Cancer. 151(7). 1127–1141. 7 indexed citations
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Nalwoga, Angela, Vickie Marshall, Wendell Miley, et al.. (2021). Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus T cell responses in HIV seronegative individuals from rural Uganda. Nature Communications. 12(1). 7323–7323. 21 indexed citations
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Sallah, Neneh, Wendell Miley, Nazzarena Labò, et al.. (2020). Distinct genetic architectures and environmental factors associate with host response to the γ2-herpesvirus infections. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3849–3849. 23 indexed citations
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Ramaswami, Ramya, Thomas S. Uldrick, Mark N. Polizzotto, et al.. (2019). A Pilot Study of Liposomal Doxorubicin Combined with Bevacizumab followed by Bevacizumab Monotherapy in Patients with Advanced Kaposi Sarcoma. Clinical Cancer Research. 25(14). 4238–4247. 23 indexed citations
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Labò, Nazzarena, Vickie Marshall, Wendell Miley, et al.. (2019). Mutual detection of Kaposi's sarcoma‐associated herpesvirus and Epstein–Barr virus in blood and saliva of Cameroonians with and without Kaposi's sarcoma. International Journal of Cancer. 145(9). 2468–2477. 33 indexed citations
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Lurain, Kathryn, Mark N. Polizzotto, Karen Aleman, et al.. (2019). Viral, immunologic, and clinical features of primary effusion lymphoma. Blood. 133(16). 1753–1761. 83 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhiwei, Kelly J. Yu, Anna E. Coghill, et al.. (2019). Multilaboratory Assessment of Epstein-Barr Virus Serologic Assays: the Case for Standardization. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 57(11). 7 indexed citations
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Hwang, Amie E., Vickie Marshall, David V. Conti, et al.. (2018). Epstein–Barr virus load is higher in long‐term Hodgkin lymphoma survivors compared to their unaffected twins and unrelated controls. British Journal of Haematology. 185(2). 377–380. 2 indexed citations
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Polizzotto, Mark N., Thomas S. Uldrick, Kathleen M. Wyvill, et al.. (2016). Pomalidomide for Symptomatic Kaposi's Sarcoma in People With and Without HIV Infection: A Phase I/II Study. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 34(34). 4125–4131. 86 indexed citations
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Whitby, Denise, Yolanda Benavente, Wendell Miley, et al.. (2015). Hepatitis C virus seroprevalence in the general female population from 8 countries. Journal of Clinical Virology. 68. 89–93. 9 indexed citations
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Uldrick, Thomas S., Mark N. Polizzotto, Karen Aleman, et al.. (2014). Rituximab plus liposomal doxorubicin in HIV-infected patients with KSHV-associated multicentric Castleman disease. Blood. 124(24). 3544–3552. 80 indexed citations

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