Desta Kassa

1.9k total citations
40 papers, 724 citations indexed

About

Desta Kassa is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Desta Kassa has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 724 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Infectious Diseases, 20 papers in Epidemiology and 9 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Desta Kassa's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (17 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (14 papers) and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (9 papers). Desta Kassa is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (17 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (14 papers) and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (9 papers). Desta Kassa collaborates with scholars based in Ethiopia, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Desta Kassa's co-authors include Dawit Wolday, Habteyes Hailu Tola, Davoud Shojaeizadeh, Azar Tol, Abebaw Kebede, Gholamreza Garmaroudi, Luche Tadesse Ejeta, Mir Saeed Yekaninejad, Beyene Petros and Tsehaynesh Messele and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Desta Kassa

39 papers receiving 709 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Desta Kassa Ethiopia 16 495 318 103 98 87 40 724
Pradeep A. Menon India 19 637 1.3× 449 1.4× 77 0.7× 266 2.7× 73 0.8× 41 957
Muhammad Bakari Tanzania 18 694 1.4× 533 1.7× 149 1.4× 156 1.6× 172 2.0× 70 1.0k
Toyin Togun Gambia 18 654 1.3× 341 1.1× 174 1.7× 117 1.2× 103 1.2× 41 894
Irene Andia Biraro Uganda 15 593 1.2× 355 1.1× 65 0.6× 103 1.1× 81 0.9× 70 904
Muki Shey South Africa 17 453 0.9× 358 1.1× 54 0.5× 162 1.7× 288 3.3× 55 948
Vivian I. Avelino‐Silva Brazil 17 485 1.0× 289 0.9× 93 0.9× 37 0.4× 60 0.7× 92 830
Cándida Medina Guinea-Bissau 15 459 0.9× 286 0.9× 240 2.3× 58 0.6× 60 0.7× 42 699
Taye Tolera Balcha Ethiopia 18 502 1.0× 333 1.0× 102 1.0× 154 1.6× 25 0.3× 49 684
Amneris E. Luque United States 17 216 0.4× 297 0.9× 152 1.5× 131 1.3× 47 0.5× 47 810
Harvinder Kaur India 15 224 0.5× 157 0.5× 50 0.5× 103 1.1× 54 0.6× 78 582

Countries citing papers authored by Desta Kassa

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Fields of papers citing papers by Desta Kassa

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Desta Kassa

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Desta Kassa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Desta Kassa based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Desta Kassa. Desta Kassa is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Tayachew, Adamu, Abdur Rashid, Desta Kassa, et al.. (2023). Universal HIV testing and the impact of late diagnosis on disease stage among adults in urban Ethiopia. Tropical Medicine and Health. 51(1). 4–4. 5 indexed citations
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Rashid, Abdur, Desta Kassa, Yibeltal Assefa, et al.. (2022). Survival and Predictors of Mortality among Adults Initiating Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cohort Study (2007‐2019). BioMed Research International. 2022(1). 5884845–5884845. 7 indexed citations
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Rashid, Abdur, Desta Kassa, Lucas Kang, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of HIV-1 drug resistance among patients failing first-line antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. 30. 418–427. 5 indexed citations
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Tola, Habteyes Hailu, et al.. (2021). Incidence of Hepatotoxicity and Factors Associated During Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in People Living with HIV in Ethiopia: A Prospective Cohort Study. HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care. Volume 13. 329–336. 5 indexed citations
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Mutavhatsindi, Hygon, Gian van der Spuy, Stephanus T. Malherbe, et al.. (2021). Validation and Optimization of Host Immunological Bio-Signatures for a Point-of-Care Test for TB Disease. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 607827–607827. 22 indexed citations
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Kassa, Desta, et al.. (2020). HIV drug resistance early warning indicators in Ethiopia: Variability at regional and health facility levels and trend over time. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 95. 90–97. 6 indexed citations
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Abebe, Almaz, Tesfaye Tilahun, Desta Kassa, et al.. (2018). HIV-genetic diversity and drug resistance transmission clusters in Gondar, Northern Ethiopia, 2003-2013. PLoS ONE. 13(10). e0205446–e0205446. 22 indexed citations
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Tola, Habteyes Hailu, Gholamreza Garmaroudi, Davoud Shojaeizadeh, et al.. (2017). The effect of psychosocial factors and patients’ perception of tuberculosis treatment non-adherence in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences. 27(5). 447–447. 25 indexed citations
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Teklu, Alula M., et al.. (2017). Factors associated with mortality of TB/HIV co-infected patients in Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences. 27(1). 29–29. 37 indexed citations
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Belay, Yohannes, et al.. (2017). The performance of BD FACSPresto™ for CD4 T-cell count, CD4% and hemoglobin concentration test in Ethiopia. PLoS ONE. 12(4). e0176323–e0176323. 8 indexed citations
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Tola, Habteyes Hailu, Davoud Shojaeizadeh, Azar Tol, et al.. (2016). Psychological and Educational Intervention to Improve Tuberculosis Treatment Adherence in Ethiopia Based on Health Belief Model: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial. PLoS ONE. 11(5). e0155147–e0155147. 104 indexed citations
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Tola, Habteyes Hailu, Davoud Shojaeizadeh, Gholamreza Garmaroudi, et al.. (2015). Psychological distress and its effect on tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Ethiopia. Global Health Action. 8(1). 29019–29019. 46 indexed citations
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