Dirk Taljaard

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

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Dirk Taljaard is a scholar working on Surgery, Rheumatology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Taljaard has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Surgery, 13 papers in Rheumatology and 10 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Dirk Taljaard's work include Genital Health and Disease (20 papers), Urologic and reproductive health conditions (13 papers) and Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues (10 papers). Dirk Taljaard is often cited by papers focused on Genital Health and Disease (20 papers), Urologic and reproductive health conditions (13 papers) and Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues (10 papers). Dirk Taljaard collaborates with scholars based in France, South Africa and United States. Dirk Taljaard's co-authors include Bertran Auvert, Adrian Puren, Emmanuel Lagarde, Joëlle Sobngwi-Tambekou, Rémi Sitta, Brian Williams, Pascale Lissouba, Catherine Campbell, Catherine MacPhail and Eleanor Gouws and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical review. B, Condensed matter, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Taljaard

28 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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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.

Randomized, Controlled Intervention Trial of Male Circumcision for Reduction of HIV Infection Risk: The ANRS 1265 Trial

2005 1.7k citations Bertran Auvert, Dirk Taljaard et al. PLoS Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dirk Taljaard France	18	1.7k	1.2k	875	838	710	28	2.8k
Frederick Makumbi Uganda	18	2.0k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	884 1.0×	979 1.2×	874 1.2×	38	3.2k
Carolyn Williams United States	11	2.1k 1.3×	1.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	1.0k 1.2×	986 1.4×	32	3.8k
Stephen Watya United States	21	2.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	640 0.7×	1.0k 1.2×	734 1.0×	41	3.1k
Pius Opendi Uganda	9	1.2k 0.7×	881 0.7×	774 0.9×	575 0.7×	614 0.9×	9	2.2k
David Serwadda United States	25	1.4k 0.8×	906 0.7×	585 0.7×	690 0.8×	648 0.9×	48	2.5k
Joëlle Sobngwi-Tambekou France	11	1.2k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	566 0.6×	611 0.7×	459 0.6×	26	2.2k
Daniel T. Halperin United States	27	1.0k 0.6×	643 0.5×	1.5k 1.7×	562 0.7×	797 1.1×	45	3.3k
Kawango Agot United States	39	2.0k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	2.4k 2.8×	956 1.1×	1.8k 2.6×	105	5.0k
Victor Ssempijja United States	20	809 0.5×	478 0.4×	574 0.7×	363 0.4×	531 0.7×	38	1.7k
Emmanuel Njeuhmeli United States	23	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	292 0.3×	714 0.9×	191 0.3×	69	1.8k

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Chasela, Charles, Dirk Taljaard, Dino Rech, et al.. (2022). Voluntary medical male circumcision in selected provinces in South Africa: Outcomes from a programmatic setting. PLoS ONE. 17(9). e0270545–e0270545. 4 indexed citations

Taljaard, Dirk, et al.. (2017). Obtaining a male circumcision prevalence rate of 80% among adults in a short time. Medicine. 96(4). e5328–e5328. 12 indexed citations

Jean, Kévin, Adrian Puren, Ewaldé Cutler, et al.. (2016). Level of viral suppression and the cascade of HIV care in a South African semi-urban setting in 2012. AIDS. 30(13). 2107–2116. 11 indexed citations

Auvert, Bertran, Dirk Taljaard, Dino Rech, et al.. (2013). Association of the ANRS-12126 Male Circumcision Project with HIV Levels among Men in a South African Township: Evaluation of Effectiveness using Cross-sectional Surveys. PLoS Medicine. 10(9). e1001509–e1001509. 64 indexed citations

Lissouba, Pascale, Dirk Taljaard, Dino Rech, et al.. (2011). Adult male circumcision as an intervention against HIV: An operational study of uptake in a South African community (ANRS 12126). BMC Infectious Diseases. 11(1). 253–253. 41 indexed citations

Lissouba, Pascale, et al.. (2010). A Model for the Roll-Out of Comprehensive Adult Male Circumcision Services in African Low-Income Settings of High HIV Incidence: The ANRS 12126 Bophelo Pele Project. PLoS Medicine. 7(7). e1000309–e1000309. 63 indexed citations

Fiamma, Agnès, Pascale Lissouba, Oliver Laeyendecker, et al.. (2010). Can HIV incidence testing be used for evaluating HIV intervention programs? A reanalysis of the Orange Farm male circumcision trial (ANRS-1265). BMC Infectious Diseases. 10(1). 137–137. 16 indexed citations

Legeai, Camille, Dirk Taljaard, Aurélien Latouche, et al.. (2009). Transmission probabilities of HIV and herpes simplex virus type 2, effect of male circumcision and interaction: a longitudinal study in a township of South Africa. AIDS. 23(3). 377–383. 29 indexed citations

Sobngwi-Tambekou, Joëlle, Dirk Taljaard, Pascale Lissouba, et al.. (2009). Effect of HSV‐2 Serostatus on Acquisition of HIV by Young Men: Results of a Longitudinal Study in Orange Farm, South Africa. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 199(7). 958–964. 105 indexed citations

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Mehta, Supriya D., Ronald H. Gray, Bertran Auvert, et al.. (2009). Does sex in the early period after circumcision increase HIV-seroconversion risk? Pooled analysis of adult male circumcision clinical trials. AIDS. 23(12). 1557–1564. 41 indexed citations

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Auvert, Bertran, Pascale Lissouba, Ewaldé Cutler, et al.. (2009). Association of Oncogenic and Nononcogenic Human Papillomavirus With HIV Incidence. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 53(1). 111–116. 59 indexed citations

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Auvert, Bertran, Elliot Marseille, Eline L. Korenromp, et al.. (2008). Estimating the Resources Needed and Savings Anticipated from Roll-Out of Adult Male Circumcision in Sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS ONE. 3(8). e2679–e2679. 53 indexed citations

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Auvert, Bertran, Dirk Taljaard, Emmanuel Lagarde, et al.. (2005). Randomized, Controlled Intervention Trial of Male Circumcision for Reduction of HIV Infection Risk: The ANRS 1265 Trial. PLoS Medicine. 2(11). e298–e298. 1716 indexed citations breakdown →

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Auvert, Bertran, et al.. (2004). Can Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Reduce the Spread of HIV?. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 36(1). 613–621. 76 indexed citations

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Williams, Brian, Dirk Taljaard, Catherine Campbell, et al.. (2003). Changing patterns of knowledge, reported behaviour and sexually transmitted infections in a South African gold mining community. AIDS. 17(14). 2099–2107. 89 indexed citations

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Lagarde, Emmanuel, et al.. (2003). Acceptability of male circumcision as a tool for preventing HIV infection in a highly infected community in South Africa. AIDS. 17(1). 89–95. 100 indexed citations

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Gilgen, D., Brian Williams, Catherine MacPhail, et al.. (2001). The natural history of HIV / AIDS in a major goldmining centre in South Africa : results of a biomedical and social survey : research article. South African Journal of Science. 97. 387–392. 9 indexed citations

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Auvert, Bertran, Ron Ballard, Catherine Campbell, et al.. (2001). HIV infection among youth in a South African mining town is associated with herpes simplex virus-2 seropositivity and sexual behaviour. AIDS. 15(7). 885–898. 157 indexed citations

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Gilgen, D., Brian Williams, Catherine MacPhail, et al.. (2001). The natural history of HIV/AIDS in a major goldmining centre in South Africa: results of a biomedical and social survey. Research Online (University of Wollongong). 387. 12 indexed citations

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Williams, Brian, D. Gilgen, Catherine Campbell, Dirk Taljaard, & Catherine MacPhail. (2000). The natural history of HIV/AIDS in South Africa: a biomedical and social survey in Carletonville. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 41(11). 7937–7940. 31 indexed citations

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