Dora Buonfrate

7.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
151 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Dora Buonfrate is a scholar working on Parasitology, Ecology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Dora Buonfrate has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Parasitology, 52 papers in Ecology and 42 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Dora Buonfrate's work include Parasites and Host Interactions (96 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (52 papers) and Helminth infection and control (37 papers). Dora Buonfrate is often cited by papers focused on Parasites and Host Interactions (96 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (52 papers) and Helminth infection and control (37 papers). Dora Buonfrate collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Spain and Switzerland. Dora Buonfrate's co-authors include Zeno Bisoffi, Federico Gobbi, Ana Requena‐Méndez, José Muñóz, Andrea Angheben, Francesca Perandin, Fabio Formenti, Peter L. Chiodini, Eduardo Gotuzzo and Giovanni Giorli and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Dora Buonfrate

140 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Laboratory Diagnosis and Follow Up of Strongyloidiasis: A Systematic Review

2013 283 citations Ana Requena‐Méndez, Zeno Bisoffi et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases profile →
The Global Prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis Infection

2020 230 citations Dora Buonfrate, Donal Bisanzio et al. profile →
Human schistosomiasis

2025 15 citations Dora Buonfrate, J. Russell Stothard et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dora Buonfrate Italy	33	3.0k	1.6k	1.1k	961	716	151	4.2k
Zeno Bisoffi Italy	37	3.3k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	962 1.0×	1.4k 2.0×	204	5.2k
Remigio M. Olveda Philippines	43	3.7k 1.2×	2.0k 1.2×	755 0.7×	691 0.7×	1.0k 1.5×	150	5.3k
Lisette van Lieshout Netherlands	40	5.1k 1.7×	2.9k 1.8×	1.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.6×	152	6.1k
Alejandro Krolewiecki Argentina	29	1.8k 0.6×	935 0.6×	701 0.6×	668 0.7×	586 0.8×	87	2.7k
Katja Polman Belgium	36	4.8k 1.6×	2.8k 1.7×	679 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	1.1k 1.6×	133	5.9k
Sinuon Muth Cambodia	34	2.7k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	448 0.4×	763 0.8×	1.4k 1.9×	78	4.1k
Anton M. Polderman Netherlands	36	3.0k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	739 0.8×	373 0.5×	90	3.6k
Joachim Richter Germany	30	1.8k 0.6×	647 0.4×	628 0.6×	300 0.3×	714 1.0×	150	2.9k
Federico Gobbi Italy	30	1.4k 0.5×	672 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	369 0.4×	1.1k 1.6×	162	3.1k
Patrick J. Lammie United States	40	2.3k 0.8×	962 0.6×	2.2k 2.0×	300 0.3×	935 1.3×	111	4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Dora Buonfrate

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dora Buonfrate

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20 of 20 papers shown

Huits, Ralph, et al.. (2025). Measles importations by international travelers, GeoSentinel 2019–2025. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. 67. 102885–102885.

Cunningham, Lucas J., et al.. (2025). Improving Molecular Epidemiological Surveillance of Strongyloidiasis Upon Differentiation of Strongyloides fuelleborni fuelleborni From Strongyloides stercoralis. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 232(1). e169–e173.

Tamarozzi, Francesca, et al.. (2025). Integration of diagnostics for Strongyloides stercoralis into the soil-transmitted helminths control programme in Rwanda. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8600–8600.

Pomari, Elena, et al.. (2024). A Pilot Study for the Characterization of Bacillus spp. and Analysis of Possible B. thuringiensis/Strongyloides stercoralis Correlation. Microorganisms. 12(8). 1603–1603. 1 indexed citations

Recchia, Alessandra, et al.. (2024). Treatment of Canine Leishmaniasis with Meglumine Antimoniate: A Clinical Study of Tolerability and Efficacy. Animals. 14(15). 2244–2244. 2 indexed citations

Henríquez-Camacho, César, José A. Pérez‐Molina, Dora Buonfrate, et al.. (2024). Ivermectin vs moxidectin for treating Strongyloides stercoralis infection: a systematic review. Parasitology. 151(13). 1466–1472.

Tamarozzi, Francesca, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of novel recombinant antigen-based (NIE/SsIR) immunochromatographic rapid tests for Strongyloides stercoralis: an accuracy study. Parasites & Vectors. 17(1). 535–535. 2 indexed citations

Prato, Marco, et al.. (2024). Technical evaluation of the InBios Strongy Detect IgG ELISA assay for the diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis infection. Parasites & Vectors. 17(1). 534–534. 1 indexed citations

Rakotoarivelo, Rivo Andry, Norbert Georg Schwarz, Jürgen May, et al.. (2024). Prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis and other helminths in four districts of Madagascar. Tropical Medicine and Health. 52(1). 49–49.

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Requena‐Méndez, Ana, Paolo Cattaneo, Helena Martí-Soler, et al.. (2023). Malaria parasite prevalence among migrants: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 29(12). 1528–1537. 7 indexed citations

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Buonfrate, Dora, Vicky L. Hunt, Peter Odermatt, & Adrian Streit. (2023). Strongyloides : omics to worm-free populations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 379(1894). 20220448–20220448. 2 indexed citations

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Buonfrate, Dora, Richard S. Bradbury, Matthew Watts, & Zeno Bisoffi. (2023). Human strongyloidiasis: complexities and pathways forward. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 36(4). 28 indexed citations

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Buonfrate, Dora, Antonio Montresor, Zeno Bisoffi, Francesca Tamarozzi, & Donal Bisanzio. (2023). Progress towards the implementation of control programmes for strongyloidiasis in endemic areas: estimation of number of adults in need of ivermectin for strongyloidiasis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 379(1894). 20220433–20220433. 4 indexed citations

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Riccardi, Niccolò, Paola Rodari, Dora Buonfrate, et al.. (2020). Accidental diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia after 18F FDG PET/CT: a case series. Clinical and Translational Imaging. 8(5). 393–400. 7 indexed citations

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Barratt, Joel, Meredith Lane, Gemma Robertson, et al.. (2019). A global genotyping survey of Strongyloides stercoralis and Strongyloides fuelleborni using deep amplicon sequencing. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 13(9). e0007609–e0007609. 47 indexed citations

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Angheben, Andrea, Dora Buonfrate, Mario Cruciani, et al.. (2019). Rapid immunochromatographic tests for the diagnosis of chronic Chagas disease in at-risk populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 13(5). e0007271–e0007271. 25 indexed citations

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Iatta, Roberta, Dora Buonfrate, Paola Paradies, et al.. (2018). Occurrence, diagnosis and follow-up of canine strongyloidiosis in naturally infected shelter dogs. Parasitology. 146(2). 246–252. 18 indexed citations

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Angheben, Andrea, Dora Buonfrate, Lorenzo Zammarchi, et al.. (2018). Seroprevalence of Taenia solium antibodies in a cohort of Bolivian immigrants in Italy. Acta Tropica. 185. 107–109. 1 indexed citations

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Tamarozzi, Francesca, Dora Buonfrate, Geraldo Badona Monteiro, et al.. (2018). Ultrasound and intestinal lesions in Schistosoma mansoni infection: A case-control pilot study outside endemic areas. PLoS ONE. 13(12). e0209333–e0209333. 4 indexed citations

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Bisoffi, Zeno, Federico Gobbi, Dora Buonfrate, & Jef Van den Ende. (2012). DIAGNOSIS OF MALARIA INFECTION WITH OR WITHOUT DISEASE. Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases. 4(1). e2012036–e2012036. 17 indexed citations

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