Elijah Paintsil

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Elijah Paintsil is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Virology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elijah Paintsil has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Infectious Diseases, 32 papers in Virology and 26 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Elijah Paintsil's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (38 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (32 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (25 papers). Elijah Paintsil is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (38 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (32 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (25 papers). Elijah Paintsil collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ghana and United Kingdom. Elijah Paintsil's co-authors include Musie Ghebremichael, Robert Heimer, Lorna Renner, Brett D. Lindenbach, Warren A. Andiman, Ulla Larsen, Christopher M. Peters, Mawuena Binka, Amisha Patel and Louis Alexander and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Elijah Paintsil

88 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Symptomatic Acute Myocarditis in 7 Adolescents After Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccination

2021 249 citations Leonard Emuren, Elijah Paintsil et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elijah Paintsil United States	22	1.1k	574	384	340	208	94	1.8k
Elizabeth Cooney United States	28	456 0.4×	970 1.7×	355 0.9×	456 1.3×	322 1.5×	61	2.8k
James Hakim Zimbabwe	23	1.2k 1.1×	956 1.7×	244 0.6×	370 1.1×	129 0.6×	89	2.0k
Anneli Uusküla Estonia	27	1.1k 1.0×	1.4k 2.4×	288 0.8×	226 0.7×	209 1.0×	154	2.3k
Viviane Bremer Germany	25	573 0.5×	769 1.3×	220 0.6×	194 0.6×	277 1.3×	117	1.8k
Joseph Mrus United States	23	936 0.9×	929 1.6×	338 0.9×	276 0.8×	712 3.4×	62	2.3k
Adrian D. Smith United Kingdom	26	1.4k 1.3×	1.2k 2.1×	568 1.5×	273 0.8×	142 0.7×	74	2.9k
Barry S. Zingman United States	20	985 0.9×	652 1.1×	171 0.4×	438 1.3×	123 0.6×	57	1.6k
Abdel Babiker United Kingdom	26	1.4k 1.3×	645 1.1×	336 0.9×	1.2k 3.5×	68 0.3×	66	2.7k
Philip J. Peters United States	20	761 0.7×	638 1.1×	129 0.3×	240 0.7×	76 0.4×	71	1.4k
Jodie L. Guest United States	22	1.0k 1.0×	712 1.2×	324 0.8×	182 0.5×	135 0.6×	51	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elijah Paintsil

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20 of 20 papers shown

Paintsil, Elijah, et al.. (2025). Oxidative Stress in People Living With HIV: Are Diverse Supplement Sources the Solution?. Health Science Reports. 8(5). e70824–e70824.

Olakunde, Babayemi O., Tonia C. Onyeka, Elijah Paintsil, et al.. (2024). Hepatitis B vaccine birth dose coverage among hepatitis B-exposed and hepatitis B-unexposed infants: evidence from the Healthy Beginning Initiative program in Benue State, Nigeria. Pan African Medical Journal. 47. 67–67.

Maya, Ernest, et al.. (2024). Prevalence and risk factors associated with high-risk human papillomavirus infection among women living with HIV (WLWH) at a tertiary health facility in Accra, Ghana. PLoS ONE. 19(5). e0303535–e0303535. 2 indexed citations

Abdulaziz, Mohammed, Tochi Okwor, Elijah Paintsil, et al.. (2023). Supporting the Manufacturing of Medical Supplies in Africa: Collaboration Between Africa CDC, Partners, and Member States. Global Health Science and Practice. 11(5). e2300121–e2300121. 4 indexed citations

Ransome, Yusuf, et al.. (2023). Almajiri health; a scoping review on disease, health literacy and space for participatory research. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(10). e0001641–e0001641.

Shabanova, Veronika, Leonard Emuren, Sampson Antwi, et al.. (2023). Pediatric HIV Disclosure Intervention Improves Immunologic Outcome at 48 Weeks: The Sankofa Trial Experience. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 94(4). 371–380.

Lawson, Henry, et al.. (2022). Effectiveness of Continuing Medical Education in Ghana: Preliminary Study. 10(1). 14–21.

Hansen, Caitlin E., Melissa Funaro, Melissa Campbell, et al.. (2022). Evidence-based service delivery interventions for testing, linking, treating, and retaining children and adolescents living with HIV in primary health care settings: Protocol for a systematic review. PLoS ONE. 17(6). e0269063–e0269063. 1 indexed citations

Paintsil, Elijah, et al.. (2020). Syndromic versus Laboratory Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Men in Moshi District of Tanzania. AIDS Research and Treatment. 2020. 1–7. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Min, et al.. (2020). Tenofovir alafenamide does not inhibit mitochondrial function and cholesterol biosynthesis in human T lymphoblastoid cell line. Antiviral Research. 183. 104948–104948. 3 indexed citations

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Ramos, S. Raquel, et al.. (2019). Prototype Development, Usability, and Preference of a Culturally-relevant Pictorial Aid to Facilitate Comprehension of Likert-type Levels of Agreement in Caregivers of Children Living With HIV in Ghana. CIN Computers Informatics Nursing. 38(1). 45–52. 4 indexed citations

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Sopeyin, Anuoluwapo, Lei Zhou, Min Li, Lydia Barakat, & Elijah Paintsil. (2019). Dysregulation of sterol regulatory element-binding protein 2 gene in HIV treatment-experienced individuals. PLoS ONE. 14(12). e0226573–e0226573. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Min, Anuoluwapo Sopeyin, & Elijah Paintsil. (2018). Combination of Tenofovir and Emtricitabine with Efavirenz Does Not Moderate Inhibitory Effect of Efavirenz on Mitochondrial Function and Cholesterol Biosynthesis in Human T Lymphoblastoid Cell Line. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 62(9). 12 indexed citations

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Sam‐Agudu, Nadia A., Elijah Paintsil, Muktar H. Aliyu, et al.. (2017). Building Sustainable Local Capacity for Global Health Research in West Africa. Annals of Global Health. 82(6). 1010–1010. 21 indexed citations

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Binka, Mawuena, Elijah Paintsil, Amisha Patel, Brett D. Lindenbach, & Robert Heimer. (2015). Survival of Hepatitis C Virus in Syringes Is Dependent on the Design of the Syringe-Needle and Dead Space Volume. PLoS ONE. 10(11). e0139737–e0139737. 17 indexed citations

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Dukhovlinova, Elena, Olga Toussova, Sergei V. Verevochkin, et al.. (2014). Two Independent HIV Epidemics in Saint Petersburg, Russia Revealed by Molecular Epidemiology. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 31(6). 608–614. 22 indexed citations

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Renner, Lorna, et al.. (2013). Performance of Clinical Criteria for Screening of Possible Antiretroviral Related Mitochondrial Toxicity in HIV-Infected Children in Accra. AIDS Research and Treatment. 2013. 1–7. 3 indexed citations

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Paintsil, Elijah. (2012). Update on recent guidelines for the management of urinary tract infections in children. Current Opinion in Pediatrics. 25(1). 88–94. 36 indexed citations

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Paintsil, Elijah. (2010). Monitoring Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-Infected Children in Resource-Limited Countries: A Tale of Two Epidemics. AIDS Research and Treatment. 2011. 1–9. 15 indexed citations

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Ghebremichael, Musie, Ulla Larsen, & Elijah Paintsil. (2009). Association of Age at First Sex With HIV-1, HSV-2, and Other Sexual Transmitted Infections Among Women in Northern Tanzania. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 36(9). 570–576. 49 indexed citations

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