Eric Bertherat

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Eric Bertherat is a scholar working on Genetics, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Bertherat has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Genetics, 16 papers in Infectious Diseases and 14 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Eric Bertherat's work include Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research (18 papers), Zoonotic diseases and public health (14 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (10 papers). Eric Bertherat is often cited by papers focused on Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research (18 papers), Zoonotic diseases and public health (14 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (10 papers). Eric Bertherat collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, France and United States. Eric Bertherat's co-authors include Direk Limmathurotsakul, David A. B. Dance, Simon I Hay, David M. Pigott, Dionne Bezerra Rolim, Nick Golding, Nicholas Day, Catherine L. Moyes, Jane P. Messina and Sharon J. Peacock and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nature Reviews Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Eric Bertherat

40 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Predicted global distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei and burden of melioidosis

2016 693 citations Direk Limmathurotsakul, Nick Golding et al. Nature Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric Bertherat Switzerland	19	821	660	635	521	490	40	2.3k
Alex R. Hoffmaster United States	31	881 1.1×	433 0.7×	716 1.1×	324 0.6×	637 1.3×	102	3.3k
Robbin S. Weyant United States	30	650 0.8×	1.0k 1.5×	187 0.3×	472 0.9×	1.4k 2.8×	56	3.4k
Kamruddin Ahmed Japan	28	832 1.0×	1.1k 1.7×	274 0.4×	437 0.8×	97 0.2×	174	2.7k
Rachel Urwin United Kingdom	23	2.3k 2.8×	1.3k 2.0×	488 0.8×	599 1.1×	190 0.4×	64	5.9k
Rob Baird Australia	28	1.0k 1.3×	637 1.0×	78 0.1×	437 0.8×	292 0.6×	120	2.6k
Boon Huan Tan Singapore	28	1.0k 1.2×	1.3k 2.0×	167 0.3×	520 1.0×	54 0.1×	92	2.6k
Thomas Weitzel Chile	26	242 0.3×	1.2k 1.8×	105 0.2×	771 1.5×	897 1.8×	110	2.4k
João Paulo Gomes Portugal	32	1.3k 1.6×	591 0.9×	181 0.3×	251 0.5×	170 0.3×	163	3.4k
Sean V. Shadomy United States	22	299 0.4×	479 0.7×	191 0.3×	345 0.7×	304 0.6×	51	1.5k
Pierre Gallian France	31	769 0.9×	2.3k 3.5×	214 0.3×	879 1.7×	294 0.6×	104	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Eric Bertherat

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric Bertherat

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Eric Bertherat. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Eric Bertherat 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 Eric Bertherat. Eric Bertherat is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Argibay, Hernán Darío, et al.. (2024). Systematic surveillance tools to reduce rodent pests in disadvantaged urban areas can empower communities and improve public health. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 4503–4503. 10 indexed citations

Martinez-Silveira, Martha Sílvia, Hussein Khalil, Steven R. Belmain, et al.. (2022). A systematic review of rodent control as part of infectious disease control programs. International Journal of Pest Management. 70(4). 1171–1178. 2 indexed citations

Birnie, Emma, Harjeet Singh Virk, René Spijker, et al.. (2019). Global burden of melioidosis in 2015: a systematic review and data synthesis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 19(8). 892–902. 97 indexed citations

Andrianaivoarimanana, Voahangy, et al.. (2018). Mixed pneumonic plague and nosocomial MDR-bacterial infection of lung: a rare case report. BMC Pulmonary Medicine. 18(1). 92–92. 6 indexed citations

Limmathurotsakul, Direk, Nick Golding, David A. B. Dance, et al.. (2016). Predicted global distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei and burden of melioidosis. Nature Microbiology. 1(1). 15008–15008. 693 indexed citations breakdown →

Dobigny, Gauthier, Caroline Tatard, Anne Loiseau, et al.. (2015). Urban Market Gardening and Rodent-Borne Pathogenic Leptospira in Arid Zones: A Case Study in Niamey, Niger. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 9(10). e0004097–e0004097. 35 indexed citations

Maganga, Gaël Darren, Jimmy Kapetshi, Nicolás Berthet, et al.. (2014). Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo. New England Journal of Medicine. 371(22). 2083–2091. 213 indexed citations

Picardeau, Mathieu, Eric Bertherat, Michel Jancloes, et al.. (2013). Rapid tests for diagnosis of leptospirosis: Current tools and emerging technologies. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 78(1). 1–8. 127 indexed citations

Agier, Lydiane, Hélène Broutin, Eric Bertherat, et al.. (2013). Timely detection of bacterial meningitis epidemics at district level: a study in three countries of the African Meningitis Belt. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 107(1). 30–36. 11 indexed citations

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Cabanel, Nicolas, Alexandre Leclercq, Viviane Chenal‐Francisque, et al.. (2013). Plague Outbreak in Libya, 2009, Unrelated to Plague in Algeria. Emerging infectious diseases. 19(2). 230–236. 44 indexed citations

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Béresniak, Ariel, et al.. (2012). A Bayesian network approach to the study of historical epidemiological databases: modelling meningitis outbreaks in the Niger. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 90(6). 412–417. 8 indexed citations

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Bertherat, Eric, et al.. (2011). Can sputum collection practices for tuberculosis improve laboratory diagnosis of pneumonic plague in developing countries?. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 17(2). 231–234. 2 indexed citations

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Bertherat, Eric, Philippe Thullier, Kathleen England, et al.. (2011). Lessons Learned about Pneumonic Plague Diagnosis from 2 Outbreaks, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Emerging infectious diseases. 17(5). 778–784. 35 indexed citations

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Neerinckx, Simon, Eric Bertherat, & Herwig Leirs. (2009). Human plague occurrences in Africa: an overview from 1877 to 2008. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 104(2). 97–103. 56 indexed citations

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Stenseth, Nils Chr., Bakyt B. Atshabar, Michael Begon, et al.. (2008). Plague: Past, Present, and Future. PLoS Medicine. 5(1). e3–e3. 356 indexed citations

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Alonso, Jean‐Michel, Eric Bertherat, William Perea, et al.. (2006). From genomics to surveillance, prevention and control: New challenges for the African meningitis belt. Vaccine. 24(20). 4279–4284. 4 indexed citations

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Aguado, T., Eric Bertherat, Mamoudou Harouna Djingarey, et al.. (2004). Focus: Meningococcal meningitis. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 3(1). 10–10. 3 indexed citations

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Bertherat, Eric, et al.. (1999). Leptospirosis and Ebola virus infection in five gold-panning villages in northeastern Gabon.. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 60(4). 610–615. 47 indexed citations

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Bertherat, Eric, et al.. (1998). Seroprevalence of Rickettsia in a goldpanning population in north-eastern Gabon. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 92(4). 393–394. 3 indexed citations

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Bertherat, Eric, et al.. (1998). Seroprevalence of four sexually transmitted diseases in a semi-urban population of Gabon. International Journal of STD & AIDS. 9(1). 31–36. 9 indexed citations

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