Erol Fikrig

38.4k total citations · 8 hit papers
418 papers, 28.8k citations indexed

About

Erol Fikrig is a scholar working on Parasitology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Erol Fikrig has authored 418 papers receiving a total of 28.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 268 papers in Parasitology, 267 papers in Infectious Diseases and 157 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Erol Fikrig's work include Vector-borne infectious diseases (263 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (247 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (140 papers). Erol Fikrig is often cited by papers focused on Vector-borne infectious diseases (263 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (247 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (140 papers). Erol Fikrig collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and China. Erol Fikrig's co-authors include Richard A. Flavell, John F. Anderson, Stephen W. Barthold, Ruth R. Montgomery, Juan Anguíta, Fred S. Kantor, Sukanya Narasimhan, Utpal Pal, Sam R. Telford and Tian Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Erol Fikrig

412 papers receiving 28.2k 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 IFITM Proteins Mediate Cellular Resistance to Influenza A H1N1 Virus, West Nile Virus, and Dengue Virus

2009 1.0k citations Manoj N. Krishnan, Erol Fikrig et al. profile →
Toll-like receptor 3 mediates West Nile virus entry into the brain causing lethal encephalitis

2004 892 citations Terrence Town, John F. Anderson et al. profile →
Interleukin (IL)-6 Directs the Differentiation of IL-4–producing CD4+ T Cells

1997 699 citations Erol Fikrig, Richard A. Flavell et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
Vaccination against Lyme Disease with RecombinantBorrelia burgdorferiOuter-Surface Lipoprotein A with Adjuvant

1998 509 citations Erol Fikrig et al. profile →
Protection of Mice Against the Lyme Disease Agent by Immunizing with Recombinant OspA

1990 414 citations Erol Fikrig, Fred S. Kantor et al. profile →
Gut Microbiota of the Tick Vector Ixodes scapularis Modulate Colonization of the Lyme Disease Spirochete

2014 268 citations Sukanya Narasimhan, Kathleen DePonte et al. profile →
mRNA vaccination induces tick resistance and prevents transmission of the Lyme disease agent

2021 102 citations Andaleeb Sajid, Jaqueline Matias et al. profile →
Development of an mRNA-lipid nanoparticle vaccine against Lyme disease

2023 46 citations Gunjan Arora, Thomas Hart et al. Molecular Therapy profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Erol Fikrig	14.9k	14.7k	8.2k	7.7k	5.2k	418	28.8k
Allen C. Steere	21.5k 1.4×	24.8k 1.7×	4.4k 0.5×	4.5k 0.6×	2.2k 0.4×	301	30.6k
Alan G. Barbour	15.7k 1.1×	20.4k 1.4×	3.7k 0.5×	3.5k 0.5×	5.3k 1.0×	258	23.5k
José M. C. Ribeiro	4.7k 0.3×	8.4k 0.6×	6.8k 0.8×	8.1k 1.1×	9.0k 1.7×	422	24.1k
David H. Walker	8.6k 0.6×	10.4k 0.7×	2.6k 0.3×	4.3k 0.6×	1.6k 0.3×	413	16.3k
Justin D. Radolf	5.7k 0.4×	7.1k 0.5×	5.5k 0.7×	1.9k 0.2×	2.4k 0.5×	233	18.0k
J. Stephen Dumler	11.6k 0.8×	13.6k 0.9×	1.5k 0.2×	3.3k 0.4×	2.1k 0.4×	272	16.1k
Scott C. Weaver	22.3k 1.5×	2.2k 0.2×	1.5k 0.2×	23.6k 3.1×	4.4k 0.8×	517	30.7k
Michael V. Norgard	4.5k 0.3×	5.3k 0.4×	3.9k 0.5×	980 0.1×	2.1k 0.4×	162	12.9k
Christopher D. Paddock	8.6k 0.6×	8.3k 0.6×	664 0.1×	3.2k 0.4×	1.7k 0.3×	222	12.4k
Vsevolod L. Popov	4.1k 0.3×	3.3k 0.2×	1.7k 0.2×	2.9k 0.4×	1.5k 0.3×	230	9.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erol Fikrig

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Marín-López, Alejandro, et al.. (2024). Aedes aegypti adiponectin receptor-like protein signaling facilitates Zika virus infection. mBio. 15(11). e0243324–e0243324.

Marín-López, Alejandro, John D. Huck, Verónica Azcutia, et al.. (2024). The human CD47 checkpoint is targeted by an immunosuppressive Aedes aegypti salivary factor to enhance arboviral skin infectivity. Science Immunology. 9(98). eadk9872–eadk9872. 3 indexed citations

Marín-López, Alejandro, et al.. (2024). Zika virus exists in enterocytes and enteroendocrine cells of the Aedes aegypti midgut. iScience. 27(7). 110353–110353. 4 indexed citations

Arora, Gunjan, Thomas Hart, Emily Bettini, et al.. (2023). Development of an mRNA-lipid nanoparticle vaccine against Lyme disease. Molecular Therapy. 31(9). 2702–2714. 46 indexed citations breakdown →

Marín-López, Alejandro, et al.. (2023). Mosquito Salivary Proteins and Arbovirus Infection: From Viral Enhancers to Potential Targets for Vaccines. Pathogens. 12(3). 371–371. 8 indexed citations

Marín-López, Alejandro, Junjun Jiang, Yuchen Wang, et al.. (2021). Aedes aegypti SNAP and a calcium transporter ATPase influence dengue virus dissemination. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(6). e0009442–e0009442. 6 indexed citations

Narasimhan, Sukanya, Cheyne Kurokawa, Jaqueline Matias, et al.. (2020). Acquired tick resistance: The trail is hot. Parasite Immunology. 43(5). e12808–e12808. 36 indexed citations

Gupta, Akash, Gunjan Arora, Connor Rosen, et al.. (2020). A human secretome library screen reveals a role for Peptidoglycan Recognition Protein 1 in Lyme borreliosis. PLoS Pathogens. 16(11). e1009030–e1009030. 10 indexed citations

Marín-López, Alejandro, Eva Calvo-Pinilla, Sandra Moreno, et al.. (2019). Modeling Arboviral Infection in Mice Lacking the Interferon Alpha/Beta Receptor. Viruses. 11(1). 35–35. 27 indexed citations

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Cao, Lili, Guang Yang, Chunxia Jing, et al.. (2019). HIPK2 is necessary for type I interferon–mediated antiviral immunity. Science Signaling. 12(573). 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Dandan, Zeming Zhang, Shuang Cui, et al.. (2019). ELF4 facilitates innate host defenses against Plasmodium by activating transcription of Pf4 and Ppbp. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(19). 7787–7796. 12 indexed citations

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Abraham, Nabil M., Lei Liu, Brandon L. Jutras, et al.. (2017). Pathogen-mediated manipulation of arthropod microbiota to promote infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(5). E781–E790. 195 indexed citations

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Acharya, Dhiraj, Penghua Wang, Amber M. Paul, et al.. (2016). Interleukin-17A Promotes CD8 ⁺ T Cell Cytotoxicity To Facilitate West Nile Virus Clearance. Journal of Virology. 91(1). 61 indexed citations

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Wang, Penghua, Jianfeng Dai, Fengwei Bai, et al.. (2008). Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 Facilitates West Nile Virus Entry into the Brain. Journal of Virology. 82(18). 8978–8985. 149 indexed citations

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Sukumaran, Bindu, Sukanya Narasimhan, John F. Anderson, et al.. (2006). An Ixodes scapularis protein required for survival of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in tick salivary glands. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 203(6). 1507–1517. 90 indexed citations

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Liang, Fang Ting, Jun Yan, Moustapha Mbow, et al.. (2004). Borrelia burgdorferi Changes Its Surface Antigenic Expression in Response to Host Immune Responses. Infection and Immunity. 72(10). 5759–5767. 175 indexed citations

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Narasimhan, Sukanya, Ruth R. Montgomery, Kathleen DePonte, et al.. (2004). Disruption of Ixodes scapularis anticoagulation by using RNA interference. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(5). 1141–1146. 105 indexed citations

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Narasimhan, Sukanya, Fang Ting Liang, Felix W. Santiago, et al.. (2003). Borrelia burgdorferi transcriptome in the central nervous system of non-human primates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(26). 15953–15958. 46 indexed citations

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Welte, Thomas, Tian Wang, Zhiyuan Zhang, et al.. (2003). STAT3 deletion during hematopoiesis causes Crohn's disease-like pathogenesis and lethality: A critical role of STAT3 in innate immunity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(4). 1879–1884. 319 indexed citations

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Fikrig, Erol. (1997). Lyme disease in transgenic mice expressing the Borrelia burgdorferi flagellin epitope implicated in human neuroborreliosis. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 148(2). 137–143. 1 indexed citations

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