Franc Strle

15.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
234 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Franc Strle is a scholar working on Parasitology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Franc Strle has authored 234 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 183 papers in Parasitology, 172 papers in Infectious Diseases and 64 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Franc Strle's work include Vector-borne infectious diseases (183 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (143 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (53 papers). Franc Strle is often cited by papers focused on Vector-borne infectious diseases (183 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (143 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (53 papers). Franc Strle collaborates with scholars based in Slovenia, United States and Austria. Franc Strle's co-authors include Gerold Stanek, Gary P. Wormser, Eva Ružić‐Sabljić, Stanka Lotrič‐Furlan, Jeremy Gray, Vera Maraspin, J. Cimperman, Allen C. Steere, Tatjana Avšič‐Županc and Miroslav Petrovec and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Franc Strle

228 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

The Clinical Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention of Lyme Disease, Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

2006 1.4k citations Gary P. Wormser, Franc Strle et al. profile →
Lyme borreliosis

2011 871 citations Gerold Stanek, Gary P. Wormser et al. profile →
Lyme borreliosis

2016 532 citations Franc Strle, Gary P. Wormser et al. profile →
Lyme borreliosis: Clinical case definitions for diagnosis and management in Europe

2010 424 citations Gerold Stanek, Franc Strle et al. profile →
Comparison of Lyme Disease in the United States and Europe

2021 147 citations Adriana Marques, Franc Strle et al. Emerging infectious diseases profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Franc Strle Slovenia	47	8.6k	7.9k	2.5k	2.3k	941	234	9.7k
Volker Fingerle Germany	47	6.6k 0.8×	5.7k 0.7×	2.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	1.3k 1.3×	228	7.6k
Peter J. Krause United States	49	8.0k 0.9×	6.9k 0.9×	2.5k 1.0×	3.2k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	197	10.7k
Gerold Stanek Austria	39	6.0k 0.7×	5.3k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	689 0.7×	207	7.6k
Robert B. Nadelman United States	37	5.8k 0.7×	5.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	624 0.7×	83	6.4k
Christopher D. Paddock United States	53	8.3k 1.0×	8.6k 1.1×	3.0k 1.2×	3.2k 1.4×	1.7k 1.8×	222	12.4k
Raymond J. Dattwyler United States	36	4.9k 0.6×	4.2k 0.5×	966 0.4×	1.0k 0.4×	595 0.6×	102	5.9k
J. Stephen Dumler United States	64	13.6k 1.6×	11.6k 1.5×	4.1k 1.6×	3.3k 1.4×	2.1k 2.2×	272	16.1k
Edward B. Breitschwerdt United States	83	18.3k 2.1×	14.4k 1.8×	3.5k 1.4×	4.2k 1.8×	1.0k 1.1×	514	22.6k
Tatjana Avšič‐Županc Slovenia	42	2.7k 0.3×	6.2k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	3.9k 1.7×	572 0.6×	227	7.7k
Stephen W. Barthold United States	57	7.3k 0.8×	6.6k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	1.3k 0.5×	1.3k 1.3×	220	10.4k

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Ogrinc, Katarina, Petra Bogovič, Tereza Rojko, et al.. (2025). Proportion of confirmed Lyme neuroborreliosis cases among adult patients with suspected early European Lyme neuroborreliosis. Infection. 53(4). 1403–1412.

Dobler, Gerhard, Ava Easton, Guntis Karelis, et al.. (2024). Evaluating the need for standardised disease manifestation categories in patients infected with the tick-borne encephalitis virus: A Delphi panel. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 16(1). 102431–102431. 2 indexed citations

Uršič, Tina, Lara Lusa, Franc Strle, et al.. (2024). Acute Human Bocavirus 1 Infection in Children Hospitalized for Acute Bronchiolitis: A 2-Year Prospective Study. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 44(3). 195–199. 1 indexed citations

Blagus, Tanja, et al.. (2024). Genetic variability in the glucocorticoid pathway and treatment outcomes in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a pilot study. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 15. 1418567–1418567. 2 indexed citations

Ogrinc, Katarina, Petra Bogovič, Vera Maraspin, et al.. (2024). Assessment of three criteria to establish borrelial infection in suspected lyme neuroborreliosis. Infection. 53(1). 165–174.

Angulo, Frederick J., Anne‐Mette Lebech, Anna Moniuszko‐Malinowska, et al.. (2024). Incidence of symptomatic Lyme borreliosis in nine European countries. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 149. 107242–107242. 7 indexed citations

Ružić‐Sabljić, Eva, Vera Maraspin, Petra Bogovič, et al.. (2024). Microbiologic Findings in a Cohort of Patients with Erythema Migrans. Microorganisms. 12(1). 185–185. 3 indexed citations

Ogrinc, Katarina, Vera Maraspin, Lara Lusa, et al.. (2021). Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans: clinical and microbiological characteristics of a cohort of 693 Slovenian patients. Journal of Internal Medicine. 290(2). 335–348. 15 indexed citations

Korva, Miša, Nataša Knap, Petra Bogovič, et al.. (2021). Upregulated Intrathecal Expression of VEGF-A and Long Lasting Global Upregulation of Proinflammatory Immune Mediators in Vaccine Breakthrough Tick-Borne Encephalitis. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 11. 696337–696337. 5 indexed citations

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Marques, Adriana, Franc Strle, & Gary P. Wormser. (2021). Comparison of Lyme Disease in the United States and Europe. Emerging infectious diseases. 27(8). 2017–2024. 147 indexed citations breakdown →

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Maraspin, Vera, Petra Bogovič, Katarina Ogrinc, et al.. (2021). Are Differences in Presentation of Early Lyme Borreliosis in Europe and North America a Consequence of a More Frequent Spirochetemia in American Patients?. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10(7). 1448–1448. 3 indexed citations

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Ogrinc, Katarina, Andrej Kastrin, Stanka Lotrič‐Furlan, et al.. (2020). Effect of Statin Use on the Clinical Manifestations, Laboratory Test Results and Outcome of Lyme Neuroborreliosis. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 9(9). 2995–2995. 2 indexed citations

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Markowicz, Mateusz, Anna‐Margarita Schötta, Michael Kundi, et al.. (2018). CXCL13 concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Lyme neuroborreliosis and other neurological disorders determined by Luminex and ELISA. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 9(5). 1137–1142. 30 indexed citations

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Blagus, Rok, et al.. (2018). Clinical Course, Serologic Response, and Long-Term Outcome in Elderly Patients with Early Lyme Borreliosis. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 7(12). 506–506. 20 indexed citations

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Stupica, Daša, et al.. (2015). medplot: A Web Application for Dynamic Summary and Analysis of Longitudinal Medical Data Based on R. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0121760–e0121760. 5 indexed citations

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Strle, Franc, Eva Ružić‐Sabljić, Mateja Logar, et al.. (2011). Comparison of Erythema Migrans Caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia garinii. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 11(9). 1253–1258. 36 indexed citations

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Stupica, Daša, Lara Lusa, Tjaša Cerar, Eva Ružić‐Sabljić, & Franc Strle. (2010). Comparison of Post-Lyme Borreliosis Symptoms in Erythema Migrans Patients with Positive and Negative Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Skin Culture. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 11(7). 883–889. 15 indexed citations

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Strle, Franc & Gerold Stanek. (2009). Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis of Lyme Borreliosis. Current problems in dermatology. 37. 51–110. 128 indexed citations

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Rojko, Tereza, Eva Ružić‐Sabljić, Franc Strle, & Stanka Lotrič‐Furlan. (2005). Prevalence and incidence of Lyme borreliosis among Slovene forestry workers during the period of tick activity. Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. 117(5-6). 219–225. 27 indexed citations

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Logar, Mateja, Eva Ružić‐Sabljić, & Franc Strle. (2002). Comparison of self-assessment and scutal index for the duration of Ixodes ricinus tick attachment.. PubMed. 114(13-14). 489–92. 10 indexed citations

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