Guillermina Kuan

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Guillermina Kuan is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Guillermina Kuan has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Infectious Diseases, 40 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 17 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Guillermina Kuan's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (40 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (35 papers) and Malaria Research and Control (19 papers). Guillermina Kuan is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (40 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (35 papers) and Malaria Research and Control (19 papers). Guillermina Kuan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Nicaragua and Rwanda. Guillermina Kuan's co-authors include Eva Harris, Ángel Balmaseda, Aubree Gordon, Lionel Gresh, Juan Carlos Mercado, Leah C. Katzelnick, M. Elizabeth Halloran, Nery Sánchez, Sergio Ojeda and William Avilés and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Guillermina Kuan

59 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Antibody-dependent enhancement of severe dengue disease in humans

2017 738 citations Leah C. Katzelnick, Lionel Gresh et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Guillermina Kuan United States	27	1.9k	1.8k	490	298	270	61	2.7k
In‐Kyu Yoon United States	27	1.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	442 0.9×	210 0.7×	241 0.9×	79	2.3k
Leah C. Katzelnick United States	27	2.4k 1.3×	2.8k 1.5×	545 1.1×	483 1.6×	252 0.9×	51	3.9k
Flávia Barreto dos Santos Brazil	27	2.8k 1.4×	2.1k 1.1×	519 1.1×	158 0.5×	168 0.6×	109	3.2k
Ángel Balmaseda United States	34	3.5k 1.8×	3.0k 1.7×	541 1.1×	244 0.8×	209 0.8×	58	4.2k
Boris Pastorino France	29	1.7k 0.9×	2.0k 1.1×	296 0.6×	115 0.4×	263 1.0×	54	2.8k
Jesse J. Waggoner United States	31	1.6k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	504 1.0×	154 0.5×	260 1.0×	101	2.6k
Chonticha Klungthong Thailand	25	1.8k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	316 0.6×	231 0.8×	129 0.5×	85	2.2k
Ángel Balmaseda United States	36	3.2k 1.6×	3.2k 1.8×	979 2.0×	425 1.4×	433 1.6×	112	4.8k
In-Kyu Yoon Thailand	25	1.9k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	203 0.4×	361 1.2×	77 0.3×	38	2.2k
Alison J. Johnson United States	24	3.5k 1.8×	3.1k 1.7×	894 1.8×	225 0.8×	245 0.9×	38	4.3k

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Narvaez, Federico, Carlos Eduardo Lucena Montenegro, José G. Juárez, et al.. (2025). Dengue severity by serotype and immune status in 19 years of pediatric clinical studies in Nicaragua. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 19(1). e0012811–e0012811. 4 indexed citations

Zambrana, José Víctor, Ian A. Mellis, Hannah E. Maier, et al.. (2025). Variant-specific antibody correlates of protection against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron symptomatic and overall infections. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10305–10305.

Myers, Rachel A., José Víctor Zambrana, Brenda López, et al.. (2024). Obesity Is Associated With Increased Pediatric Dengue Virus Infection and Disease: A 9-Year Cohort Study in Managua, Nicaragua. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 79(4). 1102–1108. 4 indexed citations

Stadlbauer, Daniel, Ángel Balmaseda, Guillermina Kuan, et al.. (2024). Humoral Correlates of Protection Against Influenza A/H3N2 Virus Infection. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 230(6). 1319–1328. 2 indexed citations

Zambrana, José Víctor, Rosemary A. Aogo, Sandra Bos, et al.. (2024). Primary exposure to Zika virus is linked with increased risk of symptomatic dengue virus infection with serotypes 2, 3, and 4, but not 1. Science Translational Medicine. 16(749). eadn2199–eadn2199. 26 indexed citations

Kuan, Guillermina, Roger López, Sergio Ojeda, et al.. (2023). Infection-Induced Immunity Is Associated With Protection Against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection and Decreased Infectivity. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 76(12). 2126–2133. 9 indexed citations

Aogo, Rosemary A., José Víctor Zambrana, Nery Sánchez, et al.. (2023). Effects of boosting and waning in highly exposed populations on dengue epidemic dynamics. Science Translational Medicine. 15(722). eadi1734–eadi1734. 12 indexed citations

Balmaseda, Ángel, Mayuri Patel, Sergio Ojeda, et al.. (2022). Burden and seasonality of primary and secondary symptomatic common cold coronavirus infections in Nicaraguan children. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 17(1). e13078–e13078. 2 indexed citations

Kubale, John, Guillermina Kuan, Sergio Ojeda, et al.. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 and endemic coronaviruses: Comparing symptom presentation and severity of symptomatic illness among Nicaraguan children. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(5). e0000414–e0000414. 5 indexed citations

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Brouwer, Andrew F., Ángel Balmaseda, Lionel Gresh, et al.. (2022). Birth cohort relative to an influenza A virus’s antigenic cluster introduction drives patterns of children’s antibody titers. PLoS Pathogens. 18(2). e1010317–e1010317. 5 indexed citations

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Dias, Antônio Gregorio, Caroline Atyeo, Carolin Loos, et al.. (2022). Antibody Fc characteristics and effector functions correlate with protection from symptomatic dengue virus type 3 infection. Science Translational Medicine. 14(651). eabm3151–eabm3151. 37 indexed citations

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Alexander, Laura W., Rotem Ben‐Shachar, Leah C. Katzelnick, et al.. (2021). Boosting can explain patterns of fluctuations of ratios of inapparent to symptomatic dengue virus infections. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(14). 8 indexed citations

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Wagner, Abram L., Aubree Gordon, Veronica Tallo, et al.. (2020). Intent to obtain pediatric influenza vaccine among mothers in four middle income countries. Vaccine. 38(27). 4325–4335. 11 indexed citations

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Ng, Sophia, Raffael Nachbagauer, Ángel Balmaseda, et al.. (2019). Novel correlates of protection against pandemic H1N1 influenza A virus infection. Nature Medicine. 25(6). 962–967. 124 indexed citations

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Tsang, Tim K., Lionel Gresh, Aubree Gordon, et al.. (2019). Effects of infection history on dengue virus infection and pathogenicity. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1246–1246. 34 indexed citations

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Burger‐Calderon, Raquel, Karla González, Sergio Ojeda, et al.. (2018). Zika virus infection in Nicaraguan households. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 12(5). e0006518–e0006518. 12 indexed citations

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Waggoner, Jesse J., Ángel Balmaseda, Lionel Gresh, et al.. (2016). Homotypic Dengue Virus Reinfections in Nicaraguan Children. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 214(7). 986–993. 103 indexed citations

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Balmaseda, Ángel, Aubree Gordon, Lionel Gresh, et al.. (2015). Clinical Attack Rate of Chikungunya in a Cohort of Nicaraguan Children. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 94(2). 397–399. 24 indexed citations

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Nelson, Martha I., Ángel Balmaseda, Guillermina Kuan, et al.. (2014). The evolutionary dynamics of influenza A and B viruses in the tropical city of Managua, Nicaragua. Virology. 462-463. 81–90. 6 indexed citations

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Montoya, Magelda, Lionel Gresh, Juan Carlos Mercado, et al.. (2013). Symptomatic Versus Inapparent Outcome in Repeat Dengue Virus Infections Is Influenced by the Time Interval between Infections and Study Year. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 7(8). e2357–e2357. 177 indexed citations

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