Hein Sprong

19.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
259 papers, 12.5k citations indexed

About

Hein Sprong is a scholar working on Parasitology, Infectious Diseases and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Hein Sprong has authored 259 papers receiving a total of 12.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 216 papers in Parasitology, 187 papers in Infectious Diseases and 99 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Hein Sprong's work include Vector-borne infectious diseases (198 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (175 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (97 papers). Hein Sprong is often cited by papers focused on Vector-borne infectious diseases (198 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (175 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (97 papers). Hein Sprong collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Belgium and United States. Hein Sprong's co-authors include Gerrit van Meer, Manoj Fonville, Peter van der Sluijs, Joke van der Giessen, Simone M. Cacciò, Setareh Jahfari, Joppe W. Hovius, Willem Takken, Dieter Heylen and Joke W. B. van der Giessen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Hein Sprong

246 papers receiving 12.2k citations

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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.

Food-borne diseases — The challenges of 20 years ago still persist while new ones continue to emerge

2010 848 citations Hein Sprong et al. profile →
MDR1 P-Glycoprotein Is a Lipid Translocase of Broad Specificity, While MDR3 P-Glycoprotein Specifically Translocates Phosphatidylcholine

1996 715 citations Hein Sprong et al. profile →
Lipoprotein particles are required for Hedgehog and Wingless signalling

2005 536 citations Hein Sprong et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hein Sprong Netherlands	56	7.3k	6.5k	3.0k	2.9k	1.5k	259	12.5k
Robin B. Gasser Australia	78	15.0k 2.1×	4.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	3.4k 1.2×	1.0k 0.7×	799	26.7k
Vsevolod L. Popov United States	59	3.3k 0.5×	4.1k 0.6×	1.0k 0.3×	2.1k 0.7×	2.9k 1.9×	230	9.8k
Michael V. Norgard United States	64	5.3k 0.7×	4.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	2.0k 0.7×	980 0.6×	162	12.9k
Robert A. Heinzen United States	50	4.1k 0.6×	1.8k 0.3×	598 0.2×	3.5k 1.2×	2.2k 1.5×	123	10.6k
Hong Yin China	43	5.1k 0.7×	3.2k 0.5×	3.2k 1.0×	1.4k 0.5×	525 0.3×	440	8.3k
John M. Leong United States	59	2.4k 0.3×	2.8k 0.4×	719 0.2×	2.9k 1.0×	729 0.5×	176	10.8k
David S. Roos United States	68	8.1k 1.1×	1.2k 0.2×	524 0.2×	8.9k 3.1×	3.2k 2.0×	186	19.6k
José M. C. Ribeiro United States	82	8.4k 1.2×	4.7k 0.7×	3.1k 1.0×	5.6k 1.9×	8.1k 5.3×	422	24.1k
Louis M. Weiss United States	68	11.8k 1.6×	1.9k 0.3×	415 0.1×	3.7k 1.3×	2.9k 1.9×	388	18.7k
John F. Andersen United States	56	2.4k 0.3×	975 0.2×	717 0.2×	2.4k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	140	8.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hein Sprong

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20 of 20 papers shown

Holding, Maya, Manoj Fonville, Ron P. Dirks, et al.. (2025). Midichloria mitochondrii stimulates the sylvatic cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) in Ixodes ricinus and contributes to Lyme disease risk. Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases. 8. 100290–100290.

Gorkom, Tamara van, Michiel Heron, Agnetha Hofhuis, et al.. (2025). Alpha‐Gal Sensitization Dynamics in Individuals After Tick Bites With or Without Erythema Migrans. Clinical & Experimental Allergy. 55(4). 350–353.

Sprong, Hein, et al.. (2025). Role of tick infestation in the progression of Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in lambs. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 16(3). 102477–102477.

Koetsveld, Joris, Alex Wagemakers, Matthijs C. Brouwer, et al.. (2024). Limited evidence of infection with other tick-borne pathogens in patients tested for Lyme neuroborreliosis in the Netherlands. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 15(6). 102415–102415.

Heylen, Dieter, et al.. (2024). Xenodiagnosis in the wild: A methodology to investigate infectiousness for tick-borne bacteria in a songbird reservoir. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 100210–100210. 1 indexed citations

Hartemink, Nienke, Gerrit Gort, Aleksandra I. Krawczyk, et al.. (2024). Spatial and temporal variation of five different pathogens and symbionts in Ixodes ricinus nymphs in the Netherlands. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 100209–100209. 4 indexed citations

Sprong, Hein, et al.. (2024). Detection ofBartonella schoenbuchensis(sub)species DNA in different louse fly species in Saxony, Germany: The proof of multiple PCR analysis necessity in case of ruminant‐associated bartonellae determination. Veterinary Medicine and Science. 10(3). e1417–e1417. 4 indexed citations

Mateos‐Hernández, Lourdes, Tal Azagi, Angélique Foucault‐Simonin, et al.. (2024). Rickettsia helvetica in C3H/HeN mice: A model for studying pathogen-host interactions. Heliyon. 10(18). e37931–e37931. 1 indexed citations

Estrada‐Peña, Agustín, et al.. (2024). A crucial nexus: Phylogenetic versus ecological support of the life-cycle of Ixodes ricinus (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae) and Borrelia spp. amplification. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 100198–100198. 3 indexed citations

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Martel, An, Lander Baeten, Manoj Fonville, et al.. (2024). The effect of forest structural complexity on tick-borne pathogens in questing ticks and small mammals. Forest Ecology and Management. 562. 121944–121944. 3 indexed citations

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Pascoe, Emily L., Ankje de Vries, Helen J. Esser, Constantianus J. M. Koenraadt, & Hein Sprong. (2023). Detection of tick-borne encephalitis virus in ear tissue and dried blood spots from naturally infected wild rodents. Parasites & Vectors. 16(1). 103–103. 1 indexed citations

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Maas, Miriam, et al.. (2023). Assessing Surveillance of Wildlife Diseases by Determining Mammal Species Vulnerability to Climate Change. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2023. 1–15. 1 indexed citations

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Sprong, Hein, et al.. (2022). The circulation of Anaplasma phagocytophilum ecotypes is associated with community composition of vertebrate hosts. Ecosphere. 13(9). 10 indexed citations

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Azagi, Tal, Ryanne I. Jaarsma, Arieke Docters van Leeuwen, et al.. (2021). Circulation of Babesia Species and Their Exposure to Humans through Ixodes ricinus. Pathogens. 10(4). 386–386. 30 indexed citations

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Jaarsma, Ryanne I., Anderson Oliveira do Carmo, Manoj Fonville, et al.. (2020). Mitochondrial sequences of Rhipicephalus and Coxiella endosymbiont reveal evidence of lineages co-cladogenesis. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 96(6). 11 indexed citations

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Jaarsma, Ryanne I., Hein Sprong, Katsuhisa Takumi, et al.. (2019). Anaplasma phagocytophilum evolves in geographical and biotic niches of vertebrates and ticks. Parasites & Vectors. 12(1). 328–328. 89 indexed citations

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Hofmeester, Tim R., et al.. (2019). Parasite Load and Site-Specific Parasite Pressure as Determinants of Immune Indices in Two Sympatric Rodent Species. Animals. 9(12). 1015–1015. 4 indexed citations

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Hofmeester, Tim R., Hein Sprong, Patrick A. Jansen, H.H.T. Prins, & Sipke E. van Wieren. (2017). Deer presence rather than abundance determines the population density of the sheep tick, Ixodes ricinus, in Dutch forests. Parasites & Vectors. 10(1). 433–433. 76 indexed citations

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Estrada‐Peña, Agustín, et al.. (2016). Nested coevolutionary networks shape the ecological relationships of ticks, hosts, and the Lyme disease bacteria of the Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.) complex. Parasites & Vectors. 9(1). 517–517. 34 indexed citations

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Hovius, Joppe W. & Hein Sprong. (2014). [Combatting Lyme disease].. PubMed. 158. A7986–A7986. 1 indexed citations

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