Holly M. Biggs

10.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Holly M. Biggs is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Holly M. Biggs has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Infectious Diseases, 12 papers in Parasitology and 10 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Holly M. Biggs's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (13 papers), Leptospirosis research and findings (8 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (6 papers). Holly M. Biggs is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (13 papers), Leptospirosis research and findings (8 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (6 papers). Holly M. Biggs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Tanzania and New Zealand. Holly M. Biggs's co-authors include John T. Watson, Susan I. Gerber, Marie E. Killerby, John A. Crump, Venance P. Maro, Amber Haynes, Sarah Cleaveland, Claire M. Midgley, Wilbrod Saganda and Jo E. B. Halliday and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Clinical Infectious Diseases and Emerging infectious diseases.

In The Last Decade

Holly M. Biggs

39 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Diagnosis and Management of Tickborne Rickettsial Diseases: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Other Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses, Ehrlichioses, and Anaplasmosis — United States

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Holly M. Biggs United States	17	995	675	418	244	145	41	1.6k
Thomas Weitzel Chile	26	1.2k 1.2×	897 1.3×	771 1.8×	242 1.0×	172 1.2×	110	2.4k
Andrew L. Corwin United States	30	1.2k 1.2×	358 0.5×	767 1.8×	567 2.3×	85 0.6×	74	2.3k
Loïc Epelboin French Guiana	22	899 0.9×	281 0.4×	763 1.8×	386 1.6×	63 0.4×	153	1.6k
Erica Dueger United States	23	648 0.7×	198 0.3×	235 0.6×	599 2.5×	134 0.9×	61	1.5k
Richard S. Bradbury Australia	28	764 0.8×	858 1.3×	425 1.0×	267 1.1×	53 0.4×	127	2.3k
Dianna M. Blau United States	24	1.1k 1.1×	646 1.0×	448 1.1×	427 1.8×	277 1.9×	64	1.8k
Prativa Pandey Nepal	20	907 0.9×	335 0.5×	1.2k 2.8×	265 1.1×	54 0.4×	54	2.1k
Na Ra Yun South Korea	16	804 0.8×	453 0.7×	367 0.9×	185 0.8×	151 1.0×	98	1.3k
Harold Noël France	17	765 0.8×	290 0.4×	822 2.0×	175 0.7×	25 0.2×	45	1.7k
Adriana Lopez United States	28	633 0.6×	1.0k 1.5×	203 0.5×	1.4k 5.7×	93 0.6×	71	2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Holly M. Biggs

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Biggs, Holly M., Rongxia Li, Kelly A. Jackson, et al.. (2025). Trends in Incidence and Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia, Six Emerging Infections Program Surveillance Sites, 2005–2022. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 12(6). ofaf282–ofaf282. 1 indexed citations

Biggs, Holly M., Kelly A. Jackson, Joelle Nadle, et al.. (2023). 2456. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia 30-Day Mortality During 2020 Compared to 2016-2019: Assessing the Impact of COVID-19. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 10(Supplement_2).

Rubach, Matthew P., Manuela Carugati, William L. Nicholson, et al.. (2021). Incidence Estimates of Acute Q Fever and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, from 2007 to 2008 and from 2012 to 2014. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 106(2). 494–503. 10 indexed citations

Al‐Zahrani, Ali, Abdullah M. Assiri, Glen R. Abedi, et al.. (2020). Surveillance and testing for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-COV), Saudi Arabia, 2016-2019. Oman Medical Journal. 6–6. 7 indexed citations

Alzahrani, Abdullah, Stephanie Kujawski, Glen R. Abedi, et al.. (2020). Surveillance and Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, March 2016–March 2019. Emerging infectious diseases. 26(7). 1571–1574. 4 indexed citations

Killerby, Marie E., Holly M. Biggs, Amber Haynes, et al.. (2018). Human coronavirus circulation in the United States 2014–2017. Journal of Clinical Virology. 101. 52–56. 194 indexed citations

Maze, Michael J., Shama Cash‐Goldwasser, Matthew P. Rubach, et al.. (2018). Risk factors for human acute leptospirosis in northern Tanzania. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 12(6). e0006372–e0006372. 43 indexed citations

Biggs, Holly M., et al.. (2018). Adenovirus-Associated Influenza-Like Illness among College Students, Pennsylvania, USA. Emerging infectious diseases. 24(11). 2117–2119. 17 indexed citations

Biggs, Holly M., Monica McNeal, W. Allan Nix, et al.. (2017). Enterovirus D68 Infection Among Children With Medically Attended Acute Respiratory Illness, Cincinnati, Ohio, July–October 2014. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 65(2). 315–323. 6 indexed citations

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Pastula, Daniel M., W. Thane Hancock, Holly M. Biggs, et al.. (2017). Chikungunya virus disease outbreak in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 11(3). e0005410–e0005410. 15 indexed citations

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Binder, Alison M., Holly M. Biggs, Amber Haynes, et al.. (2017). Human Adenovirus Surveillance — United States, 2003–2016. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 66(39). 1039–1042. 97 indexed citations

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Millman, Alexander J., Douglas H. Esposito, Holly M. Biggs, et al.. (2016). Chikungunya and Dengue Virus Infections Among United States Community Service Volunteers Returning from the Dominican Republic, 2014. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 94(6). 1336–1341. 12 indexed citations

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Assiri, Abdullah M., Holly M. Biggs, Glen R. Abedi, et al.. (2016). Increase in Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus Cases in Saudi Arabia Linked to Hospital Outbreak With Continued Circulation of Recombinant Virus, July 1–August 31, 2015. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 3(3). ofw165–ofw165. 20 indexed citations

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Maze, Michael J., Holly M. Biggs, Matthew P. Rubach, et al.. (2016). Comparison of the Estimated Incidence of Acute Leptospirosis in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania between 2007–08 and 2012–14. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 10(12). e0005165–e0005165. 22 indexed citations

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Allan, Kathryn J., Holly M. Biggs, Jo E. B. Halliday, et al.. (2015). Epidemiology of Leptospirosis in Africa: A Systematic Review of a Neglected Zoonosis and a Paradigm for ‘One Health’ in Africa. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 9(9). e0003899–e0003899. 122 indexed citations

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Moon, Andrew M., Holly M. Biggs, Matthew P. Rubach, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of In-Hospital Management for Febrile Illness in Northern Tanzania before and after 2010 World Health Organization Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e89814–e89814. 17 indexed citations

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Biggs, Holly M., Richard Lester, Behzad Nadjm, et al.. (2013). Invasive Salmonella Infections in Areas of High and Low Malaria Transmission Intensity in Tanzania. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 58(5). 638–647. 75 indexed citations

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Biggs, Holly M., et al.. (2013). Leptospirosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Co-Infection Among Febrile Inpatients in Northern Tanzania. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 13(8). 572–580. 16 indexed citations

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Biggs, Holly M., Julian T. Hertz, Renee L. Galloway, et al.. (2013). Estimating Leptospirosis Incidence Using Hospital-Based Surveillance and a Population-Based Health Care Utilization Survey in Tanzania. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 7(12). e2589–e2589. 39 indexed citations

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Biggs, Holly M., Renee L. Galloway, Robyn A. Stoddard, et al.. (2011). Leptospirosis among Hospitalized Febrile Patients in Northern Tanzania. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 85(2). 275–281. 79 indexed citations

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