Jayani Pathirana

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 564 citations indexed

About

Jayani Pathirana is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Jayani Pathirana has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 564 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Epidemiology, 6 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 5 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Jayani Pathirana's work include Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (5 papers), Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (5 papers) and Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (5 papers). Jayani Pathirana is often cited by papers focused on Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (5 papers), Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (5 papers) and Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (5 papers). Jayani Pathirana collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Australia. Jayani Pathirana's co-authors include Clare Cutland, Flor M. Muñoz, Sonali Kochhar, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Milagritos D. Tapia, Azucena Bardají, Eve Lackritz, Chandrakant Lahariya, Tamala Mallett Moore and Shabir A. Madhi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Jayani Pathirana

15 papers receiving 551 citations

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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.

Low birth weight: Case definition & guidelines for data collection, analysis, and presentation of maternal immunization safety data

2017 275 citations Clare Cutland, Eve Lackritz et al. Vaccine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jayani Pathirana South Africa	11	278	181	118	109	98	16	564
Tamala Mallett Moore United States	8	348 1.3×	190 1.0×	208 1.8×	106 1.0×	144 1.5×	15	707
Laxman Shrestha Nepal	18	244 0.9×	394 2.2×	137 1.2×	170 1.6×	66 0.7×	63	922
Shiyam Sunder Tikmani Pakistan	14	296 1.1×	134 0.7×	71 0.6×	91 0.8×	154 1.6×	55	573
Roy K. Philip Ireland	14	178 0.6×	224 1.2×	176 1.5×	31 0.3×	125 1.3×	44	595
B. J. Selwyn United States	11	170 0.6×	279 1.5×	54 0.5×	137 1.3×	91 0.9×	23	627
María Luisa Cafferata Argentina	18	289 1.0×	291 1.6×	185 1.6×	124 1.1×	330 3.4×	54	973
Scott P. Oltman United States	18	389 1.4×	333 1.8×	234 2.0×	62 0.6×	159 1.6×	59	926
Uchenna Ekwochi Nigeria	15	375 1.3×	234 1.3×	34 0.3×	307 2.8×	90 0.9×	65	756
Uilho Antônio Gomes Brazil	14	314 1.1×	197 1.1×	140 1.2×	76 0.7×	127 1.3×	37	639
S. C. LeClerq United States	14	201 0.7×	91 0.5×	44 0.4×	344 3.2×	108 1.1×	20	771

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16 of 16 papers shown

Pathirana, Jayani, Moti Ramgopal, Charlotte Martin, et al.. (2025). Safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of an adult-specific pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, V116, in people living with HIV (STRIDE-7): a two-part, parallel-group, randomised, active comparator-controlled, international, phase 3 trial. The Lancet HIV. 12(10). e679–e690.

Mackenzie, Grant, Jessica McLellan, Eunice Machuka, et al.. (2022). Aetiology of lobar pneumonia determined by multiplex molecular analyses of lung and pleural aspirate specimens in the Gambia: findings from population-based pneumonia surveillance. BMJ Open. 12(3). e056706–e056706. 2 indexed citations

Pathirana, Jayani, Gaurav Kwatra, Innocent Maposa, Michelle J. Groome, & Shabir A. Madhi. (2021). Effect of cytomegalovirus infection on humoral immune responses to select vaccines administered during infancy. Vaccine. 39(34). 4793–4799. 2 indexed citations

Dorfman, Jeffrey R., et al.. (2021). In Utero Human Cytomegalovirus Infection Is Associated With Increased Levels of Putatively Protective Maternal Antibodies in Nonprimary Infection: Evidence for Boosting but Not Protection. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 73(4). e981–e987. 11 indexed citations

Pathirana, Jayani, Firdose Nakwa, Ismail Mayet, et al.. (2020). Neurological and growth outcomes in South African children with congenital cytomegalovirus: A cohort study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

Giles, Michelle, Carsten Mantel, Flor M. Muñoz, et al.. (2020). Vaccine implementation factors affecting maternal tetanus immunization in low- and middle-income countries: Results of the Maternal Immunization and Antenatal Care Situational Analysis (MIACSA) project. Vaccine. 38(33). 5268–5277. 17 indexed citations

Pathirana, Jayani, Firdose Nakwa, Ismail Mayet, et al.. (2020). Neurological and growth outcomes in South African children with congenital cytomegalovirus: A cohort study. PLoS ONE. 15(9). e0238102–e0238102. 8 indexed citations

Giles, Michelle, Elizabeth Mason, Flor M. Muñoz, et al.. (2020). Antenatal care service delivery and factors affecting effective tetanus vaccine coverage in low- and middle-income countries: Results of the Maternal Immunisation and Antenatal Care Situational analysis (MIACSA) project. Vaccine. 38(33). 5278–5285. 18 indexed citations

Chawana, Richard, Vicky L. Baillie, Alane Izu, et al.. (2019). Potential of Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling for Attributing Specific Causes of Childhood Deaths in South Africa: A Pilot, Epidemiological Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 69(Supplement_4). S361–S373. 23 indexed citations

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Madhi, Shabir A., Jayani Pathirana, Vicky L. Baillie, et al.. (2019). Unraveling Specific Causes of Neonatal Mortality Using Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling: An Observational Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 69(Supplement_4). S351–S360. 33 indexed citations

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Pathirana, Jayani, Michelle J. Groome, Jeffrey R. Dorfman, et al.. (2019). Prevalence of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection and Associated Risk of In Utero Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Acquisition in a High-HIV Prevalence Setting, South Africa. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 69(10). 1789–1796. 23 indexed citations

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Cutland, Clare, Eve Lackritz, Tamala Mallett Moore, et al.. (2017). Low birth weight: Case definition & guidelines for data collection, analysis, and presentation of maternal immunization safety data. Vaccine. 35(48). 6492–6500. 275 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pathirana, Jayani, Flor M. Muñoz, Victoria Abbing‐Karahagopian, et al.. (2016). Neonatal death: Case definition & guidelines for data collection, analysis, and presentation of immunization safety data. Vaccine. 34(49). 6027–6037. 69 indexed citations

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Nunes, Marta C., et al.. (2016). The Burden of Pertussis Hospitalization in HIV-Exposed and HIV-Unexposed South African Infants. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 63(suppl 4). S165–S173. 27 indexed citations

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Pathirana, Jayani, et al.. (2015). Determinants of maternal immunization in developing countries. Vaccine. 33(26). 2971–2977. 34 indexed citations

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Hill, Philip C., James Jafali, Momodou Jasseh, et al.. (2015). Child Mortality after Discharge from a Health Facility following Suspected Pneumonia, Meningitis or Septicaemia in Rural Gambia: A Cohort Study. PLoS ONE. 10(9). e0137095–e0137095. 21 indexed citations

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