Kara Osbak

1.1k total citations
31 papers, 769 citations indexed

About

Kara Osbak is a scholar working on Physiology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Kara Osbak has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 769 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Physiology, 19 papers in Microbiology and 7 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Kara Osbak's work include Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment (19 papers), Reproductive tract infections research (18 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (7 papers). Kara Osbak is often cited by papers focused on Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment (19 papers), Reproductive tract infections research (18 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (7 papers). Kara Osbak collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, South Africa and Netherlands. Kara Osbak's co-authors include Chris Kenyon, Nicola L. Beer, Anna L. Gloyn, Sian Ellard, Christine Bellanné‐Chantelot, Cécile Saint‐Martin, Kevin Colclough, Chris Kenyon, Tania Crucitti and Achilleas Tsoumanis and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Diabetes Care and AIDS.

In The Last Decade

Kara Osbak

29 papers receiving 758 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kara Osbak Belgium	14	342	275	264	223	213	31	769
Marie Louise Jespersen Denmark	8	35 0.1×	107 0.4×	78 0.3×	120 0.5×	29 0.1×	18	391
J D Wilson United Kingdom	9	19 0.1×	78 0.3×	110 0.4×	315 1.4×	29 0.1×	15	566
Marla Shapiro Canada	10	40 0.1×	22 0.1×	96 0.4×	22 0.1×	260 1.2×	25	801
G C Onyemelukwe Nigeria	14	26 0.1×	47 0.2×	32 0.1×	43 0.2×	55 0.3×	47	466
Hilary Whitworth United Kingdom	13	156 0.5×	118 0.4×	55 0.2×	13 0.1×	27 0.1×	28	690
Connie S.N. Li Wai Suen Australia	15	24 0.1×	26 0.1×	127 0.5×	35 0.2×	57 0.3×	32	779
Susan Delisle United States	8	75 0.2×	162 0.6×	142 0.5×	547 2.5×	7 0.0×	12	819
Yuyang Xu China	14	29 0.1×	23 0.1×	136 0.5×	23 0.1×	57 0.3×	61	484
Livia Wan United States	18	29 0.1×	9 0.0×	56 0.2×	93 0.4×	66 0.3×	34	920
Abdellah Benslimane Morocco	10	60 0.2×	244 0.9×	57 0.2×	3 0.0×	47 0.2×	11	547

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Osbak, Kara, et al.. (2025). To culture or not to culture: correlating Neisseria gonorrhoeae culture positivity with nucleic acid amplification test cycle threshold values to promote cost-effective gonococcal resistance surveillance. Sexually Transmitted Infections. sextrans–2025.

Jordans, Carlijn, Kara Osbak, Natasja van Holten, et al.. (2025). Implementing HIV teams sustainably improves HIV indicator condition testing rates in hospitals in the Netherlands: the #aware.hiv clinical trial. AIDS. 39(8). 995–1004.

Munnink, Bas B. Oude, Reina S. Sikkema, Anne F. Voor in ’t holt, et al.. (2023). Combining epidemiological data and whole genome sequencing to understand SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics in a large tertiary care hospital during the first COVID-19 wave in The Netherlands focusing on healthcare workers. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 12(1). 46–46. 9 indexed citations

Osbak, Kara, Achilleas Tsoumanis, Irith De Baetselier, et al.. (2020). Role of IgM testing in the diagnosis and post-treatment follow-up of syphilis: a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 10(9). e035838–e035838. 9 indexed citations

Baetselier, Irith De, Kara Osbak, Hilde Smet, Chris Kenyon, & Tania Crucitti. (2018). Take three, test one: a cross-sectional study to evaluate the molecular detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in pooled pharyngeal, anorectal and urine samples versus single-site testing among men who have sex with men in Belgium. Acta Clinica Belgica. 75(2). 91–95. 19 indexed citations

Houston, Simon, Karen Lithgow, Kara Osbak, Chris Kenyon, & Caroline E. Cameron. (2018). Functional insights from proteome-wide structural modeling of Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum, the causative agent of syphilis. BMC Structural Biology. 18(1). 7–7. 16 indexed citations

Kenyon, Chris, Kara Osbak, Tania Crucitti, & Luc Kestens. (2018). Syphilis reinfection is associated with an attenuated immune profile in the same individual: a prospective observational cohort study. BMC Infectious Diseases. 18(1). 479–479. 12 indexed citations

Kenyon, Chris, et al.. (2018). Implicit attitudes to sexual partner concurrency vary by sexual orientation but not by gender—A cross sectional study of Belgian students. PLoS ONE. 13(5). e0196821–e0196821. 4 indexed citations

Janssen, Saskia, Kara Osbak, Rebecca Holman, et al.. (2017). Low incidence of the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome among HIV-infected patients starting antiretroviral therapy in Gabon: a prospective cohort study. Infection. 45(5). 669–676. 1 indexed citations

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Kenyon, Chris, Achilleas Tsoumanis, Kara Osbak, et al.. (2017). Repeat syphilis has a different immune response compared with initial syphilis: an analysis of biomarker kinetics in two cohorts. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 94(3). 180–186. 23 indexed citations

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Kenyon, Chris, Kara Osbak, & Achilleas Tsoumanis. (2016). The Global Epidemiology of Syphilis in the Past Century – A Systematic Review Based on Antenatal Syphilis Prevalence. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 10(5). e0004711–e0004711. 40 indexed citations

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Osbak, Kara, Jane Rowley, Nicholas J Kassebaum, & Chris Kenyon. (2016). The Prevalence of Syphilis From the Early HIV Period Is Correlated With Peak HIV Prevalence at a Country Level. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 43(4). 255–257. 13 indexed citations

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Osbak, Kara, Simon Houston, Karen Lithgow, et al.. (2016). Characterizing the Syphilis-Causing Treponema pallidum ssp. pallidum Proteome Using Complementary Mass Spectrometry. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 10(9). e0004988–e0004988. 26 indexed citations

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Kenyon, Chris, Kara Osbak, & Jozefien Buyze. (2014). The Prevalence of HIV by Ethnic Group Is Correlated with HSV-2 and Syphilis Prevalence in Kenya, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases. 2014. 1–11. 11 indexed citations

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Bélard, Sabine, et al.. (2014). Limited access to drugs for resistant tuberculosis: a call to action: Table 1. Journal of Public Health. 37(4). fdu101–fdu101. 10 indexed citations

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Kenyon, Chris & Kara Osbak. (2014). Certain attributes of the sexual ecosystem of high-risk MSM have resulted in an altered microbiome with an enhanced propensity to generate and transmit antibiotic resistance. Medical Hypotheses. 83(2). 196–202. 10 indexed citations

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Kenyon, Chris, Kara Osbak, & R Matthew Chico. (2014). What underpins the decline in syphilis in Southern and Eastern Africa? An exploratory ecological analysis. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 29. 54–61. 21 indexed citations

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Kenyon, Chris & Kara Osbak. (2014). Recent progress in understanding the epidemiology of bacterial vaginosis. Current Opinion in Obstetrics & Gynecology. 26(6). 448–454. 32 indexed citations

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Kenyon, Chris, Kara Osbak, Jozefien Buyze, Saul Johnson, & Jacques van Lankveld. (2014). Variations of Sexual Scripts Relating to Concurrency by Race, Class, and Gender in South Africa. The Journal of Sex Research. 52(8). 878–886. 10 indexed citations

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Osbak, Kara, Kevin Colclough, Cécile Saint‐Martin, et al.. (2009). Update on mutations in glucokinase (GCK), which cause maturity-onset diabetes of the young, permanent neonatal diabetes, and hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia. Human Mutation. 30(11). 1512–1526. 370 indexed citations

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