Karen Lévy

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
102 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Karen Lévy is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Infectious Diseases and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen Lévy has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 34 papers in Infectious Diseases and 19 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Karen Lévy's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (44 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (31 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (15 papers). Karen Lévy is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (44 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (31 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (15 papers). Karen Lévy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ecuador and Mozambique. Karen Lévy's co-authors include Joseph N. S. Eisenberg, Elizabeth J. Carlton, Matthew C. Freeman, Sharia M. Ahmed, William Cevallos, Benjamin A. Lopman, Alan Hubbard, Kara L. Nelson, Miranda J. Delahoy and Jenna M. Swarthout and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Karen Lévy

93 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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Untangling the Impacts of Climate Change on Waterborne Diseases: a Systematic Review of Relationships between Diarrheal Diseases and Temperature, Rainfall, Flooding, and Drought

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	How water intermittency and water perceptions influence household coping strategies in northwestern Ecuador 2025 ·PLOS Water ·(unknown), Gwenyth O. Lee, James Trostle, Karen Lévy, Joséfina Coloma, Joseph N. S. Eisenberg	0
2	Multiplex PCR Detection of Enteric Pathogens in a Community-based Birth Cohort in Ecuador: Comparison of xTAG-GPP and TaqMan Array Card Assays 2025 ·Open Forum Infectious Diseases ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nicolette A. Zhou, (unknown), (unknown), Gwenyth O. Lee, Joseph N. S. Eisenberg, Gabriel Trueba, Karen Lévy, Benjamin F. Arnold	1
3	Environmental exposures associated with the gut microbiome and resistome of pregnant women and children in Northwest Ecuador 2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nicolette A. Zhou, Caitlin Hemlock, April Ballard, (unknown), Gwenyth O. Lee, Janet K. Hatt, (unknown), Joseph N. S. Eisenberg, Gabriel Trueba, Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, Karen Lévy, Erica R. Fuhrmeister, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	0
4	Purchase, consumption, and ownership of chickens and chicken products among households in Maputo, Mozambique: A cross-sectional study 2024 ·One Health ·Kayoko Shioda, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Karen Lévy, Matthew C. Freeman	2
5	The development and validation of a survey to measure fecal-oral child exposure to zoonotic enteropathogens: The FECEZ Enteropathogens Index 2024 ·PLOS Global Public Health ·April Ballard, Regine Haardörfer, (unknown), Matthew C. Freeman, Joseph N. S. Eisenberg, Gwenyth O. Lee, Karen Lévy, Bethany A. Caruso	2
6	Post-traumatic stress disorder, food insecurity, and social capital after the 2017 coastal El Niño flooding among mothers from Piura, Peru: A mixed method study 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Carlos Culquichicón, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Robert H. Gilman, Karen Lévy, Andrés G. Lescano	2
7	Multilevel factors drive child exposure to enteric pathogens in animal feces: A qualitative study in northwestern coastal Ecuador 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·April Ballard, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Regine Haardörfer, Matthew C. Freeman, James Trostle, Joseph N. S. Eisenberg, Gwenyth O. Lee, Karen Lévy, Bethany A. Caruso	0
8	Water, food, and mental well-being: Associations between drinking water source, household water and food insecurity, and mental well-being of low-income pregnant women in urban Mozambique 2024 ·PLOS Water ·(unknown), (unknown), Joshua V. Garn, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), João Luís Manuel, Rassul Nalá, Karen Lévy, Matthew C. Freeman	1
9	Anthroponotic and Zoonotic Hookworm DNA in an Indigenous Community in Coastal Ecuador: Potential Cross-Transmission between Dogs and Humans 2024 ·Pathogens ·Manuel Calvopiña, (unknown), (unknown), William Cevallos, Gwenyth O. Lee, (unknown), Thomas B. Nutman, Karen Lévy, Joseph N. S. Eisenberg, (unknown), Philip J. Cooper	2
10	Why are so many enteric pathogen infections asymptomatic? Pathogen and gut microbiome characteristics associated with diarrhea symptoms and carriage of diarrheagenic E. coli in northern Ecuador 2023 ·Gut Microbes ·(unknown), Gabriel Trueba, Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, Karen Lévy	6
11	Study design and rationale for the PAASIM project: a matched cohort study on urban water supply improvements and infant enteric pathogen infection, gut microbiome development and health in Mozambique 2023 ·BMJ Open ·Karen Lévy, Joshua V. Garn, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sydney Hubbard, (unknown), João Luís Manuel, (unknown), (unknown), Molly K. Miller-Petrie, (unknown), (unknown), Lance A. Waller, Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, Thomas Clasen, Joe Brown, Rassul Nalá, Matthew C. Freeman	1
12	Spatial heterogeneity of neighborhood-level water and sanitation access in informal urban settlements: A cross-sectional case study in Beira, Mozambique 2022 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Joshua V. Garn, Sydney Hubbard, (unknown), (unknown), Rassul Nalá, (unknown), Karen Lévy, Matthew C. Freeman	8
13	Meteorological factors and childhood diarrhea in Peru, 2005–2015: a time series analysis of historic associations, with implications for climate change 2021 ·Environmental Health ·Miranda J. Delahoy, César Cárcamo, Adrian Huerta, Waldo Lavado‐Casimiro, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Benjamin A. Lopman, Thomas Clasen, Gustavo F. Gonzáles, Kyle Steenland, Karen Lévy	12
14	Evaluation of Grower-Friendly, Science-Based Sampling Approaches for the Detection of Salmonella in Ponds Used for Irrigation of Fresh Produce 2018 ·Foodborne Pathogens and Disease ·Debbie Lee, (unknown), George Vellidis, (unknown), Marissa K. Grossman, Sreekumari Rajeev, Karen Lévy	15
15	The Role of Mobile Genetic Elements in the Spread of Antimicrobial-Resistant Escherichia coli From Chickens to Humans in Small-Scale Production Poultry Operations in Rural Ecuador 2017 ·American Journal of Epidemiology ·Kara A. Moser, Lixin Zhang, Ian H. Spicknall, Nikolay Braykov, Karen Lévy, Carl F. Marrs, Betsy Foxman, Gabriel Trueba, William Cevallos, Jason E. Goldstick, James Trostle, Joseph N. S. Eisenberg	37
16	Antibiotic Resistance in Animal and Environmental Samples Associated with Small-Scale Poultry Farming in Northwestern Ecuador 2016 ·mSphere ·Nikolay Braykov, Joseph N. S. Eisenberg, Marissa K. Grossman, Lixin Zhang, Karla Vasco, William Cevallos, Diana Mūnoz Sandoval, (unknown), Kara A. Moser, Carl F. Marrs, Betsy Foxman, James Trostle, Gabriel Trueba, Karen Lévy	63
17	Low Concentration of Salmonella enterica and Generic Escherichia coli in Farm Ponds and Irrigation Distribution Systems Used for Mixed Produce Production in Southern Georgia 2016 ·Foodborne Pathogens and Disease ·(unknown), George Vellidis, (unknown), (unknown), Karen Lévy, Michele T. Jay‐Russell	35
18	Effects of Selection Pressure and Genetic Association on the Relationship between Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence in Escherichia coli 2015 ·Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy ·Lixin Zhang, Karen Lévy, Gabriel Trueba, William Cevallos, James Trostle, Betsy Foxman, Carl F. Marrs, Joseph N. S. Eisenberg	45
19	Small Atlas of Johannesburg 2014 ·Industrias Culturais (Universidade de Coimbra) ·Karen Lévy	0
20	In-roads to the spread of antibiotic resistance: regional patterns of microbial transmission in northern coastal Ecuador 2011 ·Journal of The Royal Society Interface ·Joseph N. S. Eisenberg, Jason E. Goldstick, William Cevallos, Gabriel Trueba, Karen Lévy, James C. Scott, Bethany Percha, (unknown), (unknown), Alan Hubbard, Carl F. Marrs, Betsy Foxman, David L. Smith, James Trostle	28

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