Katharina Ornstein

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Katharina Ornstein is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Katharina Ornstein has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Infectious Diseases, 13 papers in Parasitology and 6 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Katharina Ornstein's work include Vector-borne infectious diseases (13 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (12 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (6 papers). Katharina Ornstein is often cited by papers focused on Vector-borne infectious diseases (13 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (12 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (6 papers). Katharina Ornstein collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Austria and Slovenia. Katharina Ornstein's co-authors include Ragnar Norrby, Johan Berglund, Volker Fingerle, Franc Strle, Wolfgang Kristoferitsch, Gerold Stanek, B. Jaulhac, Jeremy Gray, Andreas Krause and S. O'Connell and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, PLoS ONE and Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Katharina Ornstein

15 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Lyme borreliosis: Clinical case definitions for diagnosis and management in Europe

2010 424 citations Gerold Stanek, Volker Fingerle et al. Clinical Microbiology and Infection profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Katharina Ornstein Sweden	11	1.1k	1.0k	355	242	104	16	1.2k
Susan Bittker United States	20	1.4k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	401 1.1×	348 1.4×	154 1.5×	31	1.5k
Vera Maraspin Slovenia	26	1.6k 1.4×	1.5k 1.5×	548 1.5×	327 1.4×	173 1.7×	68	1.8k
J. Cimperman Slovenia	27	1.6k 1.4×	1.5k 1.5×	539 1.5×	321 1.3×	169 1.6×	52	1.8k
J. Nowakowski United States	14	973 0.9×	898 0.9×	299 0.8×	233 1.0×	122 1.2×	19	1.0k
Anna J. Henningsson Sweden	20	734 0.6×	690 0.7×	269 0.8×	189 0.8×	63 0.6×	63	963
Philip J. Molloy United States	10	845 0.7×	745 0.7×	313 0.9×	181 0.7×	74 0.7×	12	958
Andreas Krause Germany	17	1.0k 0.9×	882 0.9×	264 0.7×	218 0.9×	96 0.9×	29	1.3k
Gisela Lehnert Germany	12	637 0.6×	551 0.5×	241 0.7×	135 0.6×	96 0.9×	15	724
Klaus Hansen Denmark	15	623 0.5×	553 0.5×	160 0.5×	137 0.6×	68 0.7×	30	781
Stanka Lotrič‐Furlan Slovenia	29	2.0k 1.7×	1.8k 1.7×	541 1.5×	817 3.4×	194 1.9×	79	2.1k

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16 of 16 papers shown

Dessau, Ram Benny, A. Raffetin, Randi Eikeland, et al.. (2025). The choice of study designs of diagnostic accuracy using Borrelia specific IgG and IgM antibodies for the diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 31(8). 1307–1312.

Henningsson, Anna J., Audun Aase, Signe Flottorp, et al.. (2021). Laboratory Methods for Detection of Infectious Agents and Serological Response in Humans With Tick-Borne Infections: A Systematic Review of Evaluations Based on Clinical Patient Samples. Frontiers in Public Health. 9. 580102–580102. 5 indexed citations

Dessau, Ram Benny, Alje P. van Dam, Volker Fingerle, et al.. (2017). To test or not to test? Laboratory support for the diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis: a position paper of ESGBOR, the ESCMID study group for Lyme borreliosis. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 24(2). 118–124. 105 indexed citations

Wilhelmsson, Peter, Vivian Kjelland, Åshild Kristine Andreassen, et al.. (2017). Molecular detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato – An analytical comparison of real-time PCR protocols from five different Scandinavian laboratories. PLoS ONE. 12(9). e0185434–e0185434. 20 indexed citations

Wilhelmsson, Peter, Linda Fryland, Pontus Lindblom, et al.. (2015). A prospective study on the incidence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infection after a tick bite in Sweden and on the Åland Islands, Finland (2008–2009). Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 7(1). 71–79. 61 indexed citations

Ornstein, Katharina, et al.. (2013). InvasiveMycobacterium marinuminfection of the hand. Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery. 47(6). 1–3. 7 indexed citations

Stanek, Gerold, Volker Fingerle, Klaus‐Peter Hunfeld, et al.. (2010). Lyme borreliosis: Clinical case definitions for diagnosis and management in Europe. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 17(1). 69–79. 424 indexed citations breakdown →

Ornstein, Katharina & Alan G. Barbour. (2006). A Reverse Transcriptase–Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay of Borrelia burgdorferi 16S rRNA for Highly Sensitive Quantification of Pathogen Load in a Vector. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 6(1). 103–112. 50 indexed citations

Bennet, Louise, Carl‐Johan Fraenkel, Ulf Garpmo, et al.. (2006). Clinical appearance of erythema migrans caused by Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii – effect of the patient's sex. Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. 118(17-18). 531–537. 18 indexed citations

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Ornstein, Katharina, Johan Berglund, Sven Bergström, Ragnar Norrby, & Alan G. Barbour. (2002). Three Major Lyme Borrelia Genospecies (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, B. afzelii and B. garinii) Identified by PCR in Cerebrospinal Fluid from Patients with Neuroborreliosis in Sweden. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 34(5). 341–346. 49 indexed citations

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Ornstein, Katharina, Yngve Östberg, Jonas Bunikis, et al.. (2002). Differential Immune Response to the Variable Surface Loop Antigen of P66 of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Species in Geographically Diverse Populations of Lyme Borreliosis Patients. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 9(6). 1382–1384. 6 indexed citations

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Berglund, Johan, et al.. (2002). 5-y Follow-up Study of Patients with Neuroborreliosis. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 34(6). 421–425. 101 indexed citations

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Mecklenburg, Michael, Juraj Švitel, Fredrik Winquist, et al.. (2002). Differentiation of human serum samples by surface plasmon resonance monitoring of the integral glycoprotein interaction with a lectin panel. Analytica Chimica Acta. 459(1). 25–31. 14 indexed citations

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Ornstein, Katharina, Johan Berglund, Ingrid Nilsson, Ragnar Norrby, & Sven Bergström. (2001). Characterization of Lyme Borreliosis Isolates from Patients with Erythema Migrans and Neuroborreliosis in Southern Sweden. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 39(4). 1294–1298. 70 indexed citations

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Berglund, J, R Eitrem, Katharina Ornstein, et al.. (1995). An Epidemiologic Study of Lyme Disease in Southern Sweden. New England Journal of Medicine. 333(20). 1319–1324. 295 indexed citations

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Ornstein, Katharina. (1958). [Polypsis of the colon in children; two cases, one of which with Gardner's syndrome; a genetic study].. PubMed. 59(22). 751–3. 1 indexed citations

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