Kevin Messacar

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Kevin Messacar is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin Messacar has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 40 papers in Infectious Diseases and 39 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Kevin Messacar's work include Viral Infections and Immunology Research (43 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (19 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (17 papers). Kevin Messacar is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Immunology Research (43 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (19 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (17 papers). Kevin Messacar collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Kevin Messacar's co-authors include Samuel R. Dominguez, Samuel R. Dominguez, Mark J. Abzug, Kenneth L. Tyler, Teri Schreiner, Christine C. Robinson, Sarah K. Parker, James K. Todd, John A. Maloney and W. Allan Nix and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kevin Messacar

77 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Laboratory validation of a clinical metagenomic sequencing assay for pathogen detection in cerebrospinal fluid

2019 368 citations Steve Miller, Samia N. Naccache et al. Genome Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kevin Messacar United States	26	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	520	356	81	3.1k
Samuel R. Dominguez United States	30	866 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	499 1.0×	350 1.0×	105	3.6k
Christine C. Robinson United States	25	762 0.5×	932 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	193 0.4×	129 0.4×	60	2.0k
Tytti Vuorinen Finland	36	1.4k 1.0×	3.3k 2.5×	1.8k 1.4×	466 0.9×	177 0.5×	153	5.3k
Mark J. Abzug United States	33	1.2k 0.8×	1.9k 1.5×	2.0k 1.5×	241 0.5×	173 0.5×	93	3.5k
Howard Faden United States	34	280 0.2×	2.2k 1.7×	1.3k 1.0×	381 0.7×	460 1.3×	116	4.4k
Harald H. Kessler Austria	31	198 0.1×	1.7k 1.3×	1.5k 1.2×	386 0.7×	136 0.4×	157	3.5k
Harley A. Rotbart United States	34	1.8k 1.3×	1.9k 1.5×	1.7k 1.3×	355 0.7×	228 0.6×	64	3.6k
Richard L. Hodinka United States	36	314 0.2×	1.8k 1.4×	1.5k 1.2×	450 0.9×	206 0.6×	108	3.7k
Xavier Sáez‐Llorens Panama	36	549 0.4×	2.1k 1.6×	1.8k 1.4×	270 0.5×	947 2.7×	124	4.7k
C. Y. William Tong United Kingdom	31	627 0.4×	1.6k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	292 0.6×	138 0.4×	96	3.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin Messacar

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Park, Sang Woo, Emily Howerton, Bjarke Frost Nielsen, et al.. (2024). Predicting the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19 on Mycoplasma pneumoniae in the United States. Epidemics. 49. 100808–100808. 5 indexed citations

Spaulding, Alicen B., Kevin Messacar, Matthew R. Vogt, et al.. (2024). Recruitment and retention of pediatric participants for pandemic preparedness research: Experience from the PREMISE EV-D68 Pilot Study. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. 41. 101351–101351.

Helfferich, Jelte, et al.. (2024). Acute flaccid myelitis in low- to middle-income countries: diagnosis and surveillance. Brain Communications. 6(4). fcae167–fcae167.

Dominguez, Samuel R., et al.. (2023). Qualitative detection of enterovirus D68 from PrimeStore® molecular transport medium: implications for home- and self-collection. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 106(4). 115976–115976. 2 indexed citations

Maréchal, Marion Le, Susan E. Beekmann, Philip M. Polgreen, et al.. (2023). Perspectives on Diagnosis and Management of All-Cause Encephalitis: A National Survey of Adult Infectious Diseases Physicians. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 10(4). ofad132–ofad132. 1 indexed citations

Mohajer, Mayar Al, Elizabeth Monsees, Mary K. Hayden, et al.. (2023). Improving antimicrobial use through better diagnosis: The relationship between diagnostic stewardship and antimicrobial stewardship. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 44(12). 1901–1908. 14 indexed citations

Rao, Suchitra, Isaac Armistead, Kevin Messacar, et al.. (2023). Shifting Epidemiology and Severity of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Pediatrics. 177(7). 730–730. 58 indexed citations

Messacar, Kevin, et al.. (2022). Preparing for uncertainty: endemic paediatric viral illnesses after COVID-19 pandemic disruption. The Lancet. 400(10364). 1663–1665. 70 indexed citations

Messacar, Kevin, Claire Palmer, Elizabeth Ackley, et al.. (2022). Clinical and Financial Impact of a Diagnostic Stewardship Program for Children with Suspected Central Nervous System Infection. The Journal of Pediatrics. 244. 161–168.e1. 13 indexed citations

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Park, Sang Woo, et al.. (2021). Epidemiological dynamics of enterovirus D68 in the United States and implications for acute flaccid myelitis. Science Translational Medicine. 13(584). 39 indexed citations

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Messacar, Kevin, James Gaensbauer, Meghan Birkholz, et al.. (2020). Impact of FilmArray meningitis encephalitis panel on HSV testing and empiric acyclovir use in children beyond the neonatal period. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 97(4). 115085–115085. 17 indexed citations

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Miller, Steve, Samia N. Naccache, Erik Samayoa, et al.. (2019). Laboratory validation of a clinical metagenomic sequencing assay for pathogen detection in cerebrospinal fluid. Genome Research. 29(5). 831–842. 368 indexed citations breakdown →

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Messacar, Kevin, Kristen Campbell, Kelly Pearce, et al.. (2017). A Handshake From Antimicrobial Stewardship Opens Doors for Infectious Disease Consultations. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 64(10). 1449–1452. 19 indexed citations

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Messacar, Kevin, Marc Fischer, Samuel R. Dominguez, Kenneth L. Tyler, & Mark J. Abzug. (2017). Encephalitis in US Children. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America. 32(1). 145–162. 58 indexed citations

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Messacar, Kevin, et al.. (2017). Surveillance for enterovirus D68 in colorado children reveals continued circulation. Journal of Clinical Virology. 92. 39–41. 33 indexed citations

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Messacar, Kevin, Michele Yang, John A. Maloney, et al.. (2016). Neurologic Follow-Up of 12 Colorado Children with Acute Flaccid Myelitis at One Year (S10.004). Neurology. 86(16_supplement). 3 indexed citations

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Bagdure, Dayanand, Jason W. Custer, Suchitra Rao, et al.. (2016). Hospitalized Children With Encephalitis in the United States: A Pediatric Health Information System Database Study. Pediatric Neurology. 61. 58–62. 19 indexed citations

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Messacar, Kevin, Mark J. Abzug, & Samuel R. Dominguez. (2015). 2014 outbreak of enterovirus D68 in North America. Journal of Medical Virology. 88(5). 739–745. 82 indexed citations

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Greninger, Alexander L., Samia N. Naccache, Kevin Messacar, et al.. (2015). A novel outbreak enterovirus D68 strain associated with acute flaccid myelitis cases in the USA (2012–14): a retrospective cohort study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 15(6). 671–682. 280 indexed citations

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Messacar, Kevin, Melanie Cree‐Green, Mark A. Lovell, Marsha S. Anderson, & Samuel R. Dominguez. (2014). Severe neuroinvasive West Nile virus infection in a child with undiagnosed Addison's disease. IDCases. 1(3). 29–31. 4 indexed citations

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