Kiersten J. Kugeler

5.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
59 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Kiersten J. Kugeler is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kiersten J. Kugeler has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Infectious Diseases, 32 papers in Parasitology and 23 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Kiersten J. Kugeler's work include Vector-borne infectious diseases (32 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (29 papers) and Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research (19 papers). Kiersten J. Kugeler is often cited by papers focused on Vector-borne infectious diseases (32 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (29 papers) and Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research (19 papers). Kiersten J. Kugeler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Uganda and South Korea. Kiersten J. Kugeler's co-authors include Paul S. Mead, Alison F. Hinckley, Amy Schwartz, Mark Delorey, Sarah A. Hook, Christina A. Nelson, Joseph D. Forrester, Manjunath B. Shankar, Rebecca J. Eisen and Shubhayu Saha and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Clinical Infectious Diseases and Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Kiersten J. Kugeler

56 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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What are hit papers?

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.

Surveillance for Lyme Disease — United States, 2008–2015

2017 420 citations Amy Schwartz, Alison F. Hinckley et al. PubMed profile →
Estimating the Frequency of Lyme Disease Diagnoses, United States, 2010–2018

2021 366 citations Kiersten J. Kugeler, Amy Schwartz et al. Emerging infectious diseases profile →
Incidence of Clinician-Diagnosed Lyme Disease, United States, 2005–2010

2015 310 citations Kiersten J. Kugeler, Alison F. Hinckley et al. Emerging infectious diseases profile →
COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Infections Reported to CDC — United States, January 1–April 30, 2021

2021 256 citations Kiersten J. Kugeler et al. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kiersten J. Kugeler United States	24	2.0k	1.9k	917	569	487	59	3.1k
Martin E. Schriefer United States	30	1.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	767 0.8×	472 0.8×	770 1.6×	71	2.8k
Xue‐jie Yu China	40	3.3k 1.7×	1.8k 1.0×	903 1.0×	1.3k 2.2×	498 1.0×	143	5.1k
Stephen Graves Australia	27	1.7k 0.9×	2.5k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	757 1.3×	182 0.4×	155	3.2k
Idir Bitam Algeria	30	2.5k 1.3×	3.0k 1.5×	1.1k 1.2×	918 1.6×	163 0.3×	94	3.8k
Gabriele Margos Germany	39	2.8k 1.5×	3.5k 1.8×	1.6k 1.7×	1.2k 2.1×	421 0.9×	128	4.9k
Bernard Davoust France	38	3.1k 1.6×	3.3k 1.7×	1.4k 1.5×	1.0k 1.8×	204 0.4×	238	5.0k
Daniel H. Paris Switzerland	36	2.2k 1.1×	3.0k 1.6×	2.5k 2.7×	347 0.6×	313 0.6×	138	4.6k
Allen L. Richards United States	43	3.2k 1.6×	4.7k 2.4×	2.5k 2.7×	1.0k 1.8×	477 1.0×	200	6.0k
Jiřı́ Halouzka Czechia	26	1.9k 1.0×	1.0k 0.5×	1.4k 1.5×	574 1.0×	214 0.4×	90	2.7k
Linden T. Hu United States	34	2.4k 1.2×	3.0k 1.6×	779 0.8×	707 1.2×	408 0.8×	81	4.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kugeler, Kiersten J., Alison F. Hinckley, Sarah A. Hook, et al.. (2025). Epidemiology of Lyme Disease as Identified Through Electronic Health Records in a Large Midwestern Health System, 2016–2019. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 12(2). ofae758–ofae758. 1 indexed citations

Hook, Sarah A., et al.. (2024). Optimizing identification of Lyme disease diagnoses in commercial insurance claims data, United States, 2016–2019. BMC Infectious Diseases. 24(1). 1322–1322. 3 indexed citations

Schiffman, Elizabeth, et al.. (2024). Epidemiologic and tick exposure characteristics among people with reported Lyme disease – Minnesota, 2011–2019. Zoonoses and Public Health. 71(7). 779–789. 1 indexed citations

Kugeler, Kiersten J., et al.. (2024). Surveillance for Lyme Disease After Implementation of a Revised Case Definition — United States, 2022. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 73(6). 118–123. 22 indexed citations

Mead, Paul S., Alison F. Hinckley, & Kiersten J. Kugeler. (2024). Lyme Disease Surveillance and Epidemiology in the United States: A Historical Perspective. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 230(Supplement_1). S11–S17. 8 indexed citations

Kugeler, Kiersten J., et al.. (2024). Frequency of tick bites and associated care-seeking behaviors in the United States. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 15(6). 102416–102416. 1 indexed citations

Kugeler, Kiersten J., et al.. (2024). Pregnancy Among Reported Lyme Disease Cases—United States, 1992–2019. Zoonoses and Public Health. 71(8). 972–977.

Atiku, Linda A., Kevin Griffith, Mary H. Hayden, et al.. (2023). Engagement with Traditional Healers for Early Detection of Plague in Uganda. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 109(5). 1129–1136.

Kugeler, Kiersten J., Catherine Brown, Kalanthe Horiuchi, et al.. (2022). Potential quantitative effect of a laboratory‐based approach to Lyme disease surveillance in high‐incidence states. Zoonoses and Public Health. 69(5). 451–457. 3 indexed citations

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Dietrich, Elizabeth A., Luke C. Kingry, Kiersten J. Kugeler, et al.. (2019). Francisella opportunistica sp. nov., isolated from human blood and cerebrospinal fluid. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 70(2). 1145–1151. 9 indexed citations

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Jones, Erin H., Alison F. Hinckley, Sarah A. Hook, et al.. (2017). Pet ownership increases human risk of encountering ticks. Zoonoses and Public Health. 65(1). 74–79. 56 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Amy, Alison F. Hinckley, Paul S. Mead, Sarah A. Hook, & Kiersten J. Kugeler. (2017). Surveillance for Lyme Disease — United States, 2008–2015. PubMed. 66(22). 1–12. 420 indexed citations breakdown →

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Respicio-Kingry, Laurel, Brook Yockey, Kiersten J. Kugeler, et al.. (2016). Two Distinct Yersinia pestis Populations Causing Plague among Humans in the West Nile Region of Uganda. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 10(2). e0004360–e0004360. 21 indexed citations

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Forrester, Joseph D., Meghan Brett, James Matthias, et al.. (2015). Epidemiology of Lyme disease in low-incidence states. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 6(6). 721–723. 27 indexed citations

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Forrester, Joseph D., et al.. (2015). No Geographic Correlation between Lyme Disease and Death Due to 4 Neurodegenerative Disorders, United States, 2001–2010. Emerging infectious diseases. 21(11). 2036–2039. 15 indexed citations

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Kugeler, Kiersten J., Robert Jordan, Terry L. Schulze, Kevin Griffith, & Paul S. Mead. (2015). Will Culling White‐Tailed Deer Prevent Lyme Disease?. Zoonoses and Public Health. 63(5). 337–345. 51 indexed citations

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Kugeler, Kiersten J., et al.. (2013). Elevated Lyme Disease Seroprevalence Among Dogs in a Nonendemic County: Harbinger or Artifact?. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 13(5). 340–341. 17 indexed citations

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Schotthoefer, Anna M., Rebecca J. Eisen, Kiersten J. Kugeler, et al.. (2012). Changing Socioeconomic Indicators of Human Plague, New Mexico, USA. Emerging infectious diseases. 18(7). 1151–1154. 3 indexed citations

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Kugeler, Kiersten J., Kevin Griffith, L. Hannah Gould, et al.. (2010). A Review of Death Certificates Listing Lyme Disease as a Cause of Death in the United States. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 52(3). 364–367. 26 indexed citations

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Kugeler, Kiersten J., et al.. (2009). Molecular Epidemiology ofFrancisella tularensisin the United States. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 48(7). 863–870. 129 indexed citations

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