Kirk Deitsch

7.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Kirk Deitsch is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kirk Deitsch has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 55 papers in Immunology and 25 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kirk Deitsch's work include Malaria Research and Control (72 papers), Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (31 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (29 papers). Kirk Deitsch is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (72 papers), Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (31 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (29 papers). Kirk Deitsch collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Ghana. Kirk Deitsch's co-authors include Thomas E. Wellems, Ron Dzikowski, Matthias Frank, E. Richard Moxon, Michael S. Calderwood, Laura A. Kirkman, Michael T. Ferdig, David A. Fidock, Lyann M. B. Ursos and John C. Wootton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Kirk Deitsch

93 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Mutations in the P. falciparum Digestive Vacuole Transmembrane Protein PfCRT and Evidence for Their Role in Chloroquine Resistance

2000 1.1k citations David A. Fidock, Takashi Nomura et al. Molecular Cell profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Kirk Deitsch	4.0k	1.7k	1.7k	802	788	93	5.6k
Zbynek Bozdech	4.4k 1.1×	2.3k 1.3×	1.7k 1.0×	719 0.9×	758 1.0×	99	5.9k
Tony Triglia	3.9k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	790 1.0×	687 0.9×	75	5.8k
Stuart A. Ralph	4.4k 1.1×	2.9k 1.7×	1.6k 1.0×	1.0k 1.3×	1.3k 1.7×	92	7.0k
Daniel J. Carucci	3.5k 0.9×	2.1k 1.2×	1.7k 1.0×	635 0.8×	656 0.8×	66	4.9k
Photini Sinnis	3.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	722 0.9×	853 1.1×	98	5.0k
Matthias Marti	3.8k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	594 0.7×	1.1k 1.4×	86	5.3k
Chetan E. Chitnis	6.1k 1.5×	1.5k 0.9×	3.4k 2.0×	875 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	142	8.0k
Clemens H. M. Kocken	3.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	701 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	117	4.9k
Michael R. Hollingdale	3.7k 0.9×	2.1k 1.3×	1.7k 1.0×	689 0.9×	843 1.1×	106	5.4k
Takafumi Tsuboi	5.1k 1.3×	1.6k 0.9×	2.2k 1.3×	698 0.9×	1.4k 1.8×	228	6.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kirk Deitsch

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Hadjimichael, Evi, et al.. (2025). scRNA-seq reveals transcriptional plasticity of var gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum for host immune avoidance. Nature Microbiology. 10(6). 1417–1430. 1 indexed citations

Hadjimichael, Evi & Kirk Deitsch. (2025). Variable surface antigen expression, virulence, and persistent infection by Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 89(1). e0011423–e0011423. 1 indexed citations

Adjei, Samuel, et al.. (2023). Prevalence of Leucocytozoon infection in domestic birds in Ghana. PLoS ONE. 18(11). e0294066–e0294066. 2 indexed citations

Harris, Chantal T., Xinran Tong, Navid Nahiyaan, et al.. (2023). Sexual differentiation in human malaria parasites is regulated by competition between phospholipid metabolism and histone methylation. Nature Microbiology. 8(7). 1280–1292. 23 indexed citations

Kengne-Ouafo, Jonas A., Saikou Y. Bah, Alison Kemp, et al.. (2023). The global transcriptome of Plasmodium falciparum mid-stage gametocytes (stages II–IV) appears largely conserved and gametocyte-specific gene expression patterns vary in clinical isolates. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(5). e0382022–e0382022. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Xu, et al.. (2022). A coordinated transcriptional switching network mediates antigenic variation of human malaria parasites. eLife. 11. 13 indexed citations

Deitsch, Kirk, et al.. (2021). Evolution of transcriptional control of antigenic variation and virulence in human and ape malaria parasites. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 21(1). 139–139. 8 indexed citations

Kirkman, Laura A., et al.. (2020). A Histone Methyltransferase Inhibitor Can Reverse Epigenetically Acquired Drug Resistance in the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 64(6). 11 indexed citations

Awuah, P., et al.. (2014). A Multifactorial Role for P. falciparum Malaria in Endemic Burkitt's Lymphoma Pathogenesis. PLoS Pathogens. 10(5). e1004170–e1004170. 72 indexed citations

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Deitsch, Kirk, et al.. (2013). Regulation of gene expression by 20-hydroxyecdysone in the fat body of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae). European Journal of Entomology. 92(1). 237–244. 1 indexed citations

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Deitsch, Kirk. (2009). A Mark of Silence in Malaria Parasites. Cell Host & Microbe. 5(2). 112–113. 2 indexed citations

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Amulic, Borko, Ali Salanti, Thomas Lavstsen, Morten A. Nielsen, & Kirk Deitsch. (2009). An Upstream Open Reading Frame Controls Translation of var2csa, a Gene Implicated in Placental Malaria. PLoS Pathogens. 5(1). e1000256–e1000256. 65 indexed citations

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Merrick, Catherine J., Ron Dzikowski, Hideo Imamura, et al.. (2009). The effect of Plasmodium falciparum Sir2a histone deacetylase on clonal and longitudinal variation in expression of the var family of virulence genes. International Journal for Parasitology. 40(1). 35–43. 20 indexed citations

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Epp, Christian, et al.. (2008). Chromatin associated sense and antisense noncoding RNAs are transcribed from the var gene family of virulence genes of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. RNA. 15(1). 116–127. 93 indexed citations

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Frank, Matthias, et al.. (2006). Strict Pairing of var Promoters and Introns Is Required for var Gene Silencing in the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(15). 9942–9952. 84 indexed citations

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Smith, Joseph D. & Kirk Deitsch. (2004). Pregnancy-associated Malaria and the Prospects for Syndrome-specific Antimalaria Vaccines. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 200(9). 1093–1097. 33 indexed citations

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Deitsch, Kirk. (2001). Transformation of malaria parasites by the spontaneous uptake and expression of DNA from human erythrocytes. Nucleic Acids Research. 29(3). 850–853. 242 indexed citations

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Fidock, David A., Takashi Nomura, Angela K. Talley, et al.. (2000). Mutations in the P. falciparum Digestive Vacuole Transmembrane Protein PfCRT and Evidence for Their Role in Chloroquine Resistance. Molecular Cell. 6(4). 861–871. 1115 indexed citations breakdown →

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Freitas-Júnior, Lúcio H., Emmanuel Bottius, Lindsay A. Pirrit, et al.. (2000). Frequent ectopic recombination of virulence factor genes in telomeric chromosome clusters of P. falciparum. Nature. 407(6807). 1018–1022. 396 indexed citations

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Deitsch, Kirk, et al.. (1995). Indirect control of yolk protein genes by 20-hydroxyecdysone in the fat body of the mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 25(4). 449–454. 63 indexed citations

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