Laith Yakob

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
110 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Laith Yakob is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Laith Yakob has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 47 papers in Infectious Diseases and 21 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Laith Yakob's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (57 papers), Malaria Research and Control (41 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (28 papers). Laith Yakob is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (57 papers), Malaria Research and Control (41 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (28 papers). Laith Yakob collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Laith Yakob's co-authors include Archie C. A. Clements, Luis Furuya‐Kanamori, Wenbiao Hu, Thomas Walker, Thomas V. Riley, David L. Paterson, Francesca D. Frentiu, Peter J. Mumby, Guiyun Yan and Ricardo J. Soares Magalhães and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Laith Yakob

108 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The role of urbanisation in the spread of Aedes mosquitoes and the diseases they transmit—A systematic review

2021 159 citations Laith Yakob et al. profile →
Global antimicrobial-resistance drivers: an ecological country-level study at the human–animal interface

2023 127 citations Kasim Allel, Luis Furuya‐Kanamori et al. profile →

Peers

Laith Yakob

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Nathan D. Grubaugh United States

Stephen H. Waterman United States

Rekol Huy Cambodia

Jeffrey Hii Australia

Tadeusz J. Kochel United States

Jacob L. Kool United States

Kim A. Lindblade United States

Ángel Balmaseda United States

Gonzalo M. Vazquez‐Prokopec United States

Carina Blackmore United States

Nathan D. Grubaugh United States

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1.2k ×0.7

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2.6k ×1.9

424 ×0.7

EPIDE

400 ×1.0

383 ×1.0

Citations per year, relative to Laith Yakob Laith Yakob (= 1×) peers Nathan D. Grubaugh

Countries citing papers authored by Laith Yakob

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Fields of papers citing papers by Laith Yakob

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laith Yakob

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Laith Yakob. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Laith Yakob based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Laith Yakob. Laith Yakob is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Allel, Kasim, et al.. (2024). Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae: Risk Factors and Economic Burden Among Patients with Bloodstream Infections. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy. Volume 17. 375–385. 4 indexed citations

Allel, Kasim, Nichola R. Naylor, Eduardo A. Undurraga, et al.. (2024). Costs-effectiveness and cost components of pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical interventions affecting antibiotic resistance outcomes in hospital patients: a systematic literature review. BMJ Global Health. 9(2). e013205–e013205. 6 indexed citations

Allel, Kasim, Luis Furuya‐Kanamori, Emma Pitchforth, et al.. (2024). Impact of inappropriate empirical antibiotic therapy on in-hospital mortality: a retrospective multicentre cohort study of patients with bloodstream infections in Chile, 2018–2022. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). e001289–e001289. 3 indexed citations

Yakob, Laith, Wenbiao Hu, Francesca D. Frentiu, et al.. (2022). Japanese Encephalitis Emergence in Australia: The Potential Population at Risk. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 76(2). 335–337. 31 indexed citations

Sterkel, Marcos, Lee R. Haines, Aitor Casas-Sánchez, et al.. (2021). Repurposing the orphan drug nitisinone to control the transmission of African trypanosomiasis. PLoS Biology. 19(1). e3000796–e3000796. 16 indexed citations

Barrero, Roberto A., Louise M. Hafner, Elizabeth A. McGraw, et al.. (2021). Temperature modulates immune gene expression in mosquitoes during arbovirus infection. Open Biology. 11(1). 200246–200246. 35 indexed citations

Cheng, Jian, Hilary Bambrick, Laith Yakob, et al.. (2021). Extreme weather conditions and dengue outbreak in Guangdong, China: Spatial heterogeneity based on climate variability. Environmental Research. 196. 110900–110900. 28 indexed citations

Murphy, Amanda K., Hilary Bambrick, Gregor J. Devine, et al.. (2021). A regional suitable conditions index to forecast the impact of climate change on dengue vectorial capacity. Environmental Research. 195. 110849–110849. 30 indexed citations

Eissa, Ahmed M., Paul Chapman, Émilie Giraud, et al.. (2020). Glycan–glycan interactions determine Leishmania attachment to the midgut of permissive sand fly vectors. Chemical Science. 11(40). 10973–10983. 8 indexed citations

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Orsborne, James, Abdul Rahim Mohammed, Claire L. Jeffries, et al.. (2020). Evidence of extrinsic factors dominating intrinsic blood host preferences of major African malaria vectors. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 741–741. 13 indexed citations

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Meredith, Hannah R., Luis Furuya‐Kanamori, & Laith Yakob. (2019). Optimising systemic insecticide use to improve malaria control. BMJ Global Health. 4(6). e001776–e001776. 7 indexed citations

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Carvalho, Marília Sá, Vânia Reis Girianelli, Luana Damasceno, et al.. (2019). A populational-based birth cohort study in a low-income urban area in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: implementation and description of the characteristics of the study. Cadernos de Saúde Pública. 35(5). e00023918–e00023918. 6 indexed citations

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Hu, Wenbiao, Laith Yakob, Elizabeth A. McGraw, et al.. (2019). Chikungunya Virus Transmission at Low Temperature by Aedes albopictus Mosquitoes. Pathogens. 8(3). 149–149. 16 indexed citations

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Brain, David, Adrian Barnett, Laith Yakob, et al.. (2018). Reducing length of stay to improve Clostridium difficile-related health outcomes. Infection Disease & Health. 23(2). 87–92. 8 indexed citations

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Brain, David, Laith Yakob, Adrian Barnett, et al.. (2018). Economic evaluation of interventions designed to reduce Clostridium difficile infection. PLoS ONE. 13(1). e0190093–e0190093. 6 indexed citations

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O’Reilly, Kathleen, Rachel Lowe, W. John Edmunds, et al.. (2018). Projecting the end of the Zika virus epidemic in Latin America: a modelling analysis. BMC Medicine. 16(1). 180–180. 40 indexed citations

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Guelbéogo, Wamdaogo M., Bronner P. Gonçalves, Lynn Grignard, et al.. (2018). Variation in natural exposure to anopheles mosquitoes and its effects on malaria transmission. eLife. 7. 43 indexed citations

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Yakob, Laith, Sebastian Funk, Anton Camacho, Oliver J. Brady, & W. John Edmunds. (2017). Aedes aegypti Control Through Modernized, Integrated Vector Management. PLoS Currents. 9. 31 indexed citations

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Magalhães, Ricardo J. Soares, Lydia Leonardo, Darren J. Gray, et al.. (2014). Geographical distribution of human Schistosoma japonicum infection in the Philippines : tools to support disease control and further elimination. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 2 indexed citations

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Magalhães, Ricardo J. Soares, Lydia Leonardo, Darren J. Gray, et al.. (2014). Geographical distribution of human Schistosoma japonicum infection in The Philippines: tools to support disease control and further elimination. International Journal for Parasitology. 44(13). 977–984. 34 indexed citations

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