Leon E. Hugo

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Leon E. Hugo is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Insect Science and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Leon E. Hugo has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 27 papers in Insect Science and 19 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Leon E. Hugo's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (54 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (25 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (18 papers). Leon E. Hugo is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (54 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (25 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (18 papers). Leon E. Hugo collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Leon E. Hugo's co-authors include Peter A. Ryan, Brian H. Kay, Scott L. O’Neill, Iñaki Iturbe‐Ormaetxe, Gregor J. Devine, Andrew F. van den Hurk, Sonja Hall‐Mendelin, J. Jeffery, Alyssa T. Pyke and Luciano Andrade Moreira and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Leon E. Hugo

56 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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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.

A Wolbachia Symbiont in Aedes aegypti Limits Infection with Dengue, Chikungunya, and Plasmodium

2009 1.2k citations Luciano Andrade Moreira, Iñaki Iturbe‐Ormaetxe et al. Cell profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leon E. Hugo Australia	26	1.8k	1.6k	491	341	204	59	2.5k
Laurence Mousson France	31	2.3k 1.3×	968 0.6×	1.4k 2.8×	318 0.9×	223 1.1×	69	2.7k
Steven P. Sinkins United Kingdom	32	2.2k 1.2×	3.6k 2.2×	424 0.9×	331 1.0×	435 2.1×	61	4.0k
Lauren M. Hedges Australia	8	1.2k 0.7×	2.4k 1.5×	218 0.4×	207 0.6×	127 0.6×	9	2.6k
Rosemary Susan Lees United Kingdom	25	1.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	206 0.4×	501 1.5×	460 2.3×	61	2.2k
Julien Pompon France	24	1.2k 0.7×	667 0.4×	759 1.5×	236 0.7×	259 1.3×	57	1.7k
Jayme A. Souza‐Neto Brazil	18	1.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	600 1.2×	261 0.8×	521 2.6×	39	2.7k
Hervé Bossin French Polynesia	18	1.1k 0.6×	1000 0.6×	317 0.6×	195 0.6×	235 1.2×	41	1.6k
Anubis Vega-Rúa Guadeloupe	19	1.8k 1.0×	663 0.4×	1.1k 2.2×	305 0.9×	129 0.6×	40	2.0k
Alexander T. Ciota United States	30	2.1k 1.2×	696 0.4×	1.6k 3.3×	219 0.6×	151 0.7×	87	2.5k
Mariangela Bonizzoni Italy	35	2.1k 1.2×	2.0k 1.2×	556 1.1×	823 2.4×	837 4.1×	79	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Leon E. Hugo

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Rawle, Daniel J., et al.. (2024). Generating prophylactic immunity against arboviruses in vertebrates and invertebrates. Nature reviews. Immunology. 24(9). 621–636. 8 indexed citations

Hall, Roy A., et al.. (2024). Unleashing Nature’s Allies: Comparing the Vertical Transmission Dynamics of Insect-Specific and Vertebrate-Infecting Flaviviruses in Mosquitoes. Viruses. 16(9). 1499–1499. 1 indexed citations

Al‐Amin, Hasan Mohammad, Narayan Gyawali, Mohammad Shafiul Alam, et al.. (2023). Insecticide resistance compromises the control of Aedes aegypti in Bangladesh. Pest Management Science. 79(8). 2846–2861. 13 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

Bishop, Cameron, Mazhar Hussain, Leon E. Hugo, & Sassan Asgari. (2022). Analysis of Aedes aegypti microRNAs in response to Wolbachia wAlbB infection and their potential role in mosquito longevity. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 15245–15245. 6 indexed citations

Slonchak, Andrii, Leon E. Hugo, Morgan E. Freney, et al.. (2020). Zika Virus sfRNA Plays an Essential Role in the Infection of Insects and Mammals. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 112–112. 1 indexed citations

Marquart, Louise, Lachlan Webb, Kym Lowry, et al.. (2020). Effect of Serotype and Strain Diversity on Dengue Virus Replication in Australian Mosquito Vectors. Pathogens. 9(8). 668–668. 10 indexed citations

Pickering, Paul A., et al.. (2020). Australian Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are susceptible to infection with a highly divergent and sylvatic strain of dengue virus type 2 but are unlikely to transmit it. Parasites & Vectors. 13(1). 240–240. 3 indexed citations

Asad, Sultan, Mazhar Hussain, Leon E. Hugo, et al.. (2018). Suppression of the pelo protein by Wolbachia and its effect on dengue virus in Aedes aegypti. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 12(4). e0006405–e0006405. 26 indexed citations

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Sikulu-Lord, Maggy T., Gregor J. Devine, Leon E. Hugo, & Floyd E. Dowell. (2018). First report on the application of near-infrared spectroscopy to predict the age of Aedes albopictus Skuse. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 9590–9590. 24 indexed citations

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Pasay, Cielo, Paul C. Mills, Romal Stewart, et al.. (2017). Investigating the activity of the macrocyclic lactones ivermectin and moxidectin against malaria vectors. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 97(5). 607–607.

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Beier, John C., et al.. (2016). Heat Sensitivity of wMel Wolbachia during Aedes aegypti Development. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 10(7). e0004873–e0004873. 75 indexed citations

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Sikulu-Lord, Maggy T., M. Henry, Robert A. Wirtz, et al.. (2016). Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, a Rapid Method for Predicting the Age of Male and Female Wild-Type and Wolbachia Infected Aedes aegypti. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 10(10). e0005040–e0005040. 29 indexed citations

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Hugo, Leon E., James Monkman, Keyur A. Dave, et al.. (2013). Proteomic Biomarkers for Ageing the Mosquito Aedes aegypti to Determine Risk of Pathogen Transmission. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e58656–e58656. 27 indexed citations

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Sikulu-Lord, Maggy T., Leon E. Hugo, Robert A. Wirtz, et al.. (2011). Evaluating RNAlater® as a preservative for using near-infrared spectroscopy to predict Anopheles gambiae age and species. Malaria Journal. 10(1). 186–186. 30 indexed citations

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Hugo, Leon E., Peter E. Cook, Petrina H. Johnson, et al.. (2010). Field Validation of a Transcriptional Assay for the Prediction of Age of Uncaged Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes in Northern Australia. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 4(2). e608–e608. 35 indexed citations

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Moreira, Luciano Andrade, Iñaki Iturbe‐Ormaetxe, J. Jeffery, et al.. (2009). A Wolbachia Symbiont in Aedes aegypti Limits Infection with Dengue, Chikungunya, and Plasmodium. Cell. 139(7). 1268–1278. 1240 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hugo, Leon E., et al.. (2008). Evaluations of Mosquito Age Grading Techniques Based on Morphological Changes. Journal of Medical Entomology. 45(3). 353–369. 45 indexed citations

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Cook, Peter E., Leon E. Hugo, Iñaki Iturbe‐Ormaetxe, et al.. (2007). Predicting the age of mosquitoes using transcriptional profiles. Nature Protocols. 2(11). 2796–2806. 38 indexed citations

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Cook, Peter E., Leon E. Hugo, Iñaki Iturbe‐Ormaetxe, et al.. (2006). The use of transcriptional profiles to predict adult mosquito age under field conditions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(48). 18060–18065. 91 indexed citations

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