Léon Mutesa

4.4k total citations
119 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Léon Mutesa is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Léon Mutesa has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Léon Mutesa's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (21 papers), Malaria Research and Control (20 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (10 papers). Léon Mutesa is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (21 papers), Malaria Research and Control (20 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (10 papers). Léon Mutesa collaborates with scholars based in Rwanda, United States and Belgium. Léon Mutesa's co-authors include Chantal Ingabire, Emmanuel Hakizimana, Fredrick Kateera, Constantianus J. M. Koenraadt, Michèle van Vugt, Jean Mutabaruka, Eugène Rutembesa, Claude Mambo Muvunyi, Vincent Bours and Nader Perroud and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Léon Mutesa

110 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Léon Mutesa Rwanda	23	508	294	293	255	213	119	1.7k
Arianne Albert Canada	31	721 1.4×	420 1.4×	259 0.9×	510 2.0×	504 2.4×	174	3.6k
Dafne Dain Gandelman Horovitz Brazil	19	861 1.7×	205 0.7×	244 0.8×	507 2.0×	197 0.9×	67	1.9k
Andrea Sylvia Winkler Germany	37	412 0.8×	330 1.1×	395 1.3×	574 2.3×	124 0.6×	196	4.5k
Margaret Miller United States	29	624 1.2×	272 0.9×	341 1.2×	315 1.2×	105 0.5×	97	2.6k
Elizabeth Noonan United States	14	1.2k 2.3×	533 1.8×	383 1.3×	192 0.8×	381 1.8×	21	2.8k
Atsuko Aoyama Japan	22	422 0.8×	243 0.8×	196 0.7×	228 0.9×	60 0.3×	95	2.0k
Alfred K. Njamnshi Cameroon	30	358 0.7×	182 0.6×	529 1.8×	310 1.2×	133 0.6×	163	2.7k
Masato Kawabata Japan	26	434 0.9×	262 0.9×	74 0.3×	311 1.2×	130 0.6×	152	2.3k
Chaturaka Rodrigo Sri Lanka	29	1.1k 2.2×	196 0.7×	127 0.4×	380 1.5×	145 0.7×	142	2.8k
Deborah Payne United States	23	161 0.3×	274 0.9×	151 0.5×	454 1.8×	123 0.6×	119	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Léon Mutesa

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Mutesa, Léon, et al.. (2025). A Rare Homozygous AP4S1 Variant in Rwandan Siblings with Autosomal Recessive Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Type 52 (SPG52). Genes. 16(5). 542–542.

Farnir, Frédéric, et al.. (2025). A Review of Insights on Vaccination Against Respiratory Viral Infections in Africa: Challenges, Efforts, Impacts, and Opportunities for the Future. Vaccines. 13(9). 888–888. 2 indexed citations

Hul, Matthias Van, Aline Uwimana, Camille Petitfils, et al.. (2025). Gut microbiota composition differences are associated with geographic location and age in malaria-endemic regions of Rwanda. PLoS ONE. 20(6). e0320698–e0320698.

Murenzi, Gad, Fidel Rubagumya, Jonathan Ross, et al.. (2025). Building health research capacity in Africa: the Einstein-Rwanda research and capacity building program. PubMed. 3(1). 16–16.

Patel, Viraj V., Qiuhu Shi, Jonathan Ross, et al.. (2024). Awareness and willingness to use pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men in Rwanda: findings from a web-based survey. Frontiers in Public Health. 12. 1325029–1325029. 2 indexed citations

Manyazewal, Tsegahun, Gail Davey, Charlotte Hanlon, et al.. (2024). Innovative technologies to address neglected tropical diseases in African settings with persistent sociopolitical instability. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10274–10274. 9 indexed citations

Murenzi, Gad, Adebola Adedimeji, Marcel Yotebieng, et al.. (2024). Incidence, Clearance, and Persistence of Penile High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Among Rwandan Men Who Have Sex With Men. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 230(4). e964–e970. 1 indexed citations

Mwangi, Peter N., Léon Mutesa, Jason M. Mwenda, et al.. (2023). The Evolution of Post-Vaccine G8P[4] Group a Rotavirus Strains in Rwanda; Notable Variance at the Neutralization Epitope Sites. Pathogens. 12(5). 658–658. 2 indexed citations

Mwangi, Peter N., Léon Mutesa, Mapaseka Seheri, et al.. (2023). Genomic Analysis of Rwandan G9P[8] Rotavirus Strains Pre- and Post-RotaTeq® Vaccine Reveals Significant Distinct Sub-Clustering in a Post-Vaccination Cohort. Viruses. 15(12). 2321–2321.

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Hakizimana, Emmanuel, Chantal Ingabire, Fredrick Kateera, et al.. (2022). Community-Based Control of Malaria Vectors Using Bacillus thuringiensis var. Israelensis (Bti) in Rwanda. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(11). 6699–6699. 7 indexed citations

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Musanabaganwa, Clarisse, Stefan Jansen, Agaz H. Wani, et al.. (2022). Community Engagement in Epigenomic and Neurocognitive Research on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Rwandans Exposed to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi: Lessons Learned. Epigenomics. 14(15). 887–895. 2 indexed citations

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Mutesa, Léon, et al.. (2022). Trends and correlates of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization in Rwanda: results from the 2015 and 2020 Rwanda Demographic Health Survey (RDHS 2015 and 2020). BMC Women s Health. 22(1). 368–368. 12 indexed citations

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Korik, Attila, Eugène Rutembesa, Jean Mutabaruka, et al.. (2022). Electroencephalography and psychological assessment datasets to determine the efficacy of a low-cost, wearable neurotechnology intervention for reducing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder symptom severity. Data in Brief. 42. 108066–108066. 6 indexed citations

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Musanabaganwa, Clarisse, Vincent K. Cubaka, Muhammed Semakula, et al.. (2021). One hundred thirty-three observed COVID-19 deaths in 10 months: unpacking lower than predicted mortality in Rwanda. BMJ Global Health. 6(2). e004547–e004547. 10 indexed citations

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Chen, Siwei, Zitong Wang, Léon Mutesa, et al.. (2021). Intergenerational trauma transmission is associated with brain metabotranscriptome remodeling and mitochondrial dysfunction. Communications Biology. 4(1). 783–783. 23 indexed citations

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Musanabaganwa, Clarisse, Agaz H. Wani, Segun Fatumo, et al.. (2021). Leukocyte Methylomic Imprints of Exposure to the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda: a Pilot Epigenome-Wide Analysis. Epigenomics. 14(1). 11–25. 14 indexed citations

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Ghogomu, Stephen Mbigha, Robert Adamu Shey, Lea Olive Tchouate Gainkam, et al.. (2019). Identification and characterization of the Onchocerca volvulus Excretory Secretory Product Ov28CRP, a putative GM2 activator protein. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 13(7). e0007591–e0007591. 11 indexed citations

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Asingizwe, Domina, P. Marijn Poortvliet, Constantianus J. M. Koenraadt, et al.. (2018). Applying citizen science for malaria prevention in Rwanda: An integrated conceptual framework. NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences. 86-87(1). 111–122. 21 indexed citations

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Shey, Robert Adamu, Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu, Lea Olive Tchouate Gainkam, et al.. (2018). Prediction and validation of the structural features of Ov58GPCR, an immunogenic determinant of Onchocerca volvulus. PLoS ONE. 13(9). e0202915–e0202915. 8 indexed citations

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Mutesa, Léon, et al.. (2014). FACTORS DETERMINING DISCLOSURE BY PARENTS AMONG CHILDREN LIVING WITH\nHIV/AIDS ATTENDING THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN KIGALI UNIVERSITY\nTEACHING HOSPITAL.. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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