Livio Heath

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Livio Heath is a scholar working on Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Livio Heath has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science, 48 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 35 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Livio Heath's work include Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (50 papers), Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (48 papers) and Viral Infections and Immunology Research (35 papers). Livio Heath is often cited by papers focused on Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (50 papers), Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (48 papers) and Viral Infections and Immunology Research (35 papers). Livio Heath collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, France and Nigeria. Livio Heath's co-authors include Wilna Vosloo, Darren P. Martin, Ferrán Jori, C Quembo, Eric van der Walt, Arvind Varsani, Emmanuel Albina, Rahana Dwarka, Anna‐Lise Williamson and Chris Oura and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Virology, Frontiers in Microbiology and Emerging infectious diseases.

In The Last Decade

Livio Heath

56 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

African Swine Fever Virus Isolate, Georgia, 2007

2008 440 citations Livio Heath et al. profile →
Genetic characterization of African swine fever virus isolates from soft ticks at the wildlife/domestic interface in Mozambique and identification of a novel genotype

2017 230 citations C Quembo, Ferrán Jori et al. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Safety and Efficacy of Plant‐Produced Trivalent Virus‐Like Particle Vaccine Candidate Against Bluetongue Disease 2025 ·Plant Biotechnology Journal ·(unknown), Martha M. O’Kennedy, (unknown), (unknown), Peter Coetzee, (unknown), (unknown), Livio Heath, (unknown)	0
2	A comparison of manual and carbon dioxide trap sampling of Ornithodoros soft ticks from warthog resting sites in South Africa 2025 ·Parasites & Vectors ·(unknown), Armanda D. S. Bastos, (unknown), Livio Heath, Ferrán Jori	0
3	African Swine Fever Diagnosis in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities 2024 ·Pathogens ·Mary‐Louise Penrith, J. Van Heerden, (unknown), Livio Heath, (unknown), Gerald Misinzo, (unknown), Abel Wade, (unknown), Pam Dachung Luka	9
4	Foot and mouth disease vaccine efficacy in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2024 ·Frontiers in Veterinary Science ·(unknown), (unknown), Teshale Teklue, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jinjin Liu, Livio Heath, Yuefeng Sun, Yaozhong Ding, Wenxiu Wang, Zaberezhnyĭ Ad, Yongsheng Liu, Jie Zhang	6
5	Retrospective Multi-Locus Sequence Analysis of African Swine Fever Viruses by “PACT” Confirms Co-Circulation of Multiple Outbreak Strains in Uganda 2023 ·Animals ·(unknown), (unknown), Armanda D. S. Bastos, J. Van Heerden, Livio Heath, Folorunso O. Fasina	1
6	Phylogenomic Comparison of Seven African Swine Fever Genotype II Outbreak Viruses (1998–2019) Reveals the Likely African Origin of Georgia 2007/1 2023 ·Pathogens ·(unknown), Armanda D. S. Bastos, Antoinette van Schalkwyk, J. Van Heerden, Livio Heath	3
7	Optimization of a foot-and-mouth disease virus Southern African Territories–specific solid-phase competitive ELISA for small ruminant serum samples 2023 ·Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation ·(unknown), Geoffrey T. Fosgate, (unknown), (unknown), David D. Lazarus, (unknown), Livio Heath	1
8	An Updated Review of Ornithodoros Ticks as Reservoirs of African Swine Fever in Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar 2023 ·Pathogens ·Ferrán Jori, Armanda D. S. Bastos, Fernando Boinas, J. Van Heerden, Livio Heath, Hélène Jourdan‐Pineau, Beatriz Martínez‐López, (unknown), Thomas V. Pollet, C Quembo, (unknown), Edgar Simulundu, (unknown), Mary‐Louise Penrith	17
9	B and T Cell Epitopes of the Incursionary Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Serotype SAT2 for Vaccine Development 2023 ·Viruses ·Qian Li, (unknown), Yang Wang, Livio Heath, (unknown)	10
10	Detection of African Swine Fever Virus in Ornithodoros Tick Species Associated with Indigenous and Extralimital Warthog Populations in South Africa 2022 ·Viruses ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Livio Heath, (unknown), Lin‐Mari de Klerk‐Lorist, Louis van Schalkwyk, Jessie D. Trujillo, J. E. Crafford, Jüergen A. Richt, Robert Swanepoel	3
11	Review of the Pig-Adapted African Swine Fever Viruses in and Outside Africa 2022 ·Pathogens ·Mary‐Louise Penrith, J. Van Heerden, Livio Heath, Edward Okoth, Armanda D. S. Bastos	14
12	Evaluation of Potency and Duration of Immunity Elicited by a Multivalent FMD Vaccine for Use in South Africa 2021 ·Frontiers in Veterinary Science ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), N Visser, Joshua Oluwole Olowoyo, Mapaseka Seheri, Livio Heath	7
13	Investigation of African swine fever outbreaks in pigs outside the controlled areas of South Africa, 2012–2017 2020 ·Journal of the South African Veterinary Association ·(unknown), (unknown), J. Van Heerden, Livio Heath, Éric Etter, Mary‐Louise Penrith	15
14	Comparison of colorimetric loop-mediated isothermal amplification kit and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of peste des petits ruminants in sheep and goats in Southeast Nigeria 2020 ·Veterinary World ·(unknown), (unknown), Pam Dachung Luka, (unknown), Livio Heath, (unknown), Kennedy F. Chah	4
15	Understanding African swine fever outbreaks in domestic pigs in a sylvatic endemic area: The case of the South African controlled area between 1977–2017 2020 ·Transboundary and Emerging Diseases ·(unknown), Éric Etter, Livio Heath, Mary‐Louise Penrith, J. Van Heerden	11
16	Efficacy of a foot-and-mouth disease vaccine against a heterologous SAT1 virus challenge in goats 2020 ·Vaccine ·David D. Lazarus, (unknown), (unknown), J. Van Heerden, (unknown), Livio Heath, Belinda Blignaut, (unknown), Geoffrey T. Fosgate	5
17	A novel method for performing antigenic vaccine matching for foot-and-mouth disease in absence of the homologous virus 2019 ·Vaccine ·(unknown), Geoffrey T. Fosgate, Belinda Blignaut, B. Gummow, (unknown), David D. Lazarus, (unknown), (unknown), Livio Heath	6
18	First molecular assessment of the African swine fever virus status of <i>Ornithodoros</i> ticks from Swaziland 2014 ·Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research ·Carin Boshoff, Armanda D. S. Bastos, (unknown), Livio Heath	10
19	Comparative evaluation of novel African swine fever virus (ASF) antibody detection techniques derived from specific ASF viral genotypes with the OIE internationally prescribed serological tests 2012 ·Veterinary Microbiology ·Carmina Gallardo, Alejandro Soler, Raquel Nieto, Ángel L. Carrascosa, Gian Mario De Mia, Richard P. Bishop, Carlos Martins, Folorunso O. Fasina, (unknown), Livio Heath, V. Pelayo, Elena Martín, Alicia Simón, Raquel Martín-Folgar, (unknown), (unknown), Edward Okoth, M. Arias	42
20	Development of a Suspension Microarray for the Genotyping of African Swine Fever Virus Targeting the SNPs in the C-Terminal End of the p72 Gene Region of the Genome 2012 ·Transboundary and Emerging Diseases ·Neil LeBlanc, Martı́ Cortey, Jovita Fernández-Piñero, Carmina Gallardo, Charles Masembe, (unknown), Livio Heath, J. Van Heerden, José Manuel Sánchez‐Vizcaíno, Karl Ståhl, Sándor Bélak	9

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