Louis M. Weiss

26.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
388 papers, 18.7k citations indexed

About

Louis M. Weiss is a scholar working on Parasitology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Louis M. Weiss has authored 388 papers receiving a total of 18.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 234 papers in Parasitology, 171 papers in Epidemiology and 88 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Louis M. Weiss's work include Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (149 papers), Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (126 papers) and Trypanosoma species research and implications (83 papers). Louis M. Weiss is often cited by papers focused on Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (149 papers), Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (126 papers) and Trypanosoma species research and implications (83 papers). Louis M. Weiss collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Canada. Louis M. Weiss's co-authors include Anja R. Heckeroth, A.M. Tenter, Herbert B. Tanowitz, Murray Wittner, Kami Kim, J. P. Dubey, Sandra K. Halonen, Elizabeth S. Didier, Peter M. Takvorian and Ann Cali and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Louis M. Weiss

378 papers receiving 18.2k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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.

Toxoplasma gondii: from animals to humans

2000 2.8k citations Louis M. Weiss et al. profile →
Toxoplasmosis: A history of clinical observations

2009 628 citations Louis M. Weiss et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Louis M. Weiss United States	68	11.8k	8.0k	3.7k	2.9k	1.9k	388	18.7k
Wanderley de Souza Brazil	65	5.4k 0.5×	12.5k 1.6×	7.4k 2.0×	7.6k 2.6×	2.5k 1.3×	973	24.1k
Ricardo T. Gazzinelli Brazil	78	8.4k 0.7×	12.6k 1.6×	3.6k 1.0×	8.3k 2.8×	1.8k 1.0×	331	23.9k
L. David Sibley United States	96	20.1k 1.7×	14.3k 1.8×	4.7k 1.3×	3.6k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	286	25.9k
A Capron France	73	9.3k 0.8×	3.3k 0.4×	3.3k 0.9×	3.5k 1.2×	2.3k 1.3×	598	21.4k
James H. McKerrow United States	82	6.4k 0.5×	6.0k 0.7×	6.0k 1.6×	6.7k 2.3×	3.2k 1.7×	342	21.6k
Herbert B. Tanowitz United States	61	2.5k 0.2×	5.3k 0.7×	3.4k 0.9×	3.1k 1.0×	755 0.4×	280	11.4k
Vsevolod L. Popov United States	59	3.3k 0.3×	1.3k 0.2×	2.1k 0.6×	2.9k 1.0×	4.1k 2.2×	230	9.8k
Erol Fikrig United States	91	14.7k 1.2×	2.8k 0.3×	3.5k 1.0×	7.7k 2.6×	14.9k 8.0×	418	28.8k
James Alexander United Kingdom	73	3.0k 0.3×	4.6k 0.6×	1.9k 0.5×	4.4k 1.5×	954 0.5×	256	14.6k
Edward J. Pearce United States	81	9.4k 0.8×	4.2k 0.5×	9.5k 2.6×	3.7k 1.3×	2.8k 1.5×	227	36.1k

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Tomita, Tadakimi, et al.. (2025). Mapping a Toxoplasma gondii interactome by crosslinking mass spectrometry and machine learning. mBio. 16(10). e0215925–e0215925.

Cong, Hua, Juncheng Wang, Chun‐Xue Zhou, et al.. (2024). Microsporidian EnP1 alters host cell H2B monoubiquitination and prevents ferroptosis facilitating microsporidia survival. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(34). e2400657121–e2400657121. 6 indexed citations

Mayoral, Joshua, Rebekah B. Guevara, Vincent Tu, et al.. (2022). Dense Granule Protein GRA64 Interacts with Host Cell ESCRT Proteins during Toxoplasma gondii Infection. mBio. 13(4). e0144222–e0144222. 18 indexed citations

Dicpinigaitis, Peter V., et al.. (2022). A Case Report and Literature Review of Babesiosis-Induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2022. 1–6. 2 indexed citations

Sugi, Tatsuki, Tadakimi Tomita, Naoko Kawai, et al.. (2022). Single Cell Transcriptomes of In Vitro Bradyzoite Infected Cells Reveals Toxoplasma gondii Stage Dependent Host Cell Alterations. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 12. 848693–848693. 3 indexed citations

Weiss, Louis M., et al.. (2021). Fat tissue regulates the pathogenesis and severity of cardiomyopathy in murine chagas disease. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(4). e0008964–e0008964. 19 indexed citations

Mayoral, Joshua, Peter Shamamian, & Louis M. Weiss. (2020). In Vitro Characterization of Protein Effector Export in the Bradyzoite Stage of Toxoplasma gondii. mBio. 11(2). 24 indexed citations

Sugi, Tatsuki, Vincent Tu, Yanfen Ma, Tadakimi Tomita, & Louis M. Weiss. (2017). Toxoplasma gondii Requires Glycogen Phosphorylase for Balancing Amylopectin Storage and for Efficient Production of Brain Cysts. mBio. 8(4). 44 indexed citations

Nagajyothi, Fnu, Regina Kuliawat, Christine M. Kusminski, et al.. (2013). Alterations in Glucose Homeostasis in a Murine Model of Chagas Disease. American Journal Of Pathology. 182(3). 886–894. 28 indexed citations

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Machado, Fabiana S., Nilda E. Rodríguez, Daniel Adesse, et al.. (2012). Recent Developments in the Interactions Between Caveolin and Pathogens. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 729. 65–82. 25 indexed citations

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Mukherjee, Shankar, Fabiana S. Machado, Huang Huang, et al.. (2011). Aspirin Treatment of Mice Infected with Trypanosoma cruzi and Implications for the Pathogenesis of Chagas Disease. PLoS ONE. 6(2). e16959–e16959. 50 indexed citations

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Prado, Cibele M., Linda A. Jelicks, Louis M. Weiss, et al.. (2011). The Vasculature in Chagas Disease. Advances in Parasitology. 76. 83–99. 24 indexed citations

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Keeling, Patrick J., Nicolas Corradi, Hilary G. Morrison, et al.. (2010). The Reduced Genome of the Parasitic Microsporidian Enterocytozoon bieneusi Lacks Genes for Core Carbon Metabolism. Genome Biology and Evolution. 2. 304–309. 97 indexed citations

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Didier, Elizabeth S. & Louis M. Weiss. (2008). Overview of microsporidia and microsporidiosis. Protistology. 5(4). 13 indexed citations

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Kaneshiro, Edna S., Ann Cali, Melanie T. Cushion, et al.. (2006). The International Workshops on Opportunistic Protists. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 53(s1). S1–7. 2 indexed citations

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Weiss, Louis M., et al.. (2004). Chagas' disease and AIDS. PubMed. 3(1). 2–2. 77 indexed citations

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Park, David, Scott E. Woodman, William Schubert, et al.. (2002). Caveolin-1/3 Double-Knockout Mice Are Viable, but Lack Both Muscle and Non-Muscle Caveolae, and Develop a Severe Cardiomyopathic Phenotype. American Journal Of Pathology. 160(6). 2207–2217. 170 indexed citations

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Docker, Margaret F., Michael L. Kent, Jaswinder Khattra, et al.. (1997). Ribosomal DNA Sequence of Nucleospora salmonis Hedrick, Groff and Baxa, 1991 (Microsporea: Enterocytozoonidae): Implications for Phylogeny and Nomenclature. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 44(1). 55–60. 42 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xiaolong, et al.. (1993). Nucleotide sequence of the small subunit rRNA of Amesonmichaelis. Nucleic Acids Research. 21(16). 3895–3895. 9 indexed citations

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Morris, Stephen, Murray Wittner, Louis M. Weiss, et al.. (1990). Extracellular matrix derived from Trypanosoma cruzi infected endothelial cells directs phenotypic expression. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 145(2). 340–346. 19 indexed citations

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