Luís E. Cuevas

12.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
248 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Luís E. Cuevas is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Luís E. Cuevas has authored 248 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 172 papers in Infectious Diseases, 118 papers in Epidemiology and 45 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Luís E. Cuevas's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (89 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (50 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (47 papers). Luís E. Cuevas is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (89 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (50 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (47 papers). Luís E. Cuevas collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Brazil and Nigeria. Luís E. Cuevas's co-authors include Mohammed A. Yassin, Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel, C. Anthony Hart, Nigel A. Cunliffe, Winifred Dove, Osamu Nakagomi, S. Bertel Squire, Toyoko Nakagomi, C. A. Hart and Lovett Lawson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Gastroenterology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Luís E. Cuevas

242 papers receiving 7.4k citations

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Advances in tuberculosis diagnostics: the Xpert MTB/RIF assay and future prospects for a point-of-care test

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Luís E. Cuevas United Kingdom	44	5.1k	3.5k	1.4k	810	740	248	7.6k
Carlo Giaquinto Italy	52	5.4k 1.0×	2.6k 0.7×	466 0.3×	862 1.1×	1.2k 1.7×	360	9.5k
Robert S. Heyderman United Kingdom	51	3.3k 0.6×	4.3k 1.2×	695 0.5×	460 0.6×	555 0.8×	309	11.1k
Laurent Kaiser Switzerland	68	7.2k 1.4×	6.7k 1.9×	819 0.6×	1.5k 1.9×	588 0.8×	371	14.4k
Ping‐Ing Lee Taiwan	43	2.8k 0.5×	3.0k 0.8×	859 0.6×	568 0.7×	892 1.2×	238	7.0k
Kathleen M. Neuzil United States	52	4.9k 1.0×	8.1k 2.3×	363 0.3×	1.6k 2.0×	1.5k 2.1×	207	12.6k
Nicola Petrosillo Italy	52	4.7k 0.9×	3.5k 1.0×	2.0k 1.5×	666 0.8×	591 0.8×	311	11.7k
Grace M. Lee United States	54	3.3k 0.7×	4.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	632 0.8×	245 0.3×	205	9.9k
Caroline Breese Hall United States	63	5.9k 1.2×	13.5k 3.9×	2.4k 1.8×	1.1k 1.3×	497 0.7×	146	16.2k
Janet A. Englund United States	72	6.3k 1.2×	12.4k 3.5×	1.5k 1.1×	742 0.9×	361 0.5×	405	16.9k
Kenneth McIntosh United States	61	5.8k 1.1×	5.3k 1.5×	542 0.4×	481 0.6×	127 0.2×	195	11.2k

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Rodríguez, Ignacio, et al.. (2025). Benchtop NMR urine metabolomics for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 40881–40881.

Santos, Victor Santana, et al.. (2023). Pooling of sputum samples to increase tuberculosis diagnostic capacity in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 129. 10–14. 6 indexed citations

Domínguez, José, et al.. (2023). Infection Prevention and Control Practices of Public and Private Health Facilities in Federal Capital Territory Abuja, Experience during COVID-19 Pandemic. 7(3). 2 indexed citations

Edwards, Thomas, Eva Heinz, J.J. van Aartsen, et al.. (2022). Piperacillin/tazobactam-resistant, cephalosporin-susceptible Escherichia coli bloodstream infections are driven by multiple acquisition of resistance across diverse sequence types. Microbial Genomics. 8(4). 12 indexed citations

Somphavong, Silaphet, Konstantina Kontogianni, José Domínguez, et al.. (2022). Pooling sputum for Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert Ultra testing during the Covid-19 pandemic in Lao People’s Democratic Republic. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(4). e0000116–e0000116. 7 indexed citations

Jardim‐Botelho, Anne, et al.. (2021). Métodos de alimentação e evolução do peso de recém-nascidos com microcefalia congênita por Zika Vírus. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 26. 2 indexed citations

Molina-Moya, Bárbara, Raquel Villar-Hernández, Tomàs Maria Pérez-Porcuna, et al.. (2021). Diagnostic Performance of the Fujifilm SILVAMP TB-LAM in Children with Presumptive Tuberculosis. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10(9). 1914–1914. 10 indexed citations

Cubas-Atienzar, Ana I., Christopher T. Williams, Abhilasha Karkey, et al.. (2021). A novel air-dried multiplex high-resolution melt assay for the detection of extended-spectrum β-lactamase and carbapenemase genes. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. 27. 123–131. 5 indexed citations

Santos, Victor Santana, Sarah Cristina Fontes Vieira, Íkaro Daniel de Carvalho Barreto, et al.. (2021). Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine pediatric vaccination in Brazil. Expert Review of Vaccines. 20(12). 1661–1666. 13 indexed citations

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Santos, Victor Santana, Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza, Íkaro Daniel de Carvalho Barreto, et al.. (2020). Impact of a twelve-year rotavirus vaccine program on acute diarrhea mortality and hospitalization in Brazil: 2006-2018. Expert Review of Vaccines. 19(6). 585–593. 16 indexed citations

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Lawson, Lovett, Konstantina Kontogianni, Thomas Edwards, et al.. (2019). PrimeStore MTM and OMNIgene Sputum for the Preservation of Sputum for Xpert MTB/RIF Testing in Nigeria. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 8(12). 2146–2146. 6 indexed citations

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Molina-Moya, Bárbara, Mulualem Agonafir, Silvia Blanco, et al.. (2018). Microbead-based spoligotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Ziehl-Neelsen-stained microscopy preparations in Ethiopia. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 3987–3987. 6 indexed citations

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Nicol, Mark P., Devasena Gnanashanmugam, Renee Browning, et al.. (2015). A Blueprint to Address Research Gaps in the Development of Biomarkers for Pediatric Tuberculosis: Table 1.. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 61(suppl 3). S164–S172. 22 indexed citations

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Santos, Victor Santana, et al.. (2014). Leprosy and Disability in Children Younger Than 15 Years in an Endemic Area of Northeast Brazil. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 34(3). e44–e47. 11 indexed citations

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Yassin, Mohammed A., et al.. (2012). Front-loaded smear microscopy for the diagnosis of pulmonary TB in Tripoli, Libya. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 107(2). 137–139.

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Naghipour, Mohammadreza, C. Anthony Hart, Winifred Dove, A. J. H. Leatherbarrow, & Luís E. Cuevas. (2009). Adenovirus infections within a family cohort in Iran. Pediatric Pulmonology. 44(8). 749–753. 13 indexed citations

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Petrucci, Roberta, Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel, Jeevan Bahadur Sherchand, et al.. (2008). Interferon Gamma, Interferon-Gamma-Induced-Protein 10, and Tuberculin Responses of Children at High Risk of Tuberculosis Infection. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 27(12). 1073–1077. 40 indexed citations

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Mardani, Masoud, et al.. (2006). Risk factors for hospitalization of children with diarrhea in Shahrekord, Iran. Archives of Clinical Infectious Diseases. 1(3). 131–136. 5 indexed citations

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Yassin, Mohammed A. & Luís E. Cuevas. (2003). How many sputum smears are necessary for case finding in pulmonary tuberculosis?. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 8(10). 927–932. 32 indexed citations

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Cuevas, Luís E. & C. A. Hart. (1991). Acute bacterial meningitis in Malawi. Malawi Medical Journal. 7(1). 2–6. 4 indexed citations

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