Mamadou Kaba

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Mamadou Kaba is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Hepatology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mamadou Kaba has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Infectious Diseases, 13 papers in Hepatology and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Mamadou Kaba's work include Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (13 papers), Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology (13 papers) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (6 papers). Mamadou Kaba is often cited by papers focused on Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (13 papers), Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology (13 papers) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (6 papers). Mamadou Kaba collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, France and Nigeria. Mamadou Kaba's co-authors include Philippe Colson, Mark P. Nicol, Heather J. Zar, Didier Raoult, René Gerolami, Valérie Moal, Pierre Gallian, Patrick Borentain, Benjamin Queyriaux and Laurent Heyries and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Mamadou Kaba

36 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Pig Liver Sausage as a Source of Hepatitis E Virus Transmission to Humans

2010 513 citations Philippe Colson, Mamadou Kaba et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mamadou Kaba South Africa	19	925	818	300	220	181	37	1.5k
Katrine Borgen Norway	15	550 0.6×	172 0.2×	185 0.6×	49 0.2×	324 1.8×	27	1.0k
B. Cryan Ireland	19	502 0.5×	129 0.2×	78 0.3×	45 0.2×	192 1.1×	64	879
Celestino Bonura Italy	23	433 0.5×	158 0.2×	355 1.2×	32 0.1×	416 2.3×	75	1.6k
Charles Émile Ramarokoto Madagascar	18	328 0.4×	102 0.1×	168 0.6×	41 0.2×	111 0.6×	41	971
Sandra N. Bulens United States	17	1.3k 1.4×	228 0.3×	154 0.5×	11 0.1×	208 1.1×	27	1.6k
Bruce A. Hanna United States	24	906 1.0×	71 0.1×	181 0.6×	114 0.5×	989 5.5×	46	1.6k
Javier Colomina Spain	20	1.0k 1.1×	190 0.2×	146 0.5×	13 0.1×	404 2.2×	53	1.6k
Hannah C. Lewis Denmark	12	503 0.5×	188 0.2×	127 0.4×	45 0.2×	87 0.5×	22	772
Mehmet A. Taşyaran Türkiye	15	428 0.5×	84 0.1×	88 0.3×	52 0.2×	227 1.3×	47	906
Geoffrey G Hogg Australia	20	560 0.6×	81 0.1×	91 0.3×	92 0.4×	373 2.1×	39	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mamadou Kaba

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Little, Francesca, et al.. (2025). Using short-read 16S rRNA sequencing of multiple variable regions to generate high-quality results to a species level. Frontiers in Bioinformatics. 5. 1484113–1484113. 1 indexed citations

Kotloff, Karen L., R. Scott McClelland, Joyce S. Plested, et al.. (2025). Immunogenicity and safety of a monovalent omicron XBB.1.5 SARS-CoV-2 recombinant spike protein vaccine as a heterologous booster dose in US adults: interim analysis of a single-arm phase 2/3 study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 25(5). 585–594. 5 indexed citations

Ben‐Azu, Benneth, Marie‐Ève Tremblay, Peter Torre, et al.. (2023). A review of the auditory-gut-brain axis. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 17. 1183694–1183694. 7 indexed citations

Ayobami, Olaniyi, Alaa Abouelfetouh, Mamadou Kaba, et al.. (2022). A 6-Year Update on the Diversity of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clones in Africa: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 860436–860436. 27 indexed citations

Duri, Kerina, et al.. (2019). Seroprevalence of Cytomegalovirus Infection Among HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe. Viral Immunology. 32(7). 289–295. 6 indexed citations

Rowland‐Jones, Sarah, et al.. (2019). Epidemiology of Cytomegalovirus among pregnant women in Africa. The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 13(10). 865–876. 19 indexed citations

Naudé, Petrus J.W., Sugnet Gardner‐Lubbe, Gerrit Botha, et al.. (2019). Association of maternal prenatal psychological stressors and distress with maternal and early infant faecal bacterial profile. Acta Neuropsychiatrica. 32(1). 32–42. 34 indexed citations

Korsman, Stephen N.J., et al.. (2019). Hepatitis E in pig-derived food products in Cape Town, South Africa, 2014. South African Medical Journal. 109(8). 584–584. 5 indexed citations

Wiyeh, Alison B., Leila Abdullahi, Ambroise Wonkam, Charles Shey Wiysonge, & Mamadou Kaba. (2018). Effects of vaccines in patients with sickle cell disease: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open. 8(3). e021140–e021140. 4 indexed citations

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Goedecke, Julia H., Amy E. Mendham, Pamela A. Nono Nankam, et al.. (2018). An Exercise Intervention to Unravel the Mechanisms Underlying Insulin Resistance in a Cohort of Black South African Women: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial and Baseline Characteristics of Participants. JMIR Research Protocols. 7(4). e75–e75. 19 indexed citations

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Gardner‐Lubbe, Sugnet, Gerrit Botha, Jyoti Shankar, et al.. (2018). HIV-exposure, early life feeding practices and delivery mode impacts on faecal bacterial profiles in a South African birth cohort. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 5078–5078. 26 indexed citations

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Shittu, Adebayo, et al.. (2018). Mupirocin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 7(1). 101–101. 19 indexed citations

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Nicol, Mark P., et al.. (2016). The human microbiome research in Africa – A systematic review. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 45. 143–143. 1 indexed citations

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Shittu, Adebayo, et al.. (2016). Fecal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in the Hospital and Community Setting: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 449–449. 18 indexed citations

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Wiysonge, Charles Shey, Shingai Machingaidze, Lehana Thabane, et al.. (2016). Current Knowledge and Future Research Directions on Fecal Bacterial Patterns and Their Association with Asthma. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 838–838. 5 indexed citations

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Dube, Felix S., Mamadou Kaba, F. J. Lourens Robberts, et al.. (2016). Respiratory microbes present in the nasopharynx of children hospitalised with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa. BMC Infectious Diseases. 16(1). 597–597. 19 indexed citations

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Toit, Elloise du, et al.. (2013). A comparison of the efficiency of five different commercial DNA extraction kits for extraction of DNA from faecal samples. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 94(2). 103–110. 123 indexed citations

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Moal, Valérie, Anne Motte, Mamadou Kaba, et al.. (2013). Hepatitis E virus serological testing in kidney transplant recipients with elevated liver enzymes in 2007–2011 in southeastern France. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 76(1). 116–118. 13 indexed citations

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Kaba, Mamadou, Hervé Richet, Isabelle Ravaux, et al.. (2011). Hepatitis E virus infection in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. Journal of Medical Virology. 83(10). 1704–1716. 69 indexed citations

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Kaba, Mamadou, et al.. (2011). Hepatitis E virus genotype 3f in pigs in New Caledonia. Australian Veterinary Journal. 89(12). 496–499. 10 indexed citations

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