Manfred Weidmann

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
134 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Manfred Weidmann is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Manfred Weidmann has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Infectious Diseases, 55 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 24 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Manfred Weidmann's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (59 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (53 papers) and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (19 papers). Manfred Weidmann is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (59 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (53 papers) and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (19 papers). Manfred Weidmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Senegal. Manfred Weidmann's co-authors include Frank T. Hufert, Oumar Faye, Ahmed Abd El Wahed, Ousmane Faye, Amadou Alpha Sall, Pranav Patel, Yongjie Wang, Matthias Niedrig, Amadou A. Sall and Mawlouth Diallo and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Manfred Weidmann

129 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

Quantitative real-time PCR detection of Zika virus and evaluation with field-caught Mosquitoes

2013 308 citations Oumar Faye, Ousmane Faye et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Manfred Weidmann Germany	43	2.7k	1.8k	1.2k	1.1k	903	134	5.4k
Francisco A. Uzal United States	44	4.7k 1.7×	1.5k 0.8×	1.8k 1.5×	867 0.8×	252 0.3×	336	7.3k
Georg Pauli Germany	51	2.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	2.5k 2.1×	2.0k 1.8×	330 0.4×	211	8.5k
Matthias Niedrig Germany	48	5.6k 2.0×	4.1k 2.3×	746 0.6×	922 0.9×	309 0.3×	210	7.4k
Jean‐Claude Manuguerra France	37	1.7k 0.6×	835 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	315 0.3×	118	3.9k
Makoto Ohnishi Japan	53	1.9k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	2.0k 1.7×	1.3k 1.3×	355 0.4×	334	9.9k
Yong‐Qiang Deng China	35	2.4k 0.9×	2.3k 1.3×	852 0.7×	832 0.8×	210 0.2×	140	4.2k
Alan Radford United Kingdom	49	3.0k 1.1×	782 0.4×	2.6k 2.2×	1.4k 1.3×	366 0.4×	260	8.9k
Noboru Inoue Japan	39	973 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	1.6k 1.5×	473 0.5×	259	5.2k
U. Wernery United Arab Emirates	39	1.8k 0.6×	357 0.2×	1.4k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	171 0.2×	280	5.9k
Pauline M. Wertheim-van Dillen Netherlands	8	1.8k 0.7×	292 0.2×	958 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	290 0.3×	8	4.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manfred Weidmann

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All Works

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Weidmann, Manfred, Oumar Faye, & Martin Faye. (2026). Zika Virus Pathogenicity Versus Transmissibility. Comment on Roozitalab et al. Distinct Virologic Properties of African and Epidemic Zika Virus Strains: The Role of the Envelope Protein in Viral Entry, Immune Activation, and Neuropathogenesis. Pathogens 2025, 14, 716. Pathogens. 15(1). 67–67.

Faye, Martin, Moussa Moïse Diagne, Sheila Makiala‐Mandanda, et al.. (2024). Rapid detection of Ebolavirus using isothermal recombinase‐aided amplification. Journal of Medical Virology. 96(6). e29744–e29744. 1 indexed citations

Ndiaye, Oumar, Cheikh Loucoubar, Cheikh Fall, et al.. (2023). Laboratory Evaluation and Field Testing of Dengue NS1 and IgM/IgG Rapid Diagnostic Tests in an Epidemic Context in Senegal. Viruses. 15(4). 904–904. 6 indexed citations

Ahmadivand, Sohrab, Dušan Palić, & Manfred Weidmann. (2021). Molecular Epidemiology of Novirhabdoviruses Emerging in Iranian Trout Farms. Viruses. 13(3). 448–448. 7 indexed citations

Yehia, Nahed, et al.. (2021). Reverse Transcription Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assay for Rapid Detection of Avian Influenza Virus H9N2 HA Gene. Veterinary Sciences. 8(7). 134–134. 9 indexed citations

Faye, Martin, Cheikh Loucoubar, Manfred Weidmann, et al.. (2020). Biological Characteristics and Patterns of Codon Usage Evolution for the African Genotype Zika Virus. Viruses. 12(11). 1306–1306. 4 indexed citations

López-Jimena, Benjamin, Mohammed A. Bakheit, Michaël Bekaert, et al.. (2020). Development and Validation of Real-Time RT-LAMP Assays for the Specific Detection of Zika Virus. Methods in molecular biology. 2142. 147–164. 7 indexed citations

Faye, Martin, Laurent Dacheux, Manfred Weidmann, et al.. (2017). Development and validation of sensitive real-time RT-PCR assay for broad detection of rabies virus. Journal of Virological Methods. 243. 120–130. 28 indexed citations

Ferguson, Hugh, Manfred Weidmann, James E. Bron, et al.. (2016). Pathogenesis of experimental salmonid alphavirus infection in vivo: an ultrastructural insight. Veterinary Research. 47(1). 7–7. 8 indexed citations

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Fall, Gamou, Martin Faye, Manfred Weidmann, et al.. (2016). Real-Time RT-PCR Assays for Detection and Genotyping of West Nile Virus Lineages Circulating in Africa. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 16(12). 781–789. 14 indexed citations

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Shalaby, Mohamed A., Ayman H. El‐Deeb, Mohamed El‐Tholoth, et al.. (2016). Recombinase polymerase amplification assay for rapid detection of lumpy skin disease virus. BMC Veterinary Research. 12(1). 244–244. 40 indexed citations

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Faye, Oumar, Ousmane Faye, Barré Soropogui, et al.. (2015). Mobile deployment of recombinase polymerase amplification based rapid diagnostics for Ebola virus disease in Guinea in 2015. Journal of Clinical Virology. 70. S13–S13. 3 indexed citations

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Papa, Anna, Friedemann Weber, Roger Hewson, et al.. (2015). Meeting report: First International Conference on Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. Antiviral Research. 120. 57–65. 46 indexed citations

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Dilcher, Meik, Amadou A. Sall, Frank T. Hufert, & Manfred Weidmann. (2012). Full-length genome sequence of Ntaya virus. Virus Genes. 46(1). 162–164. 6 indexed citations

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Ergünay, Koray, Nadine Litzba, Modou Moustapha Lô, et al.. (2011). Performance of Various Commercial Assays for the Detection of Toscana Virus Antibodies. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 11(6). 781–787. 27 indexed citations

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Dilcher, Meik, Marcus Lechner, Nicolas Wieseke, et al.. (2011). Genetic characterization of Tribeč virus and Kemerovo virus, two tick-transmitted human-pathogenic Orbiviruses. Virology. 423(1). 68–76. 40 indexed citations

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Wagenknecht-Wiesner, Alice, et al.. (2006). Delineation of the catalytic domain of Clostridium difficile toxin B-10463 to an enzymatically active N-terminal 467 amino acid fragment. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 152(1). 109–116.

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Weidmann, Manfred, et al.. (2006). Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in Clethrionomys glareolus in the Czech Republic. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 6(4). 379–381. 15 indexed citations

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Meyer‐König, Ursula, et al.. (2003). Human cytomegalovirus impairs dendritic cell function: a novel mechanism of human cytomegalovirus immune escape. European Journal of Immunology. 33(6). 1528–1538. 66 indexed citations

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Gastpar, Markus, D Ladewig, Ralph Richter, & Manfred Weidmann. (1974). [Intravenous drug administration and hepatitis among young people in Basel].. PubMed. 104(34). 1173–81. 1 indexed citations

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