Margus Varjak

2.6k total citations
32 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Margus Varjak is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Margus Varjak has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 20 papers in Infectious Diseases and 11 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Margus Varjak's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (29 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (19 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (11 papers). Margus Varjak is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (29 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (19 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (11 papers). Margus Varjak collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Estonia and Germany. Margus Varjak's co-authors include Andres Merits, Aleksei Lulla, Alain Kohl, Esther Schnettler, Age Utt, Tero Ahola, Päivi Tammela, Leena Pohjala, Vattipally B. Sreenu and Claire L. Donald and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Margus Varjak

32 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Margus Varjak United Kingdom 18 805 540 390 347 221 32 1.2k
Juan A. Mondotte France 13 717 0.9× 469 0.9× 327 0.8× 332 1.0× 233 1.1× 14 1.3k
Néstor Gabriel Iglesias Argentina 15 751 0.9× 561 1.0× 207 0.5× 345 1.0× 125 0.6× 23 1.3k
Gijs J. Overheul Netherlands 18 404 0.5× 321 0.6× 329 0.8× 310 0.9× 267 1.2× 31 984
Nicholas J. Barrows United States 10 770 1.0× 597 1.1× 189 0.5× 439 1.3× 209 0.9× 11 1.3k
Aleksei Lulla Estonia 21 1.3k 1.6× 1.1k 2.1× 244 0.6× 339 1.0× 365 1.7× 35 1.9k
Stephanie L. Moon United States 17 441 0.5× 418 0.8× 199 0.5× 751 2.2× 194 0.9× 25 1.4k
Leopoldo G. Gebhard Argentina 15 555 0.7× 414 0.8× 154 0.4× 292 0.8× 90 0.4× 19 876
Marcelo M. Samsa Argentina 7 591 0.7× 437 0.8× 166 0.4× 252 0.7× 97 0.4× 7 955
Elaine M. Morazzani United States 11 389 0.5× 255 0.5× 313 0.8× 281 0.8× 124 0.6× 13 726
Pascal Miesen Netherlands 20 776 1.0× 464 0.9× 687 1.8× 773 2.2× 237 1.1× 33 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Margus Varjak

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Fields of papers citing papers by Margus Varjak

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Margus Varjak

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Margus Varjak. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Margus Varjak based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Margus Varjak. Margus Varjak is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Parry, Rhys, Rommel J. Gestuveo, Alexander A. Khromykh, et al.. (2025). The PAZ domain of Aedes aegypti Dicer 2 is critical for accurate and high-fidelity size determination of virus-derived small interfering RNAs.. RNA. 31(5). rna.080149.124–rna.080149.124. 1 indexed citations
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Ivanova, Larisa, et al.. (2025). Dengue Virus Inhibitors as Potential Broad-Spectrum Flavivirus Inhibitors. Pharmaceuticals. 18(3). 283–283. 1 indexed citations
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Jiang, Zhiwen, Gang Xing, Jie Chen, et al.. (2024). Attenuated Getah virus confers protection against multiple arthritogenic alphaviruses. PLoS Pathogens. 20(11). e1012700–e1012700. 2 indexed citations
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Salvemini, Marco, Vattipally B. Sreenu, Joseph Hughes, et al.. (2023). Characterisation of the antiviral RNA interference response to Toscana virus in sand fly cells. PLoS Pathogens. 19(3). e1011283–e1011283. 1 indexed citations
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Lefteri, Daniella, Steven R. Bryden, Marieke Pingen, et al.. (2022). Mosquito  saliva enhances virus infection through sialokinin-dependent vascular leakage. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(24). e2114309119–e2114309119. 29 indexed citations
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Gestuveo, Rommel J., Rhys Parry, Laura B. Dickson, et al.. (2022). Mutational analysis of Aedes aegypti Dicer 2 provides insights into the biogenesis of antiviral exogenous small interfering RNAs. PLoS Pathogens. 18(1). e1010202–e1010202. 12 indexed citations
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Terhzaz, Selim, Sandra Terry, Melanie McFarlane, et al.. (2021). Sugar feeding protects against arboviral infection by enhancing gut immunity in the mosquito vector Aedes aegypti. PLoS Pathogens. 17(9). e1009870–e1009870. 27 indexed citations
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Gestuveo, Rommel J., Claire L. Donald, Douglas J. Lamont, et al.. (2021). Analysis of Zika virus capsid-Aedes aegypti mosquito interactome reveals pro-viral host factors critical for establishing infection. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2766–2766. 24 indexed citations
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Lorenzo, Giuditta De, Peter J. Bredenbeek, Leonia Bozzacco, et al.. (2020). Generation of a reporter yellow fever virus for high throughput antiviral assays. Antiviral Research. 183. 104939–104939. 16 indexed citations
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Bryden, Steven R., Marieke Pingen, Daniella Lefteri, et al.. (2020). Pan-viral protection against arboviruses by activating skin macrophages at the inoculation site. Science Translational Medicine. 12(527). 25 indexed citations
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Donald, Claire L., Margus Varjak, Eric Roberto Guimarães Rocha Aguiar, et al.. (2018). Antiviral RNA Interference Activity in Cells of the Predatory Mosquito, Toxorhynchites amboinensis. Viruses. 10(12). 694–694. 8 indexed citations
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Varjak, Margus, Isabelle Dietrich, Vattipally B. Sreenu, et al.. (2018). Spindle-E Acts Antivirally Against Alphaviruses in Mosquito Cells. Viruses. 10(2). 88–88. 26 indexed citations
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Varjak, Margus, Claire L. Donald, Vattipally B. Sreenu, et al.. (2017). Characterization of the Zika virus induced small RNA response in Aedes aegypti cells. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 11(10). e0006010–e0006010. 72 indexed citations
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Li, Ping, Isabelle Dietrich, Xiǎohóng Shí, et al.. (2017). Mutational analysis of Rift Valley fever phlebovirus nucleocapsid protein indicates novel conserved, functional amino acids. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 11(12). e0006155–e0006155. 12 indexed citations
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Donald, Claire L., et al.. (2017). Differential effects of lipid biosynthesis inhibitors on Zika and Semliki Forest viruses. The Veterinary Journal. 230. 62–64. 10 indexed citations
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Rainey, Stephanie M., Julien Martinez, Melanie McFarlane, et al.. (2016). Wolbachia Blocks Viral Genome Replication Early in Infection without a Transcriptional Response by the Endosymbiont or Host Small RNA Pathways. PLoS Pathogens. 12(4). e1005536–e1005536. 66 indexed citations
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Karlas, Alexander, Stefano Berrè, Thérèse Couderc, et al.. (2016). A human genome-wide loss-of-function screen identifies effective chikungunya antiviral drugs. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11320–11320. 64 indexed citations
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Panas, Marc D., Margus Varjak, Aleksei Lulla, et al.. (2012). Sequestration of G3BP coupled with efficient translation inhibits stress granules in Semliki Forest virus infection. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 23(24). 4701–4712. 139 indexed citations
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Rodriguez‐Andres, Julio, Margus Varjak, Margo Chase‐Topping, et al.. (2012). Phenoloxidase Activity Acts as a Mosquito Innate Immune Response against Infection with Semliki Forest Virus. PLoS Pathogens. 8(11). e1002977–e1002977. 100 indexed citations
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Pohjala, Leena, Age Utt, Margus Varjak, et al.. (2011). Inhibitors of Alphavirus Entry and Replication Identified with a Stable Chikungunya Replicon Cell Line and Virus-Based Assays. PLoS ONE. 6(12). e28923–e28923. 217 indexed citations

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