Michael K. Lo

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Michael K. Lo is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael K. Lo has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Epidemiology, 48 papers in Infectious Diseases and 18 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Michael K. Lo's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (46 papers), Virology and Viral Diseases (45 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (18 papers). Michael K. Lo is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (46 papers), Virology and Viral Diseases (45 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (18 papers). Michael K. Lo collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Bangladesh. Michael K. Lo's co-authors include Paul A. Rota, Christina F. Spiropoulou, Pei‐Yong Shi, Mark Tilgner, Stuart T. Nichol, Kristen A. Bernard, William J. Bellini, Mike Flint, Pierre E. Rollin and Punya Shrivastava-Ranjan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Michael K. Lo

66 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

GS-5734 and its parent nucleoside analog inhibit Filo-, P... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
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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.

  1. GS-5734 and its parent nucleoside analog inhibit Filo-, Pneumo-, and Paramyxoviruses
    2017 361 citations Michael K. Lo, Robert Jordan et al. Scientific Reports profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael K. Lo United States 31 2.1k 1.6k 866 432 336 66 3.1k
Brian H. Harcourt United States 24 1.5k 0.7× 1.6k 1.0× 334 0.4× 429 1.0× 164 0.5× 35 2.6k
Michael R. Holbrook United States 38 3.4k 1.6× 973 0.6× 1.6k 1.9× 661 1.5× 247 0.7× 107 4.6k
Azaibi Tamin United States 24 2.2k 1.0× 1.6k 1.0× 239 0.3× 473 1.1× 268 0.8× 40 3.1k
Masayuki Shimojima Japan 35 2.8k 1.3× 1.2k 0.7× 624 0.7× 553 1.3× 377 1.1× 155 4.3k
Chad E. Mire United States 38 2.5k 1.2× 1.5k 0.9× 303 0.3× 627 1.5× 127 0.4× 86 3.4k
Antoine Nougaırède France 30 2.2k 1.0× 806 0.5× 1.8k 2.1× 420 1.0× 204 0.6× 99 3.4k
Sharifah Syed Hassan Malaysia 26 869 0.4× 757 0.5× 426 0.5× 345 0.8× 160 0.5× 87 1.8k
Pragya D. Yadav India 32 2.7k 1.3× 502 0.3× 1.2k 1.4× 721 1.7× 184 0.5× 196 3.8k
Dana Scott United States 43 5.4k 2.5× 1.9k 1.1× 886 1.0× 711 1.6× 247 0.7× 107 6.7k
Yoshinobu Okuno Japan 32 1.7k 0.8× 2.9k 1.8× 512 0.6× 694 1.6× 149 0.4× 140 4.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael K. Lo

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All Works

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Kelly, Jamie A., Laura K. McMullan, Payel Chatterjee, et al.. (2025). Mechanisms of action of repurposed Ebola virus antivirals – the roles of phospholipidosis and cholesterol homeostasis. Antiviral Research. 238. 106167–106167. 1 indexed citations
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Bergeron, Éric, Cheng‐Feng Chiang, Michael K. Lo, et al.. (2024). Streamlined detection of Nipah virus antibodies using a split NanoLuc biosensor. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 13(1). 2398640–2398640. 3 indexed citations
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Lo, Michael K., Shilpi Jain, Katherine Davies, et al.. (2024). Optimization of Bangladesh and Malaysian genotype recombinant reporter Nipah viruses for in vitro antiviral screening and in vivo disease modeling. Antiviral Research. 231. 106013–106013. 4 indexed citations
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Scholte, Florine E. M., Sergio E. Rodriguez, Stephen R. Welch, et al.. (2023). Characterization of Humoral Responses to Nipah Virus Infection in the Syrian Hamster Model of Disease. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 230(2). 438–443. 6 indexed citations
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Lo, Michael K., et al.. (2023). Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Management of Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Pseudoepithelial Hyperplasia Secondary to Red Ink Tattoo: A Case Series and Review. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(6). 2424–2424. 2 indexed citations
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Lopera-Madrid, Jaime, et al.. (2023). Immunogenicity of poxvirus-based vaccines against Nipah virus. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 11384–11384. 4 indexed citations
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Lo, Michael K., Punya Shrivastava-Ranjan, Payel Chatterjee, et al.. (2021). Broad-Spectrum In Vitro Antiviral Activity of ODBG-P-RVn: An Orally-Available, Lipid-Modified Monophosphate Prodrug of Remdesivir Parent Nucleoside (GS-441524). Microbiology Spectrum. 9(3). e0153721–e0153721. 29 indexed citations
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Lo, Michael K., Jessica R. Spengler, Lauren R. H. Krumpe, et al.. (2020). Griffithsin Inhibits Nipah Virus Entry and Fusion and Can Protect Syrian Golden Hamsters From Lethal Nipah Virus Challenge. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 221(Supplement_4). S480–S492. 44 indexed citations
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Lo, Michael K., César G. Albariño, Jason K. Perry, et al.. (2020). Remdesivir targets a structurally analogous region of the Ebola virus and SARS-CoV-2 polymerases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(43). 26946–26954. 45 indexed citations
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Welch, Stephen R., Natasha L. Tilston‐Lunel, Michael K. Lo, et al.. (2019). Inhibition of Nipah Virus by Defective Interfering Particles. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 221(Supplement_4). S460–S470. 29 indexed citations
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Lo, Michael K., Jessica R. Spengler, Stephen R. Welch, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of a Single-Dose Nucleoside-Modified Messenger RNA Vaccine Encoding Hendra Virus-Soluble Glycoprotein Against Lethal Nipah virus Challenge in Syrian Hamsters. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 221(Supplement_4). S493–S498. 50 indexed citations
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Flint, Mike, Payel Chatterjee, David L. Lin, et al.. (2019). A genome-wide CRISPR screen identifies N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase as a potential antiviral target for Ebola virus. Nature Communications. 10(1). 285–285. 48 indexed citations
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Bruhn, Jessica F., Anne L. Hotard, Christina F. Spiropoulou, Michael K. Lo, & Erica Ollmann Saphire. (2019). A Conserved Basic Patch and Central Kink in the Nipah Virus Phosphoprotein Multimerization Domain Are Essential for Polymerase Function. Structure. 27(4). 660–668.e4. 21 indexed citations
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Jordan, Paul C., Cheng Liu, Michael K. Lo, et al.. (2018). Initiation, extension, and termination of RNA synthesis by a paramyxovirus polymerase. PLoS Pathogens. 14(2). e1006889–e1006889. 100 indexed citations
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Araújo, Jansen de, Michael K. Lo, Azaibi Tamin, et al.. (2017). Antibodies Against Henipa-Like Viruses in Brazilian Bats. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 17(4). 271–274. 22 indexed citations
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Deffrasnes, Céline, Glenn A. Marsh, Chwan Hong Foo, et al.. (2016). Genome-wide siRNA Screening at Biosafety Level 4 Reveals a Crucial Role for Fibrillarin in Henipavirus Infection. PLoS Pathogens. 12(3). e1005478–e1005478. 38 indexed citations
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Sazzad, Hossain M. S., Jahangir Hossain, Emily S. Gurley, et al.. (2013). Nipah Virus Infection Outbreak with Nosocomial and Corpse-to-Human Transmission, Bangladesh. Emerging infectious diseases. 19(2). 210–217. 113 indexed citations
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Rahman, Muhammad Aziz, Jahangir Hossain, Sharmin Sultana, et al.. (2011). Date Palm Sap Linked to Nipah Virus Outbreak in Bangladesh, 2008. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 12(1). 65–72. 159 indexed citations
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Lo, Michael K., David Miller, Mohamad Aljofan, et al.. (2010). Characterization of the antiviral and inflammatory responses against Nipah virus in endothelial cells and neurons. Virology. 404(1). 78–88. 69 indexed citations
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Shi, Pei‐Yong, Mark Tilgner, & Michael K. Lo. (2002). Construction and Characterization of Subgenomic Replicons of New York Strain of West Nile Virus. Virology. 296(2). 219–233. 131 indexed citations

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