Michael Z. Levy

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Michael Z. Levy is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Z. Levy has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Epidemiology, 38 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 27 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Michael Z. Levy's work include Trypanosoma species research and implications (44 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (24 papers) and Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (17 papers). Michael Z. Levy is often cited by papers focused on Trypanosoma species research and implications (44 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (24 papers) and Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (17 papers). Michael Z. Levy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Peru and Nicaragua. Michael Z. Levy's co-authors include Richard Allsopp, A. B. Futcher, Calvin B. Harley, Carol W. Greider, Ricardo Castillo-Neyra, César Náquira, Katty Borrini-Mayorí, Robert H. Gilman, Caryn Bern and Paul T. Leisnham and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Michael Z. Levy

96 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Telomere end-replication problem and cell aging

1992 834 citations Michael Z. Levy, Richard Allsopp et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Z. Levy United States	29	1.1k	1.1k	719	656	604	99	3.4k
Mick Bailey United Kingdom	33	1.1k 0.9×	653 0.6×	224 0.3×	446 0.7×	483 0.8×	95	3.3k
Peter M. Siba Papua New Guinea	37	471 0.4×	2.9k 2.7×	199 0.3×	929 1.4×	154 0.3×	157	4.8k
Mirdad Kazanji France	36	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	126 0.2×	1.2k 1.8×	120 0.2×	137	3.7k
Rosalind E. Howes United Kingdom	28	326 0.3×	3.1k 2.9×	244 0.3×	651 1.0×	99 0.2×	50	5.3k
James W. Kazura United States	42	463 0.4×	3.7k 3.4×	209 0.3×	837 1.3×	115 0.2×	170	5.6k
Jorge L. Muñoz‐Jordán United States	38	837 0.7×	4.2k 3.9×	153 0.2×	3.5k 5.4×	386 0.6×	117	5.3k
Jagadish Mahanta India	34	955 0.8×	1.5k 1.4×	130 0.2×	1.2k 1.8×	71 0.1×	241	4.1k
Éster Cerdeira Sabino Brazil	45	2.4k 2.1×	2.0k 1.9×	297 0.4×	3.6k 5.4×	211 0.3×	414	7.6k
Sunetra Gupta United Kingdom	41	1.7k 1.5×	3.3k 3.1×	133 0.2×	1.0k 1.5×	150 0.2×	129	7.4k
Margaret Pinder United Kingdom	48	903 0.8×	4.6k 4.3×	111 0.2×	772 1.2×	163 0.3×	113	6.5k

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Castillo-Neyra, Ricardo, et al.. (2025). Cave dogs around major urban areas of Arequipa, Peru, threaten rabies elimination program. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 12. 1649737–1649737.

Recuenco, Sergio, et al.. (2025). Challenging a paradigm: Staggered versus single-pulse mass dog vaccination strategy for rabies elimination. PLoS Computational Biology. 21(2). e1012780–e1012780. 1 indexed citations

Castillo-Neyra, Ricardo, et al.. (2024). Optimizing the location of vaccination sites to stop a zoonotic epidemic. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 15910–15910. 4 indexed citations

Goldstein, Neal D., et al.. (2023). Modeling the impact of xenointoxication in dogs to halt Trypanosoma cruzi transmission. PLoS Computational Biology. 19(5). e1011115–e1011115. 5 indexed citations

Nande, Anjalika, et al.. (2023). Quantifying individual-level heterogeneity in infectiousness and susceptibility through household studies. Epidemics. 44. 100710–100710. 7 indexed citations

Nande, Anjalika, Brennan Klein, Matteo Chinazzi, et al.. (2021). The effect of eviction moratoria on the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2274–2274. 56 indexed citations

Paz‐Soldán, Valerie A., et al.. (2021). Misuse, perceived risk, and safety issues of household insecticides: Qualitative findings from focus groups in Arequipa, Peru. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(5). e0009251–e0009251. 6 indexed citations

Shinnick, Julianna, et al.. (2021). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rabies reemergence in Latin America: The case of Arequipa, Peru. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(5). e0009414–e0009414. 29 indexed citations

Buttenheim, Alison M., Ricardo Castillo-Neyra, Julianna Shinnick, et al.. (2021). Do Incentives Crowd Out Motivation? A Feasibility Study of a Community Vector-Control Campaign in Peru. Behavioral Medicine. 49(1). 53–61. 1 indexed citations

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Roy, Jason, Michael Z. Levy, Carole L. Wallis, et al.. (2021). Participants Switching to Second-Line Antiretroviral Therapy with Susceptible Virus Display Inferior Adherence and Worse Outcomes: An Observational Analysis. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 35(12). 467–473. 2 indexed citations

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Rose, Erica Billig, Jason Roy, Ricardo Castillo-Neyra, et al.. (2020). A real-time search strategy for finding urban disease vector infestations. 9(1). 3 indexed citations

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Castillo-Neyra, Ricardo, Alison M. Buttenheim, Katty Borrini-Mayorí, et al.. (2020). Behavioral and structural barriers to accessing human post-exposure prophylaxis and other preventive practices in Arequipa, Peru, during a canine rabies epidemic. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 14(7). e0008478–e0008478. 16 indexed citations

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Waltmann, Andreea, Alexandra C. Willcox, Sujata Balasubramanian, et al.. (2019). Hindgut microbiota in laboratory-reared and wild Triatoma infestans. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 13(5). e0007383–e0007383. 42 indexed citations

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Castillo-Neyra, Ricardo, et al.. (2019). Socio-spatial heterogeneity in participation in mass dog rabies vaccination campaigns, Arequipa, Peru. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 13(8). e0007600–e0007600. 26 indexed citations

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Gutfraind, Alexander, Jennifer K. Peterson, Erica Billig Rose, et al.. (2018). Integrating evidence, models and maps to enhance Chagas disease vector surveillance. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 12(11). e0006883–e0006883. 9 indexed citations

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Behrman, Jere, Katty Borrini-Mayorí, Ricardo Castillo-Neyra, et al.. (2018). A behavioral design approach to improving vector-control campaigns. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 1 indexed citations

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Bayer, Angela M., Gabrielle C. Hunter, Natalie M. Bowman, et al.. (2010). A Multi-disciplinary Overview of Chagas in Periurban Peru. 1(2).

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Bowman, Natalie M., Vivian K. Kawai, Michael Z. Levy, et al.. (2008). Chagas Disease Transmission in Periurban Communities of Arequipa, Peru. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 46(12). 1822–1828. 46 indexed citations

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Levy, Michael Z., Natalie M. Bowman, Vivian K. Kawai, et al.. (2006). Periurban Trypanosoma cruzi–infected Triatoma infestans, Arequipa, Peru. Emerging infectious diseases. 12(7). 1345–1352. 97 indexed citations

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Levy, Michael Z., Richard Allsopp, A. B. Futcher, Carol W. Greider, & Calvin B. Harley. (1992). Telomere end-replication problem and cell aging. Journal of Molecular Biology. 225(4). 951–960. 834 indexed citations breakdown →

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