Moussa Sacko

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Moussa Sacko is a scholar working on Parasitology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Moussa Sacko has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Parasitology, 26 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 25 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Moussa Sacko's work include Parasites and Host Interactions (55 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (26 papers) and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (25 papers). Moussa Sacko is often cited by papers focused on Parasites and Host Interactions (55 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (26 papers) and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (25 papers). Moussa Sacko collaborates with scholars based in Mali, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Moussa Sacko's co-authors include Jürg Utzinger, Birgitte J. Vennervald, David W. Dunne, Xiao‐Nong Zhou, Donald P. McManus, Aly Landouré, Francis Gilbert, Amadou Garba, Jozef Vercruysse and Alan Fenwick and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, The Journal of Infectious Diseases and The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Moussa Sacko

67 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Schistosomiasis

2018 714 citations Donald P. McManus, David W. Dunne et al. Nature Reviews Disease Primers profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Moussa Sacko Mali	25	2.0k	1.1k	784	581	514	70	2.6k
Diana M. S. Karanja Kenya	30	2.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	588 1.0×	372 0.7×	47	2.6k
Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuenté Cameroon	26	2.3k 1.1×	1.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	603 1.0×	555 1.1×	51	2.6k
Pauline N. M. Mwinzi Kenya	32	2.0k 1.0×	929 0.8×	1.1k 1.4×	581 1.0×	275 0.5×	67	2.4k
Nicholas Midzi Zimbabwe	34	2.4k 1.2×	1.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.5×	834 1.4×	345 0.7×	107	3.1k
Amadou Garba Niger	28	2.5k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	1.4k 1.8×	758 1.3×	480 0.9×	113	3.2k
Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho Brazil	30	2.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.3×	393 0.5×	645 1.1×	805 1.6×	180	2.7k
Yuesheng Li Australia	24	1.7k 0.8×	975 0.9×	382 0.5×	485 0.8×	310 0.6×	43	1.9k
Jing Xu China	25	1.5k 0.7×	779 0.7×	642 0.8×	613 1.1×	261 0.5×	137	1.9k
Francisca Mutapi United Kingdom	34	2.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	849 1.1×	795 1.4×	446 0.9×	137	3.4k
Andréa Gazzinelli Brazil	29	1.3k 0.7×	645 0.6×	530 0.7×	552 1.0×	264 0.5×	98	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Moussa Sacko

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Moussa Sacko

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mwinzi, Pauline N. M., Khadime Sylla, Maurice R. Odiere, et al.. (2025). Priority knowledge gaps for schistosomiasis research and development in the World Health Organization Africa Region. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 14(1). 19–19. 3 indexed citations

Sylla, Khadime, Mady Bâ, I. Talla, et al.. (2023). Schistosomiasis control in Senegal: results from community data analysis for optimizing preventive chemotherapy intervention with praziquantel. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 12(1). 106–106. 3 indexed citations

Sangaré, Lansana, Modibo Diarra, Mamadou B. Coulibaly, et al.. (2022). Stratification at the health district level for targeting malaria control interventions in Mali. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 8271–8271. 13 indexed citations

Diarra, Mamadou, et al.. (2021). Prevalence of Undiagnosed Diabetes Cases in Bamako and Surroundings, Mali. 7(1). 2 indexed citations

Levecke, Bruno, Johnny Vlaminck, Luciano Andriamaro, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of the therapeutic efficacy of praziquantel against schistosomes in seven countries with ongoing large-scale deworming programs. International Journal for Parasitology Drugs and Drug Resistance. 14. 183–187. 21 indexed citations

Yaro, Alpha Seydou, et al.. (2019). Persistance de la schistosomiase urinaire en zones endémiques soumises aux traitements de masse répétés au Mali. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences. 13(1). 369–369. 2 indexed citations

McManus, Donald P., David W. Dunne, Moussa Sacko, et al.. (2018). Schistosomiasis. Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 4(1). 13–13. 714 indexed citations breakdown →

Rouhani, Saba, Tom Drake, Natalie Roschnik, et al.. (2017). Cost analysis of a school-based comprehensive malaria program in primary schools in Sikasso region, Mali. BMC Public Health. 17(1). 572–572. 11 indexed citations

Sacko, Moussa, Henry Madsen, Shona Wilson, et al.. (2017). Anemia and growth retardation associated with Schistosoma haematobium infection in Mali: a possible subtle impact of a neglected tropical disease. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 111(4). 144–153. 14 indexed citations

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Tambo, Ernest, et al.. (2016). Rift valley fever epidemic in Niger near border with Mali. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 16(12). 1319–1320. 16 indexed citations

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Song, Langui, Xiaoying Wu, Moussa Sacko, & Zhongdao Wu. (2016). History of schistosomiasis epidemiology, current status, and challenges in China: on the road to schistosomiasis elimination. Parasitology Research. 115(11). 4071–4081. 53 indexed citations

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Lai, Ying‐Si, Patricia Biedermann, Uwem Friday Ekpo, et al.. (2015). Spatial distribution of schistosomiasis and treatment needs in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and geostatistical analysis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 15(8). 927–940. 185 indexed citations

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Knowles, Sarah C. L., Bonnie L. Webster, Amadou Garba, et al.. (2015). Epidemiological Interactions between Urogenital and Intestinal Human Schistosomiasis in the Context of Praziquantel Treatment across Three West African Countries. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 9(10). e0004019–e0004019. 18 indexed citations

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Karagiannis-Voules, Dimitrios-Alexios, Patricia Biedermann, Uwem Friday Ekpo, et al.. (2014). Spatial and temporal distribution of soil-transmitted helminth infection in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and geostatistical meta-analysis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 15(1). 74–84. 146 indexed citations

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Stothard, J. Russell, José Carlos Sousa-Figueiredo, Martha Betson, et al.. (2011). Closing the praziquantel treatment gap: new steps in epidemiological monitoring and control of schistosomiasis in African infants and preschool-aged children. Parasitology. 138(12). 1593–1606. 83 indexed citations

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Clements, Archie C. A., Sonja Firth, Robert Dembelé, et al.. (2009). Use of Bayesian geostatistical prediction to estimate local variations in Schistosoma haematobium infection in western Africa. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 87(12). 921–929. 54 indexed citations

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Sacko, Moussa, Dominique De Clercq, J. M. Behnke, et al.. (1999). Comparison of the efficacy of mebendazole, albendazole and pyrantel in treatment of human hookworm infections in the Southern Region of Mali, West Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 93(2). 195–203. 50 indexed citations

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Sacko, Moussa, et al.. (1997). Failure of Mebendazole in Treatment of Human Hookworm Infections in the Southern Region of Mali. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 57(1). 25–30. 169 indexed citations

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Dabo, Abdoulaye, et al.. (1995). [Echographic morbidity due to Schistosoma haematobium in a peripheral district of Bamako in Mali, Missabougou].. PubMed. 88(1). 11–4. 4 indexed citations

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Kardorff, R., Mamadou Traoré, Abdoulaye Diarra, et al.. (1994). Lack of Ultrasonographic Evidence for Severe Hepatosplenic Morbidity in Schistosomiasis Mansoni in Mali. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 51(2). 190–197. 32 indexed citations

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