Nicolas Praet

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
80 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Nicolas Praet is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Parasitology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolas Praet has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 25 papers in Parasitology and 22 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Nicolas Praet's work include Parasitic infections in humans and animals (34 papers), Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery (19 papers) and Parasites and Host Interactions (15 papers). Nicolas Praet is often cited by papers focused on Parasitic infections in humans and animals (34 papers), Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery (19 papers) and Parasites and Host Interactions (15 papers). Nicolas Praet collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Netherlands. Nicolas Praet's co-authors include Pierre Dorny, Niko Speybroeck, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Paul R. Torgerson, Arie H. Havelaar, Sarah Gabriël, Frederick J. Angulo, Martyn Kirk, Neyla Gargouri and Tine Hald and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and PLoS Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Nicolas Praet

78 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

World Health Organization Global Estimates and Regional Comparisons of the Burden of Foodborne Disease in 2010

2015 1.4k citations Arie H. Havelaar, Paul R. Torgerson et al. profile →
World Health Organization Estimates of the Global and Regional Disease Burden of 11 Foodborne Parasitic Diseases, 2010: A Data Synthesis

2015 540 citations Paul R. Torgerson, Brecht Devleesschauwer et al. profile →

Peers

Nicolas Praet

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Dirk Berkvens Belgium

S. Geerts Belgium

Sarah Gabriël Belgium

Andrés G. Lescano Peru

F. van Knapen Netherlands

Samson Mukaratirwa South Africa

Florence Fenollar France

Hélène Carabin United States

Jozef Vercruysse Belgium

Martin Altwegg Switzerland

Dirk Berkvens Belgium

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1.5k ×1.0

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796 ×0.6

PFM

1.6k ×1.4

561 ×0.6

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840 ×0.9

Citations per year, relative to Nicolas Praet Nicolas Praet (= 1×) peers Dirk Berkvens

Countries citing papers authored by Nicolas Praet

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nicolas Praet

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicolas Praet

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nicolas Praet. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nicolas Praet 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 Nicolas Praet. Nicolas Praet is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Serradell, Laurence, Deborah Layton, Jill Dreyfus, et al.. (2025). Background incidence rates from electronic healthcare databases for vaccine safety monitoring: review of challenges from the COVID-19 vaccination campaign and proposal for best practices. PubMed. 5. 1651090–1651090. 1 indexed citations

Madinga, Joule, Katja Polman, Kirezi Kanobana, et al.. (2017). Epidemiology of polyparasitism with Taenia solium , schistosomes and soil-transmitted helminths in the co-endemic village of Malanga, Democratic Republic of Congo. Acta Tropica. 171. 186–193. 14 indexed citations

Mwape, Kabemba E., Kathie Schmidt, Emmanuel Abatih, et al.. (2017). Cognitive impairment and quality of life of people with epilepsy and neurocysticercosis in Zambia. Epilepsy & Behavior. 80. 354–359. 24 indexed citations

Jansen, Famke, et al.. (2016). Assessment of the repeatability and border-plate effects of the B158/B60 enzyme-linked-immunosorbent assay for the detection of circulating antigens (Ag-ELISA) of Taenia saginata. Veterinary Parasitology. 227. 69–72. 6 indexed citations

González, Armando E., Javier A. Bustos, Hector H. García, et al.. (2015). Successful Antiparasitic Treatment for Cysticercosis is Associated with a Fast and Marked Reduction of Circulating Antigen Levels in a Naturally Infected Pig Model. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 93(6). 1305–1310. 9 indexed citations

Coral-Almeida, Marco, et al.. (2015). Taenia solium Human Cysticercosis: A Systematic Review of Sero-epidemiological Data from Endemic Zones around the World. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 9(7). e0003919–e0003919. 107 indexed citations

Victor, Björn, Nicolas Praet, Sarah Gabriël, et al.. (2014). Epidemiology and genetic diversity of Taenia asiatica: a systematic review. Parasites & Vectors. 7(1). 45–45. 39 indexed citations

Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Arie H. Havelaar, Charline Maertens de Noordhout, et al.. (2014). Calculating disability-adjusted life years to quantify burden of disease. International Journal of Public Health. 59(3). 565–569. 181 indexed citations

Praet, Nicolas, et al.. (2013). Trichinella infection in wild boars and synanthropic rats in northwest Vietnam. Veterinary Parasitology. 200(1-2). 207–211. 16 indexed citations

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Praet, Nicolas, et al.. (2012). Assessing the burden of human cysticercosis in Vietnam. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 18(3). 352–356. 14 indexed citations

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Fraga, Jorge, Nicolás Veland, Ana Margarita Montalvo, et al.. (2012). Accurate and rapid species typing from cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis lesions of the New World. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 74(2). 142–150. 41 indexed citations

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Millogo, Athanase, Pascal Nitiéma, Hélène Carabin, et al.. (2012). Prevalence of neurocysticercosis among people with epilepsy in rural areas of Burkina Faso. Epilepsia. 53(12). 2194–2202. 38 indexed citations

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Speybroeck, Niko, Nicolas Praet, Filip Claes, et al.. (2011). True versus Apparent Malaria Infection Prevalence: The Contribution of a Bayesian Approach. PLoS ONE. 6(2). e16705–e16705. 33 indexed citations

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Kanobana, Kirezi, Nicolas Praet, Pierre Dorny, et al.. (2011). High prevalence of Taenia solium cysticerosis in a village community of Bas-Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo. International Journal for Parasitology. 41(10). 1015–1018. 35 indexed citations

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Praet, Nicolas, Kirezi Kanobana, Vivi Maketa, et al.. (2010). Taenia solium Cysticercosis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: How Does Pork Trade Affect the Transmission of the Parasite?. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 4(9). e817–e817. 58 indexed citations

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Dorny, Pierre, Nicolas Praet, Nynke Deckers, & Sarah Gabriël. (2009). Emerging food-borne parasites. Veterinary Parasitology. 163(3). 196–206. 268 indexed citations

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Bhattarai, Narayan Raj, Gert Van der Auwera, Basudha Khanal, et al.. (2009). PCR and direct agglutination as Leishmania infection markers among healthy Nepalese subjects living in areas endemic for Kala‐Azar. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 14(4). 404–411. 41 indexed citations

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Carabin, Hélène, Athanase Millogo, Nicolas Praet, et al.. (2009). Seroprevalence to the Antigens of Taenia solium Cysticercosis among Residents of Three Villages in Burkina Faso: A Cross-Sectional Study. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 3(11). e555–e555. 30 indexed citations

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Schantz, P M, et al.. (2008). Prevalence of Taenia solium cysticercosis in swine from a community-based study in 21 villages of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Veterinary Parasitology. 154(1-2). 38–47. 59 indexed citations

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Dorny, Pierre & Nicolas Praet. (2007). Taenia saginata in Europe. Veterinary Parasitology. 149(1-2). 22–24. 93 indexed citations

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