Peter C. Melby

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
111 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Peter C. Melby is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter C. Melby has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 44 papers in Epidemiology and 28 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in Peter C. Melby's work include Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (68 papers), Trypanosoma species research and implications (42 papers) and Parasites and Host Interactions (15 papers). Peter C. Melby is often cited by papers focused on Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (68 papers), Trypanosoma species research and implications (42 papers) and Parasites and Host Interactions (15 papers). Peter C. Melby collaborates with scholars based in United States, Colombia and Peru. Peter C. Melby's co-authors include Bysani Chandrasekar, Bruno L. Travi, Weiguo Zhao, David L. Sacks, Seema S. Ahuja, Sunil K. Ahuja, Robert L. Reddick, David H. Walker, Marlon P. Quinones and Ómar A. Saldarriaga and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Investigation and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Peter C. Melby

108 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

A review of the global epidemiology of scrub typhus 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. A review of the global epidemiology of scrub typhus
    2017 347 citations David H. Walker, Peter C. Melby et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter C. Melby United States 42 2.9k 2.0k 1.3k 1.1k 615 111 5.1k
Frederick P. Heinzel United States 31 2.3k 0.8× 2.0k 1.0× 3.3k 2.5× 682 0.6× 570 0.9× 55 6.0k
Marita Troye‐Blomberg Sweden 51 3.9k 1.3× 1.0k 0.5× 3.6k 2.7× 1.0k 0.9× 815 1.3× 239 7.6k
Ingrid Müller United Kingdom 41 2.3k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 1.7k 1.3× 592 0.6× 351 0.6× 93 4.2k
Andréa Teixeira‐Carvalho Brazil 37 2.4k 0.8× 2.1k 1.1× 1.5k 1.2× 990 0.9× 548 0.9× 270 5.1k
Pascale Kropf United Kingdom 33 1.6k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 1.9k 1.4× 447 0.4× 304 0.5× 68 4.2k
Werner Solbach Germany 48 2.7k 0.9× 2.3k 1.2× 3.0k 2.2× 805 0.8× 771 1.3× 150 7.1k
Alain Dessein France 39 1.7k 0.6× 1.0k 0.5× 791 0.6× 2.0k 1.9× 457 0.7× 114 4.4k
Lynn Soong United States 48 3.7k 1.3× 2.3k 1.2× 2.1k 1.6× 1.4k 1.3× 989 1.6× 156 6.2k
Paul‐Henri Lambert Switzerland 50 2.3k 0.8× 2.1k 1.1× 4.6k 3.5× 568 0.5× 1.4k 2.2× 161 9.1k
Jonathan K. Stiles United States 34 1.4k 0.5× 616 0.3× 1.2k 0.9× 411 0.4× 379 0.6× 116 5.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter C. Melby

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All Works

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Mendell, Nicole L., Patricia A. Crocquet-Valdes, Peter C. Melby, et al.. (2025). Probable scrub typhus-like infection in Colombia: seroconversion and serological reactivity to Orientia spp. among patients with acute undifferentiated febrile illness in Villeta municipality. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. 68. 102937–102937.
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Faccini‐Martínez, Álvaro A., et al.. (2024). Molecular Characterization of Leptospira Species among Patients with Acute Undifferentiated Febrile Illness from the Municipality of Villeta, Colombia. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 9(8). 168–168. 1 indexed citations
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Agudelo‐Flórez, Piedad, Margarita Arboleda, Francisco J. Díaz, et al.. (2023). Etiological characterization of acute undifferentiated febrile illness in Apartadó and Villeta municipalities, Colombia, during COVID-19 pandemic. Infezioni in Medicina. 31(4). 517–532. 2 indexed citations
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Shelite, Thomas R., Michael D. Wilson, Daniel A. Boakye, et al.. (2023). A Preliminary Study to Compare Recombinase Polymerase Amplification-Lateral Flow and Quantitative PCR in the Detection of Cutaneous Leishmania in Communities from the Volta Region of Ghana. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 23(2). 75–80. 1 indexed citations
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Bente, Dennis A., Scott C. Weaver, Gary Kobinger, et al.. (2022). Texas professionals are employing a one health approach to protect the United States against biosecurity threats. One Health. 15. 100431–100431.
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Cossio, Alexandra, María del Mar Castro, Lyda Osório, et al.. (2021). Diagnostic performance of a Recombinant Polymerase Amplification Test—Lateral Flow (RPA-LF) for cutaneous leishmaniasis in an endemic setting of Colombia. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(4). e0009291–e0009291. 15 indexed citations
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Osorio, E. Yaneth, et al.. (2020). In-situ proliferation contributes to the accumulation of myeloid cells in the spleen during progressive experimental visceral leishmaniasis. PLoS ONE. 15(11). e0242337–e0242337. 6 indexed citations
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Shelite, Thomas R., Nathen E. Bopp, Abelardo C. Moncayo, et al.. (2020). Isothermal Recombinase Polymerase Amplification-Lateral Flow Point-of-Care Diagnostic Test for Heartland Virus. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 21(2). 110–115. 7 indexed citations
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Jiménez‐Coello, Matilde, Thomas R. Shelite, Alejandro Castellanos-González, et al.. (2018). Efficacy of Recombinase Polymerase Amplification to Diagnose Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Dogs with Cardiac Alterations from an Endemic Area of Mexico. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 18(8). 417–423. 26 indexed citations
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Osorio, E. Yaneth, Ómar A. Saldarriaga, Bruno L. Travi, et al.. (2017). Splenic CD4+ T Cells in Progressive Visceral Leishmaniasis Show a Mixed Effector-Regulatory Phenotype and Impair Macrophage Effector Function through Inhibitory Receptor Expression. PLoS ONE. 12(1). e0169496–e0169496. 36 indexed citations
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Ibrahim, Marwa K., Jeffrey L. Barnes, Gregory M. Anstead, et al.. (2013). The Malnutrition-Related Increase in Early Visceralization of Leishmania donovani Is Associated with a Reduced Number of Lymph Node Phagocytes and Altered Conduit System Flow. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 7(8). e2329–e2329. 27 indexed citations
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Jimenez, Fabio, Marlon P. Quinones, Hernan Martinez, et al.. (2010). CCR2 Plays a Critical Role in Dendritic Cell Maturation: Possible Role of CCL2 and NF-κB. The Journal of Immunology. 184(10). 5571–5581. 77 indexed citations
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Pérez, Luis E., Bysani Chandrasekar, Ómar A. Saldarriaga, et al.. (2006). Reduced Nitric Oxide Synthase 2 (NOS2) Promoter Activity in the Syrian Hamster Renders the Animal Functionally Deficient in NOS2 Activity and Unable to Control an Intracellular Pathogen. The Journal of Immunology. 176(9). 5519–5528. 42 indexed citations
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Saldarriaga, Ómar A., Luis E. Pérez, Bruno L. Travi, & Peter C. Melby. (2005). Selective enhancement of the type 1 cytokine response by expression of a canine interleukin (IL)-12 fused heterodimeric DNA. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology. 110(3-4). 377–388. 5 indexed citations
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Quinones, Marlon P., Édgar Garavito, Yogeshwar Kalkonde, et al.. (2003). CC Chemokine Receptor 2 Expression in Donor Cells Serves an Essential Role in Graft-versus-Host-Disease. The Journal of Immunology. 171(9). 4875–4885. 32 indexed citations
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Chandrasekar, Bysani, Peter C. Melby, Henry M. Sarau, et al.. (2003). Chemokine-Cytokine Cross-talk. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(7). 4675–4686. 90 indexed citations
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Melby, Peter C., Fernando J. Andrade-Narváez, Barbara Darnell, & Guillermo Valencia‐Pacheco. (1996). In situ expression of interleukin-10 and interleukin-12 in active human cutaneous leishmaniasis. FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology. 15(2-3). 101–107. 36 indexed citations
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McHugh, Chad P., et al.. (1996). Leishmaniasis in Texas: Epidemiology and Clinical Aspects of Human Cases. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 55(5). 547–555. 54 indexed citations
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Melby, Peter C., et al.. (1987). Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis in the Elderly. American Journal of Nephrology. 7(3). 235–240. 16 indexed citations

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