Placide Mbala

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 838 citations indexed

About

Placide Mbala is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Modeling and Simulation. According to data from OpenAlex, Placide Mbala has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 838 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Infectious Diseases, 8 papers in Epidemiology and 8 papers in Modeling and Simulation. Recurrent topics in Placide Mbala's work include Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (13 papers), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (8 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (6 papers). Placide Mbala is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (13 papers), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (8 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (6 papers). Placide Mbala collaborates with scholars based in Democratic Republic of the Congo, United States and United Kingdom. Placide Mbala's co-authors include Prime Mulembakani, Steve Ahuka, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Anne W. Rimoin, John W. Huggins, James W. Martin, Guixia Yu, Bradley S. Schneider, Samia N. Naccache and Sneha Somasekar and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Placide Mbala

22 papers receiving 814 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.

Rapid metagenomic identification of viral pathogens in clinical samples by real-time nanopore sequencing analysis

2015 353 citations Alexander L. Greninger, Samia N. Naccache et al. Genome Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Placide Mbala Democratic Republic of the Congo	10	410	305	293	246	102	28	838
Prime Mulembakani Democratic Republic of the Congo	13	1.0k 2.5×	837 2.7×	1.1k 3.6×	267 1.1×	158 1.5×	18	1.7k
Irina Maljkovic Berry United States	18	167 0.4×	178 0.6×	191 0.7×	555 2.3×	54 0.5×	44	978
Angela R. McLean United Kingdom	16	303 0.7×	146 0.5×	529 1.8×	420 1.7×	82 0.8×	24	1.2k
Johannes Elias Germany	19	197 0.5×	414 1.4×	81 0.3×	185 0.8×	38 0.4×	39	870
Jessica Ingersoll United States	16	154 0.4×	353 1.2×	194 0.7×	491 2.0×	56 0.5×	34	988
Jean‐Jacques Muyembe Tamfum Democratic Republic of the Congo	15	373 0.9×	528 1.7×	401 1.4×	261 1.1×	33 0.3×	29	1.0k
Arinjay Banerjee Canada	18	222 0.5×	147 0.5×	103 0.4×	1.0k 4.2×	67 0.7×	46	1.4k
Sidney M. Bell United States	4	587 1.4×	336 1.1×	90 0.3×	1.3k 5.3×	163 1.6×	5	1.8k
David F. Nieuwenhuijse Netherlands	13	237 0.6×	193 0.6×	99 0.3×	483 2.0×	100 1.0×	31	807
Elisabetta Groppelli United Kingdom	14	191 0.5×	100 0.3×	81 0.3×	282 1.1×	45 0.4×	24	628

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Mwanza, Jean-Claude, David R. McIlwain, Placide Mbala, et al.. (2025). Ophthalmological manifestations and plasma markers of inflammation in Ebola survivors in post-treatment era. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 14966–14966.

Ingelbeen, Brecht, Esther van Kleef, Placide Mbala, et al.. (2025). Embedding risk monitoring in infectious disease surveillance for timely and effective outbreak prevention and control. BMJ Global Health. 10(2). e016870–e016870. 2 indexed citations

Madinga, Joule, et al.. (2024). Geospatial and multilevel clustering of zero-dose children in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2022. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). e0002617–e0002617.

Dunning, Jake, et al.. (2024). The worsening mpox outbreak in Africa: a call to action. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 24(11). 1190–1192. 9 indexed citations

Ahuka, Steve, Placide Mbala, Hypolite Muhindo Mavoko, et al.. (2024). Concurrent outbreaks of mpox in Africa—an update. The Lancet. 405(10472). 86–96. 13 indexed citations

Mbala, Placide, et al.. (2023). SARS-CoV2 mutations and impact on mortality: observational study in a sub-saharan Africa hospital. Virology Journal. 20(1). 56–56. 2 indexed citations

Okwor, Tochi, Placide Mbala, David H. Evans, & Jason Kindrachuk. (2023). A contemporary review of clade-specific virological differences in monkeypox viruses. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 29(12). 1502–1507. 31 indexed citations

Rafaï, Clotaire Donatien, Placide Mbala, Ulrich Vickos, et al.. (2023). Five successive waves of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Central African Republic: a prospective observational study from 2020-2022. Pan African Medical Journal. 46. 120–120.

Hoff, Nicole A., Dalau Mukadi Nkamba, Anna Bratcher, et al.. (2022). Hesitancy to receive the novel coronavirus vaccine and potential influences on vaccination among a cohort of healthcare workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Vaccine. 40(34). 4998–5009. 6 indexed citations

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Mbala, Placide, et al.. (2022). SARS-CoV2 infection in symptomatic patients: interest of serological tests and predictors of mortality: experience of DR Congo. BMC Infectious Diseases. 22(1). 21–21. 3 indexed citations

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Nsio, Justus, Rebecca M. Coulborn, Emmanuel Grellety, et al.. (2022). Differential symptomology of possible and confirmed Ebola virus disease infection in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective cohort study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 23(1). 91–102. 4 indexed citations

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Ingelbeen, Brecht, Delphin Mavinga Phanzu, Marie-France Phoba, et al.. (2022). Antibiotic use from formal and informal healthcare providers in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a population-based study in two health zones. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 28(9). 1272–1277. 8 indexed citations

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Hoff, Nicole A., Anna Bratcher, Patrick Mukadi, et al.. (2021). Increasing Ebola transmission behaviors 6 months post-vaccination: Comparing vaccinated and unvaccinated populations near 2018 Mbandaka Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Vaccine. 39(51). 7464–7469.

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Jaspard, Marie, et al.. (2021). Post-exposure prophylaxis following high-risk contact with Ebola virus, using immunotherapies with monoclonal antibodies, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: an emergency use program. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 113. 166–167. 9 indexed citations

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Cameron, Kenneth Neill, Fabien Roch Niama, Placide Mbala, et al.. (2021). Sequences of Previously Unknown Rhabdoviruses Detected in Bat Samples from the Republic of the Congo. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 21(7). 552–555. 1 indexed citations

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Nachega, Jean B., Ashraf Grimwood, Hassan Mahomed, et al.. (2020). From Easing Lockdowns to Scaling Up Community-based Coronavirus Disease 2019 Screening, Testing, and Contact Tracing in Africa—Shared Approaches, Innovations, and Challenges to Minimize Morbidity and Mortality. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 72(2). 327–331. 42 indexed citations

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Oppenheim, Ben, et al.. (2019). Knowledge and beliefs about Ebola virus in a conflict-affected area: early evidence from the North Kivu outbreak. Journal of Global Health. 9(2). 20311–20311. 18 indexed citations

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Mbala, Placide, John W. Huggins, Steve Ahuka, et al.. (2017). Maternal and Fetal Outcomes Among Pregnant Women With Human Monkeypox Infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 216(7). 824–828. 229 indexed citations

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Greninger, Alexander L., Samia N. Naccache, Scot Federman, et al.. (2015). Rapid metagenomic identification of viral pathogens in clinical samples by real-time nanopore sequencing analysis. Genome Medicine. 7(1). 99–99. 353 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aghokeng, Avelin F., Ahidjo Ayouba, Steve Ahuka, et al.. (2010). Genetic diversity of simian lentivirus in wild De Brazza's monkeys (Cercopithecus neglectus) in Equatorial Africa. Journal of General Virology. 91(7). 1810–1816. 4 indexed citations

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