Richard Lessells

17.6k citations
111 papers · 2.5k indexed · h-index 29
Topics
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (58 papers)HIV Research and Treatment (44 papers)HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (41 papers)

In The Last Decade

Richard Lessells

107 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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Richard Lessells
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  • Infectious Diseases 2.1k
  • Epidemiology 922
  • Virology 820
  • General Health Professions 377
  • Economics and Econometrics 230
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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Lessells

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Lessells

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

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High levels of drug resistance after failure of first-line antiretroviral therapy in rural South Africa: impact on standardised second-line regimens
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About Richard Lessells

Richard Lessells is a scholar working on Virology, Infectious Diseases and Modeling and Simulation, having authored 111 papers that have together received 2.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (58 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (44 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (41 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Virology (820 citations), Infectious Diseases (2.1k citations) and Epidemiology (922 citations). Richard Lessells has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Marie‐Louise Newell, Túlio de Oliveira, Portia Mutevedzi, Graham Cooke, Tom Heller, Till Bärnighausen, Ruth Bland, Catherine Houlihan, Claudia Wallrauch and Alison Rodger. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Nature Communications.

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