Rima McLeod

11.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
144 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Rima McLeod is a scholar working on Parasitology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rima McLeod has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Parasitology, 77 papers in Epidemiology and 23 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Rima McLeod's work include Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (122 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (47 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (46 papers). Rima McLeod is often cited by papers focused on Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (122 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (47 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (46 papers). Rima McLeod collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Rima McLeod's co-authors include Craig W. Roberts, Douglas G. Mack, Charles R. Brown, Fiona Roberts, Jack S. Remington, Charles N. Swisher, Ernest Mui, Shawn Withers, Randee Estes and Jennifer E. Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Rima McLeod

141 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

The One Health Approach to Toxoplasmosis: Epidemiology, Control, and Prevention Strategies

2019 198 citations Dolores E. Hill, Rima McLeod et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rima McLeod

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The association of specific and cumulative exposure to infectious agents with cognitive impairment in older Hispanic adults 2025 ·Journal of Alzheimer s Disease Reports ·(unknown), B. Munoz, (unknown), Kristen Wroblewski, Alcibiades E. Villarreal, (unknown), María B. Carreira, Rima McLeod, Gabrielle B. Britton	0
2	The role of cerebellar FOXP1 in the development of motor and communicative behaviors in mice 2024 ·Genes Brain & Behavior ·(unknown), Rima McLeod, (unknown), R. Holly Fitch, (unknown)	2
3	Impact of education on knowledge, attitudes, and practices for gestational toxoplasmosis 2024 ·Journal of Infection and Public Health ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Rima McLeod, Jorge Enrique Gómez‐Marín	4
4	Genetic Variations in the Purinergic P2X7 Receptor Are Associated with the Immune Response to Ocular Toxoplasmosis in Colombia 2023 ·Microorganisms ·(unknown), Rima McLeod, Jorge Enrique Gómez‐Marín, Alejandra de‐la‐Torre, (unknown), Néstor Cardona, Juan Carlos Arias	6
5	Late Diagnosis of Congenital Toxoplasmosis with Macrocephaly in Dizygotic Twins after Incidental Detection of Leukocoria: A Case Report 2021 ·The Journal of Pediatrics ·(unknown), José G. Montoya, Jennifer L. McGuire, (unknown), Karuna Shekdar, Rima McLeod, Despina G. Contopoulos‐Ioannidis	1
6	Protein nanovaccine confers robust immunity against Toxoplasma 2017 ·npj Vaccines ·Kamal El Bissati, Ying Zhou, Sara M. Paulillo, (unknown), Christopher P. Karch, Craig W. Roberts, David E. Lanar, Steve Reed, (unknown), Darrick Carter, Jeff Alexander, Alessandro Sette, John Sidney, Hernán Lorenzi, (unknown), Peter Burkhard, Rima McLeod	43
7	The Microbiome Activates CD4 T-cell–mediated Immunity to Compensate for Increased Intestinal Permeability 2017 ·Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology ·Karen L. Edelblum, Gil Sharon, Gurminder Singh, Matthew A. Odenwald, Anne Sailer, Severine Cao, Sarina Ravens, (unknown), Kamal El Bissati, Rima McLeod, Chen Dong, Sandeep Gurbuxani, Immo Prinz, Sarkis K. Mazmanian, Jerrold R. Turner	46
8	The benzimidazole based drugs show good activity against T. gondii but poor activity against its proposed enoyl reductase enzyme target 2013 ·Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·(unknown), Martin J. McPhillie, Ying Zhou, Stuart Woods, (unknown), Shaun Rawson, (unknown), Sean T. Prigge, Craig W. Roberts, David W. Rice, Rima McLeod, Colin W. G. Fishwick, Stephen P. Muench	4
9	Identification of a Sporozoite-Specific Antigen from Toxoplasma gondii 2011 ·Journal of Parasitology ·Dolores E. Hill, (unknown), J. P. Dubey, Kristen Wroblewski, Mari Sautter, (unknown), Claudia Muñoz‐Zanzi, Ernest Mui, Shawn Withers, Kenneth M. Boyer, Gretchen Hermes, (unknown), (unknown), Andrew Burnett, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Rima McLeod	98
10	Toxoplasma gondii HLA-B0702-restricted GRA720-28 peptide with adjuvants and a universal helper T cell epitope elicits CD8+ T cells producing interferon-γ and reduces parasite burden in HLA-B0702 mice 2011 ·Human Immunology ·Hua Cong, Ernest Mui, William H. Witola, John Sidney, Jeff Alexander, Alessandro Sette, Ajesh Maewal, Kamal El Bissati, Ying Zhou, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Daniel Lee, Stuart Woods, (unknown), Fiona L. Henriquez, Craig W. Roberts, Rima McLeod	26
11	Unrecognized Ingestion of Toxoplasma gondii Oocysts Leads to Congenital Toxoplasmosis and Causes Epidemics in North America 2011 ·Clinical Infectious Diseases ·K. M. Boyer, Dolores E. Hill, Ernest Mui, Kristen Wroblewski, Theodore Karrison, J. P. Dubey, Mari Sautter, A. Gwendolyn Noble, Shawn Withers, Charles N. Swisher, Peter Heydemann, (unknown), (unknown), David Lee, Petra Meier, Rima McLeod, (unknown)	111
12	Maternal Serologic Screening to Prevent Congenital Toxoplasmosis: A Decision-Analytic Economic Model 2011 ·PLoS neglected tropical diseases ·Eileen Stillwaggon, (unknown), Mari Sautter, Rima McLeod	86
13	Rapid discovery of inhibitors of Toxoplasma gondii using hybrid structure-based computational approach 2011 ·Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design ·Sandhya Kortagere, Ernest Mui, Rima McLeod, William J. Welsh	15
14	T. gondii RP Promoters & Knockdown Reveal Molecular Pathways Associated with Proliferation and Cell-Cycle Arrest 2010 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Ernest Mui, (unknown), William H. Witola, Michael S. Behnke, Kamal El Bissati, Stephen P. Muench, Brittany A. Rohrman, (unknown), (unknown), Yuko Ogata, Ali Sarkeshik, John R. Yates, Rima McLeod	19
15	Construction and validation of a polycompetitor construct (SWITCH) for use in competitive RT-PCR to assess tachyzoite-bradyzoite interconversion in Toxoplasma gondii 2001 ·Parasitology ·Russell E. Lyons, (unknown), Rima McLeod, Craig W. Roberts	7
16	Evidence for the shikimate pathway in apicomplexan parasites 1998 ·Nature ·Fiona Roberts, Craig W. Roberts, Jennifer E. Johnson, Dennis E. Kyle, Tino Krell, J.R. Coggins, Graham H. Coombs, Wilbur K. Milhous, Saul Tzipori, David Ferguson, Debopam Chakrabarti, Rima McLeod	367
17	Eye Manifestations of Congenital Toxoplasmosis 1996 ·American Journal of Ophthalmology ·Marilyn B. Mets, Ellen Holfels, Kenneth M. Boyer, Charles N. Swisher, Nancy Roizen, Laszlo Stein, Mark A. Stein, Joyce Hopkins, Shawn Withers, Douglas G. Mack, (unknown), Dushyant V. Patel, Jack S. Remington, Paul Meier, Rima McLeod	151
18	Contaminated Commercial Charcoal as a Source of fungi in the Respiratory Tract 1991 ·Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·David L. George, Rima McLeod, Robert A. Weinstein	8
19	Genetic regulation of early survival and cyst number after peroral Toxoplasma gondii infection of A x B/B x A recombinant inbred and B10 congenic mice. 1989 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Rima McLeod, Emil Skamene, Charles R. Brown, Patricia B. Eisenhauer, Douglas G. Mack	105
20	Book and Paper Reviews 1982 ·Časopis pro pěstování matematiky ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), L. Collatz, (unknown), Rodney E. Willoughby, (unknown), Jo Lambert, Rima McLeod, (unknown), Karen Morton, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Pieter Wesseling, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1

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