Robert B. Tesh

14.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
226 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

Robert B. Tesh is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert B. Tesh has authored 226 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 182 papers in Infectious Diseases, 168 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 53 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Robert B. Tesh's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (176 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (157 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (47 papers). Robert B. Tesh is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (176 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (157 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (47 papers). Robert B. Tesh collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Australia. Robert B. Tesh's co-authors include Hilda Guzmán, Amélia P. A. Travassos da Rosa, Nikos Vasilakis, Alan D.T. Barrett, Amélia Travassos da Rosa, Léon Rosen, Shu‐Yuan Xiao, Robert S. Lanciotti, Bradley J. Blitvich and Sandra V. Mayer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Robert B. Tesh

223 papers receiving 10.2k 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.

Probable Non–Vector-borne Transmission of Zika Virus, Colorado, USA

2011 840 citations Amélia Travassos da Rosa, Robert B. Tesh et al. Emerging infectious diseases profile →
The emergence of arthropod-borne viral diseases: A global prospective on dengue, chikungunya and zika fevers

2016 324 citations Robert B. Tesh, Nikos Vasilakis et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert B. Tesh United States	56	7.7k	7.5k	1.6k	1.6k	1.4k	226	10.6k
Charles H. Calisher United States	48	8.4k 1.1×	6.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	2.2k 1.4×	652 0.5×	245	11.2k
Ernest A. Gould United Kingdom	64	9.1k 1.2×	9.5k 1.3×	1.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	1.8k 1.3×	202	13.4k
Alan D.T. Barrett United States	67	11.7k 1.5×	12.7k 1.7×	1.9k 1.2×	805 0.5×	1.6k 1.2×	309	15.6k
Robert B. Tesh United States	47	4.6k 0.6×	6.7k 0.9×	1.8k 1.1×	554 0.3×	1.6k 1.2×	119	7.8k
Olli Vapalahti Finland	60	11.4k 1.5×	4.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	2.3k 1.5×	553 0.4×	403	14.0k
Laura D. Kramer United States	71	12.1k 1.6×	14.0k 1.9×	973 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	3.0k 2.2×	282	17.3k
John T. Roehrig United States	53	9.0k 1.2×	9.8k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	386 0.2×	920 0.7×	135	11.3k
Nikos Vasilakis United States	45	5.5k 0.7×	6.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	415 0.3×	1.9k 1.4×	158	8.5k
Aaron C. Brault United States	46	5.9k 0.8×	6.4k 0.8×	695 0.4×	566 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	153	7.5k
Robert E. Shope United States	43	5.1k 0.7×	3.6k 0.5×	910 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	442 0.3×	153	6.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert B. Tesh

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Rosa, Amélia Travassos da, et al.. (2018). The role of birds in arboviral disease surveillance in Harris County and the City of Houston, Texas.. PubMed. 1–12. 2 indexed citations

Walker, Peter J., Kim R. Blasdell, Charles H. Calisher, et al.. (2018). ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Rhabdoviridae. Journal of General Virology. 99(4). 447–448. 156 indexed citations

Zhao, Guoyan, Siddharth R. Krishnamurthy, Zhengqiu Cai, et al.. (2013). Identification of Novel Viruses Using VirusHunter -- an Automated Data Analysis Pipeline. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e78470–e78470. 55 indexed citations

Schuh, Amy J., Hilda Guzmán, Robert B. Tesh, & Alan D.T. Barrett. (2013). Genetic Diversity of Japanese Encephalitis Virus Isolates Obtained from the Indonesian Archipelago Between 1974 and 1987. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 13(7). 479–488. 42 indexed citations

Wellehan, James F. X., Allan P. Pessier, Linda L. Archer, et al.. (2012). Initial sequence characterization of the rhabdoviruses of squamate reptiles, including a novel rhabdovirus from a caiman lizard (Dracaena guianensis). Veterinary Microbiology. 158(3-4). 274–279. 10 indexed citations

Ziegler, Sarah A., Charles E. McGee, Yan-Jang S. Huang, et al.. (2011). In Vivo Imaging of Chikungunya Virus in Mice and Aedes Mosquitoes Using a Renilla Luciferase Clone. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 11(11). 1471–1477. 22 indexed citations

Thangamani, Saravanan, Stephen Higgs, Sarah A. Ziegler, et al.. (2010). Host Immune Response to Mosquito-Transmitted Chikungunya Virus Differs from That Elicited by Needle Inoculated Virus. PLoS ONE. 5(8). e12137–e12137. 84 indexed citations

Allred, Adam, Guang Wu, Kael F. Fischer, et al.. (2010). VIPR: A probabilistic algorithm for analysis of microbial detection microarrays. BMC Bioinformatics. 11(1). 384–384. 3 indexed citations

Presti, Rachel M., Guoyan Zhao, Wandy L. Beatty, et al.. (2009). Quaranfil, Johnston Atoll, and Lake Chad Viruses Are Novel Members of the Family Orthomyxoviridae. Journal of Virology. 83(22). 11599–11606. 63 indexed citations

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Charrel, Rémi N., Grégory Moureau, Sarah Temmam, et al.. (2008). Massilia Virus, A Novel Phlebovirus (Bunyaviridae) Isolated from Sandflies in the Mediterranean. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 9(5). 519–530. 87 indexed citations

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Sbrana, Elena, Shu‐Yuan Xiao, Patrick C. Newman, & Robert B. Tesh. (2007). COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICAN AND CENTRAL AFRICAN STRAINS OF MONKEYPOX VIRUS IN A GROUND SQUIRREL MODEL OF THE DISEASE. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 76(1). 155–164. 54 indexed citations

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Armah, Henry B, Guoji Wang, Bennet Omalu, et al.. (2007). Systemic Distribution of West Nile Virus Infection: Postmortem Immunohistochemical Study of Six Cases. Brain Pathology. 17(4). 354–362. 84 indexed citations

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Xiao, Shu-Yuan, Elena Sbrana, Douglas M. Watts, et al.. (2005). Experimental Infection of Prairie Dogs with Monkeypox Virus. Emerging infectious diseases. 11(4). 539–545. 80 indexed citations

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Davis, C. Todd, David W. C. Beasley, Hilda Guzmán, et al.. (2004). Emergence of attenuated West Nile virus variants in Texas, 2003. Virology. 330(1). 342–350. 84 indexed citations

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Siirin, Marina, Chris Sargent, Rebecca C. Langer, et al.. (2004). Comparative Sensitivity of the VecTest Antigen-Capture Assay, Reverse Transcriptase-PCR, and Cell Culture for Detection of West Nile Virus in Dead Birds. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 4(3). 204–209. 7 indexed citations

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Mercer, David R., Gustavo R. Spinelli, Douglas M. Watts, & Robert B. Tesh. (2003). Biting Rates and Developmental Substrates for Biting Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Iquitos, Peru. Journal of Medical Entomology. 40(6). 807–812. 28 indexed citations

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Calisher, Charles H., Carol D. Blair, Michael D. Bowen, et al.. (2001). Identification of Arboviruses and Certain Rodent-Borne Viruses: Reevaluation of the Paradigm. Emerging infectious diseases. 7(4). 756–758. 7 indexed citations

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Tesh, Robert B.. (1994). The Emerging Epidemiology of Venezuelan Hemorrhagic Fever and Oropouche Fever in Tropical South Americaa. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 740(1). 129–137. 40 indexed citations

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Tesh, Robert B., et al.. (1976). THE DISTRIBUTION AND PREVALENCE OF HUMAN INFECTION WITH PHLEBOTOMUS FEVER GROUP VIRUSES IN IRAN. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10 indexed citations

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Tesh, Robert B. & Léon Rosen. (1975). Failure of rubella virus to replicate in mosquitos.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 5(3-4). 216–9. 2 indexed citations

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