Robert Swanepoel

16.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
165 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Robert Swanepoel is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Swanepoel has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Infectious Diseases, 68 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 43 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Robert Swanepoel's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (130 papers), Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (76 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (67 papers). Robert Swanepoel is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (130 papers), Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (76 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (67 papers). Robert Swanepoel collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Kenya. Robert Swanepoel's co-authors include Patricia A. Leman, Janusz T. Pawęska, Felicity J. Burt, Pierre E. Rollin, Ashley Shepherd, Eric M. Leroy, Pierre Rouquet, Antoinette A. Grobbelaar, Sherif R. Zaki and S. P. Shepherd and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Robert Swanepoel

163 papers receiving 9.1k citations

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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.

Fruit bats as reservoirs of Ebola virus

2005 1.1k citations Janusz T. Pawęska, Robert Swanepoel et al. profile →
Multiple Ebola Virus Transmission Events and Rapid Decline of Central African Wildlife

2004 513 citations William B. Karesh, Robert Swanepoel et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Swanepoel

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All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A Bayesian latent class estimation of the diagnostic accuracy of clinical examination and laboratory assays to identify bovine ephemeral fever virus infection in South African cattle 2025 ·Preventive Veterinary Medicine ·(unknown), Geoffrey T. Fosgate, Robert Swanepoel, J. E. Crafford	0
2	Rift Valley fever epidemiology: shifting the paradigm and rethinking research priorities 2025 ·The Lancet Planetary Health ·Melinda K. Rostal, Peter N. Thompson, Assaf Anyamba, Bernard Bett, Catherine Cêtre-Sossah, Véronique Chevalier, (unknown), William B. Karesh, Alan C. Kemp, A. Desirée LaBeaud, (unknown), Louise Matthews, Veerle Msimang, M. Kariuki Njenga, Noam Ross, (unknown), William C. Wilson, Jacqueline Weyer, Janusz T. Pawęska, Robert Swanepoel	1
3	Rift Valley Fever virus M and L genome segment detection: a comparison of field-deployable reverse transcription insulated isothermal PCR (RT-iiPCR) and laboratory-based multiplex reverse transcription real-time PCR 2024 ·Journal of Clinical Microbiology ·Jessie D. Trujillo, William C. Wilson, (unknown), (unknown), Thomas J. Wang, Peter N. Thompson, Robert Swanepoel, Igor Morozov, Jüergen A. Richt	2
4	Detection of African Swine Fever Virus in Ornithodoros Tick Species Associated with Indigenous and Extralimital Warthog Populations in South Africa 2022 ·Viruses ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Livio Heath, (unknown), Lin‐Mari de Klerk‐Lorist, Louis van Schalkwyk, Jessie D. Trujillo, J. E. Crafford, Jüergen A. Richt, Robert Swanepoel	3
5	Detection of Rift Valley Fever Virus in Aedes (Aedimorphus) durbanensis, South Africa 2022 ·Pathogens ·(unknown), Peter N. Thompson, Robert Swanepoel, António Paulo Gouveia de Almeida, Janusz T. Pawęska, Petrus Jansen van Vuren, William C. Wilson, Alan C. Kemp, Estelle H. Venter	4
6	High prevalence of IgG antibodies to Ebola virus in the Efé pygmy population in the Watsa region, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2016 ·BMC Infectious Diseases ·Sabue Mulangu, Matthias Borchert, Janusz T. Pawęska, Antoine Tshomba, (unknown), Amayo Kulidri, Robert Swanepoel, Jean‐Jacques Muyembé‐Tamfum, Patrick Van der Stuyft	27
7	Phylogenetic analysis of Bunyamwera and Ngari viruses (family Bunyaviridae, genus Orthobunyavirus) isolated in Kenya 2015 ·Epidemiology and Infection ·Collins Odhiambo, Marietjie Venter, Olivia Wesula Lwande, Robert Swanepoel, Rosemary Sang	6
8	Macroarray assay for differential diagnosis of meningoencephalitis in southern Africa 2014 ·Journal of Clinical Virology ·Marietjie Venter, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jacqueline Weyer, Janusz T. Pawęska, Robert Swanepoel	16
9	Epidemiology of human rabies in South Africa, 1983–2007 2010 ·Virus Research ·Jacqueline Weyer, (unknown), Lucille Blumberg, Patricia A. Leman, Wanda Markotter, Robert Swanepoel, Janusz T. Pawęska, Louis H. Nel	28
10	West Nile Virus Lineage 2 as a Cause of Zoonotic Neurological Disease in Humans and Horses in Southern Africa 2010 ·Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases ·Marietjie Venter, Robert Swanepoel	69
11	An alphavirus replicon-derived candidate vaccine against Rift Valley fever virus 2009 ·Epidemiology and Infection ·Mark T. Heise, Alan C. Whitmore, Jeff Thompson, (unknown), Antoinette A. Grobbelaar, Alan C. Kemp, Janusz T. Pawęska, (unknown), Laura White, Robert Swanepoel, Felicity J. Burt	43
12	Unexpected Ebola virus in a tertiary setting: Clinical and epidemiologic aspects 2000 ·Critical Care Medicine ·Guy A. Richards, (unknown), (unknown), Mervyn Mer, (unknown), (unknown), Robert Swanepoel, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Chris Kassianides	68
13	A Novel Immunohistochemical Assay for the Detection of Ebola Virus in Skin: Implications for Diagnosis, Spread, and Surveillance of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever 1999 ·The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Sherif R. Zaki, Wun‐Ju Shieh, Patricia W. Greer, Cynthia S. Goldsmith, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Robert Swanepoel, Philippe Calain, Ali S. Khan, Ethleen S. Lloyd, Pierre E. Rollin, Thomas G. Ksiazek, C. J. Peters, (unknown)	134
14	Investigation of tick-borne viruses as pathogens of humans in South Africa and evidence of Dugbe virus infection in a patient with prolonged thrombocytopenia 1996 ·Epidemiology and Infection ·Felicity J. Burt, David Spencer, Patricia A. Leman, Bruce K. Patterson, Robert Swanepoel	75
15	Risk of Human Infections with Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in a South African Rural Community 1992 ·American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ·Susan P. Fisher‐Hoch, Joseph B. McCormick, Robert Swanepoel, (unknown), S. Harvey, (unknown)	75
16	An outbreak of suspected water-borne epidemic non-A non-B hepatitis in northern Botswana with a high prevalence of hepatitis B carriers and hepatitis delta markers among patients 1989 ·Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ·Jens Byskov, (unknown), (unknown), Robert Swanepoel	19
17	Observations on mosquitoes, midges and rodents during the 1978 Rift Valley fever epizootic in Zimbabwe. 1980 ·(unknown), Robert Swanepoel	3
18	The occurrence, diagnosis, treatment and control of rabies in Rhodesia. 1978 ·Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) ·Robert Swanepoel, Chris Foggin	2
19	Dumb rabies: its development following vaccination in a subject with rabies. 1978 ·Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) ·(unknown), Robert Swanepoel, (unknown), M Gelfand	4
20	An investigation of the relationship between infection with Toxoplasma gondii and contact with animals. 1974 ·PubMed ·Robert Swanepoel, (unknown), (unknown)	6

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