Sebastian Wurster

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 820 citations indexed

About

Sebastian Wurster is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sebastian Wurster has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 820 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Infectious Diseases, 42 papers in Epidemiology and 13 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Sebastian Wurster's work include Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (57 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (35 papers) and Infectious Diseases and Mycology (7 papers). Sebastian Wurster is often cited by papers focused on Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (57 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (35 papers) and Infectious Diseases and Mycology (7 papers). Sebastian Wurster collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Italy. Sebastian Wurster's co-authors include Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, Nathaniel D. Albert, Hermann Einsele, Stephanie S. Watowich, Russell E. Lewis, Jeffrey J. Tarrand, Andrew J. Ullmann, Martin Hoenigl, Ying Jiang and Nicholas D. Beyda and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Circulation Research and Molecular and Cellular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Sebastian Wurster

66 papers receiving 808 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.

  1. Impact of climate change and natural disasters on fungal infections
    2024 83 citations Danila Seidel, Sebastian Wurster et al. The Lancet Microbe profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sebastian Wurster United States 16 481 377 151 89 86 72 820
Nahid Kondori Sweden 20 438 0.9× 429 1.1× 142 0.9× 44 0.5× 170 2.0× 37 849
Tomomi Saijo Japan 17 714 1.5× 635 1.7× 187 1.2× 73 0.8× 67 0.8× 45 952
Jürgen Loeffler Germany 8 408 0.8× 293 0.8× 290 1.9× 71 0.8× 21 0.2× 10 834
Marcin G. Fraczek United Kingdom 17 727 1.5× 436 1.2× 306 2.0× 56 0.6× 181 2.1× 25 1.2k
Bruno Philippe France 15 733 1.5× 436 1.2× 308 2.0× 50 0.6× 93 1.1× 20 1.1k
Kelly M. Shepardson United States 13 563 1.2× 459 1.2× 231 1.5× 41 0.5× 43 0.5× 22 925
F Kuze Japan 16 541 1.1× 447 1.2× 143 0.9× 50 0.6× 39 0.5× 35 1.1k
Olivia Majer Austria 13 587 1.2× 465 1.2× 310 2.1× 76 0.9× 54 0.6× 15 1.1k
Chad Jessup United States 13 538 1.1× 611 1.6× 149 1.0× 59 0.7× 219 2.5× 22 952
John F. Kernien United States 15 488 1.0× 360 1.0× 195 1.3× 35 0.4× 35 0.4× 19 843

Countries citing papers authored by Sebastian Wurster

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sebastian Wurster

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sebastian Wurster

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

All Works

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Kurzai, Oliver, Arnhild Grothey, Lars Dölken, et al.. (2025). Unveiling immune interference: how the dendritic cell response to co-infection with Aspergillus fumigatus is modulated by human cytomegalovirus and its virokine CMV IL-10. mBio. 16(11). e0154125–e0154125. 1 indexed citations
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Matsuo, Takahiro, Sebastian Wurster, Ying Jiang, Jeffrey J. Tarrand, & Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis. (2024). Adjunct Terbinafine in Patients With Leukemia and Invasive Fusariosis With Skin Lesions: Discordance Between Responses of Skin Lesions and Systemic Outcomes. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 11(2). ofae068–ofae068. 1 indexed citations
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John, Teny M., Takahiro Matsuo, Sebastian Wurster, et al.. (2024). Disseminated Histoplasmosis in a Patient with Myelofibrosis on Ruxolitinib: A Case Report and Review of the Literature on Ruxolitinib-Associated Invasive Fungal Infections. Journal of Fungi. 10(4). 264–264. 4 indexed citations
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Matsuo, Takahiro, Sebastian Wurster, Ying Jiang, et al.. (2024). The modern face of esophageal candidiasis in an oncology center: Correlating clinical manifestations, endoscopic grade, and pathological data in 323 contemporary cancer patients. Journal of Infection. 89(1). 106172–106172. 1 indexed citations
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Seidel, Danila, Sebastian Wurster, Jeffrey D. Jenks, et al.. (2024). Impact of climate change and natural disasters on fungal infections. The Lancet Microbe. 5(6). e594–e605. 83 indexed citations breakdown →
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Aimanianda, Vishukumar, Sarah Sze Wah Wong, Thierry Fontaine, et al.. (2024). CD56-mediated activation of human natural killer cells is triggered by Aspergillus fumigatus galactosaminogalactan. PLoS Pathogens. 20(6). e1012315–e1012315. 7 indexed citations
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Rein, A, Florian Erhard, Lars Dölken, et al.. (2023). CD4+ T cells are the major predictor of HCMV control in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients on letermovir prophylaxis. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1148841–1148841. 6 indexed citations
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Chowdhary, Anuradha, Nitesh Gupta, Sebastian Wurster, et al.. (2023). Multimodal analysis of the COVID‐19‐associated mucormycosis outbreak in Delhi, India indicates the convergence of clinical and environmental risk factors. Mycoses. 66(6). 515–526. 9 indexed citations
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Jenks, Jeffrey D., Juergen Prattes, Sebastian Wurster, et al.. (2023). Social determinants of health as drivers of fungal disease. EClinicalMedicine. 66. 102325–102325. 30 indexed citations
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Matsuo, Takahiro, Sebastian Wurster, Ying Jiang, et al.. (2023). Invasive fusariosis in patients with leukaemia in the era of mould-active azoles: increasing incidence, frequent breakthrough infections and lack of improved outcomes. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 79(2). 297–306. 8 indexed citations
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Wurster, Sebastian, Timotheos Paraskevopoulos, Mitsuru Toda, et al.. (2022). Invasive mould infections in patients from floodwater-damaged areas after hurricane Harvey – a closer look at an immunocompromised cancer patient population. Journal of Infection. 84(5). 701–709. 10 indexed citations
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Wurster, Sebastian, Nathaniel D. Albert, Uddalak Bharadwaj, et al.. (2022). Blockade of the PD-1/PD-L1 Immune Checkpoint Pathway Improves Infection Outcomes and Enhances Fungicidal Host Defense in a Murine Model of Invasive Pulmonary Mucormycosis. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 838344–838344. 28 indexed citations
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Wurster, Sebastian, Stephanie S. Watowich, & Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis. (2022). Checkpoint inhibitors as immunotherapy for fungal infections: Promises, challenges, and unanswered questions. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 1018202–1018202. 38 indexed citations
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Wurster, Sebastian, Alexander M. Tatara, Nathaniel D. Albert, et al.. (2020). Tornadic Shear Stress Induces a Transient, Calcineurin-Dependent Hypervirulent Phenotype in Mucorales Molds. mBio. 11(3). 15 indexed citations
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Lazariotou, Maria, et al.. (2019). Development and evaluation of a whole blood-based approach for flow cytometric quantification of CD154+ mould-reactive T cells. Medical Mycology. 58(2). 187–196. 7 indexed citations
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Wurster, Sebastian, Manfred B. Lutz, Oliver Morton, et al.. (2017). Human and Murine Innate Immune Cell Populations Display Common and Distinct Response Patterns during Their In Vitro Interaction with the Pathogenic Mold Aspergillus fumigatus. Frontiers in Immunology. 8. 1716–1716. 8 indexed citations
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Wurster, Sebastian, et al.. (2016). Quantification ofA. fumigatus-specific CD154+T-cells—preanalytic considerations. Medical Mycology. 55(2). 223–227. 8 indexed citations
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Reichert, Nina, Sebastian Wurster, Stefanie Hauser, et al.. (2010). Lin9, a Subunit of the Mammalian DREAM Complex, Is Essential for Embryonic Development, for Survival of Adult Mice, and for Tumor Suppression. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 30(12). 2896–2908. 50 indexed citations

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