Sònia Borrell

7.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
69 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Sònia Borrell is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Sònia Borrell has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Infectious Diseases, 60 papers in Epidemiology and 26 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Sònia Borrell's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (63 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (57 papers) and Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis (18 papers). Sònia Borrell is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (63 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (57 papers) and Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis (18 papers). Sònia Borrell collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, South Africa and Spain. Sònia Borrell's co-authors include Sébastien Gagneux, Andrej Trauner, Sebastian M. Gygli, Graham Rose, Borna Müller, Bijaya Malla, Stefan Niemann, Iñaki Comas, Mireia Coscollá and Midori Kato‐Maeda and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Sònia Borrell

65 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Whole-genome sequencing of rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains identifies compensatory mutations in RNA polymerase genes

2011 410 citations Iñaki Comas, Sònia Borrell et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Antimicrobial resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: mechanistic and evolutionary perspectives

2017 289 citations Sebastian M. Gygli, Sònia Borrell et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sònia Borrell

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Gene conversion and duplication contribute to genetic variation in an outbreak of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 2025 ·Microbial Genomics ·Christoph Stritt, (unknown), (unknown), Galo A. Goig, (unknown), Sònia Borrell, Christian Beisel, Iñaki Comas, Daniela Brites, Sébastien Gagneux	1
2	Variability in intrinsic drug tolerance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis corresponds with phylogenetic lineage 2025 ·Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy ·(unknown), (unknown), Chloé Loiseau, Daniela Brites, Galo A. Goig, (unknown), (unknown), Miriam Reinhard, (unknown), Sébastien Gagneux, Sònia Borrell	0
3	Onset of infectiousness explains differences in transmissibility across Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages 2025 ·Epidemics ·Etthel M. Windels, (unknown), Bouke C. de Jong, Conor J. Meehan, Chloé Loiseau, Galo A. Goig, (unknown), Sònia Borrell, Daniela Brites, Sébastien Gagneux, Tanja Stadler	2
4	Clinical and bacterial determinants of unfavorable tuberculosis treatment outcomes: an observational study in Georgia 2025 ·Genome Medicine ·Galo A. Goig, Chloé Loiseau, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Daniela Brites, (unknown), Sònia Borrell, Rusudan Aspindzelashvili, Zaza Avaliani, Maia Kipiani, Nestani Tukvadze, Levan Jugheli, Sébastien Gagneux	0
5	HIV co-infection is associated with reduced Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmissibility in sub-Saharan Africa 2024 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Etthel M. Windels, Eddie M. Wampande, Moses Joloba, W. Henry Boom, Galo A. Goig, Helen Cox, Jerry Hella, Sònia Borrell, Sébastien Gagneux, Daniela Brites, Tanja Stadler	4
6	The relative transmission fitness of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a drug resistance hotspot 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Chloé Loiseau, Etthel M. Windels, Sebastian M. Gygli, Levan Jugheli, (unknown), Daniela Brites, Amanda Ross, Galo A. Goig, Miriam Reinhard, Sònia Borrell, Andrej Trauner, (unknown), Rusudan Aspindzelashvili, (unknown), Klaus Reither, Christian Beisel, Nestani Tukvadze, Zaza Avaliani, Tanja Stadler, Sébastien Gagneux	38
7	Effect of compensatory evolution in the emergence and transmission of rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa: a genomic epidemiology study 2023 ·The Lancet Microbe ·Galo A. Goig, Fabrizio Menardo, (unknown), Anzaan Dippenaar, Elizabeth M. Streicher, Johnny Daniels, Anja Reuter, Sònia Borrell, Miriam Reinhard, (unknown), Christian Beisel, Robin M. Warren, Helen Cox, Sébastien Gagneux	20
8	Transcontinental spread and evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis W148 European/Russian clade toward extensively drug resistant tuberculosis 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Matthias Merker, Jean‐Philippe Rasigade, Maxime Barbier, Helen Cox, Silke Feuerriegel, Thomas A. Kohl, Egor Shitikov, (unknown), Cyril Gaudin, Rudy Antoine, Roland Diel, Sònia Borrell, Sébastien Gagneux, Vladyslav Nikolayevskyy, Sönke Andres, Valeriu Crudu, Philip Supply, Stefan Niemann, Thierry Wirth	38
9	Model-based integration of genomics and metabolomics reveals SNP functionality in Mycobacterium tuberculosis 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ove Øyås, Sònia Borrell, Andrej Trauner, Michael Zimmermann, Julia Feldmann, (unknown), Sébastien Gagneux, Jörg Stelling, Uwe Sauer, Mattia Zampieri	23
10	Natural Polymorphisms in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Conferring Resistance to Delamanid in Drug-Naive Patients 2020 ·Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy ·Martina L. Reichmuth, Rico Hömke, Kathrin Zürcher, Peter Sander, Anchalee Avihingsanon, (unknown), Chloé Loiseau, Sònia Borrell, Miriam Reinhard, Robert J. Wilkinson, Marcel Yotebieng, Lukas Fenner, Erik C. Böttger, Sébastien Gagneux, Matthias Egger, Peter M. Keller	16
11	The Genetic Background Modulates the Evolution of Fluoroquinolone-Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis 2019 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·(unknown), Amanda Ross, Lujeko Kamwela, Miriam Reinhard, Chloé Loiseau, Julia Feldmann, Sònia Borrell, Andrej Trauner, Sébastien Gagneux	41
12	Whole-Genome Sequencing for Drug Resistance Profile Prediction in Mycobacterium tuberculosis 2019 ·Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy ·Sebastian M. Gygli, Peter M. Keller, Marie Ballif, (unknown), Rico Hömke, Miriam Reinhard, Chloé Loiseau, Claudia Ritter, Peter Sander, Sònia Borrell, (unknown), Anchalee Avihingsanon, (unknown), Marcel Yotebieng, Matthias Egger, Sébastien Gagneux, Erik C. Böttger	49
13	Reduced transmission of Mycobacterium africanum compared to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in urban West Africa 2018 ·International Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Prince Asare, Adwoa Asante-Poku, (unknown), Sònia Borrell, Stephen Osei-Wusu, Isaac Darko Otchere, Audrey Forson, (unknown), Kwadwo Koram, Sébastien Gagneux, Dorothy Yeboah‐Manu	29
14	High-throughput metabolomic analysis predicts mode of action of uncharacterized antimicrobial compounds 2018 ·Science Translational Medicine ·Mattia Zampieri, Balázs Szappanos, (unknown), Andrej Trauner, Ilaria Piazza, Paola Picotti, Sébastien Gagneux, Sònia Borrell, Brigitte Gicquel, Joël Lelièvre, Balázs Papp, Uwe Sauer	92
15	A New Phylogenetic Framework for the Animal-Adapted Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex 2018 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Daniela Brites, Chloé Loiseau, Fabrizio Menardo, Sònia Borrell, María Beatrice Boniotti, Robin M. Warren, Anzaan Dippenaar, Sven D.C. Parsons, Christian Beisel, Marcel A. Behr, Janet Fyfe, Mireia Coscollá, Sébastien Gagneux	122
16	KvarQ: targeted and direct variant calling from fastq reads of bacterial genomes 2014 ·BMC Genomics ·Andreas Steiner, David Stucki, Mireia Coscollá, Sònia Borrell, Sébastien Gagneux	95
17	Epistasis between antibiotic resistance mutations drives the evolution of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis 2013 ·Evolution Medicine and Public Health ·Sònia Borrell, Youjin Teo, Federica Giardina, Elizabeth M. Streicher, Marisa Klopper, Julia Feldmann, Borna Müller, Tommie C. Victor, Sébastien Gagneux	81
18	Whole-genome sequencing of rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains identifies compensatory mutations in RNA polymerase genes breakdown → 2011 ·Nature Genetics ·Iñaki Comas, Sònia Borrell, Andreas Roetzer, Graham Rose, Bijaya Malla, Midori Kato‐Maeda, James E. Galagan, Stefan Niemann, Sébastien Gagneux	410
19	Characterization of mutations in streptomycin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates in the area of Barcelona 2010 ·Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy ·Griselda Tudó, (unknown), Sònia Borrell, Fernando Alcaide, Gemma Codina, Pere Coll, N Martín-Casabona, (unknown), Rita Moure, Àngels Orcau, M. Salvadó, (unknown), Julian González-Martín	43
20	Comparison of four-colour IS6110-fAFLP with the classic IS6110-RFLP on the ability to detect recent transmission in the city of Barcelona, Spain 2009 ·Tuberculosis ·Sònia Borrell, (unknown), Montserrat Español, (unknown), Àngels Orcau, Pere Coll, Saheer E. Gharbia, Julian González-Martín, Catherine Arnold	3

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