Susan Meiring

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Susan Meiring is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan Meiring has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Epidemiology, 16 papers in Microbiology and 11 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Susan Meiring's work include Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (28 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (18 papers) and Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (16 papers). Susan Meiring is often cited by papers focused on Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (28 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (18 papers) and Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (16 papers). Susan Meiring collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Susan Meiring's co-authors include Cheryl Cohen, Anne von Gottberg, Vanessa Quan, Linda de Gouveia, Keith P. Klugman, Shabir A. Madhi, Brent Oosthuysen, Cynthia G. Whitney, Prudence Kgagudi and Karin van den Berg and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Susan Meiring

49 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 escapes neutralization by South African COVID-19 donor plasma

2021 657 citations Constantinos Kurt Wibmer, Frances Ayres et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Susan Meiring

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Katherine Loens Belgium

Paul Van Caeseele Canada

Martine Valette France

Ameneh Khatami Australia

Svein Arne Nordbø Norway

William Walker Atkinson United Kingdom

Nicole Wolter South Africa

Piero Luigi Lai Italy

Hamid Jafari United States

Sybil Tasker United States

Katherine Loens Belgium

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451 ×1.6

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Susan Meiring

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20 of 20 papers shown

Meiring, Susan, Vanessa Quan, Olga Perovic, et al.. (2025). Pathogen aetiology and risk factors for death among neonates with bloodstream infections at lower-tier South African hospitals: a cross-sectional study. The Lancet Microbe. 6(5). 100989–100989. 2 indexed citations

Meiring, Susan, Stefano Tempia, Anne von Gottberg, et al.. (2024). Risk Factors for Severe COVID‐19 Among Children and Adolescents Enrolled in Acute Respiratory Infection Sentinel Surveillance in South Africa, 2020–2022. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 18(5). e13300–e13300. 1 indexed citations

Metcalf, Benjamin J., Scott Hazelhurst, Linda de Gouveia, et al.. (2024). Molecular Epidemiology of Invasive Group B Streptococcus in South Africa, 2019–2020. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 231(4). e697–e707. 2 indexed citations

Mall, Sumaya, et al.. (2024). Demographic and pathogen characteristics of incident bacterial meningitis in infants in South Africa: A cohort study. PLoS ONE. 19(9). e0310528–e0310528. 1 indexed citations

Thindwa, Deus, Samuel Clifford, Jackie Kleynhans, et al.. (2023). Optimal age targeting for pneumococcal vaccination in older adults; a modelling study. Nature Communications. 14(1). 888–888. 7 indexed citations

Walaza, Sibongile, Stefano Tempia, Anne von Gottberg, et al.. (2022). Risk Factors for Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected and -Uninfected Individuals in South Africa, April 2020–March 2022: Data From Sentinel Surveillance. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 9(12). ofac578–ofac578. 4 indexed citations

Nunes, Marta C., Sibongile Walaza, Susan Meiring, et al.. (2022). Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccination of Pregnant Women for Prevention of Maternal and Early Infant Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations in South Africa: A Prospective Test-Negative Study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 9(11). ofac552–ofac552. 6 indexed citations

Meiring, Susan, Cheryl Cohen, Linda de Gouveia, et al.. (2022). Case-fatality and sequelae following acute bacterial meningitis in South Africa, 2016 through 2020. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 122. 1056–1066. 5 indexed citations

Feldman, Charles, Sipho Dlamini, Guy A. Richards, et al.. (2022). A comprehensive overview of pneumococcal vaccination recommendations for adults in South Africa, 2022. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 14(10). 4150–4172. 7 indexed citations

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McMorrow, Meredith, Susan Meiring, Washiefa Isaacs, et al.. (2021). A Retrospective observational cohort study of the effect of antenatal influenza vaccination on birth outcomes in Cape Town, South Africa, 2015‐2016. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 15(4). 446–456. 6 indexed citations

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Wibmer, Constantinos Kurt, Frances Ayres, Tandile Hermanus, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 escapes neutralization by South African COVID-19 donor plasma. Nature Medicine. 27(4). 622–625. 657 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mollendorf, Claire von, Stefano Tempia, Anne von Gottberg, et al.. (2017). Estimated severe pneumococcal disease cases and deaths before and after pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction in children younger than 5 years of age in South Africa. PLoS ONE. 12(7). e0179905–e0179905. 32 indexed citations

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Cohen, Cheryl, Claire von Mollendorf, Linda de Gouveia, et al.. (2017). Effectiveness of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease in South African children: a case-control study. The Lancet Global Health. 5(3). e359–e369. 37 indexed citations

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Allam, Mushal, Nicole Wolter, Holly B. Bratcher, et al.. (2017). Molecular characterization of invasive capsule null Neisseria meningitidis in South Africa. BMC Microbiology. 17(1). 40–40. 16 indexed citations

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Cohen, Cheryl, Susan Meiring, Linda de Gouveia, et al.. (2015). Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotypes and Mortality in Adults and Adolescents in South Africa: Analysis of National Surveillance Data, 2003 - 2008. PLoS ONE. 10(10). e0140185–e0140185. 17 indexed citations

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Mollendorf, Claire von, Anne von Gottberg, Stefano Tempia, et al.. (2015). Increased Risk for and Mortality From Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in HIV-Exposed but Uninfected Infants Aged <1 Year in South Africa, 2009–2013. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 60(9). 1346–1356. 84 indexed citations

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Mollendorf, Claire von, Cheryl Cohen, Linda de Gouveia, et al.. (2014). Risk Factors for Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Among Children Less Than 5 Years of Age in a High HIV Prevalence Setting, South Africa, 2010 to 2012. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 34(1). 27–34. 14 indexed citations

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Gottberg, Anne von, Linda de Gouveia, Stefano Tempia, et al.. (2014). Effects of Vaccination on Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in South Africa. New England Journal of Medicine. 371(20). 1889–1899. 266 indexed citations

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Gottberg, Anne von, Cheryl Cohen, Linda de Gouveia, et al.. (2013). Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease in the pre-conjugate vaccine era: South Africa, 2003–2008. Vaccine. 31(38). 4200–4208. 40 indexed citations

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Meiring, Susan, Vanessa Quan, Cheryl Cohen, et al.. (2012). A comparison of cases of paediatric-onset and adult-onset cryptococcosis detected through population-based surveillance, 2005–2007. AIDS. 26(18). 2307–2314. 46 indexed citations

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