Tom Chiller

27.5k total citations · 8 hit papers
203 papers, 15.4k citations indexed

About

Tom Chiller is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Chiller has authored 203 papers receiving a total of 15.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 167 papers in Epidemiology, 160 papers in Infectious Diseases and 27 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Tom Chiller's work include Fungal Infections and Studies (152 papers), Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (148 papers) and Nail Diseases and Treatments (47 papers). Tom Chiller is often cited by papers focused on Fungal Infections and Studies (152 papers), Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (148 papers) and Nail Diseases and Treatments (47 papers). Tom Chiller collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Africa. Tom Chiller's co-authors include Nelesh P. Govender, Benjamin J. Park, Shawn R. Lockhart, Peter G. Pappas, Kathleen Wannemuehler, Barbara J. Marston, Brendan R. Jackson, David W. Denning, Angela Loyse and Snigdha Vallabhaneni and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Tom Chiller

197 papers receiving 15.0k 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.

Estimation of the current global burden of cryptococcal meningitis among persons living with HIV/AIDS

2009 1.5k citations Nelesh P. Govender, Peter G. Pappas et al. profile →
Global burden of disease of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis: an updated analysis

2017 1.3k citations Radha Rajasingham, Nelesh P. Govender et al. profile →
Guidelines for Preventing Infectious Complications among Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Recipients: A Global Perspective

2009 1.1k citations Tom Chiller et al. profile →
Simultaneous Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris on 3 Continents Confirmed by Whole-Genome Sequencing and Epidemiological Analyses

2016 1.1k citations Shawn R. Lockhart, Nelesh P. Govender et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases profile →
Estimation of Direct Healthcare Costs of Fungal Diseases in the United States

2018 306 citations Kaitlin Benedict, Brendan R. Jackson et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases profile →
The global burden of HIV-associated cryptococcal infection in adults in 2020: a modelling analysis

2022 298 citations Radha Rajasingham, Nelesh P. Govender et al. profile →
Worsening Spread of Candida auris in the United States, 2019 to 2021

2023 150 citations Meghan Lyman, D. Joseph Sexton et al. profile →
The importance of antimicrobial resistance in medical mycology

2022 136 citations Neil A. R. Gow, Judith Berman et al. Nature Communications profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Tom Chiller	10.9k	10.5k	1.4k	1.3k	1.2k	203	15.4k
Luis Ostrosky‐Zeichner	10.9k 1.0×	13.9k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	807 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	211	17.3k
Tania C. Sorrell	10.0k 0.9×	10.0k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	1.7k 1.3×	2.0k 1.6×	324	15.5k
Arnaldo Lopes Colombo	10.0k 0.9×	12.1k 1.1×	2.2k 1.5×	1.3k 1.0×	1.7k 1.4×	290	15.1k
Russell E. Lewis	9.5k 0.9×	11.1k 1.1×	939 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	289	15.7k
Maiken Cavling Arendrup	9.0k 0.8×	11.1k 1.1×	2.5k 1.7×	1.5k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	245	14.8k
Cornelia Lass‐Flörl	11.0k 1.0×	14.1k 1.3×	2.5k 1.7×	1.8k 1.4×	1.9k 1.5×	466	18.8k
Françoise Dromer	10.9k 1.0×	10.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	164	13.6k
Thomas F. Patterson	13.7k 1.3×	16.3k 1.6×	1.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	262	19.7k
S. A. Messer	12.0k 1.1×	15.2k 1.4×	1.8k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	201	17.2k
William J. Steinbach	8.6k 0.8×	10.5k 1.0×	990 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	2.1k 1.7×	179	14.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Chiller

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All Works

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Smith, Dallas J., et al.. (2025). South-East Asia regional neglected tropical disease framework: improving control of mycetoma, chromoblastomycosis, and sporotrichosis. The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia. 35. 100561–100561.

Keighley, Caitlin, Hannah Yejin Kim, Sarah Kidd, et al.. (2024). Candida tropicalis—A systematic review to inform the World Health Organization of a fungal priority pathogens list. Medical Mycology. 62(6). 14 indexed citations

Sheth, Sunil A., Louise D. McCullough, Julian A. Villalba, et al.. (2024). Neurovascular Complications of Iatrogenic Fusarium solani Meningitis. New England Journal of Medicine. 390(6). 522–529. 10 indexed citations

Smith, Dallas J., Jeremy A.W. Gold, Samantha Williams, et al.. (2024). An Update on Fungal Disease Outbreaks of Public Health Concern. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America. 39(1). 23–40.

Smith, Dallas J., Jeremy A.W. Gold, Kaitlin Benedict, et al.. (2023). Public Health Research Priorities for Fungal Diseases: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Save Lives. Journal of Fungi. 9(8). 820–820. 17 indexed citations

Oladele, Rita, Alexander Jordan, Iriagbonse I. Osaigbovo, et al.. (2023). A multicenter survey of asymptomatic cryptococcal antigenemia among patients with advanced HIV disease in Nigeria. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). e0001313–e0001313. 7 indexed citations

Gow, Neil A. R., Judith Berman, Alix T. Coste, et al.. (2022). The importance of antimicrobial resistance in medical mycology. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5352–5352. 136 indexed citations breakdown →

Rajasingham, Radha, David B. Meya, Greg Greene, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of a national cryptococcal antigen screening program for HIV-infected patients in Uganda: A cost-effectiveness modeling analysis. PLoS ONE. 14(1). e0210105–e0210105. 34 indexed citations

Roe, Chandler C., Jolene R. Bowers, Hanna N. Oltean, et al.. (2018). Dating the Cryptococcus gattii Dispersal to the North American Pacific Northwest. mSphere. 3(1). 17 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Charlotte, Kimberley D. Lucas, Gordana Derado, et al.. (2018). Risk Stratification With Coccidioidal Skin Test to Prevent Valley Fever Among Inmates, California, 2015. Journal of Correctional Health Care. 24(4). 342–351. 13 indexed citations

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Schuster, Mindy G., Angela A. Cleveland, Erik R. Dubberke, et al.. (2017). Infections in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients: Results From the Organ Transplant Infection Project, a Multicenter, Prospective, Cohort Study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 4(2). ofx050–ofx050. 81 indexed citations

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Engelthaler, David M., Chandler C. Roe, Crystal M. Hepp, et al.. (2016). Local Population Structure and Patterns of Western Hemisphere Dispersal for Coccidioides spp., the Fungal Cause of Valley Fever. mBio. 7(2). e00550–16. 63 indexed citations

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Benedict, Kaitlin, George R. Thompson, Stan Deresinski, & Tom Chiller. (2015). Mycotic Infections Acquired outside Areas of Known Endemicity, United States. Emerging infectious diseases. 21(11). 1935–1941. 70 indexed citations

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Govender, Nelesh P., et al.. (2011). Trends in Antifungal Drug Susceptibility of Cryptococcus neoformans Isolates Obtained through Population-Based Surveillance in South Africa in 2002-2003 and 2007-2008. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 55(6). 2606–2611. 54 indexed citations

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DeLong, Stephanie M., Danny K.Y. Wong, Jaap A. Wagenaar, et al.. (2011). WHO Global Foodborne Infections Network (GFN): Over 10 years of strengthening national capacities to detect and control foodborne and other enteric infections globally. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 1 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Naureen, et al.. (2010). FKS Mutations and Elevated Echinocandin MIC Values among Candida glabrata Isolates from U.S. Population-Based Surveillance. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 54(12). 5042–5047. 109 indexed citations

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M’ikanatha, Nkuchia M., Carol H. Sandt, A. Russell Localio, et al.. (2010). Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella Isolates from Retail Chicken Meat Compared with Human Clinical Isolates. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 7(8). 929–934. 57 indexed citations

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Collignon, Peter, John H. Powers, Tom Chiller, Awa Aïdara‐Kane, & Frank M. Aarestrup. (2009). World Health Organization Ranking of Antimicrobials According to Their Importance in Human Medicine: A Critical Step for Developing Risk Management Strategies for the Use of Antimicrobials in Food Production Animals. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 49(1). 132–141. 283 indexed citations

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Greene, Sharon K., et al.. (2008). Distribution of Multidrug-Resistant Human Isolates of MDR-ACSSuT Salmonella Typhimurium and MDR-AmpC Salmonella Newport in the United States, 2003–2005. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 5(5). 669–680. 36 indexed citations

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Zhao, Shaohua, Patrick F. McDermott, Sharon Friedman, et al.. (2006). Antimicrobial Resistance and Genetic Relatedness Among Salmonella from Retail Foods of Animal Origin: NARMS Retail Meat Surveillance. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 3(1). 106–117. 82 indexed citations

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