Uriel Kitron

12.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
152 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Uriel Kitron is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Uriel Kitron has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 63 papers in Infectious Diseases and 40 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Uriel Kitron's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (94 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (56 papers) and Malaria Research and Control (35 papers). Uriel Kitron is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (94 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (56 papers) and Malaria Research and Control (35 papers). Uriel Kitron collaborates with scholars based in United States, Argentina and Brazil. Uriel Kitron's co-authors include Gonzalo M. Vazquez‐Prokopec, Ricardo E. Gürtler, María Carla Cecere, Thomas W. Scott, Amy C. Morrison, Steven T. Stoddard, John P. Elder, Tadeusz J. Kochel, Leonardo A. Ceballos and Joel E. Cohen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Uriel Kitron

148 papers receiving 7.2k 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.

House-to-house human movement drives dengue virus transmission

2012 366 citations Steven T. Stoddard, Amy C. Morrison et al. profile →
Chikungunya: a decade of burden in the Americas

2024 67 citations Guilherme S. Ribeiro, Uriel Kitron et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Uriel Kitron	5.0k	2.5k	2.2k	1.6k	1.1k	152	7.4k
Dylan B. George	7.7k 1.5×	4.9k 1.9×	877 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	473 0.4×	28	9.4k
Gonzalo M. Vazquez‐Prokopec	3.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	358 0.3×	135	4.8k
Brad J. Biggerstaff	5.8k 1.1×	5.2k 2.1×	1.0k 0.5×	563 0.4×	951 0.8×	136	8.2k
William Wint	8.6k 1.7×	5.8k 2.3×	1.0k 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	662 0.6×	84	12.2k
Jane P. Messina	10.6k 2.1×	6.9k 2.7×	2.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	540 0.5×	46	13.8k
Edward B. Hayes	6.4k 1.3×	6.1k 2.4×	1.3k 0.6×	648 0.4×	1.6k 1.4×	62	8.7k
Monica F. Myers	7.9k 1.6×	5.0k 2.0×	631 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	462 0.4×	19	9.3k
Amy C. Morrison	6.9k 1.4×	3.3k 1.3×	735 0.3×	1.2k 0.8×	387 0.3×	152	8.5k
Ann M. Powers	8.5k 1.7×	7.0k 2.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	449 0.4×	121	9.6k
Anne G. Hoen	6.7k 1.3×	4.6k 1.8×	693 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	517 0.5×	66	8.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Uriel Kitron

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Portilho, Moyra Machado, Rosângela O. Anjos, Patrícia S S Moreira, et al.. (2024). Detection of Chikungunya Virus RNA in Oral Fluid and Urine: An Alternative Approach to Diagnosis?. Viruses. 16(2). 235–235. 1 indexed citations

Yared, Solomon, Araya Gebresilassie, Oscar D. Kirstein, et al.. (2023). Building the vector in: construction practices and the invasion and persistence of Anopheles stephensi in Jigjiga, Ethiopia. The Lancet Planetary Health. 7(12). e999–e1005. 9 indexed citations

Vazquez‐Prokopec, Gonzalo M., Amy C. Morrison, Valerie A. Paz‐Soldán, et al.. (2023). Inapparent infections shape the transmission heterogeneity of dengue. PNAS Nexus. 2(3). pgad024–pgad024. 9 indexed citations

Cavany, Sean, Guido España, Alun L. Lloyd, et al.. (2023). Fusing an agent-based model of mosquito population dynamics with a statistical reconstruction of spatio-temporal abundance patterns. PLoS Computational Biology. 19(4). e1010424–e1010424. 3 indexed citations

Ali, Sádia, et al.. (2023). Surveillance for arboviruses and leptospirosis among non-malarial acute febrile illness outpatients in areas affected by Cyclones Idai and Kenneth in Mozambique. Frontiers in Tropical Diseases. 4. 4 indexed citations

Morrison, Amy C., William H. Elson, Helvio Astete, et al.. (2021). The impact of dengue illness on social distancing and caregiving behavior. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(7). e0009614–e0009614. 2 indexed citations

Perkins, T. Alex, Alun L. Lloyd, Lance A. Waller, et al.. (2021). Disease-driven reduction in human mobility influences human-mosquito contacts and dengue transmission dynamics. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(1). e1008627–e1008627. 14 indexed citations

Cavany, Sean, Guido España, Alun L. Lloyd, et al.. (2020). Optimizing the deployment of ultra-low volume and targeted indoor residual spraying for dengue outbreak response. PLoS Computational Biology. 16(4). e1007743–e1007743. 23 indexed citations

Ribeiro, Guilherme S., Gabriel L. Hamer, Mawlouth Diallo, et al.. (2020). Influence of herd immunity in the cyclical nature of arboviruses. Current Opinion in Virology. 40. 1–10. 37 indexed citations

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Perkins, T. Alex, Robert C. Reiner, Guido España, et al.. (2019). An agent-based model of dengue virus transmission shows how uncertainty about breakthrough infections influences vaccination impact projections. PLoS Computational Biology. 15(3). e1006710–e1006710. 20 indexed citations

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Kikuti, Mariana, Laura B. Tauro, Patrícia S S Moreira, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of two commercially available chikungunya virus IgM enzyme-linked immunoassays (ELISA) in a setting of concomitant transmission of chikungunya, dengue and Zika viruses. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 91. 38–43. 19 indexed citations

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Bosch, Quirine A. ten, Hannah Clapham, Louis Lambrechts, et al.. (2018). Contributions from the silent majority dominate dengue virus transmission. PLoS Pathogens. 14(5). e1006965–e1006965. 105 indexed citations

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Mead, Daniel G., et al.. (2018). Linking the vectorial capacity of multiple vectors to observed patterns of West Nile virus transmission. Journal of Applied Ecology. 56(4). 956–965. 10 indexed citations

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Little, Peter D., et al.. (2016). Mobile Phones for Mobile People: The Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) among Livestock Traders and Borana Pastoralists of Southern Ethiopia. Nomadic Peoples. 20(1). 35–61. 27 indexed citations

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Guagliardo, Sarah Anne J., Amy C. Morrison, Jose Barboza, et al.. (2015). River Boats Contribute to the Regional Spread of the Dengue Vector Aedes aegypti in the Peruvian Amazon. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 9(4). e0003648–e0003648. 33 indexed citations

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Cecere, María Carla, et al.. (2013). Improved Chemical Control of Chagas Disease Vectors in the Dry Chaco Region. Journal of Medical Entomology. 50(2). 394–403. 36 indexed citations

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Chaves, Luis Fernando, Amy C. Morrison, Uriel Kitron, & Thomas W. Scott. (2011). Nonlinear impacts of climatic variability on the density‐dependent regulation of an insect vector of disease. Global Change Biology. 18(2). 457–468. 81 indexed citations

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Chaves, Luis Fernando, et al.. (2010). Combined sewage overflow accelerates immature development and increases body size in the urban mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus. Journal of Applied Entomology. 135(8). 611–620. 37 indexed citations

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Piccinali, Romina V., Paula L. Marcet, François Noireau, et al.. (2009). Molecular Population Genetics and Phylogeography of the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma infestans in South America. PubMed Central. 2 indexed citations

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Smith, Ronald D., et al.. (1996). Impact of an orally administered insect growth regulator (lufenuron) on flea infestations of dogs in a controlled simulated home environment. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 57(4). 502–504. 14 indexed citations

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