Vaira Leimane

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Vaira Leimane is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Vaira Leimane has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Infectious Diseases, 22 papers in Epidemiology and 9 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Vaira Leimane's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (29 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (12 papers) and Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (10 papers). Vaira Leimane is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (29 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (12 papers) and Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (10 papers). Vaira Leimane collaborates with scholars based in United States, Latvia and Estonia. Vaira Leimane's co-authors include Vija Riekstiņa, Timothy H. Holtz, Charles D. Wells, Kayla F. Laserson, Lorna E. Thorpe, Ģirts Šķenders, J. Peter Cegielski, Carole D. Mitnick, Martin P. Grobusch and Eduardo Gotuzzo and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Vaira Leimane

29 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis and Culture Conversion with Bedaquiline

2014 505 citations Andreas H. Diacon, Alexander S. Pym et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers

Vaira Leimane

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Lawrence Geiter United States

Karin Weyer Switzerland

Kwok Chiu Chang China

Marcus Barreto Conde Brazil

Lia D’Ambrosio Italy

Thuli Mthiyane South Africa

Iqbal Master South Africa

Stefan Goldberg United States

Jennifer Hughes South Africa

Gregory P. Bisson United States

Lawrence Geiter United States

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Countries citing papers authored by Vaira Leimane

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vaira Leimane

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Vaira Leimane. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Vaira Leimane. The network helps show where Vaira Leimane may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vaira Leimane

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kukša, Līga, Vija Riekstiņa, Vaira Leimane, et al.. (2014). Multi- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Latvia: trends, characteristics and treatment outcomes. Public Health Action. 4(Supplement 2). S47–S53. 20 indexed citations

Diacon, Andreas H., Alexander S. Pym, Martin P. Grobusch, et al.. (2014). Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis and Culture Conversion with Bedaquiline. New England Journal of Medicine. 371(8). 723–732. 505 indexed citations breakdown →

Miller, Thaddeus L., Andra Cīrule, Fernando A. Wilson, et al.. (2013). The value of effective public tuberculosis treatment: an analysis of opportunity costs associated with multidrug resistant tuberculosis in Latvia. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. 11(1). 9–9. 6 indexed citations

Dalton, Tracy, Peter Cegielski, Somsak Akksilp, et al.. (2012). Prevalence of and risk factors for resistance to second-line drugs in people with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in eight countries: a prospective cohort study. The Lancet. 380(9851). 1406–1417. 163 indexed citations

Danilovitš, Manfred, Lea Pehme, Ģirts Šķenders, et al.. (2012). Delamanid improves outcomes and reduces mortality in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. European Respiratory Journal. 41(6). 1393–1400. 233 indexed citations

Kurbatova, Ekaterina V., Victoria M. Gammino, Jaime Bayona, et al.. (2012). Predictors of sputum culture conversion among patients treated for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 16(10). 1335–1343. 65 indexed citations

Kurbatova, Ekaterina V., A. Taylor, Victoria M. Gammino, et al.. (2012). Predictors of poor outcomes among patients treated for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis at DOTS-plus projects. Tuberculosis. 92(5). 397–403. 115 indexed citations

Gammino, Victoria M., A. Taylor, Michael Rich, et al.. (2011). Bacteriologic monitoring of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in five DOTS-Plus pilot projects. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 15(10). 1315–1322. 11 indexed citations

Leimane, Vaira, et al.. (2010). Treatment outcome of multidrug/extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Latvia, 2000–2004. European Respiratory Journal. 36(3). 584–593. 64 indexed citations

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Podewils, Laura Jean, et al.. (2010). Impact of malnutrition on clinical presentation, clinical course, and mortality in MDR-TB patients. Epidemiology and Infection. 139(1). 113–120. 76 indexed citations

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Bloss, Emily, et al.. (2010). Adverse events related to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment, Latvia, 2000-2004.. PubMed. 14(3). 275–81. 79 indexed citations

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Dravniece, Gunta, K. P. Cain, Timothy H. Holtz, et al.. (2009). Adjunctive resectional lung surgery for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: Table 1—. European Respiratory Journal. 34(1). 180–183. 38 indexed citations

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Leimane, Vaira. (2007). Treatment and management of MDR-TB in Latvia. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 4 indexed citations

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Leimane, Vaira. (2007). Treatment and management of MDR-TB in Latvia. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 85(5). 393–394. 4 indexed citations

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Rich, Michael, Rajesh Gupta, Jaime Bayona, et al.. (2006). Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis Management in Resource-limited Settings. Emerging infectious diseases. 12(7). 1389–1397. 134 indexed citations

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Leimane, Vaira, et al.. (2006). Tuberculosis control in Latvia: integrated DOTS and DOTS-plus programmes. Eurosurveillance. 11(3). 17–18. 18 indexed citations

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Leimane, Vaira, Vija Riekstiņa, Timothy H. Holtz, et al.. (2005). Clinical outcome of individualised treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Latvia: a retrospective cohort study. The Lancet. 365(9456). 318–326. 216 indexed citations

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Šķenders, Ģirts, Alicia M. Fry, Beverly Metchock, et al.. (2005). Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis Detection, Latvia. Emerging infectious diseases. 11(9). 1461–1463. 27 indexed citations

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Gupta, Rajesh, et al.. (2004). Adverse events in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: results from the DOTS-Plus initiative.. PubMed. 8(11). 1382–4. 147 indexed citations

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Morozova, Irina А., et al.. (2003). Impact of the growing HIV-1 epidemic on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis control in Latvia.. PubMed. 7(9). 903–6. 20 indexed citations

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