Valentina Mazzotta

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 921 citations indexed

About

Valentina Mazzotta is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Virology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Valentina Mazzotta has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 921 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Infectious Diseases, 23 papers in Virology and 20 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Valentina Mazzotta's work include Poxvirus research and outbreaks (15 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (14 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (12 papers). Valentina Mazzotta is often cited by papers focused on Poxvirus research and outbreaks (15 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (14 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (12 papers). Valentina Mazzotta collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Valentina Mazzotta's co-authors include Massimo Fantoni, Enrico Maria Trecarichi, Eugenia Di Meco, Andrea Antinori, Enrico Pola, Enrico Girardi, Francesco Vaia, Luigi Aurelio Nasto, Stefania Cicalini and Emanuele Nicastri and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Clinical Infectious Diseases and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Valentina Mazzotta

45 papers receiving 895 citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Epidemiological, clinical and virological characteristics of four cases of monkeypox support transmission through sexual contact, Italy, May 2022

2022 360 citations Andrea Antinori, Valentina Mazzotta et al. Eurosurveillance profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Valentina Mazzotta Italy	13	458	390	356	291	182	65	921
Anna Paola Massetti Italy	16	216 0.5×	296 0.8×	71 0.2×	188 0.6×	334 1.8×	46	841
Estrella Caballero Spain	15	295 0.6×	136 0.3×	65 0.2×	46 0.2×	320 1.8×	38	775
C L Ingham Clark United Kingdom	11	137 0.3×	326 0.8×	135 0.4×	86 0.3×	64 0.4×	36	702
Huub C. Gelderblom United States	14	101 0.2×	193 0.5×	64 0.2×	60 0.2×	155 0.9×	27	517
Massimo Cernuschi Italy	14	146 0.3×	223 0.6×	34 0.1×	138 0.5×	235 1.3×	45	551
Alexander Nikas United States	8	109 0.2×	720 1.8×	99 0.3×	43 0.1×	160 0.9×	9	1.0k
Isabella Bon Italy	16	388 0.8×	143 0.4×	87 0.2×	43 0.1×	480 2.6×	74	770
Christopher P. Conlon United Kingdom	10	760 1.7×	409 1.0×	135 0.4×	38 0.1×	303 1.7×	13	1.4k
Barbara Kalsdorf Germany	16	67 0.1×	848 2.2×	94 0.3×	336 1.2×	931 5.1×	46	1.3k
Dennis Causey United States	11	243 0.5×	744 1.9×	61 0.2×	23 0.1×	251 1.4×	14	1.0k

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Vergori, Alessandra, Giulia Matusali, Alessandro Cozzi Lepri, et al.. (2025). Supporting equitable booster strategies: one-year real-world immunogenicity data in people with HIV (PWH) receiving different variant-adapted COVID-19 vaccines. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 163. 108189–108189.

Giacomelli, Andrea, Cristina Mussini, Stephen R. Cole, et al.. (2025). Effectiveness of dolutegravir-based vs boosted darunavir-based first-line 3-drug regimens in people with HIV with advanced disease: A trial emulation. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 155. 107883–107883.

Mondi, Annalisa, Alessandro Cozzi‐Lepri, Valentina Mazzotta, et al.. (2025). Burden of advanced HIV disease among antiretroviral therapy-experienced persons with HIV in Italy over the past 20 years. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 159. 108016–108016.

Mazzotta, Valentina, Silvia Nozza, Simone Lanini, et al.. (2024). Clinical and laboratory predictors of mpox severity and duration: an Italian multicentre cohort study (mpox-Icona). EBioMedicine. 107. 105289–105289. 8 indexed citations

Mastrorosa, Ilaria, Alessandro Cozzi Lepri, Cosmo Del Borgo, et al.. (2024). Incidence and predictors of clinical failure after early treatment for mild‐to‐moderate COVID‐19 in high‐risk individuals: A multicentric cohort study. Journal of Internal Medicine. 297(3). 328–334.

Sberna, Giuseppe, Gabriella Rozera, Claudia Minosse, et al.. (2024). Role of Direct Sexual Contact in Human Transmission of Monkeypox Virus, Italy. Emerging infectious diseases. 30(9). 1829–1833. 4 indexed citations

Bordi, Licia, Federica Frasca, Valentina Mazzotta, et al.. (2024). MPXV infection impairs IFN response but is partially sensitive to IFN-γ antiviral effect. Medical Microbiology and Immunology. 213(1). 25–25. 5 indexed citations

Vergori, Alessandra, Patrizia Lorenzini, Ilaria Mastrorosa, et al.. (2024). Impact of switching from efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate to bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide on psychiatric symptoms and neurocognition. AIDS. 39(3). 270–275. 3 indexed citations

Valli, Maria Beatrice, Antonella Vulcano, Martina Rueca, et al.. (2024). Concomitant Syndromic Diagnosis of Mpox and Other Vesicular Viruses in Patients with Skin and Genital Lesions. Pathogens. 13(3). 207–207. 2 indexed citations

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Vita, Serena, Emanuela Giombini, Patrizia De Marco, et al.. (2024). Antivirals and monoclonal antibody combination therapy in haematological patients in the omicron era. Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases. 16(1). e2024043–e2024043.

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Matusali, Giulia, Alessandra Vergori, Eleonora Cimini, et al.. (2024). Poor durability of the neutralizing response against XBB sublineages after a bivalent mRNA COVID‐19 booster dose in persons with HIV. Journal of Medical Virology. 96(4). e29598–e29598. 1 indexed citations

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Vergori, Alessandra, Alessandro Cozzi‐Lepri, Alessandro Tavelli, et al.. (2024). SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination and short-term changes in viral load and CD4/CD8 T-cell counts in people living with HIV. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 144. 107065–107065.

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Gruber, Cesare Ernesto Maria, Emanuela Giombini, Valentina Mazzotta, et al.. (2024). Molnupiravir increases SARS‐CoV‐2 genome diversity and complexity: A case‐control cohort study. Journal of Medical Virology. 96(5). e29642–e29642. 2 indexed citations

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Gagliardini, Roberta, Alessandro Tavelli, Giuseppe Lapadula, et al.. (2024). OC-10 Effectiveness of long-acting art with cabotegravir/rilpivirine in the icona cohort. A8–A9.

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Colavita, Francesca, Giulia Matusali, Valentina Mazzotta, et al.. (2023). Profiling the acute phase antibody response against mpox virus in patients infected during the 2022 outbreak. Journal of Medical Virology. 95(6). e28851–e28851. 12 indexed citations

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Rueca, Martina, Valentina Mazzotta, Giulia Gramigna, et al.. (2023). Temporal intra‐host variability of mpox virus genomes in multiple body tissues. Journal of Medical Virology. 95(5). e28791–e28791. 10 indexed citations

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Giacomelli, Andrea, Roberta Gagliardini, Alessandro Tavelli, et al.. (2023). Risk of COVID-19 in-hospital mortality in people living with HIV compared to general population according to age and CD4 strata: data from the ICONA network. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 136. 127–135. 10 indexed citations

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Bordi, Licia, Giuseppe Sberna, Eleonora Lalle, et al.. (2023). Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 Detection in Nasopharyngeal Swab and Saliva Samples from Patients Infected with Omicron Variant. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(5). 4847–4847. 4 indexed citations

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Gruber, Cesare Ernesto Maria, Martina Rueca, Valentina Mazzotta, et al.. (2023). Treatment-Emergent Cilgavimab Resistance Was Uncommon in Vaccinated Omicron BA.4/5 Outpatients. Biomolecules. 13(10). 1538–1538. 1 indexed citations

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Antinori, Andrea, Valentina Mazzotta, Serena Vita, et al.. (2022). Epidemiological, clinical and virological characteristics of four cases of monkeypox support transmission through sexual contact, Italy, May 2022. Eurosurveillance. 27(22). 360 indexed citations breakdown →

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