Virginia E. Pitzer

9.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
124 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Virginia E. Pitzer is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Virginia E. Pitzer has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Infectious Diseases, 33 papers in Epidemiology and 29 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Virginia E. Pitzer's work include Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (61 papers), Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (29 papers) and Vibrio bacteria research studies (25 papers). Virginia E. Pitzer is often cited by papers focused on Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (61 papers), Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (29 papers) and Vibrio bacteria research studies (25 papers). Virginia E. Pitzer collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Malawi. Virginia E. Pitzer's co-authors include Bryan T. Grenfell, Cécile Viboud, Marc Lipsitch, Daniel M. Weinberger, Jeffrey Shaman, Joshua L. Warren, Umesh D. Parashar, Marina Antillón, Forrest W. Crawford and Kim M. Pepin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Virginia E. Pitzer

118 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Epidemic Dynamics at the Human-Animal Interface

2009 471 citations Virginia E. Pitzer, Bryan T. Grenfell et al. profile →
Absolute Humidity and the Seasonal Onset of Influenza in the Continental United States

2010 462 citations Virginia E. Pitzer, Cécile Viboud et al. profile →
Estimated Effectiveness of Nirsevimab Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus

2025 14 citations Virginia E. Pitzer, Joshua L. Warren et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Virginia E. Pitzer United States	38	2.7k	1.3k	1.1k	765	739	124	5.0k
Peter Teunis Netherlands	49	3.6k 1.3×	1.5k 1.2×	829 0.7×	489 0.6×	1.2k 1.6×	165	8.1k
Clarence C. Tam United Kingdom	35	2.2k 0.8×	585 0.5×	583 0.5×	476 0.6×	755 1.0×	106	4.2k
Sonja J. Olsen United States	47	2.9k 1.1×	4.7k 3.7×	1.1k 1.0×	520 0.7×	984 1.3×	157	8.3k
Đặng Đức Anh Vietnam	35	1.5k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	298 0.3×	493 0.6×	289 0.4×	126	3.4k
Rebecca F. Grais United States	43	2.4k 0.9×	2.0k 1.5×	1.7k 1.5×	977 1.3×	157 0.2×	193	6.9k
Abu Syed Golam Faruque Bangladesh	40	2.5k 0.9×	653 0.5×	316 0.3×	436 0.6×	712 1.0×	225	6.2k
Hanan H. Balkhy Saudi Arabia	43	3.6k 1.3×	1.7k 1.4×	615 0.5×	684 0.9×	371 0.5×	154	8.0k
James S. Koopman United States	37	2.0k 0.7×	2.0k 1.6×	978 0.9×	782 1.0×	140 0.2×	92	5.0k
Mohammad Ali United States	44	1.8k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	615 0.8×	1.3k 1.7×	207	7.1k
Vũ Đình Thiểm Vietnam	28	1.3k 0.5×	752 0.6×	222 0.2×	569 0.7×	464 0.6×	79	3.0k

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Prunas, Ottavia, Ernest O. Asare, Daniel M. Weinberger, et al.. (2025). Global estimates of rotavirus vaccine efficacy and effectiveness: a rapid review and meta-regression analysis. EClinicalMedicine. 81. 103122–103122. 3 indexed citations

Nilsson, Anna, et al.. (2025). Unraveling the role of viral interference in disrupting biennial RSV epidemics in northern Stockholm. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8137–8137.

Bont, Louis, et al.. (2025). Relating In Vivo Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Kinetics to Host Infectiousness in Different Age Groups. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 232(3). 691–699.

Thindwa, Deus, et al.. (2025). The Role of Viral Interference in Shaping RSV Epidemics Following the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 19(4). e70111–e70111. 1 indexed citations

Pitzer, Virginia E., et al.. (2025). Exploring RSV Transmission Patterns in Different Age Groups in the United States. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 232(3). 700–708.

Pitzer, Virginia E., Latif Ndeketa, Ernest O. Asare, et al.. (2024). Impact of rotavirus vaccination in Malawi from 2012 to 2022 compared to model predictions. npj Vaccines. 9(1). 227–227. 2 indexed citations

Thindwa, Deus, et al.. (2024). Global patterns of rebound to normal RSV dynamics following COVID-19 suppression. BMC Infectious Diseases. 24(1). 635–635. 15 indexed citations

Warren, Joshua L., Maria E. Sundaram, Virginia E. Pitzer, Saad B. Omer, & Daniel M. Weinberger. (2023). Incorporating Efficacy Data from Initial Trials Into Subsequent Evaluations: Application to Vaccines Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus. Epidemiology. 35(2). 130–136.

Prunas, Ottavia, Joukje E. Willemsen, Louis Bont, et al.. (2023). Incorporating Data from Multiple Endpoints in the Analysis of Clinical Trials: Example from RSV Vaccines. Epidemiology. 35(1). 103–112. 1 indexed citations

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Meiring, James, Farhana Khanam, Buddha Basnyat, et al.. (2023). Typhoid fever. Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 9(1). 71–71. 26 indexed citations

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Klaassen, Fayette, Melanie H. Chitwood, Ted Cohen, et al.. (2022). Population Immunity to Pre-Omicron and Omicron Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Variants in US States and Counties Through 1 December 2021. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 76(3). e350–e359. 12 indexed citations

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Zheng, Zhe, et al.. (2022). Relative timing of respiratory syncytial virus epidemics in summer 2021 across the United States was similar to a typical winter season. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 16(4). 617–620. 12 indexed citations

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Chitwood, Melanie H., Marcus Russi, Joshua Havumaki, et al.. (2022). Reconstructing the course of the COVID-19 epidemic over 2020 for US states and counties: Results of a Bayesian evidence synthesis model. PLoS Computational Biology. 18(8). e1010465–e1010465. 21 indexed citations

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Pitzer, Virginia E., Melanie H. Chitwood, Joshua Havumaki, et al.. (2021). The Impact of Changes in Diagnostic Testing Practices on Estimates of COVID-19 Transmission in the United States. American Journal of Epidemiology. 190(9). 1908–1917. 50 indexed citations

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Prudden, H, Mark Jit, Peter G. Smith, et al.. (2021). Global diarrhoea-associated mortality estimates and models in children: Recommendations for dataset and study selection. Vaccine. 39(32). 4391–4398. 14 indexed citations

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Baker, Julia M., Jacqueline E. Tate, Juan S. León, et al.. (2020). Postvaccination Serum Antirotavirus Immunoglobulin A as a Correlate of Protection Against Rotavirus Gastroenteritis Across Settings. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 222(2). 309–318. 16 indexed citations

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Olson, Donald R., Benjamin A. Lopman, Kevin Konty, et al.. (2020). Surveillance data confirm multiyear predictions of rotavirus dynamics in New York City. Science Advances. 6(9). eaax0586–eaax0586. 8 indexed citations

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Prudden, H, Mateusz Hasso-Agopsowicz, Robert E. Black, et al.. (2020). Meeting Report: WHO Workshop on modelling global mortality and aetiology estimates of enteric pathogens in children under five. Cape Town, 28–29th November 2018. Vaccine. 38(31). 4792–4800. 15 indexed citations

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Bennett, Aisleen, Louisa Pollock, Khuzwayo C. Jere, et al.. (2019). Duration and Density of Fecal Rotavirus Shedding in Vaccinated Malawian Children With Rotavirus Gastroenteritis. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 222(12). 2035–2040. 14 indexed citations

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Pitzer, Virginia E., Cécile Viboud, Ben Lopman, et al.. (2011). Influence of birth rates and transmission rates on the global seasonality of rotavirus incidence. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 8(64). 1584–1593. 67 indexed citations

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