Virginia Pierce

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Virginia Pierce is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Molecular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Virginia Pierce has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Infectious Diseases, 14 papers in Epidemiology and 12 papers in Molecular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Virginia Pierce's work include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (12 papers), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (10 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (6 papers). Virginia Pierce is often cited by papers focused on Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (12 papers), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (10 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (6 papers). Virginia Pierce collaborates with scholars based in United States, Thailand and Denmark. Virginia Pierce's co-authors include Virginia A Folcik, Richard M. Ransohoff, Marie Tani, Jette Lautrup Frederiksen, Finn Sellebjerg, Torben Lykke Sørensen, Claudia F. Lucchinetti, Shixin Qin, Robert M. Strieter and Jakob Schmidt Jensen and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Investigation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Virginia Pierce

49 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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Expression of specific chemokines and chemokine receptors in the central nervous system of multiple sclerosis patients

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Clara Larcher Austria

Yong Chong Japan

O. Brad Spiller United Kingdom

Aloïs B. Lang Switzerland

Moira Paroni Italy

Rebecca T. Horvat United States

Bruno Verhasselt Belgium

Simon Clare United Kingdom

Nicholas H. Carbonetti United States

Marina C. Pils Germany

Clara Larcher Austria

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148 ×0.6

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Fields of papers citing papers by Virginia Pierce

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Virginia Pierce

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Virginia Pierce. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Virginia Pierce 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 Virginia Pierce. Virginia Pierce 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

Aitken, Samuel L, et al.. (2025). First Report of Treatment-Emergent Resistance to Cefepime-Zidebactam in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 82(1). 44–48.

Mellis, Ian A., Madeline Wu, Anthony Bowen, et al.. (2025). Antibody evasion and receptor binding of SARS-CoV-2 LP.8.1.1, NB.1.8.1, XFG, and related subvariants. Cell Reports. 44(10). 116440–116440. 3 indexed citations

Wu, Madeline, Anthony Bowen, Qian Wang, et al.. (2025). Antibody evasion and receptor binding of SARS-CoV-2 LP.8.1.1, NB.1.8.1, XFG, and related subvariants. Cell Reports. 44(12). 116715–116715. 1 indexed citations

Albin, Owen, Louis Saravolatz, Anna Barker, et al.. (2025). Ventilator-associated pneumonia biomarker evaluation (VIBE) study: protocol for a prospective, observational, case-cohort study. BMJ Open. 15(9). e110019–e110019.

Ammerman, Michelle L., Elizabeth A. Edwards, Julie Gilbert, et al.. (2024). Respiratory human adenovirus outbreak captured in wastewater surveillance. Environmental Science Water Research & Technology. 11(1). 126–135. 1 indexed citations

Pierce, Virginia, et al.. (2024). How New Regulation of Laboratory-Developed Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests Will Affect Infectious Diseases Clinical Practice. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 78(5). 1140–1147. 4 indexed citations

Pierce, Virginia, et al.. (2024). False-Positive HIV Testing in a Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Recipient: A Case Report. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(12).

Pierce, Virginia, Tanaya Bhowmick, & Patricia J. Simner. (2023). Guiding antimicrobial stewardship through thoughtful antimicrobial susceptibility testing and reporting strategies: an updated approach in 2023. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 61(11). e0007422–e0007422. 20 indexed citations

Aitken, Samuel L, et al.. (2023). 356. Impact of CLSI Breakpoint Changes on Unit-Specific Combination Antibiograms for Gram-Negative Respiratory Isolates. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 10(Supplement_2).

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Sephton-Clark, Poppy, et al.. (2022). A novel rRNA hybridization-based approach to rapid, accurate Candida identification directly from blood culture. Medical Mycology. 60(9). 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Christine, Melis N. Anahtar, & Virginia Pierce. (2022). It’s Not You, It’s SOSA: A Case Study on Breaking Up With an FDA-Cleared Susceptibility Testing System’s Oxacillin Results for Staphylococcus spp. Other Than S. aureus and S. lugdunensis. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 9(9). ofac421–ofac421. 5 indexed citations

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Anahtar, Melis N., Jiawu Xu, Jeffrey M. Paer, et al.. (2021). Prediction of Antimicrobial Resistance in Clinical Enterococcus faecium Isolates Using a Rules-Based Analysis of Whole-Genome Sequences. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 66(1). e0119621–e0119621. 5 indexed citations

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Bardossy, Ana C., Emily A. Snavely, Elizabeth Nazarian, et al.. (2020). Donor‐derived transmission through lung transplantation of carbapenem‐resistant Acinetobacter baumannii producing the OXA‐23 carbapenemase during an ongoing healthcare facility outbreak. Transplant Infectious Disease. 22(2). e13256–e13256.

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Hu, Parker, Jan O. Jansen, Jonathan Black, et al.. (2020). Early comprehensive testing for COVID-19 is essential to protect trauma centers. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 89(4). 698–702. 6 indexed citations

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Pierce, Virginia, et al.. (2018). The Modern Academic Library: Space to Learn. Scholar Commons (University of South Carolina). 3(2). 3. 2 indexed citations

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Holland, Steven M., Virginia Pierce, Randheer Shailam, Krzysztof Glomski, & Jocelyn R. Farmer. (2017). Case 28-2017. New England Journal of Medicine. 377(11). 1077–1091. 3 indexed citations

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Vyas, Jatin M., R. Gilberto González, & Virginia Pierce. (2013). Case 15-2013. New England Journal of Medicine. 368(20). 1919–1927. 3 indexed citations

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Heller, Howard M., Carol C. Wu, Virginia Pierce, & Richard L. Kradin. (2013). Case 31-2013. New England Journal of Medicine. 369(15). 1453–1461. 1 indexed citations

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Williams, David L., Virginia Pierce, Paul Mellor, & M. F. Heath. (2007). Reduced tear production in three canine endocrinopathies*. Journal of Small Animal Practice. 48(5). 252–256. 37 indexed citations

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Dubey, J. P., et al.. (2005). Placentitis associated with leishmaniasis in a dog. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 227(8). 1266–1269. 35 indexed citations

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