W. G. Downs

2.4k total citations
67 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

W. G. Downs is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, W. G. Downs has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Infectious Diseases, 38 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 11 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in W. G. Downs's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (39 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (37 papers) and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (11 papers). W. G. Downs is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (39 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (37 papers) and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (11 papers). W. G. Downs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Trinidad and Tobago and Ireland. W. G. Downs's co-authors include Charles R. Anderson, T. H. G. Aitken, L. Spence, Jack D. Poland, Charles H. Calisher, Kevin R. Murphy, Thomas P. Monath, J. Casals, David S. Fischer and Alan C. Sartorelli and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

W. G. Downs

64 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. G. Downs United States	19	1.1k	1.0k	196	191	184	67	1.6k
Graham E. Kemp Nigeria	22	1.3k 1.1×	786 0.8×	316 1.6×	107 0.6×	288 1.6×	36	1.6k
E. T. W. Bowen United Kingdom	25	1.6k 1.5×	726 0.7×	420 2.1×	114 0.6×	189 1.0×	52	1.9k
Gladys E. Sather United States	21	1.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.3×	141 0.7×	142 0.7×	134 0.7×	62	1.6k
L. Rosen United States	22	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	170 0.9×	243 1.3×	74 0.4×	74	1.7k
O. R. Causey Nigeria	18	946 0.9×	735 0.7×	169 0.9×	95 0.5×	359 2.0×	34	1.2k
J.P. Digoutte Senegal	26	1.8k 1.6×	1.2k 1.2×	209 1.1×	112 0.6×	538 2.9×	89	2.1k
Maya Williams United States	26	1.5k 1.4×	1.5k 1.5×	370 1.9×	159 0.8×	221 1.2×	106	2.2k
V. F. Newhouse United States	16	732 0.7×	503 0.5×	74 0.4×	337 1.8×	209 1.1×	28	948
R. A. Hawkes Australia	21	613 0.6×	500 0.5×	271 1.4×	106 0.6×	168 0.9×	48	990
L. Spence Canada	17	903 0.8×	482 0.5×	272 1.4×	133 0.7×	276 1.5×	81	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. G. Downs

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Bhatt, P. N., W. G. Downs, Sonja M. Buckley, et al.. (1981). Mousepox epizootic in an experimental and a barrier mouse colony at Yale University.. PubMed. 31(5 Pt 2). 560–4. 3 indexed citations

Downs, W. G.. (1981). Two Centuries of Health Care in Dominica. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 30(6). 1346–1347. 1 indexed citations

Aitken, T. H. G., C. Brooke Worth, & W. G. Downs. (1973). Bush Bush Amphibians & Reptiles. Living World, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club. 1 indexed citations

Spence, L., et al.. (1972). Leptospirosis in Trinidad: further studies resulting in recognition of two new serotypes.. West Indian Medical Journal. 21(4). 4 indexed citations

Downs, W. G., et al.. (1971). Immunization for Japanese encephalitis. 37 indexed citations

Downs, W. G.. (1969). Correspondence. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 18(3). 482–482.

Downs, W. G.. (1968). The story of yellow fever since Walter Reed.. PubMed. 44(6). 721–7. 2 indexed citations

Spence, L., Charles R. Anderson, T. H. G. Aitken, & W. G. Downs. (1966). Nepuyo Virus, a New Group C Agent Isolated in Trinidad and Brazil. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 15(1). 71–74. 5 indexed citations

Downs, W. G., et al.. (1964). ARTHROPOD-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH AMERICA. I. A SEROLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORTHEASTERN SURINAM.. PubMed. 16. 135–45. 3 indexed citations

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Anderson, Charles R., et al.. (1964). Triniti Virus, a New Agent Isolated from Trinidadian Mosquitoes. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 13(1). 114–117. 6 indexed citations

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Downs, W. G., et al.. (1963). ARTHROPOD-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES IN THE WEST INDIES AREA. V. A SEROLOGICAL SURVEY OF CURA CAO, N.W.I.. PubMed. 15. 237–42. 3 indexed citations

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Downs, W. G. & L. Spence. (1963). Arthropod-Borne Encephalitis Viruses in the West Indies Area. Part VI. A Serological Survey of St. Vincent, W.I.. West Indian Medical Journal. 12(3). 1 indexed citations

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Downs, W. G., et al.. (1962). Leptospirosis in Trinidad: a preliminary report.. PubMed. 11. 51–4. 5 indexed citations

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Tigertt, W. D. & W. G. Downs. (1962). Studies on the Virus of Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis in Trinidad, W.I.. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 11(6). 822–834. 11 indexed citations

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Spence, L., et al.. (1960). Description of Human Yellow Fever Cases seen in Trinidad in 1959.. West Indian Medical Journal. 9(4). 2 indexed citations

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Downs, W. G., T. H. G. Aitken, & L. Spence. (1959). Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Isolated from Culex nigripalpus in Trinidad. Science. 130(3387). 1471–1471. 14 indexed citations

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Downs, W. G. & Charles R. Anderson. (1958). Distribution of Immunity to Mayaro Virus Infection in the West Indies.. West Indian Medical Journal. 7(3). 7 indexed citations

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Downs, W. G.. (1955). Epidemiological Notes in Connection with the 1954 Outbreak of Yellow Fever in Trinidad, B.W.I.. The Medicine Forum. 3 indexed citations

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Anderson, Charles R., L. Spence, & W. G. Downs. (1954). Report of a Case of Yellow Fever in Trinidad, B.W.I.. 16. 68–70. 1 indexed citations

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Downs, W. G., et al.. (1951). Anopheles aztecus, malaria, and malaria control in the Valley of Mexico.. PubMed. 10(4). 350–8. 1 indexed citations

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