William A. Bower

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

William A. Bower is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, William A. Bower has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Epidemiology and 22 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in William A. Bower's work include Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research (33 papers), Burkholderia infections and melioidosis (11 papers) and Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research (11 papers). William A. Bower is often cited by papers focused on Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research (33 papers), Burkholderia infections and melioidosis (11 papers) and Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research (11 papers). William A. Bower collaborates with scholars based in United States, Micronesia and Puerto Rico. William A. Bower's co-authors include Beth P. Bell, Katherine Hendricks, Satish K. Pillai, Dana Meaney‐Delman, Julie T. Guarnizo, Harold S. Margolis, Ian T. Williams, Matthew C. Johns, Xiaohua Han and Ellen Salehi and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, Hepatology and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

William A. Bower

77 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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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.

Clinical Framework and Medical Countermeasure Use During an Anthrax Mass-Casualty Incident

2015 432 citations William A. Bower, Katherine Hendricks et al. PubMed profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William A. Bower United States	27	1.1k	897	771	603	398	81	2.8k
A Goudeau France	36	3.1k 2.9×	1.0k 1.1×	2.3k 3.0×	515 0.9×	401 1.0×	177	4.9k
Firdausi Qadri Bangladesh	48	976 0.9×	1.9k 2.1×	243 0.3×	884 1.5×	320 0.8×	221	6.9k
Camilo J. Acosta United States	36	1.4k 1.3×	1.1k 1.3×	288 0.4×	268 0.4×	597 1.5×	93	4.3k
Katharine J Looker United Kingdom	20	2.3k 2.2×	660 0.7×	180 0.2×	243 0.4×	305 0.8×	39	3.2k
Michael A. Poles United States	33	1.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.5×	211 0.3×	716 1.2×	236 0.6×	88	4.9k
W. Evan Secor United States	47	759 0.7×	802 0.9×	250 0.3×	518 0.9×	1.6k 4.1×	164	6.5k
Éric Caumes France	37	1.5k 1.4×	1.6k 1.7×	633 0.8×	214 0.4×	1.8k 4.6×	188	4.4k
Leo G. Visser Netherlands	39	1.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	291 0.4×	349 0.6×	1.7k 4.2×	210	4.5k
Jay R. Kostman United States	33	1.2k 1.1×	977 1.1×	855 1.1×	297 0.5×	168 0.4×	92	3.3k
Afework Kassu Ethiopia	35	975 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	161 0.2×	300 0.5×	451 1.1×	120	3.5k

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Kharod, Grishma A., Henry Bukenya, Sean V. Shadomy, et al.. (2023). Investigating the etiology of acute febrile illness: a prospective clinic-based study in Uganda. BMC Infectious Diseases. 23(1). 411–411. 12 indexed citations

Bower, William A., Yon Yu, Marissa K. Person, et al.. (2023). CDC Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Anthrax, 2023. PubMed. 72(6). 1–47. 18 indexed citations

Negrón, María E., Grishma A. Kharod, William A. Bower, & Henry Walke. (2019). Human Brucella abortus RB51 infections caused by consumption of unpasteurized domestic dairy products - United States, 2017-2019.. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 68(7).

Kracalik, Ian, Ernest Kenu, Joseph Asamoah Frimpong, et al.. (2017). Modeling the environmental suitability of anthrax in Ghana and estimating populations at risk: Implications for vaccination and control. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 11(10). e0005885–e0005885. 39 indexed citations

Nolen, Leisha D., Rita M. Traxler, Grishma A. Kharod, et al.. (2016). Postexposure Prophylaxis After Possible Anthrax Exposure: Adherence and Adverse Events. Health Security. 14(6). 419–423. 1 indexed citations

Katharios-Lanwermeyer, Stefan, Jon-Erik C Holty, Marissa K. Person, et al.. (2016). Identifying Meningitis During an Anthrax Mass Casualty Incident: Systematic Review of Systemic Anthrax Since 1880. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 62(12). 1537–1545. 22 indexed citations

Pillai, Satish K., William A. Bower, Katherine Hendricks, et al.. (2015). Antitoxin Treatment of Inhalation Anthrax: A Systematic Review. Health Security. 13(6). 365–377. 32 indexed citations

Pillai, Satish K., Julie T. Guarnizo, Stefan Katharios-Lanwermeyer, et al.. (2015). Antimicrobial Treatment for Systemic Anthrax: Analysis of Cases from 1945 to 2014 Identified Through a Systematic Literature Review. Health Security. 13(6). 355–364. 17 indexed citations

Benoit, Tina J., David D. Blaney, Jay E. Gee, et al.. (2015). A Review of Melioidosis Cases in the Americas. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 93(6). 1134–1139. 55 indexed citations

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Sherwood, J. L., Tina J. Benoit, Jay E. Gee, et al.. (2014). Fatal Burkholderia pseudomallei Infection Initially Reported as a Bacillus Species, Ohio, 2013. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 91(4). 743–746. 20 indexed citations

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Bradley, John S., Georgina Peacock, Steven E. Krug, et al.. (2014). Pediatric Anthrax Clinical Management: Executive Summary. PEDIATRICS. 133(5). 940–942. 13 indexed citations

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Baddley, John W., Denise Schain, Asmita Gupte, et al.. (2011). Transmission of Cryptococcus neoformans by Organ Transplantation. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 52(4). e94–e98. 71 indexed citations

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Stanley, Edith D., Raoult Ratard, J. Erin Staples, et al.. (2009). West Nile virus transmission via organ transplantation and blood transfusion - Louisiana, 2008.. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 58(45). 1263–1267. 55 indexed citations

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Bialek, Stephanie R., et al.. (2008). Persistence of Protection Against Hepatitis B Virus Infection Among Adolescents Vaccinated With Recombinant Hepatitis B Vaccine Beginning at Birth. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 27(10). 881–885. 91 indexed citations

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Bower, William A., Matthew C. Johns, Harold S. Margolis, Ian T. Williams, & Beth P. Bell. (2007). Population-Based Surveillance for Acute Liver Failure. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 102(11). 2459–2463. 214 indexed citations

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Bower, William A., David H. Culver, Delivette Castor, et al.. (2006). Changes in Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Viral Load and Interferon-α Levels in HIV/HCV-Coinfected Patients Treated With Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 42(3). 293–297. 11 indexed citations

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Amon, Joseph J, Jan Drobeniuc, William A. Bower, et al.. (2006). Locally acquired hepatitis E virus infection, El Paso, Texas. Journal of Medical Virology. 78(6). 741–746. 52 indexed citations

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Garfein, Richard S., William A. Bower, Yvan Hutin, et al.. (2004). Factors associated with fulminant liver failure during an outbreak among injection drug users with acute hepatitis B. Hepatology. 40(4). 865–873. 50 indexed citations

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Bower, William A. & John Eric Humphries. (1995). Failure of the Synthetic Androgen, Danazol, to Increase Protein S Levels and Prevent Thrombosis in a Patient with Severe Protein S Deficiency. Pathophysiology of Haemostasis and Thrombosis. 25(3). 144–148. 2 indexed citations

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Cefalo, Robert C., William A. Bower, & Merry-K Moos. (1995). 1 Preconception care: a means of prevention. Baillière s Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 9(3). 403–416. 16 indexed citations

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