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R. Hartskeerl

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R. Hartskeerl — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 54
Works: 157
Citations: 8,735

Most-cited papers

Emergence, control and re-emerging leptospirosis: dynamics of infection in the changing world.
R. Hartskeerl, M. Collares-Pereira, W. Ellis
2011Clinical Microbiology and Infection519 citations Open access
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Environmental and Behavioural Determinants of Leptospirosis Transmission: A Systematic Review
M. Mwachui, L. Crump, R. Hartskeerl, J. Zinsstag +1 more
2015PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases346 citations Open access
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What Makes a Bacterial Species Pathogenic?:Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Genus Leptospira
D. Fouts, M. Matthias, Haritha Adhikarla, B. Adler +25 more
2016PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases286 citations Open access
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Development and Validation of a Real-Time PCR for Detection of Pathogenic Leptospira Species in Clinical Materials
Ahmed A. A. Ahmed, M. F. M. Engelberts, K. Boer, N. Ahmed +1 more
2009PLoS ONE285 citations Open access
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A Single Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) Scheme for Seven Pathogenic Leptospira Species
Siriphan Boonsilp, J. Thaipadungpanit, P. Amornchai, V. Wuthiekanun +17 more
2013PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases194 citations Open access
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Carriage of Leptospira interrogans among domestic rats from an urban setting highly endemic for leptospirosis in Brazil
M. T. de Faria, M. Calderwood, D. Athanazio, A. McBride +4 more
2008Acta Tropica178 citations Open access
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Rapid tests for diagnosis of leptospirosis: current tools and emerging technologies.
M. Picardeau, E. Bertherat, M. Jancloes, A. Skouloudis +2 more
2014Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease177 citations
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Leptospirosis Serodiagnosis by the Microscopic Agglutination Test
M. Goris, R. Hartskeerl
2014Current Protocols in Microbiology169 citations
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Estimating the burden of human leptospirosis.
B. Abela-Ridder, R. Sikkema, R. Hartskeerl
2010International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents154 citations
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Leptospirosis in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.
S. D. de Vries, B. J. Visser, Ingeborg M. Nagel, M. Goris +2 more
2014International Journal of Infectious Diseases151 citations Open access
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Conservation of the S10-spc-α Locus within Otherwise Highly Plastic Genomes Provides Phylogenetic Insight into the Genus Leptospira
B. Victoria, Ahmed A. A. Ahmed, R. Zuerner, N. Ahmed +3 more
2008PLoS ONE112 citations Open access
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Long pentraxin PTX3 is associated with mortality and disease severity in severe Leptospirosis.
J. Wagenaar, M. Goris, M. H. Gasem, B. Isbandrio +6 more
2009Journal of Infection94 citations
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Leptospira Serovars for Diagnosis of Leptospirosis in Humans and Animals in Africa: Common Leptospira Isolates and Reservoir Hosts
G. Mgode, R. Machang'u, G. Mhamphi, A. Katakweba +5 more
2015PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases90 citations Open access
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Prospective Evaluation of Three Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Diagnosis of Human Leptospirosis
M. Goris, M. Leeflang, M. Lodén, J. Wagenaar +3 more
2013PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases90 citations Open access
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Human Leptospirosis Trends, the Netherlands, 1925–2008
M. Goris, K. Boer, Tamara A.T.E. Duarte, S. Kliffen +1 more
2013Emerging Infectious Diseases87 citations Open access
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Mutations affecting Leptospira interrogans lipopolysaccharide attenuate virulence
Gerald L. Murray, Amporn Srikram, R. Henry, R. Hartskeerl +2 more
2010Molecular Microbiology81 citations Open access
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Coagulation disorders in patients with severe leptospirosis are associated with severe bleeding and mortality
J. Wagenaar, M. Goris, D. L. Partiningrum, B. Isbandrio +5 more
2010Tropical medicine & international health81 citations Open access
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Soluble ST2 Levels Are Associated with Bleeding in Patients with Severe Leptospirosis
J. Wagenaar, M. H. Gasem, M. Goris, M. Leeflang +4 more
2009PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases79 citations Open access
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Establishment of Valid Laboratory Case Definition for Human Leptospirosis
M. Goris, M. Leeflang, K. Boer, M. Goeijenbier +3 more
201173 citations Open access
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Genetic Affinities within a Large Global Collection of Pathogenic Leptospira: Implications for Strain Identification and Molecular Epidemiology
K. Nalam, Ahmed A. A. Ahmed, S. M. Devi, P. Francalacci +4 more
2010PLoS ONE70 citations Open access
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Rodent-borne hemorrhagic fevers: under-recognized, widely spread and preventable – epidemiology, diagnostics and treatment
M. Goeijenbier, J. Wagenaar, M. Goris, B. Martina +6 more
2013Critical reviews in microbiology67 citations Open access
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Urban Leptospirosis in Africa: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Leptospira Infection in Rodents in the Kibera Urban Settlement, Nairobi, Kenya
J. Halliday, D. Knobel, K. Allan, B. M. de C. Bronsvoort +9 more
2013American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene67 citations Open access
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High Leptospira Diversity in Animals and Humans Complicates the Search for Common Reservoirs of Human Disease in Rural Ecuador
Verónica Barragán, J. Chiriboga, Erin B. Miller, Sonora M Olivas +12 more
2016PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases66 citations Open access
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Molecular approaches in the detection and characterization of Leptospira
Ahmed A. A. Ahmed, P. Klatser, M. Grobusch, R. Hartskeerl
201266 citations Open access
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Epidemiology of human leptospirosis in Malaysia, 2004-2012.
Douadi Benacer, K. Thong, C. Ng, V. Khebir +4 more
2016Acta Tropica65 citations
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High Prevalence of Intermediate Leptospira spp. DNA in Febrile Humans from Urban and Rural Ecuador
J. Chiriboga, Verónica Barragán, Gabriela Arroyo, A. Sosa +13 more
2015Emerging Infectious Diseases65 citations Open access
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Human Leptospira Isolates Circulating in Mayotte (Indian Ocean) Have Unique Serological and Molecular Features
P. Bourhy, L. Collet, T. Lernout, Farida Zinini +8 more
2011Journal of Clinical Microbiology64 citations Open access
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Interactions of Leptospira with Environmental Bacteria from Surface Water
Verónica Barragán, M. E. Mejía, Andrés Trávez, S. Zapata +3 more
2011Current Microbiology63 citations
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Development of a Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assay for the Detection of Pathogenic Leptospira
Ahmed A. A. Ahmed, H. van der Linden, R. Hartskeerl
2014International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health61 citations Open access
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Classification of Leptospira genomospecies 1, 3, 4 and 5 as Leptospira alstonii sp. nov., Leptospira vanthielii sp. nov., Leptospira terpstrae sp. nov. and Leptospira yanagawae sp. nov., respectively.
L. Smythe, B. Adler, R. Hartskeerl, Renee L. Galloway +2 more
2013International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology61 citations
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Agglutinating antibodies against pathogenic Leptospira in healthy dogs and horses indicate common exposure and regular occurrence of subclinical infections.
D. J. Houwers, M. Goris, T. Abdoel, J. Káš +5 more
2011Veterinary Microbiology57 citations Open access
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Potent Innate Immune Response to Pathogenic Leptospira in Human Whole Blood
M. Goris, J. Wagenaar, R. Hartskeerl, E. V. van Gorp +5 more
2011PLoS ONE57 citations Open access
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Evaluation of Four Whole-Cell Leptospira-Based Serological Tests for Diagnosis of Urban Leptospirosis
A. McBride, B. L. Santos, Adriano Queiroz, Andréia C. Santos +3 more
2007Clinical and Vaccine Immunology57 citations Open access
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Direct Detection and Differentiation of Pathogenic Leptospira Species Using a Multi-Gene Targeted Real Time PCR Approach
A. S. Ferreira, Pedro Costa, T. Rocha, A. Amaro +5 more
2014PLoS ONE56 citations Open access
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Towards the Burden of Human Leptospirosis: Duration of Acute Illness and Occurrence of Post-Leptospirosis Symptoms of Patients in The Netherlands
M. Goris, Vanessa Kikken, M. Straetemans, S. Alba +5 more
2013PLoS ONE56 citations Open access
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Marked increase in leptospirosis infections in humans and dogs in the Netherlands, 2014.
R. Pijnacker, M. Goris, M. T. Te Wierik, E. Broens +7 more
2016Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin55 citations Open access
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Comparison of Two Multilocus Sequence Based Genotyping Schemes for Leptospira Species
Ahmed A. A. Ahmed, J. Thaipadungpanit, Siriphan Boonsilp, V. Wuthiekanun +8 more
2011PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases54 citations Open access
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What role do coagulation disorders play in the pathogenesis of leptospirosis?
J. Wagenaar, M. Goris, M. Sakundarno, M. H. Gasem +6 more
2006Tropical medicine & international health54 citations
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Molecular characterization, serotyping, and antibiotic susceptibility profile of Leptospira interrogans serovar Copenhageni isolates from Brazil.
Fabiana Miraglia, M. Matsuo, Z. M. Morais, O. Dellagostin +8 more
2013Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease53 citations Open access
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Assessment of animal hosts of pathogenic Leptospira in northern Tanzania
K. Allan, J. Halliday, M. Moseley, R. Carter +11 more
2018PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases52 citations Open access
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Surveillance for leptospirosis in the Americas, 1996–2005: a review of data from ministries of health
F. Costa, M. Martinez-Silveira, Jose E. Hagan, R. Hartskeerl +2 more
2012Revista Panamericana De Salud Publica-pan American Journal of Public Health52 citations Open access
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Severe pulmonary manifestation of leptospirosis.
H. Helmerhorst, E. N. van Tol, P. Tuinman, P. de Vries +3 more
2012Netherlands Journal of Medicine52 citations
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Human Leptospirosis in Malaysia
Douadi Benacer, K. Thong, Khebir Bin Verasahib, Renee L. Galloway +3 more
2016Asia-Pacific journal of public health46 citations Open access
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Environmental risk of leptospirosis infections in the Netherlands: Spatial modelling of environmental risk factors of leptospirosis in the Netherlands
E. Rood, M. Goris, R. Pijnacker, M. Bakker +1 more
2017PLoS ONE45 citations Open access
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The Use of Chemoprophylaxis after Floods to Reduce the Occurrence and Impact of Leptospirosis Outbreaks
Maria Cristina Schneider, J. Velasco-Hernández, Kyung-Duk Min, Deise Galan Leonel +4 more
2017International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health44 citations Open access
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Field rats form a major infection source of leptospirosis in and around Madurai, India.
C. Priya, K. Hoogendijk, M. Berg, S. Rathinam +3 more
2007Journal of Postgraduate Medicine40 citations Open access
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The role of leptospirosis reference laboratories.
R. Hartskeerl, L. Smythe
2015Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology37 citations
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Genomic Comparison Among Global Isolates of L. interrogans Serovars Copenhageni and Icterohaemorrhagiae Identified Natural Genetic Variation Caused by an Indel
L. Santos, Haritha Adhikarla, Xi-Ting Yan, Zheng Wang +11 more
2018Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology36 citations Open access
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Monitoring Leptospira strain collections: the need for quality control.
G. Cerqueira, A. McBride, Adriano Queiroz, L. S. Pinto +5 more
2010American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene36 citations Open access
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Bioinformatics Describes Novel Loci for High Resolution Discrimination of Leptospira Isolates
G. Cerqueira, A. McBride, R. Hartskeerl, N. Ahmed +3 more
2010PLoS ONE34 citations Open access
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