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Christopher V. Plowe publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher V. Plowe sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 268 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Christopher V. Plowe D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher V. Plowe sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Christopher V. Plowe is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a strong emphasis on public health, environmental and occupational health, immunology, parasitology, infectious diseases, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including:

  • Malaria research and control
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Complement system in diseases
  • Parasites and host interactions
  • Vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
  • Computational drug discovery methods
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Christopher V. Plowe include:

  • Matthew B. Laurens
  • Shannon Takala-Harrison
  • Drissa Coulibaly
  • Ogobara K. Doumbo
  • Mahamadou A. Théra

Common publication venues where their work appears include:

  • Malaria Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Scientific Reports
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Christopher V. Plowe are:

  • Malaria chemoprevention and drug resistance: a review of the literature and policy implications, 2022, Malaria Journal
  • Strains used in whole organism Plasmodium falciparum vaccine trials differ in genome structure, sequence, and immunogenic potential, 2020, Genome Medicine
  • A randomized controlled trial showing safety and efficacy of a whole sporozoite vaccine against endemic malaria, 2022, Science Translational Medicine
  • Microarray analyses reveal strain-specific antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen 1 variants following natural infection and vaccination, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Prevalence and seroprevalence of Plasmodium infection in Myanmar reveals highly heterogeneous transmission and a large hidden reservoir of infection, 2021, PLoS ONE

Christopher V. Plowe has received recognition including becoming a Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) in 2013 and membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Spread of Artemisinin Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

    Ashley Ea;Dhorda M;Fairhurst Rm;Amaratunga C

  • A molecular marker for chloroquine-resistant falciparum malaria.

    Abdoulaye Djimdé;Ogobara K. Doumbo;Joseph F. Cortese;Kassoum Kayentao

  • Chloroquine-Resistant Malaria

    Thomas E. Wellems;Christopher V. Plowe

  • Pyrimethamine and Proguanil Resistance-Conferring Mutations in Plasmodium falciparum Dihydrofolate Reductase: Polymerase Chain Reaction Methods for Surveillance in Africa

    Christopher V. Plowe;Abdoulaye Djimde;Madama Bouare;Ogobara Doumbo

  • A research agenda to underpin malaria eradication.

    Pedro L. Alonso;Graham Brown;Myriam Arévalo-Herrera;Fred Binka

  • Genetic architecture of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum.

    O Miotto;R Amato;E A Ashley;B MacInnis

  • Molecular Markers for Failure of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine and Chlorproguanil-Dapsone Treatment of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

    James G. Kublin;Fraction K. Dzinjalamala;Deborah D. Kamwendo;Elissa M. Malkin

  • Reemergence of Chloroquine-Sensitive Plasmodium falciparum Malaria after Cessation of Chloroquine Use in Malawi

    James G Kublin;Joseph F Cortese;Eric Mbindo Njunju;Rabia A G. Mukadam

  • Mechanisms of Resistance of Malaria Parasites to Antifolates

    Aric Gregson;Christopher V. Plowe

  • Live attenuated malaria vaccine designed to protect through hepatic CD8+ T cell immunity

    J. E. Epstein;K. Tewari;K. E. Lyke;B. K. L. Sim

  • Mutations in Plasmodium falciparum Dihydrofolate Reductase and Dihydropteroate Synthase and Epidemiologic Patterns of Pyrimethamine-Sulfadoxine Use and Resistance

    Christopher V. Plowe;Joseph F. Cortese;Abdoulaye Djimde;Okey C. Nwanyanwu

  • Serum levels of the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β), IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, tumor necrosis factor alpha, and IL-12(p70) in malian children with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria and matched uncomplicated malaria or healthy controls

    K. E. Lyke;R. Burges;Y. Cissoko;L. Sangare

  • Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum diversity in natural infections by deep sequencing

    Magnus Manske;Magnus Manske;Olivo Miotto;Olivo Miotto;Susana Campino;Susana Campino;Sarah Auburn;Sarah Auburn;Sarah Auburn

  • Multiple populations of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Cambodia

    Olivo Miotto;Jacob Almagro-Garcia;Jacob Almagro-Garcia;Jacob Almagro-Garcia;Magnus Manske;Bronwyn MacInnis

  • Return of Chloroquine Antimalarial Efficacy in Malawi

    Miriam K. Laufer;Phillip C. Thesing;Nicole D. Eddington;Rhoda Masonga

  • Pyrimethamine–sulfadoxine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum: what next?

    Carol Hopkins Sibley;John E Hyde;Paul F.G Sims;Christopher V Plowe

  • Independent Emergence of Artemisinin Resistance Mutations Among Plasmodium falciparum in Southeast Asia

    Shannon Takala-Harrison;Christopher G. Jacob;Cesar Arze;Michael P. Cummings

  • Genome-wide and fine-resolution association analysis of malaria in West Africa

    Muminatou Jallow;Yik Ying Teo;Yik Ying Teo;Kerrin S. Small;Kerrin S. Small;Kirk A. Rockett;Kirk A. Rockett

  • Blood group O protects against severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria through the mechanism of reduced rosetting

    J. Alexandra Rowe;Ian G. Handel;Mahamadou A. Thera;Anne-Marie Deans

  • A field trial to assess a blood-Stage malaria vaccine

    Mahamadou A. Thera;Ogobara K. Doumbo;Drissa Coulibaly;Matthew B. Laurens

Frequent Co-Authors

Ogobara K. Doumbo
Ogobara K. Doumbo University of Bamako
Dominic P. Kwiatkowski
Dominic P. Kwiatkowski University of Oxford
Abdoulaye Djimde
Abdoulaye Djimde University of Bamako
Pascal Ringwald
Pascal Ringwald World Health Organization
Arjen M. Dondorp
Arjen M. Dondorp Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
François Nosten
François Nosten MORU Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
Thomas E. Wellems
Thomas E. Wellems National Institutes of Health
Nicholas J. White
Nicholas J. White Mahidol University
James G. Kublin
James G. Kublin Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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