2026 Etienne Thiry: Animal Science and Veterinary Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Animal Science and Veterinary	69	182	172	14	14	524	16330
Microbiology	69	2067	1885	47	44	566	15681

Overview

Etienne Thiry is affiliated with the University of Liège in Belgium. Their research activities are concentrated primarily in the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Infectious Diseases, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Epidemiology. Their work also spans areas such as Animal Science and Zoology, and Oncology.

The scientist's notable research topics include:

Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
Infection Control and Ventilation
Animal Virus Infections Studies
Virus-based gene therapy research
COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
Viral Infections and Immunology Research

Thiry has authored and contributed to numerous scientific papers, among which the recent ones are:

"Anthropogenic Infection of Cats during the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic" (2021) published in Viruses
"Calicivirus Infection in Cats" (2022) published in Viruses
"Feline Infectious Peritonitis: European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases Guidelines" (2023) published in Viruses
"Aetiology of Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Complex and Prevalence of its Pathogens in Europe" (2020) published in Journal of Comparative Pathology
"Noroviruses-The State of the Art, Nearly Fifty Years after Their Initial Discovery" (2021) published in Viruses

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Louisa F. Ludwig-Begall
Fulvio Marsilio
Constance Wielick
Margaret J. Hosie
Regina Hofmann-Lehmann

Etienne Thiry's publications appear regularly in a few key venues, such as:

Viruses
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery
Food and Environmental Virology
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Best Publications

The order Herpesvirales.

Andrew J. Davison;Richard Eberle;Bernhard Ehlers;Gary S. Hayward

1362
Citations
Bovine herpesvirus 1 infection and infectious bovine rhinotracheitis.

Benoît Muylkens;Julien Thiry;Philippe Kirten;Frédéric Schynts

645
Citations
Feline infectious peritonitis. ABCD guidelines on prevention and management

Diane Addie;Sándor Belák;Corine Boucraut-Baralon;Herman Egberink

368
Citations
Feline leukaemia. ABCD guidelines on prevention and management.

Hans Lutz;Diane Addie;Sándor Belák;Corine Boucraut-Baralon

290
Citations
Feline Immunodeficiency ABCD Guidelines on Prevention and Management

Margaret J. Hosie;Diane Addie;Sándor Belák;Corine Boucraut-Baralon

252
Citations
Feline herpesvirus infection. ABCD guidelines on prevention and management

Etienne Thiry;Diane Addie;Sándor Belák;Corine Boucraut-Baralon

252
Citations
Bluetongue in northern Europe.

Etienne Thiry;Claude Saegerman;Hugues Guyot;Philippe Kirten

227
Citations
Ruminant alphaherpesviruses related to bovine herpesvirus 1

Julien Thiry;Véronique Keuser;Benoît Muylkens;François Meurens

212
Citations
Feline Panleukopenia ABCD Guidelines on Prevention and Management

Uwe Truyen;Diane Addie;Sándor Belák;Corine Boucraut-Baralon

199
Citations
Comparative pathogenesis of acute and latent infections of calves with bovine herpesvirus types 1 and 5.

Gilles Meyer;Mylène Lemaire;C. Ros;K. Belak

158
Citations
Recombination in alphaherpesviruses.

Etienne Thiry;François Meurens;Benoît Muylkens;Michael McVoy

142
Citations
Virulence, immunogenicity and reactivation of bovine herpesvirus 1 mutants with a deletion in the gC, gG, gI, gE, or in both the gI and gE gene

M. J. Kaashoek;F. A. Rijsewijk;R. C. Ruuls;G. M. Keil

141
Citations
Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus in cats and other carnivores

Etienne Thiry;Angélique Zicola;D. Addie;H. Egberink

136
Citations
Feline injection-site sarcoma: ABCD guidelines on prevention and management.

Katrin Hartmann;Michael J. Day;Etienne Thiry;Albert Lloret

135
Citations
Dermatophytosis in Cats: ABCD guidelines on prevention and management

Tadeusz Frymus;Tim Gruffydd-Jones;Maria Grazia Pennisi;Diane Addie

131
Citations
Zoonoses in pet birds: review and perspectives

Geraldine Boseret;Bertrand Losson;Jacques G Mainil;Etienne Thiry

130
Citations
Bluetongue in Belgium, 2006.

Jean-François Toussaint;Corinne Sailleau;Jan Mast;Philippe Houdart

126
Citations
A review of known and hypothetical transmission routes for noroviruses.

Elisabeth Mathijs;Ambroos Stals;Leen Baert;Nadine Botteldoorn

125
Citations
A Systematic Scoping Study of the Socio‐Economic Impact of Rift Valley Fever: Research Gaps and Needs

Marie-Isabelle Peyre;Véronique Chevalier;Shaïf Abdo-Salem;A. Velthuis

121
Citations
Effects of Bovine Herpesvirus Type 1 Infection in Calves with Maternal Antibodies on Immune Response and Virus Latency

Mylène Lemaire;Vincent Weynants;Jacques Godfroid;Frédéric Schynts

119
Citations
Leishmaniosis in cats: ABCD guidelines on prevention and management

Maria Grazia Pennisi;Katrin Hartmann;Albert Lloret;Diane Addie

111
Citations
Biology of bovine herpesvirus 5

María P. Del Médico Zajac;María F. Ladelfa;María F. Ladelfa;Fiorella Kotsias;Fiorella Kotsias;Benoît Muylkens

109
Citations
Prion protein in kidneys of scrapie-infected sheep

Sílvia Sisó;Lorenzo González;Martin Jeffrey;Stuart Martin

34
Citations
Something old, something new: update of the 2009 and 2013 ABCD guidelines on prevention and management of feline infectious diseases

Karin Möstl;Diane D Addie;Corine Boucraut-Baralon;Herman Egberink

14
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul-Pierre Pastoret University of Liège

Claude Saegerman University of Liège

Katrin Hartmann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Herman Egberink Utrecht University

Margaret J Hosie University of Glasgow

Marian C. Horzinek Utrecht University

Hans Lutz University of Zurich

Alan D Radford University of Liverpool

Alain Vanderplasschen University of Liège

Dirk Berkvens Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp

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