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Israel
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

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74
Citations
19906
World Ranking
114
National Ranking
2

Microbiology

D-Index
73
Citations
19230
World Ranking
1661
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Israel Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Microbiology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Gad Baneth is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Their research spans a wide range of topics focused on parasitology, infectious diseases, and epidemiology, with a particular emphasis on vector-borne diseases and parasite-host interactions.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology

The subfields of study most frequently addressed in their work are:

  • Parasitology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

The primary topics covered by Gad Baneth's research publications include:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Helminth infection and control

The scientist has contributed to various journals and publication venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Veterinary Parasitology
  • Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports
  • Parasitology Research
  • Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Examples of recent papers authored or coauthored by Gad Baneth include:

  • The estimated distribution of autochthonous leishmaniasis by Leishmania infantum in Europe in 2005-2020 (2023) in PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Parasites and vector-borne diseases disseminated by rehomed dogs (2020) in Parasites & Vectors
  • An epidemiological study in wild carnivores from Spanish Mediterranean ecosystems reveals association between Leishmania infantum, Babesia spp. and Hepatozoon spp. infection and new hosts for Hepatozoon martis, Hepatozoon canis and Sarcocystis spp. (2021) in Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • TroCCAP recommendations for the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of parasitic infections in dogs and cats in the tropics (2020) in Veterinary Parasitology
  • Leishmaniases in the European Union and Neighboring Countries (2021) in Emerging infectious diseases

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Gad Baneth include:

  • Yaarit Nachum-Biala
  • Domenico Otranto
  • Alicia Rojas
  • Harold Salant
  • Laia Solano-Gallego

Best Publications

  • LeishVet guidelines for the practical management of canine leishmaniosis

    Laia Solano-Gallego;Guadalupe Miró;Alek Koutinas;Luis Cardoso

  • Canine leishmaniosis - new concepts and insights on an expanding zoonosis: part one.

    Gad Baneth;Alexander F. Koutinas;Laia Solano-Gallego;Patrick Bourdeau

  • Directions for the diagnosis, clinical staging, treatment and prevention of canine leishmaniosis

    L. Solano-Gallego;A. Koutinas;G. Miró;L. Cardoso

  • Babesiosis in dogs and cats--expanding parasitological and clinical spectra.

    Laia Solano-Gallego;Gad Baneth

  • Drivers for the emergence and re-emergence of vector-borne protozoal and bacterial diseases

    S. Harrus;G. Baneth

  • Perspectives on canine and feline hepatozoonosis.

    Gad Baneth

  • Recent advances on Dirofilaria repens in dogs and humans in Europe

    Gioia Capelli;Claudio Genchi;Gad Baneth;Patrick Bourdeau

  • Chemotherapy of canine leishmaniosis.

    Gad Baneth;Susan E Shaw

  • Canine leishmaniosis in the Old and New Worlds: unveiled similarities and differences

    Filipe Dantas-Torres;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Laia Solano-Gallego;Gad Baneth;Vitor Marcio Ribeiro

  • Canine hepatozoonosis: two disease syndromes caused by separate Hepatozoon spp.

    Gad Baneth;John S Mathew;Varda Shkap;Douglass K Macintire

  • Life cycle of Hepatozoon canis (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae) in the tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus and domestic dog (Canis familiaris).

    Gad Baneth;Michael Samish;Varda Shkap

  • Evolutionary changes in symbiont community structure in ticks.

    Olivier Duron;Florian Binetruy;Valérie Noël;Julie Cremaschi

  • LeishVet update and recommendations on feline leishmaniosis

    Maria-Grazia Pennisi;Luís Cardoso;Gad Baneth;Patrick Bourdeau

  • Polymerase Chain Reaction Using Noninvasively Obtained Samples, for the Detection of Leishmania infantum DNA in Dogs

    Dalit Strauss-Ayali;Charles L. Jaffe;Ofer Burshtain;Liat Gonen

  • Canine leishmaniosis--new concepts and insights on an expanding zoonosis: part two.

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  • Retrospective case-control study of hepatozoonosis in dogs in Israel.

    Gad Baneth;Benjamin Weigler

  • Transmission of Hepatozoon canis to Dogs by Naturally-Fed or Percutaneously-Injected Rhipicephalus sanguineus Ticks

    Gad Baneth;Michael Samish;Evgeny Alekseev;Itamar Aroch

  • Major Parasitic Zoonoses Associated with Dogs and Cats in Europe

    G. Baneth;S.M. Thamsborg;D. Otranto;J. Guillot

  • Tick-borne infections of animals and humans: a common ground.

    Gad Baneth

  • Detection and Identification of Old World Leishmania by High Resolution Melt Analysis

    Dalit Talmi-Frank;Abedelmajeed Nasereddin;Abedelmajeed Nasereddin;Abedelmajeed Nasereddin;Lionel F. Schnur;Gabriele Schönian

  • A new Hepatozoon species from dogs: description of the causative agent of canine hepatozoonosis in North America.

    Vincent-Johnson Na;Macintire Dk;Lindsay Ds;Lenz Sd

  • Molecular Detection and Characterization of Tick-borne Pathogens in Dogs and Ticks from Nigeria

    Joshua Kamani;Gad Baneth;Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu;Ndadilnasiya E. Waziri

Frequent Co-Authors

Shimon Harrus
Shimon Harrus Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yaarit Nachum-Biala
Yaarit Nachum-Biala Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Domenico Otranto
Domenico Otranto University of Bari Aldo Moro
Luís Cardoso
Luís Cardoso University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro
Filipe Dantas-Torres
Filipe Dantas-Torres Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Laia Solano-Gallego
Laia Solano-Gallego Autonomous University of Barcelona
Guadalupe Miró
Guadalupe Miró Complutense University of Madrid
Alon Warburg
Alon Warburg Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Carla Maia
Carla Maia Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Alessio Giannelli
Alessio Giannelli University of Bari Aldo Moro

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