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Maria A. Diuk-Wasser

Maria A. Diuk-Wasser

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
51
Citations
8646
World Ranking
4347
National Ranking
1679

Maria A. Diuk-Wasser 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 Maria A. Diuk-Wasser sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 144 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Maria A. Diuk-Wasser 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 Maria A. Diuk-Wasser sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Maria A. Diuk-Wasser is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research focuses on fields such as Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with significant contributions to the study of Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Insect Science, and Genetics.

Their work primarily addresses topics related to Vector-borne infectious diseases, Viral Infections and Vectors, Zoonotic diseases and public health, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Vector-Borne Animal Diseases, Insect and Pesticide Research, and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences.

Frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Research Square (Research Square), Journal of Medical Entomology, and Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases.

Key papers authored or coauthored by Maria A. Diuk-Wasser include:

  • Impact of Land Use Changes and Habitat Fragmentation on the Eco-epidemiology of Tick-Borne Diseases, 2020, Journal of Medical Entomology
  • On the cause and consequences of IgE to galactose-α-1,3-galactose: A report from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Workshop on Understanding IgE-Mediated Mammalian Meat Allergy, 2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • The evolutionary history of ACE2 usage within the coronavirus subgenus Sarbecovirus, 2021, Virus Evolution
  • Bridging landscape ecology and urban science to respond to the rising threat of mosquito-borne diseases, 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Association of the invasive Haemaphysalis longicornis tick with vertebrate hosts, other native tick vectors, and tick-borne pathogens in New York City, USA, 2020, International Journal for Parasitology

The scientist collaborates frequently with notable coauthors, including Danielle M. Tufts, María del Pilar Fernández, Meredith C. VanAcker, Yi-Pin Lin, and Pallavi A. Kache.

Best Publications

  • Niche partitioning of Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia miyamotoi in the same tick vector and mammalian reservoir species

    Alan G. Barbour;Jonas Bunikis;Bridgit Travinsky;Anne Gatewood Hoen

  • Coinfection by Ixodes Tick-Borne Pathogens: Ecological, Epidemiological, and Clinical Consequences.

    Maria A. Diuk-Wasser;Edouard Vannier;Peter J. Krause

  • Human Risk of Infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme Disease Agent, in Eastern United States

    Maria A. Diuk-Wasser;Anne Gatewood Hoen;Paul Cislo;Robert Brinkerhoff

  • Lyme disease ecology in a changing world: Consensus, uncertainty and critical gaps for improving control

    A. Marm Kilpatrick;Andrew D. M. Dobson;Taal Levi;Daniel J. Salkeld

  • Field and climate-based model for predicting the density of host-seeking nymphal Ixodes scapularis, an important vector of tick-borne disease agents in the eastern United States

    Maria A. Diuk-Wasser;Gwenaël Vourc'h;Paul Cislo;Anne Gatewood Hoen

  • Spatiotemporal patterns of host-seeking Ixodes scapularis nymphs (Acari: Ixodidae) in the United States.

    M. A. Diuk-Wasser;A. G. Gatewood;M. R. Cortinas;S. Yaremych-Hamer

  • Impact of Land Use Changes and Habitat Fragmentation on the Eco-epidemiology of Tick-Borne Diseases

    Maria A Diuk-Wasser;Meredith C VanAcker;Maria P Fernandez

  • Geographic Variation in the Relationship between Human Lyme Disease Incidence and Density of Infected Host-Seeking Ixodes scapularis Nymphs in the Eastern United States

    Kim M. Pepin;Rebecca J. Eisen;Paul S. Mead;Joseph Piesman

  • Climate and Tick Seasonality Are Predictors of Borrelia burgdorferi Genotype Distribution

    Anne G. Gatewood;Kelly A. Liebman;Gwenaël Vourc'h;Jonas Bunikis

  • Vector host-feeding preferences drive transmission of multi-host pathogens: West Nile virus as a model system

    Jennifer E. Simpson;Paul J. Hurtado;Jan Medlock;Goudarz Molaei

  • Modeling the Spatial Distribution of Mosquito Vectors for West Nile Virus in Connecticut, USA

    Maria A Diuk-Wasser;Heidi E Brown;Theodore G Andreadis;Durland Fish

  • Babesiosis.

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  • Spatiotemporal Patterns of Host-SeekingIxodes scapularisNymphs (Acari: Ixodidae) in the United States

    M. A. Diuk-Wasser;A. G. Gatewood;M. R. Cortinas;S. Yaremych-Hamer

  • Host-Feeding Patterns of Potential Mosquito Vectors in Connecticut, USA: Molecular Analysis of Bloodmeals from 23 Species of Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Coquillettidia, Psorophora, and Uranotaenia

    Goudarz Molaei;Theodore G. Andreadis;Philip M. Armstrong;Maria Diuk-Wasser

  • Phylogeography of Borrelia burgdorferi in the eastern United States reflects multiple independent Lyme disease emergence events

    Anne Gatewood Hoen;Gabriele Margos;Stephen J. Bent;Maria A. Diuk-Wasser

  • Epidemic Spread of Lyme Borreliosis, Northeastern United States

    Klára Hanincová;Klaus Kurtenbach;Maria Diuk-Wasser;Brandon Brei

  • Spatial Distribution of Dengue in a Brazilian Urban Slum Setting: Role of Socioeconomic Gradient in Disease Risk.

    Mariana Kikuti;Geraldo M. Cunha;Igor A. D. Paploski;Amelia M. Kasper

  • Ecological factors associated with West Nile virus transmission, northeastern United States.

    Heidi E. Brown;James E. Childs;Maria A. Diuk-Wasser;Durland Fish

  • On the cause and consequences of IgE to galactose-α-1,3-galactose: A report from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Workshop on Understanding IgE-Mediated Mammalian Meat Allergy.

    Thomas A.E. Platts-Mills;Scott P. Commins;Tilo Biedermann;Marianne van Hage

  • Borrelia miyamotoi sensu lato seroreactivity and seroprevalence in the northeastern United States.

    Peter J. Krause;Sukanya Narasimhan;Gary P. Wormser;Alan G. Barbour

  • Fitness variation of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto strains in mice.

    Klára Hanincová;Nicholas H. Ogden;Maria Diuk-Wasser;Christopher J. Pappas

Frequent Co-Authors

Durland Fish
Durland Fish Yale University
Alan G. Barbour
Alan G. Barbour University of California, Irvine
Theodore G. Andreadis
Theodore G. Andreadis Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Laura D. Kramer
Laura D. Kramer University at Albany, State University of New York
Peter J. Krause
Peter J. Krause Yale University
Joseph Piesman
Joseph Piesman Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sarah A. Hamer
Sarah A. Hamer Texas A&M University
Nicholas H. Ogden
Nicholas H. Ogden Public Health Agency of Canada
Uriel Kitron
Uriel Kitron Emory University
Anna M. Blom
Anna M. Blom Lund University

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