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Placide Mbala-Kingebeni · Sankore

University of Kinshasa

Placide Mbala-Kingebeni

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0003-1556-3570

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Publications

45

Citations

1,185

h-index

16

Computed over the works the graph holds, so it is a floor rather than a career figure.

i10-index

17

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Affiliations

Every institution this scholar has appeared with on a work, by how many.

National Institute of Biomedical Research13 works
University of Kinshasa8 works
Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa3 works
Ministry of Public Health1 works

Publications

10 works in the graph, newest first.

Determinants of long-term SARS-CoV-2 immune responses in asymptomatic-to-moderate COVID-19 patients in sub-Saharan Africa
2026BMC MedicineJournalOpen access2 citations10.1186/s12916-025-04607-9
Inspiring, shaping and sustaining an African research & development agenda
2026Nature MedicineJournalOpen access0 citations10.1038/s41591-026-04480-w
Epidemiological and clinical features of mpox during the clade Ib outbreak in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a prospective cohort study
2025The LancetJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding81 citations10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00047-9
A call for health R&D prioritisation and governance mechanisms in Africa
2025The LancetJournal5 citations10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00242-9
Sustained human outbreak of a new MPXV clade I lineage in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

2024Nature MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding380 citations10.1038/s41591-024-03130-3

The surge of mpox in Africa: a call for action

2024The Lancet Global HealthJournalOpen access54 citations10.1016/s2214-109x(24)00187-6

The 2024 Public Health Emergency of International Concern: A Global Failure to Control Mpox

2024American Journal of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalOpen access27 citations10.4269/ajtmh.24-0606

A pan-African pathogen genomics data sharing platform to support disease outbreaks

2023Nature MedicineJournalOpen access27 citations10.1038/s41591-023-02266-y

Assessment of Clinical Outcomes Among Children and Adolescents Hospitalized With COVID-19 in 6 Sub-Saharan African Countries

2022Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent MedicineJournalOpen access81 citations10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.6436

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection and Pregnancy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A 6-Country Retrospective Cohort Analysis

2022Clinical Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access27 citations10.1093/cid/ciac294