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Francesco Drago

Medicine · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1988
Herpesvirus Infections and TreatmentsCytomegalovirus and herpesvirus researchParvovirus B19 Infection StudiesDermatological and COVID-19 studiesSyphilis Diagnosis and Treatment

Publications

334

Citations

6,124

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

39

Publishing since 1988

Research summary
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Francesco Drago works in dermatology and venereology, with a research focus on skin manifestations of infectious diseases such as syphilis, herpesviruses, monkeypox, scabies, and other sexually transmitted infections. His work also covers dermatological conditions like actinic keratosis, pityriasis rosea, and rare autoimmune skin disorders, often through clinical case studies, retrospective reviews, and treatment efficacy reports. Note that a few unrelated titles (e.g., on radar signal classification and quantum machine learning) appear in the provided publication list but do not match this researcher's established topic areas and may reflect a data or name-matching issue.

Dermatology and sexually transmitted infectionsHerpesvirus and viral skin infectionsSyphilis and STI diagnosticsSkin cancer and lesion treatment (e.g., actinic keratosis)Rare and atypical dermatologic conditions

Publication output has declined from a peak of about 29 papers in 2017 to a more stable pace of roughly 12-17 per year in recent years, suggesting a slowing but steady output.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 12.8/year recently
2017: 29 publications29172018: 16 publications182019: 19 publications192020: 20 publications202021: 12 publications212022: 15 publications222023: 12 publications232024: 17 publications242025: 17 publications252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia×12
  • Journal of Medical Virology×11
  • Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology×10
  • Italian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology×7
  • PubMed×7
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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