| Atmospheric movement of microorganisms in clouds of desert dust and implications for human health DW Griffin Clinical microbiology reviews 20 (3), 459-477, 2007 | 953 | 2007 |
| Aerobiology and the global transport of desert dust CA Kellogg, DW Griffin Trends in ecology & evolution 21 (11), 638-644, 2006 | 787 | 2006 |
| Development of a PCR protocol for sensitive detection of Cryptosporidium oocysts in water samples DW Johnson, NJ Pieniazek, DW Griffin, L Misener, JB Rose Applied and Environmental Microbiology 61 (11), 3849-3855, 1995 | 488 | 1995 |
| African desert dust in the Caribbean atmosphere: microbiology and public health DW Griffin, VH Garrison, JR Herman, EA Shinn Aerobiologia 17 (3), 203-213, 2001 | 439 | 2001 |
| Pathogenic human viruses in coastal waters DW Griffin, KA Donaldson, JH Paul, JB Rose Clinical microbiology reviews 16 (1), 129-143, 2003 | 410 | 2003 |
| African and Asian dust: from desert soils to coral reefs VH Garrison, EA Shinn, WT Foreman, DW Griffin, CW Holmes, CA Kellogg, ... BioScience 53 (5), 469-480, 2003 | 312 | 2003 |
| Dust storms and their impact on ocean and human health: dust in Earth’s atmosphere DW Griffin, CA Kellogg EcoHealth 1 (3), 284-295, 2004 | 289 | 2004 |
| Intercontinental dispersal of bacteria and archaea by transpacific winds DJ Smith, HJ Timonen, DA Jaffe, DW Griffin, MN Birmele, KD Perry, ... Applied and environmental microbiology 79 (4), 1134-1139, 2013 | 288 | 2013 |
| Detection of viral pathogens by reverse transcriptase PCR and of microbial indicators by standard methods in the canals of the Florida Keys DW Griffin, CJ Gibson III, EK Lipp, K Riley, JH Paul III, JB Rose Applied and Environmental Microbiology 65 (9), 4118-4125, 1999 | 287 | 1999 |
| Characterization of aerosolized bacteria and fungi from desert dust events in Mali, West Africa CA Kellogg, DW Griffin, VH Garrison, KK Peak, N Royall, RR Smith, ... Aerobiologia 20, 99-110, 2004 | 265 | 2004 |
| Dust in the wind: long range transport of dust in the atmosphere and its implications for global public and ecosystem health DW Griffin, CA Kellogg, EA Shinn Global Change and Human Health 2, 20-33, 2001 | 259 | 2001 |
| The global transport of dust: an intercontinental river of dust, microorganisms and toxic chemicals flows through the Earth's atmosphere DW Griffin, CA Kellogg, VH Garrison, EA Shinn American Scientist 90 (3), 228-235, 2002 | 236 | 2002 |
| Atmospheric microbiology in the northern Caribbean during African dust events DW Griffin, CA Kellogg, VH Garrison, JT Lisle, TC Borden, EA Shinn Aerobiologia 19 (3), 143-157, 2003 | 232 | 2003 |
| Marine Recreation and Public Health Microbiology: Quest for the Ideal Indicator: This article addresses the historic, recent, and future directions in microbiological water … DW Griffin, EK Lipp, MR Mclaughlin, JB Rose Bioscience 51 (10), 817-825, 2001 | 228 | 2001 |
| Molecular assays for targeting human and bovine enteric viruses in coastal waters and their application for library-independent source tracking TT Fong, DW Griffin, EK Lipp Applied and environmental microbiology 71 (4), 2070-2078, 2005 | 216 | 2005 |
| Terrestrial microorganisms at an altitude of 20,000 m in Earth's atmosphere DW Griffin Aerobiologia 20 (2), 135-140, 2004 | 194 | 2004 |
| Airborne desert dust and aeromicrobiology over the Turkish Mediterranean coastline DW Griffin, N Kubilay, M Koçak, MA Gray, TC Borden, EA Shinn Atmospheric environment 41 (19), 4050-4062, 2007 | 192 | 2007 |
| Eukaryotic viruses in wastewater samples from the United States EM Symonds, DW Griffin, M Breitbart Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75 (5), 1402-1409, 2009 | 187 | 2009 |
| Free tropospheric transport of microorganisms from Asia to North America DJ Smith, DA Jaffe, MN Birmele, DW Griffin, AC Schuerger, J Hee, ... Microbial Ecology 64, 973-985, 2012 | 177 | 2012 |
| Preliminary evidence for human fecal contamination in corals of the Florida Keys, USA EK Lipp, JL Jarrell, DW Griffin, J Lukasik, J Jacukiewicz, JB Rose Marine pollution bulletin 44 (7), 666-670, 2002 | 163 | 2002 |