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Anavaj Sakuntabhai

Anavaj Sakuntabhai

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
12756
World Ranking
16013
National Ranking
660

Anavaj Sakuntabhai publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anavaj Sakuntabhai sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 171 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Anavaj Sakuntabhai D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anavaj Sakuntabhai sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Anavaj Sakuntabhai is professionally affiliated with the Institut Pasteur in France. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Molecular Biology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Sakuntabhai's recent scholarly contributions include:

  • "Smoking changes adaptive immunity with persistent effects", 2024, published in Nature
  • "Adjunct Immunotherapies for the Management of Severely Ill COVID-19 Patients", 2020, published in Cell Reports Medicine
  • "Antibody fucosylation predicts disease severity in secondary dengue infection", 2021, published in Science
  • "The immune factors driving DNA methylation variation in human blood", 2022, published in Nature Communications
  • "Dengue virus NS1 protein conveys pro-inflammatory signals by docking onto high-density lipoproteins", 2022, published in EMBO Reports

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Étienne Patin, Lluís Quintana-Murci, Darragh Duffy, Matthew L. Albert, and Etienne Simon-Lorière.

The venues where Sakuntabhai's research appears with notable frequency include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • iScience
  • Viruses

In addition to journal publications, Sakuntabhai has contributed to book literature, with at least one publication by Springer Nature: "Socio-Life Science and the COVID-19 Outbreak" (2021).

Best Publications

  • Dengue virus sero-cross-reactivity drives antibody-dependent enhancement of infection with zika virus

    Wanwisa Dejnirattisai;Piyada Supasa;Piyada Supasa;Wiyada Wongwiwat;Alexander Rouvinski

  • Mutations in ATP2A2, encoding a Ca2+ pump, cause Darier disease

    A. Sakuntabhai;V. Ruiz-Perez;S. Carter;N. Jacobsen

  • Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs are present in ~ 4% of uninfected individuals over 70 years old and account for ~ 20% of COVID-19 deaths.

    Paul Bastard;Adrian Gervais;Adrian Gervais;Tom Le Voyer;Tom Le Voyer;Jérémie Rosain;Jérémie Rosain

  • Structural basis of potent Zika–dengue virus antibody cross-neutralization

    Giovanna Barba-Spaeth;Wanwisa Dejnirattisai;Alexander Rouvinski;Marie Christine Vaney

  • Asymptomatic humans transmit dengue virus to mosquitoes

    Veasna Duong;Louis Lambrechts;Richard E. Paul;Sowath Ly

  • Genome-wide and fine-resolution association analysis of malaria in West Africa

    Muminatou Jallow;Yik Ying Teo;Yik Ying Teo;Kerrin S. Small;Kerrin S. Small;Kirk A. Rockett;Kirk A. Rockett

  • A variant in the CD209 promoter is associated with severity of dengue disease.

    Anavaj Sakuntabhai;Anavaj Sakuntabhai;Chairat Turbpaiboon;Chairat Turbpaiboon;Isabelle Casadémont;Ampaiwan Chuansumrit

  • Natural variation in the parameters of innate immune cells is preferentially driven by genetic factors.

    Etienne Patin;Milena Hasan;Jacob Bergstedt;Vincent Rouilly

  • Genome-wide association study identifies susceptibility loci for dengue shock syndrome at MICB and PLCE1

    Chiea Chuen Khor;Chiea Chuen Khor;Tran Nguyen Bich Chau;Junxiong Pang;Junxiong Pang;Sonia Davila;Sonia Davila

  • Human Adaptation of Ebola Virus during the West African Outbreak

    Richard A. Urbanowicz;Richard A. Urbanowicz;C. Patrick McClure;C. Patrick McClure;Anavaj Sakuntabhai;Anavaj Sakuntabhai;Amadou A. Sall

  • Functional analysis via standardized whole-blood stimulation systems defines the boundaries of a healthy immune response to complex stimuli.

    Darragh Duffy;Darragh Duffy;Vincent Rouilly;Valentina Libri;Milena Hasan

  • Epidemiological risk factors associated with high global frequency of inapparent dengue virus infections.

    Laura Grange;Laura Grange;Etienne Simon-Loriere;Etienne Simon-Loriere;Anavaj Sakuntabhai;Anavaj Sakuntabhai;Lionel Gresh

  • Spectrum of novel ATP2A2 mutations in patients with Darier's disease

    Anavaj Sakuntabhai;Susan Burge;Sarah Monk;Alain Hovnanian

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five new susceptibility loci for primary angle closure glaucoma

    Chiea Chuen Khor;Chiea Chuen Khor;Tan Do;Hongyan Jia;Masakazu Nakano

  • Mosaicism for ATP2A2 Mutations Causes Segmental Darier's Disease

    Anavaj Sakuntabhai;Jittima Dhitavat;Susan Burge;Alain Hovnanian

  • Positively selected G6PD-Mahidol mutation reduces Plasmodium vivax density in Southeast Asians.

    Chalisa Louicharoen;Chalisa Louicharoen;Etienne Patin;Richard Paul;Issarang Nuchprayoon

  • Telomerase Activity in Oral Leukoplakia and Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

    Apiwat Mutirangura;Pakpoom Supiyaphun;Saengsoon Trirekapan;Virote Sriuranpong

  • Spatial distribution of G6PD deficiency variants across malaria-endemic regions

    Rosalind E Howes;Mewahyu Dewi;Frédéric B Piel;Wuelton M Monteiro

  • Human genetic determinants of dengue virus susceptibility.

    Lark L. Coffey;Eva Mertens;Anne-Claire Brehin;Maria Dolores Fernandez-Garcia

  • A global network for investigating the genomic epidemiology of malaria.

    Eric Akum Achidi;Tsiri Agbenyega;Stephen Allen;Olukemi Amodu

Frequent Co-Authors

Etienne Simon-Loriere
Etienne Simon-Loriere Institut Pasteur
Philippe Buchy
Philippe Buchy GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)
Prida Malasit
Prida Malasit National Science and Technology Development Agency
Luísa Pereira
Luísa Pereira University of Porto
Pratap Singhasivanon
Pratap Singhasivanon Mahidol University
Veasna Duong
Veasna Duong Institut Pasteur du Cambodge
Amadou A. Sall
Amadou A. Sall Institut Pasteur
Alain Hovnanian
Alain Hovnanian Imagine Institute for Genetic Diseases
Jean-François Trape
Jean-François Trape Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Chiea Chuen Khor
Chiea Chuen Khor Agency for Science, Technology and Research

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