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54
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7713
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3920
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Hanns Ludwig publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hanns Ludwig sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 155 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Hanns Ludwig D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hanns Ludwig sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hanns Ludwig is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany and has conducted research primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Epidemiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Virology, Physiology, and Cognitive Neuroscience. Their work spans a variety of medical subfields, contributing notably to the understanding of viral diseases and their impact on health.

The scientist's research topics are concentrated around Virology and Viral Diseases, Viral Infections and Immunology Research, Respiratory Viral Infections Research, Rabies Epidemiology and Control, Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, and Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders.

Selected recent publications include:

  • Antiviral treatment perspective against Borna disease virus 1 infection in major depression: a double-blind placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial, 2020, BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology
  • Are human Borna disease virus 1 infections zoonotic and fatal?, 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Obesity induced by Borna disease virus in rats: key roles of hypothalamic fast-acting neurotransmitters and inflammatory infiltrates, 2020, Brain Structure and Function
  • Word recognition memory and serum levels of Borna disease virus specific circulating immune complexes in obsessive-compulsive disorder, 2022, BMC Psychiatry
  • Prominent Efficacy of Amantadine against Human Borna Disease Virus Infection In Vitro and In Vivo. Comment on Fink et al. Amantadine Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 In Vitro. Viruses 2021, 13, 539, 2022, Viruses

Frequently published venues include:

  • BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Brain Structure and Function
  • BMC Psychiatry
  • Viruses

Prominent coauthors collaborating with Hanns Ludwig are Liv Bode, Detlef E. Dietrich, C.W. Spannhuth, Hinderk M. Emrich, and Hartmut Hecker. This network suggests active involvement in collaborative research projects intersecting virology and neuropsychiatric conditions.

Best Publications

  • Genomic organization of Borna disease virus

    T. Briese;A. Schneemann;A. J. Lewis;Yoo-Sun Park

  • Borna disease: a persistent virus infection of the central nervous system.

    H Ludwig;L Bode;G Gosztonyi

  • Borna disease virus genome transcribed and expressed in psychiatric patients.

    Liv Bode;Wolfgang Zimmermann;Ron Ferszt;Falko Steinbach

  • Borna disease virus, a negative-strand RNA virus, transcribes in the nucleus of infected cells.

    T Briese;J C de la Torre;A Lewis;H Ludwig

  • Detection of New DNA Polymerase Genes of Known and Potentially Novel Herpesviruses by PCR with Degenerate and Deoxyinosine-Substituted Primers

    Ehlers B;Borchers K;Grund C;Frölich K

  • First isolates of infectious human Borna disease virus from patients with mood disorders.

    Bode L;Dürrwald R;Rantam Fa;Ferszt R

  • Borna disease virus: new aspects on infection, disease, diagnosis and epidemiology.

    H Ludwig;L Bode

  • Learning deficiencies in Borna disease virus-infected but clinically healthy rats.

    Winand Dittrich;Liv Bode;Hanns Ludwig;Moujahed Kao

  • Human infections with Borna disease virus: seroprevalence in patients with chronic diseases and healthy individuals.

    L. Bode;S. Riegel;W. Lange;H. Ludwig

  • Borna disease virus-specific antibodies in patients with HIV infection and with mental disorders.

    Liv Bode;Sabine Riegel;Hanns Ludwig;JayD. Amsterdam

  • Borna disease virus-specific circulating immune complexes, antigenemia, and free antibodies—the key marker triplet determining infection and prevailing in severe mood disorders

    L Bode;L Bode;P Reckwald;P Reckwald;W E Severus;R Stoyloff

  • Staggering disease in cats: isolation and characterization of the feline Borna disease virus

    A.-L. Lundgren;W. Zimmermann;L. Bode;G. Czech

  • Detection of equine herpesvirus type 2 (EHV-2) in horses with keratoconjunctivitis.

    O Kershaw;T von Oppen;F Glitz;E Deegen

  • Borna disease virus (BDV), a (zoonotic?) worldwide pathogen. A review of the history of the disease and the virus infection with comprehensive bibliography.

    Ralf Dürrwald;Hanns Ludwig

  • Amantadine and human Borna disease virus in vitro and in vivo in an infected patient with bipolar depression

    Liv Bode;Detlef E Dietrich;Roman Stoyloff;Hinderk M Emrich

  • Biology and neurobiology of Borna disease viruses (BDV), defined by antibodies, neutralizability and their pathogenic potential

    H. Ludwig;K. Furuya;L. Bode;N. Klein

  • Analysis of bovine cytomegalovirus genome structure: cloning and mapping of the monomeric polyrepetitive DNA unit, and comparison of European and American strains.

    Bernhard Ehlers;Hans-Jörg Buhk;Hanns Ludwig

  • Bovine cytomegaloviruses: identification and differential properties.

    J. Storz;B. Ehlers;W. J. Todd;H. Ludwig

  • Borna disease of horses. An immunohistological and virological study of naturally infected animals.

    G. Gosztonyi;H. Ludwig

  • Distribution and relevance of equine herpesvirus type 2(EHV-2) infections

    K. Borchers;U. Wolfinger;M. Goltz;H. Broll

Frequent Co-Authors

Georg Pauli
Georg Pauli Robert Koch Institute
Wolfgang Hammerschmidt
Wolfgang Hammerschmidt Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Thomas Briese
Thomas Briese Columbia University
Franz Josef Conraths
Franz Josef Conraths Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Hans R. Gelderblom
Hans R. Gelderblom Robert Koch Institute
Isabella Heuser
Isabella Heuser Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Bernhard Ehlers
Bernhard Ehlers Robert Koch Institute
Chris Ward
Chris Ward Newcastle University
Gholamreza Darai
Gholamreza Darai Heidelberg University

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