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Hernando A. del Portillo

Hernando A. del Portillo

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
54
Citations
30208
World Ranking
3895
National Ranking
114

Hernando A. del Portillo publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hernando A. del Portillo sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 147 publications — 25th percentile

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Hernando A. del Portillo D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hernando A. del Portillo sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 54 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Hernando A. del Portillo is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions also to biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and immunology and microbiology. The bulk of their work addresses public health, environmental and occupational health, molecular biology, immunology, parasitology, and infectious diseases.

The scientist's work emphasizes several main topics including extracellular vesicles in disease, malaria research and control, mosquito-borne diseases and control, the complement system in diseases, vector-borne infectious diseases, travel-related health issues, and parasites and host interactions.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hernando A. del Portillo include Carmen Fernández-Becerra, Iris Aparici-Herraiz, Melisa Gualdrón-López, Alberto Ayllon-Hermida, and Wanlapa Roobsoong.

Their recent publications show a strong focus on malaria research. Notable papers include:

  • Hidden Biomass of Intact Malaria Parasites in the Human Spleen, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Evaluation of splenic accumulation and colocalization of immature reticulocytes and Plasmodium vivax in asymptomatic malaria: A prospective human splenectomy study, 2021, PLoS Medicine
  • Plasma-derived extracellular vesicles from Plasmodium vivax patients signal spleen fibroblasts via NF-kB facilitating parasite cytoadherence, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Plasmodium vivax spleen-dependent genes encode antigens associated with cytoadhesion and clinical protection, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Morphological and Transcriptional Changes in Human Bone Marrow During Natural Plasmodium vivax Malaria Infections, 2020, The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Hernando A. del Portillo has published frequently in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Parasitology International
  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • PLoS Medicine
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018) : a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines

    Clotilde Théry;Kenneth W. Witwer;Elena Aikawa;Maria Jose Alcaraz

  • Biological properties of extracellular vesicles and their physiological functions

    María Yáñez-Mó;Pia R.-M. Siljander;Zoraida Andreu;Apolonija Bedina Zavec

  • Applying extracellular vesicles based therapeutics in clinical trials - an ISEV position paper

    Thomas Lener;Mario Gimona;Ludwig Aigner;Verena Börger

  • Comparative genomics of the neglected human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax

    Jane M. Carlton;Jane M. Carlton;John H. Adams;Joana C. Silva;Shelby L. Bidwell

  • Key gaps in the knowledge of Plasmodium vivax, a neglected human malaria parasite

    Ivo Mueller;Mary R Galinski;J Kevin Baird;Jane M Carlton

  • Evidence-Based Clinical Use of Nanoscale Extracellular Vesicles in Nanomedicine

    Stefano Fais;Lorraine O'Driscoll;Francesc E. Borras;Edit Buzas

  • EVpedia: a community web portal for extracellular vesicles research

    Dae-Kyum Kim;Jaewook Lee;Sae Rom Kim;Dong Sic Choi

  • On the Cytoadhesion of Plasmodium vivax–Infected Erythrocytes

    Bruna O. Carvalho;Stefanie C. P. Lopes;Paulo A. Nogueira;Patricia P. Orlandi

  • Concise Review: Developing Best-Practice Models for the Therapeutic Use of Extracellular Vesicles

    Agnes T Reiner;Kenneth W Witwer;Bas Wm van Balkom;Joel de Beer

  • A superfamily of variant genes encoded in the subtelomeric region of Plasmodium vivax

    Hernando A. del Portillo;Carmen Fernandez-Becerra;Sharen Bowman;Karen Oliver

  • Evidence for Different Mechanisms of Chloroquine Resistance in 2 Plasmodium Species That Cause Human Malaria

    Takashi Nomura;Jane M R Carlton;J. Kevin Baird;Hernando A. Del Portillo

  • Extracellular vesicles in parasitic diseases

    Antonio Marcilla;Lorena Martin-Jaular;Maria Trelis;Armando de Menezes-Neto

  • Postmortem Characterization of Patients With Clinical Diagnosis of Plasmodium vivax Malaria: To What Extent Does This Parasite Kill?

    Marcus V. G. Lacerda;Silvio C. P. Fragoso;Maria G. C. Alecrim;Márcia A. A. Alexandre

  • The role of the spleen in malaria.

    Hernando A. del Portillo;Mireia Ferrer;Thibaut Brugat;Lorena Martin-Jaular

  • Exosomes from Plasmodium yoelii-infected reticulocytes protect mice from lethal infections.

    Lorena Martin-Jaular;Ernesto S. Nakayasu;Mireia Ferrer;Igor C. Almeida

  • Size-exclusion chromatography-based enrichment of extracellular vesicles from urine samples

    Inés Lozano-Ramos;Ioana Bancu;Anna Oliveira-Tercero;María Pilar Armengol

  • Size-exclusion chromatography as a stand-alone methodology identifies novel markers in mass spectrometry analyses of plasma-derived vesicles from healthy individuals.

    Armando de Menezes-Neto;María José Fidalgo Sáez;Inés Lozano-Ramos;Joan Segui-Barber

  • Heat shock induction of apoptosis in promastigotes of the unicellular organism leishmania (leishmania) amazonensis

    Maria Elisabete C. Moreira;Hernando A. Del Portillo;Regina V. Milder;Jose Mario F. Balanco

  • Comparison of diagnostic methods for the detection and quantification of the four sympatric Plasmodium species in field samples from Papua New Guinea

    Anna Rosanas-Urgell;Dania Mueller;Dania Mueller;Inoni Betuela;Céline Barnadas

  • The Methylerythritol Phosphate Pathway Is Functionally Active in All Intraerythrocytic Stages of Plasmodium falciparum

    María B. Cassera;Fabio C. Gozzo;Fabio L. D'Alexandri;Emilio F. Merino

  • Applying extracellular vesicles based therapeutics in clinical trials

    Thomas Lener;Mario Gimona;Ludwig Aigner;Verena Börger

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivo Mueller
Ivo Mueller Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Francesc E. Borràs
Francesc E. Borràs Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol
Antonio Marcilla
Antonio Marcilla University of Alicante
Quique Bassat
Quique Bassat University of Barcelona
Clara Menéndez
Clara Menéndez University of Barcelona
Pedro L. Alonso
Pedro L. Alonso University of Barcelona
Chris J. Janse
Chris J. Janse Leiden University Medical Center
Chetan E. Chitnis
Chetan E. Chitnis Institut Pasteur
Andrew P. Waters
Andrew P. Waters University of Glasgow

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