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53
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8168
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4135
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Hira L. Nakhasi 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 Hira L. Nakhasi sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 184 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Hira L. Nakhasi 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 Hira L. Nakhasi sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)

Overview

Hira L. Nakhasi is affiliated with the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research in the United States and has a significant body of research primarily focused on infectious diseases, immunology, and parasitology. Their work spans across multiple relevant fields including Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology.

Their research themes concentrate notably on diseases caused by parasites, especially leishmaniasis, and the immune responses associated with these infections. The main topics they explore include:

  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide

Nakhasi's scholarly output includes numerous publications in medical and immunological research venues. Frequent venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • npj Vaccines
  • iScience
  • Nature Communications
  • Frontiers in Immunology

They have contributed to the following recent scientific papers with details on publication year and venue:

  • "A second generation leishmanization vaccine with a markerless attenuated Leishmania major strain using CRISPR gene editing," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "From infection to vaccination: reviewing the global burden, history of vaccine development, and recurring challenges in global leishmaniasis protection," 2021, Expert Review of Vaccines
  • "Preclinical validation of a live attenuated dermotropic Leishmania vaccine against vector transmitted fatal visceral leishmaniasis," 2021, Communications Biology
  • "Determinants of Innate Immunity in Visceral Leishmaniasis and Their Implication in Vaccine Development," 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Revival of Leishmanization and Leishmanin," 2021, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Nakhasi frequently collaborates with several co-authors, indicating ongoing partnerships in their field. Prominent among these collaborators are:

  • Sreenivas Gannavaram
  • Abhay R. Satoskar
  • Ranadhir Dey
  • Greta Volpedo
  • Shinjiro Hamano

Their expertise covers notable subfields such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Parasitology, Immunology, and Molecular Biology. This interdisciplinary approach supports their contributions to understanding infectious disease mechanisms and vaccine development.

Hira L. Nakhasi was recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) in 2017, reflecting professional acknowledgement within the tropical medicine community.

Best Publications

  • Vasostatin, a Calreticulin Fragment, Inhibits Angiogenesis and Suppresses Tumor Growth

    Sandra E. Pike;Lei Yao;Karen D. Jones;Barry Cherney

  • Programmed cell death in the unicellular protozoan parasite Leishmania.

    N Lee;S Bertholet;A Debrabant;J Muller

  • Calreticulin and calreticulin fragments are endothelial cell inhibitors that suppress tumor growth.

    Sandra E. Pike;Lei Yao;Joyce Setsuda;Karen D. Jones

  • Development of a Species-Specific PCR Assay for Detection of Leishmania donovani in Clinical Samples from Patients with Kala-Azar and Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis

    Poonam Salotra;G. Sreenivas;Gregory P. Pogue;Nancy Lee

  • Gut Microbes Egested during Bites of Infected Sand Flies Augment Severity of Leishmaniasis via Inflammasome-Derived IL-1β

    Ranadhir Dey;Amritanshu B. Joshi;Fabiano Oliveira;Lais Pereira;Lais Pereira

  • Programmed cell death in trypanosomatids and other unicellular organisms.

    Alain Debrabant;Nancy Lee;Sylvie Bertholet;Robert Duncan

  • Intracellular replication-deficient Leishmania donovani induces long lasting protective immunity against visceral leishmaniasis.

    Angamuthu Selvapandiyan;Ranadhir Dey;Susanne Nylen;Robert Duncan

  • Centrin gene disruption impairs stage-specific basal body duplication and cell cycle progression in Leishmania.

    Angamuthu Selvapandiyan;Alain Debrabant;Robert Duncan;Jacqueline Muller

  • Cloning and characterization of differentially expressed genes from in vitro-grown 'amastigotes' of Leishmania donovani.

    Manju Joshi;Dennis M. Dwyer;Hira L. Nakhasi

  • Identification of calreticulin as a rubella virus RNA binding protein

    Nishi K. Singh;Chintamani D. Atreya;Hira L. Nakhasi

  • Centrin1 is required for organelle segregation and cytokinesis in Trypanosoma brucei

    Angamuthu Selvapandiyan;Praveen Kumar;James C. Morris;Jeffrey L. Salisbury

  • Cloning and sequence of several alpha 2u-globulin cDNAs

    Ronald D. Unterman;Kevin R. Lynch;Hira L. Nakhasi;Kevin P. Dolan

  • Leptin Functions in Infectious Diseases

    Radheshyam Maurya;Parna Bhattacharya;Ranadhir Dey;Hira L. Nakhasi

  • Screening of Blood Donations for Zika Virus Infection - Puerto Rico, April 3-June 11, 2016.

    Matthew J Kuehnert;Sridhar V Basavaraju;Robin R Moseley;Lisa L Pate

  • Centrins, cell cycle regulation proteins in human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

    Babita Mahajan;Angamuthu Selvapandiyan;Noel J. Gerald;Victoria Majam

  • Transfusion-transmitted babesiosis in the United States: summary of a workshop.

    Diane M. Gubernot;Hira L. Nakhasi;Paul A. Mied;David M. Asher

  • A second generation leishmanization vaccine with a markerless attenuated Leishmania major strain using CRISPR gene editing.

    Wen Wei Zhang;Subir Karmakar;Sreenivas Gannavaram;Ranadhir Dey

  • Live Attenuated Leishmania donovani p27 Gene Knockout Parasites Are Nonpathogenic and Elicit Long-Term Protective Immunity in BALB/c Mice

    Ranadhir Dey;Pradeep K. Dagur;Angamuthu Selvapandiyan;J. Philip McCoy

  • Vaccination using live attenuated Leishmania donovani centrin deleted parasites induces protection in dogs against Leishmania infantum

    Jacqueline Araújo Fiuza;Sreenivas Gannavaram;Helton da Costa Santiago;Angamuthu Selvapandiyan

  • Multiple Antigen Peptide Vaccines against Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

    Babita Mahajan;Jay A. Berzofsky;Robert A. Boykins;Victoria Majam

  • Expression of a Mutant Form of Leishmania donovani Centrin Reduces the Growth of the Parasite

    Angamuthu Selvapandiyan;Robert Duncan;Alain Debrabant;Sylvie Bertholet

  • The Application of Gene Expression Microarray Technology to Kinetoplastid Research

    Robert C. Duncan;Poonam Salotra;Neena Goyal;Natalia S. Akopyants

Frequent Co-Authors

Abhay R. Satoskar
Abhay R. Satoskar The Ohio State University
Shaden Kamhawi
Shaden Kamhawi National Institutes of Health
Jesus G. Valenzuela
Jesus G. Valenzuela National Institutes of Health
Kevin R. Lynch
Kevin R. Lynch University of Virginia
Greg Matlashewski
Greg Matlashewski McGill University
Kazuyo Takeda
Kazuyo Takeda US Food and Drug Administration
Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara
Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Ching C. Wang
Ching C. Wang University of California, San Francisco
J. Philip McCoy
J. Philip McCoy National Institutes of Health

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