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Nammalwar Sriranganathan

Nammalwar Sriranganathan

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Microbiology

D-Index
46
Citations
9917
World Ranking
4871
National Ranking
1882

Overview

Nammalwar Sriranganathan is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States and specializes in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research primarily focuses on molecular biology with significant work in epidemiology, small animals, food science, and ecology as subfields of study.

The scientist's work spans multiple topics including:

  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment
  • Animal diversity and health studies
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Antimicrobial peptides and activities
  • Antibiotic resistance in bacteria

Sriranganathan's recent papers include the following:

  • The Paratuberculosis Paradigm Examined: A Review of Host Genetic Resistance and Innate Immune Fitness in Mycobacterium avium subsp. Paratuberculosis Infection (2021, Frontiers in Veterinary Science)
  • Seroprevalence and risk factors for brucellosis amongst livestock and humans in a multi-herd ranch system in Kagera, Tanzania (2024, Frontiers in Public Health)
  • The Probiotic Bacillus subtilis MB40 Improves Immunity in a Porcine Model of Listeriosis (2023, Microorganisms)
  • Essential Gene(s) Targeted by Peptide Nucleic Acids Kills Mycobacterium smegmatis in Culture and in Infected Macrophages (2021, Advances in Infectious Diseases)
  • Successful restoration of archived ovine formalin fixed paraffin-embedded tissue DNA and single nucleotide polymorphism analysis (2022, Veterinary Research Communications)

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Amanda Kravitz
  • Elizabeth Nowak
  • Jayasimha Rao
  • Stephen M. Boyle
  • Ron Tyler

Common publication venues where Sriranganathan's research appears are:

  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Microorganisms
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • Advances in Infectious Diseases

Best Publications

  • Brucellosis: A re-emerging zoonosis

    Mohamed N. Seleem;Stephen M. Boyle;Nammalwar Sriranganathan

  • Anti‐inflammatory Properties of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles

    Suzanne M. Hirst;Ajay S. Karakoti;Ron D. Tyler;Nammalwar Sriranganathan

  • Biological properties of RB51; a stable rough strain of Brucella abortus.

    Gerhardt G. Schurig;R.Martin Roop;T. Bagchi;S. Boyle

  • Brucellosis vaccines: past, present and future.

    Gerhardt G Schurig;Nammalwar Sriranganathan;Michael J Corbel

  • Wild boars as sources for infectious diseases in livestock and humans

    X. J. Meng;D. S. Lindsay;N. Sriranganathan

  • Flagellin is an effective adjuvant for immunization against lethal respiratory challenge with Yersinia pestis

    Anna N. Honko;Nammalwar Sriranganathan;Cynthia J. Lees;Steven B. Mizel

  • Recent advances in Brucella abortus vaccines.

    Elaine Maria S. Dorneles;Nammalwar Sriranganathan;Andrey P Lage

  • A History of the Development of Brucella Vaccines

    Eric Daniel Avila-Calderón;Ahidé Lopez-Merino;Nammalwar Sriranganathan;Stephen M. Boyle

  • Brucella: a pathogen without classic virulence genes.

    Mohamed N. Seleem;Stephen M. Boyle;Nammalwar Sriranganathan

  • Flagellin-F1-V Fusion Protein Is an Effective Plague Vaccine in Mice and Two Species of Nonhuman Primates

    Steven B. Mizel;Aaron H. Graff;Nammalwar Sriranganathan;Sean Ervin

  • Identification of an IS711 element interrupting the wboA gene of Brucella abortus vaccine strain RB51 and a PCR assay to distinguish strain RB51 from other Brucella species and strains.

    Ramesh Vemulapalli;John R. McQuiston;Gerhardt G. Schurig;Nammalwar Sriranganathan

  • EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM ESTROGEN TREATMENT ON IFN-γ, IL-2 AND IL-4 GENE EXPRESSION AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN SPLEEN AND THYMUS OF NORMAL C57BL/6 MICE

    E. Karpuzoglu-Sahin;Y. Zhi-Jun;A. Lengi;N. Sriranganathan

  • Protection of BALB/c mice against homologous and heterologous species of Brucella by rough strain vaccines derived from Brucella melitensis and Brucella suis biovar 4.

    Alexander J. Winter;Gerhardt G. Schurig;Stephen M. Boyle;Nammalwar Sriranganathan

  • Brucella melitensis triggers time-dependent modulation of apoptosis and down-regulation of mitochondrion-associated gene expression in mouse macrophages.

    Yongqun He;Sherry Reichow;Sheela Ramamoorthy;Xicheng Ding

  • Lactobacillus piscicola, a New Species from Salmonid Fish?

    S. F. Hiu;R. A. Holt;N. Sriranganathan;R. J. Seidler

  • A dye-based lymphocyte proliferation assay that permits multiple immunological analyses: mRNA, cytogenetic, apoptosis, and immunophenotyping studies

    Y Zhi-Jun;N Sriranganathan;T Vaught;S.K Arastu

  • Overexpression of protective antigen as a novel approach to enhance vaccine efficacy of Brucella abortus strain RB51.

    Ramesh Vemulapalli;Yongqun He;Silvio Cravero;Nammalwar Sriranganathan

  • Complete genomic sequence of bacteriophage felix o1.

    Jean M. Whichard;Lee A. Weigt;Douglas J. Borris;Ling Ling Li

  • Complementation of Brucella abortus RB51 with a Functional wboA Gene Results in O-Antigen Synthesis and Enhanced Vaccine Efficacy but No Change in Rough Phenotype and Attenuation

    Ramesh Vemulapalli;Yongqun He;Larissa S. Buccolo;Stephen M. Boyle

  • Targeting Brucella melitensis with polymeric nanoparticles containing streptomycin and doxycycline.

    Mohamed N. Seleem;Mohamed N. Seleem;Neeta Jain;Nikorn Pothayee;Ashish Ranjan

Frequent Co-Authors

Mohamed N. Seleem
Mohamed N. Seleem Virginia Tech
David S. Lindsay
David S. Lindsay Virginia Tech
Andrey Pereira Lage
Andrey Pereira Lage Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho
Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Andrew M. Kropinski
Andrew M. Kropinski University of Guelph
João C. Setubal
João C. Setubal Universidade de São Paulo
Rami A. Dalloul
Rami A. Dalloul University of Georgia
Anne M. Zajac
Anne M. Zajac Virginia Tech
Sudipta Seal
Sudipta Seal University of Central Florida
Ajay S. Karakoti
Ajay S. Karakoti Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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