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D-Index
66
Citations
17838
World Ranking
2366
National Ranking
961

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)

Overview

Nikos Vasilakis is affiliated with The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a strong emphasis on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Insect Science, and Modeling and Simulation.

The scientist has contributed extensively to key research topics including:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Viruses
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of General Virology

They have collaborated regularly with several co-authors, notably:

  • Maurício Lacerda Nogueira
  • Kathryn A. Hanley
  • Cássia Fernanda Estofolete
  • Shannan L. Rossi
  • Sasha R. Azar

Some of their recent papers include:

  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Rhabdoviridae 2022, Journal of General Virology, 2022
  • Population bottlenecks and founder effects: implications for mosquito-borne arboviral emergence, Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021
  • Four principles to establish a universal virus taxonomy, PLoS Biology, 2023
  • A Zika virus envelope mutation preceding the 2015 epidemic enhances virulence and fitness for transmission, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020
  • Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Gamma lineage introduction and COVID-19 vaccination on the epidemiological landscape of a Brazilian city, Communications Medicine, 2022

Vasilakis has received recognition including being named a Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Zika virus: History, emergence, biology, and prospects for control.

    Scott C. Weaver;Federico Costa;Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco;Albert I. Ko

  • Molecular Evolution of Dengue Viruses: Contributions of Phylogenetics to Understanding the History and Epidemiology of the Preeminent Arboviral Disease

    Scott C. Weaver;Nikos Vasilakis

  • Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2016

    Claudio L. Afonso;Gaya K. Amarasinghe;Krisztián Bányai;Yīmíng Bào

  • A Screen of FDA-Approved Drugs for Inhibitors of Zika Virus Infection

    Nicholas J. Barrows;Nicholas J. Barrows;Rafael K. Campos;Rafael K. Campos;Steven T. Powell;K. Reddisiva Prasanth

  • Characterization of a Novel Murine Model to Study Zika Virus

    Shannan L. Rossi;Robert B. Tesh;Sasha R. Azar;Antonio E. Muruato

  • The emergence of arthropod-borne viral diseases: A global prospective on dengue, chikungunya and zika fevers.

    Sandra V. Mayer;Robert B. Tesh;Nikos Vasilakis

  • Zika, Chikungunya, and Other Emerging Vector-Borne Viral Diseases

    Scott C. Weaver;Caroline Charlier;Nikos Vasilakis;Marc Lecuit

  • Fever from the forest: prospects for the continued emergence of sylvatic dengue virus and its impact on public health.

    Nikos Vasilakis;Jane Cardosa;Kathryn A. Hanley;Edward C. Holmes;Edward C. Holmes

  • Zika Virus Infection and Stillbirths: A Case of Hydrops Fetalis, Hydranencephaly and Fetal Demise.

    Manoel Sarno;Gielson A. Sacramento;Ricardo Khouri;Mateus S. do Rosário

  • Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2018

    Gaya K. Amarasinghe;Nidia G. Aréchiga Ceballos;Ashley C. Banyard;Christopher F. Basler

  • Dengue-Quo tu et quo vadis?

    Rubing Chen;Nikos Vasilakis

  • Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2019.

    Gaya K. Amarasinghe;María A. Ayllón;Yīmíng Bào;Christopher F. Basler

  • Divergent Viruses Discovered in Arthropods and Vertebrates Revise the Evolutionary History of the Flaviviridae and Related Viruses

    Mang Shi;Xian Dan Lin;Nikos Vasilakis;Jun Hua Tian

  • Broad-spectrum agents for flaviviral infections: dengue, Zika and beyond

    Veaceslav Boldescu;Veaceslav Boldescu;Mira A. M. Behnam;Nikos Vasilakis;Christian D. Klein

  • Insect-Specific Virus Discovery: Significance for the Arbovirus Community

    Bethany G. Bolling;Scott C. Weaver;Robert B. Tesh;Nikos Vasilakis

  • An Infectious cDNA Clone of Zika Virus to Study Viral Virulence, Mosquito Transmission, and Antiviral Inhibitors

    Chao Shan;Xuping Xie;Antonio E. Muruato;Shannan L. Rossi

  • Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2017

    Gaya K. Amarasinghe;Yīmíng Bào;Christopher F. Basler;Sina Bavari

  • 2020 taxonomic update for phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales

    Jens H. Kuhn;Scott Adkins;Daniela Alioto;Sergey V. Alkhovsky

  • Chapter 1 The History and Evolution of Human Dengue Emergence

    Nikos Vasilakis;Scott C. Weaver

  • Impact of preexisting dengue immunity on Zika virus emergence in a dengue endemic region

    Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer;Federico Costa;Federico Costa;Federico Costa;Eduardo J. M. Nascimento;Nivison Nery Júnior;Nivison Nery Júnior

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott C. Weaver
Scott C. Weaver The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Robert B. Tesh
Robert B. Tesh The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Hilda Guzman
Hilda Guzman The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Thomas G. Wood
Thomas G. Wood The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Peter J. Walker
Peter J. Walker University of Queensland
Kathryn A. Hanley
Kathryn A. Hanley New Mexico State University
Vsevolod L. Popov
Vsevolod L. Popov The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Edward C. Holmes
Edward C. Holmes University of Sydney
Maurício Lacerda Nogueira
Maurício Lacerda Nogueira Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto
Norbert Nowotny
Norbert Nowotny University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

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