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D-Index
54
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10506
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3960
National Ranking
1536

Ravi Mahalingam 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 Ravi Mahalingam sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 143 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ravi Mahalingam 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 Ravi Mahalingam sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 29th percentile

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

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

Overview

Ravi Mahalingam is affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with a significant concentration in epidemiology and related subfields including parasitology, immunology and allergy, dermatology, and infectious diseases.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as herpesvirus infections and treatments, vector-borne infectious diseases, mosquito-borne diseases and their control, extracellular vesicles in disease, food allergy and anaphylaxis research, dermatology, skin diseases, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Journal of NeuroVirology
  • Viruses
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Virology

Mahalingam has collaborated extensively with several researchers throughout their career. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Andrew N. Bubak
  • Maria A. Nagel
  • Christy S. Niemeyer
  • Vicki Traina-Dorge
  • Brittany Feia

Several recent papers representative of their research include:

  • "Azadirachta indica A. Juss bark extract and its Nimbin isomers restrict β-coronaviral infection and replication" (2022), published in Virology
  • "Zoster-Associated Prothrombotic Plasma Exosomes and Increased Stroke Risk" (2022), published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "Amylin, Aβ42, and Amyloid in Varicella Zoster Virus Vasculopathy Cerebrospinal Fluid and Infected Vascular Cells" (2020), published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "Targeted RNA Sequencing of Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Temporal Arteries From Giant Cell Arteritis Cases Reveals Viral Signatures" (2021), published in Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • "Suppression of the host antiviral response by non-infectious varicella zoster virus extracellular vesicles" (2024), published in Journal of Virology

Best Publications

  • Neurologic complications of the reactivation of varicella-zoster virus.

    Donald H. Gilden;B.K. Kleinschmidt-DeMasters;James J. LaGuardia;Ravi Mahalingam

  • Varicella zoster virus vasculopathies: diverse clinical manifestations, laboratory features, pathogenesis, and treatment.

    Don Gilden;Randall J Cohrs;Ravi Mahalingam;Maria A Nagel

  • The varicella zoster virus vasculopathies Clinical, CSF, imaging, and virologic features

    M. A. Nagel;R. J. Cohrs;R. Mahalingam;M. C. Wellish

  • Varicella zoster virus infection: clinical features, molecular pathogenesis of disease, and latency.

    Niklaus H. Mueller;Donald H. Gilden;Randall J. Cohrs;Ravi Mahalingam

  • Latent varicella-zoster viral DNA in human trigeminal and thoracic ganglia.

    Ravi Mahalingam;Mary Wellish;William Wolf;Aud N. Dueland

  • The value of detecting anti-VZV IgG antibody in CSF to diagnose VZV vasculopathy.

    M. A. Nagel;B. Forghani;R. Mahalingam;M. C. Wellish

  • Zoster sine herpete, a clinical variant

    Donald H. Gilden;Roy R. Wright;Stuart A. Schneck;Jack M. Gwaltney

  • Varicella zoster virus, a cause of waxing and waning vasculitis The New England Journal of Medicine case 5-1995 revisited

    D. H. Gilden;B. K. Kleinschmidt-DeMasters;M. Wellish;E. T. Hedley-Whyte

  • Neurological disease produced by varicella zoster virus reactivation without rash.

    Don Gilden;Randall J. Cohrs;Ravi Mahalingam;Maria A. Nagel

  • Varicella-zoster virus myelitis: an expanding spectrum.

    D. H. Gilden;B. R. Beinlich;E. M. Rubinstien;E. Stommel

  • Herpesvirus infections of the nervous system

    Donald H Gilden;Ravi Mahalingam;Randall J Cohrs;Kenneth L Tyler

  • Varicella zoster virus vasculopathy Analysis of virus-infected arteries

    M.A. Nagel;I. Traktinskiy;Y. Azarkh;B. Kleinschmidt-DeMasters

  • Prevalence and distribution of VZV in temporal arteries of patients with giant cell arteritis

    Don Gilden;Teresa White;Nelly Khmeleva;Anna Heintzman

  • The vasculopathy of varicella‐zoster virus encephalitis

    Catherine Amlie‐Lefond;Bette K. Kleinschmidt‐Demasters;Ravi Mahalingam;Larry E. Davis

  • Varicella-zoster virus reactivation without rash.

    Donald H. Gilden;Aud N. Dueland;Mary E. Devlin;Ravi Mahalingam

  • Nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome of Paramecium.

    Arthur E. Pritchard;Jeffrey J. Seilhamer;Ravi Mahalingam;Carol L. Sable

  • Review: The neurobiology of varicella zoster virus infection.

    D. Gilden;R. Mahalingam;M. A. Nagel;S. Pugazhenthi;S. Pugazhenthi

  • Two Patients with Unusual Forms of Varicella–Zoster Virus Vasculopathy

    Donald H. Gilden;Howard L. Lipton;James S. Wolf;William Akenbrandt

  • Clinical and molecular pathogenesis of varicella virus infection.

    Donald H. Gilden;Randall J. Cohrs;Ravi Mahalingam

  • The DNA sequence of the simian varicella virus genome.

    Wayne L. Gray;Ben Starnes;Michael W. White;Ravi Mahalingam

  • The varicella zoster virus vasculopathies

    M. A. Nagel;R. J. Cohrs;R. Mahalingam;M. C. Wellish

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald H. Gilden
Donald H. Gilden University of Colorado Denver
Randall J. Cohrs
Randall J. Cohrs University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Bette K. Kleinschmidt-DeMasters
Bette K. Kleinschmidt-DeMasters University of Colorado Denver
Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus
Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
D. Scott Schmid
D. Scott Schmid Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Brent E. Palmer
Brent E. Palmer University of Colorado Denver
Anthony R. Hayward
Anthony R. Hayward Brown University
Nikolaus Osterrieder
Nikolaus Osterrieder Freie Universität Berlin
Roland Nau
Roland Nau University of Göttingen
Peter G. E. Kennedy
Peter G. E. Kennedy University of Glasgow

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