2026 Ravi Mahalingam: Microbiology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Microbiology	54	3960	3640	1536	1374	143	10506

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

1090
Citations
Varicella zoster virus vasculopathies: diverse clinical manifestations, laboratory features, pathogenesis, and treatment.

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

689
Citations
The varicella zoster virus vasculopathies Clinical, CSF, imaging, and virologic features

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

609
Citations
Varicella zoster virus infection: clinical features, molecular pathogenesis of disease, and latency.

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

394
Citations
Latent varicella-zoster viral DNA in human trigeminal and thoracic ganglia.

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

313
Citations
The value of detecting anti-VZV IgG antibody in CSF to diagnose VZV vasculopathy.

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

280
Citations
Zoster sine herpete, a clinical variant

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

254
Citations
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

232
Citations
Neurological disease produced by varicella zoster virus reactivation without rash.

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

226
Citations
Varicella-zoster virus myelitis: an expanding spectrum.

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

222
Citations
Herpesvirus infections of the nervous system

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

221
Citations
Varicella zoster virus vasculopathy Analysis of virus-infected arteries

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

220
Citations
Prevalence and distribution of VZV in temporal arteries of patients with giant cell arteritis

Don Gilden;Teresa White;Nelly Khmeleva;Anna Heintzman

209
Citations
The vasculopathy of varicella‐zoster virus encephalitis

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

206
Citations
Varicella-zoster virus reactivation without rash.

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

190
Citations
Nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome of Paramecium.

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

179
Citations
Review: The neurobiology of varicella zoster virus infection.

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

168
Citations
Two Patients with Unusual Forms of Varicella–Zoster Virus Vasculopathy

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

144
Citations
Clinical and molecular pathogenesis of varicella virus infection.

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

137
Citations
The DNA sequence of the simian varicella virus genome.

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

135
Citations
The varicella zoster virus vasculopathies

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

11
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald H. Gilden University of Colorado Denver

Randall J. Cohrs University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Bette K. Kleinschmidt-DeMasters University of Colorado Denver

Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation

D. Scott Schmid Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Brent E. Palmer University of Colorado Denver

Anthony R. Hayward Brown University

Nikolaus Osterrieder Freie Universität Berlin

Roland Nau University of Göttingen

Peter G. E. Kennedy University of Glasgow

External Links

Personal website of Ravi Mahalingam

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