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2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
67
Citations
19788
World Ranking
2243
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in India Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in India Leader Award

Overview

Thandavarayan Ramamurthy is affiliated with the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute in India. Their research activity spans diverse areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with significant contributions in agricultural and biological sciences.

The scientist has a substantial publication record, including recent work on bacterial pathogens, infectious diseases, and molecular microbiology. Key recent papers include:

  • Pathogens Associated With Linear Growth Faltering in Children With Diarrhea and Impact of Antibiotic Treatment: The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (2021), published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Virulence Regulation and Innate Host Response in the Pathogenicity of Vibrio cholerae (2020), published in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Adaptations of Vibrio parahaemolyticus to Stress During Environmental Survival, Host Colonization, and Infection (2021), published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Genetic and virulence characterisation of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated from Indian coast (2020), published in BMC Microbiology
  • Spatiotemporal persistence of multiple, diverse clades and toxins of Corynebacterium diphtheriae (2021), published in Nature Communications

Their research topics cover several areas including:

  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • Food Safety and Hygiene

Thandavarayan Ramamurthy's work has contributed to multiple subfields such as endocrinology, food science, molecular medicine, infectious diseases, and immunology. Their presence in high-impact publication venues includes:

  • Heliyon
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Nature Communications
  • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

The scientist has collaborated frequently with colleagues including Goutam Chowdhury, Shanta Dutta, Asish K. Mukhopadhyay, Bhabatosh Das, and Samaresh Das.

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to book publications such as the "Standard Operating Procedures ICMR Foodborne Pathogen Survey and Research Network (North-East India)" published by the European Organization for Nuclear Research in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Burden and aetiology of diarrhoeal disease in infants and young children in developing countries (the Global Enteric Multicenter Study, GEMS): a prospective, case-control study.

    Karen L. Kotloff;James P. Nataro;William C. Blackwelder;Dilruba Nasrin

  • Use of quantitative molecular diagnostic methods to identify causes of diarrhoea in children: a reanalysis of the GEMS case-control study

    Jie Liu;James A Platts-Mills;Jane Juma;Furqan Kabir

  • Evidence for several waves of global transmission in the seventh cholera pandemic

    Ankur Mutreja;Dong Wook Kim;Dong Wook Kim;Nicholas R Thomson;Thomas R Connor

  • Global Dissemination of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Serotype O3:K6 and Its Serovariants

    G. Balakrish Nair;Thandavarayan Ramamurthy;Sujit K. Bhattacharya;Basabjit Dutta

  • Emergence of novel strain of Vibrio cholerae with epidemic potential in southern and eastern India

    T. Ramamurthy;Surabhi Garg;Rakhi Sharma;S.K. Bhattacharya

  • Current Perspectives on Viable but Non-Culturable (VBNC) Pathogenic Bacteria

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  • Antimicrobial Activity of Curcumin against Helicobacter pylori Isolates from India and during Infections in Mice

    Ronita De;Parag Kundu;Snehasikta Swarnakar;T. Ramamurthy

  • Shigella Isolates From the Global Enteric Multicenter Study Inform Vaccine Development

    Sofie Livio;Nancy A. Strockbine;Sandra Panchalingam;Sharon M. Tennant

  • Genomic history of the seventh pandemic of cholera in Africa.

    François Xavier Weill;François Xavier Weill;Daryl Domman;Elisabeth Njamkepo;Cheryl Tarr

  • The Burden of Cryptosporidium Diarrheal Disease among Children < 24 Months of Age in Moderate/High Mortality Regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, Utilizing Data from the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS).

    Samba O. Sow;Khitam Muhsen;Dilruba Nasrin;William C. Blackwelder

  • The incidence, aetiology, and adverse clinical consequences of less severe diarrhoeal episodes among infants and children residing in low-income and middle-income countries: a 12-month case-control study as a follow-on to the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS)

    Karen L Kotloff;Dilruba Nasrin;William C Blackwelder;Yukun Wu

  • Molecular evidence of clonal Vibrio parahaemolyticus pandemic strains.

    Nandini Roy Chowdhury;Soumen Chakraborty;Thandavarayan Ramamurthy;Mitsuaki Nishibuchi

  • Emerging trends in the etiology of enteric pathogens as evidenced from an active surveillance of hospitalized diarrhoeal patients in Kolkata, India

    Gopinath Balakrish Nair;Thandavarayan Ramamurthy;Mihir Kumar Bhattacharya;Triveni Krishnan

  • Diagnostic Microbiologic Methods in the GEMS-1 Case/Control Study

    Sandra Panchalingam;Martin Antonio;Anowar Hossain;Inacio Mandomando

  • Polymerase chain reaction for detection of the cholera enterotoxin operon of Vibrio cholerae.

    H Shirai;M Nishibuchi;T Ramamurthy;S K Bhattacharya

  • Molecular Analysis of Non-O1, Non-O139 Vibrio cholerae Associated with an Unusual Upsurge in the Incidence of Cholera-Like Disease in Calcutta, India

    Charu Sharma;M. Thungapathra;A. Ghosh;Asish K. Mukhopadhyay

  • Spread of Vibrio cholerae 0139 Bengal in India

    G. Balakrish Nair;T. Ramamurthy;S. K. Bhattacharya;Asish K. Mukhopadhyay

  • Antibiotic resistance in Vibrio cholerae: Understanding the ecology of resistance genes and mechanisms.

    Bhabatosh Das;Jyoti Verma;Pawan Kumar;Amit Ghosh

  • Diarrhoeal disease and subsequent risk of death in infants and children residing in low-income and middle-income countries: analysis of the GEMS case-control study and 12-month GEMS-1A follow-on study

    Myron M. Levine;Dilruba Nasrin;Sozinho Acácio;Quique Bassat

  • Antibiotic Resistance, Virulence Gene, and Molecular Profiles of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from Diverse Sources in Calcutta, India

    Asis Khan;S. C. Das;T. Ramamurthy;A. Sikdar

  • Incidence, Virulence Factors, and Clonality among Clinical Strains of Non-O1, Non-O139 Vibrio cholerae Isolates from Hospitalized Diarrheal Patients in Kolkata, India

    S. Chatterjee;K. Ghosh;A. Raychoudhuri;G. Chowdhury

  • Genomic insights into the 2016–2017 cholera epidemic in Yemen

    François Xavier Weill;Daryl Domman;Daryl Domman;Elisabeth Njamkepo;Abdullrahman A. Almesbahi

  • Occurrence of Antibiotic Resistance Gene Cassettes aac(6′)-Ib, dfrA5, dfrA12, and ereA2 in Class I Integrons in Non-O1, Non-O139 Vibrio cholerae Strains in India

    M. Thungapathra;Amita;Kislay K. Sinha;Saumya Ray Chaudhuri

  • Clonal Diversity among Recently Emerged Strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 Associated With Pandemic Spread

    Prasanta K Bag;Suvobroto Nandi;Rupak K Bhadra;Thandavarayan Ramamurthy

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshifumi Takeda
Yoshifumi Takeda Okayama University
Gopinath Balakrish Nair
Gopinath Balakrish Nair Translational Health Science and Technology Institute
James P. Nataro
James P. Nataro University of Virginia
Myron M. Levine
Myron M. Levine University of Maryland, Baltimore
Asish Mukhopadhyay
Asish Mukhopadhyay Indian Council of Medical Research
G. Balakrish Nair
G. Balakrish Nair National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases
Karen L. Kotloff
Karen L. Kotloff University of Maryland, Baltimore
Martin Antonio
Martin Antonio London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Yoshifumi Takeda
Yoshifumi Takeda Okayama University
Roy M. Robins-Browne
Roy M. Robins-Browne University of Melbourne

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