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D-Index
65
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15527
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2499
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216

Ulrich Desselberger 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 Ulrich Desselberger sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 221 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ulrich Desselberger 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 Ulrich Desselberger sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ulrich Desselberger is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a significant emphasis on infectious diseases and related subfields.

The main areas of study associated with their work include:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Epidemiology
  • Hepatology

Desselberger's research topics cover a range of subjects, notably:

  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis

Their scholarly output includes multiple recent papers, such as:

  • Intracellular neutralisation of rotavirus by VP6-specific IgG, 2020, PLoS Pathogens
  • Viroplasms: Assembly and Functions of Rotavirus Replication Factories, 2021, Viruses
  • Rotavirus research: 2014-2020, 2021, Virus Research
  • Low toxicity and high immunogenicity of an inactivated vaccine candidate against COVID-19 in different animal models, 2020, Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • Potential of plasmid only based reverse genetics of rotavirus for the development of next-generation vaccines, 2020, Current Opinion in Virology

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Desselberger include:

  • Guido Papa
  • Alexander Borodavka
  • Sarah Caddy
  • Miren Iturriza-Gómara
  • John T. Patton

Their publications are often found in journals specialized in virology and infectious diseases, with key venues including:

  • Viruses
  • Virus Research
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • Current Opinion in Virology

Best Publications

  • Uniformity of rotavirus strain nomenclature proposed by the Rotavirus Classification Working Group (RCWG).

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Max Ciarlet;Sarah M. McDonald;Houssam Attoui

  • Rotavirus infection

    Unknown

  • Recommendations for the classification of group A rotaviruses using all 11 genomic RNA segments.

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Max Ciarlet;Mustafizur Rahman;Mustafizur Rahman;Houssam Attoui

  • VP6-sequence-based cutoff values as a criterion for rotavirus species demarcation.

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Peter H Otto;Max Ciarlet;Ulrich Desselberger

  • Primary, syncytium-inducing human immunodeficiency virus type 1 isolates are dual-tropic and most can use either Lestr or CCR5 as coreceptors for virus entry.

    G Simmons;D Wilkinson;J D Reeves;M T Dittmar

  • Recent human influenza A (H1N1) viruses are closely related genetically to strains isolated in 1950

    Katsuhisa Nakajima;Ulrich Desselberger;Ulrich Desselberger;Peter Palese

  • The 3' and 5'-terminal sequences of influenza A, B and C virus RNA segments are highly conserved and show partial inverted complementarity.

    Ulrich Desselberger;Vincent R. Racaniello;James J. Zazra;Peter Palese

  • Molecular Characterization of VP6 Genes of Human Rotavirus Isolates: Correlation of Genogroups with Subgroups and Evidence of Independent Segregation

    Miren Iturriza Gómara;Cecilia Wong;Sandra Blome;Ulrich Desselberger

  • Reassortment In Vivo: Driving Force for Diversity of Human Rotavirus Strains Isolated in the United Kingdom between 1995 and 1999

    Miren Iturriza-Gómara;Beverley Isherwood;Ulrich Desselberger;Jim Gray

  • Sequence diversity of small, round-structured viruses in the Norwalk virus group.

    J Wang;X Jiang;H P Madore;J Gray

  • Nosocomial rotavirus infection in European countries: a review of the epidemiology, severity and economic burden of hospital-acquired rotavirus disease.

    Olivier Gleizes;Ulrich Desselberger;Vladimir Tatochenko;Carlos Rodrigo

  • Protective Effect of Natural Rotavirus Infection in an Indian Birth Cohort

    Beryl P. Gladstone;Sasirekha Ramani;Indrani Mukhopadhya;Jayaprakash Muliyil

  • Rotaviruses Associate with Cellular Lipid Droplet Components To Replicate in Viroplasms, and Compounds Disrupting or Blocking Lipid Droplets Inhibit Viroplasm Formation and Viral Replication

    Winsome Cheung;Michael Gill;Alessandro Esposito;Clemens F. Kaminski

  • Diversity within the VP4 Gene of Rotavirus P[8] Strains: Implications for Reverse Transcription-PCR Genotyping

    Miren Iturriza-Gómara;Jon Green;David W. G. Brown;Ulrich Desselberger

  • Rotavirus epidemiology and surveillance.

    Ulrich Desselberger;Miren Iturriza‐Gómara;Jim J. Gray

  • Immune responses to rotavirus infection and vaccination and associated correlates of protection.

    Unknown

  • Amino Acid Substitution within the VP7 Protein of G2 Rotavirus Strains Associated with Failure To Serotype

    Miren Iturriza Gómara;David Cubitt;Ulrich Desselberger;Jim Gray

  • Comparison of specific and random priming in the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction for genotyping group A rotaviruses

    M. Iturriza-Gomara;J. Green;D.W.G. Brown;U. Desselberger

  • Characterization of G10P[11] Rotaviruses Causing Acute Gastroenteritis in Neonates and Infants in Vellore, India

    Miren Iturriza Gómara;Gagandeep Kang;Ajit Mammen;Atanu Kumar Jana

  • Molecular Epidemiology of Human Group A Rotavirus Infections in the United Kingdom between 1995 and 1998

    Miren Iturriza-Gómara;Jon Green;David W. G. Brown;Mary Ramsay

  • Infantile viral gastroenteritis: On the way to closing the diagnostic gap

    R. Simpson;S. Aliyu;M. Iturriza-Gómara;U. Desselberger

  • Intussusception among young children in Europe

    Hans-Iko Huppertz;Montse Soriano-Gabarró;Emmanuel Grimprel;Elisabetta Franco

  • Prevalence of antibodies to Norwalk virus in England: detection by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using baculovirus-expressed Norwalk virus capsid antigen.

    J J Gray;X Jiang;P Morgan-Capner;U Desselberger

Frequent Co-Authors

Jim Gray
Jim Gray Government of the United Kingdom
Miren Iturriza-Gomara
Miren Iturriza-Gomara University of Liverpool
Mary K. Estes
Mary K. Estes Baylor College of Medicine
David Brown
David Brown Government of the United Kingdom
Jonathan K. Ball
Jonathan K. Ball University of Nottingham
Max Ciarlet
Max Ciarlet Novartis (Switzerland)
John T. Patton
John T. Patton Indiana University
Andrew M. L. Lever
Andrew M. L. Lever University of Cambridge
Jelle Matthijnssens
Jelle Matthijnssens Rega Institute for Medical Research

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