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2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
123
Citations
63581
World Ranking
122
National Ranking
61

Medicine

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Citations
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World Ranking
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Umesh D. Parashar 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 Umesh D. Parashar sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 633 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Umesh D. Parashar 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 Umesh D. Parashar sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 123 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 2011 - Oswald Avery Award, Infectious Diseases Society of America

Overview

Umesh D. Parashar is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant body of work in infectious diseases, hepatology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, animal science and zoology, and surgery.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Hepatitis viruses studies and epidemiology
  • Viral infections and immunology research
  • Animal virus infections studies
  • Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Respiratory viral infections research

Umesh D. Parashar's frequent co-authors are Jacqueline E. Tate, Jason M. Mwenda, Eleanor Burnett, Michael D. Bowen, and Rachel M. Burke. Their collaborative work is published in venues including Vaccine, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, and Harvard Dataverse.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Umesh D. Parashar include:

  • "Real-world effectiveness of rotavirus vaccines, 2006-19: a literature review and meta-analysis" (2020), The Lancet Global Health
  • "A Case Series of Children with Acute Hepatitis and Human Adenovirus Infection" (2022), New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Acute Hepatitis and Adenovirus Infection Among Children - Alabama, October 2021-February 2022" (2022), MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • "Aetiology and incidence of diarrhoea requiring hospitalisation in children under 5 years of age in 28 low-income and middle-income countries: findings from the Global Pediatric Diarrhea Surveillance network" (2022), BMJ Global Health
  • "Global Impact of Rotavirus Vaccination on Diarrhea Hospitalizations and Deaths Among Children <5 Years Old: 2006-2019" (2020), The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Umesh D. Parashar was awarded the Oswald Avery Award by the Infectious Diseases Society of America in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Global Illness and Deaths Caused by Rotavirus Disease in Children

    Umesh D. Parashar;Erik G. Hummelman;Joseph S. Bresee;Mark A. Miller

  • Rotavirus and Severe Childhood Diarrhea

    Umesh D. Parashar;Christopher J. Gibson;Joseph S. Bresee;Roger I. Glass

  • 2008 estimate of worldwide rotavirus-associated mortality in children younger than 5 years before the introduction of universal rotavirus vaccination programmes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Jacqueline E Tate;Anthony H Burton;Cynthia Boschi-Pinto;A Duncan Steele

  • Global prevalence of norovirus in cases of gastroenteritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Sharia M Ahmed;Aron J Hall;Anne E Robinson;Linda Verhoef

  • Systematic literature review of role of noroviruses in sporadic gastroenteritis.

    Manish M. Patel;Marc-Alain Widdowson;Roger I. Glass;Kenichiro Akazawa

  • Global, Regional, and National Estimates of Rotavirus Mortality in Children <5 Years of Age, 2000-2013.

    Jacqueline E. Tate;Anthony H. Burton;Cynthia Boschi-Pinto;Umesh D. Parashar

  • Noroviruses: a comprehensive review.

    Manish M. Patel;Aron J. Hall;Jan Vinjé;Umesh D. Parashar

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  • Epidemiologic and molecular trends of "Norwalk-like viruses" associated with outbreaks of gastroenteritis in the United States.

    Rebecca L. Fankhauser;Stephan S. Monroe;Jacqueline S. Noel;Jacqueline S. Noel;Charles D. Humphrey

  • Prevention of rotavirus gastroenteritis among infants and children. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

    Margaret M. Cortese;Umesh D. Parashar

  • Deaths of Children during an Outbreak of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in Sarawak, Malaysia: Clinical and Pathological Characteristics of the Disease

    L. G. Chan;Umesh D. Parashar;M. S. Lye;F. G. L. Ong

  • Rotavirus Vaccination and the Global Burden of Rotavirus Diarrhea Among Children Younger Than 5 Years.

    Christopher Troeger;Ibrahim A. Khalil;Puja C. Rao;Shujin Cao

  • Norovirus and Medically Attended Gastroenteritis in U.S. Children

    Daniel C. Payne;Jan Vinjé;Peter G. Szilagyi;Kathryn M. Edwards

  • Serotype diversity and reassortment between human and animal rotavirus strains: implications for rotavirus vaccine programs.

    Jon R. Gentsch;Ashley R. Laird;Brittany Bielfelt;Dixie D. Griffin

  • Global mortality associated with rotavirus disease among children in 2004.

    Umesh D. Parashar;Anthony Burton;Claudio Lanata;Cynthia Boschi-Pinto

  • Nipah Virus Encephalitis Reemergence, Bangladesh

    Vincent P. Hsu;Mohammed Jahangir Hossain;Umesh D Parashar;Mohammed Monsur Ali

  • Norovirus Disease in the United States

    Aron J. Hall;Ben A. Lopman;Daniel C. Payne;Manish M. Patel

  • Rotavirus vaccines: current prospects and future challenges

    Roger I Glass;Umesh D Parashar;Joseph S Bresee;Reina Turcios

  • Systematic review of regional and temporal trends in global rotavirus strain diversity in the pre rotavirus vaccine era: insights for understanding the impact of rotavirus vaccination programs

    Krisztián Bányai;Brigitta László;Brigitta László;Jazmin Duque;A. Duncan Steele

  • Recent Resurgence of Mumps in the United States

    Gustavo H. Dayan;M. Patricia Quinlisk;Amy A. Parker;Albert E. Barskey

  • The global burden of diarrhoeal disease in children

    Umesh D. Parashar;Joseph S. Bresee;Roger I. Glass

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacqueline E. Tate
Jacqueline E. Tate Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Manish M. Patel
Manish M. Patel Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Roger I. Glass
Roger I. Glass National Institutes of Health
Jon R. Gentsch
Jon R. Gentsch Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Aron J. Hall
Aron J. Hall Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Michael D. Bowen
Michael D. Bowen Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jan Vinjé
Jan Vinjé Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Baoming Jiang
Baoming Jiang Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Joseph S. Bresee
Joseph S. Bresee Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Geoffrey A. Weinberg
Geoffrey A. Weinberg University of Rochester

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