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D-Index
72
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14727
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1790
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760

Venkatachalam Udhayakumar 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 Venkatachalam Udhayakumar sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 246 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Venkatachalam Udhayakumar 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 Venkatachalam Udhayakumar sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 72 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Venkatachalam Udhayakumar is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their primary research contributions lie within the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, Parasitology, Computational Theory and Mathematics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's main research topics include Malaria Research and Control, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection, Parasites and Host Interactions, Travel-related health issues, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Key recent scientific papers include:

  • Association of Plasmodium falciparum kelch13 R561H genotypes with delayed parasite clearance in Rwanda: an open-label, single-arm, multicentre, therapeutic efficacy study, 2021, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Local emergence in Amazonia of Plasmodium falciparum k13 C580Y mutants associated with in vitro artemisinin resistance, 2020, eLife
  • Malaria and Parasitic Neglected Tropical Diseases: Potential Syndemics with COVID-19?, 2020, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Plasmodium falciparum pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 Gene Deletions from Persons with Symptomatic Malaria Infection in Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, and Rwanda, 2022, Emerging infectious diseases
  • Spatio-temporal dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum transmission within a spatial unit on the Colombian Pacific Coast, 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Udhayakumar include:

  • Eric Rogier
  • Naomi W. Lucchi
  • Camelia Herman
  • Douglas Nace
  • Michelle Chang

Udhayakumar has published extensively in several venues, notably:

  • Malaria Journal
  • Scientific Reports
  • UNC Libraries
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Emerging infectious diseases

Best Publications

  • Protective effects of the sickle cell gene against malaria morbidity and mortality

    Michael Aidoo;Dianne J Terlouw;Margarette S Kolczak;Peter D McElroy

  • The burden of co-infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and malaria in pregnant women in sub-saharan Africa.

    Feiko O. Ter Kuile;Monica E. Parise;Francine H. Verhoeff;Venkatachalam Udhayakumar

  • Association of Plasmodium falciparum kelch13 R561H genotypes with delayed parasite clearance in Rwanda: an open-label, single-arm, multicentre, therapeutic efficacy study.

    Aline Uwimana;Noella Umulisa;Meera Venkatesan;Samaly S. Svigel

  • A Low Interleukin-10 Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Ratio Is Associated with Malaria Anemia in Children Residing in a Holoendemic Malaria Region in Western Kenya

    Caroline Othoro;Altaf A. Lal;Bernard Nahlen;Davy Koech

  • Cerebrospinal fluid and serum biomarkers of cerebral malaria mortality in Ghanaian children

    Henry B Armah;Henry B Armah;Nana O Wilson;Bismark Y Sarfo;Michael D Powell

  • A longitudinal investigation of IgG and IgM antibody responses to the merozoite surface protein-1 19-kiloDalton domain of Plasmodium falciparum in pregnant women and infants: associations with febrile illness, parasitemia, and anemia.

    Oralee H. Branch;Venkatachalam Udhayakumar;Allen W. Hightower;Aggrey J. Oloo

  • A new NOS2 promoter polymorphism associated with increased nitric oxide production and protection from severe malaria in Tanzanian and Kenyan children

    Maurine R Hobbs;Venkatachalam Udhayakumar;Marc C Levesque;Jennifer Booth

  • Real-time fluorescence loop mediated isothermal amplification for the diagnosis of malaria.

    Naomi W. Lucchi;Naomi W. Lucchi;Allison Demas;Jothikumar Narayanan;Deborah Sumari

  • Major Threat to Malaria Control Programs by Plasmodium falciparum Lacking Histidine-Rich Protein 2, Eritrea.

    Araia Berhane;Karen Anderson;Selam Mihreteab;Karryn Gresty

  • Plasma IP-10, apoptotic and angiogenic factors associated with fatal cerebral malaria in India

    Vidhan Jain;Henry B Armah;Jon E Tongren;Renée M Ned

  • The temporal dynamics and infectiousness of subpatent Plasmodium falciparum infections in relation to parasite density

    Hannah C. Slater;Amanda Ross;Amanda Ross;Ingrid Felger;Ingrid Felger;Natalie E. Hofmann;Natalie E. Hofmann

  • Prevalence of pfhrp2 and/or pfhrp3 Gene Deletion in Plasmodium falciparum Population in Eight Highly Endemic States in India.

    Praveen Kumar Bharti;Himanshu Singh Chandel;Amreen Ahmad;Sri Krishna

  • Tumor necrosis factor-alpha promoter variant 2 (TNF2) is associated with pre-term delivery, infant mortality, and malaria morbidity in western Kenya: Asembo Bay Cohort Project IX

    Michael Aidoo;Peter D. McElroy;Margarette S. Kolczak;Dianne J. Terlouw

  • Antifolate Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum: Multiple Origins and Identification of Novel dhfr Alleles

    Andrea M. McCollum;Amanda C. Poe;Mary Hamel;Mary Hamel;Curtis Huber

  • Natural immune response to the C-terminal 19-kilodalton domain of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1.

    Ya Ping Shi;Umar Sayed;Shoukat H. Qari;Jacquelin M. Roberts

  • Immunity to Placental Malaria. I. Elevated Production of Interferon-γ by Placental Blood Mononuclear Cells Is Associated with Protection in an Area with High Transmission of Malaria

    Julie M. Moore;Bernard L. Nahlen;Ambrose Misore;Altaf A. Lal

  • Molecular diagnosis of malaria by photo-induced electron transfer fluorogenic primers: PET-PCR.

    Naomi W. Lucchi;Jothikumar Narayanan;Mara A. Karell;Maniphet Xayavong

  • Independent Emergence of the Plasmodium falciparum Kelch Propeller Domain Mutant Allele C580Y in Guyana

    Stella M. Chenet;Sheila Akinyi Okoth;Curtis S. Huber;Javin Chandrabose

  • Origin and evolution of sulfadoxine resistant Plasmodium falciparum.

    Sumiti Vinayak;Tauqeer Alam;Tonya Mixson-Hayden;Andrea M. McCollum

  • Local emergence in Amazonia of Plasmodium falciparum k13 C580Y mutants associated with in vitro artemisinin resistance.

    Luana C Mathieu;Luana C Mathieu;Horace Cox;Angela M Early;Angela M Early;Sachel Mok

  • Anti-folate drug resistance in Africa: meta-analysis of reported dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr) and dihydropteroate synthase (dhps) mutant genotype frequencies in African Plasmodium falciparum parasite populations

    Sankar Sridaran;Shannon K McClintock;Luke M Syphard;Karen M Herman

  • Identification of T and B cell epitopes recognized by humans in the C-terminal 42-kDa domain of the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein (MSP)-1.

    Venkatachalam Udhayakumar;D. Anyona;S. Kariuki;Ya Ping Shi

Frequent Co-Authors

Altaf A. Lal
Altaf A. Lal Sun Pharma (India)
John W. Barnwell
John W. Barnwell Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Bernard L. Nahlen
Bernard L. Nahlen University of Notre Dame
Ananias A. Escalante
Ananias A. Escalante Temple University
Simon Kariuki
Simon Kariuki Kenya Medical Research Institute
Feiko O. ter Kuile
Feiko O. ter Kuile Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Laurence Slutsker
Laurence Slutsker Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Aditya P. Dash
Aditya P. Dash Central University of Tamil Nadu
Lihua Xiao
Lihua Xiao South China Agricultural University
Ivo Mueller
Ivo Mueller Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

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