Rafael Medina

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Rafael Medina is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Medina has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Epidemiology, 19 papers in Infectious Diseases and 15 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Rafael Medina's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (27 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (18 papers) and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (13 papers). Rafael Medina is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (27 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (18 papers) and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (13 papers). Rafael Medina collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Venezuela. Rafael Medina's co-authors include Adolfo Garcı́a-Sastre, Balaji Manicassamy, Peter Palese, Silke Stertz, Rong Hai, Randy A. Albrecht, Daniel R. Pérez, Marcela Ferrés, Christopher F. Basler and Brian Hjelle and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Medina

70 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Influenza A viruses: new research developments

2011 490 citations Rafael Medina, Adolfo Garcı́a-Sastre Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Multiplex RT-qPCR strategy for SARS-CoV-2 variants detection in developing countries without ngs: The Bolivian experience 2025 ·Epidemiology and Infection ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Javier Méndez, (unknown), Irenice Coronado-Arrázola, (unknown), Leonardo I. Almonacid, Rafael Medina, Lineth García, Catalina Pardo‐Roa	0
2	BIK polymorphism and proteasome regulation unveil host risk factor for severe influenza 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sourabh Soni, Soner Yildiz, E. Kaitlynn Allen, Hans Petersen, Mark E. Peeples, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Richard Seonghun Nho, Ana L. Mora, Jeffrey C. Horowitz, Mauricio Rojas, Rafael Medina, Paul G. Thomas, Adolfo Garcı́a-Sastre, Yohannes Tesfaigzi, Yohannes A. Mebratu	1
3	Novel influenza A viruses in pigs with zoonotic potential, Chile 2024 ·Microbiology Spectrum ·(unknown), Bárbara Brito, (unknown), (unknown), Tamara García‐Salum, Raveen Rathnasinghe, Gonzalo P. Barriga, Karla Tapia, (unknown), Sergio A. Bucarey, Yunho Jang, David E. Wentworth, Montserrat Torremorell, Víctor Neira, Rafael Medina	1
4	Replication kinetics of novel swine influenza A viruses: an approach to vaccine production 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Víctor Neira, Rafael Medina	0
5	Mass mortality event in South American sea lions ( Otaria flavescens ) correlated to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 outbreak in Chile 2023 ·Veterinary Quarterly ·Mauricio Ulloa, Antonio Fernández, Naomi Ariyama, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Juan Carlos Torres, (unknown), Gabriela Muñoz, (unknown), Raúl Alegría‐Morán, Rafael Medina, Víctor Neira, Eva Sierra	50
6	Omicron variant Spike-specific antibody binding and Fc activity are preserved in recipients of mRNA or inactivated COVID-19 vaccines 2022 ·Science Translational Medicine ·Yannic C. Bartsch, Xin Tong, Jaewon Kang, (unknown), (unknown), Tamara García‐Salum, Catalina Pardo‐Roa, Arnoldo Riquelme, Yongfei Cai, Isabella Renzi, Guillaume B. E. Stewart-Jones, Bing Chen, Rafael Medina, Galit Alter	67
7	Microbiome disturbance and resilience dynamics of the upper respiratory tract during influenza A virus infection 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Drishti Kaul, Raveen Rathnasinghe, Marcela Ferrés, Gene S. Tan, Aldo Barrera, Brett E Pickett, Barbara A. Methé, Suman R. Das, (unknown), Rebecca Halpin, David E. Wentworth, Mirco Schmolke, Ignacio Mena, Randy A. Albrecht, Indresh Singh, William Nelson, Adolfo Garcı́a-Sastre, Christopher L. Dupont, Rafael Medina	73
8	First report of porcine respirovirus 1 in South America 2020 ·Veterinary Microbiology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jayeeta Dutta, Harm van Bakel, Sunil K. Mor, Bárbara Brito, Rafael Medina, Víctor Neira	16
9	Mutacytin-1, a New C-Type Lectin-Like Protein from the Venezuelan Cuaima ( Lachesis muta muta Linnaeus, 1766) (Serpentes: Viperidae) Snake Venom Inducing Cardiotoxicity in Developing Zebrafish ( Danio rerio ) Embryos 2019 ·Zebrafish ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Elda E. Sánchez, María E. Girón, J. Jiménez, Montamas Suntravat, Belsy Guerrero, (unknown), (unknown), Rafael Medina, (unknown), Alexis Rodrı́guez-Acosta	8
10	1918 influenza virus: 100 years on, are we prepared against the next influenza pandemic? 2018 ·Nature Reviews Microbiology ·Rafael Medina	26
11	Defining the antibody cross-reactome directed against the influenza virus surface glycoproteins 2017 ·Nature Immunology ·Raffael Nachbagauer, Angela Choi, Ariana Hirsh, Irina Margine, (unknown), Aldo Barrera, Marcela Ferrés, Randy A. Albrecht, Adolfo Garcı́a-Sastre, Nicole M. Bouvier, Kimihito Ito, Rafael Medina, Peter Palese, Florian Krammer	128
12	Novel Avulaviruses in Penguins, Antarctica 2017 ·Emerging infectious diseases ·Víctor Neira, (unknown), Claudio Verdugo, Gonzalo P. Barriga, Sunil K. Mor, Terry Fei Fan Ng, (unknown), (unknown), Pedro Rodrígues, Cristóbal Briceño, Rafael Medina, Daniel González‐Acuña	26
13	Epidemiological investigations of the introduction of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus in Chile, 2013-2015 2017 ·PLoS ONE ·Víctor Neira, Bárbara Brito, (unknown), Marie Culhane, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Montserrat Torremorell, Rafael Medina, (unknown)	21
14	ErbB receptors and PKC regulate PC12 neuronal-like differentiation and sodium current elicitation 2013 ·Neuroscience ·(unknown), Cecilia Castillo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Rafael Medina, Juan Carlos Martı́nez, Marinés Longart	7
15	Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Isolated from Free-Ranging Northern Elephant Seals in 2010 off the Central California Coast 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Tracey Goldstein, Ignacio Mena, Simon J. Anthony, Rafael Medina, Patrick W. Robinson, Denise J. Greig, Daniel P. Costa, W. Ian Lipkin, Adolfo Garcı́a-Sastre, Walter M. Boyce	46
16	Briófitos: una aproximación a las plantas terrestres más sencillas 2011 ·Belén Estébanez, Isabel Draper, Rafael Medina	6
17	Protection of Mice against Lethal Challenge with 2009 H1N1 Influenza A Virus by 1918-Like and Classical Swine H1N1 Based Vaccines 2010 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Balaji Manicassamy, Rafael Medina, Rong Hai, Tshidi Tsibane, Silke Stertz, Estanislao Nistal‐Villán, Peter Palese, Christopher F. Basler, Adolfo Garcı́a-Sastre	157
18	Brioflora epífita de Sierra Alhamilla (Almería) 2008 ·Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) ·Nagore G. Medina, Rafael Medina, (unknown), Vicente Mazimpaka	3
19	The Hydrodynamic Properties of Dark- and Light-activated States of n-Dodecyl β-D-Maltoside-solubilized Bovine Rhodopsin Support the Dimeric Structure of Both Conformations 2004 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Rafael Medina, (unknown), José Bubis	35
20	Photodegradation and phototoxicity studies of furosemide. Involvement of singlet oxygen in the photoinduced hemolysis and lipid peroxidation 1998 ·Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology ·Franklin Vargas, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Rafael Medina	44

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