Vanaja Kumar

2.3k citations

68 papers · 1.4k indexed · h-index 17

Impact in

Ecology top 5%
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
Microbiology top 5%
- Microbial infections and disease research

Papers in ⓘ

Infectious Diseases 37
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology 26
- Leprosy Research and Treatment 9
Epidemiology 35
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis 30

Co-authors: Mukesh Doble (3 shared papers)Ponnurengam Malliappan Sivakumar (2 shared papers)William R. Jacobs (3 shared papers)Sameer Hassan (9 shared papers)Graham F. Hatfull (2 shared papers)Jordan Kriakov (2 shared papers)Roger W. Hendrix (1 shared paper)Debbie Jacobs-Sera (1 shared paper)
Journals: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters (3 papers)The Indian Journal of Medical Research (2 papers)World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology (2 papers)Clinical Microbiology and Infection (2 papers)Journal of Microbiological Methods (2 papers)
Partner nations: India United States Czechia

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Vanaja Kumar

67 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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1	Origins of Highly Mosaic Mycobacteriophage Genomes Cell ·Marisa L. Pedulla, Michael E. Ford, Jennifer M. Houtz, Tharun Karthikeyan, Curtis Wadsworth, John A. Lewis, Debbie Jacobs-Sera, Jacob Falbo, Joseph F. Gross, Nicholas R. Pannunzio, William Brucker, Vanaja Kumar, Jayasankar Kandasamy, Lauren Keenan, Svetsoslav Bardarov, Jordan Kriakov, Jeffrey Lawrence, William R. Jacobs, Roger W. Hendrix, Graham F. Hatfull	2003	495
2	Synthesis, antimycobacterial activity evaluation, and QSAR studies of chalcone derivatives Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·Ponnurengam Malliappan Sivakumar, S. Prabu Seenivasan, Vanaja Kumar, Mukesh Doble	2007	100
3	Synthesis of quinoline coupled [1,2,3]-triazoles as a promising class of anti-tuberculosis agents Carbohydrate Research ·K. Karthik Kumar, S. Prabu Seenivasan, Vanaja Kumar, Thangamuthu Mohan Das	2011	89
4	Rapid Film-Based Determination of Antibiotic Susceptibilities of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains by Using a Luciferase Reporter Phage and the Bronx Box Journal of Clinical Microbiology ·Paul Riska, Ya Su, Svetoslav Bardarov, Lawrence F. Freundlich, Gary J. Sarkis, Graham F. Hatfull, Christian Carrière, Vanaja Kumar, John Chan, William R. Jacobs	1999	67
5	Novel 4-(morpholin-4-yl)-N′-(arylidene)benzohydrazides: Synthesis, antimycobacterial activity and QSAR investigations European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Vyankatesh T. Raparti, Trupti S. Chitre, Kailas Bothara, Vanaja Kumar, Sudarshan C. Dangre, Chetan V. Khachane, Suraj T. Gore, Bhavana J. Deshmane	2009	63
6	Synonymous Codon Usage Analysis of Thirty Two Mycobacteriophage Genomes PubMed ·Sameer Hassan, Vasantha Mahalingam, Vanaja Kumar	2009	49
7	Novel 1,3,5-triphenyl-2-pyrazolines as anti-infective agents Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·Ponnurengam Malliappan Sivakumar, S. Prabhu Seenivasan, Vanaja Kumar, Mukesh Doble	2010	41
8	Drug resistance among extrapulmonary TB patients: Six years experience from a supranational reference laboratory The Indian Journal of Medical Research ·Soumya Swaminathan, Azger Dusthackeer, Gomathi Sekar, Shambhavi Chidambaram, Vanaja Kumar, Pranav Mehta	2015	38
9	Construction and evaluation of luciferase reporter phages for the detection of active and non-replicating tubercle bacilli Journal of Microbiological Methods ·Azger Dusthackeer, Vanaja Kumar, Selvakumar Subbian, Gomathi Sivaramakrishnan, Zhu Guofang, Balaji Subramanyam, Sameer Hassan, Selvakumar Nagamaiah, John Chan, Narayanan Paranji Rama	2008	33
10	Preliminary screening for antibacterial and antimycobacterial activity of actinomycetes from less explored ecosystems World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology ·M Radhakrishnan, S. Suganya, Ramasamy Balagurunathan, Vanaja Kumar	2009	31
11	Influence of Irrigating Needle-Tip Designs in Removing Bacteria Inoculated Into Instrumented Root Canals Measured Using Single-Tube Luminometer Journal of Endodontics ·Thilla Sekar Vinothkumar, Sanjeev Kavitha, L Lakshminarayanan, Narayanan Shivaram Gomathi, Vanaja Kumar	2007	28
12	Andrographolide: A potent antituberculosis compound that targets Aminoglycoside 2′-N-acetyltransferase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling ·Amudha Prabu, Sameer Hassan, Prabuseenivasan, A. S. Shainaba, Luke Elizabeth Hanna, Vanaja Kumar	2015	28
13	Characterization of temperate phage Che12 and construction of a new tool for diagnosis of tuberculosis Tuberculosis ·Vanaja Kumar, Prabakaran Loganathan, Gomathi Sivaramakrishnan, Jordan Kriakov, Azger Dusthakeer, Balaji Subramanyam, John Chan, William R. Jacobs, Narayanan Paranji Rama	2008	26
14	Microwave-assisted synthesis, molecular docking and antitubercular activity of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine-5-carbonitrile derivatives Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·Sahoo Biswa Mohan, B. V. V. Ravi Kumar, Subas Chandra Dinda, Deepashri Naik, S. Prabu Seenivasan, Vanaja Kumar, Dharmarajsinh N. Rana, Pathik S. Brahmkshatriya	2012	23
15	High Rates of Ofloxacin Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis among Both New and Previously Treated Patients in Tamil Nadu, South India PLoS ONE ·N Selvakumar, Vanaja Kumar, S. Balaji, S. Prabuseenivasan, R. Radhakrishnan, Gomathi Sekar, Venkatesh Chandrasekaran, Kannan Thiruvengadam, Aleyamma Thomas, Sujatha Arunagiri, Puneet Dewan, Soumya Swaminathan	2015	17
16	Effect of critical medium components and culture conditions on antitubercular pigment production from novel Streptomyces sp D25 isolated from Thar desert, Rajasthan Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science ·M Radhakrishnan, Venugopal Gopikrishnan, Ramasamy Balagurunathan, Vanaja Kumar	2015	17
17	Bioactive Potential of Actinomycetes from Less Explored Ecosystems against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Other Nonmycobacterial Pathogens International Scholarly Research Notices ·M Radhakrishnan, Venugopal Gopikrishnan, Balaji Subramaniam, Ramasamy Balagurunathan, Vanaja Kumar	2014	17
18	Phage lysin as a substitute for antibiotics to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis from sputum samples with the BACTEC MGIT 960 system Clinical Microbiology and Infection ·Subramanyam Busetty, Gomathi Sivaramakrishnan, Azger Dusthackeer, Selvakumar Nagamiah, Vanaja Kumar	2011	14
19	Phage cocktail to control the exponential growth of normal flora in processed sputum specimens grown overnight in liquid medium for rapid TB diagnosis Journal of Microbiological Methods ·Vanaja Kumar, S. Balaji, N.S. Gomathi, P. Venkatesan, Gomathi Sekar, K. Jayasankar, Narayanan Parameswaran	2006	14
20	Potential applications of lactic acid bacteria and bacteriocins in anti-mycobacterial therapy Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine ·Sivaraj Anbarasu, Revathy Sundar, Radhakrishnan Manikkam, Krupakar Parthasarathy, Uma Rani, Vanaja Kumar	2018	14

About Vanaja Kumar

Vanaja Kumar is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Ecology and Surgery, having authored 68 papers that have together received 1.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (30 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (26 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (16 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers), Leprosy Research and Treatment (9 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (7 papers), Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis (7 papers) and Microbial infections and disease research (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology (582 citations), Microbiology (129 citations), Infectious Diseases (327 citations), Organic Chemistry (308 citations) and Endocrinology (52 citations). Vanaja Kumar has collaborated with scholars based in India, United States and Czechia. Frequent co-authors include Mukesh Doble, Ponnurengam Malliappan Sivakumar, William R. Jacobs, Sameer Hassan, Graham F. Hatfull, Jordan Kriakov, Roger W. Hendrix, Debbie Jacobs-Sera, Nicholas R. Pannunzio and William Brucker. Their work appears in journals such as Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, The Indian Journal of Medical Research, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Clinical Microbiology and Infection and Journal of Microbiological Methods.

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