Vijayakumar Velu

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
96 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Vijayakumar Velu is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Immunology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vijayakumar Velu has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Epidemiology, 45 papers in Immunology and 41 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Vijayakumar Velu's work include HIV Research and Treatment (40 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (38 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (21 papers). Vijayakumar Velu is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (40 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (38 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (21 papers). Vijayakumar Velu collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Malaysia. Vijayakumar Velu's co-authors include Rama Rao Amara, Esaki M. Shankar, Gordon J. Freeman, Marie Larsson, Lakshmi Chennareddi, Kehmia Titanji, Rafi Ahmed, Guido Silvestri, Lilin Lai and Alireza Saeidi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Vijayakumar Velu

88 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Enhancing SIV-specific immunity in vivo by PD-1 blockade

2008 604 citations Vijayakumar Velu, Rama Rao Amara et al. profile →

Peers

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Chris Ibegbu United States

Stéphanie Jost United States

Hugo Soudeyns Canada

Assia Samri France

Angela Malaspina United States

Francesco Mazzotta Italy

Adrian B. McDermott United States

Johan K. Sandberg Sweden

John Hackett United States

Todd J. Suscovich United States

Chris Ibegbu United States

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654 ×0.7

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364 ×0.8

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Countries citing papers authored by Vijayakumar Velu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vijayakumar Velu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vijayakumar Velu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Vijayakumar Velu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Vijayakumar Velu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Vijayakumar Velu. Vijayakumar Velu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Balakrishnan, Pachamuthu, Shanmugam Saravanan, Ramachandran Vignesh, et al.. (2025). Discovery of HCV vaccine: Where do we stand?. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. 57. 100940–100940.

Sankar, Sathish, Pachamuthu Balakrishnan, Yean K. Yong, et al.. (2025). Mpox Virus as a Global Public Health Emergency: A Scoping Review. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology. 2025(1). 6683501–6683501. 3 indexed citations

Yong, Yean K., Amudhan Murugesan, Pachamuthu Balakrishnan, et al.. (2024). Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Human Pegivirus Coinfected Individuals Display Functional Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells and Follicular T Cells Irrespective of PD-1 Expression. Viral Immunology. 37(5). 240–250. 4 indexed citations

Yong, Yean K., Amudhan Murugesan, Hong Yien Tan, et al.. (2024). Chronic Viral Infection Compromises the Quality of Circulating Mucosal–Associated Invariant T Cells and Follicular T Helper Cells via Expression of Inhibitory Receptors. Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark. 29(3). 128–128. 3 indexed citations

Cheedarla, Narayanaiah, et al.. (2023). COVID-19 vaccine induced poor neutralization titers for SARS-CoV-2 omicron variants in maternal and cord blood. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1211558–1211558. 3 indexed citations

Cheedarla, Narayanaiah, et al.. (2023). Impact of COVID-19 Vaccination on Pregnant Women. Pathogens. 12(3). 431–431. 6 indexed citations

Rahman, Sheikh Abdul, James M. Billingsley, Ashish Sharma, et al.. (2022). Lymph node CXCR5+ NK cells associate with control of chronic SHIV infection. JCI Insight. 7(8). 15 indexed citations

Yong, Yean K., Amudhan Murugesan, Pachamuthu Balakrishnan, et al.. (2022). Surrogate Biomarkers of Disease Progression in Human Pegivirus Seropositive Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Individuals. Viral Immunology. 36(1). 55–62. 3 indexed citations

Yong, Yean K., Won Fen Wong, Ramachandran Vignesh, et al.. (2022). Dengue Infection - Recent Advances in Disease Pathogenesis in the Era of COVID-19. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 889196–889196. 18 indexed citations

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Routhu, Nanda Kishore, Venkata S. Bollimpelli, Chris Ibegbu, et al.. (2021). Compromised SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody response in cord blood versus mothers. 29(1). 223–223. 1 indexed citations

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Ng, Chen Seng, Rosmawati Mohamed, Amudhan Murugesan, et al.. (2021). Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells: Diplomatic Front-Runners in the Fight against Hepatitis B Virus Infection. Critical Reviews in Immunology. 41(5). 1–17. 2 indexed citations

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Shanmugasundaram, Uma, Allison N. Bucşan, Shashank Ganatra, et al.. (2020). Pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis control associates with CXCR3- and CCR6-expressing antigen-specific Th1 and Th17 cell recruitment. JCI Insight. 5(14). 53 indexed citations

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Murugesan, Amudhan, Yean K. Yong, Hong Yien Tan, et al.. (2020). Peripheral Follicular T Helper Cells and Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells Represent Activated Phenotypes During the Febrile Phase of Acute Dengue Virus Infection. Viral Immunology. 33(9). 610–615. 2 indexed citations

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Velu, Vijayakumar, Geetha Mylvaganam, Sailaja Gangadhara, et al.. (2016). Induction of Th1-Biased T Follicular Helper (Tfh) Cells in Lymphoid Tissues during Chronic Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Defines Functionally Distinct Germinal Center Tfh Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 197(5). 1832–1842. 88 indexed citations

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Mylvaganam, Geetha, Daniel Ríos, Ifor R. Williams, Vijayakumar Velu, & Rama Rao Amara. (2014). Anti-viral CD8 T-cells with B-cell Follicle Homing Potential Contribute to Vaccine-mediated Enhanced Control of Pathogenic SIV Infection. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 30(S1). A75–A76. 1 indexed citations

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Shankar, Esaki M., et al.. (2010). Current Views on the Pathophysiology of GB Virus C Coinfection with HIV-1 Infection. Current Infectious Disease Reports. 13(1). 47–52. 10 indexed citations

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Siddappa, Nagadenahalli B., Ruijiang Song, Victor G. Kramer, et al.. (2008). Neutralization-Sensitive R5-Tropic Simian-Human Immunodeficiency Virus SHIV-2873Nip, Which Carries env Isolated from an Infant with a Recent HIV Clade C Infection. Journal of Virology. 83(3). 1422–1432. 32 indexed citations

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Shankar, Esaki M., Ramachandran Vignesh, Vijayakumar Velu, et al.. (2008). Does CD4+CD25+foxp3+ cell (Treg) and IL-10 profile determine susceptibility to immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) in HIV disease?. Journal of Inflammation. 5(1). 2–2. 22 indexed citations

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Saravanan, Shanmugam, Vijayakumar Velu, Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy, et al.. (2008). The prevalence of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infection among patients with chronic liver disease in South India. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 12(5). 513–518. 22 indexed citations

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Velu, Vijayakumar, Shanmugam Saravanan, Subhadra Nandakumar, et al.. (2008). Transmission of “<i>a</i>” Determinant Variants of Hepatitis B Virus in Immunized Babies Born to HBsAg Carrier Mothers. Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases. 61(1). 73–76. 17 indexed citations

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