Vijayakumar Velu

ORCID: 0000-0003-4238-1924

Also affiliated with Emory University, Emory and Henry College, Emory Eye Center

Immunology and MicrobiologyMedicine

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Driven by 44 papers. Top paper: “SARS-CoV-2 in Pregnant Women: Consequences of Vertical Transmission”.

SARS-CoV-2 in Pregnant Women: Consequences of Vertical Transmission

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology(2021)10.3389/fcimb.2021.717104

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22 citations

Ramachandran Vignesh, Hemalatha Babu, Isabelle Wagoner, Sakthivel Govindaraj, Vijayakumar Velu +1 more

Clinical characteristics and novel mutations of omicron subvariant XBB in Tamil Nadu, India – a cohort study

The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia(2023)10.1016/j.lansea.2023.100272

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25 citations

Sree J. Karishma, Kannan Hemashree, Yean K. Yong, Suvaiyarasan Suvaithenamudhan, Manivannan Rajeshkumar +23 more

Pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis control associates with CXCR3- and CCR6-expressing antigen-specific Th1 and Th17 cell recruitment

JCI Insight(2020)10.1172/jci.insight.137858

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102 citations

Allison N. Bucşan, Shashank Ganatra, Chris Ibegbu, Melanie Quezada, Robert V. Blair +5 more

Plasma CXCL8 and MCP-1 as surrogate plasma biomarkers of latent tuberculosis infection among household contacts–A cross-sectional study

PLOS Global Public Health(2023)10.1371/journal.pgph.0002327

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18 citations

Bijulal Aswathy, Yean K. Yong, Asha Frederick, Lakshmi Murali, Vasudevan Kalaivani +19 more

PD-1 blockade following ART interruption enhances control of pathogenic SIV in rhesus macaques

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2022)10.1073/pnas.2202148119

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0.500DataRank · unranked

27 citations

Kehmia Titanji, Hasan Ahmed, Ravi Dyavar Shetty, Lakshmi Chennareddi, Gordon J. Freeman +3 more

Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant JN.1 in Tamil Nadu, India - Clinical characteristics and novel mutations

Scientific Reports(2024)10.1038/s41598-024-68678-z

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9 citations

Sathish Sankar, Yean K. Yong, Amudhan Murugesan, Suvaiyarasan Suvaithenamudhan, Kannan Hemashree +18 more

Deciphering the Role of Mucosal Immune Responses and the Cervicovaginal Microbiome in Resistance to HIV Infection in HIV-Exposed Seronegative (HESN) Women

Microbiology Spectrum(2021)10.1128/spectrum.00470-21

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9 citations

Kannan Thiruvengadam, Chaitanya Tellapragada, Anoop T. Ambikan, Aswathy Narayanan, Sujitha Kathirvel +14 more

Evaluating the impact of three progestin-based hormonal contraceptive methods on immunologic changes in the female genital tract and systemically (CHIME Study): a prospective cohort study protocol

BMC Women s Health(2022)10.1186/s12905-022-02053-w

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5 citations

Gina Bailey Herring, C. Christina Mehta, Tyree Staple, M. R. Young, Sakthivel Govindaraj +3 more

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(2024)10.1089/vim.2024.0007

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4 citations

Yean K. Yong, Amudhan Murugesan, Sakthivel Govindaraj, Sivadoss Raju, Pachamuthu Balakrishnan +4 more

Surrogate Biomarkers of Disease Progression in Human Pegivirus Seropositive Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Individuals

Viral Immunology(2022)10.1089/vim.2022.0144

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4 citations

Yean K. Yong, Amudhan Murugesan, Rajeev Ashwin, Pachamuthu Balakrishnan, Sivadoss Raju +4 more

Circulating integrin α4β7+ CD4 T cells are enriched for proliferative transcriptional programs in HIV infection

FEBS Letters(2021)10.1002/1873-3468.14163

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4 citations

Jamin W. Roh, Niharika N. Rane, Ashok Reddy Dinasarapu, Daphne D. Tran, Vijayakumar Velu +7 more

Could Nutraceutical Approaches Possibly Attenuate the Cytokine Storm in COVID-19 Patients?

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology(2021)10.3389/fcimb.2021.667733

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6 citations

Vijayakumar Velu, Sripathi M. Sureban, Ramachandran Vignesh

Dengue Infection - Recent Advances in Disease Pathogenesis in the Era of COVID-19

Frontiers in Immunology(2022)10.3389/fimmu.2022.889196

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40 citations

Won Fen Wong, Ramachandran Vignesh, Indranil Chattopadhyay, Vijayakumar Velu, Hong Yien Tan +4 more

Lymph node CXCR5+ NK cells associate with control of chronic SHIV infection

JCI Insight(2022)10.1172/jci.insight.155601

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32 citations

James M. Billingsley, Ashish Sharma, Tiffany M. Styles, Sakthivel Govindaraj, Uma Shanmugasundaram +13 more

V2 hotspot optimized MVA vaccine expressing stabilized HIV-1 Clade C envelope Gp140 delays acquisition of heterologous Clade C Tier 2 challenges in Mamu-A*01 negative Rhesus Macaques

Frontiers in Immunology(2022)10.3389/fimmu.2022.914969

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8 citations

Sailaja Gangadhara, Pradeep B. J. Reddy, Anusmita Sahoo, Ayalensh Shiferaw, Sarah Welbourn +5 more

Plasma interleukin-7 correlation with human immunodeficiency virus RNA and CD4+ T cell counts, and interleukin-5 with circulating hepatitis B virus DNA may have implications in viral control

Frontiers in Medicine(2022)10.3389/fmed.2022.1019230

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6 citations

Yean K. Yong, Amudhan Murugesan, Kumaran Vishnupriya, Rajeev Ashwin, Evangeline Ann Daniel +7 more

Intradermal but not intramuscular modified vaccinia Ankara immunizations protect against intravaginal tier2 simian-human immunodeficiency virus challenges in female macaques

Nature Communications(2023)10.1038/s41467-023-40430-7

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17 citations

Pradeep B. J. Reddy, Sailaja Gangadhara, Tysheena P. Charles, Samantha L. Burton, Gregory K. Tharp +21 more

Antibody response, neutralizing potency, and transplacental antibody transfer following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection versus mRNA‐1273, BNT162b2 COVID‐19 vaccination in pregnancy

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics(2023)10.1002/ijgo.14648

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10 citations

Naima T. Joseph, Alexandra D. Forrest, Hans Verkerke, Narayanaiah Cheedarla, Sakthivel Govindaraj +11 more

Impact of COVID-19 Vaccination on Pregnant Women

Pathogens(2023)10.3390/pathogens12030431

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10 citations

Harini Vijay, Sakthivel Govindaraj, Hemalatha Babu, Narayanaiah Cheedarla, Esaki M. Shankar +3 more

COVID-19 vaccine induced poor neutralization titers for SARS-CoV-2 omicron variants in maternal and cord blood

Frontiers in Immunology(2023)10.3389/fimmu.2023.1211558

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10 citations

Narayanaiah Cheedarla, Suneethamma Cheedarla, Les’Shon S. Irby, Andrew S. Neish, John D. Roback +3 more

Editorial: CD4+ T cells in HIV: A Friend or a Foe?

Frontiers in Immunology(2023)10.3389/fimmu.2023.1203531

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10 citations

Hemalatha Babu, Sunil Kannanganat, Monica Vaccari, Constantinos Petrovas, Vijayakumar Velu +1 more

Plasma CXCL8 and MCP-1 as biomarkers of latent tuberculosis infection

medRxiv(2023)10.1101/2023.08.07.23293767

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2 citations

Bijulal Aswathy, Yean K. Yong, Asha Frederick, Lakshmi Murali, Vasudevan Kalaivani +18 more

Chronic viral infection compromises the quality of circulating mucosal-invariant T cells and follicular T helper cells via expression of both activating and inhibitory receptors

Research Square(2023)10.21203/rs.3.rs-2862719/v1

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Yean K. Yong, Amudhan Murugesan, Hong Yien Tan, Ying Zhang, Rajeev Ashwin +6 more

IL-15/IL-15Ra Synergies with IL-12 to Induce Functional CD8 T Cells and NK Cells During Chronic SHIV Infection

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses(2024)10.1089/aid.2024.0043

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2 citations

Chris Ibegbu, Syed Abid Ali, Hemalatha Babu, Uma Shanmugasundaram, François Villinger +3 more

Attrition in serum anti-DENV antibodies correlates with high anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG levels and low DENV positivity in mosquito vectors—Findings from a state-wide cluster-randomized community-based study in Tamil Nadu, India

PLOS Global Public Health(2024)10.1371/journal.pgph.0003608

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3 citations

Sathish Sankar, Yean K. Yong, Abdul R. Anshad, Samudi Chandramathi, Anavarathan Somasundaram +22 more

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(2024)10.31083/j.fbl2903128

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4 citations

Yean K. Yong, Amudhan Murugesan, Hong Yien Tan, Ying Zhang, Ashwin Rajeev +6 more

Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant JN.1 in Tamil Nadu, India - Clinical Characteristics and Novel Mutations

medRxiv(2024)10.1101/2024.04.16.24305882

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4 citations

Sathish Sankar, Yean K. Yong, Amudhan Murugesan, Suvaiyarasan Suvaithenamudhan, Kannan Hemashree +18 more

Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant JN.1 in Tamil Nadu, India - Clinical Characteristics and Novel Mutations

Research Square(2024)10.21203/rs.3.rs-4285442/v1

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4 citations

Sathish Sankar, Yean K. Yong, Amudhan Murugesan, Suvaiyarasan Suvaithenamudhan, Kannan Hemashree +18 more

Serosurveillance of dengue infection and correlation with mosquito pools for dengue virus positivity during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tamil Nadu, India – A state-wide cross-sectional cluster randomized community-based study

medRxiv(2024)10.1101/2024.06.07.24308595

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4 citations

Sathish Sankar, Yean K. Yong, Abdul R. Anshad, Samudi Chandramathi, Anavarathan Somasundaram +22 more

Mpox Virus as a Global Public Health Emergency: A Scoping Review

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology(2025)10.1155/cjid/6683501

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6 citations

Pachamuthu Balakrishnan, Yean K. Yong, Sivadoss Raju, Vijayakumar Velu, Esaki M. Shankar +2 more

Discovery of HCV vaccine: Where do we stand?

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology(2025)10.1016/j.ijmmb.2025.100940

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2 citations

Shanmugam Saravanan, Ramachandran Vignesh, Sathasivam Sivamalar, Nallusamy Duraisamy, Sathish Sankar +6 more

Oral fluid versus blood in HIV self-testing: A step towards “95-95-95” targets of the UNAIDS?

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease(2025)10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2025.116867

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Ramachandran Vignesh, Pitchaipillai Sankar Ganesh, Saravanan Shanmugam, Iyanar Kannan, Sathasivam Sivamalar +5 more

Refined cell transfer model reveals roles for Ascl2 and Cxcr3 in splenic localization of mouse NK cells during virus infection

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.04.05.647391

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Andrew G. Cox, H. Alex Feldman, Harsha Seelamneni, Ayad Ali, Jasmine A. Tuazon +7 more

Refined cell transfer model reveals roles for Ascl2 and Cxcr3 in splenic localization of mouse NK cells during virus infection

The Journal of Immunology(2025)10.1093/jimmun/vkaf122

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Andrew Cox, H. Alex Feldman, Harsha Seelamneni, Ayad Ali, Jasmine A. Tuazon +7 more

No change in key HIV target cell markers following initiation of three progestin-based hormonal contraception methods: findings from the CHIME study

Frontiers in Immunology(2025)10.3389/fimmu.2025.1655678

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C. Christina Mehta, Tyree Staple, Gina Bailey Herring, Sakthivel Govindaraj, Chris Ibegbu +5 more

Is Herd Immunity Against SARS-CoV-2 a Silver Lining?

Frontiers in Immunology(2020)10.3389/fimmu.2020.586781

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35 citations

Esaki M. Shankar, Vijayakumar Velu, Sadras Panchatcharam Thyagarajan, Ramachandran Vignesh

Antiretroviral therapy does not reduce tuberculosis reactivation in a tuberculosis-HIV coinfection model

Journal of Clinical Investigation(2020)10.1172/jci136502

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51 citations

Allison N. Bucşan, Xavier Álvarez, Shyamesh Kumar, Ayan Chatterjee, Melanie Quezada +12 more

Functional MAIT Cells Are Associated With Reduced Simian–Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

Frontiers in Immunology(2020)10.3389/fimmu.2019.03053

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21 citations

Chris Ibegbu, Tiffany M. Styles, Andrew Jones, Uma Shanmugasundaram, Pradeep B. J. Reddy +7 more

Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection: is it all about being refractile to innate immune sensing of viral spare-parts?—Clues from exotic animal reservoirs

Pathogens and Disease(2020)10.1093/femspd/ftaa076

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8 citations

Karlhans F Che, Yean K. Yong, A. S. Smiline Girija, Vijayakumar Velu, Abdul W. Ansari +2 more

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(2020)10.1089/vim.2020.0149

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3 citations

Amudhan Murugesan, Surliappan Sopnajothi, Yean K. Yong, Hong Yien Tan, Marie Larsson +3 more

Control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Lungs is Associated with Recruitment of Antigen-Specific Th1 and Th17 cells Co-expressing CXCR3 and CCR6

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.03.09.981019

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4 citations

Allison N. Bucşan, Shashank Ganatra, Chris Ibegbu, Melanie Quezada, Robert V. Blair +5 more

Maternal Antibody Response, Neutralizing Potency, and Placental Antibody Transfer After Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection

Obstetrics and Gynecology(2021)10.1097/aog.0000000000004440

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63 citations

Carolynn M. Dude, Hans Verkerke, Les’Shon S. Irby, Anne L. Dunlop, Ravi M. Patel +7 more

Elevated Numbers of HIV-Specific Poly-Functional CD8+ T Cells With Stem Cell-Like and Follicular Homing Phenotypes in HIV-Exposed Seronegative Individuals

Frontiers in Immunology(2021)10.3389/fimmu.2021.638144

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22 citations

Kannan Thiruvengadam, Sujitha Kathirvel, Janani Shankar, Akshaya Rajaraman, Manikannan Mathaiyan +10 more

Tissue-specific transcriptional profiling of plasmacytoid dendritic cells reveals a hyperactivated state in chronic SIV infection

PLoS Pathogens(2021)10.1371/journal.ppat.1009674

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17 citations

Amit A. Upadhyay, Hasse Walum, Chi Ngai Chan, Reem Dawoud, Christine Grech +17 more