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Deepti Pillai

Immunology and Microbiology · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1988
Microbial infections and disease researchStreptococcal Infections and TreatmentsAquaculture disease management and microbiotaOtolaryngology and Infectious DiseasesClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research

Publications

31

Citations

287

Est. group size

~9

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

39

Publishing since 1988

Research summary
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Deepti Pillai studies bacterial and viral pathogens that cause respiratory disease in livestock, particularly cattle, with a focus on organisms like Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida, and Histophilus somni. A key theme is developing fast diagnostic tools, such as loop-mediated isothermal amplification (a rapid, low-cost DNA detection method), to identify these pathogens directly from animal samples. The work also touches on how bacteria form protective communities called biofilms and how stress-related body chemicals can cause bacteria to disperse from these biofilms.

Bovine respiratory diseaseBacterial diagnostics and rapid pathogen detectionBiofilm biology in veterinary pathogensVeterinary microbiologyLivestock infectious disease

Publication output was low and steady from 2017-2020, then increased notably from 2021 onward, suggesting a growing and more active research output in recent years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.0/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 1 publication182019: 1 publication19202021: 7 publications7212022: 3 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 1 publication242025: 4 publications252026: 5 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Figshare×6
  • Anaerobe×3
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×3
  • Microorganisms×2
  • Veterinary Microbiology×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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