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Olga A. Maximova

Medicine · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1981

Publications

35

Citations

1,084

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

45

Publishing since 1981

Research summary
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Olga A. Maximova studies how viruses such as West Nile virus, Zika virus, tick-borne encephalitis virus, and astrovirus infect and damage the nervous system and other tissues, focusing on how the immune system responds (sometimes harmfully) to these infections. Her work combines pathology (examining infected tissue) with molecular approaches, including work on vaccine design using microRNA-based attenuation strategies. This research is relevant to students interested in neurovirology, viral pathogenesis, and host immune-response mechanisms in infectious disease.

Viral infections of the nervous system (neurovirology)Mosquito- and tick-borne viral diseasesHost immune response and neuroinflammationViral pathogenesis and tissue tropism (e.g., testis, brain)Vaccine development using attenuated/engineered viruses

Publication output has been modest and fairly steady over the past decade, with small yearly counts (mostly 0-3 papers) and no clear growth or decline trend.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.2/year recently
172018: 2 publications182019: 1 publication19202021: 3 publications3212022: 2 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 1 publication242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Nature Communications×2
  • PLoS Pathogens×2
  • Annual Review of Virology×1
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases×1
  • eLife×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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