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2022

  • 1. Ayush Lohiya, Roy Arokiam Daniel, Durgesh Kumar, Cherian Varghese, Rama Shankar Rath, Rizwan S Abdulkader, Baridalyne Nongkynrih. Effectiveness of Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) Screening on Cervical Cancer Mortality and Incidence - A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, Vol 23 March 2022

  • 2. Barani S, Bhatnagar T, Natarajan M, Gayathri K, Sonekar HB, Sasidharan A, Selvavinayagam TS, Bagepally BS. Health-related quality of life among COVID-19 individuals: A cross-sectional study in Tamil Nadu, India. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. 2022 Jan 1;13:100943
  • 3. Rajamanickam A, Pavan Kumar N, Pandiaraj AN, Selvaraj N, Munisankar S, Renji RM, Venkataramani V, Murhekar M, Thangaraj JWV, Muthusamy SK, Chethrapilly Purushothaman GK, Bhatnagar T, Ponnaiah M, Ramasamy S, Velusamy S, Babu S. Characterization of memory T cell subsets and common γ-chain cytokines in convalescent COVID-19 individuals. J Leukoc Biol. 2022 Mar 8. doi: 10.1002/JLB.5COVA0721-392RR. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35258122.
  • 4. Pavan Kumar N, Moideen K, Nancy A, Selvaraj N, Renji RM, Munisankar S, Thangaraj JW, Muthusamy SK, Kumar CG, Bhatnagar T, Ponnaiah M. Enhanced SARS-CoV-2-Specific CD4+ T Cell Activation and Multifunctionality in Late Convalescent COVID-19 Individuals. Viruses. 2022 Mar 2;14(3):511.

  • 5. Abdulkader RS, Venugopal D, Jeyashree K, Al Zayer Z, Senthamarai Kannan K, Jebitha R. The Intricate Relationship between Client Perceptions of Physician Empathy and Physician Self-Assessment: Lessons for Reforming Clinical Practice. J Patient Exp. 2022; 9:23743735221077537. Published 2022 Feb1.doi:10.1177/23743735221077537

  • 6. Patel K, Nayak B, Rana S, Krishnan P, Tandale BV, Basak S, Sinha A, Kumar MS, Borah P, Singh H, Gupta N, Dutta S, Mohan A, Das MK, Landge Y, Ganguly B, Devi U, Pati S, Palo SK. Enablers and barriers towards ensuring routine immunization services during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from a qualitative study across five different states in India. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Mar 2:trac011.

  • 7. Bagepally BS, Sajith Kumar S, Natarajan M, Sasidharan A. “Incremental net benefit of cholecystectomy compared with alternative treatments in people with gallstones or cholecystitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cost-utility studies.” BMJ Open Gastroenterol. 2022 Jan;9(1):e000779. doi: 10.1136/bmjgast-2021-000779. PMID: 35064024.

  • 8. Barani, S., Bhatnagar, T., Natarajan, M., Gayathri, K., Sonekar, H. B., Sasidharan, A., Selvavinayagam, T. S., Bagepally, BS. (2022). “Health-related quality of life among COVID-19 individuals: A cross-sectional study in Tamil Nadu, India.” Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 13, 100943. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2021.100943 (Corresponding Author)

  • 9. Jahan N, Brahma A, Kumar MS, Bagepally BS, Ponnaiah M, Bhatnagar T, Murhekar MV. (2021) “Seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in India, March 2020-August 2021: a systematic review and meta-analysis.” Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Dec 27:S1201-9712(21) 01251-0. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.12.353. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34968773; PMCID: PMC8712428.

  • 10. Deborah A., Haridoss M., Natarajan M., Joshua V., Bagepally BS. (2022) “Health-related quality of life among patients with gallstone disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of EuroQoL (EQ-5D) utility scores” Quality of Life Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-021-03067-x

  • 11. Upadhyay, K., Viramgami, A., Bagepally, B.S. Balachander R., (2022) “Association between blood lead levels and markers of calcium homeostasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.” Sci Rep 12, 1850 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05976-4

  • 12. Bagepally, B.S., Chaikledkaew, U., Chaiyakunapruk, N., McEvoy M., Attia J., Thakkinstian A. (2022) “Meta-analysis of economic evaluation studies: data harmonisation and methodological issues” BMC Health Serv Res 22, 202 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07595-1

  • 13. Saha I, Majumder J, Bagepally BS, Ray S, Saha A, Chakrabarti A. Burden of mental health disorders and synthesis of community-based mental health intervention measures among adolescents after the onset of COVID-19 pandemic time in low middle-income countries: Protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Non-Commun Dis 2022;7:46-51 https://www.ijncd.org/text.asp?2022/7/1/47/342082

  • 14. Viramgami A., Bagepally BS., Balachander R., Mansuri M. (2022) “Pulmonary function changes on exposure to air pollutants: Inferences from systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies involving traffic regulators” Journal of Transport & Health 25 (2022): 101363, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2022.101363

  • 15. Rajkumar P, Chethrapilly Purushothaman GK, Ponnaiah M, Shanmugasundaram D, Padma J, Meena RL, et al. Low risk of relapse and deformity among leprosy patients who completed multi-drug therapy regimen from 2005 to 2010: A cohort study from four districts in South India. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2021;15(11):e0009950

  • 16. Arumugam E, Rajkumar P, Dhanaraj B, Govindasamy E, Jaganathasamy N, Mathiyazhakan M, et al. Determining pulmonary function and the associated risk factors among stone quarry workers in a suburban area of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Lung India: Official Organ of Indian Chest Society. 2021;38(6):558.

  • 17. Nair Divya, Raju Reshma, Roy Sudipto, Dandge Shailendra, Chethrapilly Purushothaman Girish Kumar, Jayaraman Yuvaraj, Kangusamy Boopathi, Shrivastava Rahul, Arora Narendra Kumar, Rose Winsley, Juvekar Sanjay, Jammy Guru Rajesh, Singh Kavita, Mehendale Sanjay, Rajkumar Prabu, Malik Shikha Taneja. Sero-Surveillance to Monitor the Trend of SARS-CoV-2
    Infection Transmission in India: Study Protocol for a Multi Site, Community Based Longitudinal Cohort Study. Frontiers in Public Health. 10:2022

  • 18. Eapen A, Padmapriya VM, Ravi M, Nagaraj J, Kannan R, Mathiyazhakan M, et al. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on the lifestyle of people in India and its public health concern: an online survey using mHealth. Int J Community Med Public Health 2022;9:1774-81.

  • 19. Ramalingam A, Pasupuleti SS, Nagappa B, Sarin SK. Health and economic burden due to alcohol-associated liver diseases in the Union Territory of Delhi: A Markov probabilistic model approach. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology. 2022 Feb 28:1-2.

  • 20. Ranganath TS, Kishore SG, Reddy R, Murthy HJD, Vanitha B, Sharath BN, Shewade HD, Shekar NS. Risk factors for non-adherence among people with HIV-associated TB in Karnataka, India: A case–control study. Indian J Tuberc. 2022;69:65–72.

  • 21. Kamara GN, Sevalie S, Molleh B, Koroma Z, Kallon C, Maruta A, Kamara IF, Kanu JS, Campbell JSO, Shewade HD, van Henten S, Harries AD. Hand Hygiene Compliance at Two Tertiary Hospitals in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in 2021: A Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(5):2978. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052978

  • 22. Ganeshkumar P, Muthappan S, Ponnaiah M, Virumbhi V, Thangaraj JV, Muthuperumal P, et al. Syndromic surveillance during religious mass gatherings, southern India 2015–2018. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2022 03 1;47:102290.

  • 23. Ganeshkumar P, Kaur P, Sriramulu HM, Sakthivel M, Rubeshkumar P, et al. Epidemiology of COVID-19 and effect of public health interventions, Chennai, India, March–October 2020: an analysis of COVID-19 surveillance system. BMJ Open. 2022 Mar 1;12(3):e052067.

  • 24. Mathur P, Leburu S, Kulothungan V, Ganeshkumar P Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control of Diabetes in India From the Countrywide National NCD Monitoring Survey. Frontiers in Public Health [Internet]. 2022 [cited 2022 Apr 2];10. Available from: https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2022.748157

  • 25. Ravishankaran, S., Asokan, A., Justin, Shalu Thomas, Manu Thomas Mathai, Alex Eapen. Does the roof type of a house influence the presence of adult Anopheles stephensi, urban malaria vector? – evidence from a few slum settings in Chennai, India. Parasitol Res 121, 105–114 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07376-5

  • 26. Ilangovan K, Muthappan S, Govindarajan K, Vairamani V, Venkatasamy V, Ponnaiah M. Transdisciplinarity of India’s master’s level public health programmes: evidence from admission criteria of the programmes offered since 1995. Human resources for health. 2022;20(1):1-11.

  • 27. Muthappan S, Elumalai R, Shanmugasundaram N, Johnraja N, Prasath H, Ambigadoss P, et al. AYUSH digital initiatives: Harnessing the power of digital technology for India’s traditional medical systems. Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. 2022;13(2):100498.

  • 28. Thangaraj JWV, Yadav P, Kumar CG, Shete A, Nyayanit DA, Rani DS, Kumar A, Kumar MS, Sabarinathan R, Saravana Kumar V, Jagadeesan M, Murhekar M. Predominance of delta variant among the COVID-19 vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals, India, May 2021. J Infect. 2022 Jan;84(1):94-118.

  • 29. Krishnamoorthy Y, Nagarajan R, Murali S. Effectiveness of multiple combined lifestyle interventions in reducing blood pressure among patients with prehypertension and hypertension: a network meta-analysis. J Public Health (Oxf). 2022 Feb 24:fdac027. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdac027. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35211753.

  • 30. Nagarajan R, Krishnamoorthy Y, Basavarachar V, Dakshinamoorthy R. Prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among survivors of severe COVID-19 infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Affect Disord. 2022 Feb 15;299:52-59. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2021.11.040. Epub 2021 Nov 17. PMID: 34800571; PMCID: PMC8596764.
2021

  • 1. Murhekar MV, Kumar MS. Reaching zero-dose children in India: progress and challenges ahead. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Dec;9(12):e1630-e1631.2. Khan SA, Murhekar MV, Bora T, Kumar S, Saikia J, Kamaraj P, Sabarinanthan R. Seroprevalence of Rickettsial Infections in Northeast India: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Survey. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2021 May 21:10105395211015864. 

  • 2. Murhekar MV, Bhatnagar T, Thangaraj JWV, Saravanakumar V, Santhosh Kumar M, Selvaraju S, Rade K, Kumar CPG, Sabarinathan R, Asthana S, Balachandar R, Bangar SD, Bansal AK, Bhat J, Chakraborty D, Chopra V, Das D, Devi KR, Dwivedi GR, Jain A, Khan SMS, Kumar MS, Laxmaiah A, Madhukar M, Mahapatra A, Ramesh T, Rangaraju C, Turuk J, Yadav S, Bhargava B; ICMR serosurveillance group. Seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 among the general population and healthcare workers in India, June-July 2021: A population-based cross-sectional study. PLoS Med. 2021 Dec 10;18(12):e1003877
  • 3. Kumar MS, Metilda RSA. Confidential review of maternal deaths in a South Indian state: current status and the way forward. Sex Reprod Health Matters. 2021;29(2):2009657.
  • 4. Zodpey SP, Negandhi H, Kamal VK, Bhatnagar T, Ganeshkumar P, Athavale A, Kadri A, Patel A, Bhagyalaxmi A, Khismatrao D, Theranirajan E, Banumathi G, Singh K, Parameshwari P, Kshirsagar P, Saxena R, Deshpande SG, Satyanand K, Hadke S, Dube S, Subramaniam S, Madan S, Kadam S, Anand T, Jeyashree K, Ponnaiah M, Rana M, Murhekar MV, Reddy D. Determinants of severity among hospitalised COVID-19 patients: Hospital-based case-control study, India, 2020. PLoS One. 2021 Dec 29;16(12):e0261529. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261529. PMID: 34965276; PMCID: PMC8716035.
  • 5. Shamail GMH, Haridoss M, Natarajan M, Joshua V, Bagepally BS. Association Between Janus Kinase Inhibitors Therapy and Mental Health Outcome in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Rheumatol Ther. 2021 Dec 13.
  • 6. C.P. Girish Kumar, B. Sukumar, B. Veeraraghavan, S. Gajendran, J.L. Daniel , R. Varghese, P. Rajkumar, B. Kangusamy, R. Muthusamy, Y. Jayaraman.  Surveillance of bacterial pneumonia and other invasive bacterial diseases among under-five children in India, 2016–2018.  International Journal of Infectious Diseases 101(S1);439-440. Dec 2021
  • 7. Ponnaiah M, Suliankatchi Abdulkader R, Bhatnagar T, Thangaraj JWV, Santhosh Kumar M, Sabarinathan R, Velusamy S, Sabde Y, Singh H, Murhekar MV. COVID-19 testing, timeliness and positivity from ICMR's laboratory surveillance network in India: Profile of 176 million individuals tested and 188 million tests, March 2020 to January 2021. PLoS One. 2021 Dec 3;16(12):e0260979.
  • 8. Muthappan S, Elumalai R, Shanmugasundaram N, Johnraja N, Prasath H, Ambigadoss P, Kandhasamy A, Kathiravan D, Ponnaiah M. AYUSH digital initiatives: Harnessing the power of digital technology for India's traditional medical systems. J Ayurveda Integr Med. 2021 Dec 27;13(2):100498. doi: 10.1016/j.jaim.2021.07.014. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34969591.
  • 9. Nagarajan R, Krishnamoorthy Y, Basavarachar V, Dakshinamoorthy R. Prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among survivors of severe COVID-19 infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Affect Disord. 2022 Feb 15;299:52-59. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2021.11.040. Epub 2021 Nov 17. PMID: 34800571; PMCID: PMC8596764.
  • 10. Kalahasthi R, Nagaraju R, Balachandar R, Bagepally BS. Association between occupational lead exposure and immunotoxicity markers: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Toxicology. 2021 Nov 15;465:153047
  • 11. Arumugam E, Rajkumar P, Dhanaraj B, Govindasamy E, Jaganathasamy N, Mathiyazhakan M, Nethaji Mariappan VE, Shanmugam S, Durairajan C, Rajadurai S, Joshua V, Jayaraman Y. Determining pulmonary function and the associated risk factors among stone quarry workers in a suburban area of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Lung India. 2021 Nov-Dec;38(6):558-563. doi: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_63_21.
  • 12. Rajamanickam A, Kumar NP, Pandiarajan AN, Selvaraj N, Munisankar S, Renji RM, Venkatramani V, Murhekar M, Thangaraj JWV, Kumar MS, Kumar CPG, Bhatnagar T, Ponnaiah M, Sabarinathan R, Saravanakumar V, Babu S. Dynamic alterations in monocyte numbers, subset frequencies and activation markers in acute and convalescent COVID-19 individuals. Sci Rep. 2021 Oct 12;11(1):20254. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-99705-y.
  • 13. Barani S, Jahan N, Karuppiah M, Chaudhuri S, Raju M, Ponnaiah M, Rajaraman S, Vaidhyalingam V, Ganeshkumar P, Kumar Cp G, Muthappan S, Murugesan J, Srinivasan M, Krishnan U, John Varghese A. Epidemiology of hospital-based COVID- 19 cluster in a tertiary care cancer hospital, Chennai, India 2020. Clin Epidemiol Glob Health. 2021 Oct-Dec;12:100889. doi: 10.1016/j.cegh.2021.100889.
  • 14. Arumugam E, David JK, Aridoss S, et al. An Analysis of Levels and Trends in HIV Prevalence Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in Karnataka, South India, 2003-2019. Int J MCH AIDS. 2021;10(2):198-209.
  • 15. Gupta SK, Bakhshi S, Kamal VK, Gupta R, Sharma P, Pushpam D, Sahoo RK, Sharma A. Proposal and clinical application of molecular genetic risk scoring system, "MRplus", for BCR-ABL1 negative pediatric B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia- report from a single centre. Leuk Res. 2021 Dec;111:106683.
  • 16. Normen M, Sahaya FE, Kulkarni K, Vidhubala E, Shewade HD, Kathiresan J. Patients with cancer are distressed Indian healthcare provider perspectives on distress screening and referrals to psycho-oncology services – A mixed methods study. Indian J Palliat Care, October 2021 Indian Journal of Palliative Care 27:1-10
  • 17. Koju P, Liu X, Zachariah R, Bhattachan M, Maharjan B, Madhup S, Shewade HD, Abrahamyan A, Shah P, Shrestha S, Li H, Shrestha R. Incidence of healthcare-associated infections with invasive devices and surgical procedures in Nepal. Public Health Action. 2021 Nov 1;11(Suppl 1):32-37.
  • 18. Karumanagoundar K, Raju M, Ponnaiah M, Kaur P, Viswanathan V, Rubeshkumar P, Sakthivel M, Shanmugiah P, Ganeshkumar P, Muthusamy SK, Sendhilkumar M, Venkatasamy V, Sambath I, Ilangovan K, Murugesan J, Govindarajan R, Shanmugam S, Rajarathinam S, Suresh K, Varadharajan M, Thiagarajan M, Jagadeeshkumar K, Ganesh V, Kumar S, Venkatesan P, Nallathambi Y, Palani S, Selvavinayagam TS, Reddy M, Rajesh B, Murhekar MV. Secondary attack rate of COVID-19 among contacts and risk factors, Tamil Nadu, March-May 2020: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2021 Nov 5;11(11):e051491
  • 19. Karn, R. R., Acharya, R., Rajbanshi, A. K., Singh, S. K., Thakur, S. K., Shah, S. K., Singh, A. K., Shah, R., Upadhya Kafle, S., Bhattachan, M., Abrahamyan, A., Shewade, H. D., & Zachariah, R. (2021). Antibiotic resistance in patients with chronic ear discharge awaiting surgery in Nepal. Public health action, Nov 11(Suppl 1), 1–5.
  • 20. Rajkumar P, Chethrapilly Purushothaman GK, Ponnaiah M, Shanmugasundaram D, Padma J, Meena RL, Vadivoo S, Mehendale SM. Low risk of relapse and deformity among leprosy patients who completed multi-drug therapy regimen from 2005 to 2010: A cohort study from four districts in South India. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 Nov 23;15(11):e0009950.
  • 21. Ponnaiah Manickam, Muthappan Sendhilkumar, Elumalai Rajalakshmi, Muthuperumal Prakash,  Parasuraman, Ganeshkumar,  Bagepally Bhavani Shankara, Kumar Saravana V, Satish Sivaprakasam.  Adverse drug events in AYUSH interventions for cervical and lumbar spondylosis. Medicine Case Reports and Study Protocols: December 2021 - Volume 2 - Issue 12 - p e0192
  • 22. Kumar MS, Thangaraj JWV, Saravanakumar V, Selvaraju S, Kumar CPG, Sabarinathan R, Jagadeesan M,  Hemalatha MS, Rani DS, Jeyakumar A, Sonekar HB, Rubeshkumar P, Prathiksha G, Bhatnagar T, Murhekar MV, Chennai COVID Sero-surveillance Team, Monitoring the trend of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Chennai, India, July and October 2020, Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 115 (11), Nov 2021, 1350-1352, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trab136
  • 23. Malik YS, Or V, Ma I, Pande T, R K, Jaganathasamy N, Ganesh B, Santhakumar A, Tazerji SS, Rahman MT, Safdar M, Dhama K. Responses to COVID-19 in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries in 2020, a data analysis during a world of crises. Chaos Solitons Fractals. 2021 Nov; 152:111311.
  • 24. AvulaLaxmaiah, NalamMadhusudhan Rao, N. Arlappa, JagjeevanBabu, P. Uday Kumar, Priya Singh, Deepak Sharma, V. Mahesh Anumalla, T. Santhosh Kumar, R. Sabarinathan, M. Santhos Kumar, R. Ananthan, D. Anwar Basha, P.P.S. Blessy, D. Chandra Kumar, P. Devaraj, S. Devendra, M. Mahesh Kumar, Indrapal I. Meshram, B. Naveen Kumar, Paras Sharma, P. Raghavendra, P. Raghu, K. Rajender Rao, P. Ravindranadh, B. Santosh Kumar, G. Sarika, J. Srinivasa Rao, M.V. Surekha, F. Sylvia, Deepak Kumar, G. Subba Rao, Karthik Bharadwaj Tallapaka, DivyaTejSowpati, Surabhi Srivastava, V. Manoj Murhekar, Rajkumar Hemalatha, Rakesh K. Mishra. SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in the city of Hyderabad, India in early 2021,IJID Regions,Volume 2,2022,Pages 1-7,
  • 25. Dorjee K, Kathirvel S, Jeyashree K, Dorji T, Choeda T, Pelzom D, Gurung MS, Tenzin K, Wangmo S, Penjor T. Prevalence, Pattern, and Factors Associated With Self-reported Disability Among the Bhutanese Population: A Secondary Data Analysis of Population and Housing Census. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2021 Oct 25:
  • 26. Bagepally BS, Chaikledkaew U, Youngkong S, Anothaisintawee T, Thavorncharoensap M, Dejthevaporn C, Thakkinstian A. Cost-Utility Analysis of Dapagliflozin Compared to Sulfonylureas for Type 2 Diabetes as Second-Line Treatment in Indian Healthcare Payer's Perspective. Clinicoecon Outcomes Res. 2021 Oct 22;13:897-907.
  • 27. Normen M, Sahaya FE, Kulkarni K, Vidhubala E, Shewade HD, Kathiresan J. 'Patients with Cancer are Distressed!' Indian Healthcare Provider Perspectives on Distress Screening and Referrals to Psycho-oncology Services - A Mixed Methods Study. Indian J Palliat Care. 2021 Oct-Dec;27(4):561-570. doi: 10.25259/IJPC_142_21. Epub 2021 Oct 21.
  • 28. Sarin SK, Prasad M, Ramalingam A, Kapil U. Integration of public health measures for NAFLD into India's national programme for NCDs. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Oct;6(10):777-778.
  • 29. Kumar NP, Banurekha VV, C P GK, Nancy A, Padmapriyadarsini C, Mary AS, Devi KRU, Murhekar M, Babu S. Prime-Boost Vaccination With Covaxin/BBV152 Induces Heightened Systemic Cytokine and Chemokine Responses. Front Immunol. 2021 Oct 15;12:752397
  • 30. Mammen JJ, Kumar S, Thomas L, Kumar G, Zachariah A, Jeyaseelan L, Peter JV, Agarwal A, Mukherjee A, Chatterjee P, Bhatnagar T et al. Factors associated with mortality among moderate and severe patients with COVID-19 in India: a secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial. BMJ open. 2021 Oct 1;11(10):e050571.
  • 31. Ravi Muthusamy, V. M. Padmapriya, Nagaraj Jaganathasamy, Malathi Mathiyazhakan, Kannan Radhakrishnan, Chokkalingam Durairajan, Sabarinathan Ramasamy, Santhakumar Aridoss, Viji Vinod, Alex Eapen, Elangovan Arumugam. A Quick, Deployable, Online Health Survey in Public Health Research: Emerging Horizons of mHealth during Disasters. Asian Pacific Journal of Health Sciences, 8(4), 186–191. 2021
  • 32. Noviyani R, Youngkong S, Nathisuwan S, Bagepally BS, Chaikledkaew U, Chaiyakunapruk N, McKay G, Sritara P, Attia J, Thakkinstian A. Economic evaluation of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) versus vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2021 Oct 11:bmjebm-2020-111634.
  • 33. Bagepally BS, Sasidharan A. Incremental net benefit of lipid-lowering therapy with PCSK9 inhibitors: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cost-utility studies. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2021 Oct 27.
  • 34. Ganesh B, Rajakumar T, Acharya SK, Vasumathy S, Sowmya S, Kaur H. Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups of Tamil Nadu, India: A Sociocultural Anthropological Review. Indian Journal of Public Health 2021, October-December 65(4):403-409. Doi: 10.4103/ijph.IJPH_2_21.
  • 35. Behera, S.K., Sabarinath, T., Singh, R., Hota, A., Sekar, S.C., Kumar, A., Kumar, S., Sahu, R., Verma, M.R., Balasubramanian, G. and Rialch, A. (2021). Risk Factors Associated with Porcine Leptospirosis in Uttar Pradesh, India. J. Anim. Res., 2021; 11(04): 1- 10.
  • 36. Hasan AZ, Kumar MS, Prosperi C, Thangaraj JWV, Sabarinathan R, Saravanakumar V, Duraiswamy A, Kaduskar O, Bhatt V, Deshpande GR, Ullas PT, Sapkal GN, Sangal L, Mehendale SM, Gupta N, Moss WJ, Hayford K, Murhekar MV; IMRVI Study Group. Implementing Serosurveys in India: Experiences, Lessons Learned, and Recommendations. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Oct 4;105(6):1608-1617.
  • 37. Dorjee K, Kathirvel S, Jeyashree K, Dorji T, Choeda T, Pelzom D, Gurung MS, Tenzin K, Wangmo S, Penjor T. Prevalence, Pattern, and Factors Associated With Self-reported Disability Among the Bhutanese Population: A Secondary Data Analysis of Population and Housing Census. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2021 Oct 25:10105395211049856.
  • 38. Krishnan A, Dar L, Amarchand R, Prabhakaran AO, Kumar R, Rajkumar P, Kanungo S, Bhardwaj SD, Choudekar A, Potdar V, Chakrabarti AK, Kumar CG, Parameswaran GG, Dhakad S, Manna B, Choudhary A, Lafond KE, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Saha S.  Cohort profile: Indian Network of Population-Based Surveillance Platforms for Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses among the Elderly (INSPIRE). BMJ Open. 2021 Oct 7;11(10):e052473.
  • 39. RM Smith, E Lautenbach, S Omulo, R Araos, DR Call, CP Kumar, Chowdhury F, McDonald LC, Park BJ. Human colonization with multi-drug resistant organisms: getting to the bottom of antibiotic resistance. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab531.
  • 40.Rajamanickam A, Kumar NP, Nancy P A, Selvaraj N, Munisankar S, Renji RM, V V, Murhekar M, Thangaraj JWV, Kumar MS, Kumar CPG, Bhatnagar T, Ponnaiah M, Sabarinathan R, Kumar VS, Babu S.  Recovery of Memory B-cell Subsets and Persistence of Antibodies in Convalescent COVID-19 Patients. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021;27:tpmd210883. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0883.
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  • 37. Kshatriya GK, Acharya SK. Prevalence and risks of hypertension among Indian tribes and its status among the lean and underweight individuals. Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2019 Apr;13(2):1105-1115.

2018
  • 1.Malik YS, Sircar S, Saurabh S, Kattoor JJ, Singh R, Ganesh B, Ghosh S, Dhama K, Singh RK. Epidemiologic Status of Picobirnavirus in India, A Less Explored Viral Disease. Open Virol J. 2018 Aug 31;12:99-109.
  • 2. Menon V, Kattimani S, Sarkar S, Sathyanarayanan G, Subramanian K, Velusamy SK. Age at onset of first suicide attempt: Exploring the utility of a potential candidate variable to subgroup attempters. Asian J Psychiatr. 2018 Oct;37:40-45.
  • 3. Vadivel A, Kumar CPG, Muthukumaran K, Ramkumar G, Balamurali R, Meena RL, Venkatasubramanian S, Solomon TR, Ganesh P, Kumar SJ. Clinical Relevance of cagA and vacA and Association with Mucosal Findings in Helicobacter pylori-Infected Individuals from Chennai, South India. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2018 Oct-Dec;36(4):582-586.
  • 4. Srinivasan R, Girish Kumar CP, Naaraayan SA, Jehangir S, Vivian Thangraj JWV, Venkatasubramanian S, Kang G. Intussusception hospitalizations before rotavirus vaccine introduction: Retrospective data from two referral hospitals in Tamil Nadu, India. Vaccine. 2018;36(51): 7820-7825
  • 5. Gupta SK, Bakhshi S, Chopra A, Kamal VK. Molecular genetic profile in BCR-ABL1negative pediatric B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia can further refine outcomeprediction in addition to that by end-induction minimal residual diseasedetection. Leuk Lymphoma. 2018 Aug;59(8):1899-1904.
  • 6. Bhardwaj S, Misra A, Gulati S, Anoop S, Kamal VK, Pandey RM. A randomizedcontrolled trial to evaluate the effects of high Protein Complete (lActo)VEgetaRian (PACER) diet in non-diabetic obese Asian Indians in North India.Heliyon. 2018 Jan 11;3(12):e00472.
  • 7. Shankar A, Roy S, Rath GK, Chakraborty A, Kamal VK, Biswas AS. Impact ofCancer Awareness Drive on Generating Awareness of and Improving Screening forCervical Cancer: A Study Among Schoolteachers in India. J Glob Oncol. 2018Sep;4:1-7.
  • 8. Kishor K, Sharma A, Singh K, Ranjan R, Pandey H, Kumar R, Kamal VK, Mishra P, Mahapatra M, Saxena R. Influence of tissue factor polymorphisms (603A>G and5466A>G) on plasma tissue factor levels and their impact on deep veinthrombosis risk in young Indian population. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2018 Jul;46(1):88-94.
  • 9. Mondal D, Julka PK, Sharma DN, Laviraj MA, Jana M, Kamal VK, Deo SVS, Guleria R, Rath GK. Dual partial arc volumetric-modulated arc therapy: The game changerfor accelerated hypofractionated whole-breast radiotherapy with simultaneousintegrated tumor cavity boost in early breast cancer - A comparative dosimetricstudy with single partial arc volumetric-modulated arc therapy. J Cancer ResTher. 2019 Jul-Sep;15(5):1005-1010.
  • 10. Muthappan S, Elumalai R, Ponnaiah M. 'Recognized journals' in guidelines from Central Council of Indian Medicine on research publications needs specification. J Ayurveda Integr Med. 2018 Oct - Dec;9(4):319-320.
  • 11. Muliyil DE, Singh P, Jois SK, Otiv S, Suri V, Varma V, Abraham AM, Raut C,Gupta M, Singh MP, Viswanathan R, Naik S, Nag V, Benakappa A, Bavdekar A, Sapkal G, Singh K, Gupta N, Verma S, Santhanam S, Mishra S, Bhatnagar A, Prasad GRV,Kolekar J, Raj N, Sabarinathan R, Sachdeva RK, George S, Chaudhary S, VergheseVP, Jagtap V, Bharadwaj M, Murhekar M. Sero-prevalence of rubella among pregnant women in India, 2017. Vaccine. 2018 Dec 18;36(52):7909-7912.
  • 12.Tushi A, Rao SR, Pattabi K, Kaur P. Prevalence of risk factors for non-communicable diseases in a rural tribal population of Mokokchung, Nagaland,India. Natl Med J India. 2018 Jan-Feb;31(1):11-14.
  • 13. Kanagasabai K, Joshua V, Ravi M, Sabarinathan R, Kirubakaran BK, Ramachandran V, Murhekar MV. Epidemiology of Japanese Encephalitis in India: Analysis oflaboratory surveillance data, 2014-2017. J Infect. 2018 Mar;76(3):317-320.
  • 14. Jayaraman Y, Mehendale S, Jayaraman R, Varghese R, Chethrapilly Purushothaman GK, Rajkumar P, Sukumar B, Pillai RK, Mohan G, Radhakrishnan DN, Sridharan S,Babu N, Ganesapillai M, Rao SP, Kar SK, Manchanda V, Kanga A, Verghese VP,Veeraraghavan B. Immunochromatography in CSF improves data on surveillance of S. pneumoniae meningitis in India. J Infect Public Health. 2018 Sep -Oct;11(5):735-738.
  • 15. Murhekar M, Vivian Thangaraj JW, Mittal M, Gupta N. Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India: Changing EtiologicalUnderstanding. JMed Entomol. 2018 May 4;55(3):523-526.
  • 16. Jayaraman Y, Veeraraghavan B, Chethrapilly Purushothaman GK, Sukumar B, Kangusamy B, Nair Kapoor A, Gupta N, Mehendale SM; Hospital Based Sentinel Surveillance of Bacterial Meningitis (HBSSBM) Network Team. Burden of bacterialmeningitis in India: Preliminary data from a hospital based sentinel surveillancenetwork. PLoS One. 2018 May 16;13(5):e0197198.
  • 17. Yogananth N, Bhatnagar T. Prevalence of open defecation among households with toilets and associated factors in rural south India: an analyticalcross-sectional study. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Jul 1;112(7):349-360. 

  • 18. Ganeshkumar P, Murhekar MV, Poornima V, Saravanakumar V, Sukumaran K, Anandaselvasankar A, John D, Mehendale SM. Dengue infection in India: A  systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 Jul 16;12(7):e0006618.

  • 19. Murhekar M, Bavdekar A, Benakappa A, Santhanam S, Singh K, Verma S, Sapkal GN,Gupta N, Verghese VP, Viswanathan R, Abraham AM, Choudhary S, Deshpande GN,George S, Goyal G, Gupta PC, Jhamb I, John D, Philip S, Kadam S, Sachdeva RK,Kumar P, Lepcha A, Mahantesh S, Manasa S, Nehra U, Munjal SK, Nag VL, Naik S, RajN, Ram J, Ratho RK, Raut CG, Rohit MK, Sabarinathan R, Shah S, Singh P, Singh MP,Tiwari A, Vaid N. Sentinel Surveillance for Congenital Rubella Syndrome - India, 2016-2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2018 Sep 14;67(36):1012-1016.
  • 20.  Mittal M, Bondre V, Murhekar M, Deval H, Rose W, Verghese VP, Mittal M, Patil G, Sabarinathan R, Vivian Thangaraj JW, Kanagasabai K, Prakash JAJ, Gupta N,Gupte MM, Gupte MD. Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh,2016: Clinical and Laboratory Findings. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 Nov;37(11):1101-1106.
  • 21. Dasgupta A, Fernandes L, Chopra V, Rajkumar P. Barriers to building an effective workforce for respiratory research in India: A survey of American Thoracic Society Methods in Epidemiologic, Clinical, and OperationsResearch India 2017 participants. Lung India. 2018 Mar-Apr;35(2):184-186 

  • 22. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) . Contributions of mean and shape of blood pressure distribution to worldwide trends and variations in raised bloodpressure: a pooled analysis of 1018 population-based measurement studies with88.6 million participants. Int J Epidemiol. 2018 Mar 19.

  • 23. Murhekar MV, Ashok M, Kanagasabai K, Joshua V, Ravi M, Sabarinathan R, Kirubakaran BK, Ramachandran V, Shete V, Gupta N, Mehendale SM. Epidemiology of Hepatitis A and Hepatitis E Based on Laboratory Surveillance Data-India,2014-2017. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Oct;99(4):1058-1061.

     

  • 24. Thangaraj JWV, Vasanthapuram R, Machado L, Arunkumar G, Sodha SV, Zaman K,Bhatnagar T, Hameed SKS, Kumar A, Abdulmajeed J, Velayudhan A, Deoshatwar A,Desai AS, Kumar KH, Gupta N, Laserson K, Murhekar M; Scrub Typhus Risk FactorStudy Group. Risk Factors for Acquiring Scrub Typhus among Children in Deoria and Gorakhpur Districts, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2017. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018Dec;24(12):2364-2367.
  • 25. GBD 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Region Obesity Collaborators. Burden of obesityin the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease2015 study. Int J Public Health. 2018 May;63(Suppl 1):165-176.
  • 26. GBD 2016 Healthcare Access and Quality Collaborators. Measuring performance onthe Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories andselected subnational locations: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden ofDisease Study 2016. Lancet. 2018 Jun 2;391(10136):2236-2271.
  • 27. Shankar A, Roy S, Rath GK, Chakraborty A, Kamal VK, Biswas AS. Impact of Cancer Awareness Drive on Generating Understanding and Improving Screening Practices for Breast Cancer: a Study on College Teachers in India. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2017 Jul 27;18(7):1985-1990.
  • 28. Kishor K, Sharma A, Singh K, Ranjan R, Pandey H, Kumar R, Kamal VK, Mishra P, Mahapatra M, Saxena R. Influence of tissue factor polymorphisms (603A>G and 5466A>G) on plasma tissue factor levels and their impact on deep vein thrombosis risk in young Indian population. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2018 Jul;46(1):88-94.
  • 29. Mondal D, Julka PK, Sharma DN, Laviraj MA, Jana M, Kamal VK, Deo SVS, Guleria R, Rath GK. Dual partial arc volumetric-modulated arc therapy: The game changer for accelerated hypofractionated whole-breast radiotherapy with simultaneous integrated tumor cavity boost in early breast cancer - A comparative dosimetric study with single partial arc volumetric-modulated arc therapy. J Cancer Res Ther. 2019 Jul-Sep;15(5):1005-1010. 
  • 30. Mondal N, Murhekar MV. Factors associated with low performance of Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) regarding maternal care in Howrah district, West Bengal, 2015–‘16:  An unmatched case control study. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. 2018 Mar 1;6(1):21-8.
  • 31. Mondal N, Murhekar MV. Outbreak of measles at Bardhwaja, Howrah district, West Bengal in November 2014. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. 2018 Mar 1;6(1):17-20
  • 32. Biswas DK, Kaur P, Roy A. Illness experience and help-seeking behaviors among patients with common mental disorders in a hospital in North 24 Parganas District, West Bengal, India. Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry. 2018 Apr 1;34(2):139
  • 33. Britto JJ, Yuvaraj J. Is there any perceptiveness about the mode of transmission of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome? An analysis among the adolescent tribal students in Tamil Nadu. Indian J of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS. DOI: 10.4103/2589-0557.229942
  • 34. Diwan V, Manickam P, Balagurusamy V, Soni P, Pathak A, Thangaraj J, Parashar V, Ganeshkumar P, Ravichandran C, Garg A, Rao M. Syndromic surveillance in religiious festival involving circumambulation in India. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics. 30 May 2018;10(1).
  • 35. Debnath F, Ponnaiah M, Improved timeliness for reporting of acute diarrhoeal disease under surveillance overtime: Evaluation of integrated disease surveillance programme in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India, 2015, Clin Epidemiol Glob Health 2018;6(4):163-167
  • 36.  Diwan V, Hulth A, Manickam P, virumbi Balagurusamy V, Agnihotri D, Parashar V, Pathak A, Sahu K, Mahadik VK. Tablet-based participatory syndromic surveillance at Simhashta festival in India. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics. 30 May 2018;10(1)

  • 37. Neil Pearce, Ben Caplin, Nalika Gunawardena, Prabhdeep Kaur, Cristina O’Callaghan-Gordo, Thilanga Ruwampathirana. Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown cause (CKDu):A global epidemic?. Kidney international report. 3 Dec 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2018.11.019
  • 38. Shankar A, Roy S, Rath GK, Chakraborty A, Kamal VK, Biswas AS. Impact of Cancer Awareness Drive on Generating Awareness of and Improving Screening for Cervical Cancer: A Study Among Schoolteachers in India. Journal of Global Oncology. 2018 Feb 22;4:1-7.

2017
  • 1.Impact of Cancer Awareness Drive on Generating Understanding and Improving Screening Practices for Breast Cancer: a Study on College Teachers in India. Shankar A, Roy S, Rath GK, Chakraborty A, Kamal VK, Biswas AS. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2017 Jul 27;18(7):1985-1990. (impact factor-2.52)
  • 2. Ganguly S, Barkataki S, Karmakar S, Sanga P, Boopathi K, Kanagasabai K, Kamaraj P, Chowdhury P, Sarkar R, Raj D, James L. High prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections among primary school children, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2015. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 2017 Dec;6(1):139.
  • 3. Debnath F, Ponnaiah M, Acharya P. Dengue fever in a municipality of West Bengal, India, 2015: An outbreak investigation. Indian Journal of Public Health. 2017 Oct 1;61(4):239.
  • 4. Mehrotra R, Hariprasad R, Rajaraman P, Mahajan V, Grover R, Kaur P, Swaminathan S. Stemming the Wave of Cervical Cancer: Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Introduction in India. Journal of Global Oncology. 2017 Sep 8;4:1-4
  • 5. Murhekar M. Epidemiology of Diphtheria in India, 1996–2016: Implications for Prevention and Control. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 2017 Aug 2;97(2):313-8

  • 6. Murhekar M. Epidemiology of Diphtheria in India, 1996–2016: Implications for Prevention and Control. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 2017 Aug 2;97(2):313-8
  • 7. Kumar T, Pal P, Kaur P. Health seeking behaviour and health awareness among rural and urban adolescents in Dehradun District, Uttarakhand, India. International Journal Of Adolescent Medicine And Health. 2017 Apr 1;29(2).
  • 8. Jayabal, L., Frederick, A., Mehendale, S. and Banurekha, V. Indicators to ensure treatment initiation of all diagnosed sputum positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients under tuberculosis control programme in India. Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2017;42(4):238
  • 9. Verghese, V.P., Veeraraghavan, B., Jayaraman, R., Varghese, R., Neeravi, A., Jayaraman, Y., Thomas, K. and Mehendale, S.M. Increasing incidence of penicillin-and cefotaxime-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae causing meningitis in India: Time for revision of treatment guidelines?. Indian journal of medical microbiology 2017, 35(2): 228
  • 10. Murhekar MV, Oak C, Ranjan P, Kanagasabai K, Shinde S, Pandey AK, Mittal M,Gore M, Mehendale SM. Coverage & missed opportunity for Japanese encephalitis vaccine, Gorakhpur division, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2015: Implications for Japanese encephalitis control. Indian J Med Res. 2017 Jan;145(1):63-69.
  • 11. Murhekar MV. Acute Encephalitis Syndrome and Scrub Typhus in India. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Aug;23(8):1434.
  • 12. Murhekar MV, Kamaraj P, Kanagasabai K, Elavarasu G, Rajasekar TD, Boopathi K, Mehendale S. Coverage of childhood vaccination among children aged 12-23 months, Tamil Nadu, 2015, India. Indian J Med Res. 2017 Mar;145(3):377-386.
  • 13. Banurekha V, Bhatnagar T, Savithri S, Kumar ND, Kangusamy B, Mehendale S. Sputum Conversion and Treatment Success among Tuberculosis Patients with Diabetes Treated under the Tuberculosis Control Programme in an Urban Setting in South India. Indian J Community Med. 2017 Jul-Sep;42(3):180-182.
  • 14. Manickam P, Viduthalaivirumbi B, Murhekar MV. Public health aspects of Marina protest against ban on “Jallikattu”. . In: SwapnaSundar. Occupy Marina. 2017;Emerald Publishers, Chennai.
  • 15. Mittal M, Thangaraj JWV, Rose W, Verghese VP, Kumar CPG, Mittal M, Sabarinathan R, Bondre V, Gupta N, Murhekar MV. Scrub Typhus as a Cause of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Aug;23(8):1414-1416.
  • 16. India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Collaborators. Nations within a nation: variations in epidemiological transition across the states of India,1990-2016 in the Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet. 2017 Dec 2;390(10111):2437-2460.
  • 17. Banurekha V, Bhatnagar T, Savithri S, Kumar ND, Kangusamy B, Mehendale S. Extent of Implementation of Screening Tuberculosis Patients for Diabetes Component of the Tuberculosis Control Programme in an Urban Setting in South India. J Association Physicians India Oct 2017;65:102.
  • 18. Debnath F, Bhatnagar T, Sundaramoorthy L, Ponnaiah M. Competency of peripheral health workers in detection & management of common syndromic conditions under surveillance, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India, 2016: a cross-sectional study. Glob Health Epidemiol Genom. 2017 Oct 11;2:e15
  • 19. Kaur P, Mehrotra R, Rengaswamy S, Kaur T, Hariprasad R, Mehendale SM, Rajaraman P, Rath GK, Bhatla N, Krishnan S, Nayyar A, Swaminathan S. Human papillomavirus vaccine for cancer cervix prevention: Rationale & recommendations for implementation in India. Indian J Med Res. 2017 Aug;146(2):153-157.
  • 20. Velayutham B, Kangusamy B, Mehendale S. Prevalence of disability in Tamil Nadu, India.  NMJI.Vol.30, 3, 2017. 125-130
  • 21. Velayutham B, Kangusamy B, Mehendale S. Prevalence of disability in Tamil Nadu, India. NMJI.Vol.30, 3, 2017. 125-130

  • 22. Aonungdok Tushi, Prabhdeep Kaur. Process Evaluation of Communitisation Programme in Public Sector Health Facilities, Mokokchung District, Nagaland, 2015. Indian J comm med. June. 2017
  • 23. Rajkumar P, Pattabi K, Vadivoo S, Bhome A, Brashier B, Bhattacharya P, Mehendale SM. A cross-sectional study on prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in India: rationale and methods. BMJ Open 2017;7:e015211
  • 24. Mane A, Sahasrabuddhe VV, Nirmalkar A, Risbud AR, Sahay S, Bhosale RA, Vermund SH, Mehendale SM. Rates and determinants of incidence and clearance of cervical HPV genotypes among HIV-seropositive women in Pune, India. J Clin Virol. 2017 Mar;88:26-32.
  • 25. Ranjan A, Bhatnagar T, Babu GR, Detels R. Sexual Behavior, HIV Prevalence and Awareness Among Wives of Migrant Workers: Results from Cross-sectional Survey in Rural North India. Indian J Community Med. 2017 Jan-Mar;42(1):24-29

2016
  • 1. Naaraayan SA,  Kumar CG, Sundari S, Venkatasubramanian S, Mehendale S, Kang G. Prevalence of severe rotavirus associated gastroenteritis among children under five years of age in Chennai, India.  International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2016, Vol. 45, p230.     
  • 2. Bhatnagar T. Surveillance. In: Gupta P, Khan AM, eds. Textbook of Community Medicine: Based on GUPTA: Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 1st Edition. New Delhi: CBS Publisher; 2016.
  • 3. Dan A, Bhatnagar T, Pasi A, Jalaludeen M. Awareness and determinants of utilisation of Nischay Yaan scheme in rural part of West Bengal. Indian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Research. 2016; 3(1): 1-6.
  • 4.  Ganapathy K, Kanwar V, Bhatnagar T, Uthayakumaran N. m-Health: A Critical Analysis of Awareness, Perception, and Attitude of Healthcare Among Providers in Himachal Pradesh, North India. Telemed J E Health. 2016 Aug;22(8):675-88. 
  • 5. Joshua V,  Murhekar MV,  Ashok M, Kanagasabai K,  Ravi M, Sabarinathan R, Kirubakaran BK,  Ramachandran V,  Gupta N, Mehendale S. Mapping dengue cases through a national network of laboratories, 2014-2015. IJMR. 2016; Dec 938-941
  • 6. Elangovan A, Elavarasu G, Ezhil R, Prabu R, Yuvaraj J.Geo-spatial techniques in a health survey to overcome the lack of sampling frame. International journal of advanced remote sensing and GIS, 2016, Vol 5 issue 9
  • 7. Vadivoo Selvaraj V, Boopathi K, Paranjape R, Mehendale M. Single weighting approach to analyze respondent-driven sampling data. IJMR 2016;144:447-459
  • 8.  Bhatnagar T, Dutta T, Stover J, Godbole S, Sahu D, Boopathi K, Bembalkar S, Singh KJ,  Goyal R, Pandey A, Mehendale SM. Fitting HIV Prevalence 1981 Onwards for Three Indian States Using the Goals Model and the Estimation and Projection Package. PLoS One. 2016  Oct 6;11(10):e0164001. 
  • 9. Manickam P, Mehendale SM,  Nagaraju B, Katoch K et al. International open trial of uniform multidrug therapy regimen for leprosy patients:   Findings & implications for national leprosy programmes IJMR. 2016;144:4:525-535
  • 10. Murhekar MV, Mittal M, Prakash JA, Pillai VM, Mittal M, Girish Kumar CP, Shinde S, Ranjan P, Oak C, Gupta N, Mehendale S, Arora R, Gupte M. Acute encephalitis syndrome in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India - Role of scrub typhus. J Infect. 2016 Dec;73(6):623-626.
  • 11. Murekhar M, Mehendale SM. The 2015 influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 outbreak in India. IJMR  2016;143(6):821-823
  • 12. Velayutham B, Kangusamy B, Joshua V, Mehendale S. The burden of disability in elderly in India-analysis of 2011 census dta. Published online. disability and health journal .April 13:2016 disability and health journal.
  • 13. Suneeta Koil, Girish CP, Selvaraj V, Prabu C et. al. Profile and prevalence of HBV among HIV affected individuals attending the largest public HIV care center in India, VirusDis.2016;27(3):215-19
  • 14. Kuruwa S, Joshua V, Shetty V, Neges Mistry. Trends and spatial clustering of leprosy cases over a decade in a hyper-endemic area of western Maharashtra. India. Lep Rev; 2016;87:279-304
  • 15. Velayutham B, Kangusamy B, Joshua V, Mehendale S. Prevalence of disability in children and adolescents in India. 2011. Ind J You Adole Heal; 2016;3(3).
  • 16. Joshua V, Mehendale S. Gupte MD. Bayesian Model, ecological factors and transmission of leprosy in an endemic area in South India. IJMR 143, Jan 2016;104-6

  • 17. Wagh V, Jamadar B, urhekar M. Notes from the Field: Photokeratoconjunctivitis Outbreak Associated with Damaged Metal Halide Lamps — Maharashtra State, Western India, June 2016.  MMWR Nov 11, 2016 / 65(44);1238–1239
  • 18. Kaur P, Sudha R, Venkatachalam R, Kanakasabai K.  Hypertension treatment and control in a rural cohort in Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India. IJPH; 2016;60(4):Oct-Dec:298-301.
  • 19. Fredrick T, Kaur P, Murhekar MV,  Jayaraman Y et. al.  Diabetic retinopathy and its risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes attending rural primary healthcare facilities in Tamil Nadu. Nat Med Jour Ind. 2016 (1): 9-13
  • 20. Joshi RK, Mehendale SM. Can we replace HIV sentinel surveillance platform with prevention of parent-to-child transmission (PPTCT) program data to assess HIV burden and trends in India? Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2016;110(7):393-399
  • 21. Joshua V. Spatial and temporal trends in new case detection of leprosy in India.  Lepr Rev;2016.87: 183–190
  • 22. Marak B, Kaur P,  Sudha R, Selvaraju S. Non-communicable disease comorbidities and risk factors among tuberculosis patients, Meghalaya, India. Indian J Tuber; 2016.63:123-125
  • 23. Venkatasubramanian S, Girish kumar CP, Mehendale S. Interpretation of Rotavirus-positivity Patterns Across India. Indian Pedi. 2016; 53(15):626-626.

  • 24. Girish Kumar CP, Venkatasubramanian S, Gagandeep K, Arora R, Mehendale S. Profile and Trends of Rotavirus Gastroenteritis in Under-five Children in India (2012-2014): Preliminary Report of the Indian National Rotavirus Surveillance Network. Indian Pedi. 2016; 53(15):619-622
  • 25. Mehendale S, Venkatasubramanian S, Girish kumar CP, Gagandeep kang, Gupte MD, Rashmi A. Expanded Indian National Rotavirus Surveillance Network in the Context of Rotavirus Vaccine Introduction. Indian Pedi. 2016; 53(15):575-581.
  • 26. Sentil Kumar B,  Ramakrishnan R. Determination of hospital length of stay using structural equation models. Int J Multidis Res Rev, 1(5): 166-170. 2016

  • 27. Mehendale, S ,  Girish Kumar CP,  Venkatasubramanian S, Prasanna T.  Intussusception in Children Aged Less than Five years. The Indian J of Pedi. 1-6. May 2016
  • 28. Thilakavathi S, Noronha E, Narang A, Sanjay Mehendale S. Sexual Network, Sexual Practices and Sexual Health of Hijras and Other Trans-Women Populations in 17 States of India: A Qualitative Study. Int J Heal Sci and Res. 6(4):345-353. April 2016
  • 29. Thilakavathi S, Noronha E, Narang A, Mehendale S. Social Support System of Hijras and Other Trans Women Populations in 17 States of India. Int J Heal Sci and Res. 6 (4): 8-17. April 2016 

  • 30. Anadi Gupt, Prabhdeep Kaur, P. Kamraj, B. N. Murthy. Out of Pocket Expenditure for Hospitalization among Below Poverty Line Households in District Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2013. PloS One. 1-11, Feb 19 2016.
  • 31. Thilakavathi S, Sudha S, Kumaraswamy V. Risk Behaviours and Prevalence of STIS /RTIS and HIV in Persons Involved in Premarital Sexual Behavior among STD Clinic Attendees of Govt. General Hospital, Chennai. Inter J Heal Sci Res. 6 (2), Feb 2016. 
  • 32. Vaitheeswaran K, Subbiah M, Ramakrishnan R, Kannan T. A comparison of ordinal logistic regression models using Classical and Bayesian approaches in an analysis of factors associated with diabetic retinopathy. J of App Stat. Jan 1-5. 2016.

  • 33.  Thilakavathi S, Sahay S. New HIV prevention technologies : knowledge and perceived usage by women with high risk behavior – a quantitative study in tamilnadu. Int J Heal Sci. Jan 6(1), 2-8. 2016
  • 34. Tyagi U, Pattabi K, Kaur P. Utilization of Services Under Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram for Institutional Deliveries in the Public Sector Facilities, Sirmaur District, Himachal Pradesh, India. IJCM. Jan-Mar, 41-1. 65-68. 2016
  • 35. Vasna Joshua, Manoj V. Murhekar, M. Ashok, K. Kanagasabai, M. Ravi, R. Sabarinathan, B. K. Kirubakaran, V. Ramachandran, Nivedita Gupta, Sanjay Mehendale.Mapping dengue cases through a national network of laboratories, 2014-2015. Indian J Med Res 144, December 2016, pp 938-941. DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_673_16
  • 36. Kaur P, Rao SR, Venkatachalam R, Kaliaperumal K. Hypertension treatment and control in rural cohort in Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India. Indian J Public Health 2016;60:298-301.

2015
  • 1. Vidya Ramachandran, K. Kanagasabai, P. Kamaraj , S. Manoharan Shyamala Balasubramaniam (2015). Hidden Hunger (Micro Nutrient Deficiencies - MNDs) Among Pregnant Women and Pregnancy Outcomes. - A Hospital Based Study in Chennai. Int. J. Adv. Res. Biol. Sci. 2(12): 100-111
  • 2. Vidya Ramachandran, Narendra K. Bharadwaj, K. Kanagasabai, P.Manickam and M.V. Murhekar  Institutional partnership and epidemiological evidence reorients policy and strengthening health systems to improve institutional deliveries in the hilly state of Himachal Pradesh – A community based translational research effort. International Journal of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2105. Vol. 5, Issue 4, Aug 2015, 11-26
  • 3. Vidya Ramachandran, K. Kanagasabai, P. Kamaraj, P.Manickam, M. V. Murhekar. Coverage and Quality of Home and Health Facility Based, Maternal and Newborn Post Partum / Post Natal Care (PPPC) Services in Krishnagiri District, Tamil Nadu, South India - A Community Based Assessment. International Journal of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2015:5-2;33-48 (IJMPSAPR20154)
  • 4. Fredrick T, Murhekar MV, Jayaraman Y, Ponniah M, Pattabi K, David JK. Target intervention to increase measles vaccination coverage by identifying low-coverage areas using lot quality assurance sampling, Chennai, India, 2012. Indian J Public Health. 2015 Jul-Sep;59(3):232-3.
  • 5. Uthappa CK, Allam RR, Gunti D, Nalini C, Udaragudi PR, Tadi GP, Murhekar MV.Chikungunya outbreak in Atmakur village, Medak district, Telangana State, India. Indian J Med Res. 2015 Dec;142 Suppl:S108-10.

  • 6. Uthappa CK, Allam RR, Nalini C, Gunti D, Udaragudi PR, Tadi GP, Murhekar MV. An outbreak of cholera in Medipally village, Andhra Pradesh, India, 2013. J Health Popul Nutr. 2015 Jul 24;33:7

  • 7. Kasabi GS, Subramanian T, Allam RR, Grace CA, Reddy S, Murhekar MV. Prescription practices & use of essential medicines in the primary health care system, Shimoga district, Karnataka, India. Indian J Med Res. 2015 Aug;142(2):216-9.

  • 8. Murhekar MV, Kasabi GS, Mehendale SM, Mourya DT, Yadav PD, Tandale BV. On the transmission pattern of Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD) in India. Infect Dis Poverty. 2015 Aug 19;4:37

  • 9. Murhekar M. Hepatitis B vaccination among the Nicobarese tribe: Need to document the impact. Indian J Med Res. 2015 May;141(5):662.

  • 10. Nipte D, Dhayakar S, Pawar S, Venkatsubramanian S, Mehendale S. Determinants of early discharge of mothers from hospitals after delivery in Beed block of Beed District, Maharashtra, India 2014. Clin Epid Glo Heal. 2015; 3(1), S26-S33.

  • 11. Thilakavathi S, Manickam P, Mehendale SM. Disclosure of Leprosy by Health Care Providers in South-India: Patients' Perception and Relevance  to Leprosy Control, Tamil Nadu. Indian J Lepr. 2015 Jul-Sep;87(3):155-60.

  • 12. Haldar P, Morineau G, Das A, Mehendale S. A surveillance model for sexually transmitted infections in India. Indian J Public Health. 2015 Oct-Dec;59(4):286-94.

  •  13. Thilakavathi S, Perianna V, Mehendale S. HIV prevalence and risk factors on STIs and AIDS in female sex workers of ellapuram panchayat union, TamilNadu. Int J Rece Res Aspe. Sept 2(5), 81-85. 2015.

  • 14. Marak B, Bhatnagar T. Sexual behaviours and condom use among young urban  women in  a  town in  northeast India: Implications  for prevention and control of sexually transmitted  infections. Clin Epid  glob Heal. 3, S43-48. 2015
  • 15. Gupt A, Bhatnagar T, Murthy BN. Epidemiological profile and management of snakebite  cases –  A cross sectional study from Himachal  Pradesh, India. Clin Epid glob Heal S96-S100. 2015. 
  • 16. Senthil SM, Chandrasekar P, Priya S, Kaur P. Acceptance  of cervical and breast cancer screening and  cancer awareness among women in Villupuram,  Tamil Nadu, India:  A cross sectional survey. Clin Epid glob Heal S63-S68. 2015
  • 17. Thilakavathi S, Chakrapani V,  Selvaraj V, Noronha E, Narang A, Mehendale S. Mapping and Size Estimation of Hijras and Other Trans-Women in 17 States of India: First Level Findings. Inter J Heal Sci Res. Oct 5 (10), 1-10. 2015. 
  • 18. Thilakavathi S, Schilling R, Kamaraj P, . Mathai AK , Selvaraj V, Dorairaj VS, Mehendale S. Sexual behaviour and sexually transmitted infections among married couples seeking care at STD clinic of a Government Hospital, Chennai, India. Inter Jour Rece Rese Aspe. Sept 2(3), 33-41. 2015
  • 19. Prabhu R, Manickam P, Mahalingam  V, Jayashree P, Selvaraj V,  Mehendale SM. Relapse 

    and deformity among 2177 leprosy patients released from treatment with MDT between 2005 and 2010 in South India: A retrospective cohort study.  Lepr Rev (2015) 86, 345–355

  • 20. Ramesh R Allam, Chengappa K Uthappa, Chava Nalini, Prasada R Udaragudi, Geetha P Tadi, Manoj V Murhekar. An outbreak of cholera due to contaminated water, Medak District, Andhra Pradesh,  India, 2013. IJCM, . IJCM, Oct 40(4). 283-285.2015.
  • 21. Nath L, Kaur P, Tripathi S. Evaluation of the universal immunization program and challenges in coverage of migrant children in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India. IJCM, Oct 40(4). 239-245.2015
  • 22. Suneeta KS, Sivaram S, Benjamin O,  Basu, P, Belinson JL, Neerja BN,  Cruz AD,  Dhillon AK, Gupta PC, Joshi N, Jhulka PK,  Kailash U, Kapambwe A,  Katoch VM, Kaur, P  et al. Using Implementation Science to Advance Cancer Prevention in India.  Asian Pac J Cancer Prev, 16 (9), 3639-3644. 2015
  • 23. Fredrick T, Ponnaiah M, Murhekar MV, Jayaraman Y, David JK, Vadivoo S, Joshua V. Cholera Outbreak Linked with Lack of Safe Water Supply Following a Tropical Cyclone in Pondicherry. J Health Popul Nutr. Mar;33(1):31-38. 2015
  • 24. Allam RR, Murhekar MV, Bhatnagar T, Uthappa CK, Nalini C, Rewari BB, Mehendale SM. Predictors of immunological failure and determinants of suboptimal CD4 testing among adults with HIV on first-line antiretroviral therapy in Andhra Pradesh, India, 2008-2011. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg.  Mar;109(5):325-33. 2015
  • 25. Kiran SK, Pasi A, Kumar S, Kasabi GS, Gujjarappa P, Shrivastava A, Mehendale S, Chauhan LS,Laserson KF, Murhekar M. Kyasanur forest disease outbreak and vaccination strategy, shimoga district, India, 2013-2014. Emerg Infect Dis. Jan;21(1):146-9. 2015.

  • 26.  Bhatnagar T, Sakthivel Saravanamurthy P, Detels R. Sexual behaviors and partner-specific correlates of heterosexual anal intercourse among truck drivers and their wives in South India. Arch Sex Behav. 2015 Feb;44(2):295-306.

  • 27. Uthayakumaran N, Venkatasubramanian S. An alternate approach to multi-stage sampling: uvcubical circular systematic sampling method. Int J Stat and appl 2015;5(5):169-80.
  • 28. Ramachandran V, Manickam P, Prabhdeep Kaur, Murhekar MV, Kanagasabai K, Jeyakumar A, Selvaraj V. Behavioural determinants associated with CHIKV outbreak in Gouriepet, Avadi, Chennai, South India. J Biomed Sci 2015;4(1:4):1-6 
  • 29. Mladenova Z, Steyer A, Steyer AF, Ganesh B, Petrov P, Tchervenjakova T, Iturriza-Gomara M. Aetiology of acute paediatric gastroenteritis in Bulgaria during summer months: prevalence of viral infections. J Med Microbiol. 2015 Mar;64(Pt 3):272-82
  • 30. Ramachanran V, Bharadwaj NK, Kanagasabai K, Manickam P, Murhekar MV. Institutional partnerships and epidemiological evidence reorients policy and strengthens health systems to improve institutional deliveries in the hilly state of Himachal Pradesh: a community based translational research effort. Int J Med Pharm Sci 2015;5(4):11-26.
  • 31. Ramachandran V, Kanagasabai K, Kamaraj P, Manickam P, Murhekar MV. Coverage and quality of home and health facility-based, maternal and newborn post-partum/ post-natal care services in krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu, South India: A community based assessment. Int J Med Pharm Sci 2015; 5(2):33-48.

2014
  • 1. Murhekar MV, Ahmad M, Shukla H, Abhishek K, Perry RT, Bose AS, Shimpi R, Kumar A, Kaliaperumal K, Sethi R, Selvaraj V, Kamaraj P, Routray S, Das VN, Menabde N, Bahl S. Measles case fatality rate in Bihar, India, 2011-12. PLoS One. 2014 May 13;9(5):e96668.
  • 2. Joshua V, Bhoopathi K, Paranjape RS, Subramanian T, Mehendale S. Cluster detection of HIV infection for clients of female sex workers in selected districts of Tamil Nadu, South India. BInfec Dise. 2014;14(Suppl 3): O27.
  • 3. Murhekar M,  Bitragunta S. (2014). Diphtheria in Hyderabad: Do we need to do anything differently?. Inter Jour Infe Dis. 25, 176.
  • 4. Ranjan P, Gore, M., Selvaraju S, Kushwaha K P, Srivastava D K,  Murhekar M. (2014). Decline in Japanese Encephalitis, Kushinagar District, Uttar Pradesh, India. Emerging infectious diseases, 20(8), 1406.
  • 5. Dasari V, Kaur P,  Murhekar MV. Rickettsial disease outbreaks in India: A review. Ann Trop Med Public Health 2014 Nov-Dec;7 (6):249-254

  • 6. Latika Nath Sinha, Prabhdeep Kaur, Rakesh Gupta, Suresh Dalpath,  Vinod Goyal, and Manoj Murhekar. Newborn care practices and home-based postnatal newborn care programme 6 Mewat, Haryana, India, 2013. WPSAR Vol 5, No 3, 2014
  • 7. Kaur P, Thomas DR, Govindasamy E, Murhekar MV. Monitoring smoke-free laws in restaurants and educational institutions in Chennai, India. Natl Med J India. 2014 Mar-Apr;27(2):76-8.
  • 8. Sudha M, Thilakavathi S. Violence among male to female transgendered persons: a study in Chennai. JRED. 2014.3(1);19-20.
  • 9. Murhekar MV. KFD outbreak investigation in Shimoga. Emerging Infectious Disease 2014
  • 10. Murhekar M, Ranjan P, Mehendale S. Hypothesis generation based on available evidence is not wishful thinking! J Infect. 2014 Nov;69(5):521-3.
  • 11. Sakthivel S, Subbiah M, Ramakrishnan R. Default Prior Approach for Bayesian Testing of Hypotheses Involving Single Binomial Proportion. Int J Stat Anal.2014.4(2):139-153
  • 12. Acharyya T, Kaur P, Murhekar MV. Prevalence of behavioral risk factors, overweight and hyptertension in the urban slums of north 24 parganas district, West Bengal, India. 2010. Indian Journal of Public health. 2014. Ind J Pub Health July-Sept;58:3:195-198
  • 13. Devaleenal B, Shanti S, Rajasekaran S, Mehendale SM. Dengue fever in Saidapet health unit district in Tamil Nadu: Trends from 2004 to 2011. Clin Epidemiol Glob Health. 2014. 27 Jul;27 (available online)
  • 14. Murhekar MV, Ranjan P, Selvaraju S, Pandey A, Gore MM, Mehendale SM. Low coverage and acceptable effectiveness of single dose of Japanese encephalitis vaccine, Gorakhpur  division, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2013. 2014. J Infect. Nov:69(5):517-20 
  • 15. Kaur P, Chitra GA, Mehendale SM, Katoch VM. Perceptions of State Government stakeholders & researchers regarding public health research priorities in India: an exploratory survey. Indian J Med Res. 2014 Feb;139:231-5.

  • 16.  Ranjan P, Gore M, Selvaraju S, Kushwaha KP, Srivastava DK, Murhekar M. Changes in acute encephalitis syndrome incidence after introduction of Japanese encephalitis vaccine in a region of India. J Infect. 2014 Mar 20. pii: S0163-4453(14)00083-8
  • 17. Ramachandran V, Kaur P, Kanagasabai K, Vadivoo S, Murhekar MV. Persistent arthralgia among Chikungunya patients and associated risk factors in Chennai, South India.J Postgrad Med. 2014 Jan-Mar;60(1):3-6

2013
  • 1. Ramanathan S, Chakrapani V, Ramakrishnan L,  George B, Goswami, Shrabanti S, Thilakavathi S,  Rachakulla H,  Paranjape RS. Factors Associated with Use of Latex Condom-Compatible Lubricants by Men Who Have Sex with Men In India: Implications for HIV Prevention. 4 June 2013.
  • 2.  Ranjan A, Bhatnagar T. Estimation of under-reported visceral Leishmaniasis (Vl) cases in Bihar: a Bayesian approach.  Ind J Com Heal.2013; 25 (04):386-390
  • 3. Mathai, A.K and Murthy B.N. Regression Model to Analyze Differential Response to Treatment in Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. J Math Syst Sci. 2013; 3(9): 419-425.
  • 4.  Mathai, A.K and Murthy B.N. Some Practical Issues Related to Univariate Regression Analysis Prior to Multivariate Regression Analysis in Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials. J Math Syst Sci. 2013; 3(8): 371-380. 
  • 5. Singh, A and Murthy B.N. Lot Quality Assurance Sampling for Monitoring and Evaluation of Immunization Coverage in District Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2011. J Community Med Health Educ 2013, 4(1):1-3
  • 6. Thilakavathi S, Lakshmi R, Santhakumar A Prabuddhagopal G, Boopathi K, Mathew S, Rajat A, Girish Kumar CP et al. Increasing condom use and declining STI prevalence in high-risk MSM and TGs: evaluation of a large-scale prevention program in Tamil Nadu, India. BMC Public Health 2013;13:857.
  • 7. Koli S, Pallipurath Radhakrishnan AN, Jacob M, Vadivoo S, Chethrapilly Purushothaman GK. Occurrence of hepatitis B virus genotype B and B+C mixed infections in Chennai, South India. Braz J Infect Dis. 2013 Sep-Oct;17(5):615-6. 
  • 8. Arima Y, Zu R, Murhekar M, Vong S, Shimada T. Human infections with avian infl uenza A(H7N9) virus in China: preliminary assessments of the age and sex distribution. Western Pacific Surveill Response J. 2013; 4(2):1-3.
  • 9. Murhekar M, Arima Y, Horby P, Vandemaele K, Vong S, Zijian F et al. Avian influenza A(H7N9) and the closure of live bird markets. Western Pacific Surveill Response J. 2013; 4(2):1-5
  • 10. Dagina R, Murhekar M, Rosewellbc  A, Pavlin B. Event-based surveillance in Papua New Guinea: strengthening an International Health Regulations (2005) core capacity. Western Pacific Surveill Response J. 2013; 4(3):1-3
  • 11. Murhekar M, Dutta S, Ropa B, Dagina R, Posanai E. Vibrio cholerae antimicrobial drug resistance, Papua New Guinea, 2009–2011. Western Pacific Surveill Response J. 2013; 4(3)
  • 12. Uthayakumaran N, Venkatasubramanian S. Multilevel Estimation of Outcome Parameters in Surveillance Studies. Int J Stat and Analy. 2013;3(3):297-305 
  • 13. Uthayakumaran N, Venkatasubramanian S. Dual Circular Systematic Sampling Methods for Disease Burden Estimation. Int J Stat and Analy. 2013;3(3):307-322
  • 14. Murhekar MV, Dutta S, Kapoor AN, Bitragunta S, Dodum R, Ghosh P, Swamy KK,Mukhopadhyay K, Ningombam S, Parmar K, Ravishankar D, Singh B, Singh V, Sisodiya R, Subramanian R, Takum T. Frequent exposure to suboptimal temperatures in vaccine cold-chain system in India: results of temperature monitoring in 10 states. Bull World Health Organ. 2013 Dec 1;91(12):906-13.
  • 15. Allam RR, Murhekar MV, Tadi GP, Udaragudi PR. Descriptive epidemiology of novel influenza A (H1N1), Andhra Pradesh 2009-2010. Indian J Public Health. 2013; Jul-Sep;57(3):1615.
  • 16. Thiklakavathi S, Mathai AK, Kumar N. Knowledge and practice of clinical ethics among healthcare providers in a government hospital, Chennai. Indian J Med Ethics. 2013 Apr-Jun;10(2):96-100.
  • 17. Senthilkumar B, Ramakrishnan R. Reducing average length of stay in critical care unit. Retell. 2013;13(2);69-75.

  • 18. Chitra GA, Kaur P, Bhatnagar T, Manickam P, Murhekar MV. High prevalence of household pesticides and their unsafe use in rural south India. Int J occup Med and Environ health. 2013;26(2):1-8.

  • 19. Bhatnagar T, Brown J, Saravanamurthy PS, Mohan Kumar R, Detels R. Color-Coded Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interviews (C-ACASI) for Poorly Educated Men and Women in a Semi-rural Area of South India: ‘‘Good, Scary and Thrilling’’. AIDS Behav. 2013 July;17(6):2260-8
  • 20. Thakur R, Murhekar M. Delay in diagnosis and treatment among TB patients registered under RNTCP Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2010. Indian J Tuberc. 2013 Jan;60(1):37-45. 
  • 21. Balaganesakumar SR, Murhekar MV, Swamy KK, Kumar MR, Manickam P, Pandian P. Risk factors associated with death among influenza A (H1N1) patients, Tamil Nadu,India, 2010. J Postgrad Med. 2013 Jan-Mar;59(1):9-14.
  • 22. Kasabi GS, Murhekar MV, Yadav PD, Raghunandan R, Kiran SK, Sandhya VK, Channabasappa GH, Mishra AC, Mourya DT, Mehendale SM. Kyasanur Forest disease, India, 2011-2012. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Feb;19(2):278-81.
  • 23. Mehendale S. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome vaccine trials: Managing ethical issues before, during and after the trials.  Perspect Clin Res. 2013 Jan-Mar; 4 (1):84-88
  • 24. Kasabi G, Murhekar MV, Sandhya VK, Raghunandan R, Kiran SK, Channabasappa GH, Mehendale S. Coverage and Effectiveness of Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) Vaccine in Karnataka, South India. 2005–10. PLOS Neglected Trop Dis. 2013 Jan; 7 (1 ): e2025
  • 25. Mehendale S,  Joshua V. Emerging issues in applications of Geographic Information Systems to data in Public Health Systems in India.  JKIMSU. 2013 Jan-July; 2(1):1-3.

2012
  • 1. Adhikary R, Gautam A, Ranjan Lenka S, Goswami P, Ramakrishnan L,  George B,  Mainkar MK,  Thilakavathi S,  Brahmam GNV, Paranjape R. Decline in unprotected sex & sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among female sex workers from repeated behavioral & biological surveys in three southern states of India. Indian J Med Res 2012; Oct 136 (Supp), 5-13.
  • 2. Vaitheeswaran K, Ramakrishnan R. A comparison of Bayesian ordinal regression models in an analysis of factors associated with diabetic retinopathy. New Methodologies in Stat Res. 2012:89-92
  • 3. Vidya R, Muniyandi M, Manickam P, Kanagasabai K, Selvaraj V, Gupte MD. Impact of    Chikungunya on Health Related Quality of Life Chennai, South India. PLoS 2012; Dec 7 (12): e51519
  • 4. Joshua V, Paranjape RS, Adhikary R, Mahanta J, Goswami P. ,An exploratory analysis of spatial mobility of injection drug users in the northeast region of India. Indian J Med Res 2012; Oct 136 (Supp), 54-63
  • 5. Joshua V, Selvaraj V, Thilakavathi S, Girish Kumar CP, Lakshmi Ret al. Spatial modeling of HIV prevalence among the clients of female sex workers in Tamil Nadu, south India. Indian J Med Res 2012; Oct 136 (Supp), 23-29. 

  • 6. Joshua V,  Gupte MD, Adhikary R, Paranjape RS et al. Index based mapping of high risk behaviours for HIV among female sex workers in India. Indian J Med Res 2012; Oct 136 (Supp), 14-22.

  • 7. Jaeggi T, Manickam P,  Weiss MG, Gupte MD. Stakeholders perspectives on perceived needs and priorities for leprosy control and care, Tamil Nadu, India. Indian J Lepr 2012; July-Sept 84:177-184.
  • 8. Thilakavathi S, Manickam P, Mehendale SM. Awareness, social acceptance and community views on leprosy and its relevance for leprosy control, Tamil Nadu. Indian J Lepr 2012; July-Sept 84:233-240.
  • 9. .Manickam P , Nagaraju B,  Selvaraj V,  Balasubramanyam S, Mahalingam VN,  Mehendale SM, Pannikar VK, Gupte MD, Team of Study Investigators. Efficacy of single-dose chemotherapy (Rifampicin, Ofloxacin and Minocycline-ROM) in PB leprosy patients with 2 to 5 skin lesions, India: Randomised double-blind trial. Indian J Lepr, 2012; July 84:195-207.
  • 10. Bhatnagar T, Gupte MD, Hutin YJ, Kaur P, Kumaraswami V, Manickam P, Murhekar M, Vidya R, Ramakrishnan R. Seven years of the field epidemiology training programme (FETP) at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India: an internal evaluation. Hum Resour Health. 2012; Sep 27;10(1):36 
  • 11. Joshua V, Elangovan A, Selvaraj V, Ahluwalia TP, Mehendale S. Public health & GIS: Views & opinions of Indian users. Indian J Med Res. 2012; Aug 136:12-13.
  • 12. Mandal DK, Kaur P, Murhekar MV. Low coverage of Janani Suraksha Yojana among mothers in 24-Parganas (South) of West Bengal in 2009. BMC Proceedings. 2012 Jan;6

    (Suppl 1):O3.

  • 13. Kaur P, Rao SR, Radhakrishnan E, Rajasekar D, Gupte MD. Prevalence, awareness, treatment, control and risk factors for hypertension in a rural population in South India. Inter J Pub Heal. 2012: Feb;57(1):87-94.
  • 14. Biswas DK, Kaur P, Murhekar M, Bhunia R. An outbreak of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, 2010. Indian J Med Res. 2012 Apr;135(4):529-33.
  • 15. Shen J, Bathyala N, Kroeger A, Arana B, Pannikar V, Mou H, Bao X, Yang R, Manickam P, Li W, Zhou M, Want J. Bacteriological results and leprosy reactions among MB leprosy patients treated with uniform multidrug therapy in China. Lepr Rev. 2012 June;83(2):164-71.
  • 16. Thilakavathi S, Elangovan A, Balasubramaniam S. Understanding the common illnesses and treatment-seeking behavior in a rural community. Health Action. 2012 May;29-31.
  • 17. Guha M, Baschieri A, Bharat S, Bhatnagar T, Sane SS, Godbole SV, S SP, Mainkar MK, Williams J, Collumbien M. Risk reduction and perceived collective efficacy and community support among female sex workers in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra,India: the importance of context. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2012 Oct;66 Suppl 2:ii55-ii61. 
  • 18. Shukla A, Bhatnagar T. Accredited Social Health Activists and pregnancy-related services in Uttarakhand, India. BMC Proceedings. 2012 Jan; 6 Suppl (1):p4. 
  • 19. Basavarajaiah DMDM, Narasimhamurthy B, Leelavathy B et al. Spectrum of HIV-TB Co-Infections In Paediatric Patients. Int J Sci and Tech Res. 2012 Sept; 1(8):108-114.
  • 20. Datta SS, Ramakrishnan R, Murhekar MV. A rapidly-progressing outbreak of cholera in a shelter-home for mentally-retarded females, amta-II block, Howrah,West Bengal, India. J Health Popul Nutr. 2012 Mar;30(1):109-12.
  • 21. Senthilkumar B, Ramakrishnan R. Generalized robust statistics method for estimating average length of stay in hospitals. Indian J Science and Tech. 2012 Jan;5(1):1859-1862.
  • 22. Britto JJ, Thilakavathi S,Rajkumar D. HIV/AIDS: Perception of Stigma among School Teachers in Vellore Educational Block – Tamil Nadu. Indian J Social Development, 2012Jan;12(1):193-206.
  • 23. Krishna Kumari A, Yuvaraj J, Das Lk. Issues in delivering morbidity management for lymphatic filariasis elimination: a study in Pondicherry, south India. Scientific world Journal 2012. 
  • 24. Basker P, Ezhil R. Study on the correlation of premises condition index and the presence of larvae of Aedes species mosquitoes in Human dwellings of the cuddalore district of Tamilnadu, India. Osong Public health res perspect 2012;3(1):3-7.

2011
  • 1. Rosewell A, Dagina R, Murhekar M et al. Vibrio cholerae O1 in 2 coastal villages, Papua New Guinea. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011;17(1):154-6.
  • 2. Murhekar MV, Roy D, Das PK, Bose AS, Ramakrishnan R, Biswas AK, Hutin YJ. Measles in rural West Bengal, India, 2005-6: low recourse to the public sector limits the use of vitamin A and the sensitivity of surveillance. J Infect Dis. 2011;204 Suppl 1:S427-32.
  • 3. Kaur P, Rao SR, Radhakrishnan E, Ramachandran R, Venkatachalam R, Gupte MD. High prevalence of tobacco use, alcohol use, and overweight in a rural population in Tamil Nadu, India. J Postgrad Med. 2011 Jan-Mar;57(1):9-15.

  • 4. Murhekar MV, Hutin YJ, Ramakrishnan R, Vidya R, Biswas AK, Das PK, Gupta SN, Maji D, Martolia HC, Mohan A, Gupte MD. The heterogeneity of measles epidemiology in India: implications for improving control measures. J Infect Dis. 2011;204 Suppl (1):S421-6.
  • 5. Tang AM, Bhatnagar T, Ramachandran R, Dong K, Skinner S, Kumar MS, Wanke CA. Malnutrition in a population of HIV-positive and HIV-negative drug users living in Chennai, South India. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2011;Oct 1;118(1):73-7.  
  • 6. Murhekar MV, Manickam P, Kumar RM, Ganesakumar SR, Ramachandran V, Ramakrishnan R, Kumaraswami V. Treatment practices & laboratory investigations during chikungunya outbreaks in South India. Indian J Med Res. 2011;133:546-7.

  • 7. Ningombam S, Hutin Y, Murhekar MV. Prevalence and pattern of substance use among the higher secondary school students of Imphal, Manipur, India. Natl Med J India. 2011 Jan-Feb;24:11-5.
  • 8. Rosewell A, Dagina R, Murhekar M, Ropa B, Posanai E, Dutta S, Barr I, Mola G, Zwi A, MacIntyre CR. Concurrent influenza and shigellosis outbreaks, Papua New Guinea, 2009. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Apr;17(4):756-8.
  • 9. Gupta SN, Vidya R, Gupta N, Gupte MD. Factors precipitating outbreaks of measles in district Kangra of North India: A case-control study. Int J App Basic Med Res 2011;1:24-30

  • 10. Murhekar MV, Bitragunta S. Persistence of diphtheria in India. Indian J Comm Med 2011;36:163-4.
  • 11. Thilakavathi S, Boopathi K, Girish Kumar CP,  et al. Assessment of the scale, coverage and outcomes of the Avahan HIV prevention program for female sex workers in Tamil Nadu, India: is there evidence of an effect? BMC Public Health 2011,11 (Suppl 6):S3;1-14.
  • 12. Badrinathan S, Suneeva SC, Shiju, Girish Kumar CP, Pragasam V. Exploration of a novel hydroxyl  radical scavenger from Sargassum myriocystum.  J Med Plants Res 2011;5:1997–2005.

  • 13. Takum T, Padung D, Joshua V, Manickam P, Murhekar MV. Programmatic and beneficiary-related factors for low vaccination coverage in Papum Pare district, Arunachal Pradesh, India. J Trop Pediatr. 2011 Aug;57 (4):251-7. Epub 2010 Sep 29.
  • 14. Mridha P, Biswas AK, Ramakrishnan R, Murhekar MV. The 2010 outbreak of cholera among workers of a jute mill in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. J Health Popul Nutr. 2011 Feb;29(1):9-13.

  • 15. Murthy BN, Kandala NB, Ezhil R, Kaur P, Sudha R.  Statistical issues in studying the relative importance of Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, Waist Hip Ratio and Waist Stature Ratio to predict type 2 diabetes. J App stat. 2011. 38(9):2063-2070
  • 16. Thilakavathi S, Lakshmi R, Paranjape RS.  Integrated Behavioral and Biological Assessment: Methodological issues in Social and Behavioral Research. Easte J Med, 2011;16:107-12. 
2010
  • 1. Murhekar MV, Shah NK. Research funding in India: need to increase the allocation for public health. Indian J Med Res.  Indian J Med Res. 2010;132:224-5.  
  • 2. Bitragunta S, Murhekar MV, Chakravarti A, Verma V, Namjoshi GS, Parekh SS, Sharma HJ, Kumar BK, Gupte MD. Safety and immunogenicity of single dose of tetanus-diphtheria (Td) vaccine among non/partially immune children against diphtheria and/or tetanus, Hyderabad, India, 2007. Vaccine. 2010;28(37):5934-8.
  • 3. Singh SI, Devi KP, Tilotama R, Ningombam S, Gopalkrishna Y, Singh TB, Murhekar MV. An outbreak of scrub typhus in Bishnupur district of Manipur, India, 2007. Trop Doct. 2010;40(3):169-70.
  • 4. Maji D, Hutin Y, Ramakrishnan R, Hossain S, De S. Strategies to improve the performance of female health workers in West Bengal: a cross-sectional survey. Natl Med J India. 2010;23(3):137-42.
  • 5.  Biswas AK, Hutin YJ, Ramakrishnan R, Patra B, Gupte MD. Increased financial accessibility and targeted education messages could increase ownership and use of mosquito nets in Purulia District, West Bengal, India. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2010;104(6):423-8.
  • 6. Datta K, Bhatnagar T, Murhekar M. Private practitioners' knowledge, attitude and practices about tuberculosis, Hooghly district, India. Indian J Tuberc. 2010 Oct;57:199-206.
  • 7. Swain SK, Baral P, Hutin YJ, Rao TV, Murhekar M, Gupte MD. A hepatitis E outbreak caused by a temporary interruption in a municipal water treatment system, Baripada, Orissa, India, 2004. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2010;104(1):66-9.
  • 8. Babu GR, Bhatnagar T. Influenza vaccination to elderly: Quantifying the potential role of unmeasured confounders through an example. The Internet Journal of Epidemiology. 2010;9(1).

  •  9. Bhunia R, Hutin Y, Ramkrishnan R, Ghosh PK, Dey S, Murhekar M. Reducing use of injections through interactional group discussions: a randomized controlled trial. Indian Pediatr. 2010;47(5):409-14.  
  • 10. Kaur P, Radhakrishnan E, Rao SR, Sankarasubbaiyan S, Rao TV, Gupte MD. The metabolic syndrome and associated risk factors in an urban industrial male population in South India. J Assoc Physicians India. 2010 Jun;58:363-6
  • 11. Kaur P. Monitoring tobacco use and implementation of prevention policies is vital for strengthening tobacco control: an Indian perspective. Int J Public Health. 2010;55(3):229–30   

  • 12. Girish Kumar CP, Prabu D, Mitani H, Mikami Y, Menon T. Environmental isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii from living trees in Guindy National Park, Chennai, South India. Mycoses. 2010;53(3):262-64. 
  • 13. Anand PK, Ramakrishnan R. Malaria associated factors in Thar desert of Rajasthan India: A case- Control Study. J Rural and Trop Health 2010;9:61-66
  • 14. Vishwanath S, Thilakavathi S, Mathai, AK, Balasubramaniam S, Nagaraju B. Understanding of HIV/AIDS among medical students : Findings of a study conducted at Puducherry, South India. Health Action, November 2010; 21 - 22 & 27
  • 15. Seyler T, Hutin Y, Ramanchandran V, Ramakrishnan R, Manickam P, Murhekar M. Estimating the burden of disease and the economic cost attributable to chikungunya, Andhra Pradesh, India, 2005-2006. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2010; 104(2):133-8

2009
  • 1. Bhunia R, Hutin Y, Ramakrishnan R, Pal N, Sen T, Murhekar M. A typhoid fever outbreak in a slum of South Dumdum municipality, West Bengal, India, 2007: evidence for foodborne and waterborne transmission. BMC Public Health. 2009 Apr 27;9:115.

  • 2. Bhunia R, Ramakrishnan R, Hutin Y, Gupte MD. Cholera outbreak secondary to contaminated pipe water in an urban area, West Bengal, India, 2006. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2009 Mar-Apr;28(2):62-4.

  • 3. Das A, Manickam P, Hutin Y, Pal BB, Chhotray GP, Kar SK, Gupte MD. An outbreak of cholera associated with an unprotected well in Parbatia, Orissa, Eastern India. J Health Popul Nutr. 2009 Oct;27(5):646-51.

  • 4. Das A, Manickam P, Hutin Y, Pattanaik B, Pal BB, Chhotray GP, Kar SK, Gupte MD. Two sequential outbreaks in two villages illustrate the various modes of transmission of cholera. Epidemiol Infect. 2009 Jun;137(6):906-12

  • 5. Girish Kumar CP, Menon T, Rajasekaran S, Sekar B, Prabu D. Carriage of Candida species in oral cavities of HIV infected patients in South India. Mycoses. 2009;Jan 52(1):44-8. 

  • 6. Martolia HC, Hutin Y, Ramachandran V, Manickam P, Murhekar M, Gupte M. An outbreak of hepatitis E tracked to a spring in the foothills of the Himalayas, India, 2005. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2009;28(3):99-101. 

  • 7. Murhekar MV, Bitragunta S, Hutin Y, Chakravarty A, Sharma HJ, Gupte MD. Immunization coverage and immunity to diphtheria and tetanus among children in Hyderabad, India. J infect 2009;58(3):191-6. 

  • 8. Panda M, Hutin Y, Ramachandran V, Murhekar M. A fatal waterborne outbreak of pesticide poisoning caused by damaged pipelines, Sindhikela, Bolangir, Orissa, India, 2008, J Toxic 2009; Jul 1. 
  • 9. Ray TK, Hutin YJ, Murhekar MV. Cutaneous anthrax, West Bengal, India, 2007. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Mar;15(3):497-9.
  • 10. Saha S, Ramachandran R, Hutin YJ, Gupte MD. Visceral leishmaniasis is preventable in a highly endemic village in West Bengal, India. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2009 Jul;103(7):737-42. 
  • 11. Sailaja B, Murhekar MV, Hutin YJ, Kuruva S, Murthy SP, Reddy KS, Rao GM, Gupte MD. Outbreak of waterborne hepatitis E in Hyderabad, India, 2005. Epidemiol Infect. 2009 Feb;137(2):234-40.

  • 12. Sarkar J, Murhekar MV, Shah NK, van Hutin Y. Risk factors for malaria deaths in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, India: evidence for further action. Malar J. 2009 Jun 16;8:133.

  • 13. Murhekar M, Moolenaar R, Hutin Y, Broome C. Investigating outbreaks: practical guidance in the Indian scenario. Natl Med J India. 2009 Sep-Oct;22(5):252-6.
  • 14. Saha T, Murhekar M, Hutin YJ, Ramamurthy T. An urban, water-borne outbreak of diarrhoea and shigellosis in a district town in eastern India. Natl Med J India. 2009 Sep-Oct;22(5):237-9.
  • 15. Sharma PK, Ramakrishnan R, Hutin Y, Manickam P, Gupte MD. Risk factors for typhoid in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India: evidence for practical action. Trop Med Int Health. 2009 Jun;14(6):696-702.
  • 16. Sharma PK, Ramakrishnan R, Hutin YJ, Barui AK, Manickam P, Kakkar M, Mittal V,Gupte MD. Scrub typhus in Darjeeling, India: opportunities for simple, practical prevention measures. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2009 Nov;103(11):1153-8.
  • 17. Sharma PK, Ramakrishnan R, Hutin YJ, Gupte MD. Increasing incidence of malaria in Kurseong, Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India, 2000-2004. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2009 Jul;103(7):691-7.

  • 18. Sarkar J, Murhekar MV, Shah NK, Hutin Y. Risk factors for malaria deaths in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, India: evidence for further action. Malar J. 2009 Jun 16;8:133.
  • 19. Sugunan AP, Vijayachari P, Sharma S, Roy S, Manickam P, Natarajaseenivasan K, Gupte MD, Sehgal SC. Risk factors associated with leptospirosis during an outbreak in Middle Andaman, India. Indian J Med Res. 2009 Jul;130(1):67-73.

  • 20. Takum T, Gara D, Tagyung H, Murhekar MV. An outbreak of pertussis in Sarli Circle of Kurung-kumey district, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Indian Pediatr. 2009 Nov;46(11):1017-20.
  • 21. Subramanian T, Gupte MD, Dorairaj VS, Periannan V, Mathai AK. Psycho-social impact and quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS in South India. AIDS Care. 2009 Apr;21(4):473-81.
  • 22. Sharma PK, Ramanchandran R, Hutin YJ, Sharma R, Gupte MD. A malaria outbreak in Naxalbari, Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India, 2005: weaknesses in disease control, important risk factors. Malar J. 2009 Dec 10;8:288.

2008
  • 1. Bitragunta S, Murhekar MV, Hutin YJ, Penumur PP, Gupte MD. Persistence of diphtheria, Hyderabad, India, 2003-2006. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Jul;14(7):1144-6.

  • 2. Murhekar MV, Murhekar KM, Sehgal SC. Epidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection among the tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2008 Aug;102(8):729-34.

  • 3. Sharma PK, Ramakrishnan R, Hutin YJ, Gupte MD. Increasing incidence of malaria in Kurseong, Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India, 2000-2004. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2009 Jul;103(7):691-7.

  • 4. Manickam P. Priorities in Siddha: The way forward. J of Siddha. 2008; 1 (1):59-64. 
  • 5. Kroger A, Pannikar V, Htoon MT, Jamesh A, Katoch K, Krishnamurthy P,Ramalingam K, Jianping S, Jadhav V, Gupte MD, Manickam P. International open trial of uniform multi-drug therapy regimen for 6 months for all types of leprosy patients: rationale, design and preliminary results. Trop Med Int Health. 2008 May;13(5):594-602.
  • 6. Kaur P, Radhakrishnan E, Sankarasubbaiyan S, Rao SR, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan S, Rao TV, Gupte MD. A comparison of anthropometric indices for predicting hypertension and type 2 diabetes in a male industrial population of Chennai, South India. Ethn Dis. 2008 Winter;18(1):31-6.

  •  

    7. Joshua V, Gupte MD, Bhagavandas M. A Bayesian approach to study the space-time variation of leprosy in an endemic area of Tamil Nadu, South India. Int J Health Geogr. 2008 Jul 21;7:40.

  • 8. Kaur    P,     Manickam  P,    Murhekar  MV, Ramachandran V,  Ramachandran    R,     Raju   HK,   Perumal V, Mishra AC, Gupte MD.   Chikungunya    outbreak,   South   India,   2006.   Emerg  Infect Dis 2008;14(10): 1623-5.  

  • 9. Subramanian T, Gupte MD, Paranjape RS, Brahmam GN, Ramakrishnan L, Adhikary R,Kangusamy B, Thomas BE, Kallam S, Girish CP; IBBA Study Team. HIV, sexually transmitted infections and sexual behaviour of male clients of female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, India: results of a cross-sectional survey. AIDS. 2008 Dec;22 Suppl 5:S69-79.

     
2007
  • 1. Kumar MS, Murhekar MV, Hutin Y, Subramanian T, Ramachandran V, Gupte MD. Prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder in a coastal fishing village in TamilNadu, India, after the December 2004 tsunami. Am J Public Health. 2007 Jan;97(1):99-101.
  • 2. Panda S, Kumar MS, Saravanamurthy PS, Mahalingam P, Vijaylakshmi A,Balakrishnan P, Kantesh B, Tamby PA, Jabbar S, Rangaiyan G, Flessenkaemper S,Grosskurth H, Gupte MD. Sexually transmitted infections and sexual practices in injection drug users and their regular sex partners in Chennai, India. Sex Transm Dis. 2007 Apr;34(4):250-3.
  • 3. Kaur P, Rao TV, Sankarasubbaiyan S, Narayanan AM, Ezhil R, Rao SR, Gupte MD. Prevalence and distribution of cardiovascular risk factors in an urban industrial population in south India: a cross-sectional study. J Assoc Physicians India.2007 Nov;55:771-6.
  • 4. Goel NK, Bhatia S, Abrol A, Bhatnagar T, Kumar D, Swami HM. Changing Mortality Trends in Chandigarh, India . The Internet J Epid. 2007; 5(1).
  • 5. Goel NK,  Bhatnagar T, Sharma MK, Verma A, Agarwal N, Chander J, Gupta V, Swami HM. Surveillance of Quality of Drinking Water. Bahrain Medical Bulletin 2007; 29(2). 
  • 6. Subramanian T, Gupte MD, Mathai AK, Boopathi K, Dorairaj VS. Perception of HIV testing among attendees at an STD clinic in India. AIDS Care. 2008 Jan;20(1):26-34.

  • 7. Thilakavathi S, Gupte MD, Ezhil R. AIDS : an understanding in rural women of South-India. Indian J Sex Trans Dis.2007;28(1):10-6.
  • 8. Sankarasubbaiyan S, Rajkumar A, Tangalvadi TA, Dawood US, Kaur P. Challenges and limitations of maintenance hemodialysis in urban South India. Hemodial Int. 2007 Oct;11(4):485-91.
  • 9. Girish Kumar CP, Menon T, Prabu D, Nandhakumar B. Chlamydosporulation of Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis on mustard agar. Mycoses. 2007 Jan;50(1):71-3.
  • 10. Nandhakumar B, Thangam M, Girish Kumar CP. A new henna-based medium for the differentiation of cryptococcus neoformans. J Med Microbiol. 2007; 56:568.

  • 11. Girish Kumar CP, Thangam M, Rohini PS, Rajasekaran S, Sundararajan T, Venkatadesikalu M. Anti-Candida antibodies and candidemia in ninety patients with HIV / AIDS and cancer. J Mycol Med. 2007;17:50-3
  • 12. Datta S, Chandra PK, Banerjee A, Chakravarty R, Murhekar KM, Murhekar MV. Predominance of hepatitis B virus genotype C among Karens, the 'old settlers' of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Arch Virol. 2007;152(6):1223-8.
  • 13. Sugunan AP, Roy S, Murhekar MV, Naik TN, Sehgal SC. Outbreak of rotaviral diarrhoea in a relief camp for tsunami victims at Car Nicobar Island, India. J Public Health. 2007 Dec;29(4):449-50
  • 14. Anitha CP,    Sundarsanam D,    Girish Kumar CP.   Animal   Pharming  –  Present  and Furture.  In Biodiversity   in   India :  Issues  &   Concerns.  S.  Kannaiyan  &  A.  Gopalam (Eds).  Associated Publishing Co. New Delhi 2007; 13-28.
2006
  • 1. Sivasankaran S, Manickam P, Ramakrishnan R, Hutin Y, Gupte MD; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Estimation of measles vaccination coverage using the Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) method--Tamilnadu, India,2002-2003. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2006 Apr 28;55 Suppl 1:16-9.
  • 2. Gupte MD, Mehendale SM, Pandav CS, Paranjape RS, Kumar MS. HIV-1 prevalence in young adults in south India. Lancet. 2006 Jul 8;368(9530):113-4
  • 3. Sen TK, Biswas AB, Chakrabarty I, Das DK, Ramakrishnan R, Manickam P, Hutin Y.Persistence of iodine deficiency in the Gangetic flood-prone area, West Bengal, India. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2006;15(4):528-32. 
  • 4. Gupte MD, Pannikar V, Manickam P. Leprosy case detection trends in India. Health administrator 2006;18(2):28-36.
  • 5. Thilakavathi S, Gupte M.D, Mathai A.K, Dorairaj VS. Factors associated with HIV seroprevalence among STD patients attending a govt. STD clinic in Chennai, South, India. Indian J Sex Transm Dis. 2006;27(2):50-3.
2005
  • 1.Emmanuel M, Gupte MD. Lesional characteristics and histopathology in paucibacillary leprosy patients with 2 or 3 skin lesions: comparison between ROM and PB-MDT regimens. Indian J Lepr. 2005 Jan-Mar;77(1):19-25.
  • 2.Samiran Panda, Suresh Kumar S, Lokabiraman K, Jayashree,  Satagopan MC, Suniti Solomon et al. Risk factors for HIV infection in injection drug users and evidence for onward transmission of HIV to their sexual partners in Chennai, India. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2005;39(1):9-15.
  • 3.Venkata Rao T, Ezhil R, Ramakrishnan R, Jabbar S. Prevalence of disability and handicaps in geriatric population in rural South India. Indian J Public Health. 2005;49(1):11-7.
  • 4. Central Biostatistical Monitoring Unit for Traditional Medicine Research, National Institute. Gupte M.D, Radhakrishna S, Jayabal P, Venkatarao T, Paul A Tamby,  Kishore Kumar B. et of Epidemiology, Chennai India. Efficacy of Vijayasar (Pterocarpus Marsupium) in the treatment of newly diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a flexible-dose double-blind multicenter randomized controlled trial. ICMR study group on the efficacy of vijayasar in Type 2 diabetes Mellitus. DiabetolCroat 2005;34(1):13-20.
  • 5. Selvakumar N, Prabhakaran E, Murthy BN, Sivagamasundari S, Vasanthan S, Govindaraju R,  et al. Application of lot sampling of sputum AFB smears for the assessment of microscopy centres. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2005 Mar;9(3):306-9.
  • 6. Selvakumar N, Murthy BN, Prabhakaran E, Sivagamasundari S, Samuel Vasanthan, Perumal M et al. Lot Quality Assurance Sampling of Sputum Acid-Fast Bacillus Smears of Assessing Sputum smear microscopy Centers. J Clin Micro. 2005;43(2):913-15. 
  • 7. Gupte MD. Ethical responsibilities of researchers involved in clinical trials. Ind J Med Ethics. 2005;2 Suppl: S13-4.
  • 8. Sharma MK, Bhatnagar T, Goel NK, Verma A, Swami HM. Operationalization of surveillance of communicable diseases in Chandigarh. Journal of Communicable Diseases 2005; 37(3):197-202.
  • 9. Shen JP,  Gupte MD,   Jiang C, Manickam P, Yu MW, Li Wz. Trends of case detection and other indicators of leprosy in  China during 1985-2002. Chin Med Sci J. 2005(2):77-82.
2004
  • 1.Jianping Shen., Gupte MD, Manickam P, Meiwen Yu, Li Wenzhong, Liangbin Yan. Trends in case detection influenced by leprosy elimination campaigns in certain areas of china. Indian J Lepr. 2004;Jan-Mar;76(1)39-50.
  • 2. Gupte MD, Murthy BN, Mahmood K, Meeralakshmi S, Nagaraju B, Prabhakaran R. Application of lot quality assurance sampling for leprosy elimination monitoring-examination of some critical factors. Int J Epid. 2004 Apr;33(2):344-8
  • 3. Sinha S, Kannan S, Nagaraju B, Sengupta U, Gupte MD. Utility of serodiagnostic tests for leprosy: a study in an endemic population in South India. Lepr Rev.2004 Sep;75(3):266-73.

  • 4. Attayoor P Sugunan, Asit R Ghosh, Subarna Roy, Gupte MD, Subhash C, Seghal. A cholera epidemic among the nicobarese tribe nancowry, Andaman and nicobar, India. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2004;71(6):822-7.
  • 5. Thilakavathi S, Gupte MD, Tripathy SP. Social Diseases : the present scenario.  Health , illness  and  society  in the new millennium. 2004;134-6.

  • 6. Deshpane JM, Manickam P, Runkani DP, Nadkarni SS and Gupte MD. The field performance of the vaccine vial monitor is evaluated in India. Polio Lab Network. 2004;X(1):2-3
  • 7. Goel NK, Sharma MK, Bhatia SPS, Bhatnagar T, Swami HM, Kanwalpreet, Renu. The pattern of use of tobacco-based products in urban area of Chandigarh. Indian Journal of Medical Sciences 2004; 58(7): 307-8.
2003
  • 1. Murthy BN.  Implications  of  genetic   traits   on   vaccine  efficacy. Stat in Med. 2003;22:1989-98.
  • 2. Thilakavathi    Subramanian,     Balasubramaniam     MP,    Newman PA,     Sreevatsa,        Ganapathy   M,     Boopathi K.   et al.  Gender differences    in      sexual      risk   behaviours   among  STD    clinic attendees,     Government   General  Hospital, Chennai, India. Ind  J Sex Trans  Dis. 2003;24(1):14-9.

  • 3. Bhatnagar T, Mishra CP, Mishra RN. Drug Prescription Practices: A Household Study in Rural Varanasi. Indian Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine 2003; 34(1&2): 33-9.
  • 4. Murthy    BN,   Jabbar   S,  Venkata Rao  T, Suresh Kumar  SK, Gupte MD. Components  of  small   area  variation in fertility rates among  married women in south India.. Int J Epid. 2003;32:639-44.
  • 5. Ramakrishnan R, Patel MS, Gupte MD, Manickam P,  Venkataraghavan S. An institutional outbreak of leptospirosis in chennai, South India. J Comm Dis. 2003;35(1):1-8.

2002
  • 1. Satagopan   MC,    Gupte MD,     Murthy BN,    Jabbar S.  Estimation of   cure,   relapse   and   success  rates  of    short-course   chemotherapy in the treatment  of  pulmonary  tuberculosis : a meta-analysis.  Indian  J  Tuberc. 2002;49:87-96.
  • 2. Gupte MD.  Field   Trial of   Leprosy   Vaccines.  Trends  Malar and  Vacc Res. 2002;250-9. 
  • 3. Bhatnagar T, Mishra CP, Mishra RN. Sex disparities in infant and child mortality: Indian scenario. Indian Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine 2002; 33 (3&4): 148-55.
  • 4. Asha BPV,  Chellamariappan M,  Krishnaswami CV,  Murthy  BN,  Gupte MD.   Magnitude  of  young  onset  diabetes  in Indian population. The Antiseptic. 2002;99(8):293-8.
2001
  • 1. Murthy BN, Subbiah M, Boopathi K, Ramakrishnan R, Gupte MD. Lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS) for monitoring leprosy elimination in an endemic district in Tamilnadu, Indian J Lepr. 2001;73(2):111-9.
  • 2. Asha Bai PV, Murthy BN, Chellamairappan M, Gupte MD,  Krishnaswami, CV. Prevalence of known diabetes in Chennai city. J Assoc Phy India. 2001;4:974-81.
  • 3. Gupte MD, Britto RLJ, and Vallishayee RS. A Comparative trial of single-dose chemotherapy in paucibacillary leprosy patients with two to three skin lesions. Indian J Lepr. 2001;73(2):131-43.
  • 4. Gupte MD, Vidya R, Mutatkar RK. Epidemiological profile of India: Historical and contemporary perspectives.  J Bioscience. 2001;26 Suppl 4:S437-64
2000
  • 1. Gupte MD, Sampath DK. Ethical issues considered in the Tamilnadu leprosy vaccine trial. Issues of Med Ethics. 2000;8(1):10-2.
  • 2. Gupte  MD, Kishore KB, Elangovan A, Arokiasamy J. Modelling epidemiology of leprosy. Indian J Lepr. 2000;72(3):305-16.
  • 3.  Gupte MD. South India immunoprophylaxis trial against leprosy : Relevance of the findings in the context of trends in leprosy.  Lepr Rev. 2000;71 Suppl:S43-9.
  • 4. Gupte MD. Field trials of a single dose of the combination rifampicin-oxfloxacin-minocycline (ROM) for the treatment of paucibacillary leprosy. Lepr Rev. 2000;71 Suppl:S77-80.
1999
  • 1. Murthy BN, Radhakrishna S, Venkatasubramanian S, Periannan V, Lakshmi A et al. Lot Quality Assurance Sampling for monitoring immunization coverage in Madras City.  Indian Pediatr. 1999;36:555-60.
  • 2. Gupte MD, Murthy BN. Lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS) for monitoring a leprosy elimination program. International J Lepr. 1999; 67(2):143-9.
  • 3. Ramakrishnan R, Venkatarao T, Sundaramoorthy L, Vasna J. Magnitude of recall bias in the estimation of immunization coverage and its determinants.  Indian Pediatr. 1999;36:881-5.
  • 4. Sridharan R, Murthy BN Prevalence and pattern of epilepsy in India. Epilepsia. 1999;40(5):1-6.
  • 5. Meima A, Gupte MD, Van Oortmarssen GJ, Habbema JDF. SIMLEP: A simulation model for leprosy transmission and control. Int j Lepr 1999; 67(3):215-36.
  • 6. Thilakavathi S, Suresh SK, Kachirayan M, Ramakrishnan R, Gupte MD. Risk of STDs/ AIDS in the sexual behaviour of eunuchs from villupuram district. Indian J Sex Transm Dis  1999,20(2):47-53.
  • 7. Gupte MD. Vaccine Trial in Leprosy – Venezuela, Malawi and India. Int J Lepr. 1999;67 Suppl 4:S32-7.
  • 8. Thilakavathi S, Venkatarao T, Ramakrishnan R, Suresh SK, Gupte MD. A Study on psycho-social aspects of geriatric people in a rural area. Indian J Prev Soc med. 1999;30(2):66-73.
  • 9. Gupte MD. Feasibility and Economics of Vaccine Trials in India. Round Table Conference Series (Kala-Azar), Ranbaxy Science Foundation. 1999;5:85-94.
1998
  • 1. Gupte MD, Vallishayee RS, Masood Ahmed TH, Prince JS, Britto RLJD, Rathanaraj B, et al. Studies on rapid assessment methods in leprosy. Indian J Lepr. 1998;70(2):165-77.
  • 2. Vallishayee RS, Anantharaman DS, Gupte MD. Tuberculin sensitivity and skin lesions in children after vaccination with two batches of BCG Vaccine. Indian J Lepr. 1998;70(3):277-86.
  • 3. Sampath DK, Gupte MD. Some problems in the area of consent raised and a response.  Law and Med. 1998;4:53-9.

  • 4.  Gupte MD. Field trials of anti-leprosy vaccines.  Indian J Lepr. 1998;70(4):363-7.
  • 5. Gupte MD, Vallishayee RS, Anantharaman DS, Nagaraju B, Sreevatsa, Balasubramaniam S, et al. Comparative leprosy Vaccine Trial in South India. Indian J Lepr. 1998;70(4):369-88.
  • 6. Sreevatsa,   Hari M, Gupte MD Quality control tests for vaccines in leprosy vaccine trial, Avadi. Indian J Lepr. 1998;70(4):389-95.

  • 7. Sreevatsa. Experimental animals in leprosy. NLO-Bulletin. 1998. 26(4): 94.
  • 8. Ramakrishnan R, Venkatarao T, Mohammad Koya PK, Kamaraj P. Influence of recall period on estimates of diarrhoea morbidity in infants in rural Tamilnadu. Ind J Pub Heal.1998;42(1):3-6.
  • 9. Gupte M.D. Vaccine Trials against leprosy. Int J Lepr. 1998;66(4):587-91.
  • 10. Indian Council of Medical Research. Flexible dose open trial of Vijayasar in cases of newly diagnosed non-insulin dependent diabetes-mellitus. IJMR. 1998;108:24-9.
  • 11. Brahmachari NSR, Anantharaman DS, Rao BR, Gupte MD, Rao SK, Mahalingam VN. Underutilisation of the available services by the needy disabled leprosy patients in Government leprosy control unit Puttoor, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh, South India. Indian J Lepr. 1998;70 Suppl:S47-60.

1997
  • 1. ingle-lesion Multicentre Trial Group. Efficacy of single-dose multidrug therapy of the treatment of single-lesion paucibacillary leprosy.  Indian J of Lepr. 1997;69(2):121-9.
  • 2. Britto RLJD, Ramanathan VD, Gupte MD. Regional lymphadenitis following anti-leprosy vaccine BCG with killed mycobacterium leprae. Int J Lepr. 1997;65(1):12-9.

  • 3. Meima A, Gupte MD, Van Oortmarssen GJ, Habbema JDF. Trends in leprosy case detection rates. Int J Lepr. 1997;65(3):305-19.
  • 4. Mawar N, Mehendale S, Thilakavathi S, Shepherd M, Rodrigues J, Bollinger R,Bentley M. Awareness & knowledge of AIDS & HIV risk among women attending STD clinics in Pune, India. Indian J Med Res. 1997 Sep;106:212-22.
1996
  • 1. 

    Venkata Rao, T., Ramakrishnan, R., Nair, N.G.K., Radhakrishna, S., Sundaramoorthy, L., Mohammad Koya, P.K. and Suresh Kumar, S.K. Effect of Vitamin A supplementation to mother and infant on morbidity in infancy. Indian Pediatr. 1996;33:279-86.

  • 2. Gupte M.D. Ethics in Epidemiological studies. Law and Medicine. 1996. 2(1):102-110.

  • 3. Vallishayee RS, Gupte MD, Anantharaman DS, Nagaraju B. Post-vaccination sensitization with ICRC vaccine. Indian J Lepr. 1996;68 (2):167-74.
  • 4. Gupte M.D, Vallishayee RS, Anantharaman DS, Britto RLJD, Nagaraju B. Sensitization and Reactogenicity of two doses of candidate antileprosy vaccine mycobacterium W. Indian J Lepr. 1996;68(4):315-24.
  • 5. Gupte MD. Research needs related to Epidemiology and control: subclinical infection.  Int J Lepr. 1996;64(4): Suppl: S29-37.   
1995
  • 1. Murthy BN, Ezhil R, Venkatasubramanian S, Ramalingam N, Periannan V, Ganesan R, et al. A comparison of a 30-cluster survey method used in India and a purposive method in the estimation of immunisation coverages in Tamil Nadu. Indian Pediatr. 1995;32:129-136.      
  • 2. Radhakrishna S, Murthy BN, Nair NGK, Ezhil, R, Venkatasubramanian S, Ramalingam N. et al. A concurrent comparison of a WHO-recommended 30-cluster survey and a modified version of it under Indian conditions in the estimation of immunisation coverages. Indian Pediatr 1995;32:383-90.
  • 3. Srinivasan V, Radhakrishna S, Sudha R, Malathi MV, Jabbar S, Ramakrishnan R, Rao TV. Randomised controlled field trial of two antenatal care packages in rural south India. IJMR. 1995 Aug;102:86-94.
1994
  • 1. Murthy BN, Radhakrishna S. Monitoring trends in HIV positivity in tuberculosis patients. Indian J Tuberc. 1994;41:253-7.
  • 2. Gupte MD. Elimination of Leprosy: Forecasts and projections.  Indian J Lepr. 1994;66(1):19-35.
  • 3. Sreevatsa and Katoch VM. Comparative assessment of the viability of M.Leprae by mouse foot-pad and fluorescent staining techniques. Indian J Lepr. 1994;66(4): 455-62.

  • 4. Nagaraju B, Gupte MD.  Diagnostic problems of early leprosy in field studies. Indian J Lepr. 1994;66 (4):463-72.

1993
  • 1. Murthy BN, Radhakrishna S, Nair NGK, Ezhil R, Venkatasubramanian S. Estimation of immunization coverages in children by WHO 30-cluster survey.  IJMR. 1993;97:234-38.
  • 2. Gupte MD. Early diagnosis of leprosy under field conditions. Indian J Lepr 1993;65(1):3-12.
  • 3. Gupte MD, Vallishayee RS, Britto RLJD, Anantharaman DS. Sensitization potential and reactogenicity of varying doses of BCG plus killed mycobacterium leprae : An extended study. Int J of Lepr 1993;61(4): 563-70.
  • 4. Sreevatsa. Leprosy and arthropods. Indian J Lepr 1993;65(2):189-200.

1992
  • 1. Radhakrishna S, Nair NGK. Controlled clinical trials. Immuno Informatics News 1992;2:2.
  • 2. Radhakrishna S. Statistical methodology and Tuberculosis - A fruitful association.  Indian J Tuberc. 1992;39:71-86.
  • 3. Ramakrishnan R, Venkata Rao T, Prasad GP. Age independent anthropometric index for identifying undernourished children in the age group 5-10 years. Indian Pediatr. 1992;29:723-6.

  • 4. Radhakrishna S, Murthy BN, Nair NGK, Jayabal P, Jayasri R. Confidence intervals in medical research. IJMR.1992;(B)96:199-205.
  • 5. Gupte MD. Venezuela results and after. Editorial. Indian J Lep. 1992;64(4):451-9.
  • 6. Gupte MD, Vallishayee RS, Anantharaman DS, Kannan S. Effect of skin test with M.Leprae soluble antigen on reaction to a subsequent test with the same antigen.  Int J Lepr. 1992;60(1):54-60.
  • 7. Gupte MD, Anantharaman DS, Britto RLJD, Vallishayee RS, Nagaraju B, Kannan S, Sengupta U. Sensitization potential and reactogenicity of BCG with and without various doses of killed M.Leprae.     Int J Lepr. 1992;60(3):340-52.
  • 8. Gupte MD. The relevance of future leprosy vaccines to disease control.  Lepr Rev. 1992;63 Suppl: S99-105.
  • 9. Sreevatsa Girdhar BK, Ipe M Ipe, Desikan KV. Can sandflies be the vector for leprosy. Int J Lepr. 1992;60:94-6.

1991
  • 1. Indian Council of Medical Research. Multicentric randomized controlled clinical trial of Kshaarasootra (Ayurvedic medicated thread) in the management of fistula-in-ano.  IJMR. 1991 (B) 94:177-85.
  • 2. Nair NGK, Radhakrishna S, Ramakrishnan R, Sreenivas V. Some indices pertaining to the leprosy control programme in Tamil Nadu, based on data from a random sample of fourteen Government control units. IJMR. 1991 (A) 93:208-16.

  • 3. Nair NGK, Ramakrishna R, Selvaraj V, Sundaramoorthy L, Kishore Kumar B, Radhakrishna S. Reasons for newly diagnosed leprosy patients failing to start treatment.  Indian J Soc Work. 1991 LII (3): 347-52.
  • 4. Gupte MD, Vallishayee RS, Nagaraju B, Ramalingam A, Lourdusamy G, Kannan S. Inter-observer agreement and clinical diagnosis of leprosy for prophylaxis studies. Abstract. Current Literature.                                      Inter J Lepr. 1991;62(2):350.
  • 5. Gupte MD. Vaccines against leprosy. Indian J Lepr.1991;63(3,4): 342-49.
  • 6. Sreevatsa. Indian experiences with armadillos. Indian J Lepr. 1991;63(3,4): 476-91.

1990
  • 1. Srinivasan V, Ramakrishnan R, Prabhakar L. Sodium azide as a preservative in epidemiological studies of helminth ova in fecal specimens. IJMR.1990 Nov;91:440-2
  • 2. Gupte MD, Vallishayee RS, Nagaraju B, Ramalingam A, Lourdusamy G, Kannan S. Inter-observer agreement and clinical diagnosis of leprosy for prophylaxis studies. Indian J Lepr. 1990;62(3):281-95.

  • 3. Gupte MD, Anantharaman DS, Nagaraju B, Kannan S, Vallishayee RS. Experiences with mycobacterium leprae soluble antigens in a leprosy endemic population. Lepr Rev. 1990;61(2):132-44.

1988
  • 1.Radhakrishna S, Nair NGK, Kishore Kumar B, Jayabal P. Implications of prior BCG vaccination programmes in the community on the protective efficacy of new anti-leprosy vaccines. IJMR. 1988;88:197-208.
  • 2. Radhakrishna S. Direct impact of treatment programme on totality of tuberculosis patients in the community. Indian J Tuberc. 1988;35:110-13.

  • 3. Satagopan MC, Radhakrishna S, Kishore Kumar B. Computation of sample size for vaccine trials of diseases with low incidence. Indian J  Tuberc. 1988;35:191-4.

  • 4. Kachirayan M, Radhakrishna S, Ramanathan AM, Selvaraj V, Vasna Pushparaj, et al. Utilization of preventive and curative services in a semi-urban area in Tamil Nadu.  IJCM. 1988;13(3): 118-25.
  • 5. Gupte MD, Raj CA, Kannan S, Desikan KV. Reliability of direct skin smear microscopy in leprosy. Indian J Lepr. 1988 Oct;60(4):566-71. 
  • 6. Gupte MD, Anantharaman DS. Use of soluble antigens in leprosy epidemiology. Lepr Rev. 1988 Dec;59(4):329-35.

1987
  • 1. Kachirayan M, Radhakrishna S, Ramanathan AM, Ezhil R, Venkatasubramanian S. Utilization of curative services in Madras City, related to morbidity condition and socio-economic stratum.  IJMR. 1987;85:443-52.
  • 2. Radhakrishna S, Nair NGK. Association between regularity in dapsone (DDS) treatment   and    development   of  deformity. Int J Lepr. 1987;55(3):425-34.

  • 3. Nair NGK. Erroneous applications of the chi-square test. IJMR. 1987;86:537-45.

  • 4. Srinivasan V, Radhakrishna S, Ramanathan AM, Jabbar S. Hookworm infection in a rural community in south India and its association with haemoglobin levels. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1987;81(6):973-7.
1986
  • 1. Kachirayan M, Radhakrishna S, Ramanathan AM, Jabbar S, Ezhil R. Utilization of Health Services in Madras City. IJMR. 1986;83:96-3.

  • 2. Vijay S, Radhakrishna S, Ramalingam N, Selvaraj V. The mini health centre scheme in Tamilnadu: A study of quantifiable performance outputs.  IJMR. 1986;83:221-9. 

  • 3. Satagopan MC, Radhakrishna S. Choice of sample size in short-course chemotherapy trials of tuberculosis.  Indian J Tuberc. 1986; 33:77-81.

1985
  • 1.Radhakrishna S, Jayabal P, Jayasri R, Nair NGK. Comparison of proportions based on the same or paired subjects.  IJMR. 1985;81: 422-7.
  • 2. Vijaya S, Radhakrishna S, Ramalingam N, Selvaraj V. The Mini health centre scheme in Tamilnadu: A study of inputs. IJMR. 1985; 81:525-32.

  • 3. Nair NGK, Radhakrishna S, Christian M, Ramakrishnan R, Gopi PG. A 20-year study of the leprosy control program at the Hemerijckx leprosy centre in polambakkam in south India.  Indian J Lepr. 1985; 57(3):562-74.

1984
  • 1. Radhakrishna S, Nair NG, Jayabal P. Implications of misdiagnosis in field trials of vaccines. Indian J Med Res. 1984 Dec;80:711-20.
  • 2.Satagopan MC, Radhakrishna S, Krishnaswami KV, Somasundaram PR, Tripathy SP, Fox W. A novel system to obtain addresses of out-patients--assessment in routine clinic practice in Madras, S. India. Tubercle. 1984 Mar;65(1):41-5.
1983
  • 1. Radhakrishna S. National Tuberculosis Programme - Relative merits of enhancing the operational efficiency of different components of the treatment programme. Indian J Tuberc. 1983;30(1):3-8.
  • 2. Kachirayan M, Radhakrishna S, Ramakrishnan R, Ramanathan AM, Sreenivas V. Study of registered deaths in Madras City. Indian J Med Res. 1983 Apr;77:564-73.

  • 3. Radhakrishna S. Computation of sample size for comparing two proportions. Indian J Med Res. 1983 Jun;77:915-9.

  • 4. Radhakrishna S, Kachirayan M, Satish D, Ramakrishnan R, Sreenivas V. Study of variation in area mortality rates in Madras City & its correlates. Indian J Med Res. 1983 Nov;78:732-9.

1982
  • 1. Sutherland I, Svandová E, Radhakrishna S. The development of clinical tuberculosis following infection with tubercle bacilli. 1. A theoretical model for the development of clinical tuberculosis following infection, linking from data on the risk of tuberculous infection and the incidence of clinical tuberculosis in the Netherlands. Tubercle. 1982 Dec;63(4):255-68.

  • 2. Radhakrishna S, Christian M, Nair NG. A 20-year study of the leprosy control program at the Government Leprosy Treatment and Study Centre at Tirukoilur in south India. Indian J Med Res. 1982 Jul;76:18-35.

  • 3.Krishnaswami KV, Abdul Rahim M, Seshagiri K, Radhakrishna S, Satagopan MC, Somasundaram PR, Tripathy SP, Fox W. Study of a policy to minimize the prescription of medicaments at first attendance at chest clinics. Lancet. 1982 Aug 28;2(8296):483-6.

1981
  • 1.Radhakrishna, S. Statistical methods employed in analysing the findings of repeated population surveys for tuberculosis in a controlled study of the efficacy of domiciliary chemotherapy in 12 towns in south India.  IJMR. 1981;73 Suppl: S83-6.
  • 2.Krishnaswami KV, Somasundaram PR, Tripathy SP, Vaidyanathan B, Radhakrishna S, Fox W.                        A randomised study of two policies for managing default in out-patients collecting supplies of drugs for pulmonary tuberculosis in a large city in South India. Tubercle. 1981 Jun;62(2):103-12.

  • 3. Somasundaram PR, Radhakrishna S, Tripathy SP.  Ethambutol plus isoniazid for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis - a controlled trial of our regimens. Tubercle. 1981 Mar;62(1):13-29

1980
  • 1. Radhakrishna S, Nair NG, Kachirayan M, Ramanathan AM. The mathematical study of the contamination phenomenon in the culture of tubercle bacilli. Tubercle. 1980 Dec;61(4):221-9.
  • 2. Radhakrishna S, Satagopan MC, Krishnaswami KV, Tripathy SP, Vaidyanathan B, Fox W. A study of the accuracy, and factors influencing accuracy, of home addresses of patients obtained by registry clerks and address cards in four large towns in South India. Tubercle. 1980 Dec;61(4):197-206.

  • 3. Sarma GR, Kailasam S, Nair NG, Narayana AS, Tripathy SP. Effect of prednisolone and rifampin on isoniazid metabolism in slow and rapid inactivators of isoniazid. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1980 Nov;18(5):661-6.

  • 4. Gurumurthy P, Nair NG, Sarma GR. Methods for the estimation of pyrazinamide and pyrazinoic acid in body fluids. Indian J Med Res. 1980 Jan;71:129-34. 
1979
  • 1. Krishnaswami KV, Satagopan MC, Somasundaram PR, Tripathy SP, Radhakrishna S, Fox W. An investigation of the accuracy of the home address given by patients in an urban community in South India. Tubercle. 1979 Mar;60(1):1-11.

  • 2. Krishnaswami KV, Satagopan MC, Somasundaram PR, Tripathy SP, Radhakrishna S, Fox W. Address card for obtaining accurate addresses of clinic patients.     Br Med J. 1979 Jan 13;1(6156):89.

  • 3. Radhakrishna S, Satagopan MC, Krishnaswami KV, Tripathy SP, Fox W. Efficiency of address cards, experienced health visitors and motivated registry clerks in obtaining the home address of urban patients in South India. Tubercle. 1979 Sep;60(3):151-7.

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