Search Results - "Murhekar, M. V."

Outbreak of waterborne hepatitis E in Hyderabad, India, 2005 by SAILAJA, B., MURHEKAR, M. V., HUTIN, Y. J., KURUVA, S., MURTHY, S. P., REDDY, K. S. JOWAHER, RAO, G. MASTAN, GUPTE, M. D.

“…A large outbreak of hepatitis E occurred in 2005 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. A total of 1611 cases were reported between 1 March and 31 December 2005…”
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Differentiated TB care: Tamil Nadu's achievements, plans and implications for national TB programmes by Shewade, H. D., Frederick, A., Suma, K. V., Rao, R., Selvavinayagam, T. S., Ramachandran, R., Murhekar, M. V.

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Risk factors associated with death among influenza A (H1N1) patients, Tamil Nadu, India, 2010 by Balaganesakumar, S, Murhekar, M, Swamy, K, Kumar, M, Manickam, P, Pandian, PRT

“…Background: Limited information is available about the risk factors associated with death among patients of influenza A (H1N1) in India. Aims: To describe the…”
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Tuberculosis situation among tribal population of Car Nicobar, India, 15 years after intensive tuberculosis control project and implementation of a national tuberculosis programme by MURHEKAR, M. V, KOLAPPAN, C, GOPI, P. G, CHAKRABORTY, A. K, SEHGAL, S. C

“…To assess the tuberculosis (TB) situation in the tribal community of Car Nicobar island 15 years after the national TB programme was implemented in this area…”
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Randomized controlled trial of doxycycline prophylaxis against leptospirosis in an endemic area by Sehgal, S.C, Sugunan, A.P, Murhekar, M.V, Sharma, S, Vijayachari, P

“…Leptospirosis occurs as seasonal outbreaks, lasting for about 3 weeks during October–November in North Andaman. A randomized controlled trial was undertaken to…”
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Hepatitis B virus: predominance of genotype D in primitive tribes of the Andaman and Nicobar islands, India (1989-1999) by Arankalle, V. A, Murhekar, K. M, Gandhe, S. S, Murhekar, M. V, Ramdasi, A. Y, Padbidri, V. S, Sehgal, S. C

“…1 National Institute of Virology, 20-A Dr Ambedkar Road, 411001 Pune, India 2 Regional Medical Research Center, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar islands, India…”
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Outbreak of rotaviral diarrhoea in a relief camp for tsunami victims at Car Nicobar Island, India by Sugunan, A.P., Roy, Subarna, Murhekar, M.V., Naik, T.N., Sehgal, S.C.

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Added value of the measles-rubella supplementary immunization activity in reaching unvaccinated and under-vaccinated children, a cross-sectional study in five Indian districts, 2018–20 by Prosperi, C., Thangaraj, J.W.V., Hasan, A.Z., Kumar, M.S., Truelove, S., Kumar, V.S., Winter, A.K., Bansal, A.K., Chauhan, S.L., Grover, G.S., Jain, A.K., Kulkarni, R.N., Sharma, S.K., Soman, B., Chaaithanya, I.K., Kharwal, S., Mishra, S.K., Salvi, N.R., Sharma, N.P., Sharma, S., Varghese, A., Sabarinathan, R., Duraiswamy, A., Rani, D.S., Kanagasabai, K., Lachyan, A., Gawali, P., Kapoor, M., Chonker, S.K., Cutts, F.T., Sangal, L., Mehendale, S.M., Sapkal, G.N., Gupta, N., Hayford, K., Moss, W.J., Murhekar, M.V.

“…Supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) aim to interrupt measles transmission by reaching susceptible children, including children who have not received…”
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Hepatitis B virus genotypes among the Jarawas : A primitive Negrito tribe of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India by MURHEKAR, M. V, CHAKRAVARTY, R, MURHEKAR, K. M, BANERJEE, A, SEHGAL, S. C

“…The Jarawas, a classical hunter-gatherer tribe of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, were living in isolation for several centuries. They came into contact…”
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Predominance of hepatitis B virus genotype C among Karens, the 'old settlers' of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India by Datta, S, Chandra, P. K, Banerjee, A, Chakravarty, R, Murhekar, K. M, Murhekar, M. V

“…The Karens, or 'old settlers', migrated from Myanmar to Andaman and Nicobar islands 80 years ago. A high HBV exposure rate among them has been reported. A…”
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Epidemiology of hepatitis B infection among the Nicobarese – a mongoloid tribe of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India by MURHEKAR, M. V., MURHEKAR, K. M., ARANKALLE, V. A., SEHGAL, S. C.

“…Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Union Territory of India, is home to six primitive tribes. Preliminary serological studies carried out earlier among the four…”
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Leptospirosis among schoolchildren of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India: low levels of morbidity and mortality among pre-exposed children during an epidemic by VIJAYACHARI, P., SUGUNAN, A. P., MURHEKAR, M. V., SHARMA, S., SEHGAL, S. C.

“…Leptospirosis is an important public health problem in the Andaman Islands. The disease is being increasingly reported among children and adolescents in recent…”
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Hepatitis B vaccination in a hyper-endemic tribal community from India: assessment after three years by Murhekar, M.V., Murhekar, K.M., Sehgal, S.C.

“…Hepatitis B infection is highly endemic among the primitive tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India and it is necessary to initiate hepatitis B…”
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Malnutrition and high childhood mortality among the Onge tribe of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands by Rao, VG, Sugunan, AP, Murhekar, MV, Sehgal, SC

“…A study was conducted among the Onge tribe of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands with the objectives of identifying demographic factors responsible for the…”
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Quality of comprehensive assessment among severely ill TB patients referred after triaging in southern India by Shewade, H. D., Frederick, A., Pradeep, S. Kiran, Rajasekar, T. Daniel, Kiruthika, G., Bhatnagar, T., Suma, K. V., Ravichandran, P., Gayathri, K., Vijayaprabha, R., Pathinathan, D. P., Chidambaram, D., Sivagami, K., Janani, R. K., Selvavinayagam, T. S., Ramachandran, R., Murhekar, M. V.

“…To reduce TB deaths, Tamil Nadu, a southern Indian state, implemented the first state-wide differentiated TB care strategy starting April 2022. Triage-positive…”
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Hepatitis delta virus infection among the tribes of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India by Murhekar, M.V., Murhekar, K.M., Arankalle, V.A., Sehgal, S.C.

“…Hepatitis B virus infection is highly endemic among the tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. We screened 223 hepatitis B surface antigen-positive…”
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Prevalence of diurnally subperiodic bancroftian filariasis among the Nicobarese in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India: effect of age and gender by Shriram, A. N., Murhekar, M. V., Ramaiah, K. D., Sehgal, S. C.

“…Summary We conducted a cross‐sectional survey to assess the prevalence of disease and microfilaraemia caused by diurnally subperiodic strain of Wuchereria…”
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Immune response to an indigenously developed hepatitis-B ( Shanvac-B) vaccine in a tribal community of India by Murhekar, M.V, Murhekar, K.M, Arankalle, V.A, Sehgal, S.C

“…Hepatitis-B infection is highly endemic among the primitive tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. A pilot project of hepatitis-B vaccination using…”
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Alarming prevalence of hepatitis-B infection among the Jarawas - a primitive Negrito tribe of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India by Murhekar, M. V., Murhekar, K. M., Sehgal, S. C.

“…Jarawas, a classical hunter–gatherer tribe of Andaman and Nicobar islands have lived in isolation for several centuries. It is only recently have they started…”
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Leptospiral infection among primitive tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands by SEHGAL, S. C., VIJAYACHARI, P., MURHEKAR, M. V., SUGUNAN, A. P., SHARMA, S., SINGH, S. S.

“…The Andaman islands were known to be endemic for leptospirosis during the early part of the century. Later, for about six decades no information about the…”
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