Search Results - "SEHGAL, C. S"

Altered environment and risk of malaria outbreak in South Andaman, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India affected by tsunami disaster by Krishnamoorthy, Kaliannagoun, Jambulingam, Purushothaman, Natarajan, R, Shriram, A N, Das, Pradeep K, Sehgal, S C

“…Pools of salt water and puddles created by giant waves from the sea due to the tsunami that occurred on 26th December 2004 would facilitate increased breeding…”
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Leptospirosis in the Andaman Islands, India by Vijayachari, P., Sugunan, A.P., Sharma, S., Roy, S., Natarajaseenivasan, K., Sehgal, S.C.

“…Leptospirosis is an emerging zoonosis. In the Andaman Islands during the early twentieth century, it occurred in the penal settlements of the British India…”
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Evaluation of Lepto Dri Dot as a rapid test for the diagnosis of leptospirosis by VIJAYACHARI, P., SUGUNAN, A. P., SEHGAL, S. C.

“…Lepto Dri Dot is a new card agglutination test developed by the Dutch Royal Tropical Institute for the rapid diagnosis of leptospirosis. We evaluated the test…”
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Field application of Lepto lateral flow for rapid diagnosis of leptospirosis by Sehgal, S. C, Vijayachari, P, Sugunan, A. P, Umapathi, T

“…National Leptospirosis Reference Centre, Regional Medical Research Centre (Indian Council of Medical Research), Post Bag no. 13, Port Blair 744101, Andaman &…”
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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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Leptospiral carrier state and seroprevalence among animal population – a cross-sectional sample survey in Andaman and Nicobar Islands by SHARMA, S., VIJAYACHARI, P., SUGUNAN, A. P., SEHGAL, S. C.

“…A study was conducted with the objective of assessing the leptospiral carrier state and seroprevalence among animal population of Andaman and Nicobar Islands…”
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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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Leptospira interrogans serovar Valbuzzi: a cause of severe pulmonary haemorrhages in the Andaman Islands by Vijayachari, P, Sehgal, S. C, Goris, Marga G.A, Terpstra, W. J, Hartskeerl, R. A

“…1 National Leptospirosis Reference Centre, Regional Medical Research Centre (Indian Council of Medical Research), Post Bag no. 13, Port Blair 744101, Andaman &…”
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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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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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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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Percutaneous exposure resulting in laboratory-acquired leptospirosis - a case report by Sugunan, A P, Natarajaseenivasan, K, Vijayachari, P, Sehgal, S C

“…WHO Collaborative Centre for Diagnosis, Research, Reference and Training in Leptospirosis, Regional Medical Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical…”
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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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Antigenic and genetic relatedness of Leptospira strains isolated from the Andaman Islands in 1929 and 2001 by Roy, Subarna, Biswas, D, Vijayachari, P, Sugunan, A. P, Sehgal, S. C

“…National Leptospirosis Reference Centre, Regional Medical Research Centre (Indian Council of Medical Research), Post Bag no. 13, Port Blair 744101, Andaman &…”
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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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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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LEPTO Dipstick: a rapid and simple method for serodiagnosis of acute leptospirosis by Sehgal, S.C., Vijayachari, P., Sharma, S., Sugunan, A.P.

“…The LEPTO Dipstick assay is a newly developed test for the diagnosis of leptospirosis and uses a broadly reactive antigen for detecting IgM antibodies. The…”
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A clone of Leptospira interrogans sensu stricto is the major cause of leptospirosis in the archipelago of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India by ROY, S, BISWAS, D, VIJAYACHARI, P, SUGUNAN, A. P, SEHGAL, S. C

“…Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India has a century long history of human leptospirosis. Several isolates have been recovered over the years from different…”
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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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