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Communicable diseases: COVID-19

  • Murhekar MV, Bhatnagar T, Selvaraju S, Rade K, Saravanakumar V, Vivian Thangaraj JW, et al. Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in India: Findings from the national serosurvey, May-June 2020. Indian J Med Res. 2020;152(1 & 2):48-60. doi:10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_3290_20
  • Murhekar MV, Bhatnagar T, Selvaraju S, et al.;ICMR Serosurveillance Group. SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in India, August-September, 2020: findings from the second nationwide household serosurvey. Lancet Glob Health. 2021;9(3):e257-e266. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30544-1
  • Borkakoty B, Bali NK. TSP-based PCR for rapid identification of L and S type strains of SARS-CoV-2. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2021;39(1):73-80. doi:10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.01.003
  • Murhekar MV, Bhatnagar T, Thangaraj JWV, et al.;ICMR Serosurveillance Group. SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among the general population and healthcare workers in India, December 2020-January 2021. Int J Infect Dis. 2021;108:145-155. doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2021.05.040
  • Murhekar MV, Bhatnagar T, Selvaraju S, et al.; ICMR Serosurveillance Group. SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in India, August-September, 2020: findings from the second nationwide household serosurvey. Lancet Glob Health. 2021;9(3):e257-e266. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30544-1
  • Borkakoty B, Bali NK. Haemophilus influenzae and SARS-CoV-2: Is there a role for investigation? Indian J Med Microbiol. 2021;39(2):240-244. doi:10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.03.008
  • Gogoi G, Das M, Borkakoty B, Borgohain M, Das AK. Suspected SARS-CoV-2 reinfections in health care workers from Assam, India: Are they true reinfections? Indian J Pathol Oncol. 2021;8(1):10-16. doi:10.18231/j.ijpo.2021.004
  • Yadav PD, Nyayanit DA, Majumdar T, Patil S, Kaur H, Gupta N, Shete AM, Pandit P, Kumar A, Aggarwal N, Narayan J, Vijay N, Kalawat U, Sugunan AP, Munivenkatappa A, Sharma T, Devi S, Majumdar T, Jaryal S, Bakshi R, Joshi Y, Sahay R, Shastri J, Singh M, Kumar M, Rawat V, Dutta S, Yadav S, Krishnasamy K, Raut S, Biswas D, Borkakoty B, Verma S, Rani S, Deval H, Patel D, Turuk J, Malhotra B, Fomda B, Nag V, Jain A, Bhargava A, Potdar V, Cherian S, Abraham P, Gopal A, Panda S, Bhargava B. An Epidemiological Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Sequences from Different Regions of India. Viruses. 2021;13(5):925. doi:10.3390/v13050925

Influenza

  • Chadha MS, Broor S, Gunasekaran P, Potdar VA, Krishnan A, Chawla-Sarkar M, Biswas D, Abraham AM, Jalgaonkar SV, Kaur H, Klimov A, Lal RB, Moen A, Kant L, Mishra AC. Multisite virological influenza surveillance in India: 2004-2008. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2012;6(3):196-203. doi:10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00293.x
  • Chadha MS, Potdar VA, Saha S, Koul PA, Broor S, Dar L, Chawla-Sarkar M, Biswas D, Gunasekaran P, Abraham AM, Shrikhande S, Jain A, Anukumar B, Lal RB, Mishra AC. Dynamics of influenza seasonality at sub-regional levels in India and implications for vaccination timing. PloS One. 2015;10(5):e0124122. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0124122
  • Pawar SD, Tandale BV, Mali RS, Potdar VA, Kode SS, Biswas D, Chadha MS. Avian influenza A H7N9 virus infections not evident among high-risk groups in India. Indian J Med Res. 2016;144(6):942-944. doi:10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_718_15
  • Biswas D, Buragohain M, Yadav K, Dutta M, Sarmah K, Baruah PJ, Borkakoty B. Outbreak of influenza-like illness investigated during August 2013 near Indo-China border of Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India. J Med Virol. 2016;88(11):1999-2003. doi:10.1002/jmv.24539
  • Sarmah K, Borkakoty B, Sarma K, Hazarika R, Das PK, Jakharia A, Das M, Biswas D. Genetic variations of the Hemagglutinin gene of Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) viruses in Assam, India during 2016. 3 Biotech. 2018;8(10):408. doi:10.1007/s13205-018-1427-4
  • Dutta M, Dutta P, Medhi S, Borkakoty B, Biswas D. Polymorphism of HLA class I and class II alleles in influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus infected population of Assam, Northeast India. J Med Virol. 2018;90(5):854-860. doi:10.1002/jmv.25018.
  • Biswas D, Dutta M, Sarmah K, Yadav K, Buragohain M, Sarma K, Borkakoty B. Genetic characterization of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses circulating in Assam, Northeast India during 2009-2015. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2019;37(1):42-49. doi:10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_18_416

Arboviral infections (Dengue, Chikungunya, Japanese encephalitis, etc.)

  • Dutta P, Khan SA, Khan AM, Borah J, Chowdhury P, Mahanta J. First evidence of chikungunya virus infection in Assam, Northeast India. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2011;105(6):355-357. doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.02.004
  • Borah J, Dutta P, Khan SA, Mahanta J. A comparison of clinical features of Japanese encephalitis virus infection in the adult and pediatric age group with Acute Encephalitis Syndrome. J Clin Virol. 2011;52(1):45-49. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2011.06.001
  • Handique BK, Khan SA, Chakraborty K, Goswami J, Sarma KK. Spatial statistical analysis of JE occurrence and identification of disease hotspots – case studies in a JE endemic district of Northeast India. Int J Geoinformatics. 2011;7(1):7-14.
  • Dutta P, Khan SA, Khan AM, Borah J, Sarmah CK, Mahanta J. The effect of insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITMNs) on Japanese encephalitis virus seroconversion in pigs and humans. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011;84(3):466-472. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0270
  • Khan SA, Dutta P, Chowdhury P, Borah J, Topno R, Mahanta J. Co-infection of arboviruses presenting as Acute Encephalitis Syndrome. J Clin Virol. 2011;51(1):5-7. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2011.02.005
  • Khan SA, Dutta P, Khan AM, Chowdhury P, Borah J, Doloi P, Mahanta J. West Nile virus infection, Assam, India. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011;17(5):947-948. doi:10.3201/eid1705.100479
  • Borah J, Dutta P, Khan SA, Mahanta J. Epidemiological concordance of Japanese encephalitis virus infection among mosquito vectors, amplifying hosts and humans in India. Epidemiol Infect. 2013;141(1):74-80. doi:10.1017/S0950268812000258
  • Khan SA, Dutta P, Borah J, Chowdhury P, Doloi PK, Mahanta J. Dengue outbreak in an Indo-Myanmar boarder area: epidemiological aspects and risk factors. Trop Biomed. 2013;30(3):451-458.
  • Borah J, Dutta P, Khan SA, Mahanta J. Association of weather and anthropogenic factors for transmission of Japanese encephalitis in an endemic area of India. EcoHealth. 2013;10(2):129-136.
  • Kakoti G, Dutta P, Ram Das B, Borah J, Mahanta J. Clinical profile and outcome of Japanese encephalitis in children admitted with acute encephalitis syndrome. BioMed Res Int. 2013;2013:152656. doi:10.1155/2013/152656
  • Chowdhury P, Khan SA, Dutta P, Topno R, Mahanta J. Characterization of West Nile virus (WNV) isolates from Assam, India: insights into the circulating WNV in northeastern India. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis. 2014;37(1):39-47. doi:10.1016/j.cimid.2013.10.006
  • Chowdhury P, Ahmed Khan S, Topno R, Dutta P, Yadav RNS, Mahanta J. Immunogenic potential and protective efficacy of formalin inactivated circulating Indian strain of West Nile virus. Asian Pac J Trop Med. 2014;7(12):946-951. doi:10.1016/S1995-7645(14)60167-X
  • Handique B K, Khan S A, Dutta P, Sarma KK, Chakraborty K, Goswami J, Chowdhury P, Mahanta J, Sudhakar S. Forecasting spatial distribution of Japanese encephalitis occurrence-a remote sensing and GIS based study in Assam, India. Int J Geoinformatics. 2014;10(1):1-7.
  • Patgiri SJ, Borthakur AK, Borkakoty B, Saikia L, Dutta R, Phukan SK. An appraisal of clinicopathological parameters in Japanese encephalitis and changing epidemiological trends in upper Assam, India. Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2014;57(3):400-406.
  • Khan SA, Dutta P, Topno R, Soni M, Mahanta J. Dengue outbreak in a hilly state of Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India. Sci World J. 2014;2014:584093. doi:10.1155/2014/584093
  • Handique BK, Khan SA, Mahanta J, Sudhakar S. Forecasting Japanese encephalitis incidence from historical morbidity patterns: Statistical analysis with 27 years of observation in Assam, India. J Vector Borne Dis. 2014;51(3):172-178.
  • Khan SA, Borah J, Chowdhury P, Dutta P, Mahanta J. Characterization of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) genotype III clinical isolates in northeast India. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2015;109(8):522-528. doi:10.1093/trstmh/trv045
  • Khan SA, Dutta P, Topno R, Borah J, Chowdhury P, Mahanta J. Chikungunya outbreak in Garo Hills, Meghalaya: An epidemiological perspective. Indian J Med Res. 2015;141(5):591-597. doi:10.4103/0971-5916.159521
  • Kakoti G, Dutta P, Das BR. Dengue Encephalitis: An atypical manifestation of dengue fever in children. Int J Health Sci Res. 2016; 6(4):1-7.
  • Handique BK, Khan SA, Dutta P, Nath MJ, Qadira A, Raju PLN. Spatial correlations of malaria incidence hotspots with environmental factors in Assam, North East India ISPRS Ann Photogramm Remote Sens Spatial Inf Sci. 2016;III(8):51-56.
  • Chowdhury P, Khan SA. Significance of CCL2, CCL5 and CCR2 polymorphisms for adverse prognosis of Japanese encephalitis from an endemic population of India. Sci Rep. 2017;7(1):13716. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-14091-8.
  • Dutta P, Khan SA, Hazarika NK, Chetry S. Molecular and phylogenetic evidence of chikungunya virus circulating in Assam, India. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2017;35(3):389-393.
  • Bora K, Das D, Barman B, Borah P. Are internet videos useful sources of information during global public health emergencies? A case study of YouTube videos during the 2015-16 Zika virus pandemic. Pathog Glob Health. 2018;112(6):320-328. doi:10.1080/20477724.2018.1507784
  • Rahman M, Sharma A, Patgiri S, Hussain E, Borah AK, Saikia L. Serotyping of dengue viruses circulating during 2014-2015 in Assam, India. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2018;36(3):429-431.
  • Apum B, Jakharia A, Borkakoty B, Das PK, Biswas D, Dutta P. Comprehensive environmental management measures controlled dengue virus (DENV) in an endemic region. J Assoc Physicians India. 2018;66(10):98-99.
  • Borkakoty B, Das M, Sarma K, Jakharia A, Das PK, Bhattacharya C, Apum B, Biswas D. Molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of dengue outbreak in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2018;36(1):37-42.
  • McNaughton H, Singh A, Khan SA. An outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in a non-endemic region of north-east India. J R Coll Physicians Edinb. 2018;48(1):25-29. doi:10.4997/JRCPE.2018.105
  • Rao C, Kaur H, Gupta N, Sabeena SP, Ambica R, Jain A, et al. Geographical distribution of primary & secondary dengue cases in India - 2017: A cross-sectional multicentric study. Indian J Med Res. 2019;149(4):548-553. doi:10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_916_18
  • Murhekar MV, Kamaraj P, Kumar MS, Khan SA, Allam RR, Barde P, et al.. Burden of dengue infection in India, 2017: a cross-sectional population based serosurvey. Lancet Glob Health. 2019;7(8):e1065-e1073. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30250-5

Viral hepatitis

  • Yadav K, Borkakoty B, Biswas D, Bhattacharya CB, Mahanta J. Messenger RNA expression of human toll like receptors 3, 7 and 9 in peripheral blood of patients with Hepatitis B infection. Int J Biomed Adv Res. 2017;8(3):87-91.
  • Barman B, Bora K, Lynrah KG, Lyngdoh WV, Jamil M. Hepatitis C virus and its genotypes in chronic liver disease patients from Meghalaya, Northeast India. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2018;36(3):376-380. doi:10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_17_371
  • Murhekar MV, Santhosh Kumar M, Kamaraj P, Khan SA, Allam RR, Barde P, et al.; ICMR – Serosurvey group. Hepatitis-B virus infection in India: Findings from a nationally representative serosurvey, 2017-18. Int J Infect Dis. 2020;100:455-460. doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.08.084

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

  • Medhi GK, Mahanta J, Paranjape RS, Adhikary R, Laskar N, Ngully P. Factors associated with HIV among female sex workers in a high HIV prevalent state of India. AIDS Care. 2012;24(3):369-376. doi:10.1080/09540121.2011.608787.
  • Goswami P, Medhi GK, Armstrong G, Setia MS, Mathew S, Thongamba G, Ramakrishnan L, George B, Singh RK, Paranjape RS, Mahanta J. An assessment of an HIV prevention intervention among people who inject drugs in the states of Manipur and Nagaland, India. Int J Drug Policy. 2014;25(5):853-864. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.04.016.
  • Armstrong G, Medhi GK, Mahanta J, Paranjape RS, Kermode M. Undiagnosed HIV among people who inject drugs in Manipur, India. AIDS Care. 2015;27(3):288-292.
  • Mohapatra PK, Pachuau E, Kumar C, Borkakoty B, Zomawia E, Singh A, Walia K, Arora R, Mahanta J, Subbarao SK. HIV-malaria interactions in North-East India: A prospective cohort study. Indian J Med Res. 2017;145(3):387-394. doi:10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1427_15.

Other viral diseases

  • Wairagkar N, Chowdhury D, Vaidya S, Sikchi S, Shaikh N, Hungund L, Tomar RS, Biswas D, Yadav K, Mahanta J, Das VNR, Yergolkar P, Gunasekaran P, Raja D, Jadi R, Ramamurty N, Mishra AC, MeaslesNetIndia collaborators. Molecular epidemiology of measles in India, 2005-2010. J Infect Dis. 2011;204 Suppl 1:S403-413. doi:10.1093/infdis/jir150
  • Biswas D, Yadav K, Borkakoty B, Mahanta J. Simultaneous infection of measles and varicella-zoster virus in a child in India. J Med Virol. 2011;83(11):2004-2007. doi:10.1002/jmv.22206
  • Biswas D, Borkakoty B, Mahanta J, Walia K, Saikia L, Akoijam BS, Jampa L, Kharkongar A, Zomawia E. Seroprevalence and risk factors of herpes simplex virus type-2 infection among pregnant women in Northeast India. BMC Infect Dis. 2011;11:325. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-11-325.
  • Biswas D, Yadav K, Borkakoty B, Mahanta J. Molecular characterization of human respiratory syncytial virus NA1 and GA5 genotypes detected in Assam in northeast India, 2009-2012. J Med Virol. 2013;85(9):1639-1644. doi:10.1002/jmv.23636
  • Sharma U, Mahanta J, Borkakoty BJ, Talukdar KL, Gogoi R, Yadav, K. Demographic characteristics of HPV infection in women – A Hospital based study from Guwahati, India. Natl J Med Res. 2013;3(1).
  • Biswas D, Yadav K, Borkakoty B, Mahanta J. Human metapneumovirus infection among outpatient children in Dibrugarh. Indian Pediatr. 2014;51(11):931-932.
  • Sarma U, Mahanta J, Borkakoty B, Sarmah B. Distribution of human papilloma virus infections of uterine cervix among women of reproductive age-a cross sectional hospital-based study from North East India. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2015;16(4):1519-1523. doi:10.7314/apjcp.2015.16.4.1519.
  • Yadav K, Borkakoty B, Biswas D, Bhattacharya CB, Das AK, Mahanta J. High prevalence of Torque-teno virus in North-Eastern India. Spectrum. 2016;3:53-66.
  • Borkakoty B, Das M, Jakharia A, Bhattacharya C, Bora C, Baruah PJ, Biswas D. Hand, foot and mouth disease caused by Coxsackie viruses A6 and A16 in Assam, Northeast India: A need for surveillance. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2020;86(1):105.
  • Girish Kumar CP, Giri S, Chawla-Sarkar M, Gopalkrishna V, Chitambar SD, Ray P, Venkatasubramanian S, Borkakoty B, Roy S, Bhat J, Dwibedi B, Paluru V, Das P, Arora R, Kang G, Mehendale SM, National Rotavirus Surveillance Network investigators. Epidemiology of rotavirus diarrhea among children less than 5 years hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis prior to rotavirus vaccine introduction in India. Vaccine. 2020;38(51):8154-8160. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.10.084

Malaria

  • Mahajan RC, Narain K, Mahanta J. Anaemia & expression levels of CD35, CD55 & CD59 on red blood cells in Plasmodium falciparum malaria patients from India. Indian J Med Res. 2011;133:662-664.
  • Dutta P, Khan AM, Khan SA, Borah J, Sharma CK, Mahanta J. Malaria control in a forest fringe area of Assam, India: a pilot study. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2011;105(6):327-332. doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.02.008
  • Kumar A, Chery L, Biswas C, Dubhashi N, Dutta P, Dua VK, Kacchap M, Kakati S, Khandeparkar A, Kour D, Mahajan SN, Maji A, Majumder P, Mohanta J, Mohapatra PK, Narayanasamy K, Roy K, Shastri J, Valecha N, Vikash R, Wani R, White J, Rathod PK. Malaria in South Asia: prevalence and control. Acta Trop. 2012;121(3):246-255. doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.01.004
  • Shrivastava SK, Gupta RK, Mahanta J, Dubey ML. Correlation of molecular markers, Pfmdr1-N86Y and Pfcrt-K76T, with in vitro chloroquine resistant Plasmodium falciparum, isolated in the malaria endemic states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India. PloS One. 2014;9(8):e103848.
  • Sharma J, Dutta P, Khan SA, Soni M, Mahanta J. Detection of point mutation in Plasmodium falciparum ATPase6 gene associated with artemisinin resistance from Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. J Vector Borne Dis. 2014;51(4):282-285.
  • Chaturvedi HK, Mahanta J, Bajpai RC, Pandey A. Risk of malaria among febrile patients: retrospective analysis of a hospital-based study in an endemic area of northeast India. Int Health. 2014;6(2):144-151. doi:10.1093/inthealth/ihu020
  • Mohapatra PK, Sarma DK, Prakash A, Bora K, Ahmed MA, Sarma B, Goswami BK, Bhattacharyya DR, Mahanta J. Molecular evidence of increased resistance to anti-folate drugs in Plasmodium falciparum in North-East India: a signal for potential failure of artemisinin plus sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine combination therapy. PloS One. 2014;9(9):e105562. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0105562
  • Sharma J, Khan SA, Dutta P, Mahanta J. Molecular determination of antifolate resistance associated point mutations in Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr) and dihydropteroate synthetase (dhps) genes among the field samples in Arunachal Pradesh. J Vector Borne Dis. 2015;52(2):116-121.
  • Moss WJ, Dorsey G, Mueller I, Laufer MK, Krogstad DJ, Vinetz JM, et al.; for the International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research. Malaria Epidemiology and Control Within the International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015;93(3 Suppl):5-15. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.15-0006
  • Das MK, Chetry S, Dutta P and Kalita M.C. First phylogenetic evidence of Plasmodium malariae from northeast region of India. Int J Parasitol Res. 2015;7(1):136-139
  • Sharma J, Dutta P, Khan SA. Population genetic study of Plasmodium falciparum parasites pertaining to dhps gene sequence in malaria endemic areas of Assam. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2015;33(3):401-405.
  • Sharma J, Dutta P, Khan SA, Soni M, Dey D, Mahanta J. Genetic polymorphisms associated with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine drug resistance among Plasmodium falciparum field isolates in malaria endemic areas of Assam. J Postgrad Med. 2015;61(1):9-14. doi:10.4103/0022-3859.147019
  • Sharma J, Dutta P, Khan SA. Antifolate resistance associated point mutations among asymptomatic malaria cases. J Vector Borne Dis. 2016;53(1):81-83
  • Sharma J, Dutta P, Khan SA. Epidemiological study of malaria cases in North East region of India. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2016;34(2):261-262. doi:10.4103/0255-0857.176843
  • Das MK, Chetry S, Kalita MC, Dutta P. Evidence of triple mutant Pfdhps ISGNGA haplotype in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from North-east India: An analysis of sulfadoxine-resistant haplotype selection. Genomics Data. 2016;10:144-150. doi:10.1016/j.gdata.2016.11.001
  • Sharma J, Soni M, Dutta P, Khan SA, Mahanta J. Mutational prevalence of chloroquine resistance transporter gene among Plasmodium falciparum field isolates in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, India. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2016;34(2):193-197. doi:10.4103/0255-0857.180298
  • Mirgal D, Ghosh K, Mahanta J, Dutta P, Shetty S. Possible selection of host folate pathway gene polymorphisms in patients with malaria from a malaria endemic region in North East India. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2016;110(5):294-298. doi:10.1093/trstmh/trw026
  • Patel P, Bharti PK, Bansal D, Ali NA, Raman RK, Mohapatra PK, Sehgal R, Mahanta J, Sultan AA, Singh N. Prevalence of mutations linked to antimalarial resistance in Plasmodium falciparum from Chhattisgarh, Central India: A malaria elimination point of view. Sci Rep. 2017;7(1):16690.
  • Sarmah NP, Sarma K, Bhattacharyya DR, Sultan A, Bansal D, Singh N, Bharti PK, Kaur H, Sehgal R, Mohapatra PK, Mahanta J. Molecular characterization of Plasmodium falciparum in Arunachal Pradesh from Northeast India based on merozoite surface protein 1 & glutamate-rich protein. Indian J Med Res. 2017;146(3):375-380. doi:10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_291_16
  • Sharma J, Khan SA, Soni M, Dutta P. Prevalence of multiple drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases in Northeast India. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2017;35(1):140-142.
  • Thriemer K, Ley B, Bobogare A, Dysoley L, Alam MS, Pasaribu AP, et al. Challenges for achieving safe and effective radical cure of Plasmodium vivax: a round table discussion of the APMEN Vivax Working Group. Malar J. 2017;16(1):141. doi:10.1186/s12936-017-1784-1
  • Sarmah NP, Sarma K, Bhattacharyya DR, Sultan AA, Bansal D, Singh N, Bharti PK, Sehgal R, Mohapatra PK, Parida P, Mahanta J. Antifolate drug resistance: Novel mutations and haplotype distribution in dhps and dhfr from Northeast India. J Biosci. 2017;42(4):531-535.
  • Bansal D, Acharya A, Bharti PK, Abdelraheem MH, Elmalik A, Abosalah S, Khan FY, ElKhalifa M, Kaur H, Mohapatra PK, Sehgal R, Idris MA, Mahanta J, Singh N, Babiker HA, Sultan AA. Distribution of mutations associated with antifolate and chloroquine resistance among imported Plasmodium vivax in the state of Qatar. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017;97(6):1797-1803.
  • Kaur H, Sehgal R, Goyal K, Makkar N, Yadav R, Bharti PK, Singh N, Sarmah NP, Mohapatra PK, Mahanta J, Bansal D, Sultan AA, Kanwar JR. Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein-1 (block 2), glutamate-rich protein and sexual stage antigen Pfs25 from Chandigarh, North India. Trop Med Int Health. 2017;22(12):1590-1598. doi:10.1111/tmi.12990
  • Acharya A, Bansal D, Bharti PK, Khan FY, Abusalah S, Elmalik A, ElKhalifa M, Mohapatra PK, Mahanta J, Sehgal R, Singh N, Sultan AA. Molecular surveillance of chloroquine drug resistance markers (Pfcrt and Pfmdr1) among imported Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Qatar. Pathog Glob Health. 2018;112(2):57-62. doi:10.1080/20477724.2017.1399234
  • Sarma DK, Mohapatra PK, Bhattacharyya DR, Chellappan S, Karuppusamy B, Barman K, Senthil Kumar N, Dash AP, Prakash A, Balabaskaran Nina P. Malaria in North-East India: importance and implications in the era of elimination. Microorganisms. 2019;7(12).
  • Rahi M, Anvikar AR, Singh OP, Jambulingam P, Vijayachari P, Das A, Pati S, Narain K, Gangakhedkar RR, Dhingra N, Bhargava B. MERA India: Malaria Elimination Research Alliance India. J Vector Borne Dis. 2019;56(1):1-3. doi:10.4103/0972-9062.257766
  • Bansal D, Bharti PK, Acharya A, Abdelraheem MH, Patel P, Elmalik A, Abosalah S, Khan FY, ElKhalifa M, Kaur H, Farag E, Sarmah NP, Mohapatra PK, Sehgal R, Mahanta J, Sultan AA. Molecular surveillance of putative drug resistance markers of antifolate and artemisinin among imported Plasmodium falciparum in Qatar. Pathog Glob Health. 2019;113(4):158-166.
  • Kaur H, Sehgal R, Kumar A, Sehgal A, Bharti PK, Bansal D, Mohapatra PK, Mahanta J, Sultan AA. Exploration of genetic diversity of Plasmodium vivax circumsporozoite protein (Pvcsp) and Plasmodium vivax sexual stage antigen (Pvs25) among North Indian isolates. Malar J. 2019;18(1):308. doi:10.1186/s12936-019-2939-z
  • Rahi M, Das P, Jambulingam P, Vijayachari P, Das A, Pati S, Narain K, Kumar A, Gangakhedkar RR, Valecha N. ICMR research initiatives enabling malaria elimination in India. J Vector Borne Dis. 2019;56(1):4-10. doi:10.4103/0972-9062.257772
  • Patgiri SJ, Sarma K, Sarmah N, Bhattacharyya N, Sarma DK, Nirmolia T, Bhattacharyya DR, Mohapatra PK, Bansal D, Bharti PK, Sehgal R, Mahanta J, Sultan AA. Characterization of drug resistance and genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum parasites from Tripura, Northeast India. Sci Rep. 2019;9(1):13704. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-50152-w
  • SJ Patgiri, DR Bhattacharyya, IP Bhowmick, Ahmed MA. Deciphering symptomatic malaria-the missing link in India's fight against the disease? Curr Sci. 2020; 118(9):1333-1334.
  • Kaur H, Sehgal R, Kumar A, Bharti PK, Bansal D, Mohapatra PK, Mahanta J, Sultan AA. Distribution pattern of amino acid mutations in chloroquine and antifolate drug resistance associated genes in complicated and uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax isolates from Chandigarh, North India. BMC Infect Dis. 2020;20(1):671. doi:10.1186/s12879-020-05397-6

Other parasitic diseases (Filariasis, Kala-azar, Paragonimiasis, Intestinal helminths, etc.)

  • Devi U, Mahanta J, Patgiri DK. Emergency hospitalization due to ascariasis. J Emerg Med. 2011;40(6):678-679. doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.05.030.
  • Devi U, Borkakoty B, Mahanta J. Strongyloidiasis in Assam, India: A community-based study. Trop Parasitol. 2011;1(1):30-32. doi:10.4103/2229-5070.72110.
  • Rekha Devi K, Narain K, Mahanta J, Nirmolia T, Blair D, Saikia SP, Agatsuma T. Presence of three distinct genotypes within the Paragonimus westermani complex in northeastern India. Parasitology. 2013;140(1):76-86. doi:10.1017/S0031182012001229.
  • Nath R, Boruah S, Gogoi T, Mahanta J, Saikia L. Keratitis due to Staphylococcus aureus and Acanthamoeba species following injury. Trop Parasitol. 2013;3(1):86-88.
  • Handique AK, Tamuli A, Khan AM. Ocular thelaziasis in a 7-month-old infant. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2014;32(1):84-86. doi:10.4103/0255-0857.124333
  • Khan AM, Dutta P, Khan SA, Baruah SK, Raja D, Khound K, Mahanta J. Kala-azar and post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis, Assam, India. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014;20(3):487-489.
  • Sharma M, Devi KR, Sehgal R, Narain K, Mahanta J, Malla N. Genetic similarity between Taenia solium cysticerci collected from the two distant endemic areas in North and North East India. Infect Genet Evol. 2014;21:436-439. doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2013.12.010.
  • Narain K, Devi KR, Bhattacharya S, Negmu K, Rajguru SK, Mahanta J. Declining prevalence of pulmonary paragonimiasis following treatment & community education in a remote tribal population of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Indian J Med Res. 2015;141(5):648-652.
  • Khan AM, Dutta P, Das S, Pathak AK, Sarmah P, Hussain ME, Mahanta J. Microfilarial periodicity of Wuchereria bancrofti in Assam, Northeast India. J Vector Borne Dis. 2015;52(3):208-212.
  • Khan AM, Dutta P, Sarmah CK, Baruah NK, Das S, Pathak AK, Sarmah P, Hussain ME, Mahanta J. Prevalence of lymphatic filariasis in a tea garden worker population of Dibrugarh (Assam), India after six rounds of mass drug administration. J Vector Borne Dis. 2015;52(4):314-320.
  • Borkakoty B, Biswas D, Jakharia A, Mahanta J. Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii among pregnant women in Northeast India. J Assoc Physicians India. 2016;64(10):24-28.
  • Khan AM. Lymphatic filariasis elimination programme in Assam, India, needs change in mass drug administration strategy to target the focus of infection. Indian J Med Res. 2018;147(1):7-10.
  • Khatonier R, Khan AM, Sarmah P, Ahmed GU. Role of IL-21 in host pathogenesis in experimental visceral leishmaniasis. J Parasit Dis. 2018;42(4):500-504. doi:10.1007/s12639-018-1025-8
  • Oey H, Zakrzewski M, Narain K, Devi KR, Agatsuma T, Nawaratna S, Gobert GN, Jones MK, Ragan MA, McManus DP, Krause L. Whole-genome sequence of the oriental lung fluke Paragonimus westermani. GigaScience. 2019;8(1). doi:10.1093/gigascience/giy146
  • Devi U, Mahanta J. Isolation of Acanthamoeba from pond water in Dibrugarh district of Assam: A report. Trop Parasitol. 2019;9(1):62-63. doi:10.4103/tp.TP_34_15
  • Sarmah P, Bharali R, Khatonier R, Khan AM. Polymorphism in Toll interacting protein (TOLLIP) gene and its association with visceral leishmaniasis. Gene Rep. 2020;20:100705.
  • Khatonier R, Khan AM, Sarmah P, Ahmed GU. Role of IL-17 gene polymorphism in Indian kala-azar. J Vector Borne Dis. 2020;57(1):23-30. doi:10.4103/0972-9062.308795.
  • Devi KR, Borbora D, Upadhyay N, Goswami D, Rajguru SK, Narain K. Neurocysticercosis in patients with active epilepsy in the tea garden community of Assam, Northeast India. Sci Rep. 2021;11(1):7433. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-86823-w.

Tuberculosis

  • Dolma KG, Adhikari L, Mohapatra PK, Mahanta J. Determinants for the retreatment groups of pulmonary tuberculosis patients treated in a DOTS programme in Sikkim, India. Indian J Tuberc. 2011;58(4):178-188.
  • Bhutia R, Narain K, Devi KR, Singh TSK, Mahanta J. Direct and early detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and rifampicin resistance from sputum smears. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2013;17(2):258-261. doi:10.5588/ijtld.12.0452
  • Rekha Devi K, Narain K, Mahanta J, Deori R, Lego K, Goswami D, Kumar Rajguru S, Agatsuma T. Active detection of tuberculosis and paragonimiasis in the remote areas in North-Eastern India using cough as a simple indicator. Pathog Glob Health. 2013;107(3):153-156.
  • Chelleng PK, Devi KR, Borbora D, Chetia M, Saikia A, Mahanta J, Narain K. Risk factors of pulmonary tuberculosis in tea garden communities of Assam, India. Indian J Med Res. 2014;140(1):138-141.
  • Devi KR, Bhutia R, Bhowmick S, Mukherjee K, Mahanta J, Narain K. Genetic Diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Assam, India: Dominance of Beijing Family and Discovery of Two New Clades Related to CAS1_Delhi and EAI Family Based on Spoligotyping and MIRU-VNTR Typing. PloS One. 2015;10(12):e0145860. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0145860
  • Das M, Doleckova K, Shenoy R, Mahanta J, Narain K, Devi KR, Konyak T, Mansoor H, Isaakidis P. Paragonimiasis in tuberculosis patients in Nagaland, India. Glob Health Action. 2016;9:32387.
  • Barman B, Nongpiur A, Bora K, Synrem E, Phukan P, Sarma K. Clinical and laboratory presentation of abdominal tuberculosis in Shillong, Meghalaya: Experience from Northeast India. Indian J Med Spec. 2017;8(3):134-138. doi:10.1016/j.injms.2017.06.002
  • Devi KR, Mukherjee K, Chelleng PK, Kalita S, Das U, Narain K. Association of VDR gene polymorphisms and 22 bp deletions in the promoter region of TLR2Δ22 (-196-174) with increased risk of pulmonary tuberculosis: A case-control study in tea garden communities of Assam. J Clin Lab Anal. 2018;32(7):e22562. doi:10.1002/jcla.22562
  • Barman B, Beyong T, Bora K, Nongpiur A, Lynrah KG, Mishra J, Phukan P, Lyngdoh WV. Primary duodenal tuberculosis masquerading as chronic liver disease: an unusual presentation. Acta Gastro-Enterol Belg. 2018;81(1):105-106.
  • Arya R, Dabral D, Faruquee HM, Mazumdar H, Patgiri SJ, Deka T, Basumatary R, Kupa R-U, Semy C, Kapfo W, Liegise K, Kaur I, Choedon T, Kumar P, Behera RK, Deori P, Nath R, Khalo K, Saikia L, Khamo V, Nanda RK. Serum small extracellular vesicles proteome of tuberculosis patients demonstrated deregulated immune response. Proteomics Clin Appl. 2020;14(1):e1900062.
  • Devi KR, Pradhan J, Bhutia R, Dadul P, Sarkar A, Gohain N, Narain K. Molecular diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Sikkim, India and prediction of dominant spoligotypes using artificial intelligence. Sci Rep. 2021;11(1):7365. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-86626-z

Rickettsial diseases

  • Khan SA, Dutta P, Khan AM, Topno R, Borah J, Chowdhury P, Mahanta J. Re-emergence of scrub typhus in northeast India. Int J Infect Dis. 2012;16(12):e889-890. doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2012.05.1030
  • Jakharia A, Borkakoty B, Biswas D, Yadav K, Mahanta J. Seroprevalence of Scrub Typhus Infection in Arunachal Pradesh, India. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2016;16(10):659-663.
  • Khan SA, Khamo V, Uriah HJ, Bora T, Dutta P. Scrub typhus in hilly regions of north east India. Indian J Med Res. 2016;144(1):138-140. doi:10.4103/0971-5916.193302.
  • Borkakoty B, Jakharia A, Biswas D, Mahanta J. Co-infection of scrub typhus and leptospirosis in patients with pyrexia of unknown origin in Longding district of Arunachal Pradesh in 2013. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2016;34(1):88-91. doi:10.4103/0255-0857.174116
  • Khan SA, Bora T, Chattopadhyay S, Jiang J, Richards AL, Dutta P. Seroepidemiology of rickettsial infections in Northeast India. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2016;110(8):487-494.
  • Khan SA, Bora T, Ahmed S, Malang SMIS, Devi U, Kakati S, Dutta P. Spotted fever rickettsiae and tuberculous meningitis dual infection presenting as acute encephalitis syndrome: A fatal case report. J Vector Borne Dis. 2017;54(2):194-196.
  • Khan SA, Bora T, Saikia J, Shah A, Richards AL, Chattopadhyay S, Kakati S, Rahi M, Kaur H. Seroprevalence of typhus group rickettsial infections in the north-east region of India. Indian J Med Res. 2019;150(2):203-205. doi:10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_332_19
  • Bora T, Khan SA, Jampa L, Laskar B. Genetic diversity of Orientia tsutsugamushi strains circulating in Northeast India. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2018;112(1):22-30.

Other bacterial diseases

  • Devi U, Borah PK, Mahanta J. The prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of beta-hemolytic streptococci colonizing the throats of schoolchildren in Assam, India. J Infect Dev Ctries. 2011;5(11):804-808. doi:10.3855/jidc.1465
  • Devi U, Ayyagari A, Devi KR, Narain K, Patgiri DK, Sharma A, Mahanta J. Serotype distribution & sensitivity pattern of nasopharyngeal colonizing Streptococcus pneumoniae among rural children of eastern India. Indian J Med Res. 2012;136(3):495-498.
  • Devi U, Sharma A, Malik V, Devi KR, Narain K, Das JK, Choudhury G, Mahanta J. Serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae and characterization of non-serotypeable isolates carried by asymptomatic children of Dibrugarh, India, Int J Infect Dis. 2012;16(Supplement 1):e217.
  • Borkakoty B, Biswas D, Devi U, Yadav K, Mahanta J. Emergence of classical ctxB genotype 1 and tetracycline resistant strains of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor in Assam, India. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2012;106(6):382-386. doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.03.005
  • Medhi GK, Mahanta J, Hazarika I, Armstrong G, Adhikary R, Mainkar M, Paranjape RS. Syphilis infection among female sex workers in Nagaland, Northeast India: analyzing their vulnerability to the infection. Int J STD AIDS. 2013;24(3):193-197. doi:10.1177/0956462412472427
  • Devi U, Mahanta J. Neonatal meningitis due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y. Indian Pediatr. 2014;51(9):757.
  • Devi U, Bora R, Das JK, Malik V, Mahanta J. Sneathia species in a case of neonatal meningitis from Northeast India. Oxf Med Case Rep. 2014;2014(6):112-114. doi:10.1093/omcr/omu044
  • Devi U, Barman N, Barua P, Malik V, Das JK, Baruah PJ, Mahanta J. Vaginal carriage of antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli by pregnant women: a concern for the neonate. Clin Microbiol. 2014;3:153. doi:10.4172/2327-5073.1000153
  • Devi U, Borah PK, Malik V, Parida P, Mahanta J. M types & toxin gene profile of group A streptococci isolated from children in Dibrugarh district of Assam, India. Indian J Med Res. 2016;143(5):659-662. doi:10.4103/0971-5916.187116
  • Devi U, Baruah PJ, Borah PK, Mahanta J, Dutta P. Report of diphtheria cases & surveillance among contacts in Dibrugarh, Assam, India. Indian J Med Res. 2017;145(6):847-848.
  • Devi U, Bora R, Malik V, Deori R, Gogoi B, Das JK, Mahanta J. Bacterial aetiology of neonatal meningitis: A study from north-east India. Indian J Med Res. 2017;145(1):138-143.
  • Devi U, Bora R, Das JK, Mahanta J. Extended-spectrum β-lactamase & carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacilli in neonates from a tertiary care centre in Dibrugarh, Assam, India. Indian J Med Res. 2018;147(1):110-114.
  • Sarma A, Saikia L, Gogoi M, Yadav K. Molecular characterization of virulent gene vacA in Helicobacter pylori clinical isolates from patients with gastroduodenal diseases in Assam, India. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2018;36(2):178-185. doi:10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_18_67
  • Devi U, Paine SK, Narain K, Barman N, Mahanta J. Microbial architecture of pregnant women: A culture independent pilot study. Indian J Med Res. 2018;148(2):232-234.
  • Frincy KB, Biswajyoti B, Saikia S, Baruah MP, Devi U. Burkholderia pseudomallei septic arthritis in Type-2 diabetes mellitus patients: Report of two cases. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2020;38(2):222-225. doi:10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_20_74
  • Borkakoty B, Jakharia A, Sarmah MD, Hazarika R, Baruah PJ, Bora CJ, Temsu T, Gohain M, Devi U, Biswas D. Prevalence of campylobacter enteritis in children under 5 years hospitalised for diarrhoea in two cities of Northeast India. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2020;38(1):32-36.
  • Baruah FK, Borkakoty B, Ahmed A, Bora P. Neonatal Meningitis and Septicemia Caused by Multidrug-Resistant Elizabethkingia anophelis Identified by 16s Ribosomal RNA: An Emerging Threat. J Glob Infect Dis. 2020;12(4):225-227. doi:10.4103/jgid.jgid_126_19.
  • Gogoi M, Das MK, Das JK, Barman N, Das P, Devi U. Group B Streptococcus colonizing the genital tract of pregnant women from Dibrugarh, Assam: circulating serotypes, susceptibility pattern and phylogenetic analysis. J Clin Diagn Res. 2021;15(4):13-18.

Fungal infections

  • Nath R, Baruah S, Saikia L, Devi B, Borthakur AK, Mahanta J. Mycotic corneal ulcers in upper Assam. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2011;59(5):367-371. doi:10.4103/0301-4738.83613
  • Das PP, Saikia L, Nath R, Phukan SK. Species distribution & antifungal susceptibility pattern of oropharyngeal Candida isolates from human immunodeficiency virus infected individuals. Indian J Med Res. 2016;143(4):495-501. doi:10.4103/0971-5916.184288.
  • Nath R, Bora R, Borkakoty B, Saikia L, Parida P. Clinically relevant yeast species identified by sequencing the internal transcribed spacer region of r-RNA gene and Vitek 2 compact (YST card) commercial identification system: Experience in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Assam, Northeast India. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2017;35(4):588-592. doi:10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_17_100
  • Nath R, Sargiary P, Borkakoty B, Parida P. Cutaneotrichosporon (Trichosporon) debeurmannianum: A rare yeast isolated from blood and urine samples. Mycopathologia. 2018;183(3):585-590. doi:10.1007/s11046-017-0231-8.
  • Borgohain P, Barua P, Mahanta J, Saikia LR. Pestalotioid fungi: A rare agent of onychomycosis among agriculture workers. Curr Med Mycol. 2020;6(2):23-29. doi:10.18502/CMM.6.2.2839.

Non-communicable diseases: Cardiovascular diseases

  • Borah PK, Shankarishan P, Mahanta J. Glutathione S-transferase M1 and T1 gene polymorphisms and risk of hypertension in tea garden workers of North-East India. Genet Test Mol Biomark. 2011;15(11):771-776. doi:10.1089/gtmb.2010.0186
  • Borah PK, Shankarishan P, Ahmed G, Mahanta J. Polymorphism of angiotensin converting enzyme (insertion/deletion) and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (intron 4ab) genes in a population from northeast India. J Genet. 2011;90(3):e105-109.
  • Borah PK, Shankarishan P, Hazarika NC, Mahanta J. Hypertension subtypes and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism in Indian population. J Assoc Physicians India. 2012;60(11):15-17.
  • Shankarishan P, Borah PK, Mohapatra PK, Ahmed G, Mahanta J. Population attributable risk estimates for risk factors associated with hypertension in an Indian population. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2013;20(6):963-971. doi:10.1177/2047487312462146
  • Shankarishan P, Borah PK, Ahmed G, Mahanta J. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphisms and the risk of hypertension in an Indian population. BioMed Res Int. 2014;2014:793040. doi:10.1155/2014/793040
  • Borah PK, Devi U, Biswas D, Kalita HC, Sharma M, Mahanta J. Distribution of blood pressure & correlates of hypertension in school children aged 5-14 years from North East India. Indian J Med Res. 2015;142(3):293-300. doi:10.4103/0971-5916.166591
  • Baruah S, Chaliha MS, Borah PK, Rajkakati R, Borua PK, Mahanta J. Insertion/insertion genotype of angiotensin I-converting-enzyme gene predicts risk of myocardial infarction in north east India. Biochem Genet. 2016;54(2):134-146. doi:10.1007/s10528-015-9706-9
  • Borah PK, Devi U, Kalita HC, Paine SK, Sharma M, Mahanta M, Assessment of school children for congenital heart disease using murmurs and blood pressure as markers. Curr Sci. 2016;110(12):2218-2219
  • Jeemon P, Narayanan G, Kondal D, Kahol K, Bharadwaj A, Purty A, et al.; DISHA Study Investigators. Task shifting of frontline community health workers for cardiovascular risk reduction: design and rationale of a cluster randomised controlled trial (DISHA study) in India. BMC Public Health. 2016;16:264. doi:10.1186/s12889-016-2891-6
  • Bora K, Pathak MS, Borah P, Hussain MI, Das D. Association of the Apolipoprotein A-I gene polymorphisms with cardiovascular disease risk factors and atherogenic indices in patients from Assam, Northeast India. Balk J Med Genet. 2017;20(1):59-70. doi:10.1515/bjmg-2017-0002
  • Shankarishan P, Borah PK, Mahanta J. Renin-Angiotensin system gene polymorphisms and hypertension. J Assoc Physicians India. 2018;66(8):79-84.
  • Borah PK, Mahanta J, Kalita HC, Bhattacharjee CK. Distribution of hypertension subtypes in a hill tribe of Mizoram, Northeast India. Indian Heart J. 2020;72(5):398-402.

Diabetes mellitus

  • Anjana RM, Deepa M, Pradeepa R, Mahanta J, Narain K, Das HK, et al.;ICMR–INDIAB Collaborative Study Group. Prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes in 15 states of India: results from the ICMR-INDIAB population-based cross-sectional study. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2017;5(8):585-596. doi:10.1016/S2213-8587(17)30174-2
  • Paine SK, Mondal LK, Borah PK, Bhattacharya CK, Mahanta J. Pro- and antiangiogenic VEGF and its receptor status for the severity of diabetic retinopathy. Mol Vis. 2017;23:356-363.
  • Chutia H, Bhattacharyya H, Ruram AA, Bora K, Chakraborty M. Evaluation of thyroid function in type 2 diabetes in north-eastern part of India: A hospital-based study. J Fam Med Prim Care. 2018;7(4):752-755. doi:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_292_17
  • Bhattacharjee CK, Paine SK, Mahanta J, Borphukan S, Borah PK. Expression of inflammasome complex mRNA and its targeted microRNA in type 2 diabetes mellitus: A possible predictor of the severity of diabetic nephropathy. J Diabetes. 2019;11(1):90-92. doi:10.1111/1753-0407.12845
  • Bora K, Ruram AA. No association of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and parathormone levels with glucose homeostasis in type 2 diabetes - a study from Shillong, Meghalaya. Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 2019;89(5-6):285-292. doi:10.1024/0300-9831/a000567
  • Medhi GK, Dutta G, Borah P, Lyngdoh M, Sarma A. Prevalence of diabetes and its relationship with body mass index among elderly people in a rural area of northeastern state of India. Cureus. 2021;13(1):e12747. doi:10.7759/cureus.12747
  • Paine SK, Bhattacharjee CK, Bhaduri G, Pramanik S, Borah PK, Mahanta J, Basu A, Mondal LK. Pre-therapeutic biomarkers for ranibizumab therapy among type 2 diabetic patients with diabetic macular edema. Optom Vis Sci. 2021;98(1):81-87. doi:10.1097/OPX.0000000000001622

Cancers

  • Malakar M, Devi KR, Phukan RK, Kaur T, Deka M, Puia L, Barua D, Mahanta J, Narain K. Genetic polymorphism of glutathione S-transferases M1 and T1, tobacco habits and risk of stomach cancer in Mizoram, India. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2012;13(9):4725-4732.
  • Sharma A, Das BC, Sehgal A, Mehrotra R, Kar P, Sardana S, Phukan R, Mahanta J, Purkayastha J, Saxena S, Kapur S, Chatterjee I, Sharma JK. GSTM1 and GSTT1 polymorphism and susceptibility to esophageal cancer in high- and low-risk regions of India. Tumour Biol. 2013;34(5):3249-3257.
  • Saikia BJ, Das M, Sharma SK, Sekhon GS, Zomawia E, Singh YM, Mahanta J, Phukan RK. Association of a p53 codon 72 gene polymorphism with environmental factors and risk of lung cancer: a case control study in Mizoram and Manipur, a high incidence region in North East India. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2014;15(24):10653-10658. doi:10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.24.10653
  • Malakar M, Devi KR, Phukan RK, Kaur T, Deka M, Puia L, Baruah D, Mahanta J, Narain K. CYP2E1 genetic polymorphism with dietary, tobacco, alcohol habits, H. pylori infection status and susceptibility to stomach cancer in Mizoram, India. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2014;15(20):8815-8822. doi:10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.20.8815
  • Phukan RK, Borah PK, Saikia BJ, Das M, Sekhon GS, Mahanta J. Interaction of tobacco smoking and chewing with Angiotensin converting enzyme (insertion/deletion) gene polymorphisms and risk of lung cancer in a high-risk area from northeast India. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2014;15(24):10691-10695. doi:10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.24.10691
  • Saikia BJ, Phukan RK, Sharma SK, Sekhon GS, Mahanta J. Interaction of XRCC1 and XPD gene polymorphisms with lifestyle and environmental factors regarding susceptibility to lung cancer in a high incidence population in North East India. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2014;15(5):1993-1999.
  • Phukan RK, Saikia BJ, Borah PK, Zomawia E, Sekhon GS, Mahanta J. Role of household exposure, dietary habits and glutathione S-Transferases M1, T1 polymorphisms in susceptibility to lung cancer among women in Mizoram India. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2014;15(7):3253-3260.
  • Malakar M, Devi KR, Phukan RK, Kaur T, Deka M, Puia L, Sailo L, Lalhmangaihi T, Barua D, Rajguru SK, Mahanta J, Narain K. p53 codon 72 polymorphism interactions with dietary and tobacco related habits and risk of stomach cancer in Mizoram, India. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2014;15(2):717-723. doi:10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.2.717
  • Das M, Sharma SK, Sekhon GS, Saikia BJ, Mahanta J, Phukan RK. Promoter methylation of MGMT gene in serum of patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in North East India. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2014;15(22):9955-9960. doi:10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.22.9955
  • Das M, Saikia BJ, Sharma SK, Sekhon GS, Mahanta J, Phukan RK. p16 hypermethylation: a biomarker for increased esophageal cancer susceptibility in high incidence region of North East India. Tumour Biol. 2015;36(3):1627-1642. doi:10.1007/s13277-014-2762-7
  • Singh V, Singh LC, Singh AP, Sharma J, Borthakur BB, Debnath A, Rai AK, Phukan RK, Mahanta J, Kataki AC, Kapur S, Saxena S. Status of epigenetic chromatin modification enzymes and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma risk in northeast Indian population. Am J Cancer Res. 2015;5(3):979-999.
  • Devi KR, Chenkual S, Majumdar G, Ahmed J, Kaur T, Zonunmawia JC, Mukherjee K, Phukan RK, Mahanta J, Rajguru SK, Mukherjee D, Narain K. TLR2∆22 (-196-174) significantly increases the risk of breast cancer in females carrying proline allele at codon 72 of TP53 gene: a case-control study from four ethnic groups of North Eastern region of India. Tumour Biol. 2015;36(12):9995-10002. doi:10.1007/s13277-015-3795-2
  • Singh V, Singh LC, Vasudevan M, Chattopadhyay I, Borthakar BB, Rai AK, Phukan RK, Sharma J, Mahanta J, Kataki AC, Kapur S, Saxena S. Esophageal cancer epigenomics and integrome analysis of genome-wide methylation and expression in high risk northeast Indian population. Omics J Integr Biol. 2015;19(11):688-699. doi:10.1089/omi.2015.0121
  • Jakharia A, Borkakoty B, Singh S. Expression of SPARC like protein 1 (SPARCL1), extracellular matrix-associated protein is down regulated in gastric adenocarcinoma. J Gastrointest Oncol. 2016;7(2):278-283. doi:10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2015.064
  • Mukherjee D, Devi KR, Deka M, Malakar M, Kaur T, Barua D, Mahanta J, Narain K. Association of toll-like receptor 2 ∆22 and risk for gastric cancer considering main effects and interactions with smoking: a matched case-control study from Mizoram, India. Tumour Biol. 2016;37(8):10821-10826. doi:10.1007/s13277-016-4982-5
  • Devi KR, Ahmed J, Narain K, Mukherjee K, Majumdar G, Chenkual S, Zonunmawia JC. DNA repair mechanism gene, XRCC1A (Arg194Trp) but not XRCC3 (Thr241Met) polymorphism increased the risk of breast cancer in premenopausal females: a case-control study in northeastern region of India. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2017;16(6):1150-1159.
  • Das M, Sharma SK, Sekhon GS, Mahanta J, Phukan RK, Jalan BK. p16 gene silencing along with p53 single-nucleotide polymorphism and risk of esophageal cancer in Northeast India. Tumour Biol. 2017;39(5):1010428317698384. doi:10.1177/1010428317698384
  • Phukan RK, Borkakoty BJ, Phukan SK, Bhandari K, Mahanta J, Tawsik S, Bhandari S, Rai A, Narain K. Association of processed food, synergistic effect of alcohol and HBV with Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a high incidence region of India. Cancer Epidemiol. 2018;53:35-41.
  • India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Cancer Collaborators. The burden of cancers and their variations across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2016. Lancet Oncol. 2018;19(10):1289-1306. doi:10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30447-9
  • Bora K. Distribution of multiple myeloma in India: Heterogeneity in incidence across age, sex and geography. Cancer Epidemiol. 2019;59:215-220. doi:10.1016/j.canep.2019.02.010
  • Borbora D, Dutta HK, Devi KR, Mahanta J, Medhi P, Narain K. Long telomeres cooperate with p53, MDM2, and p21 polymorphisms to raise pediatric solid tumor risk. Pediatr Int. 2019;61(8):759-767. doi:10.1111/ped.13915

Haemoglobinopathies

  • Sharma SK, Narain K, Devi KR, Mohapatra PK, Phukan RK, Mahanta J. Haemoglobinopathies - major associating determinants in prevalence of anaemia among adolescent girl students of Assam, India. WHO South-East Asia J Public Health. 2012;1(3):299-308.
  • Mohanty D, Colah RB, Gorakshakar AC, Patel RZ, Master DC, Mahanta J, Sharma SK, Chaudhari U, Ghosh M, Das S, Britt RP, Singh S, Ross C, Jagannathan L, Kaul R, Shukla DK, Muthuswamy V. Prevalence of β-thalassemia and other haemoglobinopathies in six cities in India: a multicentre study. J Community Genet. 2013;4(1):33-42. doi:10.1007/s12687-012-0114-0.
  • Sharma S, Chaliha L, Mahanta B. Prevalence of anemia and role of β(E)-Globin Gene as an associating factor among college students of Assam: A preliminary report. Indian J Community Med. 2013;38(1):53-55. doi:10.4103/0970-0218.106629
  • Sharma SK, Mahanta J. Prevalence of haemoglobin E among Assamese Sikh community. Curr Sci. 2013;104(8):1012-1013.
  • Mohanty D, Gorakshakar AC, Colah RB, Patel RZ, Master DC, Mahanta J, Sharma SK, Chaudhari U, Ghosh M, Das S, Britt RP, Singh S, Ross C, Jagannathan L, Kaul R, Shukla DK, Muthuswamy V. Interaction of iron deficiency anemia and hemoglobinopathies among college students and pregnant women: a multi-center evaluation in India. Hemoglobin. 2014;38(4):252-257.

Substance abuse, behavioural health & mental disorders

  • Medhi GK, Mahanta J, Adhikary R, Akoijam BS, Liegise B, Sarathy K, Thomas CJ, Sarmah B. Spatial distribution and characteristics of injecting drug users (IDU) in five Northeastern states of India. BMC Public Health. 2011;11:64. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-64
  • Medhi GK, Mahanta J, Akoijam BS, Adhikary R. Size estimation of injecting drug users (IDU) using multiplier method in five districts of India. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2012;7:9.
  • Chaturvedi HK, Mahanta J, Bajpai RC, Pandey A. Correlates of opium use: retrospective analysis of a survey of tribal communities in Arunachal Pradesh, India. BMC Public Health. 2013;13:325. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-325.
  • Barua P, Mahanta J, Medhi GK, Dale J, Paranjape RS, Thongamba G. Sexual activity as risk factor for hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission among the female sex workers in Nagaland. Indian J Med Res. 2012;136(7):30-35.
  • Medhi GK, Mahanta J, Paranjape RS, Adhikary R, Singh SG, Akoijam SB, Goswami P. Factors associated with ever HIV testing among injecting drug users (IDUs) in two HIV high prevalent States of India. Indian J Med Res. 2012;136(7):64-71.
  • Nuken A, Kermode M, Saggurti N, Armstrong G, Medhi GK. Alcohol and condom use among HIV-positive and HIV-negative female sex workers in Nagaland, India. Int J STD AIDS. 2013;24(9):695-702. doi:10.1177/0956462413480722
  • Medhi GK, Mahanta J, Kermode M, Paranjape RS, Adhikary R, Phukan SK, Ngully P. Factors associated with history of drug use among female sex workers (FSW) in a high HIV prevalence state of India. BMC Public Health. 2012;12:273. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-273
  • Armstrong G, Nuken A, Medhi GK, Mahanta J, Humtsoe C, Lalmuanpuaii M, Kermode M. Injecting drug use in Manipur and Nagaland, Northeast India: injecting and sexual risk behaviours across age groups. Harm Reduct J. 2014;11(1):27. doi:10.1186/1477-7517-11-27
  • Kermode M, Nuken A, Medhi GK, Akoijam BS, Sharma HU, Mahanta J. High burden of hepatitis C & HIV co-infection among people who inject drugs in Manipur, Northeast India. Indian J Med Res. 2016;143(3):348-356. doi:10.4103/0971-5916.182626
  • O’Halloran ABZ, Armstrong G, Medhi GK, Sono CZ, Mahanta J, Kermode M. HIV risks vary according to type of sex work in a cross-sectional survey from Nagaland, India. BMC Womens Health. 2014;14:133. doi:10.1186/s12905-014-0133-6
  • Kermode M, Armstrong G, Medhi GK, Humtsoe C, Langkham B, Mahanta J. Sexual behaviours of men who inject drugs in northeast India. Harm Reduct J. 2015;12:4.
  • Armstrong G, Medhi GK, Kermode M, Mahanta J, Goswami P, Paranjape R. Exposure to HIV prevention programmes associated with improved condom use and uptake of HIV testing by female sex workers in Nagaland, Northeast India. BMC Public Health. 2013;13:476.
  • Ihsan R, Devi TR, Yadav DS, Mishra AK, Sharma J, Zomawia E, Verma Y, Phukan R, Mahanta J, Kataki AC, Kapur S, Saxena S. Investigation on the role of p53 codon 72 polymorphism and interactions with tobacco, betel quid, and alcohol in susceptibility to cancers in a high-risk population from North East India. DNA Cell Biol. 2011;30(3):163-171. doi:10.1089/dna.2010.1119
  • Das D, Bora K, Baruah B, Konwar G. Prevalence and predictors of metabolic syndrome in schizophrenia patients from Assam. Indian J Psychiatry. 2017;59(2):228-232.
  • Mahanta B, Mohapatra PK, Phukan N, Mahanta J. Alcohol use among school-going adolescent boys and girls in an industrial town of Assam, India. Indian J Psychiatry. 2016;58(2):157-163.
  • Phukan SK, Medhi GK, Mahanta J, Adhikary R, Thongamba G, Paranjape RS, Akoijam BS. An analysis of respondent-driven sampling with injecting drug users in a high HIV prevalent state of India. Harm Reduct J. 2017;14(1):41. doi:10.1186/s12954-017-0171-0
  • Barman B, Bora K, Nongpiur A, Phukan P, Sarma K, Nath CK. Marijuana smoking: a possible cause of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage. Autopsy Case Rep. 2020;10(3):e2020174.
  • Phukan SK, Hazarika J. Personal network, recruitment pattern and network characteristics of female sex workers in a high HIV prevalent state of India. J Soc Pers Relatsh. 2021;38(5):1495-1512. doi:10.1177/0265407521995882

Food and nutritional disorders:

  • Singh MB, Sharma SK, Nair S, Pandey RM, Kapil U, Singh C. Status of iodine content of salt in four regions of India. Indian J Pediatr. 2011;78(6):684-687. doi:10.1007/s12098-010-0338-0
  • Malik V, Devi U, Yadav RNS, Mahanta J. Isolation, identification and antibacterial properties of Lactobacillus plantarum from "khorisa", a traditional food product of Assam. Int J Pharm Sci Health Care. 2014;4(4):84-88
  • Arora NK, Swaminathan S, Mohapatra A, Gopalan HS, Katoch VM, Bhan MK, et al.; ICMR INCLEN Research Priority Setting Network, National Steering Group, Research Sub-Committee, Nation-wide Network. Research priorities in Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health & Nutrition for India: An Indian Council of Medical Research-INCLEN Initiative. Indian J Med Res. 2017;145(5):611-622. doi:10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_139_17
  • Borah PK, Kalita HC, Paine SK, Khaund P, Bhattacharjee C, Hazarika D, Sharma M, Mahanta J. An information, education and communication module to reduce dietary salt intake and blood pressure among tea garden workers of Assam. Indian Heart J. 2018;70(2):252-258. doi:10.1016/j.ihj.2017.08.008.
  • Borah PK, Sharma M, Kalita HC, Pasha M a. Q, Paine SK, Hazarika D, Bhattacharjee CK, Mahanta J. Salt-sensitive phenotypes: A community-based exploratory study from northeastern India. Natl Med J India. 2018;31(3):140-145. doi:10.4103/0970-258X.255754
  • Bora K. Temporal trends and differential patterns in the prevalence of severe anaemia in India: observations from country-wide haemoglobin determinations 2008-2018. Trop Med Int Health. 2019;24(7):829-838. doi:10.1111/tmi.13240.
  • Dutta C, Kakati S, Barman B, Bora K. Vitamin D status and its relationship with systemic lupus erythematosus as a determinant and outcome of disease activity. Horm Mol Biol Clin Investig. 2019;38(3). doi:10.1515/hmbci-2018-0064
  • Kumar SN, Raisuddin S, Singh KJ, Bastia B, Borgohain D, Teron L, Sharma SK, Jain AK. Association of maternal determinants with low birth weight babies in tea garden workers of Assam. J Obstet Gynaecol Res. 2020;46(5):715-726. doi:10.1111/jog.14239.

Entomology

  • Morgan K, O’Loughlin SM, Chen B, Linton Y-M, Thongwat D, Somboon P, Fong MY, Butlin R, Verity R, Prakash A, Htun PT, Hlaing T, Nambanya S, Socheat D, Dinh TH, Walton C. Comparative phylogeography reveals a shared impact of pleistocene environmental change in shaping genetic diversity within nine Anopheles mosquito species across the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot. Mol Ecol. 2011;20(21):4533-4549. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05268.x
  • Singh S, Prakash A, Yadav RNS, Mohapatra PK, Sarma NP, Sarma DK, Mahanta J, Bhattacharyya DR. Anopheles (Cellia) maculatus group: its spatial distribution and molecular characterization of member species in north-east India. Acta Trop. 2012;124(1):62-70.
  • Sarma DK, Prakash A, O’Loughlin SM, Bhattacharyya DR, Mohapatra PK, Bhattacharjee K, Das K, Singh S, Sarma NP, Ahmed GU, Walton C, Mahanta J. Genetic population structure of the malaria vector Anopheles baimaii in north-east India using mitochondrial DNA. Malar J. 2012;11:76. doi:10.1186/1475-2875-11-76
  • Sarma NP, Prakash A, Bhattacharyya DR, Kalita MC, Mohapatra PK, Singh S, Sarma DK, Mahanta J. Spatial distribution and molecular characterization of Anopheles nivipes and Anopheles philippinensis (Diptera: Culicidae) in north-east India. Acta Trop. 2012;122(3):247-254.
  • Dutta P, Khan SA, Topno R, Chowdhury P, Baishya M, Prakash A, Bhattacharyya DR, Mahanta J. Genetic analyses of ribosomal loci of Anopheles minimus species from north east India. Trop Biomed. 2013;30(3):552-558.
  • Khan SA, Dutta P, Borah J, Mahanta J. Survey of new mosquito species of Meghalaya, India. J Environ Biol. 2013;34(2):191-195.
  • Gopalakrishnan R, Das M, Baruah I, Veer V, Dutta P. Physicochemical characteristics of habitats in relation to the density of container-breeding mosquitoes in Asom, India. J Vector Borne Dis. 2013;50(3):215-219.
  • Dutta P, Dutta P, Rai AK, Neog K. Improvement of rearing performance in muga silkworm, Antheraea assamensis with hormone treatment. J Mun Entomol Zool. 2013;8(2):767-771.
  • Baruah S, Dutta P. Breeding of Dengue Vectors, Aedes Stegomyia aegypti and Aedes Stegomyia albopictus, and its implication on Dengue/DHF in Dibrugarh District, Assam. Asian J Exp Biol Sci. 2013;4(4):641-644.
  • Das M, Gopalakrishnan R, Kumar D, Gayan J, Baruah I, Veer V, Dutta P. Spatiotemporal distribution of dengue vectors & identification of high-risk zones in district Sonitpur, Assam, India. Indian J Med Res. 2014;140(2):278-284.
  • Sarma DK, Mohapatra PK, Bhattacharyya DR, Mahanta J, Prakash A. Genotyping of chloroquine resistant Plasmodium falciparum in wild caught Anopheles minimus mosquitoes in a malaria endemic area of Assam, India. Trop Biomed. 2014;31(3):557-561.
  • Das M, Dutta P. Status of insecticide resistance and detoxifying enzyme activity of Aedes albopictus population in Sonitpur district of Assam, India. Int J Mosq Res. 2014;1(4):35-41.
  • Bhattacharyya DR, Rajavel AR, Natarajan R, Mohapatra PK, Jambulingam P, Mahanta J, Prakash A. Faunal richness and the checklist of Indian mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). Checklist. 2014;10:1342-1358. doi:10.15560/10.6.1342
  • Dutta P, Dutta P, Rai AK, Neog K, Yadav RNS, Sood K. Effect of hormones (JH-III and 20E) on biochemical and ultrastructural aspects of muga silk worm Antheraea assamensis (Lapidoptera: Saturniidae). Int J Rec Biotech. 2014;2(1):11-23.
  • Dutta P, Rai AK, Dutta P. Histology and ultrastructural studies of muga silk worm Antheraea assamensis Helfer treated with hormones. J Frontl Res Arts Sci. 2014;3:13-22.
  • Dutta P, Khan SA, Topno R, Chowdhury P, Baishya M, Chowdhury P, Mahanta J. Genetic diversity and gene structure of mitochondrial region of Anopheles minimus (Diptera: Culicidae) - major malaria vector of North east India. Asian Pac J Trop Med. 2014;7(12):952-955. doi:10.1016/S1995-7645(14)60168-1
  • Neafsey DE, Waterhouse RM, Abai MR, Aganezov SS, Alekseyev MA, et al. Mosquito genomics. Highly evolvable malaria vectors: the genomes of 16 Anopheles mosquitoes. Science. 2015;347(6217):1258522. doi:10.1126/science.1258522
  • Dohutia C, Bhattacharyya DR, Sharma SK, Mohapatra PK, Bhattacharjee K, Gogoi K, Gogoi P, Mahanta J, Prakash A. Larvicidal activity of few select indigenous plants of North East India against disease vector mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). Trop Biomed. 2015;32(1):17-23.
  • Kemppainen P, Knight CG, Sarma DK, Hlaing T, Prakash A, Maung YNM, Somboon P, Mahanta J, Walton C. Linkage disequilibrium network analysis (LDna) gives a global view of chromosomal inversions, local adaptation and geographic structure. Mol Ecol Resour. 2015;15(5):1031-1045. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.12369
  • Surendran SN, Truelove N, Sarma DK, Jude PJ, Ramasamy R, Gajapathy K, Peiris LBS, Karunaratne SHPP, Walton C. Karyotypic assignment of Sri Lankan Anopheles culicifacies species B and E does not correlate with cytochrome oxidase subunit I and microsatellite genotypes. Parasit Vectors. 2015;8:327. doi:10.1186/s13071-015-0944-9
  • Dutta P, Khan SA, Chetry S, Dev V, Sarmah CK, Mahanta J. First evidence of dengue virus infection in wild caught mosquitoes during an outbreak in Assam, Northeast India. J Vector Borne Dis. 2015;52(4):293-298.
  • Sarma NP, Singh S, Sarma DK, Bhattacharyya DR, Kalita MC, Mohapatra PK, Dohutia C, Mahanta J, Prakash A. Mitochondrial DNA-based genetic diversity of Anopheles nivipes in North East India. Mitochondrial DNA Part DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2016;27(6):4236-4239. doi:10.3109/19401736.2015.1022757
  • Das M, Das MK, Dutta P. Genetic characterization and molecular phylogeny of Aedes albopictus (Skuse) species from Sonitpur district of Assam, India based on COI and ITS1 genes. J Vector Borne Dis. 2016;53(3):240-247.
  • Khan SA, Chowdhury P, Choudhury P, Dutta P. Detection of West Nile virus in six mosquito species in synchrony with seroconversion among sentinel chickens in India. Parasit Vectors. 2017;10(1):13. doi:10.1186/s13071-016-1948-9
  • Soni M, Bhattacharya C, Sharma J, Dutta P. Bioassay and molecular study for detection of insecticide resistance dengue causing mosquito vectors. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2018;36(3):435-438. doi:10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_18_120
  • Sarmah NP, Bhowmik IP, Sarma DK, Sharma CK, Medhi GK, Mohapatra PK, Mahanta J, Bhattacharyya DR. Role of Anopheles baimaii: potential vector of epidemic outbreak in Tripura, North-east India. J Glob Health Rep. 2019;3:e2019036. doi:10.29392/joghr.3.e2019036.
  • Chetry S, Patgiri SJ, Bhattacharyya DR, Dutta P, Kumar NP. Incrimination of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus as vectors of dengue virus serotypes 1, 2 and 3 from four states of Northeast India. Access Microbiol. 2020;2(4):acmi000101. doi:10.1099/acmi.0.000101
  • Brahma D, Kakati P, Gogoi SM, Doley S, Bharali A, Dutta B, Rahman T, Islam S, Ali A, Khan SA, Das SK, Barman NN. A patho-microbiological study of tissue samples of the Greater Adjutant Leptoptilos dubius (Aves: Ciconiiformes: Ciconiidae) that died in Deepor beel Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India. J Threat Taxa.2021;13(6): 18490-18496. doi:10.11609/jott.5492.13.6.18490-18496

Immunology

  • Gangwar RS, Shil P, Sapkal GN, Khan SA, Gore MM. Induction of virus-specific neutralizing immune response against West Nile and Japanese encephalitis viruses by chimeric peptides representing T-helper and B-cell epitopes. Virus Res. 2012;163(1):40-50.
  • Gogoi D, Borkakoty B, Biswas D, Mahanta J. Activation and Exhaustion of Adaptive Immune Cells in Hepatitis B Infection. Viral Immunol. 2015;28(7):348-353. doi:10.1089/vim.2014.0115
  • Chowdhury P, Topno R, Khan SA, Mahanta J. Comparison of β-Propiolactone and Formalin Inactivation on Antigenicity and Immune Response of West Nile Virus. Adv Virol. 2015;2015:616898. doi:10.1155/2015/616898
  • Khan SA, Kakati S, Dutta P, Chowdhury P, Borah J, Topno R, Jadhav SM, Mohapatra PK, Mahanta J, Gupte MD. Immunogenicity & safety of a single dose of live-attenuated Japanese encephalitis vaccine SA 14-14-2 in adults. Indian J Med Res. 2016;144(6):886-892.
  • Gogoi D, Biswas D, Borkakoty B, Mahanta J. Notch signalling and its emerging role in T cell biology. Spectrum. 2016;3:7-23.
  • Sarma K, Bora SS, Jakharia A, Mohapatra PK and, Borkakoty B. Immunoinformatics screening of prospective MHC Class I restricted cytotoxic T-cell based epitopes in Zika virus. Int J Curr Adv Res. 2016;5(9):1229-1235.
  • Patel P, Bharti PK, Bansal D, Raman RK, Mohapatra PK, Sehgal R, Mahanta J, Sultan AA, Singh N. Genetic diversity and antibody responses against Plasmodium falciparum vaccine candidate genes from Chhattisgarh, Central India: Implication for vaccine development. PloS One. 2017;12(8):e0182674. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0182674
  • Gogoi D, Biswas D, Borkakoty B, Mahanta J. Exposure to Plasmodium vivax is associated with the increased expression of exhaustion markers on γδ T lymphocytes. Parasite Immunol. 2018;40(12):e12594. doi:10.1111/pim.12594
  • Tandale BV, Khan SA, Kushwaha KP, Rahman H, Gore MM, Japanese Encephalitis Vaccination Efficacy Case Control Study Group. Effectiveness of Japanese encephalitis SA 14-14-2 live attenuated vaccine among Indian children: Retrospective 1:4 matched case-control study. J Infect Public Health. 2018;11(5):713-719.
  • Dutta M, Dutta P, Medhi S, Borkakoty B, Biswas D. Immune response during influenza virus infection among the population of Assam, Northeast India. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2019;37(4):549-556. doi:10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_19_211
  • Chiplunkar SV, Gogoi D. The multifaceted role of Notch signal in regulating T cell fate. Immunol Lett. 2019;206:59-64. doi:10.1016/j.imlet.2019.01.004.
  • Bora T, Khan SA. Evaluation of Th1 and Th2 immune response in clinical and sub-clinical scrub typhus infection. Hum Immunol. 2019;80(7):503-509. doi:10.1016/j.humimm.2019.03.013
  • Chowdhury P, Khan SA. Differential Expression Levels of Inflammatory Chemokines and TLRs in Patients Suffering from Mild and Severe Japanese Encephalitis. Viral Immunol. 2019;32(1):68-74.
  • Devi U, Baruah PJ, Dutta S, Paine SK, Gogoi N, Borah PK. Immune status against diphtheria toxin in tea garden population surveyed in Dibrugarh district, Assam. Natl Med J India. 2020;33(3):187-188. doi:10.4103/0970-258X.314014
  • Sajeed R, Sarma K, Sarmah K, Biswas D & Borkakoty B. Computational screening of potential MHC class I restricted cytotoxic T lymphocytes-based common multi-epitopes of major arboviral diseases. Future Virol. 2020;15:8.  
  • Murhekar MV, Kamaraj P, Kumar MS, Khan SA, Allam RR, Barde PV, Dwibedi B, Kanungo S, Mohan U, Mohanty SS, Roy S, Sagar V, Savargaonkar D, Tandale BV, Topno RK, Kumar CPG, Sabarinathan R, Bitragunta S, Grover GS, Lakshmi PVM, Mishra CM, Sadhukhan P, Sahoo PK, Singh SK, Yadav CP, Kumar R, Dutta S, Toteja GS, Gupta N, Mehendale SM, ICMR Serosurvey Group. Immunity against diphtheria among children aged 5-17 years in India, 2017-18: a cross-sectional, population-based serosurvey. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021;21(6):868-875.

Medicinal chemistry & pharmacology:

  • Singh B, Chetia D, Puri SK, Srivastava K, Prakash A. Synthesis and in vitro and in vivo antimalarial activity of novel 4-anilinoquinoline Mannich base derivatives. Med Chem Res 2011;20:1523-1529.
  • Gahtori P, Ghosh SK, Parida P, Prakash A, Gogoi K, Bhat HR, Singh UP. Antimalarial evaluation and docking studies of hybrid phenylthiazolyl-1,3,5-triazine derivatives: a novel and potential antifolate lead for Pf-DHFR-TS inhibition. Exp Parasitol. 2012;130(3):292-299.
  • Bhat HR, Ghosh SK, Prakash A, Gogoi K, Singh UP. In vitro antimalarial activity and molecular docking analysis of 4-aminoquinoline clubbed 1,3,5-triazine derivatives. Lett Appl Microbiol.2012;54:483-486.
  • Bhat HR, Singh UP, Gahtori P, Ghosh SK, Gogoi K, Prakash A, Singh RK. Antimalarial activity and docking studies of novel bi-functional hybrids derived from 4-aminoquinoline and 1,3,5-triazine against wild and mutant malaria parasites as pf-DHFR inhibitor. RSC Adv. 2013; 3:2942-2852.  
  • Bhat HR, Singh UP, Gahtori P, Ghosh SK, Gogoi K, Prakash A, Singh RK. 4-Aminoquinoline-1,3,5-triazine: Design, synthesis, in vitro antimalarial activity and docking studies. New J Chem.2013; 37:2654-2662
  • Roy S, Chetia D, Rudrapal M, Prakash A. Synthesis and antimalarial activity study of some new Mannich bases of 7-chloro-4-aminoquinoline. Med Chem. 2013;9(3):379-383.
  • Prakash A, Sharma SK, Mohapatra PK, Bhattacharjee K, Gogoi K, Gogoi P, Mahanta J, Bhattacharyya DR. In vitro and in vivo antiplasmodial activity of the root extracts of Brucea mollis Wall. ex Kurz. Parasitol Res. 2013;112(2):637-642. doi:10.1007/s00436-012-3178-1
  • Borkakoty B, Sarma K, Parida P, Prakash A, Mohapatra PK, Mahanta J. In silico screening of antifolate based novel inhibitors from Brucea mollis Wall. ex kurz against quadruple mutant drug resistant PfDHFR. Comb Chem High Throughput Screen. 2014;17(8):681-693.
  • Gogoi D, Dutta P, Yadav RNS. 3D QSAR modeling of 4- nerolidylcatechol derivatives and virtual screening for identification of potent Plasmodium inhibitor. Bangl J Pharmacol. 2014;9:317-321.
  • Chowdhury P, Khan SA, Dutta P, Mahanta J. Pharmaceutical and biotech product patents in India: doldrums or blissfulness? Nat Biotechnol. 2014;32(2):133-134. doi:10.1038/nbt.2809
  • Bhat HR, Singh UP, Thakur A, Kumar Ghosh S, Gogoi K, Prakash A, Singh RK. Synthesis, antimalarial activity and molecular docking of hybrid 4-aminoquinoline-1,3,5-triazine derivatives. Exp Parasitol. 2015;157:59-67. doi:10.1016/j.exppara.2015.06.016
  • Bhat HR, Singh UP, Gahtori P, Ghosh SK, Gogoi K, Prakash A, Singh RK. Synthesis, Docking, In Vitro and In Vivo Antimalarial Activity of Hybrid 4-aminoquinoline-1,3,5-triazine Derivatives Against Wild and Mutant Malaria Parasites. Chem Biol Drug Des. 2015;86(3):265-271.
  • Topno R, Khan SA. Antibiotics as Japanese Encephalitis virus inhibitors: a combinatorial computational approach. Trop Biomed. 2016;33(1):180-189.
  • Bairy PS, Das A, Nainwal LM, Mohanta TK, Kumawat MK, Mohapatra PK, Parida P. Design, synthesis and anti-diabetic activity of some novel xanthone derivatives targeting-glucosidase. Bangl J Pharmacol. 2016;11:308-318.
  • Kumawat MK, Parida P, Chetia D. Synthesis, Antimalarial activity evaluation and docking studies of some novel tetraoxaquines. Med Chem Res. 2016;25:1993-2004.
  • Bhat HR, Singh UP, Yadav PS, Kumar V, Gahtori P, Das A, Chetia D, Prakash A, Mahanta J. Synthesis, characterization and antimalarial activity of hybrid 4-aminoquinoline-1,3,5-triazine derivatives. Arab J Chem. 2016; 9(Supplement 1):S625-S631. doi:10.1016/j.arabjc:2011.07.001.
  • Topno R, Khan SA, Chowdhury P, Mahanta J. Pharmacodynamics of aminoglycosides and tetracycline derivatives against Japanese encephalitis virus. Asian Pac J Trop Med. 2016;9(3):241-246. doi:10.1016/j.apjtm.2016.01.033
  • Sarma K, Borkakoty B, Parida P, Jakharia A, Dey D, Biswas D, Panda D, Modi MK, Mohapatra PK and Mahanta J. In silico Identification of natural lead molecules from the genus of Phyllanthus against Hepatitis B Virus Reverse Transcriptase. Nat Prod J. 2016;6(4):292-304.
  • Kumawat MK, Singh UP, Singh B, Prakash A, Chetia D. Synthesis and Antimalarial Activity Evaluation of 3-(3-(7-chloroquinolin-4-ylamino) propy1)-1,3-thiazinan-4-one Derivatives. Arab J Chem.2016; 9(Supplement 1):S643-S647. doi:10.1016/j.arabjc.2011.07.007.
  • Sarma K, Borkakoty B, Parida P, Bora SS, Mohapatra PK, Biswas D, Mahanta J. Identification of natural lead molecules of Centella asiatica and Azadirachta indica targeting cholera toxin through structure-based drug design. Ind Am J Pharm Res. 2016;6(8):6418-6429.
  • Dohutia C, Chetia D, Gogoi K, Sarma K. Design, in silico and in vitro evaluation of curcumin analogues against Plasmodium falciparum. Exp Parasitol. 2017;175:51-58.
  • Dutta PP, Bordoloi M, Gogoi K, Roy S, Narzary B, Bhattacharyya DR, Mohapatra PK, Mazumder B. Antimalarial silver and gold nanoparticles: Green synthesis, characterization and in vitro study. Biomed Pharmacother. 2017;91:567-580. doi:10.1016/j.biopha.2017.04.032
  • Chakrabarti R, White J, Babar PH, Kumar S, Mudeppa DG, Mascarenhas A, Pereira L, Dash R, Maki JN, Sharma A, Gogoi K, Sarma DK, Pal Bhowmick I, Manoharan SK, Gomes E, Mahanta J, Mohapatra PK, Chery L, Rathod PK. Decreased In Vitro Artemisinin Sensitivity of Plasmodium falciparum across India. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2019;63(10). doi:10.1128/AAC.00101-19
  • Sahu S, Ghosh SK, Gahtori P, Pratap Singh U, Bhattacharyya DR, Bhat HR. In silico ADMET study, docking, synthesis and antimalarial evaluation of thiazole-1,3,5-triazine derivatives as Pf-DHFR inhibitor. Pharmacol Rep. 2019;71(5):762-767. doi:10.1016/j.pharep.2019.04.006
  • Rout UK, Sanket AS, Sisodia BS, Mohapatra PK, Pati S, Kant R, Dwivedi GR. A comparative review on current and future drug targets against bacteria & malaria. Curr Drug Targets. 2020;21(8):736-775. doi:10.2174/1389450121666200129103618
  • Gogoi P, Shakya A, Ghosh SK, Gogoi N, Gahtori P, Singh N, Bhattacharyya DR, Singh UP, Bhat HR. In silico study, synthesis, and evaluation of the antimalarial activity of hybrid dimethoxy pyrazole 1,3,5-triazine derivatives. J Biochem Mol Toxicol. 2021;35(3):e22682.

Laboratory medicine

  • Thakar MR, Abraham PR, Arora S, Balakrishnan P, Bandyopadhyay B, Joshi AA, Devi KR, Vasanthapuram R, Vajpayee M, Desai A, Mohanakrishnan J, Narain K, Ray K, Patil SS, Singh R, Singla A, Paranjape RS. Establishment of reference CD4+ T cell values for adult Indian population. AIDS Res Ther. 2011;8:35. doi:10.1186/1742-6405-8-35
  • Nair S, Singh MB, Sharma SK, Pandey RM, Kapil U. A multicentric study on validation of spot testing kit. Indian J Pediatr. 2012;79(6):751-754. doi:10.1007/s12098-011-0566-y
  • Lakshmy R, Mathur P, Gupta R, Shah B, Anand K, Mohan V, Desai NG, Mahanta J, Joshi PP, Thankappan KR. Measurement of cholesterol and triglycerides from a dried blood spot in an Indian Council of Medical Research-World Health Organization multicentric survey on risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in India. J Clin Lipidol. 2012;6(1):33-41. doi:10.1016/j.jacl.2011.10.021
  • Sharma U, Mahanta J, Borkakoty B, Talukdar KL. Detection of human papilloma virus DNA from dry paper cervical smear- a hospital-based study. Int J Life Sci Med Res. 2013;3(2):82-87.
  • Sharma J, Dutta P, Khan SA, Chowdhury P, Borah J and Mahanta J. Comparison of different diagnostic techniques for detection of Malaria infection in blood samples collected from Malaria endemic areas of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. Int J Sci Eng Res.2013;4:2587-2601.
  • Sarma DK, S. Singh, Bhattacharyya DR, Mohapatra PK, Sarma PN, Ahmed GU, Mahanta J, Prakash A. Suitability of the boiling method of DNA extraction in mosquitoes for routine molecular analyses. Int J Mosq Res. 2014;1(3):15-17.
  • Guo S, He L, Tisch DJ, Kazura J, Mharakurwa S, Mahanta J, Herrera S, Wang B, Cui L. Pilot testing of dipsticks as point-of-care assays for rapid diagnosis of poor-quality artemisinin drugs in endemic settings. Trop Med Health. 2016;44:15. doi:10.1186/s41182-016-0015-8.
  • White J, Mascarenhas A, Pereira L, Dash R, Walke JT, Gawas P, Sharma A, Manoharan SK, Guler JL, Maki JN, Kumar A, Mahanta J, Valecha N, Dubhashi N, Vaz M, Gomes E, Chery L, Rathod PK. In vitro adaptation of Plasmodium falciparum reveal variations in cultivability. Malar J. 2016;15:33. doi:10.1186/s12936-015-1053-0
  • Bora K, Borah P. Requirement for appropriate methodology to evaluate the clinical relevance of the difference in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations obtained by different methods. Korean J Fam Med. 2017;38(1):47-48. doi:10.4082/kjfm.2017.38.1.47
  • Bora K, Das U, Barman B, Ruram AA. Monoclonal gammopathy with double M-bands: An atypical presentation on serum protein electrophoresis simulating biclonal gammopathy. Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2017;60(4):590-592. doi:10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_311_17
  • Dohutia C, Mohapatra PK, Bhattacharyya DR, Gogoi K, Bora K, Goswami BK. In vitro adaptability of Plasmodium falciparum to different fresh serum alternatives. J Parasit Dis. 2017;41(2):371-374. doi:10.1007/s12639-016-0808-z
  • Bora K, Barman B, Ayubi AW. The curious case of postprandial glucose less than fasting glucose: little things that matter much. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2018;56(9):e223-e225. doi:10.1515/cclm-2017-0984
  • Bora K, Chutia H. A peculiar reaction curve with dual spikes in absorbance during a total bilirubin assay in spite of accurate results induced by high M-protein concentration. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2018;57(2):e11-e14. doi:10.1515/cclm-2018-0369.
  • Praharaj I, Jain A, Singh M, Balakrishnan A, Dhodapkar R, Borkakoty B, Ashok M, Das P, Biswas D, Kalawat U, Turuk J, Sugunan AP, Prakash S, Singh AK, Barathidasan R, Subhadra S, Sabat J, Manjunath MJ, Kanta P, Mudhigeti N, Hazarika R, Mishra H, Abhishek K, Santhalembi C, Dikhit MR, Vijay N, Narayan J, Kaur H, Giri S, Gupta N. Pooled testing for COVID-19 diagnosis by real-time RT-PCR: A multi-site comparative evaluation of 5- & 10-sample pooling. Indian J Med Res. 2020;152(1 & 2):88-94. doi:10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_2304_20.

Miscellaneous

  • Shankarishan P, Borah PK, Ahmed G, Mahanta J. Prevalence of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene exon 7 Glu298Asp variant in North Eastern India. Indian J Med Res. 2011;133:487-491.
  • Soni M, Bhattacharya C, Sharma J, Khan SA, Dutta P. Molecular typing and phylogeny of Wolbachia: A study from Assam, north-eastern part of India. Acta Trop. 2017;176:421-426.
  • Borah PK, Kundu AS, Mahanta J. Dimension and socio-demographic correlates of domestic violence: a study from Northeast India. Community Ment Health J. 2017;53(4):496-499. doi:10.1007/s10597-017-0112-0.
  • Devi U, Mahanta B, Borah PK, Das JK, Barman N, Rabha J, Borah A, Mahanta J. Menstrual hygiene practices among adolescent girls in rural areas of Dibrugarh: an exploration into the need for health promotion activity. Int J Exp Res Rev. 2017;13:1-9.
  • Dutta HK, Borbora D, Baruah M, Narain K. Evidence of gene-gene interactions between MTHFD1 and MTHFR in relation to anterior encephalocele susceptibility in Northeast India. Birth Defects Res. 2017;109(6):432-444. doi:10.1002/bdra.23607.
  • Barman B, Bora K, Nongpiur A. Poisoning in elderly. Indian J Med Spec. 2018;9(3):113-117. doi:10.1016/j.injms.2018.04.008
  • Sultan N, Sharma SK. Prevalence of low platelet count and identification of associating determinants and genetic polymorphism in healthy individuals of upper Assam, India. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus. 2019;35(2):332-338. doi:10.1007/s12288-018-1007-0.
  • Hariprasad R, John A, Das HK, Bora K, Singh L, Khaund P, Hussain A, Singh S. Capacity building of primary care physicians of the tea garden hospitals in Dibrugarh, Assam: A demonstration project. J Fam Med Prim Care. 2020;9(7):3688-3700.
  • India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Child Mortality Collaborators. Subnational mapping of under-5 and neonatal mortality trends in India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2000-17. Lancet. 2020;395(10237):1640-1658. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30471-2
  • Medhi GK, Visi V, Bora PJ, Sarma J, Borah P, Mahanta J, Bhattacharyya H, Pala S. A community-based study on functional disability and its associated factors among elderly individuals in a rural setting in Northeastern India. Cureus. 2021;13(2):e13309. doi:10.7759/cureus.13309

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