Dwivedi, Purna Sharma, Mukul Ansari, Afzal Singh, Pushpendra
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The Indian Journal of Medical Research
Leprosy, an ancient disease, continues to be a public health concern as it remains endemic in several countries. After reaching the elimination target (1/10,000) as a public health problem in 2005 in India, around 1.2 lakh cases have been detected every year over the last decade indicating active transmission of leprosy bacillus ( Mycobacterium lep...
Chugh, Swati Panda, Goutam Mokal, Smruti Jain, Hasmukh Bagal, Bhausaheb Khanna, Nehal Epari, Sridhar Punatar, Sachin Nayak, Lingaraj Gokarn, Anant
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The Indian Journal of Medical Research
Background & objectives: The role of consolidation radiation therapy (CRT) after complete metabolic response to chemotherapy in advanced-stage (stage III and IV) Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is controversial. This study was undertaken to assess the clinical outcomes in terms of event free survival, local failure free survival and overall survival in indiv...
Govindarajan, R. Sankar, S. Gowri Kumar, M. Senthil Rajamannar, V. Krishnamoorthi, R. Anand, A. Alwin Prem Kumar, Ashwani Samuel, P. Philip
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The Indian Journal of Medical Research
Background & objectives: Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi present in small mammals harbouring the ectoparasites. A study was undertaken to detect the pathogen present in small mammals and its ectoparasites in the scrub typhus-reported areas. Methods: The small mammals (rodents/shrews) and its ectoparasites were screened for O. tsutsug...
Ajantha, P. Puri, Man Mohan Tayal, Devika Khalid, U.
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The Indian Journal of Medical Research
Background & objectives: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global cause of ill health. Sputum microscopy for confirmation of presumptive pulmonary TB (PTB) has a reportedly low sensitivity of 22-43 per cent for single smear and up to 60 per cent under optimal conditions. National TB Elimination Programme in India recommends the use of cartridge-based nu...
Yadav, Pragya D. Sardana, Viren Deshpande, Gururaj Rao Shinde, Pradnya V. Thangaraj, Jeromie Wesley Vivian George, Leyanna S. Sapkal, Gajanan N. Patil, Deepak Y. Sahay, Rima R. Shete, Anita M.
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The Indian Journal of Medical Research
Background & objectives: The Omicron sub-lineages are known to have higher infectivity, immune escape and lower virulence. During December 2022 - January 2023 and March - April 2023, India witnessed increased SARS-CoV-2 infections, mostly due to newer Omicron sub-lineages. With this unprecedented rise in cases, we assessed the neutralization potent...
Jayaprakasam, Madhumathi Pandey, Ravindra Mohan Choudhary, Hansraj Shanmugam, Sivakumar Sivaramakrishnan, Gomathi N. Gupta, Nivedita
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The Indian Journal of Medical Research
Background & objectives: Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be the second most-leading cause of death due to a single infectious agent as of 2022 after COVID-19. Many affordable new molecular diagnostic tools are being developed for early and more accurate diagnosis, especially for low-resource settings in low- and middle-income countries. In this cont...
Unnikrishnan, Abhilash Shekhar, Atul Kumar, Dharmendra Jaipurkar, Raksha Sikri, Gaurav Singh, Krishan Manral, Rahul
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The Indian Journal of Medical Research
Background & objectives: High-altitude headache (HAH) and headache in acute mountain sickness (AMS) are common among lowlanders ascending to the high altitude and are often confused with one another. A pilot study was undertaken to analyze HAH and AMS cases in Indian lowlanders ascending to Leh city (3500 m) in western Himalayas. Methods: A total n...
Arfi, Safiya Sharma, Prateek Das, Kunal Bhaskar, Yogendra Goel, Isha Singh, Harpreet Das, Rajashree
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The Indian Journal of Medical Research
Singh, Vikram Jit Roy, Vandana Singhal, Shubha Daga, M.K.
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The Indian Journal of Medical Research
Background & objectives: Expenditure on healthcare is a major concern in the geriatric age group. The current study was carried out to assess the expenditure patterns on medicines utilized in geriatric inpatients. Methods: An observational study was conducted on 1000 geriatric inpatients, aged ≥60 yr, admitted to the medicine unit. Data were collec...
Baskey, Upasana Verma, Priya Mondal, Palash Dutta, Supradip Biswas, Aritra Bakshi, Sagnik Das, Raina Bhaduri, Sudipta Maji, Dipankar Dutta, Shanta
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The Indian Journal of Medical Research
Background & objectives: West Bengal is a dengue-endemic State in India, with all four dengue serotypes in co-circulation. The present study was conceived to determine the changing trends of circulating dengue virus (DENV) serotypes in five consecutive years (2015-2019) using a geographic information system (GIS) during the dengue season in West Be...