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Estimation of cut-off titres for MAT in high and low endemic areas |
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A new serovar/serogroup of leptospires causing pulmonary haemorrhage |
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Knowledge, attitude and practice towards leptospirosis in Andamans |
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RAPD for rapid genetic characterization of leptospiral isolates |
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Task Force study on disease burden due to leptospirosis in India |
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Evaluation of PCR as a rapid diagnostic test for leptospirosis |
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Development of an indigenous IgM ELISA for the diagnosis of leptospirosis |
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Development of a latex agglutination test for the diagnosis of leptospirosis |
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Development of a PCR system for detection and identification of leptospires |
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Development of expression systems for major leptospiral proteins |
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Task Force study on leptospirosis: Phase II |
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Control of
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Hospital based surveillance of viral hepatitis in Port Blair |
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Trial on efficacy of immunoglobins for prevention of transmission of hepatitis |
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DIARRHOEAL DISEASES |
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Hospital based surveillance of childhood diarrhoeas in Port Blair |
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Screening of environmental samples for Vibrio parahaemolyticus |
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A unique haemolysin produced by environmental isolates of V. parahaemolyticus |
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Molecular epidemiology of E. coli |
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HEALTH PROBLEMS OF PRIMITIVE TRIBES |
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Preliminary study on health and nutritional status of Jarawas |
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Single nucleotide polymorphism and malaria susceptibility |
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HLA polymorphism among tribes |
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Immunological status of tribes |
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GENETIC DIVERSITY |
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Maintaining cell-lines of tribes and
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Single nucleotide polymorphisms in ICAM1 & TNFα among the Jarawa
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TUBERCULOSIS |
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Estimation of Annual Risk of Infection in
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Estimation of Annual Risk of Infection in
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LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS/ENTOMOLOGICAL STUDIES |
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1. | Filariasis survey in Little Andaman | ||||
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2. | Filariasis survey in Teressa Island | ||||
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3. | Filariasis survey in Nancowry group of Islands | ||||
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4. | Aedes survey in Port Blair | ||||
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5. | Aedes survey in South Andaman | ||||
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1. | Transmission dynamics of subperiodic filariasis in Nancowry group of islands | |||||
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2. | Elimination of subperiodic filariasis in Nancowry by mass chemotherapy | |||||
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INDIGENOUS MEDICINAL PLANTS |
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1. | Antimicrobial potential of indigenous medicinal plants | ||||||
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