Genetic evidence for malaria vectors of the Anopheles sundaicus complex in Sri Lanka with morphological characteristics attributed to Anopheles subpictus species BSinnathamby N Surendran
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Malar J 9:343. 2010
..Mosquitoes morphologically identified as belonging to the Subpictus complex were collected from different locations near the east coast of Sri Lanka, and specific ribosomal DNA sequences determined to validate their taxonomic status...
- Knockdown resistance (kdr)-like mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel of a malaria vector Anopheles stephensi and PCR assays for their detection
Om P Singh
National Institute of Malaria Research, Sector 8, Dwarka, Delhi 110077, India
Malar J 10:59. 2011
..This study reports the presence of two alternative kdr-like mutations, L1014S and L1014F, at this residue in a major malaria vector Anopheles stephensi and describes new PCR assays for their detection...
- Molecular evidence of misidentification of Anopheles minimus as Anopheles fluviatilis in Assam (India)
O P Singh
National Institute of Malaria Research ICMR, Sector 8, Dwarka, Delhi 110077, India
Acta Trop 113:241-4. 2010
..minimus and of A. fluviatilis s.l. from Assam is homosequential with A. fluviatilis species U suggesting that probably previously described A. fluviatilis U from Assam were also A. minimus...
- On the conspecificity of Anopheles fluviatilis species S with Anopheles minimus species C
O P Singh
National Institute of Malaria Research, 22 Sham Nath Marg, Delhi 110 054, India
J Biosci 31:671-7. 2006
..These findings suggest that the two nominal species, An. fluviatilis S and An. minimus C, do not merit synonymy. The study also confirms that the reported species An. fluviatilis X is synonym with species S...
- PCR-based methods for the detection of L1014 kdr mutation in Anopheles culicifacies sensu lato
Om P Singh
National Institute of Malaria Research, Sector 8, Dwarka, Delhi 110077, India
Malar J 8:154. 2009
..This study reports the presence of kdr mutation (L1014F) in a field population of An. culicifacies s.l. and three new PCR-based methods for kdr genotyping...
- Presence of two alternative kdr-like mutations, L1014F and L1014S, and a novel mutation, V1010L, in the voltage gated Na+ channel of Anopheles culicifacies from Orissa, India
Om P Singh
National Institute of Malaria Research, Sector 8, Dwarka, Delhi, India
Malar J 9:146. 2010
..This study reports the presence of two additional amino acid substitutions in the VGSC of an An. culicifacies population from Malkangiri district of Orissa, India...
- An allele-specific polymerase chain reaction assay for the differentiation of members of the Anopheles culicifacies complex
O P Singh
Malaria Research Centre ICMR, 22 Sham Nath Marg, Delhi 110 054, India
J Biosci 29:275-80. 2004
..The assay correctly differentiates species A and D from species B, C and E. The possible use of this diagnostic assay in disease vector control programmes is discussed...
- Differentiation of members of the Anopheles fluviatilis species complex by an allele-specific polymerase chain reaction based on 28S ribosomal DNA sequences
O P Singh
Malaria Research Centre, Delhi, India
Am J Trop Med Hyg 70:27-32. 2004
..The assay was evaluated against chromosomally examined individuals from different localities with different sympatric associations and was found to differentiate unambiguously all the members of the complex...
- Identification of all members of the anopheles culicifacies complex using allele-specific polymerase chain reaction assays
Geeta Goswami
Malaria Research Centre, Delhi, India
Am J Trop Med Hyg 75:454-60. 2006
..culicifacies complex. Until another DNA-based method involving fewer steps is developed, this assay system can be used in all malaria epidemiologic studies where An. culicifacies is prevalent...
- Phylogenetic inference of Indian malaria vectors from multilocus DNA sequences
Jyotsana Dixit
National Institute of Malaria Research, Sector 8, Dwarka, New Delhi 110 077, India
Infect Genet Evol 10:755-63. 2010
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- Isolation of a Plasmodium vivax refractory Anopheles culicifacies strain from India
T Adak
National Institute of Malaria Research, Delhi, India
Trop Med Int Health 11:197-203. 2006
..We compare the infectivity of this refractory strain and four other species B strains from different epidemiological zones of India with P. vivax in the laboratory...
- Comparative susceptibility of three important malaria vectors Anopheles stephensi, Anopheles fluviatilis, and Anopheles sundaicus to Plasmodium vivax
T Adak
Malaria Research Centre, 22 Sham Nath Marg, Delhi 110054, India
J Parasitol 91:79-82. 2005
..stephensi and An. sundaicus. Adaptability to laboratory conditions and susceptibility to plasmodial infection suggest that An. fluviatilis and An. sundaicus can also be used as a vector model for vector-parasite interaction studies...
- Comparative susceptibility of different members of the Anopheles culicifacies complex to Plasmodium vivax
T Adak
Malaria Research Centre, Delhi, India
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 93:573-7. 1999
..The results are discussed in the light of the vectorial potential of the members of the An. culicifacies complex observed in field studies...
- Alleles -308A and -1031C in the TNF-alpha gene promoter do not increase the risk but associated with circulating levels of TNF-alpha and clinical features of vivax malaria in Indian patients
Mohd Sohail
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2 Nanak Enclave Campus, Near Radio Colony, National Institute of Malaria Research, Delhi 110009, India
Mol Immunol 45:1682-92. 2008
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- Species B of Anopheles culicifacies (Diptera: Culicidae) is reproductively less fit than species A and C of the complex
Anil Sharma
National Institute of Malaria Research, Sector 8, Dwarka, Delhi 110077, India
Acta Trop 112:316-9. 2009
..The poor-vector species B mosquitoes were found to be the least fecund among the members of the species complex. The unembryonated eggs constitute the biggest proportion of the unhatched eggs in species A, B and C of the species complex...
- Evaluation of bifenthrin treated mosquito nets against anopheline and culicine mosquitoes
C P Batra
Malaria Research Centre and National Anti Malaria Programme, Delhi
Indian J Med Res 121:55-62. 2005
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- Kushtha (skin disorders) in vedic and other religious literatures - A review
O P Singh
Assistant Research Officer, C.R.I, Unit - I, Bhubaneshwar
Bull Indian Inst Hist Med Hyderabad 32:51-5. 2002
..These are akin to the description available in Ayurveda. From the above, it is apparent that description of different diseases mentioned in Ayurveda are also available in religious literatures...
- Evaluation of socio-economic factors causing discontinuation of epilepsy treatment resulting in seizure recurrence: a study in an urban epilepsy clinic in India
K Das
Department of Neurology, Burdwan Medical College, India
Seizure 16:601-7. 2007
..The objective of this study was to evaluate the rate of discontinuation of epilepsy treatment and its related socio-economic factors responsible for discontinuation...
