2007 - 2010

1. Madanan, G.M, Sandhanakrishnan, C., Gayathri, D.M, Kavita, S., Sudhakaran, R.P., Subhash C. Sehgal. A zymography analysis of proteinase activity present in Leptospira. Current Microbiology. 62(3):pp917-22 (2010)
2. Natarajaseenivasan, K., Vijayachari, P., Sharma, S., Sugunan, A.P., Vedhagiri, K., Selvin, J., Sehgal, S.C. FlaB PCR-based identification of pathogenic leptospiral isolates. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 43(1), pp62-69 (2010)
3. Roy, S., Bhattacharya, D., Thanasekaran, K., Ghosh, A.R., Sathya Prakash M., Bharadwaj, A.P., Singhania, M., Sugunan, A.P, Vijayachari, P. Emergence of fluoroquinolone resistance in Shigella isolated from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. Indian J Med Res 131, pp720-22 (2010)
4. Manimunda, S.P, Mavalankar, D., Bandyopadhyay, T., Sugunan, A.P. Chikungunya epidemic – related mortality. Epidemiolo Infect. 139, pp 1410-1412 (2010)
5. Sathya Prakash M, Sugunan, A.P, Rai, K.S., Vijayachari, P, Shriram, A.N., Sharma, S., Muruganandam, N., Chaitanya, K.I, Guruprasad, D.R., Sudeep A.B. Short Report: Outbreak of Chikungunya Fever, Dakshina Kannada District, South India, 2008. American J Trop Med Hyg. 83(4), p751-4 (2010)
6. Sathya Prakash M, Vijayachari, P, Uppoor, R, Sugunan, A.P., Singh, S.S., Rai, S.K.., Sudeep, A.B., Muruganandam, N., Chaitanya, K.I, Guruprasad, D.R. Clinical progression of chikungunya fever during acute and chronic arthritic stages and the changes in joint morphology as revealed by imaging. Trans Royal Soc Trop Med Hyg. 104, p392-99 (2010)

1. Vedhagiri K, Natarajaseenivasan K, Prabhakaran SG, Joseph Selvin, Narayanan R, Shouche YS, Vijayachari P & Ratnam S. Characterization of Leptospira borgptersenii isolates from field rats (Rattus norveigicus) by 16S rRNA and LipL32 gene sequencing. Brazilian J Microbiol, 40: pp150-157 (2009)
2. Vedhagiri, K., Natarajaseenivasan, K., Chellapandi, P., Prabhakaran, S.G., Selvin, J., Sharma, S., Vijayachari, P. Evolutionary implication of outer membrane lipoprotein-encoding genes ompL1, lipL32 and lipL41 of pathogenic Leptospira species. Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics, 7(3), pp96-106 (2009)
3. Sugunan, A.P., Vijayachari, P., Sharma S.S., Roy, S., Manickam, P., Natarajaseeivasan, K., Gupte, M.D., Sehgal, S.C. Risk factors associated with leptospirosis during an outbreak in Middle Andaman, India. Indian J Med Res. 130:pp67-73 (2009)
4. Manu, V., Roy, S., Anita Dutta Roy, Sharma S.S., Vijayachari, P., Kataria, V.K., Sehgal, S.C. PCR on formalin-fixed necropsy tissues to diagnose leptospires. Indian J Med Res, 129, pp105-07 (2009)
5. Roy S, Bhattacharya D, Ghoshal SR, Thanasekaran K, Bharadwaj AP, Singhania M, Sugunan AP. Acute Diarrhea in children after 2004 tsunami, Andaman Islands. Emerg Infect Dis. 15(5):pp849-50. (2009)
6. Manimunda SP, Shah WA, Shriram AN, Sugunan AP, Titus E, Charles A, Sur SK, Vijayachari P. Malaria in Car Nicobar Island in the aftermath of the tsunami: some observations. National Med J India. 22(4):p217-8 (2009)
7. Shriram, A.N., Sugunan, A.P., Manimunda, S.P, Vijayachari, P. Community-centred approach for the control of Aedes Spp in a peri-urban zone in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands using Temephos. National Med J India. 22(3), p116-20 (2009)
8. Fulsundar SR, Roy S, Manimunda SP, Singh SS, Sugunan AP, Vijayachari P Investigations on possible role of MIF gene polymorphism in progression of Chikungunya infection into cases of acute flaccid paralysis and chronic arthropathy. J Genetics, 88(1), p123-5 (2009)

1. Vijayachari, P., Sugunan, A.P., Shriram, A.N. Leptospirosis: an emerging global public health problem. J Biosciences. 33(4), pp557-569 (2008)
2. Natarajaseenivasan, K., Vijayachari, P., Sharma, S., Sugunan, A.P., Selvin, J., Sehgal, S.C. Serodiagnosis of severe leptospirosis: evaluation of ELISA based on the recombinant OMPL1 or LipL41 antigens of Leptospira interrogans serovar autumnalis. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 102(8):pp699-708 (2008)
3. Vijayachari, P., Sugunan, A.P., Sharma, S., Roy, S., Natarajaseenivasan, K., Sehgal, S.C. Leptospirosis in Andaman islands, India. Trans Royal Soc Trop Med Hyg. 102(2):pp117-22 (2008)
4. Murhekar, M.V., Murkehar, K.M., Sehgal, S.C. Epidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection among the tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2008 Aug;102(8):pp729-34 (Aug 2008)
5. Samajdar, S., Ghosh, S., Naik, T.N., Roy, S., Sugunan, A.P. The post-tsunami outbreak of diarrhoeal diseases in Car Nicobar Island, India, was caused by human group A rotavirus G2 strains. J Infect. 57(4):pp357-9 (2008)
6. Shriram, A.N., Sugunan, A.P., Vijayachari, P. Infiltration of Aedes aegypti into peri-urban areas in South Andaman. Ind J Med Res. 127, pp618-20 (2008)
7. AN Shriram, K Krishnamoorthy and SC Sehgal. Transmission dynamics of diurnally subperiodic lymphatic filariasis transmitted by Ochlerotatus (Finlaya) niveus in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Indian J Med Res, 127, p37-43 (2008)
8. Muthumani, K., Lankaraman KM., Laddy DJ., Sundaram, SG., Chung CW., Sako E., Su L., Khan, A., Sardesai., N., Kim, JJ., Vijayachari, P., Weiner, DB. Immunogenicity of novel consensus-based DNA vaccines against Chikungunya virus. Vaccine. 26(40):p5128-34 (2008)
9. Singh S.S., Manimunda, S.P, Sugunan, A.P., Sahina, Vijayachari, P. Four cases of acute flaccid paralysis associated with Chikungunya virus infection. Epidemiol Infect. 136(9):p1277-80 (2008)

1. Datta S, Chandra PK, Banerjee A, Chakravarty R, Murhekar KM, Murhekar MV. Predominance of hepatitis B virus genotype C among Karens, the 'old settlers' of Andaman and Nicobar Islands,India. Arch Virol. 152(6):pp1223-8 (2007)
2. Sugunan, A.P, Roy S., Murhekar, M.V., Naik, T.N., Sehgal, S.C. Outbreak of rotaviral diarrhea in a relief camp for tsunami victims at Car Nicobar islands, India. J Pub Health (Oxf) 29(4):pp449-50 (2007)
3. Sugunan, A.P, Subarna Roy, Shahina, M., Shah, W.A, Bharadwaj, A.P., Singh, S.S., Thanasekaran, K., Sathya Prakash, M., Vijayachari, P. Emergence of Vibrio cholerae O1 inaba in Andaman & Nicobar islands, India. J Pub Health, pp1-2 (2007)
4. Shriram, A.N., Vanamail, P., Sehgal, S.C. Diurnally subperiodic Wuchereria bancrofti in the Nicobar islands, India: evaluating the true prevalence of microfilaraemia. Annals Trop Med Parasitol. 101(4), p-371-4 (2007)
5. Manimunda S.P., Singh, S.S., Sugunan, A.P., Singh, O., Roy S., Shriram A.N, Vijayachari, P. Chikungunya Fever, Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Emerg Inf Dis, 13(8), p1259-60 (2007)