2011 - 2013

1. Vedhagiri K, Velineni sS, Timoney JH, ShanmughapriyaS, Vijayachari P, Narayanan R, Natarajaseenivasan K. 2013. Detection of LipL32-specific IgM by ELISA in sera of patients with a clinical diagnosis of leptospirosis. Pathogens Global Health. 107(3), pp130-5 (Apr 2013)
2. Bhattacharya D, Thamizhmani R, Bhattacharya H, Sayi DS, Muruganandam N, Roy S, Sugunan AP. Emergence of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase 1 (NDM-1) Producing and Multidrug Resistant Uropathogens Causing Urinary Tract Infections in Andaman Islands, India. Microb Drug Resist. 2013 Dec: 19 (6):pp457-62 (Dec 2013)
3. Sunish I.P, Shriram A.N, Sivan, A., Kartick C, Saha BP, Vijayachari P. Lymphatic filariasis elimination programme in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India: drug coverage and compliance post eight rounds of MDA. Trop Doct. 43(1), pp30-2 (2013)
4. Chaaithanya I K, Muruganandam N, Anwesh M, Rajesh R, Ghosal SR, Kartick C, Prasad KN, Muthumani K, Vijayachari P. HLA class II allele polymorphism in an outbreak of Chikungunya fever in Middle Andaman, India. Immunology doi: 10.1111/imm.12128 (May 2013)
5. Bao H, Ramanathan AA, Kawalakar O, Sundaram SG, Tingey C, Bian CB, Muruganandam N, Vijayachari P, Sardesai NY, Weiner DB, Ugen KE, Muthumani K. 2013. Nonstructural protein 2 (nsP2) of Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) enhances protective immunity mediated by a CHIKV envelope protein expressing DNA vaccine. Viral Immunol. 26(1):75-83. doi: 10.1089/vim.2012.0061 (Feb 2013)

1. Reesu R, Bhattacharya D, Chaaithanya IK, Muruganandam N, Bharadwaj AP, Singhania M, Sugunan A P, Vijayachari P. 2012: Emergence of the unusual genotype of Rotavirus in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. Intervirology DOI: 10.1159/000342219 (Dec 2012)
2. Thamizhmani R, Bhattacharya, D, Sayi DS, Bhattacharjee H, Muruganandam, N, Ghosal SR, Bharadwaj, AP, Singhania M, Roy S, Sugunan AP. Emergence of Fluoroquinolone resistance in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Indian J Med Res 136(1), pp98-101 (2012)
3. Bhattacharya, D, Sayi DS, Thamizhmani, R , Bhattacharjee, H, Bharadwaj, AP, Roy, A, Sugunan, AP. 2012: Emergence of Multidrug Resistant Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor in Port Blair, India. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2012 Jun;86(6):pp1015-7)
4. Bhattacharya, D, Sugunan AP., Bhattacharjee H, Thamizhmani R, Sayi DS., Thanasekaran K, Manimunda SP, Ghosh AR, Bharadwaj AP, Singhania M, Roy S. Antimicrobial resistance in Shigella – rapid increase and widening of spectrum in Andaman Islands, India. Indian J Med Res. Mar;135(3):pp365-70 (2012)
5. Chaaithanya, IK, Bhattacharya, D, Muruganandam, N, Thamizhmani, R., Suresh Babu, BV, Sundaram, SG, Matta, M, Singh, SS, Vijayachari, P. Dengue: a newly emerging viral infection in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Epidemiol Infect. 140(10)-p1920-24 (Oct 2012) , 8:p1-5 (2012)
6. Manimunda SP, Benegal, V, Sugunan, A.P, Jeemon P, Balakrishna N., Thennarasu K, Pandian, D, Pesala, KS. Tobacco use and nicotine dependency in a cross-sectional representative sample of 18,018 individuals in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. BMC Public Health 10:12(1):p515 (2012 Jul)
7. Parvez, R., Hedau, S., Bhattacharya, D., Muruganandam, N., Das, BC, Saha, MK, Sugunan, AP, Vijayachari, P. High-risk HPV infection among the tribal and non-tribal women of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Public Health, 126 pp. 67-69 (Jan 2012)

1. Natarajaseenivasan, K., Artiushin S.C, Veliveni, S., Vedhagiri, K., Vijayachari, P, Timoney, J.F. 2011. Surface associated Hsp60 chaperonin of Leptospira interrogans serovar Autumnalis N2 stain as an immunoreactive protein. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 30(11):pp1383–89 (2011)
2. Madanan, M.G, Cattavarayane, S., Sudhakaran, P.R., Gayathri, D.M, Sehgal, S.C. Presence of 46 kDa gelatinase on the outer membrane of Leptospira. Current Microbiology. 62(5):pp1478-82 (2011)
3. Bhattacharya D, Bhattacharjee H, Tamizhmani R, Sayi D.S, Singhania, M, Sugunan AP, Subarna Roy. Third-generation cephalosporin resistance in clinical isolate of Shigella sonnei in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. J Infect Dev Ctries; 5(9):pp674-676 (2011)
4. Bhattacharya D, Sugunan AP, Bhattacharjee H, Tamizhmani R, Sayi D.S, Mnimunda SP, Bharadwaj A.P., M.Singhania, Subarna Roy. Rapid emergence of third generation cephalosporin resistance in Shigella sp. Isolated in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Microb Drug Resist 17(2):pp329-332 (2011)
5. Bhattacharya, D, Bhattacharjee, H, Thamizhmani, R, Sayi, D.S, Bharadwaj, A.P, Singhania, M, Sugunan, A.P, Roy, S. Prevalence of the plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance determinants among clinical isolates of Shigella sp. in Andaman & Nicobar islands, India. Lett Appl Microbiol. 53(2):pp247-51 (2011)
6. Shriram, A.N, Krishnamoorthy, K, Saha, B.P, Avijit Roy, Kumaraswami, V.,Shah, W.A, Jambulingam, P and Vijayachari, P. Diurnally sub periodic filariasis in India-prospects of elimination: precept to action?. Parasitology Research 109:pp1–8 (2011)
7. Shriram, AN, Krishnamoorthy, K. Population dynamics, age composition and survival of Downsiomyia nivea in relation to transmission of diurnally sub-periodic filariasis. J Asia Pac Entomol. 14, pp34-40 (2011)
8. M. Manimunda S,P., Sugunan A,P., Shah W,A., Singh S.S., Shriram A.N. & Vijayachari, P. Tsunami, post tsunami malaria situation in Nancowry group of islands, Nicobar district, A&N Islands. Indian J Med Res 133, p76-82 (2011)
9. Chaitanya, I.K, Muruganandam, N, Sundaram S.G, Kawalekar, O, Sugunan, A.P, Manimunda, S.P, Ghosal, S.R, Muthumani, K, Vijayachari, P. Role of proinflammatory Cytokines and Chemokines in chronic arthropathy in chikungunya virus infection. Viral immunol. 24(4):265-71 (2011)
10. Muruganandam, N, Chaaithanya, I.K, Senthil, G.S., Shriram, A.N, Bhattacharya, D, Jeeva Bharathi, G.S, Sudeep, A.B, Pradeep Kumar, N. and Vijayachari, P. Isolation and molecular characterization of Chikungunya virus from the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, India: evidence of an East, Central and South African genotype. Can. J. Microbiol. 57(12):1073-7 (2011)
11. Mallilankaraman K, Shedlock DJ, Bao H, Kawalekar OU, Fagone P, Ramanathan AA, Ferraro B, Stabenow J, Vijayachari P, Sundaram SG, Muruganandam N, Sarangan G, Srikanth P, Khan AS, Lewis MG, Kim JJ, Sardesai NY, Muthumani K, Weiner DB. A DNA vaccine against chikungunya virus is protective in mice and induces neutralizing antibodies in mice and nonhuman primates. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 11;5(1):e928(Jan 2011)
12. Vijayachari, P., Singh, S.S, Sugunan, A.P, Shriram, A.N., Manimunda, S.P., Bharadwaj, A.P, Singhania, M, Gladys, C, Bhattacharya, D. Emergence of dengue in Andaman and Nicobar archipelago: Eco-epidemiological perspective". Indian J Med Res. 134, pp235-7 (Aug 2011)
13. SS Singh, N Muruganandam, I.K Chaitanya, D Bhattacharya, A P. Sugunan, AK. Nayak, A Roy, AN Shriram, P Vijayachari. H1N1 influenza A outbreak among the Nicobarese, an aboriginal tribe of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Public Health. 125(8), pp501-04 (2011)
14. Manimunda, SP, Sugunan, AP, Benegal, V, Balakrishna, N, Rao, VV, Pesala, K.S. Association of hypertension with risk factors & hypertension related behavior among the aboriginal Nicobarese tribe living in Car Nicobar Island, India. Indian J Med Res. 133, p287-93 (Mar 2011)