2015

1. Vinod Kumar K, Lall C, Vimal Raj R, Vedhagiri K & Vijayachari P Molecular detection of pathogenic leptospiral protein encoding gene (LipL32) in environmental aquatic biofilms. Lett Appl Microbiol. 62, pp311-15 (2015) doi:10.1111/lam.12533
2. Vijayachari, P, Vedhagiri, K. Mallikaraman, K, Mathur, PP, Sardesai, NY, Weiner, DB, Ugen, KE, Muthumani, K. Immunogenicity of novel enhanced consensus DNA vaccine encoding the leptospiral proetin LipL45. Human Vaccine Immunother 11(8):pp1945-53. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2015.1047117 (Aug 2015)
3. Vijayachari P, Sugunan, AP, Singh SS, Mathur PP. Leptospirosis among the self-supporting convicts of Andaman Island during the 1920s – the first report on pulmonary haemorrhages in Leptospirosis. Ind J Med Res. 142 pp88-99 (Jul 2015)
4. Chander MP, Vinod Kumar K, Lall C, Vimal Raj R, Vijayachari P. GC/MS profiling, in vitro anti-leptospiral and haemolytic activities of Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf. used as a medicinal plant by Nicobarese of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Nat Prod Res. 26:pp1-3. [Epub ahead of print] (June 2015)
5. Vinod, K, Lall, C, Raj, RV, Vedhagiri, K, Vijayachari, P. Co-existence and survival of pathogenic leptospires by formation of biofilm with Azospirillum. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 91(6) pii: fiv051. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiv051. Epub (May 2015)
6. Vikram K, Damodaran S, Eswari PJP, Madanan, MG, Jebasigh T. Molecular modeling and in-silico engineering of cardamom mosaic virus coat protein for the presentation of immunogenic epitopes of Leptospira LipL32. J Biomolecular Str & Dynamics. DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2015.1009491 (Feb 2015)
7. Bhattacharya, H, Bhattacharya, D, Ghosal, S.R, Roy, S., Sugunan, AP. Status of Hepatitis B infection – a decade after Hepatitis B vaccination of susceptible Nicobarese, an indigenous tribe of Andaman & Nicobar (A&N) Islands with high Hepatitis B endemicity. Indian J Med Res. 141, pp653-61 (May 2015)
8. Thamizhmani R, Raghavan, R, Sugunan, AP, Vijayachari, P. VIM- and IMP-type metallo-β-lactamase-producing Shigella spp. in childhood diarrhea from Andaman Islands. Infect Dis (Lond). 13:1-2 [Epub ahead of print], (Mar 2015)
9. Mandal, A, Parthasarathy, G, Burma, S.P., Sugunan, A.P, Vijayachari, P. Isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from sputum of tribal, non-tribal pulmonary tuberculosis patients of Andaman & Nicobar Islands by conventional culture method and assessment of first line anti-tuberculosis drug susceptibility patterns. Indian J Tubercul. 62, pp23-28 (2015)
10. Sunish, IP, Shriram, AN, Sivan A, PremKumar A, Khan ZA, Vidhya PT, Amitabha D, Vijayachari P. Elimination of diurnally subperiodic Lymphatic filariasis in remote islands of Bay of Bengal, inhabited by Nicobarese: do we have the strategy to complete the job? Public Health. DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.10.025. Published online on Dec 19, 2015
11. Sivan A, Shriram AN, Sunish IP, Vidhya PT. Host-feeding pattern of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera Culicidae) in heterogenous landscapes of South Andaman, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. India. Parasitol Res. 114(9), pp3539-46 (Epub 2015 Jul 30). (Sept 2015)
12. Sunish IP, Khan ZA, Shriram AN, Vijayachari P. Declining trend of malaria in Car Nicobar Island, inhabited by the Nicobarese tribe: Plausible factors. J Vector Borne Dis. 2015;52(2):pp178-81 June 2015)
13. Shriram A N, Krishnamoorthy K, Vijayachari, P. Diurnallly sub-periodic filariasis among the Nicobarese of Nicobar district – epidemiology, vector dynamics and the prospects of elimination. Indian J Med Res. 141, pp598-607 (May 2015)
14. Chaaithanya IK, Muruganandam, N, Surya P, Anwesh M, Alagarasu K, Vijayachari P. Association of Oligoadenylate Synthetase gene cluster and DC-sign (CD209) gene polymorphisms with clinical symptoms in Chikungunya virus infection. DNA and cell biology (published online Sept 2015)
15. Sivan A, Shriram, AN, Sunish IP, Vidhya PT. Studies on insecticide susceptibility of Aedes aegypti (Linn) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse) vectors of dengue and Chikungunya in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Parasitol Res. 114(12),pp4693-4702 (Dec 2015)
16. Thamizhmani R, Chaaithanya I K, Sugunan A P, Vijayachari P. Killer cell immunoglobulin like receptors gene polymorphism in patients with dengue infection, Andaman Islands, India. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease, 5(1): pp47-50. (Jan 2015)
17. Muruganandam, N, Bhattacharya, D, Chaaithanya, I.K, Bhattacharya H, Reesu, R.; Maile A, Bharathi GSJ, Sugunan, AP, Vijayachari, P. Emergence of Influenza A (H1N1) PDM09 in the remote islands of India – a molecular approach. Indian J Med Microbiol 33(1), p143-46 (2015)
18. Chander, MP, Martick C, Vijayachari P. Medicinal plants used by the Nicobarese inhabiting Little Nicobar Island of the Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago, India. J Altern Complement Med. 21(7), pp373-9 doi: 10.1089/acm.2014.0118. Epub 2015 Jun 5 (Jul 2015)
19. Punnam Chander,M, Kartick C, Vijayachari P. Herbal medicine and healthcare practices among Nicobarese of Nancowry group of Islands- an indigenous tribe of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Indian J Med Res. 141, pp720-44 (May 2015)
20. Chander MP, Kartick C, Vijayachari P. Ethnomedicinal knowledge among Karens of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. J Ethnopharmacol. 162:pp127-33 (March 2015)
21. Sharma S, Vijayachari P and Sugunan AP. Histopathological studies of Eimeria bovis Infection in calves. J Veterinar Sci Technolo, 6(4)2157-7579, P1-2 (May 2015)