Items where Year is 2008

Alamelu, Raja and Uma Devi, R and Ramalingam, B (2008) Improved diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis by detection of antibodies against multiple Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 60 (4). pp. 361-368. ISSN Print: 0732-8893; Online:1879-0070

Aleyamma, T and Chandrasekaran, V and Pauline, J and Vijay Baskar, R and Patil, A B and Jain, D K and Chowdhary, D and Saibabu, Saibabu and Sahana, M and Santha, Devi and Fraser, W and Narayanan, P R (2008) Increased yield of smear positive pulmonary TB cases by screening patients with >2 weeks cough, compared to >3 weeks and adequacy of 2 sputum smear examinations for diagnosis. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis, 55 (2). pp. 77-83. ISSN 0019-5705

Azger, Dustackeer and Vanaja, Kumar and Selvakumar, S and Gomathi, Sivaramakrishnan and Zhu, Guofang and Balaji, S and Sameer, H and Selvakumar, N and Chan, J and Narayanan, P R (2008) Construction and evaluation of luciferase reporter phages for the detection of active and non-replicating tubercle bacilli. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 73 (1). pp. 18-25. ISSN Print: 0167-7012; Online: 1872-8359

Cobelens, F G J and Heldal, E and Kimerling, M E and Mitnick, C D and Podewils, L J and Rajeswari, Ramachandran and Rieder, H L and Weyer, K and Zignol, M (2008) Scaling Up Programmatic Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Prioritized Research Agenda. PLoS ONE, 5 (7). e150. ISSN 1932-6203

Deepak, Jayakumar and Jacob, W R and Sujatha, Narayanan (2008) Protein kinase E of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has a role in the nitric oxide stress response and apoptosis in a human macrophage model of infection. Cellular Microbiology, 10 (2). pp. 365-374. ISSN Online: 1462-5822

Dusthackeer, Azger and Hassan, V N S and Kumar, Vanaja (2008) Tape measure protein having MT3 motif facilitates phage entry into stationary phase cells of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Computational Biology and Chemistry, 32 (5). pp. 367-369. ISSN Print: 1476-9271; Online: 1476-928X

Gopi, P G and Subramani, R and Chandrasekaran, V and Santha, T and Narayanan, P R (2008) Impact of improved treatment success on the prevalence of TB in a rural community based on active surveillance. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis, 55 (1). pp. 22-27. ISSN 0019-5705

Gopi, P G and Subramani, R and Narayanan, P R (2008) Evaluation of different types of chest symptoms for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis cases in community surveys. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis, 55 (3). pp. 116-121. ISSN 0019-5705

Gopi, P G and Venkatesh Prasad, V and Vasantha, M and Subramani, R and Tholkappian, A S and Sargunan, D and Narayanan, P R (2008) Annual Risk of Tuberculosis infection in Chennai City. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis, 55 (3). pp. 157-161. ISSN 0019-5705

Gosoniu, G D and Ganapathy, S and Kemp, J and Auer, C and Somma, D and Karim, F and Weiss, M G (2008) Gender and socio-cultural determinants of delay to diagnosis of TB in Bangladesh, India and Malawi. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 12 (7). pp. 848-855. ISSN Print: 1027-3719; Online: 1815-7920

Gupta, R N and Wyatt, G E and Swaminathan, Soumya and Rewari, B B and Locke, T F and Ranganath, Vijayalakshmi and Sumner, L A and Liu, H (2008) Correlates of Relationship, Psychological, and Sexual Behavioral Factors for HIV Risk Among Indian Women. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 14 (3). pp. 256-265. ISSN : 1099-9809; eISSN: 1939-0106

Harini, l and Sujatha, Narayanan and Bach, H and Papavinasa Sundaram, K G and Av-Gay, Yossef (2008) Molecular cloning and biochemical characterization of a serine threonine protein kinase, PknL, from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Protein Expression and Purification, 58. pp. 309-317. ISSN Print: 1046-5928; Online: 1096-027

Hemanth Kumar, A K and Ramachandran, G and Rajasekaran, S and Padmapriyadarshini, C and Narendran, G and Menon, P and Narayanan, P R and Swaminathan, S (2008) Sensitivity & specificity of combination testing algorithms for HIV in a tuberculosis clinic. SAARC Journal of Tuberculosis, Lung Diseases and HIV/AIDS, 2. pp. 1-5. ISSN Print: 1818-9741; Online: 2091-0959

Jaggarajamma, K and Ramachandran, Rajeswari and Charles, N and Chandrasekaran, V and Muniyandi, M and Ganapathy, Sudha (2008) Psycho-social dysfunction: Perceived and enacted stigma among tuberculosis patients registered under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis, 55 (4). pp. 179-187. ISSN 0019-5705

Jain, R and Dey, B and Dhar, N and Rao, V and Singh, R and Gupta, U D and Katoch, V M and Ramanathan, V D and Tyagi, A K (2008) Enhanced and Enduring Protection against Tuberculosis by Recombinant BCG-Ag85C and Its Association with Modulation of Cytokine Profile in Lung. PLoS ONE, 3 (12). pp. 1-11. ISSN 1932-6203

Kolappan, C and Subramani, R and Kumaraswami, V and Santha, T and Narayanan, P R (2008) Excess mortality and risk factors for mortality among a cohort of TB patients from rural south India. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 12 (1). pp. 81-86. ISSN Print: 1027-3719; Online: 1815-7920

Kumar, Vanaja and Loganathan, Prabakaran and Sivaramkrishnan, Gomathi and Kriakov, J and Dusthackeer, Azger and Subramanyam, Balaji and Chan, J and Jacobs, W R and Rama, Narayanan Paranji (2008) Characterization of temperate phage Che12 and construction of a new tool for diagnosis of tuberculosis. Tuberculosis, 88 (6). pp. 616-623. ISSN Print:1472-9792; Online: 1873-281X

Muniyandi, M and Rajeswari, R and Balasubramanian, R and Narayanan, P R (2008) A Comparison of Costs to Patients with Tuberculosis Treated in a DOTS Programme with Those in a Non-DOTS Programme in South India. Journal of Health Management, 10 (1). pp. 9-24. ISSN Print: 0972-0634; Online: 0973-0729

Muniyandi, M and Rajeswari, Ramachandran (2008) Socioeconomic inequalities of tuberculosis in India. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 9 (10). pp. 1623-1628. ISSN 1465-6566; eISSN: 1744-7666

Narayanan, P R and Gopi, P G and Subramani, R and Santha, T and Chandrasekaran, V and Muniyandi, M and Radhakrishnan, S (2008) DOTS Reaches Socially Marginalized Population in the Community : A Study from a Rural Area of South India. Journal of Communicable Diseases, 40 (3). pp. 199-204. ISSN 0019-5138

Narayanan, Sujatha and Gagneux, S and Hari, Lalitha and Tsolaki, A G and Rajasekhar, Suganthi and Narayanan, P R and Small, P M and Holmes, S and DeRiemer, K (2008) Genomic interrogation of ancestral Mycobacterium tuberculosis from south India. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 8 (4). pp. 474-483. ISSN Print: 1567-1348; Online: 1567-7257

Nusrath Unissa, A and Selvakumar, N and Sujatha, Narayanan and Narayanan, P R (2008) Molecular analysis of isoniazid-resistant clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from India. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 31. pp. 71-75. ISSN : 0924-8579, ESSN: 1872-7913

Prabha, C and Das, Sulochana D and Sukumar, B and Balaji, S (2008) Leptin response in patients with tuberculous pleuritis. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 128 (Dec). pp. 721-727. ISSN Print: 0971-5916; Online: 0975-9174

Prabha, C and Rajashree, P and Sulochana, D D (2008) TLR2 and TLR4 expression on the immune cells of tuberculous pleural fluid. Immunology Letters, 117 (1). pp. 26-34. ISSN Print: 0165-2478; Online:1879-0542

Priya, R and Sulochana, D D (2008) Expression of co-stimulatory molecules B7.1 & B7.2 on macrophages infected with various strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis & its influence on T-cell apoptosis. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 127 (4). pp. 388-394. ISSN 0971-5916

Radha, Gopalaswamy and Sujatha, Narayanan and Jacobs, W R and Av-Gay, Yossef (2008) Mycobacteriumsmegmatis bio¢lm formationand slidingmotility are a¡ected by the serine/threonine protein kinase PknF. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 278. pp. 121-127. ISSN Print: 0378-1097; Online: 1574-6968

Raghu, B and Venkatesan, P (2008) Effect of n-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation on bllod glucose, Lipid Profile and cytokines in humans: A pilot study. Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 23 (1). pp. 85-88. ISSN : 0970-1915; ESSN: 0974-0422

Rajashree, P and Sulochana, D D (2008) Infection with prevalent clinical strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis leads to differential maturation of monocyte derived dendritic cells. Immunology Letters, 117 (2). pp. 174-180. ISSN Print: 0165-2478; Online:1879-0542

Rajashree, P and Supriya, P and Das, S D (2008) Differential migration of human monocyte-derived dendritic cells after infection with prevalent clinical strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Immunobiology, 213 (7). pp. 567-575. ISSN Print: 0171-2985; Online: 1878-3279

Rajavelu, Priya and Pokkali, Supriya and Umashankar, P and Bhatt, Kamlesh and Narayanan, P R and Salgame, Padmini and Das, Sulochana D (2008) Comparative Evaluation of Cytokines, T-Cell Apoptosis, and Costimulatory Molecule Expression in Tuberculous and Nontuberculous Pleurisy. Clinical and Translational Science, 1 (3). pp. 209-214. ISSN Print: 1752-8054, Online: 1752-8062

Ramachandran, G and Hemanth Kumar, A K and Venkatesan, V and Anitha, S and Tharani, C B and Kumaraswami, V and Swaminathan, S (2008) Single dose pharmacokinetics of lamivudine in healthy volunteers: comparison of blood and urine kinetics. SAARC Journal of Tuberculosis, Lung Diseases and HIV/AIDS, 2 (1). pp. 6-9. ISSN Print: 1818-9741; Online: 2091-0959

Ramakrishnan, K and Shenbagarathai, R and Kavitha, K and Uma, A and Balasubramaniam, R and Thirumalaikolundu Subramanian, P (2008) Serum zinc and albumin levels in pulmonary tuberculosis patients with and without HIV. Japanese Journal of Infectious Disease, 61 (3). pp. 202-204. ISSN Print: 1344-6304; Online: 1884-2836

Ramana Rao, P V and Rajasekaran, S and Raja, Alamelu (2008) Augumentation of Natural Killer Activity with Exogenous Interleukins in Patients with HIV and Pulmonary Tuberculosis Coinfection. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, 24 (11). pp. 1435-1443. ISSN Print: 0889-2229; Online: 1931-8405

Rao, V G and Gopi, P G and Yadav, R and Sadacharam, K and Bhat, J and Subramani, R and Anvikar, A R and Tiwari, B K and Vasantha, M and Bhondeley, M K and Gadge, V and Eusuff, S I and Shukla, G P (2008) Tuberculous infection in Saharia, a primitive tribal community of Central India. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 102 (9). pp. 898-904. ISSN Print: 0035-9203; Online:1878-3503

Rao, V G and Gopi, P G and Yadav, R and Subramani, R and Bhat, J and Anvikar, A R and Sadacharam, K and Tiwari, B K and Gadge, V and Bhondeley, M K and Shukla, G P and Ukey, M and Jain, S and Wares, D F (2008) Annual risk of tuberculosis infection among tribal population of central India. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 13 (11). pp. 1372-1377. ISSN Print: 1360-2276; Online: 1365-3156

Ravanan, R and Venkatesan, P (2008) Some new approaches for modeling the incubation period of HIV/AIDS epidemic. International Journal of Computer, Mathematical Sciences and Applications, 2 (4). pp. 223-237. ISSN 0973-6786

Selvakumar, N and Kumar, Vanaja and Gopi, P G and Sivagamasundari, S and Narayanan, P R (2008) Pot method for storage & detection of acid-fast bacilli from sputum samples. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 128 (6). pp. 765-768. ISSN Print: 0971-5916; Online: 0975-9174

Selvakumar, N and Premkumar, M and Kumar, V and Gopi, P G and Sivagamasundari, S and Prabhakaran, E and Narayanan, P R (2008) Phenol ammonium sulphate basic fuchsin staining of sputum in pot for the detection of acid-fast bacilli. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 128 (Aug). pp. 194-197. ISSN 0971-5916

Selvaraj, P and Alagarasu, K and Harishankar, M and Vidyarani, M and Narayanan, P R (2008) Regulatory region polymorphisms of vitamin D receptor gene in pulmonary tuberculosis patients and normal healthy subjects of south India. International Journal of Immunogenetics, 35 (3). pp. 251-254. ISSN Print: 1744-3121; Online: 1744-313X

Selvaraj, P and Alagarasu, K and Harishankar, M and Vidyarani, M and Nisha Rajeswari, D and Narayanan, P R (2008) Cytokine gene polymorphisms and cytokine levels in pulmonary tuberculosis. Cytokine, 43 (1). pp. 26-33. ISSN 1043-4666; eISSN: 1096-0023

Selvaraj, P and Raghavan, S and Swaminathan, S and Alagarasu, K and Narendran, G and Narayanan, P R (2008) HLA-DQB1 and -DPB1 allele profile in HIV infected patients with and without pulmonary tuberculosis of south India. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 8 (5). pp. 664-671. ISSN Print: 1567-1348; Online: 1567-7257

Selvaraj, P and Vidyarani, M and Alagarasu, K and Prabhu Anand, S and Narayanan, P R (2008) Regulatory Role of Promoter and 3′ UTR Variants of Vitamin D Receptor Gene on Cytokine Response in Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Journal of Clinical Immunology, 28 (4). pp. 306-313. ISSN 0271-9142; eISSN: 1573-2592

Senbagavalli, P and Geetha, S T and Karunakaran, K and Banu Rekha, V V and Venkatesan, P and Ramanathan, V D (2008) Reduced erythrocyte CR1 levels in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis is an acquired phenomenon. Clinical Immunology, 128 (1). pp. 109-115. ISSN 1521-6616; eISSN 1521-7035

Shenoy, R K and Suma, T K and Kumaraswami, V and Dhananjayan, G and Rahmah, N and Abhilash, G and Ramesh, C (2008) Lymphoscintigraphic Evidence of Lymph Vessel Dilation in the Limbs of Children with Brugia malayi Infection. Journal of Communicable Diseases, 40 (2). pp. 91-100. ISSN Print: 2394-7047; Online: 0019-5138 [1]

Siddharth, B and Geetha, R and Ramesh, K and Hemanth Kumar, A K and Anitha, S and Padmapriyadarshini, C and Narendran, G and Menon, P A and Rajasekaran, S and Soumya, S (2008) Study of ABCB1 polymorphism (C3435T) in HIV-1-infected individuals from South India. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 65 (5). pp. 791-792. ISSN Print: 0306-5251; Online:1365-2125

Somma, D and Thomas, B E and Karim, F and Kemp, J and Arias, N and Auer, C and Gosoniu, G D and Abouihia, A and Weiss, M G (2008) Gender and socio-cultural determinants of TB-related stigma in Bangladesh, India, Malawi and Colombia. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 12 (7). pp. 856-866. ISSN Print: 1027-3719; Online: 1815-7920

Soumya, Swaminathan and Deivanayagam, C N and Rajasekaran, S and Venkatesan, P and Menon, P A and Ponnuraja, C and Meenalochani, D (2008) Long term follow up of HIV-infected patients with tuberculosis treated with 6-month intermittent short course chemotherapy. National Medical Journal of India, 21 (1). pp. 3-8. ISSN 0970-258X

Soumya, Swaminathan and Padmapriyadarshini, C and Sukumar, B and Illiyas, S and Ramesh Kumar, S and Triveni, C and Gomathy, P and Beena, T and Minnie, M and Narayanan, P R (2008) Nutritional status of persons with HIV infection, persons with HIV infection and tuberculosis, and HIV-negative individuals from southern India. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 46. pp. 946-949. ISSN Print: 1058-4838; Online: 1537-6591

Subramani, R and Radhakrishna, S and Frieden, T R and Kolappan, C and Gopi, P G and Santha, T and Wares, F and Selvakumar, N and Narayanan, P R (2008) Rapid decline in prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis after DOTS implementation in a rural area of South India. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 12 (8). pp. 916-920. ISSN Print: 1027-3719; Online: 1815-7920

Subrmanian, T and Gupte, M D and Paranjape, R S and Brahmam, G N V and Ramakrishanan, L and Adhikary, R and Kangusamy, B and Thomas, B E and Kallam, S and Girish, C P K (2008) HIV, sexually transmitted infections and sexual behaviour of male clients of female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, India: results of a cross-sectional survey. AIDS, 22 (Supl.5). S69-S79. ISSN Print: 0269-9370; Online: 1473-5571

Sudha, Ganapathy and Beena, E Thomas and Jawahar, M S and Josephine Arockia Selvi, K and Sivasubramaniam, S and Weiss, Mitchell (2008) Perceptions of gender and tuberculosis in a south Indian urban community. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis, 55. pp. 9-14. ISSN 0019-5705

Supriya, P and Chandrasekaran, Prabha and Das, S D (2008) Diagnostic utility of interferon-γ–induced protein of 10 kDa (IP-10) in tuberculous pleurisy. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 62 (2). pp. 186-192. ISSN Print: 0732-8893; Online:1879-0070

Supriya, P and Sulochana, D D and Logamurthy, R (2008) Expression of CXC and CC type of chemokines and its receptors in tuberculous and non-tuberculous effusions. Cytokine, 41 (3). pp. 307-314. ISSN Print: 1043-4666; Onine: 1096-0023

Swaminathan, S and Subbaraman, R and Venkatesan, P and Subramanyam, S and Kumar, S R and Mayer, K H and Narayanan, P R (2008) Tuberculin skin test results in HIV-infected patients in India: implications for latent tuberculosis treatment. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 12 (2). pp. 168-173. ISSN Print: 1027-3719; Online: 1815-7920

Swaminathan, Soumya and Antony, L and Venkatesan, P and Hanna, L E and Angayarkanni, B and Ponnuraja, C and Robin, J and Precilla, K L and Ramachandran, Ranjani (2008) Sensitivity & specificity of combination testing algorithms for HIV in a tuberculosis clinic. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 128 (6). pp. 772-774. ISSN Print: 0971-5916; Online: 0975-9174

Swaminathan, Soumya and Datta, Manjula and Radhamani, M P and Mathew, Sarah and Reetha, A M and Rajajee, Sarala and Mathew, Rema and Radhakrishna, S and Raghu, M B (2008) A Profile of Bacteriologically Confirmed Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Children. Indian Pediatrics, 45 (9). pp. 737-739. ISSN Print: 0019-6061; Online:0974-7559

Swaminathan, Soumya and Hanna, L E and Sundaramurthi, J C and Leonard, A and Angayarkanni, B and Francis, A C and Lakshmi, S and Nayak, Kaustuv (2008) Prevalence and Pattern of Cross-Reacting Antibodies to HIV in Patients with Tuberculosis. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, 24 (7). pp. 941-946. ISSN Print: 0889-2229; Online: 1931-8405

Swaminathan, Soumya and Narendran, G (2008) HIV and tuberculosis in India. Journal of Biosciences, 33 (4). pp. 527-537. ISSN Print:0250-5991; Online: 0973-7138

Talaat, KR and Kumarasamy, N and Swaminathan, S and Gopinath, R and Nutman, TB (2008) Filarial/Human Immunodeficiency Virus Coinfection in Urban Southern India. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 79 (4). pp. 558-560. ISSN 0002-9637

Talaat, KR and Kumaraswamy, N and Swaminathan, Soumya and Gopinath, R and Nutman, T B (2008) Filarial/Human Immunodeficiency Virus Coinfection in Urban Southern India. America Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 79 (4). pp. 558-560. ISSN Print: 0002-9637; Online: 1476-1645

Thiruvalluvan, E and Shenbagavalli, R and Mohana, M (2008) Influence of stigma and shame in HIV screening among women in prostitution. SAARC Journal of Tuberculosis, Lung Diseases and HIV/AIDS, 2 (1). pp. 16-22. ISSN Print: 1818-9741; Online: 2091-0959

Tuberculosis Research Centre, Chennai (2008) Limitations of conducting community surveys to access the epidemiological impact of TB control programmes on the incidence of TB. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis, 55 (1). pp. 1-4. ISSN 0019-5705

Vasantha, M and Gopi, P G and Subramani, R (2008) Survival of tuberculosis patients treated under DOTS in a rural tuberculosis unit (TU), south India. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis, 55 (2). pp. 64-69. ISSN 0019-5705

Venkatesan, P (2008) Markov chain monte Carlo methods in Bayesian Inference. Applied Bayesian Statistical Analysis.

Venkatesan, P and Ponnuraja, C (2008) Bayesian separate and joint modeling for controlled clinical trial data using BUGS. In: Applied Bayesian Statistical Analysis. APPLIED BAYESIAN STATISTICAL ANALYSIS (Proceeding of NSABSA 08, 23-24 May, 2008, 132-138). pp. 132-138.

Venkatesan, P and Srinivasan, R (2008) Bayesian model of HIV/AIDS in India: A spatial analysis. Applied Bayesian Statistical Analysis.

Weiss, M G and Somma, D and Karim, F and Abouihia, A and Auer, C and Kemp, J and Jawahar, M S (2008) Cultural epidemiology of TB with reference to gender in Bangladesh, India and Malawi. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 12 (7). pp. 837-847. ISSN Print: 1027-3719; Online: 1815-7920

Williams, B and Gopi, P G and Borgdorff, M W and Yamada, N and Dye, C (2008) The design effect and cluster samples: optimising tuberculosis prevalence surveys. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 12 (10). pp. 1110-1115. ISSN Print: 1027-3719; Online: 1815-7920