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Bhunia GS, Kesari S, Chatterjee N, Pal DK, Kumar V, Ranjan A and Das P. Incidence of visceral leishmaniasis in the Vaishali district of Bihar, India: spatial patterns and role of inland water bodies. Geospat Health, 2011; 5(2): 205-15.

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Singh SK, Bimal S, Narayan S, Jee C, Bimal D, Das P and Bimal R. Leishmania donovani: assessment of leishmanicidal effects of herbal extracts obtained from plants in the visceral leishmaniasis endemic area of Bihar, India. Exp Parasitol, 2011; 127(2): 552-558. (Epub 2010 Nov 9)

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Matlashewski G, Arana B, Kroeger A, Battacharya S, Sundar S, Das P, Sinha PK, Rijal S, Mondal D, Zilberstein D and Alvar J. Visceral leishmaniasis: elimination with existing interventions. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2011; 11(4): 322 – 325.

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Sundar S, Sinha PK, Rai M, Verma DK, Nawin K, Alam S, Chakravarty J, Vaillant M, Verma N, Pandey K, Kumari P, Lal CS, Arora R, Sharma B, Ellis S, Strub-Wourgaft N, Balasegaram M, Olliaro P, Das P and Modabber F. Comparison of short-course multidrug treatment with standard therapy for visceral leishmaniasis in India: an open-label, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 2011; 377(9764): 477-486. (Epub 2011 Jan 20).

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Das VNR, Pandey K, Verma N, Bimal S, Lal CS, Singh D and Das P. Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis(PKDL), HIV and pulmonary tuberculosis . National Medical Journal of India. 2010; 23(2): 88-89.

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Siddiqui NA, Kumar N, Ranjan A, Pandey K, Das VNR, Verma RB and Das P. Awareness about Kala-azar disease and related preventive attitudes and practices in a highly endemic rural area of India.  Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health, 2010; 41(1): 1-12.

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Sarnoff R, Desai J, Desjeux P, Mittal A, Topno R, Siddiqui NA, Pandey A, Sur D and Das P. Visceral leishmaniasis supplement: the economic impact of visceral leishmaniasis on rural households in one endemic district of Bihar, India.  Trop Med Int Health. 2010 May 6. [Epub ahead of print]

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Clements MF, Gidwani K, Kumar R, Hostomska J, Dinesh DS, Kumar V, Das P, Müller I, Hamilton G, Volfova V, Boelaert M, Das M, Rijal S, Picado A, Volf P, Sundar S, Davies CR and Rogers ME. Measurement of recent exposure to Phlebotomus argentipes, the vector of Indian visceral Leishmaniasis, by using human antibody responses to sand fly saliva. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010; 82(5): 801-807.

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Picado A, Das ML, Kumar V, Kesari S, Dinesh DS, Roy L, Rijal S, Das P, Rowland M, Sundar S, Coosemans M, Boelaert M and Davies CR. Effect of village-wide use of long-lasting insecticidal nets on visceral Leishmaniasis vectors in India and Nepal: a cluster randomized trial. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2010; 4(1): e587.

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Picado A, Das ML, Kumar V, Dinesh DS, Rijal S, Singh SP, Das P, Coosemans M, Boelaert M and Davies C. Phlebotomus argentipes Seasonal Patterns in India and Nepal. Journal of Medical Entomology, 2010; 47(2):283-286.

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Kumar A, Sen A and Das P. Microarray based gene expression: a novel approach for identification and development of potential drug and effective vaccine against visceral Leishmaniasis. International Journal
Advances in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2010; 1(1): 01-14.

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Das P, Samuels S, Desjeux P, Mittal A, Topno R, Siddiqui NA, Sur D, Pandey A and Sarnoff R. Annual incidence of visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic area of Bihar, India. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2010; 15(suppl. 2):1-8.

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Sarkar S, Banerjee R, Chanda S, Das P, Ganguly S and Pal S. Effectiveness of inoculation with isolated Geobacillus strains in the thermophilic stage of vegetable waste composting. Bioresource Technology, 2010; 101(8): 2892-2895.

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Bhunia GS, Kesari S, Jeyaram A, Kumar V and Das P. Influence of topography on the endemicity of Kala-azar: a study based on remote sensing and geographical information system. Geospat Health, 2010; 4(2): 155-165.

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Singh VP, Ranjan A, Topno RK, Verma RB, Siddique NA, Ravidas VN, Kumar N, Pandey K and Das P. Estimation of under reporting of Visceral Leishmaniasis cases in Bihar, India. American Journal of Tropical Medicine Hygiene, 2010; 82(1): 9-11.

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Bhunia GS, Kumar V, Kumar AJ, Das P and Kesari S. The use of remote sensing in the identification of the eco–environmental factors associated with the risk of human visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) on the Gangetic plain, in north–eastern India. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 2010; 104(1): 35–53.

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Mubayi A, Castillo-Chavez C, Chowell G, Kribs-Zaleta C, Ali Siddiqui N, Kumar N and Das P. Transmission dynamics and underreporting of Kala-azar in the Indian state of Bihar. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2010; 262(1): 177-185.

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Nandi N, Sen A, Banerjee R, Kumar S, Kumar V, Ghosh AN and Das P. Hydrogen peroxide induces apoptosis-like death in Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites. Microbiology, 2010; 156(Pt 7): 1926-1941.

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Kesari S, Bhunia GS, Kumar V, Jeyaram A, Ranjan A and Das P. Study of house-level risk factors associated in the transmission of Indian Kala-azar. Parasit Vectors, 2010; 12: 3: 94.

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Topno RK, Das VN, Ranjan A, Pandey K, Singh D, Kumar N, Siddiqui NA, Singh VP, Kesari S, Kumar N, Bimal S, Kumar AJ, Meena C, Kumar R and Das P. Asymptomatic infection with visceral leishmaniasis in a disease-endemic area in bihar, India. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2010; 83(3): 502-506.

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Das VN, Pandey K, Verma N, Lal CS, Bimal S, Topno RK, Singh D, Siddiqui NA, Verma RB and Das P. Development of Post Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) in Miltefosinetreated visceral leishmaniasis. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2009; 80(3): 336-338.

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Banerjee S, Ghosh J, Sen S, Guha R, Dhar R, Ghosh M, Datta S, Raychaudhury B, Naskar K, Haldar AK, Lal CS, Pandey K, Das VN, Das P and Roy S. Designing therapies against experimental visceral leishmaniasis by modulating the membrane fluidity of antigen-presenting cells. Infection and immunity, 2009; 77(6): 2330-2342.

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Chatterjee S, Mookerjee A, Basu JM, Chakraborty P, Ganguly A, Adhikary A, Mukhopadhyay D, Ganguli S, Banerjee R, Ashraf M, Biswas J, Das P, Gourisankar Sa, Chatterjee M, Das T and Choudhuri SK. A Novel Copper Chelate Modulates Tumor Associated Macrophages to Promote Anti-Tumor Response of T Cells. PloS ONE, 2009; 4(9): e7048.

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Das VN, Siddiqui NA, Pandey K, Singh VP, Topno RK, Singh D, Verma RB, Ranjan A, Sinha PK and Das P. A controlled, randomized nonblinded clinical trial to assess the effi cacy of  mphotericin B deoxycholate as compared to pentamidine for the treatment of antimony unresponsive visceral leishmaniasis cases in Bihar, India. Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2009; 5: 117–124.

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Narayan S, Bimal S, Singh SK, Gupta AK, Singh VP, Sinha PK and Das P. Leishmania donovani vs Immunity: T-cells sensitized from Leishmaniaof one donor may modulate their cytokines pattern on re-stimulation with Leishmania from different donor in visceral leishmaniasis. Experimental Parasitology, 2009; 121: 69-75.

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Kumar V, Kesari S, Kumar AJ, Dinesh DS, Ranjan A, Prasad M, Sinha NK, Kumar R and Das P. Vector density and the control of kala-azar in Bihar, India. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, 2009; 104(7): 1019-1022.

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Dikhit MR, Rana SP, Das P and Sahoo GC. CHPVDB – a sequence annotation database for Chandipura Virus. Bioinformation, 2009; 3(7): 299-302.

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Joshi AB, Das ML, Akhter S, Chowdhury R, Mondal D, Kumar V, Das P, Kroeger A, Boelaert M and Petzold M. Chemical and environmental vector control as a contribution to the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis on the Indian subcontinent: cluster randomized controlled trials in Bangladesh, India and Nepal. BMC Med, 2009; 7: 54.

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Khan AM, Pandey K, Kumar V, Dutta P, Das P and Mahanta J. Sample survey for indigenous cases of kala-azar in Assam by rk39 dipstick test. Indian J Med Res, 2009; 129(3): 327-328.

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Mondal D, Singh SP, Kumar N, Joshi A, Sundar S, Das P, Siddhivinayak H, Kroeger A and Boelaert M. Visceral leishmaniasis elimination programme in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal: reshaping the case finding/case management strategy. PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2009; 3(1): e355.

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Singh D, Pandey K, Das VN, Das S, Kumar S, Topno RK and Das P. Novel noninvasive method for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis by rK39 testing of sputum samples. J Clin Microbiol, 2009; 47(8): 2684-2685.

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Kumar V, Kesari S, Dinesh DS, Tiwari AK, Kumar AJ, Kumar R, Singh VP and Das P. A report on the indoor residual spraying (IRS) in the control of Phlebotomus argentipes, the vector of visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar (India): an initiative towards total elimination targeting 2015 (Series-1). J Vector Borne Dis, 2009; 46(3): 225-229.

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Sahoo GC, Dikhit MR, Rani M and Das P. Homology modeling and functional analysis of LPG2 protein of Leishmania strains. J Proteomics Bioinform, 2009; 0: 032-050.

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Dikhit MR, Sahoo GC and Das P. JEVBase: An interface resource for protein annotation of JE virus. International Journal of Biometrics and Bioinformatics, 2009; 3(4): 59-65.

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Sahoo GC, Rani M, Dikhit MR, Ansari WA and Das P. Structural modeling, evolution and interaction of KMP11 protein of different Leishmania strains. J Comput Sci Syst Biol, 2009; 2: 147-158.

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Kumar N, Siddiqui NA, Verma RB and Das P. Knowledge About Sandflies in Relation to Public and Domestic Control Activities of Kala-azar in Rural Endemic Areas of Bihar. Journal of Communicable Diseases, 2009, 41(2): 121-128.

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Pandey K, Sinha PK, Das VN, Bimal S, Singh SK and Das P. Pharmacotherapeutic Options for Visceral Leishmaniasis—Current Scenario. Clinical Medicine: Pathology, 2009; 2: 1–4.

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Pandey K, Sinha PK, Das VN, Nawin Kumar, Bimal S, Verma RB, Verma N, Lal CS, Topno RK, Siddiqui NA, Singh D and Das P. Tuberous sclerosis with visceral leishmaniasis: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009; 3: 9027.

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Dinesh DS, Singh A, Kumar V, Kesari S, Kumar AJ, Kishore K, Roy SP, Bhattacharya SK and Das P. Emergence periodicity of Phlebotomus argentipes annandale and brunette (Diptera: psychodidae): A laboratory study. J Parasitic Dis, 2009; 33(1&2): 23-27.

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Kesari S, Kumar V, Palit A, Kishore K, Das VNR, Das P, and Bhattacharya SK. Localilized Foci of kala-azar in a Village of Chandi PHC (Nalanda District ), Journal of Communucable Diseases, 2009; 41(3) 211-214

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Bimal S, Singh SK, Sinha S, Pandey K, Sinha PK, Ranjan A, Bhattacharya SK and Das P. Leishmania donovani: Role of CD2 on CD4+ T – cell function in Visceral leishmaniasis. Exp. Parasitol, 2008; 118(2): 238-246.

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Sinha PK, Bimal S, Pandey K, Singh SK, Ranjan A, Kumar N, Lal CS, Barman SB, Verma RB, Jeyakumar A, Das P, Bhattacharya M, Sur D and Bhattacharya SK. A community-based, comparative evaluation of direct agglutination and rK39 strip tests in the early detection of subclinical Leishmania donovani infection. Ann. Trop. Med. & Parasitol, (2008); 102(2): 119-125.

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Kumar N, Pandey K, Das VN, Sinha PK, Topno RK, Lal CS, Bimal S, Verma N and Das P. HIV infection, visceral leishmaniasis and Guillain –Barre syndrome in same patient: a case report. Ann. Trop. Med. & Parasitol, 2008; 102(2): 185-188.

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Dinesh DS, Kumar V, Kesari S, Kumar AJ and Das P. Is Phlebotomus argentipesAnnandale and Brunetti (Diptera: Psychodidae) autogenous?. J Vector Borne Dis, 2008; 45(2): 174-175.

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Topno RK, Pandey K, Das VN, Kumar N, Bimal S, Verma RB, Siddiqui NA, Singh D, Kumar R, Kumar P, Ranjan A, Das P and Sinha PK. Visceral Leishmaniasis in pregnancy – role of Amphotericin B. Ann. Trop. Med. & Parasitol, 2008; 102(3): 267-270.

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Muniaraj M and Das P. Leishmania donovani promastigotes on 'chocolate' agar. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2008; 102(5): 451-453.

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Dinesh DS, Das P, Picado A, Davies C, Speybroeck N, Ostyn B, Boelaert M and Coosemans M. Long-lasting insecticidal nets fail at household level to reduce abundance of sandfly vector Phlebotomus argentipes in treated houses in Bihar (India). Trop Med Int Health, 2008; 13(7): 953-958.

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Dinesh DS, Das P, Picado A, Davies C, Speybroeck N, Boelaert M and Coosemans M. The efficacy of indoor CDC light traps for collecting the sandfly Phlebotomus argentipes, vector of Leishmania donovani. Med Vet Entomol, 2008; 22(2): 120-123.

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Das M, Banjara M, Chowdhury R, Kumar V, Rijal S, Joshi A, Akhter S, Das P and Kroeger A. Visceral leishmaniasis on the Indian sub-continent: a multi-centre study of the costs of three interventions for the control of the sandfly vector, Phlebotomus argentipes. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2008; 102(8): 729-741.

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Hillesland H, Read A, Subhadra B, Hurwitz I, McKelvey R, Ghosh K, Das P and Durvasula R. Identification of aerobic gut bacteria from the Kala azar vector, Phlebotomus argentipes:a platform for potential paratransgenic manipulation of sandflies. American Journal of Tropical medicine and Hygine, 2008; 79(6): 881-886.

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Thakur CP, Kumar A, Mitra G, Thakur S, Sinha PK, Das P, Bhattacharya SK and Sinha A. Impact of Ampotericin B in the treatment of Kalaazar on the incidence of PKDL in Bihar, India. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 2008; 128: 38-44.

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Kumar T, Majumdar A, Das P, Sarafis V and Ghose M. Trypan blue as a fluorochrome for confocal laser scanning microscopy of arbuscular mycorrhizae in three mangroves. Biotechnic & Histochemistry, 2008; 83(3-4): 153-159.

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Pandey K, Sinha PK, Rabidas V, Kumar N, Bimal S, Verma N, Lal C and Das P. HIV, visceral leishmaniasis and Parkinsonism combined with diabetes mellitus and hyperuricaemia: A case report. Cases Journal, 2008; 1: 183.

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Sahoo GC, Dikhit MR and Das P. Functional assignment to JEV proteins using SVM. Bioinformation, 2008; 3(1): 1–7.

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Narayan S, Gupta AK, Singh Subhankar K, Lal CS, Singh VP, Sinha PK, Das P and Thakur CP. Clinical and Laboratory comparision of different brands of Amphotericin B used for the treatment of kala-azar. Journal of Communicable Diseases, 2008; 40(4): 273-276.

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Muniaraj M, Lal CS, Kumar S, Sinha PK and Das P. Milk of cow (Bos taurus), buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), and goat (Capra hircus): a better alternative than fetal bovine serum in media for primary isolation, in vitro cultivation, and maintenance of Leishmania donovani promastigotes. J. Clin. Microbiol,  2007; 45(4): 1353-1356.

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Kumar N, Pandey K, Das VN, Sinha PK, Topno RK, Verma N, Lal CS, Das P and Bhattacharya SK. Miltefosine in the Treatment of a case of Visceral Leishmaniasis with Renal Dysfunction. Ann Trop Med Parasitol, 2007; 101(7): 649-651.

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Sen A, Sekhar Chtterjee N, Ali Md A, Nandi N and Das P. The 29 Kilo-dalton Thiol-Dependent Peroxidase of Entamoeba histolytica Is a Factor Involved in Pathogenesis and Survival of the Parasite during Oxidative Stress Eukary. Eukaryot Cell, 2007; 6(4): 664–673.

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Lal CS, Kumar A, Kumar S, Pandey K, Kumar N, Bimal S, Sinha PK and Das P. Hypocholesterolemia and increased triglycerides in paediatric visceral leishmaniasis. Clinica Chimica Acta, 2007; 382(1-2): 151-153.

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Pandey K, Sinha PK, Das VN, Kumar N, Verma N, Bimal S, Lal CS, Topno RK, Singh D, Verma RB, Bhattacharya SK and Das P. Wilson Disease with Visceral Leishmaniasis: An Extremely Uncommon Presentation. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2007; 77(3): 560 – 561.

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Feng Y, Ortega Y, He G, Das P, Xu M, Zhang X, Fayer R, Gatei W, Cama V and Xiao L. Wide geographic distribution of Cryptosporidium bovis and the deer-like genotype in bovines. Vet Parasitol, 2007; 144(1-2): 1-9.

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Muniaraj M, Gupta AK, Narayan S, Singh D, Sinha PK, Das P. Long-term preservation of Leishmania donovani promastigotes on blood-agar slants, Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2006; 100(2): 173-175.

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Das P, Roy SS, MitraDhar K, Dutta P, Bhattacharya MK, Sen A, Ganguly S, Bhattacharya SK, Lal AA and Xiao L. Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. from children in Kolkata, India. J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006; 44(11): 4246-4249.

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Das VN, Siddiqui NA, Kumar N, Verma N, Verma RB, Dinesh DS, Kar SK and Das P . A pilot study on the status of lymphatic filariasis in a rural community of Bihar. J Commun Dis, 2006; 38(2): 169-75.

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Bera T, Nandi N, Sudhahar D, Akbar MA, Sen A and Das P. Preliminary evidence on existence of transplasma membrane electron transport in Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites: a key mechanism for maintaining optimal redox balance. J Bioenerg Biomembr. 2006; 38(5-6): 299-308.

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Gatei W, Hart CA, Gilman RH, Das P, Cama V and Xiao L. Development of a multilocus sequence typing tool for Cryptosporidium hominis. J Eukaryot Microbiol, 2006; 53(Suppl1): S43-48.

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Kishore K, Kumar V, Kesari S, Dinesh DS, Kumar AJ, Das P and Bhattacharya SK. Vector control in leishmaniasis. Indian J Med Res, 2006; 123(3): 467-472.

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Pranati, Bimal S, Pandey K, Sinha PK, Gupta AK, Singh SK, Sundaram S and Das P. Leishmania donovani: Immunomodulatory Role of 63KDa Leishmania Antigen in the Promotion of IFN-gamma Response (VL vs HIV-VL Co-infection). American Journal of Immunology, 2006; 2(2): 52-57.

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Kumar V, Bimal S, Kesari S, Kumar AJ, Bagchi AK, Akbar MA, Kishore K, Bhattacharya SK and Das P. Evaluation of a dot-imunoblot assay for detecting leishmanial antigen in naturally infected Phlebotomus argentipes (Diptera: sychodidae). Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2005; 99(4): 371-376.

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Bimal S, Das VN, Sinha PK, Gupta AK, Verma N, Ranjan A, Singh SK, Sen A, Bhattacharya SK and Das P. Usefulness of the direct agglutination test in the early detection of subclinical L.  donovani infection: a community-based study. Ann Trop Med Parasitol, 2005; 99: 743-749.

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Bimal S, Singh SK, Das VN, Sinha PK, Gupta AK, Bhattacharya SK and Das P. Leishmania donovani: effect of therapy on expression of CD2 antigen and secretion of macrophage migration inhibition factor by T-cells in patients with visceral leishmaniasis. Exp Parasitol. 2005; 111(2): 130-132.

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Muniaraj M, Gupta AK, Narayan S, Kumar S, Sinha PK, Kishore K and Das P. Removal of bacterial and yeast contamination from Leishmania promastigote cultures, by agar plating. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2005; 99(6): 617-621.

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Muniaraj M, Gupta AK, Narayan S, Singh D, Sinha PK, Kishore K, Das P and Bhattacharya SK. Preservation of Leishmania donovani promastigotes in blood agar slants. Journal of communicable Diseases, 2005; 37(3): 191-195.

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Pandey K, Sinha PK, Das VN, Kumar N, Hassan SM, Verma N, Lal CS, Bimal S, Das P and Bhattacharya SK. HIV-I infection, visceral leishmaniasis, Koch's chest and tuberculous meningitis in the same patient- a case report. Ann Trop Med Parasitol, 2005; 99(8): 807-811.

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Dinesh DS, Kishore K, Das P and Bhattacharya, SK. Abnormality in Phlebotomus Argentipes (Diptera: Psychodidae). Current Science, 2005; 88(5): 703.

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Bimal S,  Singh S, Pandey K, Sinha PK, Das PK, Schallig H, Das P and Bhattacharya SK. Comparative evaluation of aqueous and freeze dried antigen for Sero-diagnosis of VL and PKDL cases by DAT. American Journal of Immunology, 2005; 1(2): 74-78.

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Singh SK, Bimal S, Dinesh DS, Gupta AK, Sinha PK, Bimal R and Das P. Towards identifying immunogenic targets in visceral leishmaniasis: role of 17 kDa and 63 kDa phosphoproteins. American Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2005; 1 (3): 94-98.

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Singh SK, Bimal S, Dinesh DS, Gupta AK, Sinha PK, Bimal R and Das P. Towards Identifying Immunogenic Targets in Visceral Leishmaniasis: Role of 17kDa and 63kDa Phosphoproteins. American Journal of Immunology, 2005; 1(3): 96-100.

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Kishore K, Kumar V, Kesari S, Bhattacharya SK and Das P. Susceptibility of Phlebotomus argentipes against DDT in endemic districts of North Bihar, India. The Journal of Communicable Diseases, 2004; 36(1): 41-44.

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Sinha PK, Rabidas VN, Pandey K, Verma N, Gupta AK, Ranjan A, Das P and Bhattacharya SK. Visceral Leishmaniasis and HIV Coinfection in Bihar, India. Letter to Editor, J Acquire Immune Defic Syndr. 2003; 32(1): 115-116.

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Sinha PK, Ranjan A, Siddique NA, Anil CK, Priya A, Das P and Bhattacharya SK. Usefulness of voluntary counseling and testing center for HIV/AIDS: Bihar as an example. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2003; 33(3): 407-408.

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Dasgupta B, Roychoudhury K, Ganguly S, Kumar Sinha P, Vimal S, Das P and Roy S.Antileishmanial drugs cause up-regulation of interferon-gamma receptor 1, not only in the monocytes of visceral leishmaniasis cases but also in cultured THP1 cells. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2003; 97(3): 245-257.

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Kishore K, Kumar V, Lal CS, Kesari SK, Das P and Bhattacharya SK. Estimation of efficacy of malathion (SRES) against phlebotomus argentipes the vector of Indian kala-azar, with the help of bioassay and HPLC analysis. Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 2002; 20: 13.