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Vasanthapuram Kumaraswami

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Chatterjee S, Kolappan C, Subramani R, Gopi P, Chandrasekaran V, Fay M, et al.
PLoS One . 2014 Apr; 9(4):e94603. PMID: 24728010
Background: Filarial (and other helminth) infections are known to modulate mycobacteria-specific pro-inflammatory cytokine responses necessary for maintaining latency in tuberculosis (TB). We sought to address whether helminth co-infection alters progression...
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Mehendale S, Thakar M, Sahay S, Kumar M, Shete A, Sathyamurthi P, et al.
PLoS One . 2013 Feb; 8(2):e55831. PMID: 23418465
Study Design: A randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled phase I trial. Methods: The trial was conducted in 32 HIV-uninfected healthy volunteers to assess the safety and immunogenicity of prime-boost vaccination regimens...
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George P, Anuradha R, Kumar N, Kumaraswami V, Nutman T, Babu S
PLoS Negl Trop Dis . 2012 Oct; 6(10):e1830. PMID: 23056659
Background: Microbial translocation (MT) is the process by which microbes or microbial products translocate from the intestine to the systemic circulation. MT is a common cause of systemic immune activation...
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Bhatnagar T, Gupte M, Hutin Y, Kaur P, Kumaraswami V, Manickam P, et al.
Hum Resour Health . 2012 Sep; 10:36. PMID: 23013473
Unlabelled: Background: During 2001-2007, the National Institute of Epidemiology (NIE), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India admitted 80 trainees in its two-year Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP). We evaluated the first seven...
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Anuradha R, George J, Pavankumar N, Kumaraswami V, Nutman T, Babu S
PLoS Negl Trop Dis . 2012 Jun; 6(6):e1681. PMID: 22679524
Background: Infection with Wuchereria bancrofti can cause severe disease characterized by subcutaneous fibrosis and extracellular matrix remodeling. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of enzymes governing extracellular remodeling by regulating...
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Sundaramurthi J, Ramanandan P, Brindha S, Subhasree C, Prasad A, Kumaraswami V, et al.
Bioinformation . 2011 Sep; 7(2):98-101. PMID: 21938213
Emergence of drug resistance is a major threat to public health. Many pathogens have developed resistance to most of the existing antibiotics, and multidrug-resistant and extensively drug resistant strains are...
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Senbagavalli P, Anuradha R, Ramanathan V, Kumaraswami V, Nutman T, Babu S
Am J Trop Med Hyg . 2011 Jul; 85(1):89-96. PMID: 21734131
The presence of circulating immune complexes (CICs) is a characteristic feature of human lymphatic filariasis. However, the role of CICs in modulating granulocyte function and complement functional activity in filarial...
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Aravindhan V, Mohan V, Surendar J, Rao M, Pavankumar N, Deepa M, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis . 2010 Jun; 4(6):e707. PMID: 20559443
Epidemiological studies have shown an inverse correlation between the incidence of lymphatic filariasis (LF) and the incidence of allergies and autoimmunity. However, the interrelationship between LF and type-2 diabetes is...
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Kumar A, Ramachandran G, Kumar P, Kumaraswami V, Swaminathan S
MedGenMed . 2007 Apr; 8(4):53. PMID: 17415333
Patient adherence to treatment is an important factor in the effectiveness of antiretroviral regimens. Adherence to treatment could be monitored by estimation of antiretroviral drugs in biological fluids. We aimed...
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Ramachandran G, Hemanthkumar A, Rajasekaran S, Padmapriyadarsini C, Narendran G, Sukumar B, et al.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr . 2006 Apr; 42(1):36-41. PMID: 16639340
We studied the effect of rifampicin on steady-state pharmacokinetics of nevirapine and the impact of increasing the dose of nevirapine on its peak (Cmax) and trough (Cmin) levels in 13...