Publications

epidemiology of parasitoses in dairy animals in the north west humid himalayan region of india with particular reference to gastrointestinal nematodes.	a systematic survey was conducted during two spells of 5 years each (1986-1990 and 1993-1997) to study the prevalence of parasitoses with particular reference to gastrointestinal (gi) nematodes and flukes in dairy animals (crossbred and native cattle, and buffaloes) belonging to 12 villages in the kangra valley (himachal pradesh). flukes (fasciola, amphistomes and dicrocoelium) and strongyles were the most important parasitic infections. fasciola was endemic throughout the year, with a higher pe ...	1999	10504100
localized cutaneous leishmaniasis due to leishmania donovani and leishmania tropica: preliminary findings of the study of 161 new cases from a new endemic focus in himachal pradesh, india.	localized cutaneous leishmaniasis (lcl) in india is due mostly to leishmania tropica. it is mainly endemic in the deserts of rajasthan. recently, himachal pradesh has been identified as a new endemic focus for the disease. in the last few years, the number of new cases has been increasing almost to epidemic proportions. this report presents the preliminary findings of clinico-epidemiologic and investigative results of 161 new localized cases of lcl seen between may 2001 and december 2003. the st ...	2005	15964970
emergence of arctic-like rabies lineage in india.	a collection of 37 rabies-infected samples, 10 human saliva and 27 animal brain, were recovered during 2001-2004 from the cities of bangalore and hyderabad in southern india and from kasauli, a mountainous region in himachal pradesh, northern india. phylogenetic analysis of partial n gene nucleotide sequences of these 37 specimens and 1 archival specimen identified 2 groups, divided according to their geographic (north or south) origins. comparison of selected indian viruses with representative ...	2007	17370523