Publications

homograft valve bank: our experience in valve banking.	a cardiac homograft valve bank with cryopreservation facility was established at the institute of cardiovascular diseases, madras medical mission, chennai in july 1995.	2004	15586737
bacterial vaginosis in female sex workers in chennai, india.	bacterial vaginosis (bv) causes obstetric and gynaecological complications and non-chlamydial/non-gonococcal pelvic inflammatory disease and has been shown to be associated with the risk of acquiring hiv and herpes simplex (hsv)-2 infections. this study investigated both the prevalence of bv and its association with stds among 582 female sex workers living in chennai, south india. blood, vaginal and endocervical swabs were tested for hsv-2, hiv, treponema pallidum, bv, chlamydia trachomatis, nei ...	2005	16402677
bacterial vaginosis in women of low socioeconomic status living in slum areas in chennai, india.	bacterial vaginosis (bv) is a common cause of vaginitis among women of childbearing age. this study was performed to investigate the prevalence of bv and its association with sexually transmitted infections among 487 women of low socioeconomic status. blood, vaginal and endocervical swabs were tested for hiv, herpes simplex virus-2 (hsv-2), treponema pallidum, bv, chlamydia trachomatis, neisseria gonorrhoea and trichomonas vaginalis. of the women screened for bv, 120 (25, 95% ci 20.8-28.4) were ...	2006	17112444
infectious aetiology of congenital cataract based on torches screening in a tertiary eye hospital in chennai, tamil nadu, india.	we undertook this study to determine the infectious aetiology of congenital cataract based on the presence of igm antibodies to torches [(toxoplasma gondii (t. gondii), rubella virus (rv), cytomegalovirus (cmv), herpes simplex virus (hsv) and syphilis (caused by treponema pallidum)] in the serum samples of congenital cataract patients.	2010	20424308