| rubella serosurveys at three aravind eye hospitals in tamil nadu, india. | to determine the susceptibility of female eye hospital staff to rubella infection and the potential risk for hospital-based rubella outbreaks. | 2004 | 15259254 |
| investigation of measles and rubella outbreaks in tamil nadu, india-2003. | the aims of the present study were to confirm measles outbreaks by detection of measles-specific igm antibodies, isolation of measles virus, and genetic characterization to document the circulating genotypes in tamil nadu. eight outbreaks were reported from six districts of tamil nadu, india during the period jan-dec 2003. blood samples were collected for serology, urine, and throat swabs for virus isolation. genotypic characterization of measles isolates was based on the sequence of the n gene. ... | 2006 | 16482540 |
| 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 |