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  1. Is the Zika virus re-emerging as a distinct genetic lineage in India?
  2. Report on the emergence of the new Indian lineage of Zika virus
  3. Confirmation of the recognition of Culiseta (Culiseta) indica Edwards, 1920 as a distinct species based on integrated morphological and molecular data
  4. Cutaneous and Visceral Leishmaniasis Caused by the Same Zymodeme of Leishmania donovani in Kerala, India
  5. Interactions between Leishmania parasite and sandfly: a review
  6. Genetic characterization of a new entomo-pathogenic nematode (Tylenchida: Allantonematidae) parasite in wild-caught sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Western Ghats, India
  7. Molecular Evidence of Wolbachia Species in Wild-Caught Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes in Four States of Northeast India
  8. Genetic differentiation among Aedes aegypti populations from different eco-geographical zones of India
  9. Identification and molecular characterization of Culex flavivirus in Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae): first report from India
  10. Development of DNA barcode-based PCR methodology to distinguish two sympatric species viz. Phlebotomus argentipes and Phlebotomus colabaensis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae)
  11. Assessment of genetic diversity patterns of different serotypes of dengue virus, prevalent in patients from Kerala, India: a strain specific mutation study and its relevance to pathogenesis
  12. Recent Outbreak of Zika in Kerala State, India; is Zika Virus Re-Emerging as a Distinct Genetic Lineage in India?
  13. The Burden of Dengue and Force of Infection Among Children in Kerala, India; Seroprevalence Estimates from Government of Kerala - WHO Dengue Study
  14. Faunal richness and checklist of sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in India
  15. A new species of the genus Downsiomyia Vargas (Diptera: Culicidae) from Himachal Pradesh, India
  16. Region-specific improvisation on WHO case definition and environmental risk factors associated with dengue: a case–control analysis from Kerala, India
  17. Epidemiological and clinical characterization of dengue virus serotypes during 2017–2019 in southern Kerala, India
  18. Detection of recombinant dengue virus 2 NS1 protein in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes using commercial Dengue NS1 ELISA kit
  19. Dengue NS1 antigen kit shows high sensitivity for detection of recombinant dengue virus-2 NS1 antigen spiked with Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
  20. Nation-wide vector surveillance on Zika and Dengue did not indicate transmission of the American lineage-pandemic Zika virus in India
  21. Clinical and virological characteristics of patients during the outbreak of chikungunya in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, 2019–2020
  22. ZIKV outbreak in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, 2021 –a primary report
  23. Seasonal abundance of Leptotrombidium deliense, the vector of scrub typhus, in areas reporting acute encephalitis syndrome in Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India
  24. Seroprevalence of Dengue in Urban and Rural Settings in Kerala, India
  25. Nation-wide vector surveillance did not indicate transmission of the “American lineage pandemic ZIKA virus” in India
  26. VectorInfo: A web resource for medically important Indian arthropod disease vectors
  27. Molecular modelling analysis of T219A mutant envelope protein revealed novel virulence enhancing factors in Dengue virus isolated from Kerala state, India
  28. Visceral Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania donovani Zymodeme MON-37, Western Ghats, India
  29. Distribution of the Genetic clade “G” of SARS-CoV-2 – an insight into COVID-19 virulence and spread in India
  30. Incrimination of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus as vectors of dengue virus serotypes 1, 2 and 3 from four states of Northeast India
  31. Occurrence of Orientia tsutsugamushi, the Etiological Agent of Scrub Typhus in Animal Hosts and Mite Vectors in Areas Reporting Human Cases of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in the Gorakhpur Region of Uttar Pradesh, India
  32. VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS IN A NON-ENDEMIC REGION OF INDIA- INVESTIGATION OF AN OUTBREAK
  33. Description of a new species Platynectes sahyadriensis, predatory to Aedes in Kerala, India
  34. Domestic dogs as the reservoirs of cutaneous leshmaniasis in Kerala, India
  35. 5. Gender based dimorphism in host response to viral infection: Two interesting epidemiological trends observed during Chikungunya outbreak in Kerala
  36. PCR for distinguishing members of Culex tritaeniorhynchus species complex
  37. Phlebotomus argentipes the vector of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Kerala, India
  38. Temporal distribution and behaviour of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a cutaneous leishmaniasis focus of the Kani Tribe settlements in the Western Ghats, India
  39. Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani in Kerala, India
  40. Sergentomyia (Neophlebotomus) monticola, a new species of sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Western Ghats, Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala, India
  41. DNA Barcodes indicate members of the Anopheles fluviatilis (Diptera: Culicidae) species complex to be conspecific in India
  42. Efficacy of a mermithid nematode Romanomermis iyengari (Welch) (Nematoda: Mermithidae) in controlling tree hole-breeding mosquito Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae) in a rubber plantation area of Kerala, India
  43. Genetic characterization of dengue viruses prevalent in Kerala State, India
  44. Detection of Chikungunya Virus in Wild Populations ofAedes albopictusin Kerala State, India
  45. DNA barcoding of sand flies
  46. Chikungunya virus outbreak in Kerala, India, 2007: a seroprevalence study
  47. Isolation and molecular characterization of Chikungunya virus from the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, India: evidence of an East, Central, and South African genotype
  48. NMR and ab initio studies of Mg2+, Ca2+, Zn2+, Cu2+ alizarin complexes
  49. Characterization of the 3-HKT gene in important malaria vectors in India, viz: Anopheles culicifacies and Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae)
  50. A crucial Envelope gene mutation in Chikungunya Virus, leading to disease outbreak in Kerala, India.
  51. Application of PDF417 symbology for ‘DNA Barcoding’
  52. Filariasis
  53. This study describes the utility of DNA Barcoding for the taxonomic identification of mosquitoes.
  54. Phylogeography of human lymphatic filarial parasite, Wuchereria bancrofti in India
  55. FILARIASIS
  56. Genetic variability of the human filarial parasite, Wuchereria bancrofti in South India
  57. Bionomics of Mansonioides mosquitoes in relation to community structure of hydrophytes/breeding habitats in Cherthala, Kerala
  58. Natural Mortality of Mansonia annulifera with Special Reference to Mortality due to Brugia malayi Infection and Distribution of Parasites in a Vector Population
  59. Population movement and malaria persistence in Rameswaram Island