S. Sundar

Publication List Details

Period

1980 - 2009

Number

56

Co-Authors

Visceral leishmaniasis elimination programme in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal: reshaping the case finding/case management strategy (2009)

Mondal, D., Singh, S. P., Kumar, N., Joshi, A., Sundar, S., Das, P., ...

Objective We sought to estimate visceral leishmaniasis (VL) burden in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal and document care-seeking behaviour for VL to provide baseline information for monitoring the VL...

Multilocus microsatellite typing (MLMT) reveals genetic homogeneity of Leishmania donovani strains in the Indian subcontinent (2009)

Alam, M. Z., Kuhls, K., Schweynoch, C., Sundar, S., Rijal, S., Shamsuzzaman, A. K. M., ...

In this population genetic study of Leishmania donovani parasites in the Indian subcontinent, 132 isolates obtained from patients in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka suffering from Kala-azar...

Evaluation of leishmanin skin test in Indian visceral leishmaniasis (2009)

Gidwani, K., Rai, M., Chakravarty, J., Boelaert, M., Sundar, S.

We evaluated the performance of the leishmanin skin test (LST) in 50 patients with visceral leishmaniasis (VL), 124 cured VL patients at different time intervals, 125 healthy controls from an endemic...

The poorest of the poor: a poverty appraisal of households affected by visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar, India (2009)

Boelaert, M., Meheus, F., Sanchez, A., Singh, S. P., Vanlerberghe, V., Picado, A., ...

OBJECTIVE: To provide data about wealth distribution in visceral leishmaniasis (VL)-affected communities compared to that of the general population of Bihar State, India. METHODS: After extensive...

SOI MOSFET on Low Cost SPIMOX Substrate (2008)

S. Sundar, Kumar Iyer, Xiang Lu, Nathan W. Cheung, Chenming Hu

Separation by plasma implantation of oxygen (SPIMOX) is a low-cost, high-throughput process for fabricating Silicon on Insulator (S01) substrates. MOSFETS are fabricated on SPIMOX substrates and...

Regularity and dimension spectrum of the equivariant spectral triple for the odd dimensional quantum spheres (2008)

Pal, Arupkumar, Sundar, S.

The odd dimensional quantum sphere $S_q^{2\ell+1}$ is a homogeneous space for the quantum group $SU_q(\ell+1)$. A generic equivariant spectral triple for $S_q^{2\ell+1}$ on its $L_2$ space was...

Neurological Manifestations Hiv-Infected Patients Around Varanasi, India (2008)

Attili, SVS, Gulati, AK, Singh, VP, Varma, DV, Rai, M, Sundar, S

Background Most of the studies on the neurological manifestations in HIV patients in India were cross sectional in design, and focus on the etiological agents. We report data on the frequency of...

Diagnostic tests for kala-azar: a multi-centre study of the freeze-dried DAT, rK39 strip test and KAtex in East Africa and the Indian subcontinent (2008)

Boelaert, M., El-Safi, S., Hailu, A., Mukhtar, M., Rijal, S., Sundar, S., ...

Three diagnostic tests for visceral leishmaniasis (VL), the freeze-dried direct agglutination test (FD-DAT), the rK39 dipstick and a urine latex antigen test (KAtex), were evaluated for use in...

Cause related marketing: Tactic or Strategy? (2007)

Sundar, S

PART III – SOCIAL, PUBLIC SERVICE & CAUSE RELATED MARKETING |Pages 207-214|

Evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests: visceral leishmaniasis (2007)

Boelaert, M., Bhattacharya, S., Chappuis, F., El Safi, S. H., Hailu, A., Mondal, D., ...

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a systemic protozoan disease that is transmitted by phlebotomine sandflies. Poor and neglected populations in East Africa and the Indian sub-continent are particularly...

Visceral leishmaniasis: what are the needs for diagnosis, treatment and control? (2007)

Chappuis, F., Sundar, S., Hailu, A., Ghalib, H., Rijal, S., Peeling, R. W., ...

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a systemic protozoan disease that is transmitted by phlebotomine sandflies. Poor and neglected populations in East Africa and the Indian sub-continent are particularly...

Population preference of net texture prior to bed net trial in kala-azar-endemic areas (2007)

Das, M. L., Singh, S. P., Vanlerberghe, V., Rijal, S., Rai, M., Karki, P., ...

Prior to a community-based efficacy trial of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) in the prevention of visceral leishmaniasis (VL; also called kala-azar), a pilot study on preference of tools was...

Intrathecal morphine reduces breakthrough pain during labour epidural analgesia (2007)

Vasudevan, A., Snowman, C. E., Sundar, S., Sarge, T. W., Hess, P. E.

Background When using the combined spinal-epidural (CSE) technique for labour analgesia, parturients often experience breakthrough pain after the spinal medication has receded. We tested the...

Intrathecal morphine reduces breakthrough pain during labour epidural analgesia (2007)

Vasudevan, A., Snowman, C. E., Sundar, S., Sarge, T. W., Hess, P. E.

Background When using the combined spinal-epidural (CSE) technique for labour analgesia, parturients often experience breakthrough pain after the spinal medication has receded. We tested the...

Liposomal amphotericin B for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (2006)

Bern, C., Adler-Moore, J., Berenguer, J., Boelaert, M., Den Boer, M., Davidson, R. N., ...

During the past decade, liposomal amphotericin B has been used with increasing frequency to treat visceral leishmaniasis (VL). The World Health Organization convened a workshop to review current...

Visceral leishmaniasis: current status of control, diagnosis, and treatment, and a proposed research and development agenda (2002)

Guerin, P. J., Oliaro, P., Sundar, S., Boelaert, M., Croft, S. L., Desjeux, P., ...

Visceral leishmaniasis is common in less developed countries, with an estimated 500000 new cases each year. Because of the diversity of epidemiological situations, no single diagnosis, treatment, or...

Mode locking for an externally excited droplet (1997)

Ravindran, R, Sundar, S

When subject to external acoustic excitation, a droplet exhibits behaviour depending crucially on its initial shape and the period of excitation. For shapes close to the spherical droplet,...

Mode locking for an externally excited droplet (1997)

Ravindran, R, Sundar, S

When subject to external acoustic excitation, a droplet exhibits behaviour depending crucially on its initial shape and the period of excitation. For shapes close to the spherical droplet,...

Two shock interaction using new theory of shock dynamics (1994)

Ravindran, R, Sundar, S

This paper deals with the use of NTSD (the new theory of shock dynamics) to study the propagation of discontinuities, when more than one discontinuity is present in the initial data for a model...

Long time behaviour of the solution of a system of equations from new theory of shock dynamics (1994)

Ravindran, R, Sundar, S, Prasad, P

The new theory of shock dynamics gives a system of n + 2 equations, the solution of which determines the propagation of a discontinuity in the initial condition. For the model equation ut + u ux = 0,...

Two shock interaction using new theory of shock dynamics (1994)

Ravindran, R, Sundar, S

This paper deals with the use of NTSD (the new theory of shock dynamics) to study the propagation of discontinuities, when more than one discontinuity is present in the initial data for a model...

Long time behaviour of the solution of a system of equations from new theory of shock dynamics (1994)

Ravindran, R, Sundar, S, Prasad, P

The new theory of shock dynamics gives a system of n + 2 equations, the solution of which determines the propagation of a discontinuity in the initial condition. For the model equation ut + u ux = 0,...

A 2-D Kaniel Kinetical Scheme for the Isentropic Compressible Flow (1991)

Bäcker, M., Neunzert, Helmut, Sundar, S., Younis, S.

We have presented here a two-dimensional kinetical scheme for equations governing the motion of a compressible flow of an ideal gas (air) based on the Kaniel method. The basic flux functions are...

Efficacies of Vesicular and Free Sodium Stibogluconate Formulations against Clinical Isolates of Leishmania donovani

Carter, K. C., Mullen, A. B., Sundar, S., Kenney, R. T.

In this study, the in vitro and in vivo efficacies of free sodium stibogluconate (SSG) and a nonionic surfactant vesicular formulation of SSG (SSG-NIV) against a laboratory strain of Leishmania...

Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Recombinant K39 Antigen in Diagnosis and Prognosis of Indian Visceral Leishmaniasis

Kumar, R., Pai, K., Pathak, K., Sundar, S.

The recombinant product (rK39) of the 39-amino-acid repeats encoded by a kinesin-like protein-encoding gene of Leishmania chagasi was evaluated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for...

The In Vivo Susceptibility of Leishmania donovani to Sodium Stibogluconate Is Drug Specific and Can Be Reversed by Inhibiting Glutathione Biosynthesis

Carter, K. C., Sundar, S., Spickett, C., Pereira, O. C., Mullen, A. B.

Resistance to pentavalent antimonial (Sbv) agents such as sodium stibogluconate (SSG) is creating a major problem in the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis. In the present study the in vivo...

Antibody response against a Leishmania donovani amastigote-stage-specific protein in patients with visceral leishmaniasis.

Ghedin, E, Zhang, W W, Charest, H, Sundar, S, Kenney, R T, Matlashewski, G

The antibody response against an amastigote-specific protein (A2) from Leishmania donovani was investigated. Sera from patients with trypanosomiasis and various forms of leishmaniasis were screened...

Evaluation of PCR for Diagnosis of Indian Kala-Azar and Assessment of Cure

Maurya, R., Singh, R. K., Kumar, B., Salotra, P., Rai, M., Sundar, S.

This study was done to evaluate PCR with Ld1 primers for the diagnosis of Indian visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and to assess its role in prediction of the disease outcome. The PCR assay was performed...

Efficacies of Vesicular and Free Sodium Stibogluconate Formulations against Clinical Isolates of Leishmania donovani

Carter, K. C., Mullen, A. B., Sundar, S., Kenney, R. T.

In this study, the in vitro and in vivo efficacies of free sodium stibogluconate (SSG) and a nonionic surfactant vesicular formulation of SSG (SSG-NIV) against a laboratory strain of Leishmania...

Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Recombinant K39 Antigen in Diagnosis and Prognosis of Indian Visceral Leishmaniasis

Kumar, R., Pai, K., Pathak, K., Sundar, S.

The recombinant product (rK39) of the 39-amino-acid repeats encoded by a kinesin-like protein-encoding gene of Leishmania chagasi was evaluated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for...

The In Vivo Susceptibility of Leishmania donovani to Sodium Stibogluconate Is Drug Specific and Can Be Reversed by Inhibiting Glutathione Biosynthesis

Carter, K. C., Sundar, S., Spickett, C., Pereira, O. C., Mullen, A. B.

Resistance to pentavalent antimonial (Sbv) agents such as sodium stibogluconate (SSG) is creating a major problem in the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis. In the present study the in vivo...

Antibody response against a Leishmania donovani amastigote-stage-specific protein in patients with visceral leishmaniasis.

Ghedin, E, Zhang, W W, Charest, H, Sundar, S, Kenney, R T, Matlashewski, G

The antibody response against an amastigote-specific protein (A2) from Leishmania donovani was investigated. Sera from patients with trypanosomiasis and various forms of leishmaniasis were screened...

Evaluation of PCR for Diagnosis of Indian Kala-Azar and Assessment of Cure

Maurya, R., Singh, R. K., Kumar, B., Salotra, P., Rai, M., Sundar, S.

This study was done to evaluate PCR with Ld1 primers for the diagnosis of Indian visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and to assess its role in prediction of the disease outcome. The PCR assay was performed...

Immunostimulatory cellular responses of cured Leishmania-infected patients and hamsters against the integral membrane proteins and non-membranous soluble proteins of a recent clinical isolate of Leishmania donovani

Garg, R, Gupta, S K, Tripathi, P, Naik, S, Sundar, S, Dube, A

Development of an effective immunoprophylactic agent for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has become imperative due to the increasing number of cases of drug resistance and relapse. Live and killed whole...

Reactive oxygen intermediates, nitrite and IFN-γ in Indian visceral leishmaniasis

Kumar, R, Pai, K, Sundar, S

Reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI), nitrite and interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) production were investigated at different times during treatment in 10 patients with visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Hydrogen...

Alteration of Fas and Fas ligand expression during human visceral leishmaniasis

Eidsmo, L, Wolday, D, Berhe, N, Sabri, F, Satti, I, El Hassan, A M, ...

Several studies in murine systems have suggested a role of apoptosis in the pathogenesis of leishmaniasis. However, the role of apoptosis in visceral leishmaniasis in man has not been explored. In...

Evaluation of the status of tuberculosis as part of the clinical case definition of AIDS in India

Attili, V, Singh, V, Rai, M, Varma, D, Sundar, S

Aim: To assess HIV associated tuberculosis in a high tuberculosis prevalence setting and its status in the clinical case definition of AIDS.

Kala-azar epidemic in Varanasi district, India.

Kumar, R., Kumar, P., Chowdhary, R. K., Pai, K., Mishra, C. P., Kumar, K., ...

Reports at the Sir Sunder Lal Hospital, Banaras Hindu University, of a large number of kala-azar cases from one particular village in Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh, led us to carry out an...

Best practice in primary care pathology: review 4

Smellie, W S A, Forth, J, Sundar, S, Kalu, E, McNulty, C A M, Sherriff, E, ...

This fourth best practice review examines four series of common primary care questions in laboratory medicine are examined in this review: (1) safety monitoring for three common drugs; (2) use of...