Research Activities by Members

Research Activities 2012

  1. A collaborative research project on Leishmania promastigote membrane antigen bound ELISA and immunoblotting for diagnosis of Indian PKDL is going on with Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata.
  2. A study on “Visceral leishmaniasis: Identification and validation of biomarkers for antimony susceptibility/ resistance in clinical isolates of Leishmania donovani” is going on in collaboration with Pharmacology Department, IPGME&R as part of a DBT project.
  3. Efficacy and drug response of Miltefosine versus Amphotericin B both in Kala-azar and PKDL.
  4. Immunologic response of Kala-azar, cost-effectiveness of short course Ampho-B in VL, utility of K39 strip test in VL, PKDL, HIV/VL co-infection
  5. Collaborative research project in association with Unit of Protozoology, Department of Microbiology, entitled “Status of Antimalarial drug resistance of P.falciparum in the district of Jalpaiguri” – supported by Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal.
  6. HIV and HBV co infection in collaboration with ICMR NICED.
  7. Status of anti malarial drug resistance of P. falciparum malaria in Kolkata, Bankura, Purulia and Paschim Midnapur
  8. Comparative efficacy of ACTs in P. falciparum malaria in Jalpaiguri District”
  9. Co-investigator for project “Visceral Leishmaniasis: Identification and validation of biomarkers for antimony susceptibility/ resistance in clinical isolates of Leishmania donovani”: Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India
  10. Co-investigator for project” Identification and molecular characterization of Chikungunya virus infecting West Bengal patient population”, Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of West Bengal
  11. Co-investigator for project “ Hepatitis B-HIV coinfection in Eastern India”, Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India.
  12. Co investigator “Evaluation of a blood-based antigen detection assay by quantitating unique sialoglycoprotein specifically induced on erythrocytes for early diagnosis and monitoring patients with Indian Visceral Leishmaniasis in two referral centers.”ICMR.
  13. Co investigator ‘Evaluation of molecular markers for monitoring of Post Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) in West Bengal’ Indian Council of Medical Research, Govt. of India.