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ANNUAL REPORT 2003-2004

Index of the report

The report is split into twenty four downloadable pdf documents

 

INDEX OF NICED ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2003-2004

Particulars Page No.
1. Study on hospital surveillance. 10 PDF
1.1. Hospital based surveillance system for diarrhoeal diseases. 10 PDF
2. Community based studies. 15 PDF
2.1. An operational study on Effect of zinc supplementation on reduction of diarrhoeal morbidity amongst rural children. (In collaboration with Health Department, Government of West Bengal). 15 PDF
2.2. Acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRI) and diarrhoea in rural children below two years in relation to feeding practices with particular reference to breast feeding : A community based study. 15 PDF
2.3. Epidemiology of typhoid fever in a rural and urban slum community of West Bengal. 19 PDF
2.4. A study of the impact of albendazole on the nutritional status and diarrhoeal incidence among children between 2-5 years of age in an urban slum of Kolkata. 20 PDF
3. Clinical studies. 22 PDF
3.1. Impact of Lactobacillus (Lactic acid bacteria) in children with acute watery diarrhoea. 22 PDF
3.2. Evaluation of comparative efficacy of Cefuroxime axetil and Tetracycline in the treatment of cholera in adults. 24 PDF
4.  Studies on Vibrio cholerae. 26 PDF
4.1. Molecular characterization of CTX prophages of Vibrio cholerae isolated over a span of two decades: an evolutionary study of its variants. 27 PDF
4.2. Characterization of rough strains of Vibrio cholerae isolated from diarrhoea patients. 31 PDF
4.3. Studies on the structure-function relationship of Vibrio cholerae hemolysin (HlyA). 33 PDF
4.4. Study the enterotoxigenicity of non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae non-O1, non-O139 strain in an in-vitro rat intestinal model. 34 PDF
4.5. Morphological studies on the flagella of Vibrio cholerae. 35 PDF
4.6. Molecular regulation of intestinal folate transport under the influence of cholera toxin. 36  
4.7. Studies on the status of baseline serum vibriocidal antibody level against Vibrio cholerae O1 and serogroup O139 in Calcutta community. 40 PDF
4.8. Sequential studies of Vibrio cholerae 0139 and some of its defined virulence phenotypes on intestinal pathology in rabbit ileal loop model. 41 PDF
5. Studies on Vibrio cholerae Phages. 42 PDF
5.1. Further application of phage typing scheme for discriminating strains of Vibrio cholerae O139. 42 PDF
5.2. Nationwide screening of phage types of V. cholerae O1 biotype ElTor. 43 PDF
5.3.  Molecular analysis of Vibrio cholerae bacteriophages: cloning and sequencing of phage DNA. 48 PDF
6. Studies on Shigella species. 50 PDF
6.1. Molecular characterization of multi-drug resistant Shigella flexneri in Kolkata. 50 PDF
6.2. Antigenic recognition of Shigella dysenteriae outer membrane proteins using human convalescent sera and to evaluate their role in cell-mediated immune response in shigellosis. 52 PDF
6.3. Up-regulation of mucosal immune response by porin of Shigella dysenteriae type 1: Study of Toll-like receptor, costimulatory molecule and immunoglobulin expression on murine B-1 cell. 53 PDF
7. Studies on Escherichia coli. 55 PDF
7.1. Molecular epidemiology of diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) associated with sporadic cases and outbreaks of diarrhoea between 2000 and 2001 in India. 55 PDF
7.2. Association of cytolethal distending toxin locus cdtB with enteropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from acute diarrheal patients in Kolkata, India. 59 PDF
7.3. Electron microscopic study of ultra structures associated with Intestinal cell adherence of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli isolated from acute hospitalized diarrhea cases and healthy control children from Kolkata. 63 PDF
7.4. Studies on the binding of Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin to the intestinal epithelial cells and brush border membranes of different animals. 64 PDF
8. Studies on Helicobacter pylori. 66 PDF
8.1. Multiplex PCR assay for rapid detection and genotyping of Helicobacter pylori directly from biopsy specimens. 66 PDF
8.2. Characterization of the cag pathogenicity island of Helicobacter pylori isolated in Kolkata with reference to interleukin-8 secretion. 74 PDF
8.3. Correlation of histology with genotypes of Helicobacter pylori isolated from cases of Peptic ulcer, Non ulcer dyspepsia, Gastric carcinoma and Lymphoma. 78 PDF
9. Studies on other bacterial pathogen. 80 PDF
9.1. Differentiation of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhi by molecular methods. 80 PDF
9.2. Unusually high-level of quinolone resistance associated with type IItopoisomerase mutations in quinolone resistance-determining regionsof Aeromonas caviae isolated from diarrhoeal patients. 81 PDF
9.3. Mode of action of Yersinia enterocolitica heat stable enterotoxin (YSTa) in rat intestinal epithelial cell. 83 PDF
10. Studies on Diarrhoeagenic Parasites. 85 PDF
10.1. Studies on rRNA processing in Giardia lamblia. 85 PDF
10.2. Studies on multiple genes in Entamoeba histolytica during human collagen type I and Ca2+ interaction: Use of genomic DNA microarray. 88 PDF
10.3. Studies on electron dense granules of Entamoeba histolytica containing collagenase activity. 90 PDF
11. Studies on Viral Pathogens. 94 PDF
11.1. Detection and Molecular characterization of Rotaviruses. 94 PDF
11.2. Detection and Molecular characterization of hepatitis C virus. 97 PDF
11.3.
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Studies on human caliciviruses by Reverse Transcripti on- Polymerase Chain Reaction [RT-PCR] to detect the presence of Norwalk like virus [NLV] and Sapporo like virus [SLV]. 97 PDF
11.4. Studies on astroviruses causing acute watery diarrhoea Mamong children in Kolkata, India. 100 PDF
11.5. Studies on viral hepatitis among hospitalized cases in Calcutta with special reference to hepatitis E. 101 PDF
12. Studies on HIV/AIDS. 107 PDF
12.1. Study on sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers of West Bengal. 107 PDF
12.2. Detection and Characterization of HIV-2 in Calcutta, India. 108 PDF
13. Epidemic Investigations. 112 PDF
13.1. Investigation of an outbreak of acute diarrhoeal disease in Malda district of West Bengal. 112 PDF
13.2. Report of an diarrhoeal out break in different blocks of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. 114 PDF
13.3. Epidemic investigation report of an unknown fever at Murshidabad district of West Bengal. 119 PDF
13.4. Report of an epidemic investigation of an unknown fever at two villages of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. 122 PDF
13.5. Report of an outbreak investigation of acute watery diarrhoea at Khidirpur-Hastings area, Kolkata. 132 PDF
13.6. Epidemic Investigation of bacillary dysentery caused by quinolone resistant Shigella dysenteriae type 1 in north-eastern India. 132 PDF
14. Activities of National HIV Reference Centre of NICED, Kolkata. 134 PDF
14.1. Activities of National HIV Reference Centre of NICED, Kolkata. 134 PDF
15. NICED-JICA Project. 137 PDF
15.1. The Project for Prevention of Diarrheal Diseases in India (Phase-2). 137 PDF
16. IVI-NICED Collaborative Project. 141 PDF
16.1. Surveillance for typhoid fever and cholera in eastern Kolkata, West Bengal, India. 142 PDF
16.2. Existing data collection: disease burden due to Cholera, Shigellosis and Typhoid fever in India. 144 PDF
17. Activities of Training and Extension Division. 147 PDF
17.1. Organise the visit of Ms. Sushma Swaraj, Hon’ble Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India, on June 1, 2003. 147 PDF
17.2. Training Programme on Immunization Strengthening Project for mid level managers of the districts of 11 Eastern States. 147 PDF
17.3. National Technology Day Celebration on 14th May 2003. 149 PDF
17.4. Seminar of Immunology Study Group; West Bengal on 25th July 2003. 149 PDF
17.5. Oration Lecture of Indian National Science Academy (INSA) on 30th July 2003. 149 PDF
17.6. Training for M.Sc Biotechnology students of Visva Bharati University on 13th August, 2003. 149 PDF
17.7. Training Programme for the Students of National Institute of Homeopathy on 29th October, 2003. 149 PDF
17.8. Pre-Conference CME Workshop on molecular techniques useful in identification and characterization of Enteric Pathogens for APCON 2003 on 10th December 2003. 149 PDF
17.9. Training programme for WHO Fellows. 150 PDF
17.10. JICA-NICED Domestic Training Programme on Molecular Epidemiology of Diarrhoeal Diseases with special reference to cholera organized by NICED and Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) during 3rd to 12th November, 2003. 150 PDF
17.11. 3rd Country JICA-NICED Training Programme on Molecular Epidemiology of Diarrhoeal Diseases with special reference to cholera organized by NICED and Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) during 13th to 26th January 2004. 151 PDF
17.12. Training for M.Sc Biotechnology students of Kalyani University on 5th- 6th January, 2004. 153 PDF
17.13. Training Programme for Laboratory Technicians. 153 PDF
17.14. Organise the following Guest lectures for the Institute. 153 PDF
17.15. Summer Training Programme conducted for the Students of the following Universities during April, 2003 to March, 2004. 154 PDF
17.16. Organise the Institutional seminars for the Scientists and fellows. 155 PDF
17.17.  Supply of V. cholerae O1 and O139 antibodies. 155 PDF
18. Scientific Conference/Seminar/Meeting Attended By The.
Scientists/Research Fellows/Staff.
157 PDF
19. Training/Awards received by the Scientists/Fellows/Staff. 170 PDF
20. Other activities of the Scientists. 173 PDF
21. List of Publications. 179 PDF
22. Committees of the Institute. 187 PDF
23. List of the Staff. 191 PDF

 


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