Chandrashekhar Unakal

Immune Response and Vaccine Strategies in Leishmaniasis: Insights and Challenges

Angel Justiz-Vaillant, Rodolfo Arozarena-Fundora, Darren Gopaul, Chandrashekhar Unakal, Sachin Soodeen, Reinand Thompson & Odalis Asin-Milan · South Asian Journal of Parasitology · 2025

Leishmaniasis, comprising cutaneous, mucocutaneous and visceral forms, is a parasitic disease caused by Leishmania species via sandfly bites, leading to skin ulcers and mucosal damage. Traditional treatments include antiparasitic drugs such as pentavalent antimonials, amphoterici...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/sajp/2025/v8i2216

Prevalence of Toxoplasmosis among HIV/AIDS Patients and Correlation of Radiological Investigations with Laboratory Findings

Siddharth Pimpalkar, Meena Mishra, Arvind Kurhade, Chandrashekhar Unakal, Geeta Kurhade & Rajaram Powar · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2019

Background: Toxoplasma gondii an intracellular protozoan causes toxoplasmosis a worldwide neglected tropical disease, which also causes severe disease in immunocompromised patients. The Toxoplasmosis was known for cerebral involvement more commonly among patients with HIV/AIDS an...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/MRJI/2018/41977

Same-Day Diagnosis versus the Conventional ‘Spot-Morning-Spot’ Using Ziehl-Neelsen and Fluorescent Microscopy: A Cross-Sectional Study

Araya Masresha, Daniel Mekonen, Yosef Gashaw, Feker Asera & Chandrashekhar Unakal · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2018

Introduction: Diagnosis of spot-morning-spot (SMS) smear microscopy is inconvenient for patients, who have to make multiple visits to health facilities to submit multiple sputum specimens over two days and may visit also for an extra day to collect the result. Optimization of sme...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/MRJI/2018/34363