Pradeep Das

Understanding Behavioural Temperament of Phlebotomus argentipes Under the Influence of DDT-IRS Versus SP-IRS for Scoping New Approaches for Maximum Control Over the VL-Vector Population in Bihar

Vijay Kumar, Aarti Rama, Rakesh Mandal & Pradeep Das · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2019

Background: After the decades of Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) use, Phlebotomus argentipes reportedly developed resistance against it affecting every aspect of vector control at grass-root level. Although DDT based Indoor Residual Spray (IRS) has been replaced with Alphac...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v40i130217

Multiple Viral Co-infections in a Pediatric Patient of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) - An Unique Case Report

Maneesh Kumar, Roshan Kamal Topno, Binod Kumar Singh, Major Madhukar, Bheemarao Kamble, Ganesh Chandra Sahoo, Pradeep Das, Krishna Pandey & Alka Singh · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2020

The occurrence of viral co-infection is always a challenging issue in pediatrics which indicates underestimation of causal viral pathogens. A 6-year-old girl child from Patna had diagnosed a rare case of multi-viral co-infection in February 2020. She was manifested with oblivion...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i1930384

Analysing Host Preference Behavior of Phlebotomus argentipes (Diptera: Psychodidae) Under the Impact of Indoor Residual Spray

Vijay Kumar, Lokesh Shankar, Aarti Rama, Shreekant Kesari, Diwakar Singh Dinesh, Gouri Shankar Bhunia & Pradeep Das · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2015

Background: Present scenario of Bihar and neighboring Indian states reveals dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) being an insecticide of choice for controlling the vector of Indian Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) i.e., Phlebotomus argentipes, that had reported to attain resistance/t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2015/16170

Investigating Associative Impact of Indoor Residual Spray and Insecticide Treated Nets for Minimizing Visceral Leishmaniasis Vector Population in Bihar (India)

Vijay Kumar, Aarti Rama, Prem Shankar Mishra, Niyamat Ali Siddiqui, Rudra Pratap Singh, Rudra Kumar Dasgupta, Axel Kroeger & Pradeep Das · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2017

Background: Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) and Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) are important tools in the fight against insect vectors of important diseases. In spite of having operational and logistic limitation(s), IRS and ITN are still in practice as conventional tools with mi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2017/32540

Post Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis Following Treatment with 10 mg/kg of Single Dose AmBisome for Visceral Leishmaniasis in Bihar, India

Roshan Kamal Topno, Manas Ranjan Dikhit, Maneesh Kumar, . Madhukar, Kanhaiya Agrawal, Vahab Ali, Ganesh Chandra Sahoo, Rajeev Kumar, Sanjay Sinha, Rishikesh Kumar, . Bhawana, Krishna Pandey, V. N. R. Das & Pradeep Das · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2020

In view of the significant role of Post kala-azar dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) patients in the transmission/recurrence of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) outbreaks, control of PKDL is among the priorities. As the Single Dose AmBisome 10 mg/kg (SDA) became the obvious choice for the tr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i1930385