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Aditya Prasad Dash
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Open AccessSpatio-temporal epidemiology and associated indicators of COVID-19 (wave-I and II) in India
The spatio-temporal distribution of COVID-19 across India’s states and union territories is not uniform, and the reasons for the heterogeneous spread are unclear. Identifying the space–time trends and underlyi...
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Explicit demonstration of initial state construction in artificial neural networks using NetKet and IBM Q experience platform
Quantum neural networks have gained significant interest in recent times for the representation of many-body states and classical simulation of quantum computation. Here, we discuss the methods to generate spe...
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Open AccessLow prevalence of Leishmania donovani infection among the blood donors in kala-azar endemic areas of Bangladesh
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a major public health problem in Bangladesh with the highest disease burden in the Mymensingh District. The disease is transmitted by sand fly bites, but it may also be transmitt...
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Open AccessPrescription practices and availability of artemisinin monotherapy in India: where do we stand?
The World Health Organization has urged all member states to deploy artemisinin-based combination therapy and progressively withdraw oral artemisinin monotherapies from the market due to their high recrudescen...
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Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax: so similar, yet very different
The recently published whole genome sequence information of one of the human malaria parasites, Plasmodium vivax, have provided opportunities to compare similar features with Plasmodium falciparum that causes the...
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Efficacy of culture filtrates of Metarhizium anisopliae against larvae of Anopheles stephensi and Culex quinquefasciatus
Efficacy of culture filtrates of five strains of Metarhizium anisopliae isolated from insects were evaluated against Anopheles stephensi and Culex quinquefasciatus. The culture filtrates released from the strains...
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Induction of chymoelastase (Pr1) of Metarhizium anisopliae and its role in causing mortality to mosquito larvae
The efficacy of virulent strain Metarhizium anisopliae 892 obtained from Pyrausta nubilalis was evaluated against mosquito larvae. LC50 values of M. anisopliae 892 for Culex quinquefasciatus, Anopheles stephensi ...
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Influence of growth medium on antifungal activity of neem oil (Azadirachta indica) against Lagenidium giganteum and Metarhizium anisopliae
The inhibition of mycelial growth of Lagenidium giganteum by neem oil was lower than that of Metarhizium anisopliae in PYG and Emerson’s YpSs agar media. However, neem oil did not inhibit the mycelial growth of L...
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Observations on sporozoite detection in naturally infected sibling species of the Anopheles culicifacies complex and variant of Anopheles stephensi in India
Sporozoites were detected in naturally infected sibling species of the primary rural vector Anopheles culicifacies complex in two primary health centres (PHCs) and a variant of the urban vector Anopheles stephens...
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Efficacy of female Culex quinquefasciatus with entomopathogenic fungus Fusarium pallidoroseum
This study was conducted to isolate and identify natural entomopathogenic fungi from female Culex quinquefasciatus and to test their adulticidal activity. Field-collected female C. quinquefasciatus died early and...
