Hari Shankar
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
6 Papers
15 Citations
Hari Shankar is an academic researcher from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Mass screening. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 6 publications. Previous affiliations of Hari Shankar include Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Papers
Factors related to hepatitis B screening among Africans in New York City.
Pathu Sriphanlop,Lina Jandorf,Clement Kairouz,Linda Thelemaque,Hari Shankar,Ponni V. Perumalswami +5 more
TL;DR: Findings were consistent with other at-risk populations, however, emphasis on privacy and fear of disclosure are distinct to Africans, reinforcing the need for a culturally targeted intervention for this at- risk population.
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A Novel Collaborative Community-Based Hepatitis B Screening and Linkage to Care Program for African Immigrants
Hari Shankar,Demetri Blanas,Kian Bichoupan,Daouda Ndiaye,Ellie Carmody,Valérie Martel-Laferrière,Joan Culpepper-Morgan,Dougles T. Dieterich,Andrea D. Branch,Mulusew Bekele,Kim Nichols,Ponni V. Perumalswami +11 more
TL;DR: The high burden of HBV infection among African immigrants in the United States underscores a need for continued screening and linkage to care in this at-risk population.
The pharmacokinetic evaluation of boceprevir for treatment of hepatitis C virus.
TL;DR: Boceprevir is a potent protease inhibitor for the treatment of genotype 1 HCV that has a well-tolerated side-effect profile and increases the likelihood of SVR in naïve and previously treated patients.
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Hypertension, pre-hypertension, and associated risk factors in a subsistent farmer community in remote rural central India
TL;DR: The age-adjusted high blood pressure rate comparable to the United States and a very low awareness about hypertension are alarming.
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