V. Vasuki
Indian Council of Medical Research
22 Papers
143 Citations
V. Vasuki is an academic researcher from Indian Council of Medical Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Wuchereria bancrofti & Brugia malayi. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 17 publications.
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Papers
Development and standardization of a rapid, PCR-based method for the detection of Wuchereria bancrofti in mosquitoes, for xenomonitoring the human prevalence of bancroftian filariasis.
Steven A. Williams,Sandra J. Laney,LouAnn Bierwert,Lori Saunders,Daniel A. Boakye,Peter Fischer,David Goodman,Hanan Helmy,S.L. Hoti,V. Vasuki,Patrick J. Lammie,Catherine Plichart,Reda M. R. Ramzy,Eric A. Ottesen +13 more
TL;DR: The first round of testing was designed to test the four most promising methods for DNA extraction from pools of mosquitoes and two of the four methods stood out as clearly the best and these will be now optimised and evaluated in two further rounds of testing.
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Application of a household-based molecular xenomonitoring strategy to evaluate the lymphatic filariasis elimination program in Tamil Nadu, India.
Swaminathan Subramanian,Purushothaman Jambulingam,Brian K. Chu,C. Sadanandane,V. Vasuki,Adinarayanan Srividya,Mohamed S Mohideen AbdulKader,K. Krishnamoorthy,Harikishan K Raju,Sandra J. Laney,Steven A. Williams,Ralph H. Henderson +11 more
TL;DR: The household-based sampling strategy for MX led to mostly reproducible results and supported the observed LF infection trends found in humans, suggesting MX has the potential to be a cost-effective, non-invasive monitoring and evaluation tool with sensitive detection of infection signals in low prevalence settings.
Molecular xenomonitoring as a post-MDA surveillance tool for global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: Field validation in an evaluation unit in India.
Swaminathan Subramanian,Purushothaman Jambulingam,K. Krishnamoorthy,Neelavathi Sivagnaname,C. Sadanandane,V. Vasuki,Chokkalingam Palaniswamy,Balakrishnan Vijayakumar,Adinarayanan Srividya,Hari Kishan K. Raju +9 more
TL;DR: Evidence is provided to recommend MX as a complementary tool for TAS to stop MDA and its utility for post-MDA or post-validation surveillance as it could detect sites with residual infection and risk of resurgence of transmission.
A simple and rapid DNA extraction method for the detection of Wuchereria bancrofti infection in the vector mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus by Ssp I PCR assay.
TL;DR: The results show that the DNA extraction method, which is simple, rapid, safe and inexpensive, is efficient to generate DNA from vector mosquitoes useful in PCR assay and hence has potential application in xenomonitoring.
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A rapid and simplified method of DNA extraction for the detection of Brugia malayi infection in mosquitoes by PCR assay.
TL;DR: This simple TE-based method is rapid, safe and also cost-effective in assessing the B. malayi infection in pools of vector mosquitoes.
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