Area of research
Epidemiology · Infectious Diseases
Research interest
Research interests include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections.
Are We Ready for the Gift Tongues Can Give to Tuberculosis?
Dynamic of infectious aerosols generated by cough from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.
Differentially culturable <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> in cough-generated aerosols of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis DCTB in cough-generated aerosols.
Risk of relapse: TB treatment outcome associates with differentially culturable <i>M. tuberculosis</i> counts in sputum samples.
Human Source Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Aerosol Transmission to Remote Sentinel Hamsters.
Host and pathogen factors that influence variability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipid body content in sputum from patients with tuberculosis: an observational study.
Transmission of monkeypox/mpox virus: A narrative review of environmental, viral, host, and population factors in relation to the 2022 international outbreak.
Viral emissions into the air and environment after SARS-CoV-2 human challenge: a phase 1, open label, first-in-human study.
Exhaled Mycobacterium tuberculosis Predicts Incident Infection in Household Contacts.
Exhaled SARS-CoV-2 RNA viral load kinetics measured by facemask sampling associates with household transmission.
Concomitant, consecutive, self-obtained facemask and swab samples from exhaled breath, pox lesions, nasopharynx and the face in patients recovering from mpox - A longitudinal sampling study.
Exhaled Pneumocystis jirovecii output and detection of asymptomatic exhalation by facemask sampling in HIV-uninfected, immunocompromised patients.
Visualization of exhaled breath metabolites reveals distinct diagnostic signatures for acute cardiorespiratory breathlessness.
Relationship between inflammatory status and microbial composition in severe asthma and during exacerbation.
COVID-19 symptoms are reduced by targeted hydration of the nose, larynx and trachea.
Kerala Tomato Flu - A Manifestation of Hand Foot and Mouth Disease.
Development of a colorimetric assay for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro activity.
A Persistent Tuberculosis Outbreak in the UK Is Characterized by Hydrophobic <i>fadB4</i>-Deficient <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> That Replicates Rapidly in Macrophages.
COVID-19 symptoms reduce with targeted hydration of the nose, larynx and trachea
Investigating transmission of SARS-CoV-2 using novel face mask sampling: a protocol for an observational prospective study of index cases and their contacts in a congregate setting.
CD98 is critical for a conserved inflammatory response to diverse injury stimuli relevant to IPF exacerbations and COVID pneumonitis
Quantification and prognostic significance of interferon-γ secreting SARS-CoV-2 responsive T cells in hospitalized patients with acute COVID-19.
Inflammatory Endotype-associated Airway Microbiome in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinical Stability and Exacerbations: A Multicohort Longitudinal Analysis.
Lung microbiome composition and bronchial epithelial gene expression in patients with COPD versus healthy individuals: a bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequencing and host transcriptomic analysis
Lung microbiome composition and bronchial epithelial gene expression in patients with COPD versus healthy individuals: a bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequencing and host transcriptomic analysis.
Exhaled SARS-CoV-2 quantified by face-mask sampling in hospitalised patients with COVID-19.
Carriage Dynamics of Pneumococcal Serotypes in Naturally Colonized Infants in a Rural African Setting During the First Year of Life
A Virulence Associated Siderophore Importer Reduces Antimicrobial Susceptibility of <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i>.
Rapid tests for quantification of infectiousness are urgently required in patients with COVID-19.
Quantification and prognostic significance of interferon-γ secreting SARS-CoV-2 responsive T cells in hospitalised patients with acute COVID-19