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Journal articles
2024, 'Bivalent Omicron BA.1 vaccine booster increases memory B cell breadth and neutralising antibodies against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants', eBioMedicine, 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105461
,2024, 'Co-designing the INHSU Prisons Hepatitis C Advocacy Toolkit using the Advocacy Strategy Framework', International Journal of Drug Policy, 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104628
,2024, 'Biofilm Formation and Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance Genes at Varying Quinolone Inhibitory Concentrations in Quinolone-Resistant Bacteria Superinfecting COVID-19 Inpatients.', Am J Trop Med Hyg, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.24-0276
,2024, 'mRNA vaccines as a revolutionary approach to combat cancer', Postgraduate Medical Journal, 100, pp. 279 - 282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/postmj/qgad138
,2024, 'Barriers and advocacy needs for hepatitis C services in prisons: Informing the prisons hepatitis C advocacy toolkit', International Journal of Drug Policy, 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104386
,2023, 'Assessment of four in vitro phenotypic biofilm detection methods in relation to antimicrobial resistance in aerobic clinical bacterial isolates', PLoS ONE, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294646
,2023, 'Statement in Support of: "Virology under the Microscope - a Call for Rational Discourse"', mSphere, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/msphere.00165-23
,2023, 'Statement in Support of: “Virology under the Microscope—a Call for Rational Discourse”', mBio, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00815-23
,2023, 'Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern in Opportunistic Pathogens Isolated from Immunocompromised Patients', Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 20, pp. 664 - 671, http://dx.doi.org/10.33314/jnhrc.v20i3.4047
,2023, 'Persistence of a Frameshifting Deletion in SARS-CoV-2 ORF7a for the Duration of a Major Outbreak', Viruses, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v15020522
,2023, 'Statement in Support of: “Virology under the Microscope-a Call for Rational Discourse”', Journal of Virology, 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jvi.00451-23
,2022, 'Epidemiology of dengue in SAARC territory: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Parasites and Vectors, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-022-05409-1
,2022, 'Status of Intestinal Parasitic Infections in a Tertiary Care Center', Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 20, pp. 505 - 509, http://dx.doi.org/10.33314/jnhrc.v20i02.4049
,2022, 'Significance of Hematological Biomarkers in Association to Syphilitic Patients', Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 20, pp. 426 - 430, http://dx.doi.org/10.33314/jnhrc.v20i02.4074
,2022, 'Evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variants BA.1 to BA.5: Implications for immune escape and transmission', Reviews in Medical Virology, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rmv.2381
,2022, 'Role of Biofilm in Bacterial Infection and Antimicrobial Resistanc', Journal of the Nepal Medical Association, 60, pp. 836 - 840, http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.7580
,2022, 'Vitamin D Deficiency among Patients Visiting Outpatient Departments in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study', Journal of the Nepal Medical Association, 60, pp. 356 - 359, http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.7299
,2022, 'PROFILE OF BREAKTHROUGH INFECTION OF COVID-19 IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL: A DESCRIPTIVE CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY', Journal of Chitwan Medical College, 12, pp. 62 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.54530/jcmc.591
,2022, 'Co-infection of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C among HIV-infected patients: A cross-sectional study from tertiary care hospital of eastern Nepal', PLOS ONE, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264791
,2022, 'Co-infection of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli among COVID-19 Patients Admitted to a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study', Journal of the Nepal Medical Association, 60, pp. 294 - 298, http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.7376
,2022, 'Maintenance of broad neutralizing antibodies and memory B cells 1 year post-infection is predicted by SARS-CoV-2-specific CD4+ T cell responses', Cell Reports, 38, pp. 110345, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110345
,2021, 'Low yield but high levels of multidrug resistance in urinary tract infections in a tertiary hospital, Nepal', PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION, 11, pp. 70 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/pha.21.0044
,2021, 'Broadly-Neutralizing Antibodies Against Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants', Frontiers in Immunology, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.752003
,2021, 'Metallo-β lactamase producing non-fermentative gram-negative bacilli from various clinical isolates in a tertiary care hospital: A descriptive cross-sectional study', Journal of the Nepal Medical Association, 59, pp. 875 - 880, http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.6408
,2021, 'Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in nepal', Journal of the Nepal Medical Association, 59, pp. 518 - 522, http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/JNMA.6251
,2021, 'Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Carriers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis', Frontiers in Public Health, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.587374
,2021, 'Prevalence of Hepatitis B and C among HIV Infected Patients in Nepal over 1990-2020.', Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ), 19, pp. 132 - 139, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34812172
,2020, 'Multi-drug resistant and extended-spectrum lactamase producing bacteria in pediatric urinary tract infection', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 101, pp. 27 - 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.106
,2020, 'Antibiotic resistance and mecA gene characterization of coauglase-negative Staphylococci isolated form clinical samples in Nepal.', Infection and drug resistance, 13, pp. 3163 - 69
,2020, 'Standard operating procedure for specimen collection, packaging and transport for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2', Journal of the Nepal Medical Association, 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.5260
,2019, 'Bacteriological Profile and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern among Isolates Obtained From Body Fluids.', Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 17, pp. 173 - 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.33314/jnhrc.v0i0.1656
,2019, 'Clinical, etiological and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of pediatric urinary tract infections in a tertiary care hospital of Nepal.', BMC pediatrics, 19, pp. 36 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-019-1410-1
,2019, 'Comparative study of antimicrobial resistance and biofilm formation among Gram-positive uropathogens isolated from community-acquired urinary tract infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections.', Infection and drug resistance, 12, pp. 957 - 963, http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S200988
,2019, 'Study of biofilm formation and antibiotic resistance pattern of gram-negative Bacilli among the clinical isolates at BPKIHS, Dharan', BMC Research Notes, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4084-8
,2019, 'Virulence factors of uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) and correlation with antimicrobial resistance.', BMC microbiology, 19, pp. 204 - 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-019-1587-3
,2018, 'Comparative evaluation of methods for the detection of biofilm formation in coagulase-negative staphylococci and correlation with antibiogram', Infection and Drug Resistance, Volume 11, pp. 607 - 613, http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S159764
,2017, 'Antibiotic resistance and biofilm formation among coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from clinical samples at a tertiary care hospital of eastern Nepal', Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 6, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-017-0251-7
,Conference Papers
2016, 'Multidrug resistant blood culture isolates: An experience from a tertiary care hospital in Eastern Nepal', in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, ELSEVIER SCI LTD, pp. 97 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2016.02.256
,Preprints
2022, Persistence of a SARS-CoV-2 variant with a frameshifting deletion for the duration of a major outbreak, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.06.22279658
,2020, Asymptomatic people with SARS-CoV-2 as unseen carriers of COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-39512/v1
,Maintenance of Broad Neutralising Antibodies and Memory B Cells 12 Months Post-Infection Is Predicted by SARS-CoV-2 Specific CD4+ T Cell Responses, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3920641
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