Publications in Tuberculosis

  • Lingaraja Jena, Tapaswini Nayak, Shraddha Deshmukh, Gauri Wankhade, Pranita Waghmare and Bhaskar C Harinath. Isoniazid with Multiple Mode of Action on Various Mycobacterial Enzymes Resulting in Drug Resistance. J Infect Dis Ther 2016; 4: 297. doi:10.4172/2332-0877.1000297 (Abstract)

  • Lingaraja Jena, Gauri Wankhade, Pranita Waghmare, Bhaskar C Harinath. Genomics and Proteomics of Virulent, Avirulent and Drug Resistant Strains of Tuberculous Mycobacteria. J Pharmacogenomics Pharmacoproteomics 2016; 7:159. doi:10.4172/2153-0645.1000159 (Abstract)

  • Waghmare P, Wankhade G, Jena L, Harinath BC (2016) Excretory Secretory Proteins Released during Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (H37Ra), With Diagnostic Potential in Pulmonary and Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis . Mycobact Dis 6: 215. doi: 10.4172/2161-1068.1000215 (Abstract)

  • Is isoniazid so safe to use in tuberculosis preventive therapy? Atlas Science, July 29, 2023 (Layman’s summary on request of Editor). (Abstract)

  • Truncated INH-NAD adduct, an active intermediate in the action of Isoniazid (INH) against InhA enzyme in Tuberculosis. Atlas Science, May 29, 2016. (Layman’s summary on request of Editor). (Abstract)

  • Lingaraja Jena, Gauri Wankhade, Pranita Waghmare, Bhaskar C Harinath. Computational approach in understanding mechanism of action of Isoniazid and drug resistance. Mycobacterial Diseases 2016; 6(1): 1000202 (Abstract)

  • Lingaraja Jena, Shraddha Deshmukh, Tapaswini Nayak, Gauri Wankhade, Bhaskar C Harinath. Effect of G67R and G207E mutations on stability of Arylamine N- acetyltransferase in Isoniazid resistance strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis revealed by molecular dynamics simulation study. European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2016; 3(5): 487-494. (Abstract)

  • Lingaraja Jena, Bhaskar C. Harinath. Efficacy and safety of isoniazid preventive therapy in light of increasing multi-drug resistance in tuberculosis. International Journal of Mycobacteriology 4(2015) 354-355 (Letter to Editor). doi:10.1016/j.ijmyco.2015.06.001. (Abstract)

  • Lingaraja Jena, Shraddha Deshmukh, Pranita Waghmare, Satish Kumar, Bhaskar C. Harinath. Study of mechanism of interaction of truncated isoniazid–nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide adduct against multiple enzymes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by a computational approach. Int. J. Mycobacteriol. (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmyco.2015.06.006. (Abstract)

  • Lingaraja Jena, Pranita Waghmare, Supriya Kashikar, Satish Kumar, Bhaskar C. Harinath. Computational approach to understanding the mechanism of action of isoniazid, an anti-TB drug. International Journal of Mycobacteriology;3(2014) :276-282. (Abstract)

  • Lingaraja Jena, Supriya Kashikar, Satish Kumar, Bhaskar C Harinath. Effect of Single Amino Acid Mutations on function of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and H37Ra by Computational Approaches. Indian J Tuberc 2014;61 (3):200-206. (Abstract)

  • Waghmare P, Hutke V, Wandile K, Badole CM, Harinath BC. In house developed SEVA TB ELISA for ruling out tuberculosis in suspected cases of Extra pulmonary tuberculosis, a six month retrospective study in a tertiary care hospital. Biomedical Research 2014;25(3):361-364. (Abstract)

  • Lingaraja Jena, Supriya Kashikar, Satish Kumar, Bhaskar C. Harinath. Comparative proteomic analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain H37Rv versus H37Ra. International Journal of Mycobacteriology - 11 November 2023 (10.1016/j.ijmyco.2013.10.004) (Abstract)

  • Vinita Hutke, Gauri Wankhade, Pranita J Waghmare, Harinath BC. ELISA protocol for rapid screening of potential anti tubercular drugs based on antigenic reactivity of mycobacterial ES-31 serine protease – a drug target supported by axenic culture of mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra strain in the presence of inhibitor”. Indian J Tuberc 2013 July;60(3):138-141. (Abstract)

  • Pranita J Waghmare, Gauri Wankhade, Anindita M, Kiran Wandile, CM Badole, BC Harinath. SEVA TB ELISA – Multi antigen and antibody assays for serodiagnosis of suspected cases of pulmonary and extra pulmonary tuberculosis in tertiary care hospital –A retrospective study. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease (2012):S827-S832. (Abstract)

  • Jena L, Kumar S, Harinath BC. MycoProtease-DB: Useful resource for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and nontuberculous mycobacterial proteases. Bioinformation 2012; 8(24):1240-1242. (Abstract)

  • Gauri Wankhade, Vinita Hutke, Pranita J Waghmare, Arup Kr. Misra, Sushil Kumar Varma, Harinath BC. Inhibitory effect of isoniazid and orlistat combination on mycobacterial ES-31 serine protease in vitro and on the growth of M.tb bacilli in axenic culture. Indian J Tuberc 2012;59:156-161. (Abstract)

  • G Wankhade, A Majumdar, P Kamble, Sajal De, BC Harinath. Multi-antigen and antibody assays (SEVA TB ELISA) for the diagnosis of Tuberculous pleural effusion. Indian J Tuberc 2012;59:78-82. (Abstract)

  • Singhal S, Majumdar A, Harinath BC, Kamble P. Use of inhouse developed M.TB ES antigen ELISA in diagnosis of tuberculosis. Indian Medical Gazette, July 2011; CXLV(7):279-282. (Abstract)

  • S Haldar, M Bose, P Chakrabarti, H F Daginawala, BC Harinath, R S Kashyap, S Kulkarni, A Majumdar, H K Prasad, C Rodrigues, S Singh, R Srivastava, GM Taori, M Varma-Basil, JS Tyagi. Improved Laboratory Diagnosis of Tuberculosis – The Indian Experience. Tuberculosis. Sept 2011;91(5):414-426. (Abstract)

  • Jena L, Kumar S, Harinath BC. MTB-PCDB: Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteome comparison database. Bioinformation. 2011;6(3):131-133. (Abstract)

  • A Majumdar, Gauri Wankhade, Pranita Kamble, Deepti Joshi, Harinath BC.A sensitive and specific ES-31 Antigen detection based fluorometric assay for confirmation of M.tb in cell culture’.Indian J of Experimental Biology, April 2011;49:304-306. (Abstract)

  • Anindita Majumdar, Gauri Wankhade, Pranit Kamble, Harinath BC. Effect of HIV protease inhibitors and orlistat on mycobacterial ES-31 serine protease, a potential drug target in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Indian J of Tuberc 2011;58:4-10. (Abstract)

  • G Wankhade, A Majumdar, P Kamble, BC Harinath. Lipase activity of 31kDa Mycobacterial ES-31 serine protease. Biomedical Research 2011; 22 (1):45-48. (Abstract)

  • Harinath BC. Immunodiagnostics for Tuberculosis – Problems and progress. Indian J Tuberc July 2010;57:123-127. Editorial (Abstract)

  • Majumdar A, Kamble PD, Badole CM, Harinath BC. Prospective study of inhouse developed SEVA TB Peroxidase enzyme immunoassay for cocktail antigen and antibody in the diagnosis of Tuberculosis in suspected patients attending a tertiary care hospital located in rural area. Asian Pacific Jr of Tropical Medicine, May 2010; 3(5):.356-359. (Abstract)

  • Majumdar A, Kamble PD, Harinath BC. Detection of circulating free and immune-complexed antigen in pulmonary tuberculosis using cocktail of antibodies to Mycobacterium tuberculosis excretory secretory antigens by peroxidise enzyme immunoassay. Indian J Tuberc 2010;57: 67-74. (Abstract)

  • M Anindita, D Thamke, DK Mendiratta, BC Harinath. Potential of Mycobacterial Excretory Secretory Protein Antigens (SEVA TB ES-31, ES-43, EST-6 and ES-20) as Biomarkers to detect Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Bacilli. Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, January 2010; 25(1):15-19. (Abstract)

  • M. Anindita, V. Upadhye, D. Thamke, D.K. Mendiratta, B.C. Harinath. Mycobacterial ES-31 serine protease – a biomarker for mycobacterium tuberculosis- a preliminary report. Indian J Tuberc 2009;56: 141-143. (Abstract)

  • Upadhye Vijay, Majumdar Anindita, Gomashe Ashok, Joshi Deepti, Gangane Nitin, Thamke Dipak, Mendiratta Deepak and Harinath, B. C. (2009). ‘Inhibition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis secretory serine protease blocks bacterial multiplication both in axenic culture and in human macrophages’, The Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2009, 41(8):569-576. (Abstract)

  • Upadhye VJ, Gomase AV, Kumar S, Harinath BC. Isolation, characterization and kinetic studies on SEVA TB ES-31 antigen, a metallo-serine protease of interest in serodiagnosis. Indian J Tuberc 2009;56:22-29. (Abstract)

  • Majumdar A, Upadhye V, Harinath BC. A prospective study of inhouse developed SEVA TB ELISA using cocktail of antigen and their immunoglobulins in the diagnosis of the tuberculosis suspected patients in a tertiary care hospital located in rural area. Biomedical Research 2009; 20(1): 59-63. (Abstract)

  • Majumdar A, Upadhye V, Harinath BC. Peroxidase enzyme immunoassay for circulating SEVA TB ES-31 Antigen in pulmonary tuberculosis sera. Biomedical Research 2008; 19 (3): 201-206. (Abstract)

  • Niraj Shende, Sonika Gupta, Vijay Upadhye, Satish Kumar & Bhaskar C Harinath Detection of in vitro and in vivo released antigens of diagnostic interest in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by immunoblotting. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. (Abstract) .

  • Shende N, Upadhye V, Kumar S, Harinath BC. A low molecular weight ES-20 protein released in vivo and in vitro with diagnostic potential in lymph node tuberculosis. Indian J Med Microbiol 2008;26:29-33 . (Abstract)

  • Vijay Upadhye, Santa-Saha (Roy), Niraj Shende, Satish Kumar, Bhaskar C. Harinath. Isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein antigens ES-31, ES-43 and EST- 6 of diagnostic interest from Tubercle Bacilli by affinity chromatography. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 2007: 45: 599-602. (Abstract)

  • Shende N, Gupta S, Upadhye V, Kumar S and Harinath BC. Isolation and analysis of circulating tuberculous antigens in mycobacterium tuberculosis. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis. Indian J Tuberc 2007; 54:125-129.(Abstract)

  • Vijay Upadhye, Niraj Shende, Satish Kumar, B.C. Harinath. Detection of antibody and antigen in extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients sera using a cocktail of mycobacterial excretory secretory antigens and their antibodies. Biomedical Research 2007; 18(3):214-219. (Abstract)

  • Vijay Upadhye, Santa-Saha (Roy), Niraj Shende, Satish Kumar, Bhaskar C. Harinath. Isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein antigens ES-31, ES-43 and EST- 6 of diagnostic interest from Tubercle Bacilli by affinity chromatography. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 2007: 45: 599-602. (Abstract)

  • Shende N, Upadhye V, Kumar S, Gangane N and Harinath BC. Study of M.tuberculosis ES-31 and ES-20 antigen levels in different pathogenic grades of lymph node tuberculosis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2007; 11(2); 222-226.. (Abstract)

  • Das AK, Banerjee S, Kumar S, Reddy MVR, Harinath BC. Immunoscreening of clinically suspected pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases using ES-31 and ES-41 antigens – Hospital case study. The Indian Practitioner, Dec. 2006; 59(12):801804. (Abstract)

  • Swati Bera, Niraj Shende, Satish Kumar and B.C. Harinath. Detection of Antigen and Antibody in Childhood Tuberculous Meningitis. Indian Journal of Pediatrics, Aug 2006; 73:675-679. (Abstract)

  • Bhaskar Chinnaiah Harinath, Satish Kumar, Santa Saha Roy, Suvarna Hirudkar, Vijay Upadhye, Niraj Shende. A cocktail of affinity – purified antibodies reactive with diagnostically useful mycobacterial antigens ES-31, ES-43, and EST-6 for detecting the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Diag Microbiol Infect Dis 2006; 55(May):65-68.. (Abstract)

  • Santa Saha-Roy, Niraj Shende, Satish Kumar and BC Harinath. Effectivity of crude versus purified mycobacterial secretory proteins as immunogen for optimum antibody production. Indian J of Experimental Biology, December 2005;43:1196-1198. (Abstract)

  • Sonika Gupta, Niraj Shende, Amerjeet Singh Bhatia, Satish Kumar and Bhaskar C Harinath. IgG subclass antibody response to mycobacterial serine protease at different stages of pulmonary tuberculosis. Med Sci Monit, 2005;11(2): CR585-588. (Abstract)

  • N. Shende, S. Gupta, AS Bhatia, S. Kumar, BC Harinath. Detection of free and immune complexed serine protease and its antibody in patients of tuberculosis with and without HIV co-infection. Int. J of Tuberc. Lung Disease 2005; 9(8): 915-919. (Abstract)

  • Gupta S, Shende N, Kumar S, Harinath BC Detection of antibodies to a cocktail of mycobacterial excretory-secretory antigens in tuberculosis by ELISA and Immunoblotting. Current Science June 2005;88(11):1825-1827. (Abstract)

  • S. Bhatia, Sonika Gupta, Neeraj Shende, Satish Kumar and B.C. Harinath. Serodiagnosis of Childhood Tuberculosis by ELISA. Indian J of Pediatr2005;72(5):383-7. (Abstract)

  • Sonika Gupta, Niraj Shende, Satish Kumar and B.C. Harinath. Isolation of excretory secretary protein 6 kDa antigen (ES-6) and its seroreactivity in patients with different stages of pulmonary tuberculosis and healthy house hold contacts. Biomedical Research 2005; 16(1);23-27. (Abstract)

  • Shende N, Gupta S, Kumar S, Harinath BC. Levels of antibody, free antigen and immune complexed antigen by ELISA in different grades of sputum positive patients of pulmonary tuberculosis. Indian J of Pathology and Microbiology July 2004; 47(3): 438-440. (Abstract)

  • Gupta S, Shende N, Kumar S, Harinath BC. Antibody response to M.tb H37Ra excretory secretory ES-43 and ES-31 antigens at different stages of pulmonary tuberculosis. Biomedical Research, 2004; 15(1):76-79. (Abstract)

  • Gupta S, Kumar S, Harinath BC. Mycobacterium tuberculosis excretory secretory (ES) protein antigens of interest in diagnosis, prognosis and prediction of disease development. J. MGIMS, 2004 Sept.; 9(ii): 16-21. Review. (Abstract)

  • E Raji Nair, S Banerjee, S Gupta, S Kumar, MVR Reddy & BC Harinath. Seroreactivity and characterization of 31 kDa M.tb. secretory protease of diagnostic interest in tuberculosis. Trends Clin Biochem Lab Medicine 2003;330-338. (Abstract)

  • Banerjee S, Gupta S, Shende N, Kumar S & Harinath BC. Serodiagnosis of tuberculosis using two ELISA system. Ind. J. Clin. Biochem 2003; 18(2): 48-53. (Abstract)

  • Bhatia AS, Kumar S & Harinath BC. Immunodiagnosis of tuberculosis: An update. Ind. J. Clin. Biochem 2003; 18(2):1-5. (Abstract)

  • S. Banerjee, S. Kumar & B.C. Harinath, Isolation and characterization of in vivo released 41 kDa mycobacterial antigen in pulmonary and bone and joint tuberculosis and its identification with H37Ra in vitro released antigen. Int. J. Tuberc Lung Dis 2003; 7(3): 278-283. (Abstract)

  • S. Banerjee, S. Gupta , N. Shende, S. Kumar & B.C. Harinath, Cocktail of ES-31 and ES-41 antigens for screening of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis Biomedical Research 2002; 13(2/3): 135-137. (Abstract)

  • S Banerjee, S Gupta, Satish Kumar, A V Shrikhande, MVR Reddy & BC Harinath. Seroreactivity of 31 kDa and 41 kDa mycobacterial secretory proteins isolated from culture filtrate in extra pulmonary tuberculosis. Indian J Patho Microbiol 2003; 43(2): 261-264. (Abstract)

  • Sonika Gupta, Niraj shende, Swati Banerjee, Satish Kumar, MVR Reddy and BC Harinath. Analysis of SEVA TB ES-31 antigen specific immunoglobulins IgM, IgA and IgG in sera of sputum and culture positive pulmonary tuberculosis. Indian J. of Clin. Biochemistry. 2002 Jan; 17(1): 5-8. (Abstract)

  • Swati Banerjee, E Raji Nair, Satish Kumar, N Gangane, MVR Reddy & BC Harinath. Seroreactivity of two different antigenic protein fractions of M.tb H37Ra excretory secretory antigen in pulmonary and extra pulmonary tuberculosis. J Comm Dis. 2001;33(2): 63-71. (Abstract)

  • Swati Banerjee, E Raji Nair, Satish Kumar, MVR Reddy & BC Harinath. Assay of tubercular antibody, circulating free and immune complexed antigen in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. Indian J Clin Biochem 2001;16(2):203-206. (Abstract)

  • E Raji Nair, S Banerjee, S Kumar, MVR Reddy & BC Harinath. Isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 31 kDa antigen protein of diagnostic interest from culture filtrate using anti ES-31 antibody by affinity chromatography. Ind. J. Clin. Biochem. 2001; 16: 132-135. (Abstract)

  • E Raji Nair, Swati Banerjee, Satish Kumar, MVR Reddy & BC Harinath. Purification and characterization of a 31 kDa mycobacterial excretory-secretory antigenic protein with a diagnostic potential in pulmonary tuberculosis. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci 2001; 43:81-90. (Abstract)

  • Nair E. R, Banerjee S, Kumar S, Reddy M. V. R. and Harinath B. C. “Biochemical characterization and Seroreactivity of in vitro and in vivo release 31 kDa antigen protein of diagnostic interest in tuberculosis.” Proceedings of the first international symposium in Recent Advances in Molecular biology, Allergy and Immunology, Vadodara, 3-5th September, 2000, 208-218. (Abstract)

  • Nair E. R, Banerjee S, Kumar S, Reddy M. V. R. and Harinath B. C. “Isolation of M.tb 31 kDa antigen protein of diagnostic interest from culture filtrate using affinity purified ES-31 antibody by affinity chromatography.” Proceedings of the first international symposium on Recent Advances in Molecular biology, Allergy and immunology, Vadodara, 3-5th September, 2000, 204-207. (Abstract)

  • Nair ER, Banerjee S, Kumar S & Harinath BC. Isolation and characterization of a 31 kDa Mycobacterial antigen from tuberculous sera and its identification with in vitro released culture filtrate antigen of M.tb H37Ra Bacilli. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 2000; 32: 551-556. (Abstract)

  • Pramanik J, Lodam AN, Badole CM, Reddy MVR, Patond KR and Harinath BC. Detection of tubercular antibody and antigen in sera of bone and joint tuberculosis. Ind. J. Clin. Biochem. 2000; 15 (1): 22–28. (Abstract)

  • Lodam AN, Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. Immunodiagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis by concomitant detection of antigen and antibodies of excretory-secretory protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra. J. Biosci. 1998; 23 (1): 91-93. (Abstract)

  • Nair ER, Kumar S, Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37 Ra ESAS-7 an excretory-secretary antigen fraction of immunodiagnosic potential in pulmonary tuberculosis; Ind. J. Clin. Biochem. 1998; 13 (2): 98-105. (Abstract)

  • Harinath BC, Satish kumar and Reddy MVR. In vitro released antigens in diagnosis and immunomonitoring of filaria and tuberculosis. Ind. J. Clin. Biochem. 1997; 12 (suppl): 8-12. (Abstract)

  • Lodam AN, Pramanik J, Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. Diagnostic potential of fractionated Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra excretory-secretory (EST-DE1) antigen in pulmonary tuberculosis. Ind. J. Clin. Biochem. 1997; 12 (1): 71-77. (Abstract)

  • Paramanik J, Lodam AN, Reddy MVR, Narang P and Harinath BC. Increased yield of excretory-secretory antigen with thyroxine supplementation in in vitro culture of tubercle bacilli. Ind. J. tub. 1997; 44: 185-190. (Abstract)

  • Lodam AN, Reddy MVR, Narang P, Gupta OP and Harinath BC. Fractionation, analysis and diagnostic utility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra excretory-secretory antigen in pulmonary tuberculosis. Ind. J. Biochem. Biophys. 1996; 33: 66-71. (Abstract)

  • Basak A, Sinha Choudhary S, Lodam A.N, Gupta OP, Narang P, and Harinath B C. Detection of IgG using Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37 Ra ES antigen in tuberculosis by Penicillinase stick ELISA. Proceedings of CSIR Golden Jubilee symposium on tropical diseases “Molecular Biology and control strategies”. 1994; 558. (Abstract)

  • Satish Kumar, Chenthamarakshan V, Reddy MVR, Narang P, Gupta OP and Harinath B C. Detection of tuberculous= IgG antibodies using Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra excretory-secretory antigen and tuberculin purified protein derivative. Ind. J. Exptl Biol. 1994; 32: 163-167. (Abstract)

  • Bhaskar A, Pradan P, Chaturvedi P, Basak A, Lodam AN, Narang P, and Harinath BC. Immunodiagnosis of childhood pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis using mycobacterium tuberculosis ES antigen by penicillinase ELISA. Annals of Trop Pead. 1994; 14: 25-30. (Abstract)

  • Sood J, Gupta OP, Narang P, Cheirmaraj K, Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. Penicillinase ELISA for detection of tubercular antigen in tuberculosis. J. Com. Dis. 1991; 23 (3): 173-177. (Abstract)
Publications in Filariasis

    • Govindwar SL, Gawande TS and Harinath BC. Enzymes in Wuchereira bancrofti. Ind. J. Biochem & Biophys. 1974; 11: 338.

    • Govindwar SL and Harinath BC. Effect of diethylcarbamazine on certain serum and cellular enzymes a preliminary study. Sushruta, MGIMS. 1975; 6: 19.

    • Govindwar SL, Ghirnikar SN and Harinath BC. Biochemical studies in human filariasis. Ind. J. Med. Res. 1976; 64: 1607.

    • Kaliraj P, Ghirnikar SN and Harinath BC. Detection of antigens and antibodies in filarial sera by counter current immunoelectrophoresis. Current Science. 1977; 46: 603.

    • Chandrasekaran B, Patil SKB and Harinath BC. Chromatographic separation and colorimetric estimation of diethylcarbamazine and its metabolites. Ind. J. Med. Res. 1978; 67: 106.

    • Kaliraj P, Rao KN, Ghirnikar SN, and Harinath BC. Immunization studies in rabbits with human filarial parasite W. bancrofti. Ind. J. Exptl. Biol. 1978; 16: 994-995.

    • Kaliraj P, Ghirnikar SN and Harinath BC. Indirect fluorescent antibody technique using sonicated W. bancrofti mf for immunodiagnosis of bancroftian filariasis. Ind. J. Exptl. Biol. 1979; 17: 332-335.

    • Chandrasekaran B and Harinath BC. Isolation characterization and quantitative estimation of DEC-N-Oxide from human urine. Ind. J. Med. Res. 1979; 70: 305-308.

    • Kaliraj P, Ghirnikar SN and Harinath BC. Detection of circulating filarial antigen in bancroftian filariasis. Ind. J. Exptl. Biol. 1979; 17: 1148-49.

    • Raghunath PN, Ghirnikar SN and Harinath BC. Cell mediated immune response to infection in human filariasis. Ind. J. Biochem. Biophys. 1980; 17 (4): supplement p-48.

    • Chandrasekaran B, Ghirnikar SN and Harinath BC. Effect of diethylcarbamazine and diethylcarbamazine-N-oxide on microfilariae in vitro in presence of immune sera and leukocytes. Ind. J. Exptl. Biol. 1980; 18: 1179-80.

    • Chandrasekaran B and Harinath BC. Metabolism of diethylcarbamazine in mammals. Ind. J. Exptl. Biol. 1980; 18: 722-724.

    • Chandrasekaran B and Harinath BC. Stimulatory effect of Dec on certain drug metabolizing enzymes. Ind. J. Exptl. Biol. 1980; 18: 1298-1300.

    • Kharat I, Satyanarayana U, Ghirnikar SN and Harinath BC. In vitro cultivation of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae. Ind. J. Exptl. Biol. 1980; 18: 1245-47.

    • Kaliraj P, Ghirnikar SN and Harinath BC. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for bancroftian filariasis. Trans. Roy. Soc. Trop. Med. & Hyg. 1981; 75: 119-120.

    • Chandrasekaran B, Ghirnikar SN and Harinath BC. Effect of diethylcarbamazine on W. bancrofti microfilarial enzymes. Ind. J. Biochem. Biophys. 1981; 18: 139-141.

    • Kaliraj P, Ghirnikar SN and Harinath BC. Immunodiagnosis of bancroftian filariasis: Comparative efficiency of IHAT, IFAT and ELISA done with W. bancrofti mf antigens. Am. J. Trop. Med. and Hyg. 1981; 30: 982-987.

    • Kaliraj P, Ghirnikar SN and Harinath BC. Immunoresponse to Wuchereria bancrofti microfilarial antigen. Ind. J. Exptl. Biol. 1981; 19: 287-288

    • Kaliraj P, Kharat I, Ghirnikar SN and Harinath BC. Utility of human filarial sera in detection of circulating antigen. J. Helminthology. 1981; 55: 133-139.

    • Kharat, I., Kaliraj, P., Ghirnikar, S. N., and Harinath, B. C., Detection and diagnostic utility of exoantigen of W. bancrofti microfilariae from culture. Ind. J. Exptl. Biol. 1981; 19: 564-565.

    • Kharat I, Ghirnikar SN and Harinath BC. Antibody analysis in human filarial sera by ELISA using Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae culture antigen. Ind. J. Exp. Biol. 1982; 20: 378-380.

    • Kaliraj P, Ghirnikar SN, and Harinath BC. Fractionation and evaluation of W. bancrofti microfilarial antigens in immunodiagnosis of bancroftian filariasis. Ind. J. Exptl. Biol. 1982; 20: 440-444.

    • Malhotra A, Reddy MVR, Naidu JN, Ghirnikar SN and Harinath BC. Detection of filarial infection using Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae culture antigen and filter paper blood samples in enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. J. Blosci. 1982; 4: 507-512.

    • Prasad G.B.K.S., Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. Immunocomplexes and immunoglobulins involved in human filariasis. Ind. J. Med. Res. 1983; 77: 813-816.

    • Malhotra A, Ghirnikar SN, Harinath BC. Effect of different DEC schedules on microfilariaemia and filarial antibody levels in bancroftian filariasis. Ind. J. Med. Res. 1983; 78: 343-348.

    • Kharat I, Ghirnikar SN and Harinath BC. Immunofluorescence studies with Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae ES antigen. Ind. J. Med. Res. 1983; 78: 497-502.

    • Prasad GBKS, Kharat I and Harinath BC. Detection of anti microfilarial ES antigen-antibody in immunocomplexes in bancroftian filariasis by enzyme immunoassay. Trans. Roy. Soc. Trop. Med. & Hyg. 1983; 77: 771-772.

    • Prasad GBKS, Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. Detection of filarial antigen in immunecomplexes in bancroftian filariasis by ELISA. Ind. J. Med. Res. 1983; 78: 780-783.

    • Malhotra A and Harinath BC. Detection and monitoring of Microfilarial ES antigen levels by inhibition ELISA during DEC therapy. Ind. J. Med. Res. 1984; 79: 194-198.

    • Malhotra A, Prasad GBKS and Harinath BC. Detection in Wuchereria bancrofti specific IgE and IgG+M+A antibodies in tropical eosinophilia and bancroftian filariasis by ELISA. IRCS Medical Science. 1984; 12: 171-172.

    • Prasad GBKS and Harinath BC. Detection of filarial immunocomplexes by ELISA using anti C3 and filarial serum immunoglobulin-G. IRCS Medical Science. 1984; 12: 425-426.

    • Reddy MVR, Malhotra A, Prasad GBKS and Harinath BC. Evaluation of fractionated Wuchereria bancrofti microfilarial excretory-secretory antigens for diagnosis of bancroftian filariasis by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. Journal of Biosciences. 1984; 6: 165-171.

    • Ramaprasad P, Kharat I and Harinath BC. Comparative efficiency of penicillinase ELISA and radio-immuno precipitation polyethylene glycol (RIPEGA) assay using 14C -labelled Wuchereria bancrofti excretory-secretory antigen for the detection of filarial antibody. IRCS Med. Sci. 1984; 12: 738-739.

    • Reddy MVR, Harinath BC and Robert GH. Detection of filarial antigen in urine of humans with Wuchereria bancrofti infection by immunoradiometric assay. Ind. J. Exptl. Biol. 1984; 22: 515-519.

    • Malhotra A and Harinath BC. Comparative efficiency of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilarial and larval excretory-secretory antigens in ELISA for the diagnosis of tropical eosinophilia and bancroftian filariasis. Ind. J. Exptl. Biol. 1984; 22: 520-522.

    • Reddy MVR, Malhotra A and Harinath BC. Detection of circulating antigen in bancroftian filariasis by sandwich ELISA using filarial serum IgG. J. Helminthol. 1984; 58: 259-262.

    • Harinath BC, Malhotra A, Ghirnikar SN, Annadate SD, Issacs VP and Bharati KS. Field evaluation of ELISA using Wuchereria bancrofti Mf ES antigen for bancroftian filariasis. Bull. WHO. 1984; 62: 941-944.

    • Reddy MVR, Piessens WF & Harinath BC. Monoclonal antibodies against Wuchereria bancrofti microfilarial excretory-secretory antigens. J. of Biosciences. 1984; 6: 717-722.

    • Harinath BC. Immunodiagnosis of bancroftian filariasis-problems and progress. J.Biosci. 1984; 6: 691-699.

    • Kharat I and Harianth BC. The uptake of 14c- labeled sugars and aminoacids by Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae in vitro. Ind. J. Exp. Biol. 1985; 23: 118-119.

    • Kharat I and Harianth BC. Histochemical distribution of acid phosphatase and acetyl cholinesterase activity in in vivo and in vitro, larval stages of W. bancrofti. Ind. J. Exp. Biol. 1985; 23: 79-82.

    • Malhotra A, Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. Detection of filarial antigen in urine by sandwich ELISA and its use in diagnosis. Ind. J. Med. Res. 1985; 81: 123-128.

    • Malhotra A, Prasad GBKS and Harinath BC. Detection and isolation of filarial antigen from hydrocele fluid and its use in diagnosis. Ind. J. Exp. Biol. 1985; 23: 180-182.

    • Kharat I and Harinath BC. In vivo and in vitro development of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae. Ind. J. Med. Res. 1985; 82: 127-132.

    • Ramaprasad P, Reddy MVR, Kharat I and Harinath BC. Comparison of radio immunoassay and inhibition enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using 14­C-labelled Wuchereria bancrofti microfilarial excretory-secretory antigen for the detection of filarial antigen. IRCS Med. Sci. 1985; 13: 1110-1111.

    • Agarwal M, Prasad GBKS, Harinath BC and Bhatia BD. Transplacental transfer of filarial infection. Indian Paediatrics J. of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics. 1986; 23: 169-174.

    • Harinath BC. Immunodiagnosis of filariasis. J. Comm. Dis. 1985; 17 (Suppl 1): 113-116.

    • Reddy MVR, Prasad GBKS and Harinath BC. Isolation and evaluation of antigens from microfilaraemic plasma and immunecomplexes for diagnosis of bancroftian filariasis. Ind. J. Pathol. Microbiol. 1986; 29: 179-183.

    • Reddy MVR, Ramaprasad P, Piessens WF and Harinath BC. Diagnostic utility of monoclonal antibodies raised against microfilarial excretory-secretory antigens in bancroftian filariasis. J. Biosci. 1986; 10: 461-466.

    • Parkhe KA, Prasad GBKS, Das A, Harinath BC, Roebber M and Hamilton RG Disc/ stick ELISA for diagnosis of bancroftian filariasis, Ind. J. Exp. Biol. 1986; 24: 437-439.

    • Prasad GBKS and Harinath BC. Immunosuppression in clinical filariasis. Ind. J. Med. Res. 1987; 85: 531-535.

    • Zheng H, Tao Z, Reddy MVR, Harinath BC and Piessens WF. Parasite antigens in sera and urine of patients with bancroftian & brugian filariasis detected by sandwich ELISA with monoclonal antibodies. Am. J. Trop. Med. & Hyg. 1987; 36: 554-560.

    • Harinath BC. Detection and diagnostic utility of in vitro and in vivo released antigens in bancroftian filariasis. J. Com. Dis. 1986; 18: 261-266.

    • Prasad GBKS and Harinath BC and Hamilton RG. Analysis of paired serum, urine and filter paper blood specimens for presence of filarial antigen by immunoradiometric assay. J. Immunoassay. 1987; 8: 351-365.

    • Ramaprasad P, Kharat I and Harinath BC. Fractionation and characterization of urinary filarial antigen in bancroftian filariasis. Asian Pacific J. Aller Immunol. 1987; 5: 173-178.

    • Prasad GBKS and Harinath BC. Analysis characterization and diagnostic utility of filarial antigen fractions isolated from immunecomplexes in bancroftian filariasis. Diagnostic & Clinical Immunology. 1988; 5: 269-275.

    • Rama Prasad P, Reddy MVR, Piessens WF and Harinath BC. Antigenic analysis of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilarial excretory-secretory antigens by SDS-PAGE. Med. Sci. Res. 1988; 16: 635-637.

    • Rama Prasad P, Prasad GBKS and Harinath BC. Microfilaraemia filarial antibody antigen and immunecomplex levels in human filariasis before, during and after DEC therapy. Acta Tropica. 1988; 45: 245-255.

    • Parkhe KA, Ramaprasad P and Harinath BC. Stick enzyme linked immunosorbent assay using the avidin-biotin system for detection of circulating antigen in bancroftian filariasis. J. Biosci. 1988; 13: 229-233.

    • Ramaprasad P and Harinath BC. Fractionation, characterization and diagnostic potential of filarial antigens isolated from hydrocele fluid in bancroftian filariasis. Trans. Roy. Soc. Trop. Med. & Hyg. 1989; 83: 90-94.

    • Kharat I, Cheirmaraj K, Prasad GBKS and Harinath BC. Antigenic analysis of excretory-secretory products of Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi infective larval forms by SDS-PAGE. Ind. J. Exptl. Biol. 1989; 27: 681-684.

    • Reddy MVR, Parkhe KA, Piessens WF and Harinath BC. Wb E34 monoclonal antibody: Further characterization and diagnostic use in bancroftian filariasis. J. Clin. Lab. Analysis. 1989; 3: 277.

    • Prasad GBKS and Harinath BC. Relationship of C3 & C4 levels with filarial immune complexes in bancroftian filariasis. Ind. J. Med. Res. 1989; 89: 321-324.

    • 64) Prasad GBKS, Ramaprasad P, Suryaprakash Rao, Bharti MS and Harinath BC. Efficacy of the different DEC regimens in the treatment of human filarial infection. Ind. J. Med. Res. (A). 1990; 91: 133-137.

    • Parkhe KA, Reddy MVR, Cheirmaraj K, Ramaprasad P and Harinath BC. Analysis characterization and diagnostic use of circulating filarial antigen in bancroftian filariasis. J. Biosci. 1990; 15 (1): 37-46.

    • Cheirmaraj K and Harinath BC. Humoral immune response to infective larval antigen in Brugia malayi infected Mastomys natalensis. Acta Tropica. 1991; 48: 305-312.

    • Cheirmaraj K, Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. Diagnostic use of polyclonal antibodies raised in mouse ascitic fluid in bancroftian filariasis. Journal of Immunoassay. 1990; 11 (4): 429-444.

    • Alil Khan A, Parkhe KA, Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. Filarial antigen, antibody and circulating immunecomplexed antigen levels in bancroftian filarlasis by Stick ELISA. The Natl. Med. J. India 1990; 3 (6): 265-268.

    • Prasad GBKS, Kharat I and Harinath BC. Supression of Con A induced Lymphocyte transformation by sera from filarial patients with clinical manifestations. Ind. J. Exptl. Biol. 1991; 29: 352-354.

    • Cheirmaraj K, Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. Differential reactivity of filarial antigens with human sera from bancroftian filariasis endemic zone. J. Biosci. 1991; 16: 199-208.

    • Cheirmaraj K, Chenthamarakshan V, Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. Immunoprophylaxis against filarial parasite, Brugia malayi: Potential of excretory-secretory antigens in inducing immunity. J. Biosci. 1991; 16: 209-216.

    • Cheirmaraj K, Parkhe KA and Harinath BC. Evaluation of fractionated circulating filarial antigen in diagnosis of bancroftian filariasis. Journal of Trop. Med. and Hyg. 1992; 95: 47-51.

    • Harinath BC and Cheirmaraj K. Pen-ELISA for immunodiagnosis and immunomonitoring of bancroftian filariasis. Hindustan Antibiotics Bulletin. 1992; 34 (1-2): 24-31.

    • Cheirmaraj K, Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. Detection of filarial antigen using antibodies raised against W. bancrofti microfilarial SDS soluble antigen. South East Asian J. of All Immunology. 1992; 23: 444-449.

    • Singh TA, Cheirmaraj K, Reddy MVR, Narang R and Harinath BC. Diagnostic use of filarial antibody and antigen isolated from hydrocele fluid for human filariasis. Ind. J. Exp. Biol. 1993; 31: 1-4.

    • Harinath BC, Cheirmaraj K and Reddy MVR. Immunological studies in Bancroftian filariasis. Awadesh Saran Memorial Oration-1992. Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry. 1992; 7 (2): 101-107.

    • Patond KR, Tandon V, Harinath BC, Narang P, Srivastava SK, Cheirmaraj K, Ramarao BV. A clinical-epidemiological study of filarial related orthopaedic manifestations. Indian Journal of Community Medicine. 1992; 17: 98-102.

    • Chaturvedi P, Advani B, Ali khan A, Harinath BC, Gowdi A. Congenital Filarial Lymphodema. The Indian Journal of Paediatrics. 1993; 58: 378-380.

    • Prasad GBKS and Harinath BC. Analysis of human sera for filarial IgM antibody using antigen fractions isolated from immune complexes. J. Clin. Lab. Anal. 1993; 7: 91-94.

    • Chenthamarakshan V, Padigel UM, Ramaprasad P, Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. Diagnostic utility of fractionated urinary filarial antigens. J. Biosciences. 1993; 18: 319-326.

    • Alikhan A, Padigel UM, Ramarao BV, Advani B, Reddy MVR, Chaturvedi P and Harinath BC. Filarial antibody and antigen detection in different clinical conditions in an endemic area. Ind. J. Clin. Biochem. 1994; 9 (1): 31-34.

    • Padigel UM, Reddy MVR, Ali Khan A, and Harinath BC. Immunomonitoring of filarial patients during DEC therapy in an endemic area: a seven year follow up. J. Trop Med Hyg. 1995; 98: 52-56.

    • Patalapati Ramaprasad and Harinath BC. Use of fractionated urinary filarial antigen in the diagnosis of human filariasis. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 1995; 98: 35-40.

    • Madhu E, Prasad GBKS, Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. Utility and durability of finger prick blood samples collected on Whatman filter paper for detection of immune complexes by ELISA. J. Parasit. Appl. Animal Biol. 1995; 4 (1): 49-54.

    • Chenthamarakshan V, Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. Immunoprophylactic potential of a 120 kDa Brugia malayi adult antigen fraction, BmA-2 in lymphatic filariasis. Parasite Immunology. 1995; 17: 277-285.

    • Chaturvedi P, Harinath BC, Reddy MVR, Advani B, Gawdi A, Alikhan A and Ramarao BV. Filarial antibody detection in suspected occult filariasis in children in an endemic area. J. Trop. Paediatrics. 1995; 41: 243-245.

    • Chenthamarakshan V, Cheirmaraj K, Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. Analysis and diagnostic use of Brugia malayi adult antigen in bancroftian filariasis. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 1995; 98: 233-240.

    • Chenthamarakshan V, Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. Detection of filarial antigen by inhibition enzyme linked immunosorbent assay using fractionated B. malayi microfilarial excretory-secretory antigen. J. Biosci. 1996; 21: 27-34.

    • Chenthamarakshan V, Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. Diagnostic potential of fractionated Brugia malayi microfilarial excretory-secretory antigen for bancroftian filariasis. Trans. Roy. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 1996; 90: 252-254.

    • Padigel UM, Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. Detection of filarial antigen in urine by sandwich ELISA using affinity purified filarial antibody. J. Parasitic Diseases. 1995; 19: 141-144.

    • Harinath BC and Reddy MVR. Immunodiagnosis and monitoring of filariasis. Current R & D Highlights. Oct-Dec 1995; CDRI.

    • Harinath BC, Reddy MVR, Padigel UM, Devi KK, Alli R and Mehta VK. Seva-Filachek for immunomonitoring of clinical and occult filarial infections. J. of MGIMS. Sept. (1996).

    • Harinath BC, Padigel UM, Devi KK and Reddy MVR. Diagnosis and immunomonitoring in management of lymphatic filariasis in an endemic area. J. Pars. Dis. 1996; 20: 35-40 (1996).

    • Chenthamarakshan V, Cheirmaraj K, Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. Immunoprophylactic studies with a 43 kDa human circulating filarial antigen and a cross reactive 120 kDa Brugia malayi sodium dodecyl sulphate soluble antigen in filariasis. J. Bio. Sci. 1997; 22 (1): 1-8.

    • Narayan R, Maheshwari PK, Desikan KV and Harinath BC. Detection of S-100 protein and anticeramides antibodies in leprosy patients by ELISA. Lepra Rev. 1997; 68.

    • Reddy MVR, Alli R, Devi KK, Narayan R, Harikrishnan R, Cheirmaraj K and Harinath BC. Comparative evaluation of microtitre plate peroxidase and stick penicillinase enzyme immunoassays for detection of filarial antibodies using Brugia malayi microfilarial excretory-secretory antigen. J. of Parasitic Disease. 1996; 20: 173-176.

    • Harinath BC & Reddy MVR. Diagnosis & Immunomonitoring in the successful management of bancroftian filariasis. J. of Parasitic Diseases. 1997; 21: 41-51.

    • Narayan R, Maheshwari PK, Desikan KV and Harinath BC. Detection of S-100 antigen and anticeramide antibody in sera of leprosy patients with and without reaction. Ind. J. Lepr. 1997; 69 (4): 347-352.

    • Narayan R, Maheshwari PK and Harinath BC. Fractionation, characterization and diagnostic potential of circulating leprosy antigens isolated from sera of lepromatous leprosy patients. International J. Lep. 1998; 66 (1): 22-28.

    • Mehta VK, Lohar H, Banerjee, GK, Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. Surgical filariasis; Immunoscreening for filarial IgG antibodies using Wuchereria bancrofti microfilarial excretory-secretory antigen. J. Commun. Dis. 1999; 31 (1): 35-40.

    • Harinath BC, Reddy MVR, Alli R, Mehta VK, Chaturvedi P, Patond KR, Kalantri SP, Gupta RKC. Immunomonitoring followed by optimal DEC therapy for successful management of clinical filariasis in an endemic area. Indian J Clin Biochem. 1999; 14 (2): 100-108.

    • Bhunia B, Ali RS, Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. Effect of nutritional supplements and protease inhibitor on the yield of ES antigens of Brugia malayi microfilarae in vitro. Ind. J. of Clin. Biochem. 1999; 14 (2): 143-148.

    • Chenthamarakshan V, Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. A 43 kDa circulating filarial antigen of W.bancrofti in immunoprophylaxis against B. malayi in jirds. Parasitology International. 2000; 48: 281-288.

    • Harinath BC, Reddy MVR, Alli R, Mehta VK, Chaturvedi P, Patond KR, Kalantri SP and Gupta RKC. Immunomonitoring followed by optimal DEC therapy for successful management of clinical filariasis. JNIMA. 2000; 5-10.

    • Harinath BC, Reddy MVR. Filariasis in India. JIMSA. 2000; 13: 12-17.

    • Alli R, Bhandari YP, Reddy MVR & Harinath BC. Seroreactivity of purified Brugia malayi microfilarial soluble & excretory-secretory antigens in different clinical presentations of bancroftian filariasis. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 2000; 38: 791-796.

    • Harinath BC, Reddy MVR, Bhunia B, Bhandari YP, Mehta VK, Chaturvedi P, Prajapati N C & Gupta RKC. Filaria associated clinical manifestations in children in an endemic area & morbidity control by immunomonitoring & optimal DEC therapy: Sevagram experience. Indian Journal of clinical Biochemistry 2000; 15 (Suppl): 118-126.

    • Reddy MVR, Alli R & Harinath BC. Host protective immunity & vaccine development studies in lymphatic filariasis. Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry 2000; 15 (Suppl): 127-135.

    • R. Alli, S. Kulkarni, M.V.R. Reddy and B.C. Harinath Evaluation of SEVAFILACHEK immunoassay and rapid ICT-Filariasis test for detection of bancroftian filariasis. Ind. J. of Clin. Bio., 2001, 16(2), 43-46.

    • B Balaji Ganesh, AM Kader, GS Agarwal, MVR Reddy & BC Harinath. A simple and inexpensive dot blot assay using a 66kDa B. malayi microfilarial antigen protein for diagnosis of filarial infection in an endemic area. Trans. Roy. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 2001; 95: 1-2.

    • B. Bhunia, S. Kulkarni, M. V. R. Reddy and B. C. Harinath. Diagnostic Evaluation Of Circulating Filarial Antigen Assay Using Sera Samples With And Without Acid- Heat Treatment, Biomedical Research 2002; 13(1); 32-35.

    • R. Alli, B. Bhunia, G. P. Chhotray, M. V. R. Reddy & B. C. Harinath. Microscopic Haematuria as an occult filarial infection in Bhubaneshwar an endemic area for bancroftian filariasis. IJCB, 2003, 18 (1); 61-64.

    • B. Bhunia, Y. P. Bhandari, M. V. R. Reddy and B. C. Harinath Analysis of IgG subclasses and IgE antibodies across the clinical spectrum of bancroftian filariasis in an endemic area. Indian J Patho Microbiol 2003,Vol 46 ,No1,113-117.

    • Yashodhar.P. Bhandary, K.N.Krithika, SandeepKulkarni, M.V.R.Reddy and B.C.Harinath. Analysis of Seroreactivity of Different Endemic Populations of Bancroftian Filariasis with Field Mf Isolates and Brugia Malayi Antigens. Biomedical Research, 2004;15(1):76-79.

    • Balaji Ganesh B, Parab PB*, Katdare M*, Reddy MVR and Harinath BC. A monoconal antibody Bm Ab120 to 120 kDa B malayi antigen with diagnostic potential in bancroftian filariasis. Journal of Parasitic Diseases June 2004; 28(1):29-36.

    • Dabir S, Dabir P, Reddy MVR. Isolation and characterization of a major form of superoxide dismutase from human lymphatic filarial parasite, brugia malayi. Biomedical Research, 2005; 16(1): 19-22.

    • Dabir P, Dabir S, Krithika KN, Reddy MVR. Cloning and characterization of a small heat shock protein cDNA clone of Wuchereria bancrofti. Current Science, 2005 June 25;88(12):1962-1966.

    • Kulkarni S, Krithika KN, Reddy MVR. Isolation and purification of circulating filarial antigens from microfilarial carriers. Biomedical Research 2005;16(2):101 – 106.

    • Krithika KN, Dabir P, Kulkarni S, Anandharaman V, Reddy MVR. Identification of 38kDa Brugia malayi microfilarial protease as a vaccine candidate for lymphatic filariasis. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 2005; 43: 759-768.

    • Dabir P, Dabir S, Reddy MVR. Cloning and expression of a 12 kDa serospecific epitope of Wuchereria bancrofti. Immunology and Cell Biology, 2005;83:520-524.

    • Bhandari Y, Dabir P, Krithika KN, Kannayakanahalli MD, Shouche YS, Reddy MVR. Analysis of polymorphism of 18S rRNA gene in Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae. Microbiol Immunol, 2005;49(10):909-914.

    • YP Bhandari, KN Krithika, Sandeep Kulkarni, MVR Reddy, BC Harinath. Detection of enzymes dehydrogenases and Proteases in brugai malayi; Filariasis parasites. Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry 2006; 21(1): 36-42.

    • Pankaj Dabir, Snehal Dabir, BV Sivaprasad and MVR Reddy. Isolation and analysis of partial DNA sequence coding for superoxide dismetase in Wuchereria bancrofti infection. Genetics and Evolution 2005, (PMID: 166199219).

    • Deshmukh P, Jumde J, Kumar S, Reddy MVR, Harinath BC. FilaDB - Database software for information storage and retrieval on detection and management of filaria patients. Bioinformatics India. Oct-Dec 2005;3(4):36-46.

    • Pal BK, Kulkarni S, Bhandari Y, Balaji B, Ganesh BB, Goswami K, Reddy MVR. Lymphatic filariasis: possible pathophysiological nexus with oxidative stress. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg.2006 Jul;100(7):650-5.

    • D.R. Pokharel, R. Rai, K. Nandakumar Kodumudi, M.V.R. Reddy & S. Rathaur. Vaccination with Setaria cervi 175 kDa collagenase induces high level of protection against Brugia malayi infection in Jirds. Vaccine, 2006 September; 24 (37-39): 6208-6215.

    • Y.P. Bhandari, V Anandharaman, D Gajalaxshmi, K Goswami, M.V.R. Reddy. Analysis of morphological variations in Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae collected from different endemic zones. The Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, 2006 September, 11(2): 22-27.

    • Thirugnanam S, Pandiaraja P, Ramaswamy K, Murugan V, Gnanasekar M, Nandakumar K, Reddy MVR and Kaliraj P. Brugia malayi: Comparison of protective immune responses induced by Bm-alt-2 DNA, recombinant Bm-ALT-2 protein and prime-boost vaccine regimens in a jird model. Experimental Parasitology 116(4), August 2007, 483-491.

    • K N Sahare, V Anandhraman, V G Meshram, S U Meshram, M V R Reddy, P M Tumane & K Goswami.Anti-microfilarial activity of methanolic extract of Vitex negundo and Aegle marmelos and their phytochemical analysis. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. Vol 46, February 2008, pp.128-131.

    • Sahare KN, Anandharaman V, Meshram VG, Meshram SU, Gajalakshmi D, Goswami K, Reddy MVR. In vitro effect of four herbal plants on the motility of Brugia malayi microfilariae. Indian J Med Res 127, May 2008, pp 467-471

    • Sharma RD, Janardhanan, Abhilash S, Gajalakshmi D, Reddy MVR, Goswami.K. Direct Microscopy: an alternative tool for assessment of viability of microfilariae. The Internet Journal of Parasitic Diseases, 2008; 3(1).

    • Vanam U, Pandey V, Prabhu PR, Dakshinamurthy G, Reddy MVR, Kaliraj P. Evaluation of Immunoprophylactic Efficacy of Brugia malayi Transglutaminase (BmTGA) in Single and Multiple Antigen Vaccination with BmALT-2 and BmTPX for Human Lymphatic Filariasis. Am J Trop Med Hyg 80: 319-324.

    • Setty BA, Vadivel M, Prince RP, Veerabhadran A, Reddy MVR, Kaliraj P. Comparison of immunogenicity, protective efficacy of single and cocktail DNA vaccine of Brugia malayi abundant larval transcript (ALT-2) and thioredoxin peroxidase (TPX) in mice. Acta Tropica, 107, 2, 106-112.

    • Sharma RD, Janardhana PB, Gajalakshmi D, Reddy MVR, Goswami K. Novel pharmaceutical rationale against human lymphatic filarial parasite: An oxidative premise. Asian Pac J Trop. Med. 2009;2(1):30-34

    • Veerapathran A, Dakshinamoorthy G, Gnanasekar M, Reddy MVR, Kalyanasundaram R. Evaluation of Wuchereria bancrofti GST as a Vaccine Candidate for Lymphatic Filariasis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis June 2009; 3(6): e457. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000457.

    • Vandana Dixit, A.V Subhadra, PS Bisen, BC Harinath, GBKS Prasad. Antigen-Specific Immune Complexes in Urine of Patients with Lymphatic Filariasis. J Clin Lab Anal. 2007;21(1) : 46-8.

    • Seem Bag, Nilesh R Tawari, Richa Sharma, Kalyan Goswami, MVR Reddy, Mariam S Degani. In vitro biological evaluation of biguanides and dihydrotirazines against Brugia malayi and folate reversal studies. Acta Tropica;113 (2010):48-51.

    • BC Harinath. Immunodiagnosis and monitoring in management of bancroftian filariasis. Proc.Nat. Acad Sci India, Sect B (Spl. Issue) 2009;79:167-175.

    • Sharma R, Anandharaman V, Gajalakshmi D, Mahajan RS, Sahare KN, Reddy MVR, Goswami K. Oxidative rationale as a novel tool for anti filarial drug designing. Proceedings of Seventh Annual Meeting of the Society of Free Radical Research – India 2008, February 14-16, 2008 (Free Radicals and Natural Products in Health).

    • Reddy MVR. Immunomodulators of helminthes: promising therapeutics for autoimmune disorders and allergic diseases. Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2010 / 25 (2) 109-110.

    • Madhumathi J, Prince PR, Anugraha G, Kiran P, Rao DN, Reddy MV, Kaliraj P. Identification and characterization of nematode specific protective epitopes of Brugia malayi TRX towards development of synthetic vaccine construct for lymphatic filariasis. Vaccine. 2010 Jul 12;28(31):5038-48.

    • Anand SB, Kodumudi KN, Reddy MV, Kaliraj P. A combination of two Brugia Malayi filarial vaccine candidate antigens (BmALT-2 and BmVAH) enhances immune responses and protection in jirds. J.Halminthol. 2011 Jan 4:1-11.

    • Sharma RD, Petare S, Shinde GB, Kalyan Goswami, Reddy MVR. Novel drug designing rationale against Brugia malayi microfilariae using herbal extracts. Asian Pacifice Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2010 Nov 11, Volume 3: 846-50.

    • R.D. Sharma, A.R. Veerpathran, G.Dakshinamoorthy, K.N. Sahare, K.Goswami, M.V.R.Reddy. Possible implication of oxidative stress in anti filarial effect of certain traditionally used medicinal plants in vitro against Brugia malayi microfilariae. Pharmacognosy Research, Nov 2010; Vol 2; Issue 6; 350-354.

    • Dabir S, Dabir P, Goswamy K, Reddy MV. Prophylactic evaluation of recombinant extracellular superoxide dismutase of Brugia malayi in jird model. Vaccine. 2008 Jul 4;26(29-30):3705-10.

    • Rathaur S, Yadav M, Gupta S, Anandharama V, Reddy MV. Filarial glutathione-S-transferase: a potential vaccine candidate against lymphatic filariasis. Vaccine. 2008 Jul 29;26(32):4094-100.

    • Vanam U, Prabhu PR, Pandey V, Dakshinamurthy G, Reddy MV, Perumal K. Immune responses generated by intramuscular DNA immunization of Brugia malayi transglutaminase (Bm TGA) in mice. Parasitology. 2009 Jul;136(8)887-94.

    • Sharmila S, Christiana I, Kiran P, Reddy MV, Kaliraj P. The adjuvant-free immunoprotection of recombinant filarial protein Abundant Larval Transcript-2 (ALT-2) in Mastomys coucha and the immunoprophylactic importance of its putative signal sequence. Exp Parasitol. 2011 Nov;129(3):247-53.

    • Joseph SK, Verma SK, Sahoo MK, Sharma A, Srivastava M, Reddy MV, Murthy PK. IgG subclass responses to proinflammatory fraction of Brugia malayi in human filariasis. Indian J Med Res. 2012 May;135(5):650-5.