Volume 14 Supplement 3

Abstracts from the 2nd International Science Symposium on HIV and Infectious Diseases (HIV SCIENCE 2014)

Meeting abstracts

Edited by Suniti Solomon, Sunil S Solomon, P Balakrishnan, KG Murugavel, S Saravanan, Syed H Iqbal and R Vignesh

The publication charges for this supplement were funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The Supplement Editors declare that they have no competing interests.

2nd International Science Symposium on HIV and Infectious Diseases (HIV SCIENCE 2014). Go to conference site.

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Development of subtype specific RealTime PCR based growth competition assay for assessing the replication fitness of drug resistant viruses of Indian HIV-1 clade C

Authors: Nitin K Hingankar, Ramesh S Paranjape and Srikanth P Tripathy

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O1

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The frequencies of naturally occurring protease inhibitor resistance mutations in HIV proviral sequences of drug naïve sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya and their correlation with host immune response driven positively selected mutations in HIV-1

Authors: Raghavan Sampathkumar, Elnaz Shadabi, David La, John Ho, Binhua Liang, Joshua Kimani, Francis A Plummer and Ma Luo

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O2

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Drug resistance patterns in new and previously treated patients with tuberculosis presenting to a tertiary care center in southern India

Authors: Anto J Udaykumar, Jayashree R, Baijayanti Mishra, Rosario Vivek and John Kenneth

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O3

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Analysis of the HIV resistance related HLA dRB1 restricted CD4+ T cell epitopes among Indian HIV patients

Authors: H Jemmy Christy and D Alex Anand

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O4

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Placental Hofbauer cells assemble and sequester HIV-1 in tetraspanin and DC SIGN positive compartments that are accessible to neutralizing antibodies

Authors: Erica L Johnson, Hin Chu, Siddappa N Byrareddy, Paul Spearman and Rana Chakraborty

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O5

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HIV-1 infection and circulating peripheral blood B cell subpopulations

Authors: Ravinder Singh, Neema Negi, Bimal Kumar Das, Rakesh Lodha, SK Kabra and Madhu Vajpayee

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O6

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Effect of ART on poly functional profile of CD8 responses to Gag and Nef antigen in HIV infected Indian individuals

Authors: Sanjay Mendiratta, Ravinder Singh and Madhu Vajpayee

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O7

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DC SIGNR silencing reduces HIV-1 infection in Dendritic cells

Authors: Omkar Chaudhary, Sanjeev Kumar, Heena Aggarwal, Muzamil A Makhdoomi, Jasbir Singh, Anjali Hazarika and Kalpana Luthra

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O8

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Expression of the human microRNA miR 29a in an Indian cohort of HIV patients

Authors: Rakesh Dey, Kartik Soni, Shanmugam Saravanan, Pachamuthu Balakrishnan, Vikram Kumar, Vinod Scaria, Beena Pillai, Suniti Solomon and Samir K Brahmachari

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O9

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Toll like Receptors (TLRs) expression in HIV children

Authors: M Madeshwaran, V Gupta, J Chakrabarty, G Narayan and A Kumar

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O10

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Application of Real Time loop mediated isothermal amplification (RT LAMP) as a point of care assay using dried blood spots for rapid detection of HIV infection

Authors: Lavanya Vanjari, Lakshmi Vemu, Lalit Dandona and John A Schneider

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O11

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M. tuberculosis enhances its virulence during replication in blood from HIV patients

Authors: Michelle B Ryndak, Krishna K Singh, Zhengyu Peng, Hualin Li, Lu Meng and Suman Laal

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O12

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Promoter trap strategy for gene expression analysis under stress conditions of M. tuberculosis latency

Authors: Anant Yadav, Shivani Sood and Rahul Shrivastava

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O13

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A novel gyrB gene mutation in fluoroquinolone resistant clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Authors: Pooja Singh, Amita Jain, Pratima Dixit, Shantanu Prakash, Indu Jaiswal, Vimala Venkatesh and Mastan Singh

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O14

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An in silico study on molecular level interactions of host Siderocalin with siderophores from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other bacterial species

Authors: Tanu Goyal and Sharmila Anishetty

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O15

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Generation of differentially regulated genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from cerebrospinal fluid and respiratory secretions using suppression subtractive hybridization

Authors: SH Saw, VC Yong and YF Ngeow

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O16

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MDR1 gene polymorphisms and HIV therapeutic response in South Indian population

Authors: Shruthi Lingaiah, Anita Shet, Arun S Shet and Ujjwal Neogi

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O17

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Role of myeloid derived suppressor cells in tuberculosis infection and disease

Authors: Nathella Pavan Kumar, Rathinam Sridhar, Vaithilingam V Banurekha, Mohideen S Jawahar, Thomas B Nutman and Subash Babu

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O18

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Evaluation of the mycobacteriophage amplification assay for detection of physically and physiologically stressed mycobacterial cells in vitro

Authors: Eddy SG Cheah, Yee Thin Tan, Yii Han Tay and Seow Hoon Saw

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O19

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Experimental mouse model of tuberculous uveitis

Authors: Sudhanshu Abhishek, Amod Gupta and Indu Verma

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O20

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Effects of progestin-only contraceptives on the phenotype and function of female reproductive tract CD4+ and CD8+ T cells

Authors: Uma Shanmugasundaram, JW Critchfield, J Pannell, J Perry, WC Greene, L Giudice, K Smith-McCune, RM Greenblatt and BL Shacklett

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O21

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Effectiveness of targeted viral load strategy in a public health HIV/AIDS programme

Authors: Rajyasree De, Nivedita Dutta, Dolanchampa Modak, Shantasil Pain, Sripati Dasmohapatra, Sukamal Bisoi and Subhasish Kamal Guha

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O22

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Investigation of anti-HIV activity, cytotoxicity and HIV integrase inhibitory activity of polyherbal formulation BH extracts

Authors: S Balraj, P Selvam, Y Pommier, M Metifiot, M Christophe, C Pannecouque and E De Clercq

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O23

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A study of cardiac complications in HIV infected children

Authors: S Pushpalatha and K Anitha

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O24

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Subacute sclerosing pan encephalitis with HIV: two rare case reports

Authors: N Hazra, R Mani, A Desai, S Sinha, M Netravathi, AB Taly, P Satishchandra and V Ravi

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O25

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Factors associated with loss to follow up after entry into care of HIV infected children ineligible for antiretroviral therapy: data from an HIV cohort study in India

Authors: Praveen Kumar Naik, Manoranjan Midde, Raghavakalyan Pakam and Gerardo Alvarez-Uria

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O26

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Cluster detection of HIV infection for clients of female sex workers in selected districts of Tamil Nadu, South India

Authors: Vasna Joshua, K Bhoopathi, Ramesh S Paranjape, Thilakavathi Subramanian and S Mehendale

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O27

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Toxic epidermal necrolysis in lenalidomide treated patient with HIV

Authors: V Mahalakshmi, M Krishnakanth, S Adikrishnan, Gayathri R Adithya, S Murugan, S Anandan and R Sudha

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O28

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An empowerment programme to support children in child headed households in resource-poor communities in Soshanguve, South Africa: phase 2 of an intervention study

Authors: Julia E Ibebuike, Corrien van Belkum and Todd MM Maja

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):O29

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High prevalence of Entamoeba moshkovskii infection in HIV seropositive patients of Barak Valley, Assam, India

Authors: Joyobrato Nath, Sankar K Ghosh, Prithwiraj Bhattacharjee, Jaishree Paul and Baby Singha

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):P1

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Nocardia asteroides ocular infection

Authors: Coimbatore Subramanian Shobana, Haridas Sreekumar, Prithiviraj Aiswariya, Kanesan Panneer Selvam, Yendrembam Randhir Babu Singh, Perumal Gomathi and Palanisamy Manikandan

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):P2

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Hepatitis C virus infection contributes to impregnation of markers of immune inhibition: potential preludes underlying viral latency and persistence

Authors: Muttiah Barathan, Mohamed Rosmawati, Jamuna Vadivelu, Marie Larsson, Vijayakumar Velu, Saeidi Alireza, Li Yen Chang and Esaki Muthu Shankar

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):P3

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Prevalence and risk factors associated with infection of major diarrhoegenic protozoan parasites in HIV patients with ART at Silchar Medical College and Hospital, Assam, India

Authors: Joyobrato Nath, Gulzar Hussain, Sankar K Ghosh, Prithwiraj Bhattacharjee and Baby Singha

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):P4

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Prevalence and co-infection study of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Trichomonas vaginalis among symptomatic women using PCR assay

Authors: SC Sonkar, K Wasnik, PK Mishra, P Mittal, A Kumar, J Suri and D Saluja

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):P5

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Identification of putative secretory and membranous proteins of Chlamydia trachomatis using bioinformatics tools

Authors: Prashant K Mishra, Renu Pandey, Uma Chaudhry and Daman Saluja

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):P6

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Transcriptional and translational analysis of subsequent infection with Staphylococcus aureus and Proteus mirabilis in Caenorhabditis elegans

Authors: Udayakumar Prithika, Gnanasekaran JebaMercy and Krishnaswamy Balamurugan

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):P7

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Response of Caenorhabditis elegans during Klebsiella pneumoniae pathogenesis

Authors: Arumugam Kamaladevi and Krishnaswamy Balamurugan

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):P8

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A study to determine and compare the knowledge, attitude and compliance of Tuberculosis treatment among HIV seropositive and HIV seronegative TB patients

Authors: S Gouda, B Peerapur, J Rudramma, A Kaleem and R Sandhya

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):P9

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Methodological lacunae in recruitment of HIV positive persons in randomized controlled trials

Authors: Arun K Sharma, Vikas K Meena, OP Rajoura and Kuldeep Kumar

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):P10

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Prevalence of HBV and HIV coinfection from an infectious disease hospital in Mumbai

Authors: Jayanthi Shastri, Nita Gangurde, Manish Pathak, Sandhya Sawant and Sachee Agrawal

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):P11

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HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitory activity of Aerva lanata plant extracts

Authors: Rajendra Prasad Gujjeti, Sainath Namthabad and Estari Mamidala

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):P12

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An automated system based on 2 d empirical mode decomposition and k-means clustering for classification of Plasmodium species in thin blood smear images

Authors: K Manickavasagam, S Sutha and K Kamalanand

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):P13

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Comparative evaluation of baseline characteristics of HIV mono infected and HIV/HBV co infected cohort in eastern India

Authors: Jayeeta Sarkar, Debraj Saha, Bibhuti Saha, Bhaswati Bandyopadhyay, Runu Chakrabarty and Subhasish Kamal Guha

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):P14

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Causes of prolonged fever among HIV infected patients- utility of an algorithmic approach - a single centre study from south India

Authors: Sudheer Aree Parambil, Nitin Hosmelkar and Rajendra Prasad Shivaswamy

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):P15

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Clinical profile and diagnostic challenges of tuberculous meningitis among HIV infected patients - a retrospective study

Authors: Sudheer Aree Parambil, Mamatha Thamme Gowda and Rajendra Prasad Sivaswamy

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):P16

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Molecular characterization of Pseudomonas sp. isolated from lower respiratory tract infection in HIV and non-HIV population by 16S rDNA and ARDRA

Authors: C Anitha, Sujatha Kabilan, N Rajinish, A Santhosh Kumar, Padma Krishnan, Illaikiam Rasikan, S Senthilkumar, S Vincent, S Senthamarai, S Sivasankari, P Gunasekaran, Rajasekharan Sikhamani and M Pushkala

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):P17

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LEDGF/p75 IN interaction inhibitors: in silico studies of an old target with novel approach

Authors: Amit M Pant, Rupesh V Chikhale, Sunil S Menghani and Pramod B Khedekar

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):P18

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Self assembled cationic cell penetrating peptide nanoparticles as efficient cargoes for antimicrobial agents

Authors: A Aravind, A Deepu and K Santhosh Kumar

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):P19

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Breast abscess due to Listeria sp: report of a rare case

Authors: KV Ramana

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):P20

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Comparative evaluation of the anti-Hepatitis B virus activity of Centella asiatica and Camellia sinensis (green tea)

Authors: S Thanigaivel, H Durgadevi, J Balasubramaniam, V Mythily and M Elanchezhiyan

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):P21

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