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Prashant P. Joshi
Researcher at Government Medical College, Nagpur
Publications - 53
Citations - 6942
Prashant P. Joshi is an academic researcher from Government Medical College, Nagpur. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 45 publications receiving 6180 citations. Previous affiliations of Prashant P. Joshi include Université libre de Bruxelles & Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram.
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The Effect of Rural-to-Urban Migration on Obesity and Diabetes in India: A Cross-Sectional Study
Shah Ebrahim,Shah Ebrahim,Sanjay Kinra,Liza Bowen,Elizabeth Andersen,Yoav Ben-Shlomo,Tanica Lyngdoh,Lakshmy Ramakrishnan,R.C. Ahuja,Prashant P. Joshi,S. Mohan Das,Murali Mohan,George Davey Smith,Dorairaj Prabhakaran,K. Srinath Reddy +14 more
TL;DR: The investigators identify patterns of change of cardiovascular risk factors associated with urban migration and examine the distribution of obesity, diabetes, and other cardiovascular risk Factors among urban migrant factory workers in India.
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Human trypanosomiasis caused by trypanosoma evansi in india: the first case report
Prashant P. Joshi,V. R. Shegokar,Rajaram M. Powar,Stéphane Herder,Rahul Katti,Harsha R. Salkar,Vibhawari S. Dani,Aradhana Bhargava,Jean Jannin,Philippe Truc +9 more
TL;DR: Suramin, a drug used exclusively for treatment of early-stage human African trypanosomiasis with no CNS involvement, effected apparent cure in the patient, the first case reported of human infection due to Trypanosoma evansi.
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Urban rural differences in prevalence of self-reported diabetes in India—The WHO–ICMR Indian NCD risk factor surveillance
Viswanathan Mohan,Prashant Mathur,Raj Deepa,Mohan Deepa,Deepak Kumar Shukla,Geetha R Menon,Krishnan Anand,Nimesh G. Desai,Prashant P. Joshi,J Mahanta,Kavumpurathu Raman Thankappan,Bela Shah +11 more
TL;DR: It is shown that the prevalence of self-reported diabetes is higher in urban, intermediate in peri-urban and lowest in rural areas, and urban residence, abdominal obesity and physical inactivity are the risk factors associated with diabetes in this study.
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Prevalence of dyslipidemia in urban and rural India: the ICMR-INDIAB study.
Shashank R Joshi,Ranjit Mohan Anjana,Mohan Deepa,Rajendra Pradeepa,Anil Bhansali,Vinay K. Dhandania,Prashant P. Joshi,Ranjit Unnikrishnan,Elangovan Nirmal,Radhakrishnan Subashini,Sri Venkata Madhu,P. V. Rao,Ashok Kumar Das,Tanvir Kaur,Deepak Kumar Shukla,Viswanathan Mohan +15 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of dyslipidemia is very high in India, which calls for urgent lifestyle intervention strategies to prevent and manage this important cardiovascular risk factor.
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Methods for establishing a surveillance system for cardiovascular diseases in Indian industrial populations
Kolli Srinath Reddy,Dorairaj Prabhakaran,Chaturvedi,Panniyammakal Jeemon,Kavumpurathu Raman Thankappan,Lakshmy Ramakrishnan,B. V. M. Mohan,Chandrakant S Pandav,F. U. Ahmed,Prashant P. Joshi,R Meera,R. B. Amin,R.C. Ahuja,M. S. Das,T M Jaison +14 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted a baseline cross-sectional survey (as part of a CVD surveillance program) of industrial populations from 10 companies across India, situated in close proximity to medical colleges that served as study centres.