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Soumya Swaminathan
Researcher at Indian Council of Medical Research
Publications - 370
Citations - 78067
Soumya Swaminathan is an academic researcher from Indian Council of Medical Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tuberculosis & Population. The author has an hindex of 69, co-authored 353 publications receiving 61963 citations. Previous affiliations of Soumya Swaminathan include Yahoo! & Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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Accelerating access to quality TB care for pediatric TB cases through better diagnostic strategy in four major cities of India.
Neeraj Raizada,Sunil D. Khaparde,Virender Singh Salhotra,Raghuram Rao,Aakshi Kalra,Soumya Swaminathan,Ashwani Khanna,K K Chopra,M. Hanif,Varinder Singh,K. R. Umadevi,Sreenivas Achuthan Nair,Sophie Huddart,C. H. Surya Prakash,Shalini Mall,Pooja Singh,Bibhas Saha,Claudia M. Denkinger,Catharina Boehme,Sanjay Sarin +19 more
TL;DR: The high levels of rifampicin resistance detected in presumptive pediatric TB patients tested under the project are a major cause of concern from a public health perspective which underscores the need to further prioritize upfront Xpert access to this vulnerable population.
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Haplotype analysis of HLA-A, -B antigens and -DRB1 alleles in south Indian HIV-1-infected patients with and without pulmonary tuberculosis.
S. Raghavan,Paramasivam Selvaraj,Soumya Swaminathan,Kalichamy Alagarasu,G. Narendran,P R Narayanan +5 more
TL;DR: The study suggests that HLA‐A2‐DRB1*1501 haplotype may be associated with HIV infection while HLA-A2-DRB 1*1502 haplotype might be associatedwith susceptibility to PTB in HIV patients.
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Sputum Culture Conversion With Moxifloxacin-Containing Regimens in the Treatment of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Sputum-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis in South India
Banurekha Velayutham,Iliayas S. Allaudeen,Gomathi Sivaramakrishnan,Venkatesan Perumal,Dina Nair,Ponnuraja Chinnaiyan,Paul K. Paramasivam,Baskaran Dhanaraj,Ramesh Kumar Santhanakrishnan,Gangadevi P. Navaneethapandian,Makesh K. Marimuthu,Vanaja Kumar,Chandrasekaran Kandasamy,Kalaiselvi Dharuman,Thiruvalluvan Elangovan,Meenakshi Narasimhan,Sridhar Rathinam,Gangadharan Vadivelu,Prabhakaran Rathinam,Chandrasekar Chockalingam,Lavanya Jayabal,Soumya Swaminathan,Jawahar Mohideen Shaheed +22 more
TL;DR: A 5-drug daily regimen with moxifloxacin results in significantly higher sputum culture conversion in the first 2 months compared with a thrice-weekly, 4-drug regimen in patients with newly diagnosed sputUM-positive pulmonary tuberculosis.
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Strengthening resilience to reduce HIV risk in Indian MSM: a multicity, randomised, clinical efficacy trial.
Steven A. Safren,Steven A. Safren,Beena E Thomas,Katie B. Biello,Kenneth H. Mayer,Kenneth H. Mayer,Kenneth H. Mayer,Shruta Rawat,Alpana Dange,C. Andres Bedoya,Sunil Menon,Vivek Anand,Vinoth Balu,Conall O'Cleirigh,Conall O'Cleirigh,Lynne Klasko-Foster,Dicky Baruah,Soumya Swaminathan,Matthew J. Mimiaga,Matthew J. Mimiaga +19 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a resilience-based psychosocial intervention for MSM at risk of HIV acquisition or transmission in India was shown to reduce condomless anal sex acts with evidence for mediation effects in two key target resilience variables.
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Feasibility of provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling of tuberculosis patients under the TB control programme in two districts of South India.
Sophia Vijay,Soumya Swaminathan,Preetish Vaidyanathan,A. Thomas,Lakhbir Singh Chauhan,P. Kumar,Sonali Chiddarwar,Beena E Thomas,Puneet Dewan +8 more
TL;DR: With implementation of PITC in India, HIV status was successfully ascertained for 70% of TB patients, and previously undiagnosed HIV-infection was detected in 6.4% of those TB patients newly tested, enabling referral for life-saving anti-retroviral treatment.