Publication Genomic Characterization of to Explore Transmission Patterns Identifies New Subtype in Bangladesh. Tió-Coma M, Avanzi C, Verhard E, et al. Frontiers in microbiology. 2020; Download PDF
Publication Real-time PCR-based quantitation of viable Mycobacterium leprae strain from clinical samples and environmental sources and its genotype in multi-case leprosy families of India. Singh V, Turankar R, Goel A. European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology. 2020;
Publication Single-cell RNA-sequencing of leprosy skin lesions reveals a titin (TTN) expressing T cell subset associated with the progressive disease Andrade Silva BJ, Hughes TK, Andrade PR, et al. The Journal of Immunology. 2020;
Publication Molecular epidemiology and transmission dynamics of leprosy among multicase families and case-contact pairs. Das M, Diana D, Wedderburn A, et al. International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2020; Download PDF
Publication Development of an Assay System for Genotyping Mycobacterium leprae Resistant to Dapsone, Rifampicin, and Ofloxacin Tanod V, Bela B, Menaldi S, et al. Indian journal of leprosy. 2019; 91 (3) : 185-195. Download PDF
Publication Molecular characterization of environmental mycobacterial species from leprosy endemic tribal regions of North Purulia District, West Bengal. Singh V, Turankar R, Goel A. International journal of mycobacteriology. 2019; 8 (4) : 381-389. Download PDF
Publication Utility of multiplex PCR for early diagnosis and household contact surveillance for leprosy. Pathak VK, Singh I, Turankar RP, et al. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease. 2019;
Publication Develop and field evolution of single tube nested PCR, SYBRGreen PCR methods, for the diagnosis of leprosy in paraffin-embedded formalin fixed tissues in Yunnan Province, a hyper endemic area of leprosy in China. Chen X, Xing Y, He J, et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2019; 13 (10) : e0007731. Download PDF
Publication [The refinement of leprosy PCR diagnostics by the amplification of specie-specific repeated fragment of the Mycobacterium leprae genome.] Obraztsova O A, Verbenko D A, Karamova A E, et al. Klinicheskaia laboratornaia diagnostika. 2018; 63 (8) : 511-516.
Publication The role of PCR for Mycobacterium leprae in patients with facial granulomatoses: A pilot study Gupta A, George R, Chaitanya S, et al. Leprosy review. 2018; 89 (3) : 280-288. Download PDF
Publication Early detection of M. leprae by qPCR in untreated patients and their contacts: results for nasal swab and palate mucosa scraping. Carvalho RS, Foschiani IM, Costa MRSN, et al. European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology. 2018;
Publication qPCR-High resolution melt analysis for drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium leprae directly from clinical specimens of leprosy patients. Araújo S, Goulart LR, Truman RW, et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2017; 11 (6) : e0005506. Download PDF
Publication Autophagy Is an Innate Mechanism Associated with Leprosy Polarization. Silva BJA, Barbosa MGM, Andrade PR, et al. PLoS pathogens. 2017; 13 (1) : e1006103. Download PDF
Publication Genomic diversity in Mycobacterium leprae isolates from leprosy cases in South India. Das M, Chaitanya SV, Kanmani K, et al. Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases. 2016;
Publication Mycobacterium leprae specific genomic target in the promoter region of probable 4-alpha-glucanotransferase (ML1545) gene with potential sensitivity for polymerase chain reaction based diagnosis of leprosy. Sundeep Chaitanya V, Das M, Eisenbach TL, et al. International journal of mycobacteriology. 2016; 5 (2) : 135-41. Download PDF
Publication Presence of viable Mycobacterium leprae in environmental specimens around houses of leprosy patients. Turankar R P, Lavania M, Singh M, et al. Indian journal of medical microbiology. 2016; 34 (3) : 315-21. Download PDF
Publication S100A12 Is Part of the Antimicrobial Network against Mycobacterium leprae in Human Macrophages. Realegeno S, Kelly-Scumpia KM, Dang AT, et al. PLoS pathogens. 2016; 12 (6) : e1005705. Download PDF
Publication Comparative evaluation of PCR amplification of RLEP, 16S rRNA, rpoT and Sod A gene targets for detection of M. leprae DNA from clinical and environmental samples. Turankar RP, Pandey S, Lavania M, et al. International journal of mycobacteriology. 2015; 4 (1) : 54-9. Download PDF
Publication Molecular assays for determining Mycobacterium leprae viability in tissues of experimentally infected mice. Davis GL, Ray NA, Lahiri R, et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2013; 7 (8) : e2404. Download PDF
Publication MicroRNA-21 targets the vitamin D-dependent antimicrobial pathway in leprosy. Liu PT, Wheelwright M, Teles R, et al. Nature Publishing Company. Nature medicine. 2012; 18 (2) : 267-73.