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Workshop I
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CD4,
CD8 cell and HIV viral load estimation by NASBA
and their Role in AIDS monitoring |
Workshop II
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Molecular
Diagnosis of AIDS associated Mycobacteriosis |
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Conference
Programme
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| 27th January
2008 |
Venue - JLN
Auditorium |
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Time
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Name of the Speaker
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Topic |
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8.30 AM
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Registration |
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9.30 AM to 10.30 AM
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Inauguration
and lamp lighting ceremony |
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Director, AIIMS, New Delhi
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Welcome
Address |
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Hon'ble Minister of Health
& Family Welfare, Govt. of India
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Chief
Guest |
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Dr. N.K. Ganguly, Ex-Director-General,
ICMR
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Key Note
Address |
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Dr. Sarman Singh
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Vote
of Thanks |
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10.30 AM
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Tea |
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Session-I
Chairperson :- Dr. Shiv Lal, Dr. P. L. Joshi |
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11.00AM
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Dr. P.L. Joshi, New Delhi
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HIV and
Leprosy |
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11.30AM
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Dr. B.B. Rewari, New Delhi
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Making
ART available in India |
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12.00PM
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Dr. Sarman Singh, New Delhi
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HIV-Leishmania
Co-infection: An emerging trend in India |
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12.30PM
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Dr. J.K. Maniar, Mumbai
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Dermatological
manifestations of AIDS |
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1.00 PM-2.30 PM
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Lunch/ Poster |
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S. No.
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Title |
Presenting Author
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PP1
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Study of tuberculosis
in HIV positive patients in Pondicherry
a 2 years retrospective study |
Apurba Sastry
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PP2
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Plasma essential
trace elements and humoral immune status
of asymptomatic HIV seropositive Nigerians. |
Arinola Ganiyu
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PP4
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Cerebral infarction
among young and middle aged HIV infected
population of West Bengal- a preliminary
study |
Bibhuti Saha
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PP5
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Challenges In
The HIV Vaccine Development |
Guno Chakraborthy
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PP6
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Genetic association
of IL-10 592 C/A promoter polymorphism in
HIV-1 infected and HIV-1 exposed seronegative
North Indian individuals |
Animesh Chatterjee
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PP7
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Correlation
between Absolute CD4 T-Lymphocyte Counts
and Opportunistic Infections among AIDS
Patients |
Hitender Gautam
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PP8
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Feasibility
of using DNA PCR on Dried Blood Spots for
Diagnosis of HIV-1 in infants in a PMTCT
Program in South India. |
Jacob Saramma
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PP9
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Rapid diagnosis
of Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Phage assay
in HIV positive patients. |
K. Bharathi
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PP10
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Evaluating Tetrazolium
Microplate Assay for drug susceptibility
testing in Non-tuberculous mycobacterial
isolates |
Mani Sanker
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PP11
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Conventional
and molecular techniques in detection of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Human
Immunodeficiency Virus infected patients |
Manoj Kumar
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PP12
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The Need of
Information Dissemination of HIV and AIDS
to the Peasant Farmers in the Federal Capital
Territory, Abuja Nigeria |
Michael Adedotun Oke
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PP13
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Peer education
on mental and spiritual health. HIV management
and development programmes for rural sex
workers. |
Mohammed Najeebullah
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PP14
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Issue of HIV/AIDS
and Response of Islamic Religious Centers
(Maderssas) in Quetta Pakistan |
Muhammad Ilyas
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PP15
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Gender Inequalities
and Rights of PLWHA |
Muhammad Munir
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PP16
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The nutrition
care processes of front-line HIV care providers
in Orissa, India |
Sanghamitra Pati
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PP18
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Blood Glucose
Abnormalities in HIV-HCV CO-infection |
Narmada Thongam
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PP19
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HAART: an approach
to manage aids patients |
Shivlal Tiwari
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PP40
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Comparative
genomic analysis of ATP Binding Cassettes
transporters of M. tuberculosis and M. avium
paratuberculosis |
Amit Singh
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PP41
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Mycobacterium
avium KatG protein: Role in diagnosis and
pathogenesis of MAC disease. |
Indu Verma
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PP37*
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Isolation of
Penicillium Marneffei from a HIV positive
patient: A case report |
Sudipta Basa
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PP38*
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Study of Mycotic
infections in Bronchopulmonary diseases |
Sudipta Basa
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Session-II
Chairperson: Dr. Phillip Lagrange, Dr. L.S. Chauhan |
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2.30 PM
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Dr. Harleen Grewal, Norway
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Pediatric
Tuberculosis and HIV |
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3.00PM
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Dr. Phillip Lagrange, France
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Diagnosing
latent tuberculosis and HIV era |
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3.30PM
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Tea |
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3.45PM - 5.35PM
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Free paper session
(OP1-OP11)
Chairperson: Dr. J.C.Samantaray, Dr. Chand Wattal |
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S. No.
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Title |
Presenting Author
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OP01
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Epidemiology
of HIV/AIDS in Orissa |
Bibhuti Pal
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OP02
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Design and Synthesis
of Potential NRTIS and NNRTIS against HIV |
Ramendra Singh
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OP03
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Utility of the
mouse bone-marrow derived macrophage model
of tuberculosis for selection of possible
drug candidates |
Shalini Bhatnagar
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OP04
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Hepatitis C
virus infection among individuals attending
a Voluntary Counseling and Testing Centre
in northern India. |
Vijayalakshmi Nag
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OP05
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Hepatitis B
in HIV-Infected Patients - In a Health-Maintenance
Organization (HMO) Setting |
Bhavani Rao
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OP06
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Development
of a new combined ELISA assay for simultaneous
detection of hepatitis C (HCV) and human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies
in human serum |
Mohammad Farajollahi
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OP07
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Profile of opportunistic
fungal isolates in HIV/AIDS patients in
relation to CD4+ T lymphocyte count - a
RIMS study. |
Pratita Devi Pukhrambam
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OP08
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Prevalence of
HIV and associated cryptococcal CNS infection
in the neurology setting of a tertiary care
hospital |
Rajeev Thakur
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OP09
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Histoplasmosis
in HIV-observations from a tertiary care
centre in Eastern India |
Bibhuti Saha
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OP10
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Relapsing visceral
leishmaniasis (VL) as an emerging AIDS defining
illness |
Rama Prosad Goswami
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OP11
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Histobiology
of Trypanosoma cruzi: an opportunistic parasite. |
Leidi Herrera
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| 28th January
2008 |
Venue - JLN
Auditorium |
Venue - Conference
Hall |
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Session-III
Chairperson: Dr. Leonid Margolis, Dr. Amita Jain
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Symposium: Neuropathology and drug abuse
Chairperson: Dr. Rajat Ray, Dr. Anil Kumar |
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9.00AM
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Dr.Leonid Margolis, USA
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Herpes
viruses as co-pathogen of HIV |
Dr. B.M. Tripathi,
New Delhi
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Drug
abuse in Indian sub-continent |
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9.30AM
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Dr. Shahid Jameel, New Delhi
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HIV
and Hepatitis virus |
Dr. Pratima Murthy,
Bangalore
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Substance
Abuse in Women |
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10.00AM
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Dr. S.K. Sarin, New Delhi
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Coinfection
of HIV and Hepatotropic viruses |
Dr. Shilpa Buch, USA
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Cocaine-mediated
Enhancement of Virus Replication in Macrophages:
Implications for HIV-Dementia |
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10.30AM
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Dr. Uma Banerjee, New Delhi
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AIDS
associated fungal infections |
Dr. Yuri Persidsky,
USA
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HIV-1
associated neurodegeneration Role of blood brain
barrier & therapeutic interventions |
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11.00 AM
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Tea
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Session-IV
Chairperson: Dr. V.K. Vinayak, Dr. Rita Sood
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Symposium: Neuropathology and drug abuse (contd.)
Chairperson: Dr. P.N. Tandon, Dr. Yuri Persidsky |
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11.10AM
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Dr. V.M. Katoch, Agra
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Non
tuberculous mycobacteria in AIDS |
Dr.
Sabita Roy, USA |
Synergistic
effect of morphine and TAT in susceptibility to
S.Pneumonia infection |
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11.40PM
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Dr. Amita Jain, Lucknow
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XDR
TB in AIDS: Indian perspectives |
Dr. Pankaj Seth, Gurgaon
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Neuropathogenesis
of HIV-1 TAT` Protein from Clade B and C: Implications
in Neuro AIDS cases in India |
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12.10PM
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Dr. D. Behera, New Delhi
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Combining
HIV and TB control Programme |
Dr. Anuja Ghorpade, USA
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Glial
Inflammatory responses in
HIV-1 CNS disease |
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12.40PM
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Dr. Ashok Rattan,
New Delhi
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XDR
TB in PAHO region |
Dr. P.P. Singh,
Chandigarh
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Opiate
Dependency retards progression of AIDS in the
SIVSMM9 monkey model |
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1.00PM
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Dr. Zhao Yan, Beijing
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TB/HIV
Co-infection in Geuangxi province in China |
Dr. Anil Kumar, USA
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AIDS
Progression in a non-human primate model of opiate
dependence |
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1.30PM - 2.30pm
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Lunch
/ Poster |
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S. No.
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Title |
Presenting Author
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PP20
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HAART in pregnant
HIV-infected women. Efficacy and safety
for the mothers and infants |
Bernard Vandercam
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PP21
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Mycotic Infection
in HIV Positive Patients from Western Uttar
Pradesh |
Anita Pandey
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PP22
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Antimicrobial
resistance of Pseudomonas spp. isolated
from HIV patients with LRI in Chennai |
Anitha C
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PP23
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Co-occurrence
of Molluscum contagiosum with cutaneous
cryptococcosis in the same skin lesion in
AIDS patient. |
Annam Vamseedhar
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PP24
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Syphilis in
HIV-Infected Patients - In a Health-Maintenance
Organization (HMO) Setting |
Bhavani Rao
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PP25
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Antifungal activity
of herbals against azole resistant Candida
species from immunocompromised patients |
Rajeev Gautam
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PP26
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Immune
Restoration Syndrome with disseminated Penicillium
marneffei and CMV: 1st report from a non-endemic
area |
Swati Gupta
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PP27
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Increase Incidence
of Isosporiasis in HIV/AIDS Patients with
Diarrhea in North India |
Hafiz Ahmad
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PP28
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Intestinal parasitic
infections in HIV seropositive individuals
with different immunity status. |
K. Bharathi
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PP29
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Comparison of
microscopy and antigen assay by ELISA for
the detection of Cryptosporidium in stool
samples of patients infected with human
immunodeficiency Virus at a tertiary care
hospital in northern India. |
Manodeep Sen
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PP30
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Isolation rate
and antimicrobial resistance of non-diphtherial
coryneforms from the urine of HIV patients |
K Padmawati
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PP31
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Opportunistic
mycoses in HIV infected individuals and
their correlation with the CD4+ T lymphocyte
count |
Partha Rakshit
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PP32
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Chlamydia pneumoniae
and Mycoplasma pneumoniae: Opportunistic
Infectious Agents in HIV/AIDS |
Piyada Wangroongsarb
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PP33
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Spectrum of
Opportunistic Infections in HIV/AIDS patients
in Tertiary Care Hospital |
Provash. C. Sadhukhan
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PP34
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A study to corelate
CD4 cell counts and oral Lesions associated
with HIV/AIDS. |
Rajiv Saini
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PP35
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Seroprevalence
of HIV among antenatal cases and response
to nevirapine therapy at Pad.DR. D. Y. Patil
Medical College and Hospital, Pimpri, Pune. |
Shilpa Lagali
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PP36
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Effects of HAART
in HIV/AIDS Patients - A RIMS Study |
Bhagyabati Sorokhaibam
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PP39
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Prevalence of
HIV infection in pregnant women |
Veenu Gupta
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PP17*
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Prevalence of
anaemia in HIV positive patients |
Sherry Narang
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PP3*
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Total
Lymphocyte Count As a monitoring tool in
resource limited settings |
Arnab Basu
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2.30PM - 5.00PM
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Free
Paper Session (OP12-OP26)
Chairperson: Dr. Ashok Rattan, Dr. Patricia Price |
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S. No.
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Title |
Presenting Author
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OP12
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RANTES Intronic
1.1T/C Polymorphism plays major role in
HIV-1 Transmission and Progression among
North Indians |
Anurag Rathore
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OP13
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Single-Cell
Analysis of IFN-?, IL-2, IL4, and IL-10
production by T Cells from HIV infected
and uninfected Individuals. |
Neeraj Chauhan
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OP14
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Morphine in
the presence of TAT increases CNS Streptococcus
pneumoniae dissemination and potentiates
neuropathogenesis. |
Anitha Krishnan
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OP15
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Outcome of the
Lower Segment Caesarean Section (LSCS) in
HIV positive women at District Head Quarter's
Hospital Namakkal |
Chinnusamy Thilagavathy
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OP16
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Neuropsychological
pattern among hiv-1 infected asymptomatic
mothers reporting to antenatal clinic, at
AIIMS |
Lalit Sharma
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OP17
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Psychosocial
interventions to prevent HIV transmission |
Sachin Sharma
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OP18
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A study of opportunistic
infections affecting the central nervous
system in patients with HIV/AIDS |
Chandan Modak
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OP19
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Spectrum of
Opportunistic infections among HIV infected
adults visiting antiretroviral unit at BJMC
Pune. |
Bharat Purandare
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OP20
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Prevalence of
mycobacteremia in Indian HIV infected patients
detected by MB/BacT automated culture system |
K Gopinath
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OP21
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Clinical presentation
and outcome of tuberculosis associated with
HIV - an experience from a tertiary care
TB Institute. |
Upasna Agarwal
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OP22
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Incidence,
Clinical & Immunological Profile of
Post HAART TB in Adult HIV Patients |
Sayeed Anwar
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OP23
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Occult
HBV infection in HIV patients: a Preliminary
study at a tertiary centre |
Swati Gupta
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OP24
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Clinicopathological
study of Cutaneous infections in HIV Patients
in relation with CD4 count, CD8 count and
CD4/CD8 ratio. |
Annam Vamseedhar
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OP25
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Susceptibility
of candida isolates from HIV to azoles |
K Uma Maheshwari
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OP26
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Emerging
azole resistant candida species in immunocompromised
patients. |
Rajeev Gautam
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| 29th January
2008 |
Venue - JLN
Auditorium |
Venue - Conference
Hall |
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Session-V
Chairperson: Dr. G.P. Talwar, Dr. D.N. Rao
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Session-VI
Chairperson: Dr. S.C. Parija, Dr. Herve Pelloux
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Chairperson: Dr. G.P. Talwar, Dr. Shyam Sundar |
Chairperson: Dr. SC Parija, Dr. Herve Pelloux |
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9.00AM
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Dr. Patricia Price, Australia
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HIV-Immune
restoration disease |
Dr. Herve Pelloux, France
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Toxoplasma
in AIDS: Basic interaction and consequences |
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9.30AM
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Dr. Desh Asthana, USA
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Viral
load monitoring |
Dr. S.C. Parija, Pondicherry
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Cysticircosis
in AIDS |
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10.00 AM
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Dr. Pawan Sharma, New Delhi
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Vaccine
candidates against tuberculosis |
Dr. D.R. Arora, Rohtak
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AIDS
associated parasitic Diarrhoea |
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10.30AM
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Dr. Akhil Banerjea, New Delhi
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HIV-1
pathogenesis, vaccine and other anti viral novel
peptides |
Dr. Rakesh Sehgal, Chandigarh
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Free
living amoeba in immunocompromised host |
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11.00 AM
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Tea
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11.30AM - 12.40PM
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Free Paper Session (OP27-OP32)
Chairperson: Dr.Akhil Banerjea, Dr. Pawan Sharma |
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S. No.
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Title |
Presenting Author
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OP27
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Toxoplasmosis
And HIV/AIDS: A Living Legacy |
Veeranoot Nissapatorn
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OP28
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Clinical and
Microbiological profile of intestinal parasites
in human immunodeficiency virus infected
patients in a tertiary referral center |
Ujjala Ghoshal
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OP29
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Cryptosporidium
parvum Isolates (C. Hominis and C. Bovine)
in the HIV/AIDS Patients |
Sadraei J. Zavvar M.
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OP30
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Adherence &
Quality of Life of patients on ART- 5 yrs
Study In A Resource-Restricted Setting of
WB |
Monotosh Khanra
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OP31
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Assessment of
ART drug's adherence in Two General Hospitals,
from 2004 to 2006. Southern, Ivory Coast.
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Bengo Bangaly
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OP32
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Immune Reconstitution
Inflammatory Syndrome: An appraisal from
School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata |
Subhasis Guha
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OP33
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Frequency and
presentation of leptospirosis co-infection
amongst persons with HIV disease in south
India |
Ashita Batavia
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12.40PM
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Lunch
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2.00 PM
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Sponsored
Symposium on Biological Safety
By: ESCO Biotech, Pvt. Ltd. |
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3.00 PM
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Valedictory
Function |
- Chief Guest: Smt. Panabaaka Lakshmi, Hon'ble
Minister of State for Health & Family
Welfare
- Prize Distribution Ceremony
- Vote of Thanks
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4.00PM
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Tea |
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