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Shailendra K. Saxena

CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, India

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Research ArticleOpen accessCurrent Advances in Zika Virus Transmission: Urgency for Effective Therapeutics and PreventionYash Raj, Swatantra Kumar, Amrita Haikerwal et al.Global emergence of Zika Virus (ZIKV) with prevalent outbreaks has been reported in numerous countries of South America, Central America and the Caribbean region. According to recent World Health Organization (WHO)-ZIKV situation report, 84 countries/territories/subnational areas represented with established mosquito-borne transmission of ZIKV. As of 10 August 2017, cumulative Zika cases and congenital syndrome associated with Zika virus reported by … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 13, Issue 2 · 2 Oct 2017 · 7,798 accessesView PDF Cite

EditorialOpen accessCURRENT SCENARIO OF THERAPEUTICS FOR EBOLA VIRUS DISEASEML Arvinda Swamy, Madhavan P.N. Nair, Shailendra K. SaxenaCurrently various countries in Africa, including Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Nigeria, are facing disaster due to Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), which is primarily caused by Ebola virus. 2014 outbreak of Ebola associated viral haemorrhagic fever has 55-60% fatality rate. The incubation period of Ebola is below 21 days; once the appearance of symptoms starts the person will be infective. As … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 10, Issue 3 · 3 Sep 2014 · 7,744 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessCURRENT SCENARIO OF VACCINES FOR JAPANESE ENCEPHALITISShirisha Cherukommu, ML Arvinda Swamy, Shailendra K. SaxenaCurrently various countries in South-East Asia, including India, are facing disaster due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES), which is primarily caused by Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV). A dirty environment and a lack of awareness about the risks associated with mosquito bites may be one of the reasons of the outbreak. Japanese encephalitis is a lethal neuroviral infection for which there … …Current Research in Virology, Vol. 3, Issue 1 · 19 Aug 2014 · 6,855 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessJapanese Encephalitis Virus: An Emerging PathogenSneham Tiwari, Sai V.P. Chitti, Asha Mathur, Shailendra K. SaxenaJapanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV) is a flavivirus maintained in a zoonotic cycle which involves pigs, birds and Culex species of mosquitoes causing fatal encephalitis endemic most of Asia and as far as Australia from its putative origin in Indonesia and Malaysia. The principle vector is Culex mosquito, most important being Culex tritaenorhynchus, present in greatest density in rainy season (June … …Current Research in Virology, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 2 Aug 2012 · 14,902 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessRendezvous with Tat: Transactivator of Transcription during Human Immunodeficiency Virus PathogenesisSneham Tiwari, Madhavan P.N. Nair, Shailendra K. SaxenaAcquired immune deficiency syndrome is a deadly disease caused by HIV, declared as a global catastrophe engulfing millions of lives per year. It took ~1.8 million lives in the year 2010 alone, as per reports of UNAIDS. HIV-1 is an enveloped retrovirus, having genome composed of two copies of ssRNA. It attacks the T-lymphocytes of the hosts, causes several multifaceted … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 31 Jul 2012 · 7,625 accessesView PDF Cite