background: the genus pallisentis is an endoparasitic acanthocephalan inhabit­ing the intestinal walls. hooks and spines of the worm are significant taxonomical and adaptive tools. methods: the parasites were fixed, dehydrated and examined under olym­pus bx 53 microscope with dic attachment, digital camera and cellsens imag­ing system [light microscopy (lm)] and fixed in 2% glutaraldehyde in 0.1...

background: acanthocephalans are fish parasites of worldwide distribu-tion, penetrate their thorny proboscis into the intestinal wall of host and absorb nutrients. no diagnostic tool is available except postmortem inves-tigations and identification by parasitologists. the aim of present study was to explore and assign taxonomical status to pallisentis species prevalent in food fishes of river g...

medicines constitute a substantial proportion of out-of-pocket (oop) expenses in indian households. in order to address this issue, the government of india launched the jan aushadhi (medicine for the masses) scheme (jas) to provide cheap generic medicines to the patients (http://janaushadhi.gov.in/about_jan_aushadhi.html). these medicines are provided through the jan aushadhi stores established...

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objective: to explore the context, experiences and pathways of seeking abortion care among married women in a minority dominated urban slum community in mumbai city of india. materials and methods: a mixed-method study was conducted using a systematic random sampling method to select 282 respondents from the slum community. one fifth of these womenreported undergoing at least one induced aborti...

one of the distinguishing features of implementation research is the importance given to involve implementers in all aspects of research, and as users of research. we report on a recent implementation research effort in india, in which researchers worked together with program implementers from one of the longest serving government funded insurance schemes in india, the rajiv aarogyasri scheme (...

Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK, National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council for Medical Research, Hyderabad, India, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, South...

1Research Associate, Public Health Foundation of India, Plot No 47, Sector 44, Gurgaon, Haryana 122002, India 2Professor of Department of Mathematical Demography and Statistics, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400088, India *Corresponding author Mousumi Gogoi, PhD Research Associate Public Health Foundation of India Plot No 47, Sector 44, Gurgaon Haryana 122...

A. A. sonkar, S. shrivastav, R. kumar, A. jain, and R. Roy surgery, csm medical university, lucknow, uttar pradesh, India, center for bio magnaetic resonance, SGPGI, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, surgery, CSM Medical University( King Georges Medical University), Lucknow, uttar pradesh, India, Microbiology, CSM Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, Center for Bio magnetic Resonance...

1 Cell Biology and Enzymology, Department of Zoology, Kakatiya University, Warangal, India 2 Department of Animal Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India 3 SRM Research Institute, Sri Ramaswamy Memorial University, Chennai, India 4 National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad, India *Correspondence: [email protected] Present address: Mukesh Pasu...