EPIDEMIOLOGY
1. Raj Narain, Geser A, Jambunathan MV & Subramanian M: Some aspects of a tuberculosis prevalence survey in a south
Indian district. Bull WHO 1963, 29, 641-64 & Indian J TB 1963, 9, 85-116.
KEY
WORDS: Survey; Prevalence;
Infection; Disease; Case; Community; Rural; Urban, Epidemiology
2. Raj Narain, Nair SS, Ramanatha Rao G, &
Chandrasekhar P: Distribution of infection and disease among households in a
rural community. Bull WHO 1966, 34, 639-54 &
Indian J TB 1966, 13, 129-46
KEY
WORDS: Prevalence; Infection;
Disease; Contact; Examination; Household; Rural community.
3. Chandrasekhar P, Nair SS, Padmanabha Rao K, Ramanatha Rao G & Pyarelal: Examination of multiple sputum specimens in
a tuberculosis survey. Tubercle 1970,
51, 255-62.
KEY WORDS: Sputum examination; multiple sputum specimen; Survey; Rural; Ziehl Neelsen; Fluorescent; Culture
4. National Tuberculosis Institute, Bangalore: Tuberculosis in a rural population of south India:
A five year epidemiological study. Bull Wld Hlth Org 1974, 51, 473–88.
KEY
WORDS: Trend; Rural population;
Prevalence; Incidence; Infection; Disease; Longitudinal survey
5. Chakraborty AK: The use of screening tools for the estimation of tuberculosis
case rates in a community. Indian J Pub Hlth 1980, 24, 115–120.
KEY
WORDS: Screening tools;
Estimates; Case rate; Symptoms; X-ray; Tuberculin; Survey
6. Chakraborty AK, Ganapathy KT &
Rajalakshmi R: Effect of nutritional
status on delayed hypersensitivity due to tuberculin test in children of an
urban slum community. Indian J TB 1980, 27, 115–119
KEY
WORDS: Nutritional status;
Tuberculin reaction; Slum community; Infection
7. Chakraborty AK, Channabasavaiah
R, Krishna Murthy MS, Shashidhara AN, Krishna Murthy VV &
Chaudhuri K: Prevalence of
pulmonary tuberculosis in a peri-urban community of Bangalore under various
methods of population screening. Indian J TB 1994, 41, 17–27.
KEY WORDS: Screening tools; Chest symptomatics; MMR; Prevalence; Case; Peri urban community
8. Chadha
VK, Suryanarayana HV, Krishna Murthy MS, Jagannath PS & Shashidhara
AN: Prevalence of undernutrition among
peri-urban children and its influence on the estimation of annual risk of
tuberculosis infection. Indian J TB 1997, 44, 67–71.
KEY WORDS: Under nutrition; ARI; Peri-urban; Prevalence;
Epidemiology
9. Andersen S & Banerji D: A
sociological inquiry into an urban TB control programme
in India. Bull Wld Hlth Org 1963, 29, 685-700.
KEY
WORDS: Urban; Social inquiry;
Compliance
10. Banerji
D & Andersen S: A sociological
study of awareness of symptoms among persons with pulmonary tuberculosis. Bull Wld Hlth Org 1963, 29, 665-683.
KEY WORDS: Social awareness; Symptoms; Social aspects;
Case; Suspect case
11. . Radha Narayan, Susy Thomas, Pramila Kumari S, Prabhakar S, Ramaprakash
AN, Suresh T & Srikantaramu N:
Prevalence of chest symptoms & action taken by symptomatics in a
rural community. Indian J TB 1976, 23,
160–68.
KEY WORDS: Symptoms; Action taking; Rural population
12 Radha Narayan, Prabhakar S, Susy
Thomas, Pramila Kumari S, Suresh T & Srikantaramu N: A sociological study of awareness of symptoms
and action taking of persons with pulmonary tuberculosis (A re-survey). Indian
J TB 1979, 26, 136–46.
KEY WORDS: Social awareness; Action taking; Symptoms; Rural population; Urban population; Interview; Control programme
13. Radha Narayan, Susy Thomas,
Srikantaramu N & Srikantan K: Illness perception and medical relief in
rural communities. Indian J TB 1982, 29, 98–103.
KEY WORDS: Illness perception; Rural
community; Medical relief; Utilization
Operations Research (Includes Case finding, Case holding, Treatment)
14. Gothi GD, Baily GVJ: Problems
of treatment of TB patients in rural areas.
Indian J TB 1965, 12, 62-68.
KEY
WORDS: Treatment problems;
Self-administered regimen; Supervised regimen; Rural community; Case holding
15. Baily GVJ, Savic D, Gothi GD, Naidu
VB & Nair SS: Potential yield of pulmonary tuberculosis cases by direct
microscopy of sputum in a district of south India. Bull WHO 1967, 37, 875-92.
KEY
WORDS: Case finding; Chest
symptomatics; PHI; Potential; Work load
16. Nagpaul DR: District Tuberculosis Programme in concept
and outline. Indian J TB 1967, 14, 186-198.
KEY WORDS: DTP; DTC; PHI;
Integration; Concept & outline
17. Gothi GD, Savic D, Baily
GVJ & Rupert Samuel GE: Cases of
pulmonary tuberculosis among the out-patients attending General Health
Institutions in an Indian city. Bull Wld
Hlth Org 1970, 43, 35–40.
KEY WORDS: Case finding; Urban health institutions; Self
reporting chest symptoms; Out-patients
18. Nagpaul DR, Viswanath MK & Dwarakanath G: A Socio-epidemiological study of
out-patients attending a city tuberculosis clinic in India to judge the place
of specialised centres in a tuberculosis control programme. Bull Wld Hlth Org 1970, 43, 17–34.
KEY
WORDS: Control programme;
Socio-epidemiology; Specialised centre
19. Gothi GD, Savic D, Baily GVJ, Padmanabha Rao K, Nair SS &
Rupert Samuel GE: Collection and
consumption of self-administered anti-tuberculosis drugs under programme conditions.
Indian J TB 1971, 18, 107–113.
KEY
WORDS: Self administered
regimen; Drug collection level; Drug
consumption; Control programme; Compliance
20. Padmanabha Rao K, Nair SS, Naganathan N & Rajalakshmi R:
Assessment of diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis by sputum microscopy in a
District Tuberculosis Programme. Indian
J TB 1971, 18, 10–25.
KEY
WORDS: Control programme;
Assessment; Diagnosis; Sputum microscopy
21. Baily GVJ, Rupert Samuel GE & Nagpaul DR: A concurrent comparison of an unsupervised
self-administered daily regimen and a fully supervised twice weekly regimen of
chemotherapy in a routine out-patient treatment programme. Indian
J TB 1974, 21, 152–167
KEY WORDS: TH Regimen; Daily regimen; Supervised
intermittent regimen; acceptability; Efficacy; Control programme
22. Nagpaul DR, Baily GVJ,
Prakash M & Rupert Samuel GE:
Prevalence of symptoms in a south Indian rural community and utilisation
of area health centre. Indian J Med Res
1977, 66, 635–647.
KEY WORDS: Symptom prevalence; Rural community; Rural
health services
23. Aneja KS, Gothi GD & Rupert Samuel GE: Controlled study of
the effect of specific treatment on bacteriological status of “suspect cases”. Indian J TB 1979, 26,
50–57.
KEY WORDS: Control study; Suspect case; TH regimen;
Efficacy
24. Seetha MA, Srikantaramu N, Aneja KS & Hardan Singh: Influence of motivation of patients and
their family members on the drug collection by patients. Indian J TB 1981, 28, 182–190.
KEY WORDS: Compliance; Family motivation; Control
programme; Treatment completion.
25. Tuberculosis Research Center,
Chennai & National Tuberculosis Institute, Bangalore: A controlled clinical trial of 3 and 5 month
regimens in the treatment of sputum positive pulmonary tuberculosis in south India.
Ame Rev Resp Dis 1986, 134, 27–33.
KEY WORDS: SCC regimen; Daily regimen; Clinical trail; Efficacy; Adverse
reactions
26. Jagota P, Sudha Xirasagar,
Parimala N & Chaudhuri K: A study of operational factors influencing the
applicability of two regimens of Short Course Chemotherapy under conditions of
an urban tuberculosis programme. Indian J TB 1989, 36, 213–223.
KEY WORDS: SCC; Daily regimen; Operational factors;
Applicability; Control programme
BCG
27.
Gothi GD, Kul Bhushan, Nair SS & Baily
GVJ: BCG without tuberculin test. Proceedings of Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases Workers Conference, 19th, New Delhi, India, 5-7 Apr. 1964, 138-162
KEY WORDS: Rural population; Direct BCG vaccination;
Applicability
28.
Kul Bhushan, Nair SS & Ganapathy
KT: Assessment of post vaccination allergy among those vaccinated without
pre-vaccination tuberculin test. Indian J TB 1970, 17, 18-31
KEY WORDS: BCG; Post vaccination allergy; Assessment;
Direct BCG vaccination
29. Baily GVJ, Kul Bhushan, Rupert Samuel GE &
Keshava Murthy BK: Integration of BCG
vaccination in the General Health Services in rural areas. Indian
J TB 1973, 20, 155–160.
KEY WORDS: Integration; BCG vaccination; Health services;
Rural population
30. Padmanabha
Rao K, Nair SS, Cobbold N & Naganathan N:
Some operational factors influencing the utility of culture examination
in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Indian J TB 1966, 13, 61-76
KEY WORDS: Culture examination; Diagnosis; Relative
utility; Operational factors
31. Naganathan N, Nagpaul DR & Nair SS: Case
finding by sputum microscopy. Proceedings
of the combined National Conference on Tuberculosis & Chest Diseases, 29th
& Conference of the Eastern Region of IUAT, 9th, New Delhi, India,
1974, 351–58
KEY WORDS: Cost; Sputum microscopy; staining methods; Ziehl
Neelsen; Case finding
32. Challu VK, Mahadev B, Rajalakshmi R &
Chaudhuri K: Recovery of tubercle
bacilli from urine of pulmonary tuberculosis patients and its comparison with
the corresponding sputum isolates. Indian J TB 1989, 36, 107–111.
KEY WORDS: Filtration; Centrifugation; Sensitivity;
Virulence; Specificity; Tubercle bacilli
33. Nair SS: Assessment and monitoring of National
Tuberculosis Programme (NTP). Indian J TB 1971, 18, 131–134.
KEY WORDS: Assessment; Monitoring control programme
34. Nair SS: A simple model for planning &
assessment of programmes for tuberculosis control. Indian J Pub Hlth 1977,
21, 111–131.
KEY WORDS: Model; Planning; Assessment; Control programme
35. World Health Organization: Tuberculosis programme
review – India, World Health
Organization, Geneva, 1992
KEY WORDS: Revised strategy; Control programme;
Performance; Evaluation; Situation analysis
36. In depth study on National Tuberculosis Programme
of India, Institute of communication, operations, research & community
involvement, Bangalore, 1998.
KEY
WORDS: Control programme;
Performance; Evaluation
OPERATIONAL ASPECTS
37. Jagota P, Mahadev B, Srikantaramu N,
Balasangameshwara VH & Sreenivas TR: Case-finding in District Tuberculosis
Programme: potential and performance. Indian J TB 1998, 45, 39–46.
KEY
WORDS: Case finding; DTP;
Performance
38. Sophia Vijay, Balasangameshwara VH &
Srikantaramu N: Treatment dynamics and profile of tuberculosis patients under
the District Tuberculosis Programme (DTP) – A prospective cohort study, Indian J TB 1999, 46, 239-49.
KEY
WORDS: Treatment dynamics; TB
patients; DTP; cohort
ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RISK OF
TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION AMONG BCG VACCINATED
39. V.K. Chadha, M.S. Krishna Murthy, A.N. Shashidhara, P.S
Jagannatha and V. Magesh Ind J. Tub, 1999,46,105-112
KEY
WORDS: Annual Risk of
Tuberculosis Infection, ARI in Vaccinated Children, Tuberculin Survey.
TUBERCULIN SENSITIVITY IN BCG
VACCINATED CHILDREN AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR
ARI ESTIMATION
40. V.K. Chadha, PS
Jagannath and HV Suryanarayana Ind.J.Tub.
2000, 47, 139-146
KEY WORDS: Tuberculin sensitivity, ARI estimation.
41. V. K. Chadha Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2001;68(1):53-58
KEY WORDS: Tuberculin test; Size of induration; infection with tubercle bacilli, Non-specific sensitivity; BCG-induced sensitivity; Purpose of the test.
KEY WORDS: Annual Risk of Tuberculosis Infection, prevalence of Infection.
43. Shashidhar J. Savanur, V.K. Chadha and P.S.
Jagannatha Ind J. Tub., 2002,49,147
KEY WORDS: Mixture Model Analysis, Maximum
likelihood estimate, EM algorithm, Prevalence of tuberculosis infection.