Evolutionary analysis of rabies virus using the partial Nucleoprotein and Glycoprotein gene in Mumbai region of India.

Nearly 1.7 million cases of dog bites are reported every year in India and many cases of animal rabies are left unattended and undiagnosed. Therefore, a mere diagnosis of rabies is not sufficient to understand the epidemiology and the spread of the rabies virus (RV) in animals.

Inhalable liposomes of Glycyrrhiza glabra extract for use in tuberculosis: formulation, in vitro characterization, in vivo lung deposition, and in vivo pharmacodynamic studies.

Objective: The current study involves the development of liposomal dry powder for inhalation (LDPI) containing licorice extract (LE) for use in tuberculosis.

Significance: The current epidemiology of tuberculosis along with the increasing emergence of resistant forms of tuberculosis necessitates the need for developing alternative efficacious medicines for treatment. Licorice is a medicinal herb with reported activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Development and Evaluation of Chitosan Microparticles Based Dry Powder Inhalation Formulations of Rifampicin and Rifabutin.

Background: The lung is the primary entry site and target for Mycobacterium tuberculosis; more than 80% of the cases reported worldwide are of pulmonary tuberculosis. Hence, direct delivery of anti-tubercular drugs to the lung would be beneficial in reducing both, the dose required, as well as the duration of therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis. In the present study, microsphere-based dry powder inhalation systems of the anti-tubercular drugs, rifampicin and rifabutin, were developed and evaluated, with a view to achieve localized and targeted delivery of these drugs to the lung.

Alginate microparticles loaded with lipopolysaccharide subunit antigen for mucosal vaccination against Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) is one of the commonest causes of nosocomial infections in human beings. Since K.

Detection of picobirnavirus and rotavirus in diarrhoeic faecal samples of cattle and buffalo calves in Mumbai metropolis, Western India.

In this study 113 diarrhoeic faecal samples obtained from buffalo (n = 68) and cattle (n = 45) calves under 1 years of age were analysed in order to determine the presence of rotavirus infection and the frequency of picobirnavirus excretion. Eleven (9.73%) samples positive for group A rotavirus were identified through RNA-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (RNA-PAGE), while 4 (3.