Perceptions and practice of physicians treating HIV patients in the private sector in India: A cross sectional study.

Objectives: To understand the perceptions of the private HIV physicians regarding HIV case management and reporting practices followed by the National AIDS Control Programme, India.

Methods: We conducted this cross-sectional study among 142 private practitioners attending Chennai ART Symposium 2017, from five south Indian states. We used a pre-structured questionnaire to collect information on demography, qualification, the number of HIV patients treated, ART regimen, and the reporting practices.

Ion Beam Analysis of Proton-Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE) Techniques for Elemental Investigation of Young Stage Neem Leaf of Southern India, Tamil Nadu.

Young stage neem leaf (Azadirachta indica) was collected at Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu, South India. Multi-elemental analysis of neem leaf was carried out using non-destructive techniques (NDT) of proton-induced X-ray emission (PIXE, 2.5 MeV) which is one of the well-known surface chemical sophisticated analytical methods of ion beam analyses (IBA).