Publications by authors named "P A Dinesh"

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  • India faced three COVID-19 waves, with the third wave linked to the contagious Omicron variant, prompting a study to assess the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in children aged 6 to 14 in Karnataka before vaccinations began.
  • The research involved surveying 5,358 children across 232 health facilities in Karnataka, testing for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and active infection through IgG testing and RT-PCR, respectively.
  • Results indicated a 75.38% seroprevalence of IgG among children and a low active infection rate of 0.04%, revealing the presence of Omicron variants BA.5 and BA.2.10 in the population.
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Nailfold capillaroscopy is a tool which is non-invasive in nature and can be useful for diagnosis, research, therapeutic study and prognosis. Research shows that specific capillary morphology patterns are identified for diabetic subjects, hypertensive subjects and normal controls. In this study, we have proposed RATHEW approach of classifying these three classes of subjects.

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Objective: Demonstrate the feasibility of using the existing sentinel surveillance infrastructure to conduct the second round of the serial cross-sectional sentinel-based population survey. Assess active infection, seroprevalence, and their evolution in the general population across Karnataka. Identify local variations for locally appropriate actions.

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