List of works by Pachamuthu Balakrishnan

A reliable and inexpensive EasyCD4 assay for monitoring HIV-infected individuals in resource-limited settings

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

Accumulation of HIV-1 Drug Resistance Mutations After First-Line Immunological Failure to Evaluate the Options of Recycling NRTI Drugs in Second-Line Treatment: A Study from South India

scientific article published on 26 July 2016

Anti-HIV microRNA expression in a novel Indian cohort

scientific article published on 20 June 2016

Antibody avidity-based approach to estimate population-level incidence of hepatitis C

scientific article published on 30 March 2020

Bacterial vaginosis in female sex workers in Chennai, India

scientific article published in January 2005

Bacterial vaginosis in women of low socioeconomic status living in slum areas in Chennai, India

scientific article published in December 2006

Burden of Liver Disease among Community-Based People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) in Chennai, India

scientific article published on 26 January 2016

C-reactive protein in HIV-infected patients--could it be a marker of immunosuppression?

scientific article published on 06 June 2006

Changes in antioxidant profile among HIV-infected individuals on generic highly active antiretroviral therapy in southern India

scientific article published on 14 July 2008

Chromogenic agar medium for rapid detection of extended-spectrum β-lactamases and Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases producing bacteria from human immunodeficiency virus patients

scientific article published on December 2015

Co-factors for abnormal lactate levels among persons with HIV disease at a tertiary HIV care setting in South India

scientific article published on 24 May 2008

Coinfection of hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus in HIV-infected patients in south India

scientific article published on October 2007

Common protozoans as an uncommon cause of respiratory ailments in HIV-associated immunodeficiency

scientific article published on 24 July 2009

Community viral load, antiretroviral therapy coverage, and HIV incidence in India: a cross-sectional, comparative study

scientific article published on 11 March 2016

Correlates of HIV and malaria co-infection in Southern India

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Cost-effective HIV-1 virological monitoring in resource-limited settings using a modified commercially available qPCR RNA assay

scientific article published on 12 May 2017

Current Views on the Pathophysiology of GB Virus C Coinfection with HIV-1 Infection

scientific article published on February 2011

Darunavir is a good third-line antiretroviral agent for HIV type 1-infected patients failing second-line protease inhibitor-based regimens in South India

scientific article published on 7 December 2012

Differences in Evolution of HIV-1 Subtype C Reverse Transcriptase Between Children and Adults Likely Explained by Maturity of Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Responses

scientific article published on 28 April 2015

Dissemination of Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Drug Resistance Genes Associated with Class 1 and Class 2 Integrons Among Gram-Negative Bacteria from HIV Patients in South India.

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Does CD4+CD25+foxp3+ cell (Treg) and IL-10 profile determine susceptibility to immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) in HIV disease?

scientific article published on 18 February 2008

Epidemiological studies on pulmonary pathogens in HIV-positive and -negative subjects with or without community-acquired pneumonia with special emphasis on Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

scientific article published in November 2007

Ertapenem for multiple β-lactamases producing Gram-negative bacteria causing urinary tract infections in HIV patients

scientific article published on 30 May 2017

Establishment of reference CD4+ T cell values for adult Indian population.

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Expansion of HIV laboratory diagnostic services in Chennai, India 2001-2006: is the growth commensurate with the need?

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GB virus infection: a silent anti-HIV panacea within?

scientific article published on 29 May 2008

Genotypic HIV type-1 drug resistance among patients with immunological failure to first-line antiretroviral therapy in south India

scientific article published on January 2009

HIV, HBV and HCV prevalence among high risk populations in South India

scientific article published on 22 November 2017

HIV-1 drug resistance among newly HIV-1 infected individuals attending tertiary referral center in Chennai, India

scientific article published in November 2011

HIV-1 reverse transcriptase nucleotide substitutions in subtype C-infected, drug-naive, and treatment-experienced patients in South India

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Hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus dual infection among patients with chronic liver disease.

scientific article published on April 2009

High HIV prevalence and incidence among MSM across 12 cities in India

scientific article published on March 2015

High prevalence of hepatitis delta virus among patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection and HIV-1 in an intermediate hepatitis B virus endemic region.

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Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in association with HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis: views over hidden possibilities

scientific article published on 30 November 2007

Impact of generic antiretroviral therapy (ART) and free ART programs on time to initiation of ART at a tertiary HIV care center in Chennai, India

scientific article published on 07 December 2012

Incidence of atazanavir- associated adverse drug reactions in second -line drugs treated south Indian HIV-1 infected patients

scientific article published on September 2016

Integrated HIV testing, prevention, and treatment intervention for key populations in India: a cluster-randomised trial

scientific article published on 02 April 2019

Laboratory characteristics of HIV-1 clade C-infected long-term non-progressors at a tertiary human immunodeficiency virus care centre in South India

scientific article published in July 2008

Longer sequence insertions in p6 gag play a role in immune escape in HIV-1 subtype C.

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Low frequency of precore mutants in anti-hepatitis B e antigen positive subjects with chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Chennai, Southern India.

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Low-cost assays for monitoring HIV infected individuals in resource-limited settings

scientific article published on December 2011

Low-cost monitoring of HIV infected individuals on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in developing countries.

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Mitochondrial DNA content of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in ART untreated & stavudine/zidovudine treated HIV-1-infected patients

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Multiple NF-κB sites in HIV-1 subtype C long terminal repeat confer superior magnitude of transcription and thereby the enhanced viral predominance

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Occurrence of enteric parasitic infections among HIV-infected individuals and its relation to CD4 T-cell counts with a special emphasis on coccidian parasites at a tertiary care centre in South India

scientific article published on January 2017

PTAP motif duplication in the p6 Gag protein confers a replication advantage on HIV-1 subtype C

scientific article published in Journal of Biological Chemistry

Performance characteristics of an instrument-free point-of-care CD4 test (VISITECT®CD4) for use in resource-limited settings

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Performance of point-of-care Xpert HIV-1 plasma viral load assay at a tertiary HIV care centre in Southern India

scientific article published on 13 September 2017

Performance of urinalysis tests in screening for significant bacteriuria among human immunodeficiency virus-infected subjects in South India

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Predicting resistance as indicator for need to switch from first-line antiretroviral therapy among patients with elevated viral loads: development of a risk score algorithm

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Pretreatment HIV Drug Resistance and HIV-1 Subtype C Are Independently Associated With Virologic Failure: Results From the Multinational PEARLS (ACTG A5175) Clinical Trial

scientific article published on 13 February 2015

Reverse transcriptase substitution at codons 208 and 228 among treatment-experienced HIV-1 subtype-C-infected Indian patients is strongly associated with thymidine analogue mutations

scientific article published on February 2012

Seroprevalence of hepatitis delta virus infection among subjects with underlying hepatic diseases in Chennai, southern India

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Serum Fibrosis Markers for the Diagnosis of Liver Disease Among People With Chronic Hepatitis C in Chennai, India

scientific article published on 23 July 2016

TB-IRIS after initiation of antiretroviral therapy is associated with expansion of preexistent Th1 responses against Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens

scientific article published on November 2013

The Hidden Burden of Dengue and Chikungunya in Chennai, India

scientific article published on 16 July 2015

The PTAP sequence duplication in HIV-1 subtype C Gag p6 in drug-naive subjects of India and South Africa

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The association between HIV-1 subtype C antiretroviral resistance and HLA prevalence in southern India

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The emerging HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men in Tamil Nadu, India: geographic diffusion and bisexual concurrency

scientific article published on October 2010

The prevalence of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infection among patients with chronic liver disease in South India

scientific article published on 5 May 2008

The safety, tolerability and effectiveness of generic antiretroviral drug regimens for HIV-infected patients in south India

scientific article published on October 17, 2003

Unusual insertion and deletion at codon 67 and 69 of HIV type 1 subtype C reverse transcriptase among first-line highly active antiretroviral treatment-failing South Indian patients: association with other resistance mutations

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Urinary infections due to multi-drug-resistant Escherichia coli among persons with HIV disease at a tertiary AIDS care centre in South India

scientific article published on 25 August 2008

Value of single acid-fast bacilli sputum smears in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in HIV-positive subjects

scientific article published on 01 December 2007

Viremia and HIV-1 drug resistance mutations among patients receiving second-line highly active antiretroviral therapy in Chennai, Southern India

scientific article published on 9 February 2012

Voucher incentives improve linkage to and retention in care among HIV-infected drug users in Chennai, India

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Wet mounting using iodine-glycerol provides a semi-permanent preparation for microscopic observation of faecal parasites

scientific article published in May 2008