Mahendra M Reddy

Scopus Publications

Outbreak Investigation of Mumps in a Rural Area of Patna District of Bihar, India
Shibajee Debbarma, Nilanjan Roy, Haripriya Hari, Shreyas Patil, Akanksha Yadav, Athira Prathapan, Mahendra M. Reddy, Sanjay Pandey
Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2025
Introduction: Mumps is an acute viral infection characterized by swelling of parotid or other salivary glands. In November, 2023, a clinical case of mumps was detected during a household visit in Ajwan village, Naubatpur block, Patna, which led to the investigation to determine a possible outbreak of mumps along with its epidemiology and to implement control measures. Methodology: House-to-house survey was conducted in localities with clustering of probable cases to gather necessary data using a structured questionnaire. The team provided medications to detected cases and conducted health awareness activities. The Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme unit, Patna, was alerted, and the line list of cases was shared. Specimens collected from eight active cases were “Reactive” for Mumps IgM antibody. Results: A total of 109 houses were surveyed, and 51 cases of mumps were detected with the majority (45.0%) between 6 and 10 years of age and a higher proportion of males (51.0%). The majority (56.9%) reported bilateral parotid gland swelling. None were immunized against mumps, and isolation was practiced by only 1 (2.0%). The majority visited local pharmacy for medication (68.6%), followed by unregistered practitioner/quack (11.8%). The overall attack rate of the outbreak was 6.36%, and the highest attack rate was observed in the 6–10 years age group (23.95%). Conclusion: The outbreak investigation findings emphasize the need for health awareness drives regarding mumps and the importance of isolation. With sporadic cases and cyclical outbreaks occurring regularly in India, introduction of the two-dose schedule of Measles-Mumps-Rubella in the national immunization schedule needs to be considered along with inclusion of mumps in the list of diseases under surveillance.
Availability of anti-rabies vaccine and rabies immunoglobulin in Indian health facilities: a nationwide cross-sectional health facility survey
Navaneeth S. Krishna, Jeromie Wesley Vivian Thangaraj, Shanmugasundaram Devika, Aruna Sasi, Suganya Egambaram, D Sudha Rani, Siraj Ahmed Khan, Anitha Delli, Ashok Kumar Srivastava, Ayush Mishra, Basavaraj Shrinivasa, Chandhini Pandiyan, Devendra Gour, Debjani Ram Purakayastha, Nirmal Verma, Parul Sharma, Ravinder Kumar Soni, Sabarinatha Ramasamy, Sreelakshmi Mohandas K, Subrata Baidya, Tanveer Rehman, Vijay V. Yeldandi, Akashdeep Singh, Aswathy Sreedevi, Babasaheb V. Tandale, Chokkalingam Durairajan, Hemant Mahajan, Kamlesh Jain, Mahendra M. Reddy, Manju Toppo, Nitinkumar Valjibhai Solanki, Pramit Ghosh, Shaili Vyas, Shampa Das, Subrata Kumar Palo, Venela Prasanth, Atefh Ali, Viswanath Guru Bathin, Dinesh Kumar Sahu, G.P. Sabitha Rani, Major Madhukar, Kamran Zaman, Krishna Pandey, M Punnam Chander, Rajni Kant, Reshmi Ann Varkey, Sanghamitra Pati, Shailendra Agarwal, Srashti Panwar, Vishnu B. Menon, Raman Swathy Vaman, Anoop Velayudhan, Sam Joy, Manju Rahi, Manoj V. Murhekar
Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia, 2025
Background: Ensuring the uninterrupted availability of the anti-rabies vaccine (ARV) and rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) in health facilities is crucial to achieve the global target of zero dog-mediated human rabies deaths by 2030. This study aimed to estimate the availability of ARV and RIG across health facilities in India. Methods: We conducted a nationwide health facility-based, cross-sectional study across 60 districts selected by multistage probability sampling from 15 Indian states. In each district, we selected nine health facilities. We interviewed staff involved in the rabies control program in each of the selected health facilities, and abstracted and physically validated information on the availability of ARV and RIG. Findings: Of the 534 health facilities surveyed, 467 (87.5%) were public sector health facilities. ARV was available in 372 (79.7%, 95% CI: 75.7%-83.2%) public sector health facilities, ranging from 60.0% to 93.2% in different geographic regions. Availability of ARV was lowest in Urban Primary Healthcare Centres (UPHCs) (58.9%, 95% CI: 45.0%-71.9%). RIG was available in 95 (20.3%, 95% CI: 16.8%-24.3%) public sector health facilities, with the highest availability in southern states (27/88, 30.7%). The availability of RIG ranged from 1.8% (95% CI: 16.8%-24.3%) in UPHCs to 69.2% (95% CI: 48.2%-85.7%) in medical college hospitals. Interpretation: Considerable geographic and facility-level variations exist in the availability of ARV and RIG across India. Bridging the gap in the availability of ARV and RIG should be prioritised to achieve the goal of zero-dog-mediated human rabies deaths by 2030. Funding: Indian Council of Medical Research.
Estimates of the burden of human rabies deaths and animal bites in India, 2022–23: a community-based cross-sectional survey and probability decision-tree modelling study
Jeromie Wesley Vivian Thangaraj, Navaneeth S Krishna, Shanmugasundaram Devika, Suganya Egambaram, Sudha Rani Dhanapal, Siraj Ahmed Khan, Ashok Kumar Srivastava, Ayush Mishra, Basavaraj Shrinivasa, Devendra Gour, Major Madhukar, Nirmal Verma, Parul Sharma, Ravinder Kumar Soni, Sabarinathan Ramasamy, Sreelakshmi Mohandas, Subrata Baidya, Tanveer Rehman, Vijay V Yeldandi, Akashdeep Singh, Aswathy Sreedevi, Babasaheb V Tandale, Debjani Ram Purakayastha, Mahendra M Reddy, Manju Toppo, Nitinkumar Valjibhai Solanki, Pramit Ghosh, Prashant Jaiswal, Shaili Vyas, Shampa Das, Subrata Kumar Palo, Venela Prasanth, Amanda G A Rozario, Chokkalingam Durairajan, Anitha Delli, Aruna Sasi, Chandhini Pandiyan, Doddabale Hanumanthaiah Ashwathnarayana, Sam Joy, Srikrishna Isloor, Mysore Kalappa Sudarshan, Manju Rahi, Manoj V Murhekar, Deepak B Patil, Raja Paramasivam, Rajesh Raghunath Pharande, Karam Pal Singh, Swapna Susan Abraham, Aparna Sujatha, Parthiban Manoharan, Dhinakar Raj Gopal, Sheela Saly T George, Kamran Zaman, Krishna Pandey, Neha Singh, Manda Punam Chander, Sanghamitra Pati, Srashti Singh, Vishnu B Menon, Viswanath Guru Bathini, Atefh Ali, Hemant Mahajan, Kamalesh Jain, Rajni Kant, Reshmi Ann Varkey, Sabitha Rani Gandhamalla, Prabakaran Chinnappan, Gopinath Ramakrishnan, Ashok Kumar Paparaju, Suresh Arunachalam, Augustine Duraisamy, Ramu Kannniyappan, Sathish Kumar Karunakaran, Afeeq K, Aparna Kumarababu, Suresh Arumugam
Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2025
Prevalence of Severe Malnourishment Among Under-Five Children in a Rural Cohort of Eastern India
Ayush Mishra, Mahendra M. Reddy, Kamran Zaman
Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2024
Effectiveness of Group Health Education on “Perceived Stress” among High-School Children of Kolar: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Anandu Suresh, Mahendra M Reddy, Prasanna B T Kamath
Indian Journal of Public Health, 2024
BACKGROUND Adolescents are exposed to various psycho-physiological stressors due to rapid changes in their bodies along with increased academic pressure, peer pressure, and pressures from other sources of society. Group health education sessions in schools could have a positive outcome in not only the way they perceive stress but also tackle it efficiently. OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to assess the effectiveness of group health education intervention on "perceived stress" among the high school children of Kolar. MATERIALS AND METHODS An open-label cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted among high school students (8th, 9th, and 10th standard) in selected English Medium Schools of Kolar Taluk. The study was conducted in three phases spanning 5 months of duration. Phase I included baseline data collection wherein "perceived stress" level was captured using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) 10 questionnaire. Phase II was the interventional phase in the form of group health education sessions. Phase III was end-line assessment. RESULTS Before the intervention, 6.2%, 92.4%, and 1.5% of the students had mild, moderate, and severe stress, respectively, in the intervention group. After the intervention in the intervention group, about 57.9% had mild stress, 42.1% had moderate stress, and none had severe stress. The difference in difference analysis (DID) showed that the mean PSS scores in the intervention group changed by -8.84 while in the control group by 0.40. CONCLUSION Group health education delivered was effective in reducing the perceived stress levels among high school children and it is a feasible and acceptable intervention for stress in school-going adolescent children.
Seroprevalence of diphtheria IgG antibodies among 5–20 years old in diphtheria affected regions during 2018–19: Evidence in support of the revised National Vaccine Policy for diphtheria in India
Bindu R. Madhavi, Anitha Deva, Mahendra M. Reddy, P.M. Beena, S.N. Vijay Kumar
Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 2024
BackgroundDiphtheria continues to be a public health problem in India as it is re-emerging in several regions of the country. In recent times, apart from preschool-aged children, diphtheria outbreaks are seen to affect older children and adults. The present study was conducted to determine the immunity against diphtheria antitoxin among the 5–20 years age group in a population from diphtheria-affected regions of Kolar.MethodsThis facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted in six diphtheria-affected regions of Kolar district, Karnataka, India among the population aged between five and 20 years from June 2018 to December 2019. A total of 337 participants who sought health care from the primary health centres were included in the study and the IgG antibody titres against diphtheria were estimated by using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Chi-square test was done to see the association of variables with antibody titres to diphtheria.ResultsIn the present study, among the 337 study participants; 53.7 % of the participants had full protection, 35.6 % had basic protection and 10.7 % did not have any protection and were susceptible to diphtheria. None of the study participants had reliable long-term protection against diphtheria (>1.0 IU/ML).ConclusionAbout half of the study participants from the diphtheria-affected regions belonged to the susceptible category and the basic protection category. Only 53.7 % of the participants showed full protection against diphtheria. This strongly advocates for the changes made in the National Vaccine Policy in India for the adoption of booster doses of vaccination against diphtheria in the population.
Duration of seroprotection of the live attenuated SA-14-14-2 Japanese encephalitis vaccine in children in India
L Preethi, M S Alina, Lakshmi Chandran, S Asvin, M Jagadeesan, T M Vijayakumar, V Chitra, Ashok Kumar Pandey, Mahendra M Reddy, Brij Ranjan Misra, Rajni Kant, Prudhvi Lal Bhukya, Gururaj Rao Deshpande, Priya Abraham, Gajanan Sapkal, Kamran Zaman
Journal of Travel Medicine, 2023
Background Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) is a major public health concern in India, and the Japanese Encephalitis (JE) virus is the most common cause of viral encephalitis in Asia affecting children under the age of 15 years. In India, despite the introduction of the JE vaccine (SA-14-14-2) in the immunization programme, JE continues to account for 15–20% of AES cases to date. This study evaluates the immunogenicity of live attenuated SA-14-14-2 JE vaccine in terms of persistence of the humoral response after two doses. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among 266 children belonging to one of the JE endemic regions of Uttar Pradesh, India. Blood samples were taken from children (2–10 years) and grouped according to the duration (in years) after two doses of the vaccine (5 groups with a class interval of 2 years). Informed written consent was obtained from the parents/guardians. All the samples collected were tested for the presence of anti-JEV-specific IgG antibodies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and further confirmed by micro neutralization test (MNT) and immunofluorescence assays. Results Of the 266 samples tested by ELISA for anti-JEV-specific IgG antibodies, 260 (97.74%) were negative and 6 (2.26%) were equivocal. The geometric mean immune status ratio across the five groups, 0–2 years (n = 59), 2–4 years (n = 73), 4–6 years (n = 65), 6–8 years (n = 48) and 8–10 years (n = 21) post-two doses of SA-14-14-2 JE vaccine was 1.143, 1.059, 1.138, 1.075 and 1.130, respectively, and the geometric mean titre obtained from MNT across the five groups was 10.77, 8.400, 8.453, 9.517 and 9.674, respectively. Conclusion The study showed a decreasing trend of anti-JEV specific IgG antibody titres across the five groups based on the duration following two doses of SA-14-14-2 vaccine. The results emphasize the significance of booster doses of vaccine for children living in endemic areas.
Facilitators and barriers to the uptake of COVID-19 vaccine precaution dose among adult population: qualitative analysis across six different states of India
Sheela Godbole, Vishal Diwan, Saibal Das, Mahendra M. Reddy, Madhanraj Kalyanasundaram, Dilipkumar Rajendran, Dipankar Biswas, Megha Mamulwar, Rajnarayan R. Tiwari, Joydeep Majumder, Ayush Mishra, Santhosh Kumar Muthusamy, M. Memeenao, Nivedita Gupta, Swati Gupta, Leyanna Susan George, Prajakta Kadale, Tanwi Trushna, Indranil Saha, Umaer Alam, Jeyashree Kathiresan, Sanjib Kumar Phukan, Suvarna Sane, Kalyan Bhowmik, Girijesh Kumar Yadav, Vinaykumar Krishnamurthy, Punananda Gogoi, Kedar Padhye, Rajni Kant, Pramit Ghosh, Mahesh Kharat, Aditi Kulkarni
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionIndia launched the COVID-19 vaccination drive on 16th January 2021 by vaccinating the adult population above 18 years of age. This was followed by the introduction of an additional precaution dose. As on 18th October 2022, 1,02,66,96,808 (1.02 Billion) first dose and 94, 95, 39,516 (949 Million) second doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered. However, when compared to the uptake of the primary doses, the precaution dose uptake lagged behind with only 21,75, 12,721 (217 million) doses administered. Even though, the uptake of the primary doses remained optimal, irrespective of different interventions by the Government of India, the uptake of the precaution dose remained poor. In this context, the Ministry of Health &amp; Family Welfare wanted to understand the facilitators and Barriers for precaution dose uptake among adults so that future immunization campaigns could address these issues.MethodsAn exploratory qualitative study was conducted to assess the facilitators and barriers for COVID-19 precaution dose uptake at community level across 6 different states in India. From each of the states, two districts with the highest and lowest rates of COVID-19 vaccine precaution dose uptake were selected. In each of these districts, 2 block Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs), one with high and one with low uptake were identified. Within these block PHCs, a PHC field area with high and low precaution dose uptakes was identified. From the identified sites a minimum of four IDIs, four FGDs were conducted among the community members. KIIs of the State Immunization Officers, District Immunisation Officers, PHC Medical Officers, healthcare workers like Accredited Social Health Activist/Auxiliary Nurse Midwife were also conducted. The data was audio recorded and it was transcribed, translated and analysed using framework approach.ResultsIt was observed that rise in COVID-19 cases prompted the community to take the precaution dose, this along with the cost of hospitalization and the number of productive days being lost as a result of being infected resulted in vaccine uptake. The fear of non-availability of COVID-19 vaccines latter on also prompted people for vaccine uptake. While the barriers were, poor accessibility to vaccination centers, long hours of travel, poor road connectivity and lack of transportation facilities. However, the most prominent barriers observed across all study sites was that a sense of pandemic fatigue and complacency had developed both among the providers as well as the beneficiaries. Other barriers include differences in vaccination schedules and longer duration between the primary doses of some vaccines. Media was identified to be both a barrier and facilitator for Covid-19 Precaution dose uptake. Even though media played an important role in disseminating information in the beginning of the campaign, it was soon followed by the circulation of both misinformation and disinformation.DiscussionThe study identified that dissemination of accurate information and community involvement at each stage of planning and implementation are crucial for the success of any campaign. Efforts should be constantly made to address and re-invent strategies that will be most suitable for the needs of the community. Therefore, in order to ensure successful vaccination campaigns, it is crucial that along with political will it is also important to have a decentralized approach with inter-sectoral coordination with different stakeholders such as healthcare workers, community members and the different departments such as the local self-governments, education department, law &amp; order department etc. These lessons learnt from COVID-19 vaccination campaigns must not be forgotten and must be applied in future vaccination campaigns and while framing public health policies.
Omicron BA.2 lineage predominance in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 positive cases during the third wave in North India
Kamran Zaman, Anita M. Shete, Shailendra Kumar Mishra, Abhinendra Kumar, Mahendra M. Reddy, Rima R. Sahay, Shailendra Yadav, Triparna Majumdar, Ashok K. Pandey, Gaurav Raj Dwivedi, Hirawati Deval, Rajeev Singh, Sthita Pragnya Behera, Niraj Kumar, Savita Patil, Ashish Kumar, Manisha Dudhmal, Yash Joshi, Aishwarya Shukla, Pranita Gawande, Asif Kavathekar, Nalin Kumar, Vijay Kumar, Kamlesh Kumar, Ravi Shankar Singh, Manoj Kumar, Shashikant Tiwari, Ajay Verma, Pragya D. Yadav, Rajni Kant
Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
BackgroundRecent studies on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) reveal that Omicron variant BA.1 and sub-lineages have revived the concern over resistance to antiviral drugs and vaccine-induced immunity. The present study aims to analyze the clinical profile and genome characterization of the SARS-CoV-2 variant in eastern Uttar Pradesh (UP), North India.MethodsWhole-genome sequencing (WGS) was conducted for 146 SARS-CoV-2 samples obtained from individuals who tested coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) positive between the period of 1 January 2022 and 24 February 2022, from three districts of eastern UP. The details regarding clinical and hospitalized status were captured through telephonic interviews after obtaining verbal informed consent. A maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree was created for evolutionary analysis using MEGA7.ResultsThe mean age of study participants was 33.9 ± 13.1 years, with 73.5% accounting for male patients. Of the 98 cases contacted by telephone, 30 (30.6%) had a travel history (domestic/international), 16 (16.3%) reported having been infected with COVID-19 in past, 79 (80.6%) had symptoms, and seven had at least one comorbidity. Most of the sequences belonged to the Omicron variant, with BA.1 (6.2%), BA.1.1 (2.7%), BA.1.1.1 (0.7%), BA.1.1.7 (5.5%), BA.1.17.2 (0.7%), BA.1.18 (0.7%), BA.2 (30.8%), BA.2.10 (50.7%), BA.2.12 (0.7%), and B.1.617.2 (1.3%) lineages. BA.1 and BA.1.1 strains possess signature spike mutations S:A67V, S:T95I, S:R346K, S:S371L, S:G446S, S:G496S, S:T547K, S:N856K, and S:L981F, and BA.2 contains S:V213G, S:T376A, and S:D405N. Notably, ins214EPE (S1- N-Terminal domain) mutation was found in a significant number of Omicron BA.1 and sub-lineages. The overall Omicron BA.2 lineage was observed in 79.5% of women and 83.2% of men.ConclusionThe current study showed a predominance of the Omicron BA.2 variant outcompeting the BA.1 over a period in eastern UP. Most of the cases had a breakthrough infection following the recommended two doses of vaccine with four in five cases being symptomatic. There is a need to further explore the immune evasion properties of the Omicron variant.
Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Salivary Gland: Long Term Outcomes from a Tertiary Cancer Center in India
Rohith Singareddy, Harjot Kaur Bajwa, Mahendra M. Reddy, Krishnam Raju Alluri, K. V. V. N. Raju, T. Subramanyeshwar Rao, L. M. Chandrashekara Rao
Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, 2022
To analyze the patterns of failure and factors affecting recurrence and overall survival in mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the salivary gland. The hospital records were retrospectively analyzed from October 2010 to January 2016. Patients diagnosed as mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the salivary gland were eligible for analysis. All patients received surgery as the primary treatment modality with or without post operative radiotherapy. Statistical analysis for factors affecting recurrence was done by cox regression analysis and p value less than 0.05 was considered significant. A total of 116 patients were diagnosed to have malignant salivary gland tumors of which 69 were mucoepidermoid carcinomas (69.5%). The median age was 43 years (8–75 years). Majority of the tumors occurred in major salivary glands gland (77%). 51% patients were females. Most common stage was stage II (36%) followed by stage I (27.5%), stage IV (20.3%) and stage III (16%). High grade carcinomas comprised 34.8%, intermediate grade 30.4% and low grade 34.8%. 36 patients (52.2%) received adjuvant radiotherapy (60 Gy in 30 fractions). At a median follow up of 42 months (8–70 months), 8 (11.6%) patients died (7 cancer related and 1 noncancer related). The locoregional recurrence rate was 4.3% whereas the distant metastasis rate was 11.6%. Most common site of distant metastasis was lung. The mean disease free survival time was 61.4 months and the mean overall survival was 62 months. On univariate analysis, age < 50 years, node positive, presence of PNI, high grade, presence of LVI and local recurrence were significant factors for distant metastasis ( p < 0.05). On multivariate analysis, high grade, presence of LVI and local recurrence were significant factors for distant metastasis ( p < 0.05). Mucoepidermoid carcinomas of salivary gland have good long term local control and overall survival. Majority of the recurrences are distant metastasis. High grade, LVI and local recurrence are significant risk factors for distant relapse.
COVID-19 transmission among vaccinated laboratory workers during the second wave in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India
Niraj Kumar, Brij Ranjan Misra, Mahendra M. Reddy, Hirawati Deval, Kamran Zaman, Rajni Kant
Journal of Medical Virology, 2022
'Perceptions' and 'practices' to antibiotic usage among diabetic patients receiving care from a rural tertiary care center: A mixed-methods study
Manjunath Inchara, Mahendra M Reddy, Nagesh Ramya
Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2022
Health Seeking Behaviour and Healthcare Utilization in a Rural Cohort of North India
Rajaram Yadav, Kamran Zaman, Ayush Mishra, Mahendra M. Reddy, Prem Shankar, Priyanka Yadav, Kaushik Kumar, Rajni Kant
Healthcare Switzerland, 2022
Prevalence, Associated Factors, and Health Expenditures of Noncommunicable Disease Multimorbidity—Findings From Gorakhpur Health and Demographic Surveillance System
Mahendra M. Reddy, Kamran Zaman, Rajaram Yadav, Priyanka Yadav, Kaushik Kumar, Rajni Kant
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
Prevalence of psychological morbidity and its correlates among school-going adolescents of urban Puducherry, India
MANIKANDAN SRINIVASAN, K.C. PREMARAJAN, MAHENDRA M. REDDY, VIKAS MENON, S. GANESH KUMAR
National Medical Journal of India, 2022
Awareness, practices, and myths related to coronavirus disease-19 among rural people in Kolar District, South India: A community-based mixed-methods study
Surahalli J Naresh, Mahendra M Reddy, Ravishankar Suryanarayana, Ananta Bhattacharyya, Prasanna B T Kamath
Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2022
Differences in age distribution in first and second waves of COVID-19 in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India
Mahendra M. Reddy, Kamran Zaman, Shailendra Kumar Mishra, Priyanka Yadav, Rajni Kant
Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome Clinical Research and Reviews, 2021
Bacterial colonization of intensive care unit environment and healthcare workers in a tertiary care hospital in Kolar Region, India
R. Kalyani, N. Arvind, N. Suresh Kumar, Mahendra M Reddy, K. Dinesh
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2021
'Perceived stress' and its associated factors among diabetic patients receiving care from a rural tertiary health care center in South India
MahendraM Reddy, GowshikM Siddharthan, BagepallyN Sunil
Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2021
Dosimetric predictors of acute bone marrow toxicity in carcinoma cervix — experience from a tertiary cancer centre in India
Rohith Singareddy, Harjot Kaur Bajwa, Mahendra M. Reddy
Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy, 2021
To start or to complete?–Challenges in implementing tuberculosis preventive therapy among people living with HIV: a mixed-methods study from Karnataka, India
Mahendra M. Reddy, Pruthu Thekkur, Nagesh Ramya, Prasanna B. T. Kamath, Suresh G. Shastri, Ravi B. N. Kumar, Palanivel Chinnakali, Abhay S. Nirgude, Chethana Rangaraju, Narasimhaiah Somashekar, Ajay M. V. Kumar
Global Health Action, 2020
Quit attempts among tobacco users identified in the Tamil Nadu Tobacco Survey of 2015/2016: A 3 year follow-up mixed methods study
Surendran Veeraiah, Vidhubala Elangovan, Jaya Prasad Tripathy, Arvind Krishnamurthy, Tanu Anand, Mahendra M Reddy, Revathy Sudhakar, Niraimathi K, Divyarajprabhakar Subramani, Swaminathan Rajaraman, Hemanth Raj Elluswami, Abhay Nirgude
BMJ Open, 2020
Comparison of two Anti Snake Venom protocols in hemotoxic snake bite: A randomized trial
Pramod Sagar, Chanaveerappa Bammigatti, Tamilarasu Kadhiravan, K.T Harichandrakumar, Rathinam Palamalai Swaminathan, Mahendra M Reddy
Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 2020
Depression, Anxiety, and Stress among Rural South Indian Women-Prevalence and Correlates: A Community-Based Study
Manikandan Srinivasan, Mahendra M. Reddy, Sonali Sarkar, Vikas Menon
Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, 2020
Opportunistic screening for diabetes mellitus and hypertension in primary care settings in Karnataka, India: A few steps forward but still some way to go
Pracheth Raghuveer, Tanu Anand, Jaya Prasad Tripathy, Abhay Subhashrao Nirgude, Mahendra M. Reddy, Subhashree Nandy, Habeena Shaira, Poonam Ramesh Naik
F1000research, 2020
Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE): Relevance and Feasibility of an Objective Way of Student’s Assessment in Community Medicine
National Journal of Community Medicine, 2019
Unconditional probability of dying and age-specific mortality rate because of major non-communicable diseases in India: Time trends from 2001 to 2013
SS Kar, MM Reddy
Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, 2019
Preoperative chemoradiation in carcinoma esophagus: Experience from a tertiary cancer center in India
HarjotKaur Bajwa, Rohith Singareddy, MahendraM Reddy, KrishnamA Raju, SubramanyeshwarT Rao, SenthilJ Rajappa
Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology, 2018
Clinical and microbiological profile of patients with acute febrile illness attending a tertiary care hospital in South India
N Arvind, K Prabhakar, N Savitha, M Mahendra
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2018
Perception of patient safety culture among health-care providers in a Tertiary Care Hospital, South India
Adhisakthi Rajalatchumi, ThanjavurS Ravikumar, Kaliaperumal Muruganandham, Mahalakshmy Thulasingam, Kalaiselvi Selvaraj, MahendraM Reddy, Balachander Jayaraman
Journal of Natural Science Biology and Medicine, 2018
Treatment optimization in newly diagnosed hypertensives using WHO/ISH cardiovascular risk prediction chart: Findings from 'Great Indian BP Survey', Puducherry
Santhosh Satheesh, Sitanshu Sekhar Kar, Kariyarath Cheriyath Premarajan, Srikanta Kanungo, Mahendra M Reddy, Thiruchengodu Ammaiyappan Subathra, Balachander Jayaraman
Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research, 2017
Comment on "Budding adult hypertensives with modifiable risk factors: Catch them young"
Kalaiselvi Selvaraj, MahendraM Reddy, Manikandan Srinivasan
Journal of Family and Community Medicine, 2017
Comment on: Social anxiety disorder in Saudi adolescent boys: Prevalence, subtypes, and parenting styles as a risk factor
Kalaiselvi Selvaraj, Manikandan Srinivasan, Pruthu Thekkur, MahendraM Reddy
Journal of Family and Community Medicine, 2016
Community medicine teaching for paramedical courses in India: Does the curriculum for medical laboratory technology course need a revision?
Sonali Sarkar, MahendraM Reddy, Kalaiselvi Selvaraj, Subitha Lakshminarayanan
Education for Health Change in Learning and Practice, 2016
Attack rate and household secondary attack rate of acute conjunctivitis during an outbreak in South India: A community-based survey
SitanshuSekhar Kar, Pruthu Thekkur, MahendraM Reddy, BijayaNanda Naik, L Subitha
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2016

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