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Amit Bhattacharya

Publications (3)

Emergence of the Fifth Human Malaria Parasite, Plasmodium knowlesi: A New Threat to Public Health?

Amit Bhattacharya, Shashank Kumar Maurya & Neetu Bhattacharya · Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases · 2020

Malaria, a mosquito-borne, protozoan disease is caused by a protozoan parasite of genus Plasmodium (Phylum: Apicomplexan). Four species of malaria parasites are recognized to infect humans. However, a fifth species, Plasmodium knowlesi, has been reported to show potential zoonoti...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajrid/2020/v5i430176

Burden of Malaria and Prospective Challenges in South-East Asia Region: A Review

Amit Bhattacharya & Neetu Bharti · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2015

Malaria caused 350 to 500 million clinical episodes in the year 2000 and remains the fifth most deadly infectious disease worldwide after respiratory infections, HIV/AIDS, diarrhoeal diseases, and tuberculosis. Though malaria remains a global health concern in developing nations,...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2015/18502

A Review on Drug Repurposing: A Strategy to Treat Human Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

Neetu Bhattacharya, Shashank Kumar Maurya, Sabyasachi Senapati & Amit Bhattacharya · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2020

Novel coronavirus pandemic has created a massive public health emergency causing around 1.85 million deaths world-wide till 5th January, 2021. New SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) coronavirus strain known as SARS-CoV-2 is the causative agent which infected more than 84 mi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i2130407