Publications

  1. GBD 2021 Tuberculosis Collaborators. Global, regional, and national age-specific progress towards the 2020 milestones of the WHO End TB Strategy: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet Infect Dis. 2024 Mar 19:S1473-3099(24)00007-0. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00007-0.
  2. GBD 2021 Demographics Collaborators. Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950-2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet. 2024 Mar 8:S0140-6736(24)00476-8. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00476-8.
  3. Sundaram, Divya Chaithanya; Kamala, R; Jagajeevan, N; Nair, Sanjeev. Urban Health Sector in South Kerala: Exploring the Role of Local Government Institutions. Journal of Advanced Health Research & Clinical Medicine 1(1):p 31-36, Jan–Jun 2024
  4. Chakkamadathil JK, Nair S, Chetambath R. Vitamin D levels in children with allergic rhinitis and asthma in South India: A cross-sectional study. J Adv Lung Health 2023;3:51-5
  5. Priya Rajendran, C. Padmapriyadarsini, Sanjeev Nair, S. Sivakumar, Newer TB diagnostics: An update, Indian Journal of Tuberculosis, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijtb.2023.04.019.
  6. Ying Wang,MyLinh Duong,Michael Brauer,Sumathy Rangarajan,Antonio Dans,Fernando Lanas,Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo,Thandi Puoane,Karen Yeates,Jephat Chifamba,Rita Yusuf,Zhiguang Liu,Yang Li,Lap Ah Tse,Deepa Mohan,Rajeev Gupta,Sanjeev Nair,PVM Lakshmi,Romaina Iqbal,Taniya Anto,Salim Yusuf,and Perry Hystad 2023. Household Air Pollution and Adult Lung Function Change, Respiratory Disease, and Mortality across Eleven Low- and Middle-Income Countries from the PURE Study. Environmental Health Perspectives 131:4 CID: 047015 https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP11179
  7. Prajitha KC, Babu V, Rahul A, Valamparampil MJ, Sreelakshmi PR, Nair S, et al. Combatting emerging infectious diseases from Nipah to COVID-19 in Kerala, India. Public Health Action. 2023 Mar 1;13(1):32–6.
  8. Kamala R, Ravindran RM, Krishnan RA, Nair S, Varma RP, Srilatha S, et al. Role of decentralised governance in implementing the National AIDS Control Programme in Kerala. Public Health Action. 2023 Mar 1;13(1):1–5.
  9. Rakesh PS, Nair S, Kamala R, Manu MS, Mrithunjayan SK, Valamparampil MJ, et al. Local government stewardship for TB elimination in Kerala, India. Public Health Action. 2023 Mar 1;13(1):44–50.
  10. Arjun P, Nair S, Babu V, Nair AS, Gopakumar S, Vijayakumar K, et al. Peak Flow and Mini-spirometry in the Diagnosis of Obstructive Airway Diseases. HAP J Public Health Clin Med. 2023 Jan 1;1(1):22–7.
  11. Mohan, Aparna; Indu, P.S.; Nair, Sanjeev1; Rakesh, P.S.; Saradadevi, K.L.; Rajahamsan, Jyothi. Prevalence of Tuberculosis Infection among Adults of Thiruvananthapuram District of Kerala as Measured by Interferon Gamma Release Assay – A Cross-Sectional Study. Indian Journal of Community Medicine 47(4):p 501-505, Oct–Dec 2022. 
  12. GBD 2019 LRI Collaborators. Age-sex differences in the global burden of lower respiratory infections and risk factors, 1990-2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. (Sanjeev Nair – co-author) Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 Nov;22(11):1626-1647. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00510-2. Epub 2022 Aug 11. PMID: 35964613; PMCID: PMC9605880.
  13. Local Burden of Disease Household Air Pollution Collaborators. (Sanjeev Nair – co-author) Mapping development and health effects of cooking with solid fuels in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-18: a geospatial modelling study. Lancet Glob Health. 2022 Oct;10(10):e1395-e1411. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00332-1. PMID: 36113526; PMCID: PMC9638039.
  14. Nishal, N1; Arjun, P1,; Arjun, Rajalakshmi2; Ameer, K. A.1; Nair, Sanjeev3; Mohan, Alladi4. Diagnostic yield of CBNAAT in the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis: A prospective observational study. Lung India: Sep–Oct 2022 - Volume 39 - Issue 5 - p 443-448 doi: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_165_22
  15. T.P. Sreelal, J.V. Thulaseedharan, S. Nair et al., Hypertension control in Kerala, India: A prescription-based study at primary and secondary level health care institutions, Indian Heart Journal, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2022.05.005
  16. Wang Y, Shupler M, Birch A, Chu YL, Jeronimo M, Rangarajan S, Mustaha M, Heenan L, Seron P, Saavedra N, Oliveros MJ, Lopez-Jaramillo P, Camacho PA, Otero J, Perez-Mayorga M, Yeates K, West N, Ncube T, Ncube B, Chifamba J, Yusuf R, Khan A, Liu Z, Cheng X, Wei L, Tse LA, Mohan D, Kumar P, Gupta R, Mohan I, Jayachitra KG, Mony PK, Rammohan K, Nair S, Lakshmi PVM, Sagar V, Khawaja R, Iqbal R, Kazmi K, Yusuf S, Brauer M, Hystad P; PURE-AIR study investigators. Personal and household PM2.5 and black carbon exposure measures and respiratory symptoms in 8 low- and middle-income countries. Environ Res. 2022 May 5:113430. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113430. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35526584.
  17. Surendran, Sethulekshmi1; Mohan, Ananth1; Valamparampil, Mathew Joseph1; Nair, Sanjeev2,; Balakrishnan, Sreekanth Karthikeyan1; Laila, Achu Asokan3; Reghunath, Rajesh3; Jose, Chinu3; Rajeevan, Amjith1; Vasudevakaimal, Prasannakumar3; Surendrannair, Anish Tekkumkara1; Nujum, Zinia Thajudeen4; Varghese, Sara5; Mohan, Alladi6. Spatial analysis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and its risk factors in an urban area of Trivandrum, Kerala, India, Lung India: Mar–Apr 2022 - Volume 39 - Issue 2 - p 110-115 doi: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_454_21
  18. Vaman RS, Valamparampil MJ, Nair S. Prevalence and determinants of latent tuberculosis infection among healthcare personnel in India: A scoping review. J Patient Saf Infect Control [serial online] 2021 [cited 2022 Feb 7];9:35-9. Available from: https://www.jpsiconline.com/text.asp?2021/9/2/35/337091
  19. Nair, Sharada C; Arjun, Padmanabhan; Azeez, Ameer Kavarathukudy; Nair, Sanjeev. Proportion of rapid eye movement sleep related obstructive sleep apnea (REM related OSA) in patients with sleep disordered breathing: A cross sectional study, Lung India: Jan–Feb 2022 - Volume 39 - Issue 1 - p 38-43 doi: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_64_21
  20. GBD 2019 Tuberculosis Collaborators. Global, regional, and national sex differences in the global burden of tuberculosis by HIV status, 1990-2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 Feb;22(2):222-241. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00449-7. Epub 2021 Sep 23. PMID: 34563275; PMCID: PMC8799634.
  21. Khetan AK, Leong DP, Gupta R, Zhu Y, Li S, Liu W, Kruger IM, Teo KK, Wielgosz A, Yusuf R, Noor Khan NM, Khatib R, Alhabib KF, Karsidag K, Chifamba J, Mohammadifard N, Serón P, Lopez-Jaramillo P, Orlandini A, Szuba A, Yusufali A, Nair S, Rosengren A, Yeates K, Dans AM, Iqbal R, Avezum Á, Rangarajan S, Yusuf S. Variations in the association of height with mortality, cardiovascular disease and cancer in low-, middle- and high-income countries. Int J Epidemiol. 2021 Dec 22: dyab268. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34939099.
  22. Nair C Sharada, Ravi Nivya, Padmanabhan Arjun, Nair Sanjeev, K A Ameer. Absolute Eosinophil Count as a marker to differentiate COVID-19 from other short febrile illness. Pulmon Vol 23, Issue 3, Sept – Dec 2021 – p 145-150
  23. Kiran CR, K Anitha Kumari, Sanjeev Nair, Thomas George P. Eosinophil count in COPD – Do we need different cut-offs for our population? Pulmon Vol 23, Issue 3, Sept – Dec 2021 – p 151-156
  24. Matthew Shupler, Perry Hystad, Aaron Birch, Yen Li Chu, Matthew Jeronimo, Daniel Miller-Lionberg, Paul Gustafson, Sumathy Rangarajan, Maha Mustaha, Laura Heenan, Pamela Seron, Fernando Lanas, Fairuz Cazor, Maria Jose Oliveros, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Paul A. Camacho, Johnna Otero, Maritza Perez, Karen Yeates, Nicola West, Tatenda Ncube, Brian Ncube, Jephat Chifamba, Rita Yusuf, Afreen Khan, Zhiguang Liu, Shutong Wu, Li Wei, Lap Ah Tse, Deepa Mohan, Parthiban Kumar, Rajeev Gupta, Indu Mohan, KG Jayachitra, Prem K. Mony, Kamala Rammohan, Sanjeev Nair, P.V.M. Lakshmi, Vivek Sagar, Rehman Khawaja, Romaina Iqbal, Khawar Kazmi, Salim Yusuf, Michael Brauer, Multinational prediction of household and personal exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in the PURE cohort study, Environment International, Volume 159, 2022, 107021, ISSN 0160-4120, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.107021
  25. Wang Y, Shupler M, Birch A, Chu YL, Jeronimo M, Rangarajan S, Mustaha M, Heenan L, Seron P, Lanas F, Salazar L, Saavedra N, Oliveros MJ, Lopez-Jaramillo P, Camacho PA, Otero J, Perez-Mayorga M, Yeates K, West N, Ncube T, Ncube B, Chifamba J, Yusuf R, Khan A, Liu Z, Bo H, Wei L, Tse LA, Mohan D, Kumar P, Gupta R, Mohan I, Jayachitra KG, Mony PK, Rammohan K, Nair S, Lakshmi PVM, Sagar V, Khawaja R, Iqbal R, Kazmi K, Yusuf S, Brauer M, Hystad P; PURE-AIR study investigators. Measuring and predicting personal and household Black Carbon levels from 88 communities in eight countries. Sci Total Environ. 2021 Nov 22:151849
  26. Murthy NS, Nair S, Ramya PK, et al. Drug-resistant Tuberculosis: First Line Drug Resistance Pattern among Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Strains Isolated from a Reference Laboratory in Kerala State, India. J Pure Appl Microbiol. Published on October 04, 2021. 
  27. Shabna Kader T K, Ronald Win B, Reshmi S Nair, Anil Kumar T V, Sanjeev Nair, K Anitha Kumari. Association between depression and level of asthma control. Pulmon Vol 23, Issue 2, May – Aug 2021. 98-104
  28. GBD 2019 Tobacco Collaborators. Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, The Lancet, Volume 397, Issue 10292, 2021, Pages 2337-2360, ISSN 0140-6736, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01169-7
  29. S K Jindal, J Lele, A G Ghoshal, S Nair, S Kant, A Parakh, S K Banthia, V D Nagda, P Joshi, T Masurkar, SK Joshi. Executive Summary of the Recommendations on Management of Asthma in Primary Care (2020). J Indian Med Assoc 2021; 119(2): 67-70
  30. Nair S, Murthy N. Newer molecular diagnostic tests for tuberculosis: How good are they? Where can we use them?. J Adv Lung Health 2021;1:38-40
  31. Sreekanth, Muraly C.P, Thomas George and Ok Mani. Benefits and safety of midazolam in fibroptic bronchoscopy- a cross sectional study. Int. J. Adv. Res. 8(10), 769-770
  32. Renny Issac, Muraly Cheruparambil Pengan, Amar Jayanthi Anandam. Intestinal and extra intestinal manifestations of chron’s disease- a cross sectional study. J. Evid. Based Med. Healthc., pISSN- 2349-2562, eISSN- 2349-2570/ Vol. 4/Issue 30/April 13, 2017
  33. Anjana A R, Thomas George Puthusseril, Muraly C P. Prevalence of Asthma among School Children Belonging to High and LownSocio Economic Status. JMSCR Volume 05 Issue 10 October 2017
  34. Renny Issac1, Murali Cheruparambil Pengan, Sudhiraj P S , Swathy Saji Paul,Ravindran Chirukandath. Cross sectional study on Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among medical students: Time to intervene for future. International Journal of Health and Clinical Research, 2020; 3(11):85-91
  35. Renny Issac, Muraly CP, Swathy S, Sudhiraj TS, Ravindran Chirukandath. Etiology and Outcome of Fever of Unknown Origin in a tertiary care center in South India-A prospective study. International Journal of Health and Clinical Research, 2021; 4(12):293-297
  36. Sibin Srambikkal, Parvathi Rajendran, Elizabeth Mathai, Muraly C.P.  Clinical Profile Of Obstructive Airway Disease Among Post Covid-19 Patients – A Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Academic Medicine and Pharmacy (www.academicmed.org) ISSN (O): 2687-5365; ISSN (P): 2753-6556.
  37. Ajmal N.M, Arshad Muneerudeen, Renny Issac, Muraly C.P. Clinical Profile of SecondaryHemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) - A Case Series. International Journal of Academic Medicine and Pharmacy (www.academicmed.org) ISSN (O): 2687-5365; ISSN (P): 2753-6556
  38. M.A. AndrewsBinu AreekalK.R. Rajesh,Jijith Krishnan,3R. SuryakalaBiju KrishnanC.P. Muraly, and P.V. Santhosh. First confirmed case of Covid -19 infection in India  - a case report. Indian J Med Res. 2020 May; 151(5):490-492.doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_2131_20
  39. Anjana Francis, Parvathi Rajendran, Elizabeth Mathai, Muraly CP, Thomas George P. factors affecting lung expansion and duration of tube thoracostomy in  spontaneous pneumothorax. International Journal of Academic Medicine and Pharmacy (www.academicmed.org) ISSN (O): 2687-5365; ISSN (P): 2753-6556
  40. Sadakkathulla Unais Cholasseri, Thomas George Puthusseril, Davis Paul Chelangara. Comparative Study of Pleural Fluid Culture in Standard Culture Bottle and Blood Culture Bottle for the Evaluation of Empyema. JMSCR Volume 05 Issue 08 August 2017 P; 26877-82