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G Balakrish Nair

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1 Cholera. Lancet 2004 10.22
2 Evidence for several waves of global transmission in the seventh cholera pandemic. Nature 2011 5.62
3 Comparative genomics reveals mechanism for short-term and long-term clonal transitions in pandemic Vibrio cholerae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 4.80
4 Efficacy and safety of a modified killed-whole-cell oral cholera vaccine in India: an interim analysis of a cluster-randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet 2009 3.97
5 Evolution of new variants of Vibrio cholerae O1. Trends Microbiol 2009 3.75
6 Seasonal epidemics of cholera inversely correlate with the prevalence of environmental cholera phages. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 3.62
7 A 4-year study of the epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae in four rural areas of Bangladesh. J Infect Dis 2002 3.27
8 Critical factors influencing the occurrence of Vibrio cholerae in the environment of Bangladesh. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005 3.17
9 Environmental signatures associated with cholera epidemics. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 3.05
10 5 year efficacy of a bivalent killed whole-cell oral cholera vaccine in Kolkata, India: a cluster-randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet Infect Dis 2013 2.82
11 Self-limiting nature of seasonal cholera epidemics: Role of host-mediated amplification of phage. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 2.80
12 Development and validation of a mismatch amplification mutation PCR assay to monitor the dissemination of an emerging variant of Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor. Microbiol Immunol 2008 2.62
13 Genetic diversity and virulence potential of environmental Vibrio cholerae population in a cholera-endemic area. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004 2.59
14 Transmissibility of cholera: in vivo-formed biofilms and their relationship to infectivity and persistence in the environment. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 2.54
15 Cholera in India: an analysis of reports, 1997-2006. Bull World Health Organ 2010 2.52
16 Genome sequence of hybrid Vibrio cholerae O1 MJ-1236, B-33, and CIRS101 and comparative genomics with V. cholerae. J Bacteriol 2010 2.50
17 Viable but nonculturable Vibrio cholerae O1 in biofilms in the aquatic environment and their role in cholera transmission. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 1.89
18 Genomic analysis of the Mozambique strain of Vibrio cholerae O1 reveals the origin of El Tor strains carrying classical CTX prophage. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 1.84
19 Emergence and evolution of Vibrio cholerae O139. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003 1.83
20 Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae in the aquatic environment of Mathbaria, Bangladesh. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006 1.81
21 Efficacy of a low-cost, inactivated whole-cell oral cholera vaccine: results from 3 years of follow-up of a randomized, controlled trial. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2011 1.73
22 Seasonal cholera from multiple small outbreaks, rural Bangladesh. Emerg Infect Dis 2008 1.70
23 Prevalence of the pandemic genotype of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and significance of its distribution across different serotypes. J Clin Microbiol 2002 1.70
24 Molecular epidemiology of O139 Vibrio cholerae: mutation, lateral gene transfer, and founder flush. Emerg Infect Dis 2003 1.67
25 Seasonal cholera caused by Vibrio cholerae serogroups O1 and O139 in the coastal aquatic environment of Bangladesh. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006 1.65
26 Peruvian Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor strains possess a distinct region in the Vibrio seventh pandemic island-II that differentiates them from the prototype seventh pandemic El Tor strains. J Med Microbiol 2009 1.64
27 Role of active efflux in association with target gene mutations in fluoroquinolone resistance in clinical isolates of Vibrio cholerae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2002 1.63
28 Biotyping of Vibrio cholerae O1: time to redefine the scheme. Indian J Med Res 2008 1.58
29 Epidemiological study of Vibrio cholerae using variable number of tandem repeats. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2008 1.57
30 Comparative genomic analysis of Vibrio parahaemolyticus: serotype conversion and virulence. BMC Genomics 2011 1.56
31 Genetic characteristics of Matlab variants of Vibrio cholerae O1 that are hybrids between classical and El Tor biotypes. J Med Microbiol 2006 1.55
32 Evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic dipstick kit for diagnosis of cholera emphasizes its outbreak utility. Jpn J Infect Dis 2010 1.52
33 Cholera between 1991 and 1997 in Mexico was associated with infection by classical, El Tor, and El Tor variants of Vibrio cholerae. J Clin Microbiol 2010 1.47
34 Pandemic serovars (O3:K6 and O4:K68) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus associated with diarrhea in Mozambique: spread of the pandemic into the African continent. J Clin Microbiol 2005 1.46
35 Antimicrobial activity of curcumin against Helicobacter pylori isolates from India and during infections in mice. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2009 1.45
36 Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) analysis of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor isolates from Mozambique that harbour the classical CTX prophage. J Med Microbiol 2006 1.44
37 Diagnostic limitations to accurate diagnosis of cholera. J Clin Microbiol 2010 1.43
38 Multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor strains harbouring classical toxin B. J Med Microbiol 2010 1.42
39 RS1 element of Vibrio cholerae can propagate horizontally as a filamentous phage exploiting the morphogenesis genes of CTXphi. Infect Immun 2002 1.38
40 Diverse CTX phages among toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 strains isolated between 1994 and 2002 in an area where cholera is endemic in Bangladesh. J Clin Microbiol 2004 1.37
41 Reemergence of epidemic Vibrio cholerae O139, Bangladesh. Emerg Infect Dis 2003 1.36
42 Molecular ecology of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae. Microbiol Immunol 2002 1.34
43 Vibrio cholerae O1 strains are facultative intracellular bacteria, able to survive and multiply symbiotically inside the aquatic free-living amoeba Acanthamoeba castellanii. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2007 1.34
44 Class I integrons and SXT elements in El Tor strains isolated before and after 1992 Vibrio cholerae O139 outbreak, Calcutta, India. Emerg Infect Dis 2003 1.34
45 Escalating association of Vibrio cholerae O139 with cholera outbreaks in India. J Clin Microbiol 2002 1.33
46 Acquisition of classical CTX prophage from Vibrio cholerae O141 by El Tor strains aided by lytic phages and chitin-induced competence. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 1.31
47 Molecular analysis of the rstR and orfU genes of the CTX prophages integrated in the small chromosomes of environmental Vibrio cholerae non-O1, non-O139 strains. Environ Microbiol 2006 1.27
48 Diarrheagenic pathogens in polymicrobial infections. Emerg Infect Dis 2011 1.22
49 Genetic relatedness of ciprofloxacin-resistant Shigella dysenteriae type 1 strains isolated in south Asia. J Antimicrob Chemother 2004 1.22
50 Adaptive and inflammatory immune responses in patients infected with strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus. J Infect Dis 2003 1.21
51 Isolation of Shigella dysenteriae type 1 and S. flexneri strains from surface waters in Bangladesh: comparative molecular analysis of environmental Shigella isolates versus clinical strains. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002 1.20
52 DNA-level characterization of Helicobacter pylori strains from patients with overt disease and with benign infections in Bangladesh. J Clin Microbiol 2003 1.18
53 Virulence genes in Helicobacter pylori strains from West Bengal residents with overt H. pylori-associated disease and healthy volunteers. J Clin Microbiol 2002 1.17
54 Antibiotic resistance, virulence gene, and molecular profiles of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolates from diverse sources in Calcutta, India. J Clin Microbiol 2002 1.17
55 CTXphi-independent production of the RS1 satellite phage by Vibrio cholerae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003 1.15
56 Development and evaluation of a PCR assay for tracking the emergence and dissemination of Haitian variant ctxB in Vibrio cholerae O1 strains isolated from Kolkata, India. J Clin Microbiol 2012 1.13
57 Comparative genomics of clinical and environmental Vibrio mimicus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010 1.13
58 Genomic relatedness of the new Matlab variants of Vibrio cholerae O1 to the classical and El Tor biotypes as determined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. J Clin Microbiol 2005 1.13
59 Quorum-regulated biofilms enhance the development of conditionally viable, environmental Vibrio cholerae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010 1.09
60 An improved technique for isolation of environmental Vibrio cholerae with epidemic potential: monitoring the emergence of a multiple-antibiotic-resistant epidemic strain in Bangladesh. J Infect Dis 2006 1.08
61 Herd protection by a bivalent killed whole-cell oral cholera vaccine in the slums of Kolkata, India. Clin Infect Dis 2013 1.08
62 Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolated from surface water in urban and rural areas of Bangladesh. J Clin Microbiol 2005 1.08
63 New-generation vaccines against cholera. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2011 1.08
64 Pathogenic potential of environmental Vibrio cholerae strains carrying genetic variants of the toxin-coregulated pilus pathogenicity island. Infect Immun 2003 1.07
65 Multiplex PCR assay for rapid detection and genotyping of Helicobacter pylori directly from biopsy specimens. J Clin Microbiol 2004 1.07
66 Species-specific identification of Vibrio fluvialis by PCR targeted to the conserved transcriptional activation and variable membrane tether regions of the toxR gene. J Med Microbiol 2006 1.06
67 Multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar typhi isolates with high-level resistance to ciprofloxacin in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2006 1.06
68 Genetic organization of pre-CTX and CTX prophages in the genome of an environmental Vibrio cholerae non-O1, non-O139 strain. Microbiology 2006 1.05
69 An inducible lambdoid prophage encoding cytolethal distending toxin (Cdt-I) and a type III effector protein in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 1.04
70 Vibrio cholerae O1 clinical strains isolated in 1992 in Kolkata with progenitor traits of the 2004 Mozambique variant. J Med Microbiol 2009 1.04
71 Antimicrobial susceptibility of Helicobacter pylori strains isolated in Bangladesh. J Clin Microbiol 2004 1.03
72 Classification of hybrid and altered Vibrio cholerae strains by CTX prophage and RS1 element structure. J Microbiol 2010 1.03
73 Genetics of stress adaptation and virulence in toxigenic Vibrio cholerae. DNA Cell Biol 2004 1.02
74 Oral cholera vaccines--a call for action. Indian J Med Res 2010 1.02
75 Emergence and genetic diversity of El Tor Vibrio cholerae O1 that possess classical biotype ctxB among travel-associated cases of cholera in Japan. J Med Microbiol 2010 1.01
76 Population structure and evolution of non-O1/non-O139 Vibrio cholerae by multilocus sequence typing. PLoS One 2013 1.00
77 Prevalence, serotype distribution, antibiotic susceptibility and genetic profiles of mesophilic Aeromonas species isolated from hospitalized diarrhoeal cases in Kolkata, India. J Med Microbiol 2004 0.98
78 Detection, isolation, and identification of Vibrio cholerae from the environment. Curr Protoc Microbiol 2006 0.98
79 Vibrio cholerae non-O1, non-O139 serogroups and cholera-like diarrhea, Kolkata, India. Emerg Infect Dis 2013 0.98
80 Distribution of the usp gene in uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from companion animals and correlation with serotypes and size-variations of the pathogenicity island. Microbiol Immunol 2003 0.97
81 Genetic characteristics and changing antimicrobial resistance among Shigella spp. isolated from hospitalized diarrhoeal patients in Kolkata, India. J Med Microbiol 2011 0.96
82 Association of cytolethal distending toxin locus cdtB with enteropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from patients with acute diarrhea in Calcutta, India. J Clin Microbiol 2003 0.96
83 Antibiotic resistance and genetic diversity of Shigella sonnei isolated from patients with diarrhoea between 1999 and 2003 in Bangladesh. J Med Microbiol 2006 0.96
84 Incidence and molecular analysis of Vibrio cholerae associated with cholera outbreak subsequent to the super cyclone in Orissa, India. Epidemiol Infect 2002 0.95
85 Conversion of viable but nonculturable Vibrio cholerae to the culturable state by co-culture with eukaryotic cells. Microbiol Immunol 2010 0.95
86 Transferable plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance in association with extended-spectrum β-lactamases and fluoroquinolone-acetylating aminoglycoside-6'-N-acetyltransferase in clinical isolates of Vibrio fluvialis. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2011 0.94
87 Simple sari cloth filtration of water is sustainable and continues to protect villagers from cholera in Matlab, Bangladesh. MBio 2010 0.93
88 Clinical, epidemiological, and spatial characteristics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus diarrhea and cholera in the urban slums of Kolkata, India. BMC Public Health 2012 0.93
89 Cytotoxic and cell vacuolating activity of Vibrio fluvialis isolated from paediatric patients with diarrhoea. J Med Microbiol 2005 0.92
90 Newly emerged multiple-antibiotic-resistant Shigella dysenteriae type 1 strains in and around Kolkata, India, are clonal. J Clin Microbiol 2003 0.92
91 The Vibrio parahaemolyticus pandemic. Rev Chilena Infectol 2005 0.91
92 Multilocus genetic analysis reveals that the Australian strains of Vibrio cholerae O1 are similar to the pre-seventh pandemic strains of the El Tor biotype. J Med Microbiol 2009 0.90
93 Cloning and characterization of genes encoding homologues of the B subunit of cholera toxin and the Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin from clinical isolates of Citrobacter freundii and E. coli. Infect Immun 2002 0.90
94 Rapid situation & response assessment of diarrhoea outbreak in a coastal district following tropical cyclone AILA in India. Indian J Med Res 2011 0.90
95 Reduction in capsular content and enhanced bacterial susceptibility to serum killing of Vibrio cholerae O139 associated with the 2002 cholera epidemic in Bangladesh. Infect Immun 2005 0.89
96 Classical RS1 and environmental RS1 elements in Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor strains harbouring a tandem repeat of CTX prophage: revisiting Mozambique in 2005. J Med Microbiol 2009 0.89
97 Effect of transport at ambient temperature on detection and isolation of Vibrio cholerae from environmental samples. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006 0.88
98 Pandemic strains of O3:K6 Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the aquatic environment of Bangladesh. Can J Microbiol 2004 0.88
99 Vibrio pathogenicity island and cholera toxin genetic element-associated virulence genes and their expression in non-O1 non-O139 strains of Vibrio cholerae. Infect Immun 2002 0.88
100 Molecular evidence favouring step-wise evolution of Mozambique Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor hybrid strain. Microbiology 2009 0.87
101 Molecular typing of Vibrio cholerae O1 isolates from Thailand by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. J Health Popul Nutr 2008 0.86
102 Risk map of cholera infection for vaccine deployment: the eastern Kolkata case. PLoS One 2013 0.85
103 Serogroup, virulence, and genetic traits of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the estuarine ecosystem of Bangladesh. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009 0.85
104 Conversion of viable but nonculturable enteric bacteria to culturable by co-culture with eukaryotic cells. Microbiol Immunol 2012 0.85
105 Diagnosis and genotyping of Helicobacter pylori by polymerase chain reaction of bacterial DNA from gastric juice. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2005 0.85
106 Distribution and characterization of integrons in various serogroups of Vibrio cholerae strains isolated from diarrhoeal patients between 1992 and 2000 in Kolkata, India. J Med Microbiol 2006 0.84
107 Trends in the prevalence of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli among hospitalized diarrheal patients in Kolkata, India. PLoS One 2013 0.84
108 The cyclic AMP (cAMP)-cAMP receptor protein signaling system mediates resistance of Vibrio cholerae O1 strains to multiple environmental bacteriophages. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010 0.84
109 Assessing clonality of Vibrio cholerae Inaba isolates by characterization of nonsense mutations in wbeT. J Med Microbiol 2004 0.84
110 Characteristics of a pandemic clone of O3 : K6 and O4 : K68 Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated in Beira, Mozambique. J Med Microbiol 2008 0.83
111 Virulence genes of clinical Vibrio cholerae O1 isolates in Thailand and their ribotypes. J Infect 2007 0.83
112 Vaccine development and deployment: opportunities and challenges in India. Vaccine 2013 0.81
113 Molecular characterisation of rough strains of Vibrio cholerae isolated from diarrhoeal cases in India and their comparison to smooth strains. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2004 0.81
114 The challenge of pneumonia & acute diarrhoea at global, regional & national levels: time to refocus on a top most priority health problem. Indian J Med Res 2011 0.80
115 Intact cag pathogenicity island of Helicobacter pylori without disease association in Kolkata, India. Int J Med Microbiol 2010 0.80
116 An unusual cluster of dysentery due to Shigella dysenteriae type 4 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. J Med Microbiol 2005 0.80
117 Cholera: the need to translate research knowledge into effective preventive and control measures. Future Microbiol 2008 0.79
118 Dairy farm investigation on Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in Kolkata, India with emphasis on molecular characterization. Epidemiol Infect 2005 0.79
119 The role of Vibrio cholerae genotyping in Africa. J Infect Dis 2013 0.79
120 Environmental isolates of Aeromonas spp. harboring the cagA-like gene of Helicobacter pylori. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003 0.78
121 Shigella dysenteriae type 1-specific bacteriophage from environmental waters in Bangladesh. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003 0.78
122 Development of an immunochromatographic test strip for detection of cholera toxin. Biomed Res Int 2013 0.78
123 Isolation of viable but nonculturable Vibrio cholerae O1 from environmental water samples in Kolkata, India, in a culturable state. Microbiologyopen 2014 0.78
124 Biochemical fingerprinting of Vibrio parahaemolyticus by the PhenePlate system: comparison between pandemic and non-pandemic serotypes. Epidemiol Infect 2006 0.78
125 Health impact of probiotics - vision and opportunities. Gut Pathog 2012 0.78
126 Distinct repeat motifs at the C-terminal region of CagA of Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from diseased patients and asymptomatic individuals in West Bengal, India. Gut Pathog 2012 0.77
127 Seaweeds as a reservoir for diverse Vibrio parahaemolyticus populations in Japan. Int J Food Microbiol 2007 0.77
128 Intestinal Enterobacteriaceae and Escherichia coli populations in Japanese adults demonstrated by the reverse transcription-quantitative PCR and the clone library analyses. J Microbiol Methods 2012 0.77
129 The pre-seventh pandemic Vibrio cholerae BX 330286 El Tor genome: evidence for the environment as a genome reservoir. Environ Microbiol Rep 2010 0.77
130 An experimental study of phage mediated bactericidal selection & emergence of the El Tor Vibrio cholerae. Indian J Med Res 2011 0.77
131 Structure of the O-polysaccharide from the lipopolysaccharide from Vibrio cholerae O6. Carbohydr Res 2002 0.77
132 Gut microbiome, gut function, and probiotics: Implications for health. Indian J Gastroenterol 2015 0.77
133 Uropathogenic specific protein gene, highly distributed in extraintestinal uropathogenic Escherichia coli, encodes a new member of H-N-H nuclease superfamily. Gut Pathog 2013 0.76
134 Anti-Helicobacter pylori therapy in India: differences in eradication efficiency associated with particular alleles of vacuolating cytotoxin (vacA) gene. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2003 0.75
135 Dr Sambhu Nath De: unsung hero. Indian J Med Res 2011 0.75
136 Probiotic foods: can their increasing use in India ameliorate the burden of chronic lifestyle disorders? Indian J Med Res 2014 0.75
137 Molecular evolution and functional divergence of Vibrio cholerae. Curr Opin Infect Dis 2016 0.75
138 Emerging carbapenem resistance in the context of a new metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM-1). Natl Med J India 2011 0.75
139 Isolation and characterization of provisional serovar Shigella boydii E16553 from diarrhoeal patients in Bangladesh. J Med Microbiol 2005 0.75
140 Isolation of tetracycline-resistant clinical Helicobacter pylori without mutations in 16S rRNA gene in Bangladesh. Microbiol Immunol 2008 0.75
141 Identification of a novel sugar 5,7-diacetamido-8-amino-3,5,7,8,9-pentadeoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto-non-2-ulosonic acid present in the lipooligosaccharide of Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6. Glycoconj J 2007 0.75
142 Enhanced isolation of Shigella species by extended incubation of primary isolation plates. J Health Popul Nutr 2003 0.75
143 Phage types of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 in the past decade in India. Jpn J Infect Dis 2011 0.75
144 Cholera outbreaks. Preface. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2014 0.75