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Affiliation

National Institute of Malaria Research (ICMR)

Sector 8, Dwarka

Delhi-110077, India

www.mrcindia.org

Designation

Scientist E (Dy Director)

Contact Info

E-mails: singh[at]mrcindia.org

Tel: (off) 91-11-25307323, 25364602, Mob: 9868003355

Current Research Interests

Molecular characterization of members of Indian anopheline species complexes (An. fluviatilis, An. culicifacies and An. minimus) and development of species-diagnostic molecular assays for differentiation of members of species-complexes or closely related species.

Population genetics and evolutionary biology of members of Minimus group of mosquitoes

Molecular basis of insecticide resistance

Recent Publications

2010

  • Singh OP, Dykes CL, Das MK, Pradhan S, Bhatt RM, Agrawal OP, Adak T. Presence of two alternative kdr-like mutations, L1014F and L1014S, and a novel mutation, V1010L, in the voltage gated Na+ channel of Anopheles culicifacies from Orissa, India. Malar J,  9:146  [PDF Reprint]

  • Dixit J, Srivastava H, Sharma M, Das MK, Singh OP, Raghavendra K, Nanda N, Dash AP, Saksena DN, Das A. Phylogenetic inference of Indian malaria vectors from multilocus DNA sequences. Infect Genet Evol 10:755–763  DOI link

  • Singh OP, Nanda N, Dev V, Bali P, Sohail M, Mehrunnisa A, Adak T, Dash AP. Molecular evidence of misidentification of Anopheles minimus as Anopheles fluviatilis in Assam (India). Acta Tropica, 113: 241–244  [DOI link]

2009

  • Singh OP, Bali P, Hemingway J, Subbarao SK, Dash AP, Adak T. PCR-based methods for the detection of L1014 kdr mutation in Anopheles culicifacies sensu lato. Malaria J, 8:154 |PDF Reprint|

  • Sharma A, Parasher H, Singh OP, Adak T. Species B of Anopheles culicifacies (Diptera: Culicidae) is reproductively less fit than Species A and C of the complex. Acta Tropica, 112: 316-319 [PDF Reprint]  

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