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: 9899117872

Current Research Interests

I am currently working on 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.

Recent Publications (2004 onwards)

• Singh OP, Bali P, Hemingway J, Subbarao SK, Das AP, Adak T. PCR-based methods for the detection of L1014 kdr mutation in Anopheles culicifacies sensu lato. Malaria J, 2009 (accepted)

• Singh OP, Nanda N, Dev V, Bali P, Sohail M, Mehrunnisa A, Adak T, Das AP. Molecular evidence of misidentification of Anopheles minimus as Anopheles fluviatilis in Assam (India). Acta Tropica (under revision)

• Sohail M, Kaul A, Bali P, Raziuddin M, Singh MP, Singh OP, Dash AP, Adak T. Alleles -308A and -1031C in the TNF-α gene promoter do not increase the risk but associated with circulating levels of TNF-α and clinical features of vivax malaria in Indian patients. Mol Immunol, 45: 1682-1692, 2008

• Dash AP, Adak T, Raghavendra K, Singh OP. The biology and control of malaria vectors in India. Curr Sci 92: 1571-1578, 2007 [PDF Reprint]

• Singh OP, Chandra D, Nanda N, Sharma SK, Htun PT, Adak T, Subbarao SK, Dash AP. On the conspecificity of Anopheles fluviatilis species S with Anopheles minimus species C. J Biosci 31:671-677, 2006 [PDF Reprint]

• Goswami G, Singh OP, Nanda N, Raghavendra K, Gakhar SK, Subbarao SK. Identification of all members of the Anopheles culicifacies complex using allele-specific polymerase chain reaction assays. Am J Trop Med Hyg 75: 454-460, 2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

• Adak T, Singh OP, Nanda N, Sharma VP, Subbarao SK. Isolation of a Plasmodium vivax refractory Anopheles culicifacies strain from India. Trop Med Int Health 11: 197-203, 2006  [PDF Reprint] 

• Adak T, Singh OP, Das MK, Wattal S, Nanda N. Comparative susceptibility of three important malaria vectors Anopheles stephensi, Anopheles fluviatilis and Anopheles sundaicus to Plasmodium vivax. J Parasitol 91:79-82, 2005 [PDF Reprint]         

• Batra CP, Raghavendra K, Adak T, Singh OP, Singh SP, Mittal PK, Malhotra MS, Sharma RS, Subbarao SK. Evaluation of bifenthrin treated mosquito nets against anopheline and culicine mosquitoes. Indian J Med Res 121: 55-62, 2005 [PDF Reprint]

• Singh OP, Chandra D, Nanda N, Raghavendra K, Sunil S, Sharma SK, Dua VK, Subbarao SK. Differentiation of members of the Anopheles fluviatilis species complex by an allele-specific polymerase chain reaction based on 28S ribosomal DNA sequences. Am J Trop Med Hyg 70:27-32, 2004. [PDF Reprint]

• Sunil S, Raghavendra K, Singh OP, Malhotra P, Huang Y, Zheng L, Subbarao SK. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers from malaria vector, Anopheles culicifacies. Mol Ecol Notes 4: 440-442, 2004   [PDF Reprint]

• Singh OP, Goswami G, Nanda N, Raghavendra K, Chandra D, Subbarao SK. An allele-specific polymerase chain reaction assay for the differentiation of members of Anopheles culicifacies complex. J Biosci 29:275-280, 2004 [PDF Reprint]

• Sharma SK, Upadhyay AK, Haque MA, Singh OP, Adak T, Subbarao SK. Insecticide susceptibility status of malaria vectors in some hyperendemic tribal districts of Orissa. Curr Sci 87: 1722-1726, 2004   [PDF Reprint]