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

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

• 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, 113: 241–244, 2010 [DOI link]

• 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, 8:154, 2009 [publisher link] |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, 2009  [PDF Reprint]  

• 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] 

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