Lymphatic Filariasis

1. Epidemiology of lymphatic filariasis.- 2. Lymphatic filariasis - prevalence, prevention control and elimination: a review in Indian scenario.- 3. Next step lymphatic filariasis eradication: Current status in the development of a vaccine against lymphatic filariasis.- 4. Progress in the treatment and control of lymphatic filariasis.- 5. Immunotechnological advancement in developing vaccines for Lymphatic Filariasis.- 6. Recombinant filarial, Wolbachia antigens and their role in the immunopathogenesis of human lymphatic filariasis.- 7. Transmission Potential of Wuchereria bancrofti by Culex quinquefasciatus in Malaysia and its global significance.- 8. Genetic diversity, molecular markers and population genetics of human lymphatic filarial parasites.- 9. Transmission dynamics of diurnally subperiodic lymphatic filariasis in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.- 10. Success story and challenges faced to achieve 'Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis' Status in Tamil Nadu.- 11. Prevalence of lymphatic filariasis in the northeastern States of India, with particular reference to Assam and prospects of elimination.-  12. An overview of lymphatic filariasis in Puducherry Union Territory, highlighting the elimination programme in India.- 13. Sporadic incidence of lymphatic filariasis in non-endemic state of Rajasthan and control of the vector (Culex quinquefasciatus Say, 1823), with innovative botanicals and a possible hypothesis on spread of 'disease endemism'.- 14. Integrated vector control for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis in the villages of Tirukoilur, south India.- 15. The Indian lymphatic filariasis elimination programme - the success to sustain.- 16. Bioecology, insecticide susceptibility and management of Culex quinquefasciatus Say, 1823, a major vector of lymphatic filariasis in India.- 17. Ecology and biologyof Culex

Professor Dr B,K, Tyagi (b. 23rd July, 1951) completed his MSc (Zoology) at Meerut University in 1974 and PhD (Entomology/Zoology) at Garhwal University in 1978. He retired from ICMR in 2013, after a more than three-decade, highly distinguished career, as Scientist 'G' (Director) & Director in-Charge at the Centre for Research in Medical Entomology, Madurai. Since then he has served as a Visiting Felloow & Professor at Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, TN, and Punjabi University, Patiala (Punjab). Inter alia he has been also serving as a Core Faculty of the DST-SERB School of Insect Biology at Hyderabad University, Hyderabad and a Guest Faculty, MLS University, Udaipur. Currently Dr Tyagi is serving as an advisor toSpoRIC, VIT University, Vellore, TN.



Dr. Tyagi has published over 605 scientific titles, and 33 books, including a WHO training manual, "Biosafety for human health and the environment in the context of the potential use of genetically modified mosquitoes (GMMs): A tool for biosafety training based on courses in Africa, Asia and Latin America, 2008-2011". He also holds a patent for a 'mechanical mosquito sampler' (Indian Patent # 191635). He won the WHO-TDR First Prize in a worldwide competition in 1995 and the ICMR's prestigious Dr. MOT Iyengar Memorial Award in 2008. He also served as the First National Representative In-charge of the International Odonatological Society National Office in India from 1981, and as a member in charge of the Odonata Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission (IUCN) from 1985. He is an editor or member of Editorial Board for >3 dozen international/national journals. He has researched extensively on all important vector-borne diseases prevalent in India and was rated amongst the top 15 most productive authors on dengue for the period 2004-2012. He is an expert member on various research committees of ICMR, DRDO, DST, DBT-RCGM etc. He was an expert member of the Performance Evaluation