Library and Information Centre at NIMR is a resource centre which provides an access to materials supplied from Parasite Bank and till now
` 4,39,000/- has been collected up to 2014-15.
Manpower development
On the part of manpower development parasite bank is actively involved in imparting training to Scientists/Research Fellows/WHO Fellows /students in in vitro cultivation of P. falciparum and drug sensitivity testing. A total of 260 students have taken training from Parasite Bank.
Avian malaria P. gallinaceum Not done
P. relictum Not done
Rodent malaria P. berghei (CDRI) CQ-Resistant
P. berghei CQ-Sensitive
P. berghei Quinine-
Resistant
P. berghei ANKA Not done
P. berghei (NK65) Not done
PGI Chandigarh
P. chabaudi (Paris) Not done P. yoelii nigeriensis (ICGEB) Not done P. yoelii nigeriensis (CDRI) Multi-resistant P. yoelii nigeriensis Not done
(London S.H.T.M.)
P. yoelii yoelii (265 By) Paris Not done
but not in neuraminidase or in trypsin-treated erythrocytes
• Field isolates which can invade both in neuraminidase- 5 treated and in trypsin-treated erythrocytes
• Field isolates which can form rosettes 3
• Field isolate which can bind to CSA 1
• Field isolates which can bind to CD36 9
• Field isolates which can bind to ICAM-1 2
• Isolates with isoenzyme profile of GPI, GDH, 22 ADA & LDH markers
• Isolates with MSP-1, MSP-2 and GLURP markers 110
• Isolates genotyped for virulence genes 74
• Isolates genotyped for msp3α genes 46
• Isolates adapted in vitro producing gametocytes 5
• Isolates characterized for drug resistance genes 47
• Field isolates sequenced for various genes 92
Table 3. Total parasite samples collected year-wise Year of P. falciparum P. vivax P. malariae Total collection
1992–2003 601 52 5 658
2004 17 1 — 18
2005 4 6 — 10
2006 59 9 — 68
2007 27 9 — 36
2008 55 88 — 143
2009 9 16 — 25
2010 42 75 — 117
2011 75 47 — 122
2012 11 45 — 56
2013 40 16 — 56
2014 27 5 — —
Total 967 369 5 1341
literature and documentation in the field of malaria and other vector borne diseases. It serves as a bank of information.
The Library & Information Centre of NIMR endeavours to acquire process, organize and disseminate global information to fulfil the information needs of the administrators, policy makers, scientists, research scholars, outside visitors and foreign delegates. This centre uses LIBSYS software package, which consists of modules on acquisition, cataloguing, circulation, serial, OPAC, membership and article indexing. All the collections of this library-centre are completely computerized and indexed. It is probably one of the best in India in this field.
Library collections
Books 8500
Bound Journals 4650
Journals (P+O) 29
Newspapers 10
Magazines 19
CD / DVD 30
Reprint documents 350
Theses 25
Reports (National and International) 115
Special collections
● Census of India Publications
● WHO Publications
● National Survey Reports on Malaria and other Vector Borne Diseases
● NIMR Publications
Library services
● Circulation of Books
● Inter Library Loan
● Document Delivery
● Wi-Fi Internet Access Facility
● Health News Repository (English & Hindi)
● Current Awareness Service of Journals
● Abstract Services
● Photo Copying Services
● Theses Database
● Non-Print Material Database
● Print + Online Journals
E-consortia for Journals
● J-Gate@ICMR
● JCCC@ICMR
● NML-ERMED Consortia
Apprentice training
The NIMR Library & Information Centre trains and empowers students of library and information discipline by recruiting apprentices for one year.
Apprentice library trainee service is approved by the ICMR, New Delhi. In the year 2014, three apprentice trainees were recruited and trained successfully.
Resource sharing
Library and Information Centre is an active member of Developing Library Network (DELNET) and shares its resources with 5341 member libraries and information centres across the globe.
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1. A multisite observational study to explore the clinical spectrum, outcomes, and manage- ment of severe malaria in selected tertiary health facilities of India in collaboration with New Civil Hospital, Surat; Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education and Research, Surat; DMO, Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh;
DMO, Gadchiroli, Maharashtra; Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi; NIMR FU, Bengaluru; NIMR FU, Chennai; NIMR FU, Nadiad; SP Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan; BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad;
and Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, India.
2. Bionomics of malaria vectors and their sibling species, and establish their role in malaria transmission in Chhattisgarh, India in collaboration with NIRTH, Jabalpur, India.
3. Cross-sectional survey amongst children aged
<5 years to define malaria endemicity in collaboration with Dr Chandramohan Daniel, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medi- cine (LSHTM), London and Dr Irene Kue- pfher, LSHTM & Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
4. Observational study to explore clinical and laboratory presentation of dengue patients with different serotypes, in collaboration with Dr Ashutosh Biswas, AIIMS Hospital, New Delhi; Dr Sunita Bhatia, Dr Surendra Kumar and Dr Rakhi Dhawan, Kasturba Hospital, New Delhi.
5. Dynamics of malaria transmission in endemic areas of Chennai-Tiruvottiyur, Tamil Nadu in
6. Monitoring of existing intervention tools/
methods in the programme for scaling down malaria in Rameswaram Island, Tamil Nadu in collaboration with Directorate of Health and Preventive Medicine, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, India.
7. Enhanced surveillance to reduce malaria burden towards elimination in targeted areas in Jharkhand state in collaboration with the State Programme Officer, Jharkhand and the Consultant, NVBDCP.
8. Establishment of a WHO-recognized laboratory for Quality Assurance of malaria RDTs in collaboration with Dr GS Sonal and Dr Awdhesh Kumar, NVBDCP.
9. Clinical and molecular surveillance for moni- toring the emerging resistance to antimalarial drugs in Plasmodium falciparum in central India in collaboration with NIRTH and NIMR FU, Jabalpur, India.
10. A study on the role of gut microbiota in modulation of longevity fecundity and fitness of Anopheles stephensi as a malaria vector in collaboration with Dr Sandeep Garg, Deptt.
of Microbiology, Goa University.
11. Computational assisted design and synthesis of novel antimalarial agents embodying structural diversity suitable for protease inhibitors in collaboration with collaborators Dr N Lalitha Associate Professor, Venka- teswara College; Dr Brijesh Rathi, Asstt.
Professor, Hans Raj College, Delhi University, New Delhi.
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