Dr. Neeru Singh

Director & Scientist ‘G’

neeru.singh@gmail.com

 

 

Date of Joining ICMR                       : 1984

Date of Joining Current Position      : 2007

Discipline                                          : Malaria

Educational Qualifications                : Ph D

Research Experiences                     : 26 Years

Awards/ Fellowships     :

    • Recipient of ICMR Award for 1996 for outstanding work in the field of   Biomedical Research in underdeveloped areas.
    • Recipient of Academy award for “Environmental Entomology” for the year   1999.
    • Recipient of WHO fellowship for year 1990- 1991, 2nd April-30th June – London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
    • Member of steering committee on “Empowerment of Scheduled Tribes (STS)” for twelfth five year (2012- 2017) Planning Commission, Government of India.

 

Member of Scientific Societies         :

·         Indian Society for Malaria and other communicable diseases.

·         The Indian Society for Parasitology.

·         National Environmental Science Academy .

·         Indian Science Congress.

·         National Academy of Vector Borne Diseases.

 

Foreign Visits   : Thailand , Kenya , United Kingdom , Tanzania , United States of America , Geneva, Yaoundé, Germany, Paris and Spain

 

Publications                           :

 

 

International Journals

·         Mulla MS, Neeru Singh and HA Darwazeh, (1991). Delayed mortality and morphogenetic anomalies induced in Culex quinquefasciatus. By the microbial control agent Bacillus sphaericus J Am Mosq Cont Assoc. 7 (3): 412-419.

·         Mulla MS and Neeru Singh, (1991). Delayed mortality and morphogentic anomalies induced by the Microbial control agent Bacillus thuringensis S.E.R. (H-14) in Culex quinquefasciatus. J Am Mosq Cont Assoc. 7 (3): 420-423.

·         Singh Neeru, Shukla MM, Singh MP and Sharma VP, (1995). A case of congenital malaria. Mosq Borne, Dis Bull. 12 (1): 13-14.

·         Singh Neeru, Singh OP and Sharma VP, (1996). Dynamics of malaria transmission in forested and deforested region of Mandla district, Central India , Madhya Pradesh. J Am Mosq Cont Assoc. 12 (2): 225-234.

·         Singh Neeru, Mishra AK , Curtis CF and Sharma VP, (1996). Influence of moon light on light trap catches of the malaria vector Anopheles culicifacies in Central India . Bull Entomol Res. 86: 475-479.

·         Sharma VP, Yadav RS, Ansari MA, Dev V and Singh Neeru (1996). Insecticide-treated bed nets and curtains to control malaria in India . Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 90 (4), 435.

·         Singh Neeru, and Mishra AK, (1997). Efficacy of light-traps in sampling malaria vectors in different ecological zones in Central India . Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 28 (1): 196-202.

·         Singh Neeru, Singh MP and Sharma VP, (1997). The use of a Dipstick Antigen Capture Assay for the Diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum infection in a remote forested area of Central India . Am J Trop Med Hyg. 56 (2): 188-191.

·         Singh Neeru, Valecha Neena and Sharma VP, (1997). Malaria diagnosis by field workers using an immunochromatographic test. Trans Roy Soc Trop Med Hyg. 91: 396-397.

·         Singh Neeru, Saxena A, Chand SK , Valecha N and Sharma VP, (1998). Studies on malaria during pregnancy in a tribal area of central India (Madhya Pradesh). South East Asian J Trop Med Pub Hlth. 29 (1): 1-8.

·         Singh Neeru, Shukla MM, Asthana OP and Sharma VP, (1998). Effectiveness of a-b arteether in clearing Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia in central India (Madhya Pradesh). South East Asian J Trop Med Pub Hlth. 29 (2): 225-227.

·         Singh Neeru, Shukla MM and Sharma VP, (1999). Epidemiology of malaria in Pregnancy Bull WHO. 77 (7). 567-571.

·         Singh Neeru, Mishra AK , Chand SK and Sharma VP, (1999). Population Dynamics of Anopheles culicifacies and malaria in tribal area of central India . Am J Mosquito Control Assoc. 15 (3): 283-290.

·         Singh Neeru, Mehra RK and Sharma VP, (1999). Malaria and the Narmada river development in India : a case study of the Bargi dam. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 93, 477-488.

·         Singh Neeru, Mishra SS, Singh MP and Sharma VP, (2000). Seasonality of Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum in tribal villages in central India (1987-1995). Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 94 (2): 101-112.

·         Singh Neeru and Sharma VP, (2000). Malaria control in Madhya Pradesh , India Invited paper in “Public Health” magazine No. 15: 57-68.

  • Singh Neeru and Valecha N, (2000). Evaluation of rapid diagnostic test “DetermineTMmalaria pf” in epidemic prone forest villages of central India (Madhya Pradesh). Ann Trop Med Parasitol, 94. (5) 421-427.
  • Singh Neeru and Mishra AK (2000). Anopheline ecology and malaria transmission at a newly irrigation project area in Jabalpur . J Am Mosq Cont Assoc. 16 (4).279-287
  • Singh Neeru, Saxena A and Valecha N, (2000). Field evaluation of the ICT malaria Pf/Pv immunochromatographic test for diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum and P.vivax in epidemic affected forest villages of Chhindwara, central India (Madhya Pradesh). Trop Med Int Hlth. 5(11): 765-770.
  • Singh Neeru, Mehra RK and Shrivastava Namita (2001). Malaria during pregnancy and infancy in area of intense malaria transmission. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 95. (1), 19-29.
  • 21. Singh, Neeru and   Shukla MM, (2001). An assessment of the usefulness of a rapid immuno- chromatographic test, “DetermineTMmalaria pf” in evaluation of intervention measures in forest villages of central India . BMC Infectious Disease, 2001, 1: 10.
  • Singh, Neeru and Shukla MM, (2002). Field evaluation of post treatment sensitivity for monitoring parasite clearance of Plasmodium falciparum malaria using DeteremineTM Malaria pf in central India . Am J Trop Med Hyg. 66 (3): 314-316.
  • Singh Neeru, Nagpal AC and Gupta RB, (2002). Failure of Chloroquine therapy in a splenectomized child infected with Plasmodium vivax. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. (96) 109-111.
  • Singh Neeru and Sharma VP, (2002). Patterns of rainfall and malaria in Madhya Pradesh, central India . Annal Trop Med Parasitol. 96 (4): 349-359.
  • Singh Neeru and Shukla MM, (2002). Socio-cultural barriers in accepting Malaria chemoprophylaxis by pregnant women in central India , a pilot study. J Hlth, Pop and Nut. 20 (1): 93-95.
  • Singh Neeru, Saxena A and Sharma VP, (2002). Usefulness of an inexpensive, Paracheck® test in detecting asymptomatic infectious reservoir of Plasmodium falciparum during dry season in an inaccessible terrain in central India. Journal of Infection, 45 (3): 165-168.
  • Singh Neeru, Mishra AK , Shukla MM and Chand SK , (2003). Forest malaria in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh (central India ) – A case study in an ethnic tribal community. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 68(5): 602-607.
  • Singh Neeru, Valecha N, Nagpal AC, Mishra SS, Verma HS and Subbarao SK , (2003). The hospital and field-based performances of the OptiMAL test, for malaria diagnosis and treatment monitoring in central India . Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 97(1): 5-13.
  • Valecha N, Singh Neeru, Yadav RS, Dev V, Agrawal Abha and Subbaroa SK , (2003). Field evaluation of OptiMAL® rapid malaria diagnostic test in India . Acta Parasitologica. 48(3): 229-232.
  • Singh Neeru, Saxena A and Shrivastava R, (2003). Placental Plasmodium vivax infection and congenital malaria in central India . Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 97(8):875-878.
  • Singh Neeru, Nagpal AC, Saxena A and Singh MP, (2004). Changing scenario of malaria in central India , the replacement of Plasmodium vivax by Plasmodium .falciparum (1986-2000). Trop Med Int Hlth. 9:364-371.
  • Singh N. and Nagpal AC, (2004). Performance of the OptiMAL dipstick test for management of severe and complicated malaria cases in a tertiary hospital, central India . Journal of Infection 48(4): 364-365.
  • Singh N, Kataria Om and Singh MP, (2004). The changing dynamics of Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum in central India : Trends over a 27 year period (1975-2002). Vector Borne and Zoonatic Diseases 4 (3): 239-248. 
  • Singh N, (2005). Malaria in Pregnancy. PREMA New Letter issue No.4, March 2005.
  • Neeru Singh, Awadhia SB, Dash AP, Shriwastava Rita (2005). Malaria during pregnancy, A priority area of malaria research and control in South East Asia . WHO Regional Health Forum 9(1): 7-18.
  • Neeru Singh and Saxena A, (2005). Usefulness of rapid on site Plasmodium falciparum diagnosis (Paracheck®Pf) in forest migrants and among indigenous population at the site of their occupational activities in central India . Am J Trop Med Hyg. 72(1):26-29.
  • Dunne MW, Singh Neeru, Shukla Manmohan, Valecha N, Bhattacharyya PC, Dev V, Kanta Patel, Manoj K. Mohapatra, Jitendra Lakhani, Rebecca Banner, Chitra Lele and Kiran Patki (2005). A multicenter study of Azithromycin, alone and in combination with Chloroquine, for the treatment of acute uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in India . JID 191: 1582-1588.
  • Dunne MW, Singh Neeru, Shukla MM, Valecha N, Bhattacharyya PC, Patel K, Mohapatra MK, Lakhani J, Devi CU, Adak T, Dev V, Yadav RS, Lele C and Patki K, (2005). A double blind Randomized study of Azithromycin, compared to Chloroquine, for the treatment of Plasmodium vivax Malaria in India . Am J Trop Med Hyg. 73(6):1108-1111.
  • Singh Neeru, Mishra AK , Shukla MM, Chand SK and Bharti PK , (2005). Diagnostic and prognostic utility of an inexpensive rapid on site malaria diagnostic test (parahit f) among ethnic tribal population in areas of high, low and no transmission of central India. BMC Infectious Diseases 5-50.
  • Singh Neeru, Saxena A, Awadhia SB, Shrivastava Rita and Singh MP, (2005). Evaluation of a rapid diagnostic test for assessing the burden of malaria at delivery in India . Am J Trop Med Hyg. 73(5):855-858.
  • Mitra Pooja, Vinayak S, Chandawat H, Das MK, Singh Neeru, Biswas Sukla, Dev V, Kumar Ashwani, Ansari MA and Sharma YD, (2006). Progressive increase in point mutations associated with Chloroquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from India . JID. 193: 1304-1312.
  • Singh Neeru, Shukla MM, Mishra AK, Singh MP, Paliwal JC and Dash AP, (2006). Malaria control using indoor residual spraying and larvivorous fish: a case study: in Betul, Central India . Trop Med Int Hlth. 11(10):1512-1520.
  • Singh Neeru, Chand SK, Mishra AK, Bharti PK, Singh MP, Ahluwalia TP and Dash AP, (2006). Epidemiology of malaria transmission in an area of low transmission in Central India . Am J Trop Med Hyg. 75 (5):812-816.
  • Bharti PK, Nagpal AC, Singh N (2006). Efficacy of chloroquine chemoprophylaxis for Plasmodium falciparum in Dindori District, Madhya Pradesh. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology 24 (2):148-149.
  • Prajapati  SK, Verma  Anju, Adak  T, Yadav  RS, Kumar  A, Eapen  Alex, Das  MK, Singh  Neeru, Sharma SK, Rizvi  MA, Dash  AP and Joshi  H, (2006) Allelic dimorphism of Plasmodium vivax gam-1 in the Indian subcontinent. Malaria Journal, 5:90.

·         Alam MT, Bora H, Bharti PK, Saifi MA, Das MK, Dev V, Kumar A, Singh Neeru, Dash AP, Das B, Wajihullah, and Sharma YD, (2007). Similar Trends of Pyrimethamine Resistance-Associated Mutations in Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 51(3):857-863.

·         Siddiqui AA, Singh Neeru, Sharma YD, (2007).Expression and purification of a Plasmodium vivax antigen- PvTARAg55 tryptophan- and alanine- rich antigen and its immunological responses in human subjects. Vaccine. 26: 96-107.

·         Vinayak S, Alam MT, Upadhyay M, Das MK, Dev V, Singh N, Dash AP, Sharma YD (2007).Extensive Genetic Diversity in the Plasmodium falciparum Na+/H+ Exchanger-1 Transporter Protein Implicated in Quinine Resistance. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 51: 4508-4511, 2007.

·         Siddiqui AA, Bora H, Singh Neeru, Dash AP and Sharma YD, (2008). Expression, Purification and Characterization of the Immunological Response to a 40- Kilodalton Plasmodium vivax Tryptophan- Rich Antigen. Infection and Immunity. 76(6): 2576-2586.

·         Jain V, Armah HB, Eric J Tongren, Wilson N, Ned R, Crawford S, Nagpal AC, Joel PK, Singh MP,  Dash AP, Udhayakumar V, Singh N, and Jonathan K Stiles (2008). Plasma IP-10, apoptotic and angiogenic factors associated with fatal cerebral malaria in India . Malaria Journal. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-83.

·         Alam MT, Bora H, Mittra P, Singh N, Sharma YD, (2008). Cellular immune responses to recombinant Plasmodium vivax tryptophan-rich antigen (PvTRAg) among individual exposed to vivax malaria. Parasite Immunology. 30: 379-383.

·         Jain V, Nagpal AC, Joel PK, Shukla MM, Singh MP, Gupta RB, Dash AP, Mishra SK, Udhayakumar V, Stiles JK and Singh Neeru (2008). Burden of cerebral malaria in central India (2004-2007). Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 Oct;79(4):636-42.

·         Bharti PK, Silawat N, Singh PP, Singh MP, Shukla MM, Gyanchand, Dash AP and Singh Neeru (2008). The Usefulness of a new rapid diagnostic test, First Response® Combo Malaria Ag (pLDH/HRP2) card test for malaria diagnosis in forested belt of Central India . Malaria Journal. 7:126.

·         Alam MT, Bora H, Singh N, Sharma YD, (2008). High immunogenecity and erythrocyte-binding activity in the tryptophan-rich domain (TRD) of the 74-kDa Plasmodium vivax alanine-tryptophan-rich antigen (PvATRAg74). Vaccine. 26: 3787-3794.

·         Garg S, Chauhan SS, Singh N, Sharma YD, (2008). Immunological responses to a 39.8 kDa Plasmodium vivax tryptophan-rich antigen (PvTRAg39.8) among humans. Microbes and Infection (in press).

·         Lucchi WN, Tongren JE, Jain V, Nagpal AC, Kauth CW, Woehlbier U, Bujard H, Dash AP, Singh N, Stiles JK, Udhayakumar V, (2008). Antibody responses to the merozoite surface protein-1 complex in cerebral malaria patients in India . Malaria Journal. 7:121. 

·         Jain V, Mc Clintock S, Nagpal AC, Dash AP, Stiles JK, Udhaykumar V, Singh N, Lucchi NW, (2009). Macrophage migration inhibitory factor is associated with mortality in cerebral malaria patients in India . BMC Res Notes. Mar 6; 2:36.

·         Diamond-Smith N, Singh N, Gupta RK, Dash AP, Thimasaran K, Campbell OM , Chandramohan D. (2009). Estimating the burden of malaria in pregnancy: a case study from rural Madhya Pradesh , India . Malar J. Feb 12; 8:24.

·         Singh N, Shukla MM, Dash AP, (2009). Control of malaria in central India (Madhya Pardesh): hope or hype? Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. Feb 12; 8:24.

·         Singh Neeru, Dash AP, Krongthong T, (2009). Fighting malaria in Madhya Pradesh (central India ): Are we loosing the battle? Malar J 2009 May 7; 8:93. Review.

·         Singh Neeru, (2009). A new global malaria eradication strategy: implications for malaria research from an Indian perspective. Trans Roy Soc Trop Med Hyg 2009 Dec; 103 (12):1202-3.

·         Jain V, McClintock S, Nagpal AC, Dash AP, Stiles JK, Udhayakumar V, Singh N, Lucchi NW.  Macrophage migration migration inhibitory factor is associated with mortality in cerebral malaria patients in India.  BMC Res Notes. 2009 Mar 6;2:36

·         Lumb V, Das MK, Singh N, Dev V, Wajihullah, Sharma YD. Characteristics of genetic hitchhiking around dihydrofolate reductase gene associated with pyrimethamine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from India . Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Dec; 53(12):5173-80. Epub 2009 Sep 28.

·         Hamer DH, Singh MP, Wylie BJ, Yeboah-Antwi K, Tuchman J, Desai M, Udhayakumar V, Gupta P, Brooks MI, Shukla MM, Awasthy K, Sabin L, MacLeod WB, Dash AP, Singh N. Burden of malaria in pregnancy in Jharkhand State, India. Malar J. 2009 Sep 3; 8:210.

·         Singh N. A new global malaria eradication strategy: implications for malaria research from an Indian perspective. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2009 Dec; 103(12):1202-3. Epub 2009 Jun 7.

·         Singh N, Dash AP, Thimasarn K. Fighting malaria in Madhya Pradesh ( Central India ): are we losing the battle? Malar J. 2009 May 7;8:93. Review.

·         Jain V, Singh PP, Silawat N, Patel R, Saxena A, Bharti PK, Shukla M, Biswas S, Singh N (2010). A preliminary study on pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine profiles in Plasmodium vivax malaria patients from central zone of India. Acta Trop. 113(3):263-8.

·         Bharti PK, Alam MT, Boxer R, Shukla MM, Gautam SP, Sharma YD, Singh Neeru, (2010). Therapeutic efficacy of chloroquine and sequence variation in pfcrt gene among patients with falciparum malaria in central India . Trop Med Int Health 15(1): 33-40.

·         Mixson-Hayden T, Jain V, McCollum AM, Poe A, Nagpal AC, Dash AP, Stiles JK, Udhayakumar V, Singh Neeru, (2010). Evidence of selective sweeps in genes conferring resistance to chloroquine and pyrimethamine in Plasmodium falciparum isolates in India . Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 54(3):997-1006.

·         Sabin LL, Rizal A, Brooks MI, Singh MP, Tuchman J, Wylie BJ, Joyce KM, Yeboah-Antwi K, Singh Neeru, Hamer DH, (2010). Attitudes, knowledge, and practices regarding malaria prevention and treatment among pregnant women in Eastern India . Am J Trop Med Hyg. 82(6):1010-6

·         Singh Neeru, Man M Shukla, Mohan K Shukla, Rajiv K Mehra, Shweta Sharma, Praveen K Bharti, Mrigendra P Singh, Ajay Singh  and Arunachalam Gunasekar, (2010). Field and laboratory comparative evaluation of rapid malaria diagnostic tests versus traditional and molecular techniques in India . Malaria Journal 2010, 9:191doi:10.1186/1475-2875-9-191.

·         Mittra P, Singh Neeru, Sharma YD, (2010). Plasmodium vivax: Immunological properties of tryptophan rich antigens PvTRAg 35.2 and PvTRAg 80.6. Microbes Infect. 12(12-13):1019-26.

·         Ghosh S, Banerjee P, Roychoudhury A, Sarkar S, Ghosh A, Santra A, Banerjee S, Das K, Dwibedi B, Kar SK, Rao VG, Bhat JT, Singh Neeru, Chowdhury A, Datta S, (2010). Distinctiveness of Hepatitis B virus in a primitive population group of Eastern India . J Clin Microbiol.

·         Wylie BJ, Hashmi AH, Singh Neeru, Singh MP, Tuchman J, Hussain M, Sabin L, Yeboah-Antwi K, Banerjee C, Brooks MI, Desai M, Udhayakumar V, Macleod WB, Dash AP, Hamer DH, (2010). Availability and utilization of malaria prevention strategies in pregnancy in eastern India . BMC Public Health. 10(1):557.

·         Wilson NO, Jain V, Roberts CE, Lucchi N, Joel PK, Singh MP, Nagpal AC, Dash AP, Udhayakumar V, Singh N, Stiles JK (2011). CXCL4 and CXCL10 predict risk of fatal cerebral malaria. Dis Markers. 30(1):39-49.

*      Jain V, Lucchi NW, Wilson NO, Blackstock AJ, Nagpal AC, Joel PK, Singh MP, Kumar VU, Stiles JK and Singh N.  Plasma levels of Angiopoietin-1 and -2 predict Cerebral Malaria Outcome in Central India . Malar J, 2011 (Accepted).

*      Rijken MJ, McGready R, Bal ME, Poespoprodjo R, Singh N, Dinsyajruddin, Rogreson S and Norton F. Malaria in Pregnancy in Asia Pacific region. Lancet Infect Dis, 2011 (Accepted). 

*      Shukla MM, Singh N, Singh MP. Spleen rates and infant parasite rates as surveillence tool for malaria control in remote hard to reach areas of Central India . Malar J, 2011 (Accepted). 

*      Lucchi NW, Jain V, Wilson NO, Singh N, Kumar VU and Stiles JK. Potential Serological Biomarkers of Cerebral Malaria. Dis Markers, 2011, Jan 1, 31(6):327-35.

Indian Journals

·         Singh, Neeru and B.N. Nagpal (1985). Mosquito fauna of Mandla district (M.P.). Indian J. Malariol. 22 (2): 111-113.

·         Singh, Neeru, V.P. Sharma, M.M. Shukla and Gyan Chand (1988). Malaria outbreak in Kundam block, district Jabalpur, M.P. Indian J. Malariol. 25 (1): 41-49.

·         Singh, Neeru and V.P. Sharma (1989). Persistent malaria transmission in Kundam block, district Jabalpur, M.P. Indian J. Malariol. 26 (1): 1-7.

·         Singh, Neeru, M.M. Shukla, V.P. Sharma and B.N. Saxena (1989). A focus of high degree chloroquine resistant P. falciparum in Mandla District (M.P.). Indian J. Malariol. 26 (1): 45-51.

·         Ghosh, S.K., D.S. Choudhury, R.K. Chandrahas, Neeru Singh, T.V. Ramanaiah and V.P. Sharma (1989) Drug resistant P. falciparum  in Madras (Tamil Nadu) and district Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh). . Indian J. Malariol. 26 (2): 87-90.

·         Singh, Neeru, V.P. Sharma, A.K. Mishra and O.P. Singh (1989). Bio-environmental control of malaria in a tribal area of Mandla District Madhya Pradesh. Indian J. Malariol. 26 (2): 103-120.

·         Singh, Neeru, O.P. Singh and V. Soan (1989). Mosquito breeding in rice fields and its role in malaria transmission in Mandla district. Indian J. Malariol. 26 (4): 191-198.

·         Singh, Neeru, A.K. Mishra and V.P. Sharma (1990). Radical treatment of vivax malaria in Madhya Pradesh India . Indian J. Malariol. 27 (1): 55-56.

·         Singh, Neeru, and M.M. Shukla (1990). Response of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine in a tribal area of Madhya Pradesh. Indian J. Malariol. 27 (3): 183-186.

·         Singh, Neeru, M.M. Shukla and Neena Valecha (1992). Report of three cases of P.falciparum showing moderately high parasitaemia. Indian J. Malariol. 29 (3): 199-201.

·         Singh, Neeru, A.K. Mishra and O.P. Singh (1993). Preliminary observations on mosquito collections by light traps in tribal villages of Madhya Pradesh. Indian J. Malariol. 30 (2): 103-107.

·         Singh, Neeru, A.K. Mishra, O.P. Singh, A Jaiswal and M.T. Khan (1994). Feasibility study on insecticide impregnated bed nets for malaria control in forested villages of district Mandla (M.P.) Indian J. Malariol. 31 (3): 136-140.

·         Singh, Neeru, M.M. Shukla, R. Srivastava and V.P. Sharma (1995). Prevalence of malaria among pregnant and non pregnant women of District Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Indian J. Malariol. 32 (1) : 6-13.

·         Singh, Neeru, M.M. Shukla, V.P. Uniyal and V.P. Sharma (1995). ABO blood groups among malaria cases from district Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. Indian J. Malariol. 32 (2):  59-63.

·         Shukla, M.M. Neeru Singh, M.P. Singh, B.M. Tejwani, D.K. Srivastava and V.P. Sharma (1995). Cerebal malaria in Jabalpur . Indian J. Malariol. 32 (2): 70-95.

·         Mishra, A.K. Neeru Singh and V.P. Sharma (1995). Use of Neem oil as a mosquito repellent in tribal villages of Mandla district Madhya Pradesh. Indian J. Malariol. 32 (3): 99-103.

·         Singh, Neeru, A.K. Tyagi and V.P. Sharma (1995). Drug resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Mandla district Madhya Pradesh. Indian J. Malariol. 32 (4): 174-177.

·         Singh, Neeru, M.M. Shukla and Neena Valecha (1996).  Malaria parasite density in pregnant women of District, Jabalpur , Madhya Pradesh. Indian J. Malariol. 33 (1): 41-47.

·         Singh, Neeru, A.K. Mishra and Ajay Saxena (1996). Use of Neem cream as a mosquito repellent in Tribal areas of Central India . Indian J. Malariol. 33 (2): 99-102.

·         Roy, Arti, Shukla Biswas and Neeru Singh (1996). Application of peptide ELISA in Tribal Malaria of Madhya Pradesh. Indian J. Malariol. 33 (3): 144-153.

·         Singh, Neeru, N. Shrivastava, A.K. Gupta and V.P. Sharma (1997). Malaria during pregnancy: A priority area of Malaria Research and Control. J. Para. Dis. 21 (1): 53-61.

·         Singh, Neeru, M.M. Shukla, S.K. Chand and V.P. Sharma (1997). Outbreak of falciparum malaria in submerged villages of Narayanganj PHC, district Mandla due to Narmada Irrigation Project, Central India (Madhya Pradesh). Current Science. 73 (8): 686-691.

·         Mishra, A.K. and Neeru Singh (1997). Observation on mosquito breeding in rice fields and associated habitats in two ecological terrains of district Jabalpur , Madhya Pradesh. Indian J. Malariol. 34, 197-203.

·         Singh, Neeru, M.P. Singh, A. Saxena, V.P. Sharma & N.L. Kalra (1998). Knowledge, attitude, beliefs and practices (KABP) study related to malaria and intervention strategies in ethnic tribals of Mandla (Madhya Pradesh). Current Science. 75 (12): 1386-1390.

·         25.Nidhi, Bhutani, M.R. Ranjit, M. Yameen, Neeru Singh, Vas Dev, C.R. Pillai, M.A. Ansari, and Y.D. Sharma (1998). Genetic diversity among field isolates of Plasmodium falciparum in India . Current Science. 75 (2): 160-163.

·         Singh, Neeru and Khare, K.K. (1999). Forest malaria in Madhya Pradesh ( Central India ). Changing Scenario of disease and its vectors. J. Para. Dis. 23 (2) 105-112.

·         V.K. Dua, V.P. Ojha, S. Biswas, N. Valecha, Neeru Singh and V.P. Sharma. (1999). Antimalarial activity of different fraction isolated from the leaves of Andrographis paniculata. Jour. of Med. & Aromatic Plant Science. 21: 1069-1073.

·         Singh, Neeru (2000). Usefulness of dipstick test (ParaSightTMF) in high risk groups for Plasmodium falciparum in central India . Current Science 79 (4) 406-407.

·         Singh, Neeru, Saxena, Ajay and Sharma, V.P. (2001). Status of chloroquine efficacy against Plasmodium falciparum in pregnant women in tribal area of Central India (M.P.). Current Science. 80 (5) 101-103.

·         O.P. Asthana, J.S. Srivastava, V.P. Kamboj, Neena Valecha, V.P. Sharma, S. Gupta, T.K. Pande, K.A. Vishvanathan, K.M. Mahapatra, N.C. Nayak, P.K. Mahapatra, J. Mahanta, V.K. Srivastava, Vasdev, Neeru Singh, M.M. Shukla, A.B. Balsara, S.K. Mishra, S.K. Satpathy, S. Mohanty and B. Dash (2001). A multicentric study with Arteether in patients of uncomplicated falciparum malaria. JAPI, (49), 692-696.

·         U.K.Shukla, R.K.Damle, M.M.Shukla and N.Singh.(2002). Efficacy of α, β- Arteether in Children with Cerebral Malaria in Forested Tribal Belt. Indian Pediatrics (39), 565-568.

·         Singh Neeru, Dash AP, BM Barun and Om Kataria (2004). Tribal malaria. ICMR Bulletin  34 (1):1-10.

·         Singh Neeru (2004). Changing patterns of malaria in central India . RMRCT update. 1: 1-5.

·         Singh Neeru, Chand SK , Mishra AK , Nagpal AC (2004). Migration malaria associated with forest economy in central India . Current Science 87 (12):1696-1699.

·         Singh N. (2005). Malaria in Pregnancy. PREMA New Letter issue No.4,March 2005.

·         Mohamad I. Brooks, Neeru Singh, Davidson H. Hamer. (2008). Control Measures for Malaria in Pregnancy in India . Ind J Med Res (in press).

IN BOOKS                                  :

·         Singh, Neeru, V.P. Sharma and B.N. Saxena (1989). A study of Socio-economic environmental and technical constraints to malaria control in a tribal area of Madhya Pradesh. In: Population Transition in India vol 2 (Editors S.N. Singh, M.K. Prami, P.S. Bhatia and Ashish Bose). B.R. Publishing corporation (Division of D.K. Publishers, Distributors (p) Ltd. Delhi 110007. pp 257-265.

·         Singh, Neeru, O.P. Singh, A. Saxena, A. Jaishwal and V.P. Uniyal (1993). Malaria Vector Control and People’s Involvement in Bizadandi block, Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh in: “Community Participation in Malaria Control” (Ed. Dr. V.P. Sharma). Pp: 93-106.

·         Singh Neeru, A.K. Mishra and M.T. Khan (1993). Introduction of insecticides impregnated bed nets for malaria control in Gond tribal population of Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh In: “Community participation in malaria control” (Ed. Dr. V.P. Sharma). Pp: 283-295.

·         Singh, Neeru, O.P. Singh and A.K. Mishra (1994). Mosquito control in wells with larvivorous fishes in tribal area of Mandla. In: “Larvivorous fishes of Inland Eco-system” Proceedings of the MRC-CICFRI workshop, New Delhi , 27-28 Sept. 1989 (Ed. Dr. V.P. Sharma  and Apurva Ghosh). PP: 105-113.

·         Singh, Neeru, A.K. Mishra and M.P. Singh (1998). Sampling of Anopheline mosquitoes by different methods in Tribal area of Madhya Pradesh. Adv. Med. Entomol. & Human Welfare, Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology, Published by Uttar Pradesh Zoological society. PP 77-87.

·         Singh, Neeru (2001). Malaria in primitive Tribal population. Trends in malaria and Vaccine Research. Ed. D. Raghunath & R. Nayak. Published by Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited. PP 11-22.

·         Singh Neeru, Awadhiya SB, Srivastava R, (2007). Malaria in Pregnant Women and Remedial Measures. Ed. VP Sharma, Padma Vasudevan, Santosh Satya & Vinita Sharma. Women & Health Care, Published by Centre for Rural Development and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi . PP 137-149.

·         Singh Neeru, Sinha S, Awadhiya SB, Singh MP & Dash AP, (2008). Malaria in pregnancy – a neglected disease in India . Ed. RS Sharma, A Rajanna, M Rajalaxmi. Recent Advances and Challenges in Reproductive Health Research, Published by ICMR. PP 241-251.

 

Honours:

  • Member of ICMR forum on Tribal Health Research.

  • Member of Tribal Sub Plan.

  • Member of Vector Forum.

  • Member of RMRC SAC Port Blair.

  • Member of RMRC SAC Dibrugarh.