Dr. Abhishek Mewara
Designation : Additional Professor
Department : MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY
mewara.abhishek@pgimer.edu.in

 
 
 :: Educational Qualification
  Graduation :   MBBS from University of Rajasthan
  Post Graduation :   MD (Microbiology) from PGIMER
     
 :: Area of Interest
       Area Of Interest       :
Molecular diagnosis, pathogenesis, and epidemiology of parasitic diseases; helminthic diseases (Strongyloidiasis, Echinococcosis, Cysticercosis, Soil Transmitted Helminths, Filariasis, Fascioliasis), protozoan diseases (Malaria, Trichomoniasis, Leishmaniasis), Medical Entomology.
     
 :: Research & Projects
      Extramural Projects       :
  1. Study of genetic diversity of Trichomonas vaginalis by multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) and characterization of 5-nitroimidazole resistance in clinical isolates (ICMR, New Delhi)
  2. Screening for Strongyloides stercoralis in immunocompromised population and evaluation of real-time polymerase chain reaction for its diagnosis (ICMR, New Delhi)
  3. Applicability of automated digital microscopy using artificial intelligence for routine malaria diagnosis in endemic districts of Punjab (DST, New Delhi)
  4. Epidemiology, molecular identification and phylogenetics of soil-transmitted helminths and effect of mass deworming in a North Indian region (ICMR, New Delhi)
  5. Clinico-immunological analysis of Pediatric Hydatid disease: Prognosis, outcomes and correlation of clinical and laboratory factors during the course of disease (SERB, New Delhi)
  6. Impact of Giardia duodenalis on commensal gut microbiome in experimental murine model and patients of giardiasis (ICMR, New Delhi)
  7. Evaluation of loop mediated isothermal amplification and polymerase chain reaction in clinically suspected and radiology confirmed neurocystricercosis patients (ICMR, New Delhi)
  8. Genotypic and Phenotypic Characterization of Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in malaria positive patients from Punjab (DHR, Punjab)
  9. To study the role of Anopheles culicifacies and Anopheles stephensi in transmission of malaria in two endemic districts of Punjab (DHR, Punjab)
  10. Identification and Characterization of Orientia tsutsugamushi in mites from Scrub typhus endemic districts of Punjab (DHR, Punjab)
  11. Identification of key genotypes of Orientia tsutsugamushi in rodents and chiggers from Chandigarh (DST, UT Chandigarh)
  12. Survey of medically important mosquito species in Union Territory of Chandigarh. (DST, UT Chandigarh)
  13. Prevalence Survey of Soil Transmitted Helminths in School-Going Children in Uttar Pradesh. (Deworm the World Initiative)
  14. Prevalence Survey of Soil Transmitted Helminths in School-Going Children in Bihar.  (Deworm the World Initiative)
  15. Prevalence Survey of Soil Transmitted Helminths in School-Going Children in Madhya Pradesh.  (Deworm the World Initiative)
      Departmental / P.G.I.
      Projects      		 :
  1. The prevalence, predictors and etiology of peripheral/mucosal eosinophilia in ulcerative colitis patients
  2. Evaluation of ITS-1, ITS-2, CO-II and 16S rDNA genes for the identification of medically important mosquito species
      Area Of
      Specialization      		 :
Medical Parasitology
      Future Plans       :
Diagnostics, research, epidemiology and control of parasitic diseases.
      Awards & Honours       :
  • NIH/FIC Fogarty Training Fellowship (2019), University of Virginia, USA
  • Award for Excellence in Book Production 2021 for “Textbook of Medical Parasitology” by Federation of Indian Publishers (FIP), India (Scientific/ Technical/ Medical books)
      Member Of Professional
      Bodies      		 :
  • National Academy of Medical Sciences (India)
  • Applied Microbiology International (AMI)
  • Indian Association of Medical Microbiology (IAMM)
  • Indian Academy of Tropical Parasitology (IATP)
  • Indian Society of Parasitology (ISP)
  • Gastrointestinal Infection Society of India (GISI)
     
 :: Publications(In Vancouver Style)