Publications by authors named "A Rameshkumar"
Osmia (Pyrosmia) Tkalců, previously known only from the Palaearctic region, is reported for the first time from India, specifically from northern India, which marks the confluence of the Palaearctic and Indo-Malayan realms and therefore, has a mixture of species from both. This is the third subgenus of Osmia Panzer after Osmia (Helicosmia) Thomson and Osmia (Osmia s.str.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZoonotic Surveillance of Bartonella spp.: Exploring the Public Health Risks in Human Settlements.
Mukesh Thakur
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Stanzin Dolker
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Lenrik K Wangmo
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Avijit Ghosh
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Nikhil Dhankhar
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Anandhan Rameshkumar
Zoonoses Public Health
May 2025
Article Synopsis
- Urban rodents at Kolkata's Alipore Railway Station were studied for their role in spreading zoonotic pathogens, particularly Bartonella spp., through fleas, highlighting the link between high rodent populations and increased disease risk due to nearby human activity.
- The study involved collecting and identifying rodents and fleas, as well as detecting Bartonella DNA to understand its prevalence and phylogenetic relationships among different species.
- Results showed a high prevalence of Bartonella infections in rodents (53.33%) and fleas (79.1%), with some haplotypes indicating cross-species transmission between rodents, fleas, and humans, underscoring the public health implications of these findings.
Ceraphron initium sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Nagaland state of India based on male specimens.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aphid wasp genus Arpactophilus Smith, 1863 is reported from India, for the first time outside Australasia. A new species Arpactophilus pulawskii Amal & Girish Kumar sp. nov.
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