Kavitha Saravu

Employment

• Kasturba Medical College Manipal Professor & Head
  2019 - Present
• Kasturba Medical College Manipal Professor and Division-Head of Infectious Diseases
  2015 - 2019
• Kasturba Medical College Manipal Professor and Unit Chief
  2013 - 2015
• Kasturba Medical College Manipal Additional Professor
  2012 - 2013
• Kasturba Medical College Manipal Associate Professor
  2004 - 2012
• Kasturba Medical College Manipal Assistant Professor
  1999 - 2004

Education

• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Diploma in Tropical Medicne & Hygiene (DTM&H)
  2013 - 2013
• National Board of Examination, New Delhi. DNB
  2006 - Present
• Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital MD (Medicine)
  1995 - 1998
• Kasturba Medical College Mangalore MBBS
  1989 - 1994

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (122)

• Leptospirosis is associated with severity, increased resource utilization, and mortality among acute febrile illnesses from Karnataka, Southwestern India
  Annals of Medicine 2026 DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2026.2687164
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• Kyasanur Forest Disease: Clinical profile, diagnostic approaches, and management protocol
  Journal of the Epidemiology Foundation of India 2026 DOI: 10.56450/JEFI.2026.v4i02.008
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• Leptospirosis and its co-infections in India: prevalence, geographic distribution, and clinical implications
  BMC Infectious Diseases 2026 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-026-13642-7
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• The cocktail infection: anaerobic and aerobic co-Infections in tubercular vertebral osteomyelitis
  F1000Research 2026 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.74393.3
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• Effect of Probiotics Supplementation on Clinical, Humanistic, and Safety Outcomes in Patients With Tuberculosis: A Prospective Cohort Study in a Tertiary Healthcare Facility in South India
  Journal of the American Nutrition Association 2026 DOI: 10.1080/27697061.2025.2531086
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• Prevalence of cervicovaginal human papillomavirus and cytological abnormalities in immunocompromised women at a tertiary level setting in coastal Karnataka
  Medical Journal Armed Forces India 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2025.05.012
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• Pharmacogenomic heterogeneity of N-acetyltransferase 2 : a comprehensive analysis of real world data in Indian tuberculosis patients and from literature and database review
  Annals of Medicine 2025 DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2025.2478316
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• Clinico-epidemiological determinants of severe dengue in an endemic district of coastal Karnataka
  Infectious Diseases 2025 DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2025.2528132
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• Accuracy of extended point-of-care lung ultrasound (EPLUS) for aetiological differentiation of lower respiratory tract infections: a prospective cohort study from India
  Infectious Diseases 2025 DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2025.2495708
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• Response to Article Commentary by Ranjana Sah and colleagues
  Infectious Diseases 2025 DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2025.2537736
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