Dr. A Stephen

Employment

• National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis Scientist
  2019 - Present

Education

• Periyar University Ph.D
  2015 - 2021

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (11)

• Predictors of healthcare seeking for tuberculosis symptoms in the private healthcare facilities: findings from a cross-sectional population-based survey in Tamil Nadu
  BMJ Open 2026 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-098806
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• Stigma and community responses among individuals recovered from COVID-19 in India
  Sumit Suresh Aggarwal, Senthanro Ovung, Apoorva Sharma +18 more
  Discover Public Health 2025 DOI: 10.1186/s12982-025-01288-w
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• Economic Burden of TB Deaths in India (2021): A Retrospective Cross-sectional Study
  Karikalan Nagarajan, Malaisamy Muniyandi, Venkateshprabhu Janagaraj +4 more
  Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2025 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf433
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• Breaking barriers for TB elimination: A novel community-led strategy revolutionizing tuberculosis case finding and treatment support in Senapati District Manipur-A quasi-experimental pre-post study protocol
  Arangba S, Shashi Sekhar Singh, K. Nagarajan

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  • Malaisamy Muniyandi
  • Basilea Watson
  • L Muanching
  • Sanjay K. Mattoo
  • Vijaya Elangbam
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  PLOS One 2025 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0326324
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• Self-driven solutions and resilience adapted by people with drug-resistant tuberculosis and their caregivers in Bengaluru and Hyderabad, India: a qualitative study
  Karikalan Nagarajan, Karthikeyan Kumarswamy, Rehana Begum

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  • Vikas Panibatla
  • Anil Singarajipura
  • Rajesham Adepu
  • Joseph Francis Munjattu
  • Senthil Sellappan
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  The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.lansea.2024.100372
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• Gender differences in COVID-19 knowledge, risk perception, and public stigma among the general community: Findings from a nationwide cross-sectional study in India
  Asiimwe Stephen, Saritha Nair, Aparna Joshi +43 more
  International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103776
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• A Dual Perspective of Psycho-Social Barriers and Challenges Experienced by Drug-Resistant TB Patients and Their Caregivers through the Course of Diagnosis and Treatment: Findings from a Qualitative Study in Bengaluru and Hyderabad Districts of South India
  Karikalan Nagarajan, Karthikeyan Kumarsamy, Rehana Begum

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  • Vikas Panibatla
  • Ramesh Chandra Reddy
  • Rajesham Adepu
  • Joseph Francis Munjattu
  • Senthil Sellappan
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  Antibiotics 2022 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11111586
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• Factors associated with COVID-19 stigma during the onset of the global pandemic in India: A cross-sectional study
  Tulsi Adhikari, Sumit Suresh Aggarwal, Saritha Nair +42 more
  Frontiers in Public Health 2022 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.992046
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• Measuring tuberculosis patient perceived quality of care in public and public–private mix settings in India: an instrument development and validation study
  Murugesan Periyasamy, Beena Elizabeth Thomas, Basilea Watson +10 more
  BMJ Open Quality 2022 DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2021-001787
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• Development & validation of scales to assess stigma related to COVID-19 in India
  Saritha Nair, Aparna Joshi, Sumit Suresh Aggarwal +44 more
  Indian Journal of Medical Research 2022 DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_2455_21
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• Tuberculosis related stigma in India: roadblocks and the way forward
  Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine 2021 DOI: 10.1080/17476348.2020.1826314
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