Ira Praharaj

Employment

• Indian Council of Medical Research Scientist E
  2019 - Present
• Christian Medical College & Hospital Associate Professor
  2018 - 2019
• Christian Medical College Vellore Association Assistant Professor of Microbiology
  2013 - 2018
• Christian Medical College & Hospital Senior Medical Resident
  2012 - 2013
• Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research Senior Resident
  2011 - 2012

Education

• Public Health Foundation of India Postgraduate Diploma in Epidemiology
  2017 - 2018
• Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education MD
  2008 - 2011
• Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (formerly VSS medical college) MBBS
  2001 - 2007

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (84)

• Design of an implementation research study for a digital omnichannel community engagement and risk communication intervention for the prevention and control of vector-borne diseases in India: the OMNIVEC-India study protocol
  Frontiers in Public Health 2026 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1710603
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• Human herpesvirus 7 (HHV-7) outbreak among hostel inmates in Odisha, India
  VirusDisease 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s13337-025-00946-6
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• Genomic surveillance for viruses of Public health importance in Low-and-Middle-Income countries: opportunities and challenges
  Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics 2025 DOI: 10.1080/14737159.2025.2543750
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• Dynamics of tissue and fecal microbiota in active Crohn’s disease and their ability to predict disease state
  World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology 2025 DOI: 10.4291/wjgp.v16.i3.108058
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• Etiology of Severe Pneumonia in Intubated Children: A Case–Control Study in Children 1–24 Months of Age in a Tertiary Hospital in South India
  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2025 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.24-0041
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• Infectious etiology of intussusception in Indian children less than 2 years old: a matched case-control analysis
  Gut Pathogens 2024 DOI: 10.1186/s13099-024-00659-z
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• Colistin resistance in carbapenem non-susceptible Acinetobacter baumanii in a tertiary care hospital in India: clinical characteristics, antibiotic susceptibility and molecular characterization.
  Molecular biology reports 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-023-08982-5
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• Fecal calgranulin as a potential screening tool to differentiate inflammatory bowel disease from irritable bowel syndrome.
  Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s12664-024-01525-1
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• Azithromycin for bacterial watery diarrhea: A reanalysis of the AntiBiotics for Children with severe Diarrhea (ABCD) trial incorporating molecular diagnostics.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2023 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiad252
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• Evaluation of different methods for in vitro susceptibility testing of colistin in carbapenem resistant Gram negative bacilli
  2023 DOI: 10.1099/acmi.0.000595.v1
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