Itu Singh

Employment

• The Leprosy Mission Trust India Scientist In-Charge
  2020 - Present
• The Leprosy Mission Trust India Research Scientist
  2012 - 2020

Education

• National JALMA Institute of Leprosy and other Mycobacterial Diseases Ph.D.
  2005 - 2013

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (40)

• Rapid Identification of Drug-Resistant Strains of Mycobacterium leprae through qPCR High-Resolution Melt Analysis (HRMA): A High-Throughput and Effective Screening Method
  Indian Dermatology Online Journal 2026 DOI: 10.4103/idoj.idoj_188_25
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• Understanding Autoimmune Response Mechanisms in Leprosy
  Indian Dermatology Online Journal 2025 DOI: 10.4103/idoj.idoj_1074_24
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• Unveiling the role of NK cells, NKT-like cells, and γδ cells in pathogenesis of type 1 reactions in leprosy
  Heliyon 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25254
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• High frequency of ofloxacin resistance patterns of Mycobacterium leprae from India: An indication to revisit second line anti-leprosy treatment regimen
  Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2023.10.006
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• Effective amelioration of the Lucio phenomenon with adjuvant tofacitinib therapy in a patient with dual infection of Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis: a case report from India
  Access Microbiology 2023 DOI: 10.1099/acmi.0.000460.v3
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• Diagnosis of Leprosy: Current Updates and Future Directions
  Indian Journal of Postgraduate Dermatology 2023 DOI: 10.25259/ijpgd_36_2022
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• A prospective case control study of resistance to rifampicin, dapsone and ofloxacin in Type 1 and Type 2 leprosy reactions and the therapeutic impact of modified treatment regimen on reactions
  Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology 2023 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.18709
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• High prevalence of resistance to anti-leprosy drugs in leprosy cases with chronic erythema nodosum leprosum: A matter of concern
  Indian Dermatology Online Journal 2022 DOI: 10.4103/idoj.idoj_581_21
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• Ofloxacin resistance in multibacillary new leprosy cases from Purulia, West Bengal: A threat to effective secondary line treatment for rifampicin resistant leprosy cases
  Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2022.06.008
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• Existence of viable Mycobacterium leprae in natural environment and its genetic profiling in a leprosy endemic region
  Frontiers in Tropical Diseases 2022 DOI: 10.3389/fitd.2022.972682
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