Sitara Ajjampur

Employment

• Christian Medical College, Vellore Professor of Microbiology
  2014 - Present
• National University of Singapore Research Fellow
  2014 - 2015
• Christian Medical College, Vellore Associate Professor
  2010 - 2014
• Tufts University School of Medicine Adjunct Faculty
  2007 - Present
• Christian Medical College, Vellore Assistant Professor
  2005 - 2010
• Christian Medical College, Vellore Clinical Research Officer (Community Anti-Microbial Resistance Project)
  2001 - 2001

Education

• Christian Medical College, Vellore PhD
  2007 - 2010
• Christian Medical College, Vellore MD
  2002 - 2005
• T D Medical College, University of Kerala MBBS
  1994 - 2000

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (104)

• Childhood immunisation coverage in rural and a tribal settings in southern India and assessing effect of the Covid19 pandemic
  2026 DOI: 10.64898/2026.07.24.26358371
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• Establishment of an External Quality Assessment Scheme for Clinical Parasitology Diagnostics in India: Four years of experience (2022-2025)
  2026 DOI: 10.64898/2026.07.22.26358636
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• Identifying Active Paragonimiasis in Rural Nagaland in Northeastern India- a Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
  2026 DOI: 10.64898/2026.07.02.26357096
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• Community-wide deworming strategies to reduce high hookworm burden in endemic communities: Results from a cluster randomized trial in Southern India.
  2026
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• Detecting Angiostrongylus cantonensis Eosinophilic Meningitis with Highly Sensitive Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction-Report of Five Cases in Southern India.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2025 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.25-0166
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• Zoonotic Transmission of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in a Setting with Close Human-Animal Interaction: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study from Meghalaya, India.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2025 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.25-0401
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• The occurrence of cross-host species soil-transmitted helminth infections in humans and domestic/livestock animals: A systematic review
  PLOS Global Public Health 2025 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004614
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• Access and Awareness of Morbidity Management and Disability Prevention for Lower Limb Lymphatic Filariasis in Post-Mass Drug Administration Districts in Southern India.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2025 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.25-0180
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• Feasibility of interrupting the transmission of soil-transmitted helminths: the DeWorm3 community cluster-randomised controlled trial in Benin, India, and Malawi.
  Lancet (London, England) 2025 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00766-4
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• Global diversity of soil-transmitted helminths reveals population-biased genetic variation that impacts diagnostic targets
  Nature Communications 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61687-0
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