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Publications
  1. T. Smiley Evans, P. A. Barry, K. V. Gilardi, T. Goldstein, J. D. Deere, J. Fike, J. Yee, B. J. Ssebide, D. Karmacharya, M. R. Cranfield, D. Wolking, B. Smith, J. A. Mazet and C. K. Johnson: Optimization of a Novel Non-invasive Oral Sampling Technique for Zoonotic Pathogen Surveillance in Nonhuman Primates. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2015, 9(6). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26046911
  2. H. T. Kinkel, D. Karmacharya, J. Shakya, S. Manandhar, S. Panthi, P. Karmacharya, D. Sitaula, R. Thapaliya, C. P. K, A. Rai and S. Dixit: Prevalence of HIV, Hepatitis B and C Infections and an Assessment of HCV-Genotypes and Two IL28B SNPs among People Who Inject Drugs in Three Regions of Nepal. PLoS One 2015, 10(8). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26263394
  3. D. Karmacharya, S. Manandhar, A. Sharma, T. Bhatta, P. Adhikari, A. M. Sherchan, B. Shrestha, M. Bista, R. Rajbhandari, M. Oberoi, K. Bisht, J. M. Hero, R. Dissanayake, M. Dhakal, J. Hughes and N. Debnath: Surveillance of Influenza A Virus and Its Subtypes in Migratory Wild Birds of Nepal. PLoS One 2015, 10(7). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26176773
  4. K. Bam, R. M. Rajbhandari, D. B. Karmacharya and S. M. Dixit: Strengthening adherence to Anti Retroviral Therapy (ART) monitoring and support: operation research to identify barriers and facilitators in Nepal. BMC Health Serv Res 2015, 15. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25939593
  5. S. R. Upreti, S. Gurung, M. Patel, S. M. Dixit, L. K. Krause, G. Shakya, K. Wannemuehler, R. Rajbhandari, R. Bohara and W. W. Schluter: Prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus infection before and after implementation of a hepatitis B vaccination program among children in Nepal.
  6. J. S. Schwind, T. Goldstein, K. Thomas, J. A. K. Mazet and W. A. Smith: Capacity building efforts and perceptions for wildlife surveillance to detect zoonotic pathogens: comparing stakeholder perspectives. BMC Public Health 2014, 14. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4096412
  7. S. M. Dixit, F. T. Johura, S. Manandhar, A. Sadique, R. M. Rajbhandari, S. B. Mannan, M. U. Rashid, S. Islam, D. Karmacharya, H. Watanabe, R. B. Sack, A. Cravioto and M. Alam: Cholera outbreaks (2012) in three districts of Nepal reveal clonal transmission of multi-drug resistant Vibrio cholerae O1. BMC Infect Dis 2014, 14. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25022982
  8. A. Aryal, D. Brunton, W. Ji, D. Karmacharya, T. McCarthy, R. Bencini and D. Raubenheimer: Multipronged strategy including genetic analysis for assessing conservation options for the snow leopard in the central Himalaya. Journal of Mammalogy 2014, 95(4). http://jmammal.oxfordjournals.org/content/95/4/871
  9. S. K. Upadhyaya, S. M. Dixit, S. Shrestha, S. D. Dangol, D. Pokhrel, S. Banjara, K. S. Shrestha, S. Hengoju and B. K. Dahal: Assessment of detection efficacy of mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum samples by real time pcr based method. J Sci Eng Technol 2013, 9(1). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4198058
  10. S. Manandhar, C. L. Bhusal, U. Ghimire, S. P. Singh, D. B. Karmacharya and S. M. Dixit: A study on relapse/re-infection rate of Plasmodium vivax malaria and identification of the predominant genotypes of P. vivax in two endemic districts of Nepal. Malar J 2013, 12. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24041296
  11. R. K. Koirala, A. Aryal, C. Amiot, B. Adhikari, D. Karmacharya and D. Raubenheimer: Genetic identification of carnivore scat: implication of dietary information for human–carnivore conflict in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal. Zoology and Ecology 2012, 22(3-4). http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21658005.2012.744864
  12. D. Karmacharya, D. Yu, S. Dixit, R. Rajbhandari, B. Subedi, S. Shrestha, S. Manandhar and S. L. Santangelo: A study of the prevalence and risk factors leading to HIV infection among a sample of street children and youth of Kathmandu. AIDS Res Ther 2012, 9(1). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22929124
  13. C. L. Bhusala, S. Manandhar, M. Singh, A. Shah, S. Neupane, D. Karmacharya, K. S. Cuschieri, H. Cubie, D. C. Gilbert and S. M. Dixit: Evidence of HPV subtypes linked with Cervical Cancer in Nepal. WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health 2012, 1(4). http://www.searo.who.int/publications/journals/seajph/whoseajphv1n4p441.pdf
  14. A. Shahid, S. M. Dixit, V. L. Gurbacharya, D. Karmacharya and S. Ali: HIV-1 circulating recombinant form in Nepal. J Virol 2011, 85(16). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21680516
  15. D. Karmacharya, L. Shrestha, B. Bajracharya, P. Dulal, S. Shrestha and S. Dixit: PCR based molecular detection of M. tuberculosis and comparison of its efficacy against AFB based bacteriological detection in diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Nepal. Journal of Institute of Medicine 2011, 33(1) http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JIOM/article/view/7028
  16. S. Dixit, G. P. Bhandari, D. B. Karmacharya, S. Shrestha, S. Manandhar and M. K. Maskey: Molecular screening of major bacterial enteropathogens in human stool samples from diarrhoeal outbreak sites J Nepal Health Res Council 2011, 9(2) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22929850
  17. D. B. Karmacharya, K. Thapa, R. Shrestha, M. Dhakal and J. E. Janecka: Noninvasive genetic population survey of snow leopards (Panthera uncia) in Kangchenjunga conservation area, Shey Phoksundo National Park and surrounding buffer zones of Nepal. BMC Res Notes 2011, 4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3247909