Dr S.K. Puri
 
  Dy. Director and Scientist-in-Charge
Parasitology Division,
Central Drug Research Institute,
Lucknow-226 001
 
   
Educational Qualifications M.Sc (Hons.), Ph.D
Date of Birth November 23rd, 1954

E-Mail skpuricdri[at]yahoo dot co dot in
Fax 91-522-2223405
 
POST DOCTORAL RESEARH
 
CDRI, Lucknow, 1979 to 1982
 
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
 
28 years
 
AREAS OF RESEARH
 
Malaria Chemotherapy, Immunoprophylaxis, Drug Resistance
 
CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST
 
Antimalarial drug Development, Drug resistance, Experimental Malaria models
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
 
Puri, S. K. and Dutta, G.P.(2003) Blood schizontocidal activity of WR 238605 (Tafenoquine) against Plasmodium cynomolgi and Plasmodium fragile infections in rhesus monkeys. Acta Tropica 86: 35-43
Puri, S.K. and Singh, N. (2000) Azithromycin: Antimalarial profile against blood and sporozoite induced infections in mice and monkeys Expl. Parasit. 94: 8-14
Singh N. and Puri, S. K. (2000) Modulation of halofantrine resistance after coadministration of halofantrine with diverse pharmacological agents in a rodent malaria model. Life Sciences, 67: 1345-1354
Singh, N. and Puri, S. K. (1998) Causal prophylactic activity of antihistaminic agents against Plasmodium yoelli infection in Swiss mice. Acta Tropica 69: 255-260
Singh, S.; Puri, S. K.; Singh, S. K.; Srivastava, R.; Gupta, R. C. and Pandey, V. C. (1997). Characterization of simian malarial parasite (Plasmodium knowlesi) induced putrescine transport in rhesus monkey erythrocytes. Jr. Biol. Chem. 272: 13506-13511.