Professor
Christian Medical College Vellore, Ida Scudder Road, Vellore – 632004, Tamil Nadu, India
Rakesh P, Alex RG, Varghese GM, Mathew P, David T, Manipadam MT, Nair S, Abraham OC. Kikuchi-fujimoto disease: clinical and laboratory characteristics and outcome. J Glob Infect Dis. 2014 Oct;6(4):147-50. doi: 10.4103/0974-777X.145234. PMID: 25538452; PMCID: PMC4265829.
Ganesan P, Jegaraj MKA, Kumar S, Yadav B, Selva B, Tharmaraj RGA. Profile and Outcome of Near-hanging Patients Presenting to Emergency Department in a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India - A Retrospective Descriptive Study. Indian J Psychol Med. 2018 May-Jun;40(3):205-209. doi: 10.4103/IJPSYM.IJPSYM_282_17. PMID: 29875525; PMCID: PMC5968639.
Alex R, Mathew M, Arul S, Kundavaram A. Overdose of mycophenolate mofetil managed in a secondary care hospital in South India. Indian J Pharmacol. 2014 May-Jun;46(3):337-8. doi: 10.4103/0253-7613.132191. PMID: 24987184; PMCID: PMC4071714. Link
Alex R, Prasad J, Kuruvilla A, Jacob KS. Self-poisoning with pesticides in India. Br J Psychiatry. 2007 Mar;190:274-5. doi: 10.1192/bjp.190.3.274a. PMID: 17329761. Link
George H, Rakesh P, Krishna M, Alex R, Abraham VJ, George K, Prasad JH. Foot care knowledge and practices and the prevalence of peripheral neuropathy among people with diabetes attending a secondary care rural hospital in southern India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2013 Jan;2(1):27-32. doi: 10.4103/2249-4863.109938. PMID: 24479039; PMCID: PMC3894008. Link
Bose A, Munshi R, Tripathy RM, Madhusudana SN, Harish BR, Thaker S, Mahendra BJ, Gunale B, Gogtay NJ, Thatte UM, Mani RS, Manjunath K, George K, Yajaman AB, Sahai A, Dhere RM, Alex RG, Adhikari DD, Abhilash, Raghava V, Kumbhar D, Behera TR, Kulkarni PS. A randomized non-inferiority clinical study to assess post-exposure prophylaxis by a new purified vero cell rabies vaccine (Rabivax-S) administered by intramuscular and intradermal routes. Vaccine. 2016 Sep 14;34(40):4820-6. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.08.005. Epub 2016 Aug 21. PMID: 27554534. Link
Rakesh P, Alex RG, Varghese GM, Mathew P, David T, Manipadam MT, Nair S, Abraham OC. Kikuchi-fujimoto disease: clinical and laboratory characteristics and outcome. J Glob Infect Dis. 2014 Oct;6(4):147-50. doi: 10.4103/0974-777X.145234. PMID: 25538452; PMCID: PMC4265829.
Ganesan P, Jegaraj MKA, Kumar S, Yadav B, Selva B, Tharmaraj RGA. Profile and Outcome of Near-hanging Patients Presenting to Emergency Department in a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India - A Retrospective Descriptive Study. Indian J Psychol Med. 2018 May-Jun;40(3):205-209. doi: 10.4103/IJPSYM.IJPSYM_282_17. PMID: 29875525; PMCID: PMC5968639.
Alex R, Mathew M, Arul S, Kundavaram A. Overdose of mycophenolate mofetil managed in a secondary care hospital in South India. Indian J Pharmacol. 2014 May-Jun;46(3):337-8. doi: 10.4103/0253-7613.132191. PMID: 24987184; PMCID: PMC4071714. Link
Alex R, Prasad J, Kuruvilla A, Jacob KS. Self-poisoning with pesticides in India. Br J Psychiatry. 2007 Mar;190:274-5. doi: 10.1192/bjp.190.3.274a. PMID: 17329761. Link
George H, Rakesh P, Krishna M, Alex R, Abraham VJ, George K, Prasad JH. Foot care knowledge and practices and the prevalence of peripheral neuropathy among people with diabetes attending a secondary care rural hospital in southern India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2013 Jan;2(1):27-32. doi: 10.4103/2249-4863.109938. PMID: 24479039; PMCID: PMC3894008. Link
Bose A, Munshi R, Tripathy RM, Madhusudana SN, Harish BR, Thaker S, Mahendra BJ, Gunale B, Gogtay NJ, Thatte UM, Mani RS, Manjunath K, George K, Yajaman AB, Sahai A, Dhere RM, Alex RG, Adhikari DD, Abhilash, Raghava V, Kumbhar D, Behera TR, Kulkarni PS. A randomized non-inferiority clinical study to assess post-exposure prophylaxis by a new purified vero cell rabies vaccine (Rabivax-S) administered by intramuscular and intradermal routes. Vaccine. 2016 Sep 14;34(40):4820-6. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.08.005. Epub 2016 Aug 21. PMID: 27554534. Link
Alexander V, Sindhu KN, Zechariah P, Resu AV, Nair SR, Kattula D, Mohan VR, Alex T RG. Occupational safety measures and morbidity among welders in Vellore, Southern India. Int J Occup Environ Health. 2016 Oct;22(4):300-306. doi: 10.1080/10773525.2016.1228287. Epub 2016 Sep 28. PMID: 27682579; PMCID: PMC5137558.
Bose A, Munshi R, Tripathy RM, Madhusudana SN, Harish BR, Thaker S, Mahendra BJ, Gunale B, Gogtay NJ, Thatte UM, Mani RS, Manjunath K, George K, Yajaman AB, Sahai A, Dhere RM, Alex RG, Adhikari DD, Abhilash, Raghava V, Kumbhar D, Behera TR, Kulkarni PS. A randomized non-inferiority clinical study to assess post-exposure prophylaxis by a new purified vero cell rabies vaccine (Rabivax-S) administered by intramuscular and intradermal routes. Vaccine. 2016 Sep 14;34(40):4820-6. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.08.005. Epub 2016 Aug 21. PMID: 27554534. Link
Rakesh P, Alex RG, Varghese GM, Mathew P, David T, Manipadam MT, Nair S, Abraham OC. Kikuchi-fujimoto disease: clinical and laboratory characteristics and outcome. J Glob Infect Dis. 2014 Oct;6(4):147-50. doi: 10.4103/0974-777X.145234. PMID: 25538452; PMCID: PMC4265829.
Mathew P, Jose A, Alex RG, Mohan VR. Chronic pesticide exposure: Health effects among pesticide sprayers in Southern India. Indian J Occup Environ Med. 2015 May-Aug;19(2):95-101. doi: 10.4103/0019-5278.165334. PMID: 26500412; PMCID: PMC4596078.
Mitra S, Agarwal A, Shubhankar BU, Masih S, Krothapalli V, Lee BM, Kuruvilla J, Alex R. Clinico-epidemiological Profile of Snake Bites over 6-year Period from a Rural Secondary Care Centre of Northern India: A Descriptive Study. Toxicol Int. 2015 Jan-Apr;22(1):77-82. doi: 10.4103/0971-6580.172263. PMID: 26862265; PMCID: PMC4721181. Link
Koshy M, Mathew J, Alex R, Jude JA, Ralph R, Sudarsanam TD, Sathyendra S, Visalakshi J, Peter JV. Antinuclear antibodies in scrub typhus: Transient occurrence during acute illness. J Vector Borne Dis. 2018 Jan-Mar;55(1):52-57. doi: 10.4103/0972-9062.234627. PMID: 29916449.
Madsen C, Mogensen P, Thomas N, Christensen DL, Bygbjerg IC, Mohan V, Inbakumari M, Nadig SV, Alex R, Geetanjali FS, Westgate K, Brage S, Vaag A, Grunnet LG. Effects of an outdoor bicycle-based intervention in healthy rural Indian men with normal and low birth weight. J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2015 Feb;6(1):27-37. doi: 10.1017/S2040174414000609. Epub 2014 Dec 17. PMID: 25514893. Link
Kumaran D, Balagopal K, Tharmaraj RG, Aaron S, George K, Muliyil J, Sivadasan A, Danda S, Alexander M, Hasan G. Genetic characterization of Spinocerebellar ataxia 1 in a South Indian cohort. BMC Med Genet. 2014 Oct 25;15:114. doi: 10.1186/s12881-014-0114-5. PMID: 25344417; PMCID: PMC4411758. Link
George H, Rakesh P, Krishna M, Alex R, Abraham VJ, George K, Prasad JH. Foot care knowledge and practices and the prevalence of peripheral neuropathy among people with diabetes attending a secondary care rural hospital in southern India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2013 Jan;2(1):27-32. doi: 10.4103/2249-4863.109938. PMID: 24479039; PMCID: PMC3894008. Link
Jegaraj MK, Mitra S, Kumar S, Selva B, Pushparaj M, Yadav B, Prabhakar AK, Reginald A. Profile of deliberate self-harm patients presenting to Emergency Department: A retrospective study. J Family Med Prim Care. 2016 Jan-Mar;5(1):73-6. doi: 10.4103/2249-4863.184627. PMID: 27453847; PMCID: PMC4943154.
Francis MR, Raja L, Inbarani E, Regi H, Nicolas J, Paul N, Thomas R, Earnest P, Kiran R, War S, Alex R, Balraj V, Mohan V. Perceptions of farmers' and farmworkers' wives on the use and hazards of agrochemicals in rural Vellore. New Solut. 2013;23(4):625-42. doi: 10.2190/NS.23.4.f. PMID: 24650783. Link
Inbaraj LR, Haebar OJ, Saj F, Dawson S, Paul P, Prabhakar AK, Mohan VR, Alex RG. Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among brick kiln workers in rural Southern India. Indian J Occup Environ Med. 2013 May;17(2):71-5. doi: 10.4103/0019-5278.123170. PMID: 24421594; PMCID: PMC3877450. Link
Title : Chemical use in farming and its health and environmental implications in a rural setting in southern India Country : India Authors : Rakesh P. S., Ankita P., Annie M. Cherian, Ashutosh Masih, Edwin Mohan, Geethu Rachel, Goutham Sunny, Jayajiwan Simon, John T. George, Kevin John, Priyanka Schilling, Karpe M. Lombi, Reginald Alex, Vinohar Balraj, Venkata Raghava Mohan Link
Alex R, Francis M, Prashanth HR, Kundavaram A. Occupational history: A neglected component of history taking. Indian J Occup Environ Med. 2013 Jan;17(1):29-30. doi: 10.4103/0019-5278.116371. PMID: 24082646; PMCID: PMC3777287.
Alex R, Ratnaraj B, Winston B, Samson Devakiruba DN, Samuel C, John J, Mohan VR, Prasad JH, Jacob K. Risk factors for foot ulcers in patients with diabetes mellitus - a short report from vellore, South India. Indian J Community Med. 2010 Jan;35(1):183-5. doi: 10.4103/0970-0218.62582. PMID: 20606950; PMCID: PMC2888355. Link
Bose A, Sandal Sejbaek C, Suganthy P, Raghava V, Alex R, Muliyil J, Konradsen F. Self-harm and self-poisoning in southern India: choice of poisoning agents and treatment. Trop Med Int Health. 2009 Jul;14(7):761-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02293.x. Epub 2009 May 26. PMID: 19497080. Link
Lau SL, Debarm R, Thomas N, Asha HS, Vasan KS, Alex RG, Gnanaraj J. Healthcare planning in north-east India: a survey on diabetes awareness, risk factors and health attitudes in a rural community. J Assoc Physicians India. 2009 Apr;57:305-9. PMID: 19702036. Link
Alex R, Jacob KS. Antituberculosis programmes in India: the absence of a public health approach. Natl Med J India. 2007 Mar-Apr;20(2):101. PMID: 17802992. Link
Ramasamy R, Reginald A, Ganesan E. The use of high-dose isomazid in intermittent regime TB treatment--some preliminary findings. Trop Doct. 2000 Jan;30(1):56. doi: 10.1177/004947550003000138. PMID: 10842542. Link
Muliyil DE, Vellaiputhiyavan K, Alex R, Mohan VR. Compliance to treatment among type 2 diabetics receiving care at peripheral mobile clinics in a rural block of Vellore District, Southern India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2017 Apr-Jun;6(2):330-335. doi: 10.4103/2249-4863.219991. PMID: 29302542; PMCID: PMC5749081.
Mathew P, Jose A, Alex RG, Mohan VR. Chronic pesticide exposure: Health effects among pesticide sprayers in Southern India. Indian J Occup Environ Med. 2015 May-Aug;19(2):95-101. doi: 10.4103/0019-5278.165334. PMID: 26500412; PMCID: PMC4596078.
Karthik G, Iyadurai R, Ralph R, Prakash V, Abhilash KPP, Sathyendra S, Abraham OC, Truman C, Reginald A. Acute oleander poisoning: A study of clinical profile from a tertiary care center in South India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Jan 28;9(1):136-140. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_632_19. PMID: 32110579; PMCID: PMC7014840.
Jamkhandi DM, Alex R, George K. Melioidosis: a report of two cases. Natl Med J India. 2014 Jul-Aug;27(4):202-3. PMID: 25668164. Link
Philip M, Alex RG, Sunny SS, Alwan A, Guzzula D, Srinivasan R. A study on morbidity among automobile service and repair workers in an urban area of South India. Indian J Occup Environ Med. 2014 Jan;18(1):9-12. doi: 10.4103/0019-5278.134946. PMID: 25006310; PMCID: PMC4083523. Link
Koshy M, Mathew J, Alex R, Jude JA, Ralph R, Sudarsanam TD, Sathyendra S, Visalakshi J, Peter JV. Antinuclear antibodies in scrub typhus: Transient occurrence during acute illness. J Vector Borne Dis. 2018 Jan-Mar;55(1):52-57. doi: 10.4103/0972-9062.234627. PMID: 29916449.
Isaac R, Alex RG, Knox TA. Malabsorption in wasting HIV disease: diagnostic and management issues in resource-poor settings. Trop Doct. 2008 Jul;38(3):133-4. doi: 10.1258/td.2008.080087. PMID: 18628531. Link
Alex R, Manjunath K, Srinivasan R, Basu G. Purple urine bag syndrome: time for awareness. J Family Med Prim Care. 2015 Jan-Mar;4(1):130-1. doi: 10.4103/2249-4863.152270. PMID: 25811004; PMCID: PMC4366985. Link
Thomas N, Grunnet LG, Poulsen P, Christopher S, Spurgeon R, Inbakumari M, Livingstone R, Alex R, Mohan VR, Antonisamy B, Geethanjali FS, Karol R, Vaag A, Bygbjerg IC. Born with low birth weight in rural Southern India: what are the metabolic consequences 20 years later? Eur J Endocrinol. 2012 Apr;166(4):647-55. doi: 10.1530/EJE-11-0870. Epub 2012 Jan 16. PMID: 22250073.
Thomas N, Grunnet LG, Poulsen P, Christopher S, Spurgeon R, Inbakumari M, Livingstone R, Alex R, Mohan VR, Antonisamy B, Geethanjali FS, Karol R, Vaag A, Bygbjerg IC. Born with low birth weight in rural Southern India: what are the metabolic consequences 20 years later? Eur J Endocrinol. 2012 Apr;166(4):647-55. doi: 10.1530/EJE-11-0870. Epub 2012 Jan 16. PMID: 22250073.
Ahikam D, Karun SS, Abhilash KP, Alex RG. Emergency department visits of staff and students of a large medical college and hospital in South India. Curr Med Issues 2018;16:83-6.
Isaac R, Alex RG, Knox TA. Malabsorption in wasting HIV disease: diagnostic and management issues in resource-poor settings. Trop Doct. 2008 Jul;38(3):133-4. doi: 10.1258/td.2008.080087. PMID: 18628531. Link
Paul A, Alex R, Jacob JR, Yadav B. Effects of heat stroke on surface ECG: a study on clinical outcomes. Heart Asia. 2019 Jun 19;11(2):e011221. doi: 10.1136/heartasia-2019-011221. PMID: 31297165; PMCID: PMC6590991.
Derek M, Tsai FJ, Kim J, Tejamaya M, Putri V, Muto G, Reginald A, Phanprasit W, Granadillos N, Zainal Farid MB, Capule CQ, Lin YW, Park J, Chen RY, Lee KH, Park J, Hashimoto H, Yoon C, Padungtod C, Park DU. Overview of legal measures for managing workplace COVID-19 infection risk in several Asia-Pacific countries. Saf Health Work. 2021 Aug 26. doi: 10.1016/j.shaw.2021.08.003. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34462672; PMCID: PMC8388144. Link
Obed P, Amritanand A, Antipas OJH, Rebekah G, Kirupakaran H, Alex R, Paul P. Acute work-related hazardous eye exposures in a health care environment - An observational study from a tertiary care hospital in South India. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2021 Dec;69(12):3532-3537. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_912_21. PMID: 34826990.
Raj Mani SS, Iyyadurai R, Mishra AK, Manjunath K, Prasad J, Lakshmanan J, Yadav B, Reginald A, Jasmine S, Hansdak SG, Zachariah A. Predicting antitubercular drug-induced liver injury and its outcome and introducing a novel scoring system. Int J Mycobacteriol. 2021 Apr-Jun;10(2):116-121. doi: 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_15_21. PMID: 34558461. Link
Jacob MS, Iyyadurai R, Jose A, Fleming JJ, Rebekah G, Zachariah A, Hansdak SG, Alex R, Chandiraseharan VK, Lenin A, Peter JV. Clinical presentation of type 1 and type 2 pyrethroid poisoning in humans. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2021 Oct 21:1-8. doi: 10.1080/15563650.2021.1994145. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34672857.
Jegaraj MK, Mitra S, Kumar S, Selva B, Pushparaj M, Yadav B, Prabhakar AK, Reginald A. Profile of deliberate self-harm patients presenting to Emergency Department: A retrospective study. J Family Med Prim Care. 2016 Jan-Mar;5(1):73-6. doi: 10.4103/2249-4863.184627. PMID: 27453847; PMCID: PMC4943154.
Regina DL, Kanagalakshmi V, Alex RG. Profile, risk factors and outcome of occupational injuries reported to the emergency department in a tertiary care hospital in South India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Nov 30;9(11):5684-5688. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1352_20. PMID: 33532414; PMCID: PMC7842461.
Kumaran D, Balagopal K, Tharmaraj RG, Aaron S, George K, Muliyil J, Sivadasan A, Danda S, Alexander M, Hasan G. Genetic characterization of Spinocerebellar ataxia 1 in a South Indian cohort. BMC Med Genet. 2014 Oct 25;15:114. doi: 10.1186/s12881-014-0114-5. PMID: 25344417; PMCID: PMC4411758. Link
Tejamaya M, Phanprsit W, Kim J, Tsai FJ, Muto G, Miller D, Reginald A, Granadillos N, Capule C, Zainal Farid MB, Lin YW, Park J, Chen RY, Lee KH, Park J, Hashimoto H, Kwon H, Yoon C, Padungtod C, Safira EA, Park DU. Characteristics of COVID-19 infection clusters occurring among workers in several Asia-Pacific countries. Ind Health. 2022 Dec 1;60(6):589-598. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2021-0227. Epub 2022 Jan 12. PMID: 35022363; PMCID: PMC9726612.
Regina DL, Kanagalakshmi V, Alex RG. Profile, risk factors and outcome of occupational injuries reported to the emergency department in a tertiary care hospital in South India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Nov 30;9(11):5684-5688. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1352_20. PMID: 33532414; PMCID: PMC7842461.
Jha A, Hazra D, Yadav B, Zachariah A, Alex R. Prognostication and Prediction of Outcomes in Patients with Organophosphorus and Carbamate Poisoning: A Prospective Cohort Study. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2024 Feb;28(2):141-147. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24617. PMID: 38323266; PMCID: PMC10839923.