Publications

Kelly-Hope LA, Karna AK, Bajracharya B, Paudel SR, Kc S, Shah P, Baylis M, Dahal G, Shrestha D. Infrared thermal imaging to determine temperature parameters of dengue vector habitats across ecological regions of Nepal: a pilot feasibility study. Sci Rep. 2026 Jul 27;16(1):23328. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-61694-1. PMID: 42509293; PMCID: PMC13408821.

 Mahato RK, Dahal G, Ghimire YC, Marasini RP, Hayman DTS, Krishnamoorthy K, Sharma SR, Sah D, Ray RB, Subedi R, Pandit KR, Khatiwada SR, Ojha AB, Mahaseth S, Mahata DB, Brady M, Burgert-Brucker CR, Stone B, Parajuli A, Paudel SR, Devkota BP, Jha CB, Paudel KP, Sapkota BP, Bajracharya B. Impact of mass drug administration with Ivermectin, Diethylcarbamazine, and Albendazole in elimination of lymphatic filariasis in five districts of Nepal. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2026 Apr 24;6(4):e0004809. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004809. PMID: 42030349; PMCID: PMC13108797.

Shrestha, P., Bajracharya, B., Shrestha, D. et al. Molecular detection of antibiotic resistance genes in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from poultry farms of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. BMC Microbiol (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-026-04713-5

Bhattarai, Sankalpa and Silwal, Ram Chandra and Haider, Najmul and Papakonstantinou, Danai and Lamichhane Dhimal, Mandira and Katuwal, Nishan and Dhakal, Anjana and Dahal, Gokarna and Tuladhar, Reshma and Banjara, Megha Raj and Dixit, Sameer Mani and Tamrakar, Dipesh and Dhimal, Meghnath and Karna, Ajit Kumar and Gharty Chhetri, Ganga and Shrestha, Rajeev and Price, Helen and Shepherd, Thomas and Paudyal, Priyamvada, Findings from the Interdisciplinary Consultative Workshop on the Prevention, Early Detection, and Control of Dengue in Nepal (August 31, 2024). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4955351 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4955351

Mahato RK, Ghimire U, Lamsal M, Bajracharya B, Poudel M, Napit P, Lama K, Dahal G, Hayman DTS, Karna AK, Pandey BD, Das CL, Paudel KP. Evaluating active leprosy case identification methods in six districts of Nepal. Infect Dis Poverty. 2023 Dec 6;12(1):111. doi: 10.1186/s40249-02301153-5. PMID: 38053215; PMCID: PMC10698884.

Bajracharya B, Shrestha P, Shrestha D, Karna AK, Mahato RK, Shrestha S, Baral B, Bhandari P, Sah P, Bastola A, Pandey BD “Co-infection of COVID-19 with Malaria and Dengue -A Hospital based Study in Kathmandu, Nepal”; KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL JOURNAL VOL. 22 | NO. 3 | ISSUE 87 | JULY – SEPTEMBER 2024 · Jan 1, 2025

Mahato RK, Ghimire U, Bajracharya B, K C B, Bam D, Ghimire D, Pyakurel UR, Hayman DTS, Pandey BD, Das CL, Paudel KP. Healthcare performance of leprosy management in peripheral health facilities of Dhanusa and Mahottari, Nepal. BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 Jan 30;25(1):177. doi: 10.1186/s12913-025-12334-3. PMID: 39885571; PMCID: PMC11781063

Mahato RK, Karna AK, Thakur N, Bajracharya B, Pyakurel UR, Hayman DTS, Talvani A, Alam J, Pandey KR, Pathak N, Singh UN, Upadhyaya MK, Shrestha MP, Paudel KP, Morita K, Pandey BD. An Early Epidemiological Investigation of COVID-19 in Parsa, Nepal. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2023 Sep 22:10105395231201937. doi: 10.1177/10105395231201937. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37737120.

Ghimire P, Dahal N, Karna AK, Karki S, Lamichhaney S. Exploring potentialities of avian genomic research in Nepalese Himalayas. Avian Res. 2021;12(1):57. doi: 10.1186/s40657-021-00290-5. Epub 2021 Oct 30. PMID: 34745641; PMCID: PMC8556808.