OBJECTIVE We have conducted a preliminary serostudy to confirm the presence of this virus in cases of dermatitis of unknown aetiology and among individuals with sexually transmitted infections (STI) in central Kerala. METHODS 45 consecutive patients who attended the dermatology clinic of Medical College Kottayam with extensive dermatitis that could not be clinically classified into any known ...

— This paper challenges the conventional wisdom that ethnic diversity negatively influences public goods provision through a longitudinal study of the Indian state of Kerala, which has attained exceptional levels of social development despite high fragmentation along religious and caste lines. This paper argues that it is not objective diversity but a subjective sense of “we-ness,” which is the...

1Division of Radiation Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India 2Department of Imaging Sciences and Interventional Radiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India 3Division of Radiation Physics, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India 4Division of Imageology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thir...

Department of Hepatology and Transplant Medicine, PVS Institute of Digestive Diseases, PVS Memorial Hospital, Cochin, Kerala, India Department of Rheumatology, Care Clinics, Sree Sudheendra Medical Mission Hospital, Cochin, Kerala, India Department of Pathology, PVS Memorial Hospital, Cochin, Kerala, India Department of Pathology, Lakeshore Hospital and Research Centre Ltd, Cochin, Kerala, Indi...

Ayurveda has a long history of being enriched by different types of contributions from different stages befitting their geographical, climatic and cultural situations, and based on their thinking and living patterns, especially the practical aspects. Kerala has its own great role in this prcess of enrichment. It is unique and invaluable. The historical aspects the literary contributions by Kera...

Dept. of Pharmaceutics, St James College of Pharmaceutical sciences, Chalakudy, Kerala Dept. of Pharmaceutical analysis, St James College of Pharmaceutical sciences, Chalakudy, Kerala Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, St James College of Pharmaceutical sciences, Chalakudy, Kerala Dept. of Pharmacy Practice, St James College of Pharmaceutical sciences, Chalakudy, Kerala Dept. of Pharmaceutical ...

1Alexander, 2Sherry Peter, 3Sheela Nampoothiri, 4Latha Rao, 5Ajith Nambiar 4Ravi Veeraraghavan, 4Ushass Puthalath 1Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi, Kerala, India 2Consultant, Head and Neck Institute, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India 3Professor, Department of Pediatric Genetics, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences...

Groundwater, being a vital resource, needs to be developed with proper understanding about its occurrence in time and space. Unscientific sand mining is a dominant environmental issue in this humid tropical river basin namely Bharathapuzha river basin geographically on central part of Kerala state, southwest part of India. The sandy layers along the river course declines its water holding capac...