Thematics

1.

Risk Assessment and Economic Analysis of arthropods and arbo diseases through epidemiological investigation (Participatory Epidemiology, retrospective/prospective, Sentinel surveillance, randomized sampling etc.)

2.

Pathogen detection using conventional and Imolecular tools

3.

Chemotherapeutic control using in vitro and in vivo models against various developmental stages of ticks

4.

Alternate control strategies (functional genomics, siRNAs, nanoparticals, entomopathogenics etc)