Divya Rana

Divya Rana

Senior Research Officer

The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Nepal

Email: Div_rana@yahoo.com

 

 

 

 

VALIDATE Role:

Network Affiliate

 

Research Keywords:

Diagnostics, Molecular Biology

 

Biography:

  • Molecular diagnostics of leprosy
  • Genomics of Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis
  • Drug allergy related o leprosy drugs
  • Helminth and leprosy co-infections

 

Related Websites:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=VahTbnQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

 

Key Publications:

  • Opening a can of worms: leprosy reactions and complicit soil-transmitted helminths. DA Hagge, P Parajuli, CB Kunwar, DR Rana, R Thapa, KD Neupane, EBioMedicine 23, 119-124
  • Molecular signatures for gene expression in Mycobacterium leprae: A bioinformatic analysis. DR Rana, N Pokhrel, AK Giri. Gene Reports 30, 101741
  • Effect of incorporation of bead-beating during DNA extraction for quantitative polymerase chain reaction-based detection of Trichuris trichiura in stool samples in community settings. D Rana, N Pokhrel. Journal of Helminthology 97, e15
  • Rational Primer and Probe Construction in PCR‐Based Assays for the Efficient Diagnosis of Drifting Variants of SARS‐CoV‐2. DR Rana, N Pokhrel, S Dulal. Advances in Virology 2022 (1), 2965666