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Peer Reviewed Publications

1) Nagelkerke NJD, Jha P, de Vlas SJ, Korenromp EL, Moses, Blanchard JF, Plummer FA. Modelling the HIV epidemics in India and Botswana: the impact of interventions to prevent transmission. Bull World Health Organ 2002; 80:89-96.

2) O’Neil JD, Orchard T, Swarankar RC, Blanchard JF, Gurav K, Moses S. Dhanda, Dharma and Disease: traditional sex work and HIV/AIDS in rural India. Soc Sci Med 2004; 59:851-60.

3) Blanchard JF, O’Neil JD, Ramesh BM, Bhattacharjee P, Orchard T, Moses S. Understanding the social and cultural context of female sex work in Karnataka, India: implications for HIV prevention. J Infect Dis 2005; 191(Suppl 1):S139-46.

4) Becker ML, Reza Paul S, Ramesh BM, Washington R, Moses S, Blanchard JF [Letter]. Association between medical injections and HIV infection in a community based study in India. AIDS 2005; 19:1334-6.

5) Becker ML, Ramesh BM, Moses S, Blanchard JF. Response to Brewer et al. regarding our article: Association between medical injections and HIV infection in a community based study in India. AIDS 2006; 20:1209.

6) Halli SS, Ramesh BM, O’Neil JD, Blanchard JF, Moses S. The role of collectives in STD and HIV/AIDS prevention among female sex workers in Karnataka, India. AIDS Care 2006; 18:739-49.

7) Williams JR, Foss A, Vickerman P, Watts C, Ramesh BM, Reza-Paul S, Washington RG, Moses S, Blanchard JF, Lowndes C, Alary M, and Boily M-C. What is the achievable effectiveness of the India AIDS Initiative intervention among female sex workers under target coverage? Model projections from southern India Sex Transm Inf 2006; 82:372-80.

8) Mignone J, Washington RW, Ramesh BM, Blanchard JF, Moses S. Formal and informal sector health providers in southern India: role in the prevention and care of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS. AIDS Care 2007; 19:152-8.

9) Halli SS, Blanchard J, Satihal DG, Moses S. Migration and HIV transmission in rural south India: an ethnographic study. Cult Health Sex 2007; 9:85-94.

10) Becker ML, Ramesh BM, Washington RG, Halli S, Blanchard JF, Moses S. Prevalence and determinants of HIV infection in south India: a heterogeneous, rural epidemic. AIDS 2007; 21:739-47.

11) Blanchard JF, Moses S, Rao KS, Chandrasekaran P, Alary M, Dallabetta G. Response to Gisselquist and Correa’s article regarding heterosexual commercial sex and India’s HIV epidemic [Letter]. Int J STD AIDS 2007; 18:359-360.

12) Becker ML, Cohen C, Cheang M, Washington RG, Blanchard JF, Moses S. Diarrheal disease among HIV-infected adults in Karnataka, India: evaluation of risk factors and etiology. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2007; 76:718-22.

13) Blanchard JF, Halli S, Ramesh BM, Bhattacharjee P, Washington RG, O’Neil J, Moses S. Variability in the sexual structure in a rural Indian setting: implications for HIV prevention strategies. Sex Transm Inf 2007; 83(Suppl 1):i30-6.

14) Boily M-C, Lowndes C, Vickerman P, Kumaranayake L, Blanchard J, Moses S, Ramesh BM, Pickles M, Watts C, Washington R, Reza-Paul S, Labbe AC, Anderson RM, Deering K, Alary M (on behalf of the CHARME-India team). Evaluating large-scale HIV preventive interventions: study design for an integrated mathematical modelling framework. Sex Transm Inf 2007; 83:582-9.

15) Van Damme L, Govinden R, Mirembe FM, Guédou F, Solomon S, Becker ML, Pradeep BS, Krishnan AK, Alary M, Pande B, Ramjee G, Deese J, Crucitti T, Taylor D; for the CS study group. Lack of effectiveness of cellulose sulfate gel for the prevention of vaginal HIV transmission. New Engl J Med 2008; 359:463-72.

16) Blanchard JF, Bhattacharjee P, Kumaran S, Ramesh BM, Kumar NS, Washington RG, Moses S. Concepts and strategies for scaling up focused prevention for sex workers in India. Sex Transm Inf 2008; 84(Suppl 2):ii19-23.

17) Ramesh BM, Moses S, Washington R, Isac S, Mohapatra B, Mahagaonkar SB, Adhikary R, Brahmam GNV, Paranjape RS, Subramanian T, Blanchard JF, for the IBBA study team. Determinants of HIV prevalence among female sex workers in four south Indian states: analysis of cross-sectional surveys in twenty-three districts. AIDS 2008; 22(Suppl 5):S35–44.

18) Reza-Paul S, Beattie T, Syed HUR, Venukumar KT, Venugopal MS, Fathima MP, Raghavendra HR, Akram P, Manjula R, Lakshmi M, Isac S, Ramesh BM, Washington R, Mahagaonkar SB, Glynn JR, Blanchard JF, Moses S. Declines in risk behaviour and sexually transmitted infection prevalence following a community-led HIV preventive intervention among female sex workers in Mysore, India. AIDS 2008; 22(Suppl 5):S91-100.

19) Moses S, Ramesh BM, Nagelkerke NJD, Khera A, Isac S, Bhattacharjee P, Gurnani V, Washington R, Prakash KH, Pradeep BS, Blanchard JF. Impact of an intensive HIV prevention program for female sex workers on HIV prevalence among antenatal clinic attenders in Karnataka state, south India: an ecological analysis. AIDS 2008; 22(Suppl 5):S101-8.

20) Munro HL, Pradeep BS, Jayachandran AA, Lowndes CM, Mahapatra B, Ramesh BM, Washington R, Jagannathan L, Mendonca K, Moses S, Blanchard JF, Alary M. Prevalence and determinants of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in a general population-based sample in Mysore district, Karnataka state, southern India. AIDS 2008; 22(Suppl 5):S117-25.

21) Boily M-C, Pickles M, Vickerman P, Buzdugan R, Isac S, Deering KN, Blanchard JF, Moses S, Lowndes CM, Ramesh BM, Demers E , Alary M. Using mathematical modelling to investigate the plausibility of attributing observed antenatal clinic declines to a female sex worker intervention in Karnataka state, India. AIDS 2008; 22(Suppl 5):S149-64.

22) Deering KN, Vickerman P, Moses S, Ramesh BM, Blanchard JF, Boily M-C. The impact of out-migrants and out-migration on the HIV/AIDS epidemic: a case study from south-west India. AIDS 2008; 22(Suppl 5):S165-81.

23) Saidel T, Adhikary R, Mainkar M, Dale J, Loo V, Rahman M, Ramesh BM, Paranjape RS. Baseline integrated behavioural and biological assessment among most at-risk populations in six high-prevalence states of India: design and implementation challenges. AIDS 2008 (Suppl 5):S17-34.

24) Brahmam GNV, Kodavalla V, Rajkumar, Rachakulla HK, Kallam S, Myakala SP, Paranjape RS, Gupte MD, Ramakrishnan L, Kohli A, Ramesh BM, for the IBBA Study Team. Sexual practices, HIV and sexually transmitted infections among self-identified men who have sex with men in four high HIV prevalence states of India. AIDS 2008 (Suppl 5):S45-57.

25) Mishra S, Moses S, Hanumaiah PK, Washington R, Alary M, Ramesh BM, Isac S, Blanchard JF. Sex work, syphilis, and seeking treatment: an opportunity for intervention in HIV prevention programming in Karnataka, south India. Sex Transm Dis 2009; 36:157-64.

26) Phillips AE, Boily M-C, Lowndes CM, Garnett GP, Gurav K, Ramesh BM, Anthony J, Watts R, Moses S, Alary M. Sexual identity and its contribution to MSM risk behaviour in Bengaluru (Bangalore), India: the results of a two-stage cluster sampling survey. J LGBT Health Res 2009; 4:111-26.

27) Halli SS, Buzdugan R, Ramesh BM, Gurnani V, Sharma V, Moses S, Blanchard JF. Assessing HIV risk in workplaces for prioritizing HIV preventive interventions in Karnataka state, India. Sex Transm Dis 2009; 36:556-63.

28) Mignone J, Hiremath GM, Sabnis V, Laxmi J, Halli S, O’Neil J, Ramesh BM, Blanchard J, Moses S. Use of rapid ethnographic methodology to develop a village-level rapid assessment tool predictive of HIV infection in rural India. International Journal of Qualitative Methods 2009; 8:52-67.

29) Lorway R, Reza-Paul S, Pasha A. On becoming a male sex worker in Mysore: sexual subjectivity, 'empowerment' and community-based HIV prevention research. Med Anthropol Q 2009; 23:142-60.

30) Ramesh BM, Beattie TSH, Isac S, Washington R, Jagannathan L, Reza-Paul S, Blanchard JF, Moses S. Changes in risk behaviours and STI prevalence following HIV preventive interventions among female sex workers in five districts in Karnataka state, south India. Sex Transm Inf 2010; 86 (Suppl 1):i17-24.

31) Bradley J, Moses S, Blanchard JF, Rajaram S, Ramesh BM, Verma S, Alary M. Validating reported condom use among female sex workers in southern India through examination of condom availability. Sex Transm Inf 2010; 86 (Suppl 1):i44-48.

32) Lowndes CM, Alary M, Verma S, Demers E, Bradley J, Jayachandran AA, Ramesh BM, Moses S, Adhikary R, Mainkar MK. Assessment of intervention outcome in the absence of baseline data: ‘reconstruction’ of condom use time trends using retrospective analysis of survey data. Sex Transm Inf 2010; 86 (Suppl 1):i49-55.

33) Chandrashekar S, Guinness L, Kumaranayake L, Reddy B, Govindraj Y, Vickerman P, Alary M. The effects of scale on the costs of targeted HIV prevention interventions among female and male sex workers, men who have sex with men and transgenders in India. Sex Transm Inf 2010; 86 (Suppl 1):i89-94

34) Pickles M, Foss AM, Vickerman P, Deering K, Verma S, Demers E, Washington R, Ramesh BM, Moses S, Blanchard J, Lowndes CM, Michel Alary, Reza-Paul S, Boily M-C. Interim modelling analysis to validate reported increases in condom use and assess HIV infections averted among female sex workers and clients in southern India following a targeted HIV prevention programme. Sex Transm Inf 2010; 86 (Suppl 1):i33-43.

35) Becker M, Stephen J, Moses S, Washington R, Maclean I, Cheang M, Isac S, Ramesh BM, Alary M, Blanchard J. Etiology and determinants of sexually transmitted infections in Karnataka state, south India. Sex Transm Dis 2010; 37:159-64.

36) Jayanna K, Washington RG, Moses S, Kudur P, Isac S, Balu PS, Badiger S, Mendonca V, Bhavimani S, Banandur P. Assessment of attitudes and practices of providers of services for individuals at high risk of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in Karnataka, South India. Sex Transm Inf 2010; 86:131-5 .

37) Buzdugan R, Copas A, Moses S, Blanchard J, Isac S, Ramesh BM, Washington R, Halli SS, Cowan FM. Devising a female sex worker typology using data from Karnataka, India. Int J Epidemiol 2010; 39:439-48.

38) Phillips AE, Lowndes CM, Boily MC, Garnett GP, Gurav K, Ramesh BM, Anthony J, Moses S, Alary M. Men who have sex with men and women in Bangalore, South India, and potential impact on the HIV epidemic. Sex Transm Inf 2010; 86:187-92.

39) Mishra S, Naik B, Venugopal B, Kudur P, Washington R, Becker M, Kenneth J, Jayanna K, Ramesh BM, Isac S, Boily M-C, Blanchard J, Moses S. Syphilis screening among female sex workers in Bangalore, India: comparison of point-of-care testing and traditional serological approaches. Sex Transm Infect 2010; 86:193-98.

40) Beattie T, Bhattacharjee P, Ramesh BM, Gurnani V, Anthony J, Isac S, Mohan HL, Ramakrishnan A, Wheeler T, Bradley J, Blanchard JF, Moses S. Violence against female sex workers in Karnataka state, south India: impact on health, and reductions in violence following an intervention program. BMC Public Health 2010; 10:476.

41) Mignone J, Washington, R, Ramesh BM, Blanchard JF, Moses S, Rajaretnam, T. Discrepancies in physician self-reporting of preventive care provision for patients with sexually transmitted infections in Karnataka, India. Sex Transm Infect 2010; 86:391-2.

42) Vickerman P, Foss AM, Pickles M, Deering K, Verma S, Demers E, Moses S, Alary M, Boily M-C. To what extent is the HIV epidemic in southern India driven by commercial sex? A modelling analysis. AIDS 2010; 24:2563-72.

43) Deering KN, Tyndall MW, Shoveller J, Moses S, Blanchard JF, Shaw S, Ramesh BM, Isac S, Boily MC. Factors associated with numbers of client partners of female sex workers across five districts in South India. Sex Transm Dis 2010; 37:687-95.

44) Lorway R, Shaw SY, Hwang SD, Reza-Paul S, Pasha A, Wylie J, Moses S, Blanchard J. From individuals to complex systems: exploring the sexual networks of MSM in three cities of Karnataka, India. Sex Transm Infect 2010; 86(Suppl 3):iii70-78.

45) Halli SS, Buzdugan R, Moses S, Blanchard J, Jain A, Verma R, Saggurti N. High-risk sex among mobile female sex workers in the context of jatras (religious festivals) in Karnataka, India. Int J STD AIDS 2010; 21:746-51.

46) Foss AM, Vickerman PT, Mayaud P, Weiss HA, Ramesh BM, Reza-Paul S, Washington R, Blanchard J, Moses S, Lowndes CM, Alary M, Watts CH. Modelling the interactions between herpes simplex virus type 2 and HIV: implications for the HIV epidemic in southern India. Sex Transm Inf 2011; 87:22-7.

47) Argento E, Reza-Paul S, Lorway R, Jain J, Bhagya M, Fathima M, Sreeram SV, Hafeezur RS, O’Neil J. Confronting structural violence in sex work: lessons from a community-based HIV prevention project in Mysore, India. AIDS Care 2011; 23:69-74.

Peer-reviewed publications in press

1) Lorway R, Reza-Paul S, Jinedra J. Going beyond the clinic: stigma and discrimination among MSM in Mysore. Interdisciplinary Surveillance on Infectious Diseases (Book Series: Inaugural Volume). Edited by Michael Eze. Elsevier 2009.

2) Rose J, Washington R, Jayanna K, Pise G, Gurnani V, Moses S. Morbidity profiles of people living with HIV/AIDS in urban and rural in-patient and out-patient settings in Karnataka, south India. J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care 2010.