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Dr. Anna Salomi Kerketta

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Dr. Anna Salomi Kerketta

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Date of Joining : 29/01/1997
Date of Joining(present post): 01/09/2018
Address(O):

Regional Medical Research Centre, Chandrasekharpur, South Eastern Railway campous, Bhubaneswar PIN-741023

Address(R):

Lakeview Homes Apartment, Bidyut Marg, Madhusudan Nagar, P.O Nayapali, Bhubaneswar, PIN-751012

Telephone no:

06742301387

Fax no:

Mobile No:

Email Id:

anna.salomi@icmr.gov.in

Social Account:
Educational Qualifications:

MBBS

About Profile:

Research Experience
  1. Vast experience in conducting community based studies on regional problems like malaria, filariasis, diarrhoea and nutritional deficiency disorders
Workshops(last 5 years)
  1. Qualitative Research, Methods, Analysis and Instrument Development.
  2. Workshop for master trainers on malaria.
  3. WHO Fellowship on Information, Education and communication for health.
  4. Symposium on current challenges on re-emerging diseases.
Projects Undertaken:
  1. Improving the capacity of health system and the community for screening and management of some non-communicable diseases among scheduled tribes, 2019, PI, EM (ICMR NTF)
  2. Smokeless Tobacco and Reproductive and Maternal Health (ICMR National Task force), 2019, PI, EM(ICMR)
  3. Assessment of Neonatal Screening Approaches for Sickle Cell Disease and The Effect of Early Intervention in Management of the Disease in Tribal Populations, 2019, PI, EM (ICMR NTF)
  4. Improving health of under five children in Rayagada District, Odisha, 2014, CI, IM
  5. Effectiveness of a Bivalent Killed Whole Cell based Oral cholera Vaccine (Shanchol) delivered through community-based mass vaccination campaign in a high-risk population in India, 2013, CI, EM (Gate’s Foundation through IVI)
  6. Syndromic approach to Febrile illness & strategy to control morbidity through early diagnosis and prompt treatment of fever cases among tribal population of Rayagada district of Odisha, 2012, CI, IM
  7. Pilot introduction of the modified bivalent killed whole cell oral cholera vaccine in Orissa, India, 2011, CI, EM (Gate’s Foundation through IVI)
  8. Migration, poverty, and access to healthcare: a multi-centric study on people’s access and health system’s responsiveness in fast-growing Bhubaneswar city of Odisha, 2011, PI, EM (ICMR)
  9. Impact assessment of the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) on maternal health in Orissa, 2010, PI, EM, (ICMR)
  10. A study on subclinical lymphatic manifestation in W. bancrofti infection, 2009, CI, EM, (Gate’s Foundation)
  11. Mapping of P.falciparum susceptibility to Chloroquine, in malaria endemic districts of Orissa, 2008, PI, EM, (NVBDCP, Govt of Odisha)
  12. Effect of Albendazole dose and interval on clearance of microfilarimia in Wuchereria bancrofti infection – an open level randomized study, 2008, CI, EM, (Gate’s Foundation)
  13. Development of strategy for optimizing the accessibility and utilization of the government-operated malaria control programme – an operational research study, 2007, CI, IM
  14. A randomized clinical trial with Chloroquine and alternate drug regimens to study the comparative efficacy, in treatment of uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria in two endemic districts of Orissa, 2006, PI, IM
  15. Human Bancroftian filariasis: Identification of Immunological markers of morbidity in Hydrocele and Elephantiasis, 2006, CI, IM
  16. Assessment of therapeutic efficacy of chloroquine in treatment of uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria in M. Rampur block of Kalahandi district, Orissa, 2005, PI, EM (NVBDCP, Govt of Odisha)
  17. Molecular spectrum and morbidity pattern of thalassemia and haemoglobinopathies in Orissa, 2004, CI, IM
  18. Study on nutritional status of Dongria Kondh primitive tribe and Domb scheduled caste populations of Orissa, 2003, CI, IM
  19. Development and evaluation of community development and partnership strategies for drug delivery for the control of Lymphatic filariasis in urban areas of Orissa, India, 2003, CI, EM, (WHO/TDR)
  20. A 6-years’s Prospective study of the risks of death by cause from tobacco and alcohol use among 2 million Indian men and women, a multi-centric study, 2002, PI, EM, (CGHR)
  21. Situation analysis of malaria transmission in Bhubaneswar, 2001, CI, IM
  22. Study on Natural Progression of Filarial Clinical Spectrum in an Endemic Population. 2001, CI, IM
  23. Morbidity control in filarial lymphoedema: Controlled clinical trial and treatment seeking behaviour and utilization of health care services in the endemic population of Khurda district of Orissa, 2001, PI, IM
  24. Assessment of Health and Nutritional profile among the elderly population of Orissa primitive tribes, 2000, PI, IM
  25. Intervention for hereditary common haemolytic disorders among the major tribal of Sundargarh district of Orissa, 2000, CI, EM(ICMR)
Publications 
  1. Kerketta S, Rout UK, Kshatri JS, Kerketta AS, Paikaray AK, Dash A, Pradhan R, Padhi A, Patra T, Behera AK, Swain SP, Turuk J, Bhattacharya D, Pati S. An acute diarrheal disease outbreak in urban setting of Odisha, India. BMC Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 27; 25:283. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-10683-2 (I.F. =3.4)
  2. Babu, B. V., Hazarika, C. R., Raina, S. K., Masoodi, S. R., Basappa, Y. C., Thomas, N., Kerketta, A. S., & Jebasingh, F. K. (2024). Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, Control and Risk Factors in Tribal Population of India: a Multi-Centric Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 11(6), 3678–3689. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-023-01817-w (I.F. =3.2)
  3. Raina SK, Babu BV, Basappa YC, Hazarika CR, Jebasingh FK, Masoodi SR, Thomas N, Kerketta AS, Menon NK. Development of Protocol for the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) task force study to strengthen the implementation of National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NP-NCD) in tribal population. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 2024 Sep 1;13(9):4083-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_495_24 (I.F.=1.1)
  4. Dwibedi B, Sahu P, Somalkar N, Kerketta AS, Khuntia HK, Kar SK. Prevalence and Pattern of Morbidity, Febrile Illness, and Treatment-Seeking Behavior in a Tribal-Dominated District in Odisha, India: An Observational Study. 2024 Apr 19;16(4):e58613. PMID: 38770503; PMCID: PMC11103272. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.58613 (I.F. =1.2)
  5. Babu, B. V., Hazarika, C. R., Raina, S. K., Masoodi, S. R., Basappa, Y. C., Thomas, N., Kerketta, A. S., Menon, N. K., & Jebasingh, F. K. (2024). Prevalence of type 2 diabetes among tribal population of india: a multi-centric cross-sectional study. Journal of the National Medical Association, 116(2 Pt 1), 153–164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnma.2024.01.004 (I.F. =2.5)
  6. Hazarika CR, Raina SK, Masoodi SR, Basappa YC, Thomas N, Kerketta AS, Menon N, Jebasingh FK, Babu BV. Blood pressure levels among tribal populations of India: a multi-center cross-sectional study. Arterial Hypertension. 2024;28:78-91. DOI: 5603/ah.99420 (I.F. =0.4)
  7. Babu BV, Kusuma YS, Sivakami M, Lal DK, Geddam JB, Khanna A, Agarwal M, Sudhakar G, Sengupta P, Kerketta AS, Sharma Y. Inclusive partnership and community mobilization approaches to improve maternal health care access among internal migrants in nine Indian cities. J Migr Health. 2022 Sep 5;6:100130. PMID: 36110500; PMCID: PMC9467881. DOI: 1016/j.jmh.2022.100130 (I.F. =3.9)
  8. Kerketta A, Somalkar N, Dwibedi B, Sabat J, Subudhi P. 1654. Chickenpox Outbreak in a Tribal District Rayagada, Odisha, India: Warrants Need for Vaccination. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Oct 23;6(Suppl 2):S605. PMCID: PMC6809264. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1518 (I.F. =3.8)
  9. Babu BV, Sharma Y, Kusuma YS, Sivakami M, Lal DK, Marimuthu P, Geddam JB, Khanna A, Agarwal M, Sudhakar G, Sengupta P, Borhade A, Khan Z, Kerketta AS, Brogen A. Patient experiences and health system responsiveness among internal migrants: A nationwide study in 13 Indian cities. J Healthc Qual Res. 2019 Jul-Aug;34(4):167-175. DOI: 1016/j.jhqr.2019.04.003(I.F. =1.1)
  10. Kerketta AS, Kar SK, Khuntia HK. Detection of Haitian ctxB7 & tcpA alleles in Vibrio choleraeO1 El Tor biotype in Puri, Odisha, India. Indian J Med Res. 2019 Apr;149(4):558-560. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1130_17. PMID: 31411182; PMCID: PMC6676824. (I.F. =4.2)
  11. Babu BV, Sharma Y, Kusuma YS, Sivakami M, Lal DK, Marimuthu P, Geddam JB, Khanna A, Agarwal M, Sudhakar G, Sengupta P, Borhade A, Khan Z, Kerketta AS, Brogen A. Internal migrants' experiences with and perceptions of frontline health workers: A nationwide study in 13 Indian cities. Int J Health Plann Manage. 2018 May 9. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 29744933. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.2538 (I.F. =1.9)
  12. Babu BV, Kusuma YS, Sivakami M, Lal DK, Marimuthu P, Geddam JB, Khanna A, Agarwal M, Sudhakar G, Sengupta P, Borhade A. Living conditions of internal labour migrants: a nationwide study in 13 Indian cities. International Journal of Migration and Border Studies. 2017;3(4):328-51. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMBS.2017.086963
  13. Mogasale V, Kar SK, Kim JH, Mogasale VV, Kerketta AS, Patnaik B, Rath SB, Puri MK, You YA, Khuntia HK, Maskery B, Wierzba TF, Sah B. An Estimation of Private Household Costs to Receive Free Oral Cholera Vaccine in Odisha, India. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.  2015; 9(9): e0004072. DOI: 1371/journal.pntd.0004072 (IF=4.446)
  14. Wierzba TF, Kar SK, Mogasale VV, Kerketta AS, You YA, Baral P, Khuntia HK, Ali M, Kim YH, Rath SB, Bhattachan A, Sah B. Effectiveness of an oral cholera vaccine campaign to prevent clinically-significant cholera in Odisha State, India. Vaccine. 2015; 33 (21):2463-2469. DOI:1016/j.vaccine.2015.03.073  (IF=3.624)
  15. Kar SK, Dwibedi B, Kerketa AS, Maharana A, Panda SS, Mohanty PC, Horton J, Ramachandran CP.  A Randomized Controlled Trial of Increased Dose and Frequency of Albendazole with Standard dose DEC for Treatment of wuchereria bancrofti Microfilaremics in Odisha, India. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.   2015; 9 (3), e0003583-e0003583. DOI: 1371/journal.pntd.0003583(IF=4.446)
  16. Kar SK, Sah B, Patnaik B, Kim YH, Kerketta AS, Shin S, Rath SB, Ali M, Mogasale V, Khuntia HK, Bhattachan A, You YA, Puri MK, Lopez AL, Maskery B, Nair GB, Clemens JD6, Wierzba TF2. 2014. Mass vaccination with a new, less expensive oral cholera vaccine using public health infrastructure in India: the Odisha model. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Feb; 8(2):e2629. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268813000368 (IF=4.446)
  17. Kar SK, Pach A, Sah B, Kerketta AS, Patnaik B, Mogasale V, Kim YH, Rath SB, Shin S, Khuntia HK, Bhattachan A, Puri MK, Wierzba TF, Kaljee LM. Uptake during an oral cholera vaccine pilot demonstration program, Odisha, India. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2014:10(10):2834-42. (IF=4.1)
  18. Pal BB, Khuntia HK, Samal SK, Kerketta AS, Kar SK, Karmakar M, Pattnaik B. Large outbreak of cholera caused by El Tor variant Vibrio cholerae O1 in the eastern coast of Odisha, India during 2009.Epidemiol Infect.2013 Dec; 141(12):1-8. DOI: 1017/S0950268813000368(IF=2.86)
  19. Mahapatra N, Marai N, Dhal K, Nayak RN, Panigrahi BK, Mallick G, Ranjit M, Kar SK, Kerketta AS. Malaria outbreak in a non endemic tribal block of Balasore district, Orissa, India during summer season. Tropical Biomedicine. 2012; 29(2):277-285 (IF=0.8)
  20. Aditya Kumar Panda, Prakash Kumar Sahoo, Anna Solami Kerketta, Santanu Kumar Kar, Balachandran Ravindran, Ashok Kumar Satapathy, Human Lymphatic Filariasis: Genetic Polymorphism of Endothelin-1 and Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor II Correlates With Development of Chronic Disease, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 204, Issue 2, 15 July 2011, Pages 315–322, https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jir258 (IF=5.2)
  21. Panigrahi BK, Kerketta AS, Mohapatra A, Hazra RK, Parida SK, Marai NS, Kar SK, Mahapatra N. Effect of construction of an irrigation canal on malaria situation in two primary health centres of Dhenkanal district of Orissa, India. Trop Biomed.2011; 28(1):76-84. PMID: 21602772. (IF=0.8)
  22. Dwibedi B, Sabat J, Mahapatra N, Kar SK, Kerketta AS, Hazra RK, Parida SK, Marai NS, Beuria MK. Rapid spread of chikungunya virus infection in Orissa: India. Indian J Med Res. 2011 Mar;133(3):316-21. PMID: 21441687; PMCID: PMC3103158. (I.F. =4.2)
  23. Dwibedi, B., Mohapatra, N., Beuria, M. K., Kerketta, A. S., Sabat, J., Kar, S. K., Rao, E. V., Hazra, R. K., Parida, S. K., & Marai, N. (2010). Emergence of chikungunya virus infection in Orissa, India. Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.), 2010; 10(4),347–354. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2008.0190 (IF=2.195)
  24. Kerketta AS, Babu BV, Mohapatra SS, Kar SK. Lymphatic filariasis among children in Orissa. Indian Pediatr. 2009 Mar;46(3):261. PMID: 19346576. (I.F. =1.7)
  25. Kerketta AS, Babu BV. Clinicians' attitude on mass drug administration under the program to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: a qualitative study from Orissa, Asia Pac J Public Health. 2009 Jan;21(1):112-7.. PMID: 19124342. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1010539508327032 (I.F. =1.4)
  26. Kerketta AS, Dhal K, Nayak R. A successful outcome of gross haematuria treated with diethylcarbamazine and Ivermectin. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2008; 102(5): 506-507. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.02.008 (I.F. =2.8)
  27. Kerketta AS, Mohapatra SS, Kar SK. Assessment of the therapeutic efficacy of chloroquine in the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a tribal block of the Kalahandi district of Orissa, India. Tropical Doctor. 2008; (38): 82-83. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1258/td.2007.070010 (I.F. =0.5)
  28. Kerketta, A. S., Bulliyya, G., Babu, B. V., Mohapatra, S. S., & Nayak, R. N. (2009). Health status of the elderly population among four primitive tribes of Orissa, India: a clinico-epidemiological study. Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 42(1), 53–59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00391-008-0530-2 (I.F. =1.1)
  29. Kerketta AS, Babu BV, Swain BK. Clinicians' practices related to management of filarial adenolymphangitis and lymphoedema in Orissa, India. Acta Trop.2007; 102(3):159-64. DOI: 1016/j.actatropica.2007.04.014 (I.F. =2.1)
  30. Bontha VB, Abhay NN, Anna SK. A survey on foot care practices among filarial lymphoedema patients from Orissa, India. Tropical Biomedicine. 2007; 24 (2): 7-14. (IF=0.8)
  31. Babu BV, Behera DK, Kerketta AS, Mishra S, Rath K, Swain BK, Mishra S, Kar SK. Use of an inclusive-partnership strategy in urban areas of Orissa, India, to increase compliance in a mass drug administration for the control of lymphatic filariasis. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2006 Oct;100(7):621-30.. PMID: 16989688. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1179/136485906X118521 (I.F. =1.3)
  32. Babu BV, Rath K, Kerketa AS, Swain BK, Mishra S, Kar SK. Adverse reactions following mass drug administration during the programme to eliminate lymphatic Filariasis in Orissa state, India. Trans Rl Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2006; 100: 464-469. DOI: 1016/j.trstmh.2005.07.016 (I.F. =2.8)
  33. Babu BV, Nayak AN, Rath K, Kerketta AS. Use of the Dermatology Life Quality Index in filarial lymphoedema patients. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2006; 100(3): 258-63. DOI: 1016/j.trstmh.2005.05.022 (I.F. =2.8)
  34. Kerketa AS, Babu BV, Rath K, Jangid PK, Nayak AN, Kar SK. A Randomized clinical trial to compaire the efficacy of three treatment regimens along with foot care in morbidity management of filarial lymphoedema. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 2005; 10: 698-750. DOI: 1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01442.x (I.F. =3.05)
  35. Rath, K., Swain, B. K., Mishra, S., Patasahani, T., Kerketta, A. S., & Babu, B. V. Peripheral health workers' knowledge and practices related to filarial lymphedema care: a study in an endemic district of Orissa, India. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2005; 72(4), 430–433. (I.F. =3.7)
  36. Balgir RS., Kerketta, A.S., Murmu, B., & Dash, B.P. Clinical Assessment of Health and Nutritional Status of Gond Children in Kalahandi District of Orissa. The Indian journal of nutrition and dietetics,2002; 39, 31-37.
  37. Bulliyya, G., Mohapatra, S. S. S., Kerketta, A. S., Jangid, P. K., & Das, R. K. Status of Anaemia in the Elderly Paudi Bhuniya Primitive Tribal Population of Sundergarh District, Orissa. The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2002; 39(3), 117–124. Retrieved from https://www.informaticsjournals.co.in/index.php/ijnd/article/view/6802
  38. Mohapatra, S. S. S., Bulliyya, G., Kerketta, A. S., & Acharya, A. S. Thyroxine and Thyrotropin Profile in Neonates and School Children in an Iodine Deficdxncy Disorders Endemic Area of Orissa. The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2001;38(3), 98–101. Retrieved from https://informaticsjournals.co.in/index.php/ijnd/article/view/6916
  39. Mohapatra, S. S., Bulliyya, G., Kerketta, A. S., Geddam, J. J., & Acharya, A. S. Elimination of iodine deficiency disorders by 2000 and its bearing on the people in a district of Orissa, India: a knowledge-attitude-practices study. Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition,2001;10(1), 58–62. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-6047.2001.00203.x  (I.F. =1.3)
  40. Mohapatra, S. S., Bulliyya, G., Kerketta, A. S., Marai, N. S., & Acharya, A. S. Iodine deficiency disorders in Bargarh district of Western Orissa. Indian pediatrics, 2000; 37(5), 536–539. (I.F. =1.7)

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