Shiba Kumar Rai, PhD
Professor and Research Director
Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital
Kathmandu, Nepal

Selected publication (of last FIVE years)

1. Sato C, Rai SK & Uga S. Re-evaluation of the formalin-ether sedimentation method for the improvement of recovery efficiency of parasite eggs. Nepal Med Coll J 2014; 16: 20~5.
2. Regmi PG, Rai KR, Mukhiya RK, Tamang Y, Gurung P, Mandal PK & Rai SK. Prevalence of intestinal parasites and associated risk factors among school children of Kalaiya in Bara District, Nepal. JSM Microbiol 2014; 2: 1~4.
3. Bhattachan B, Pant YB, Tiwari S, Thapaliya D, Sherchand JB, Rai G & Rai SK. Intestinal parasitic infection among school children in Chitwan District of Nepal. J Inst Med (Nepal) 2015, 37: 79~84.
4. Rai K, Shah PK, Rai G, Rai SK, Rai KR, Gautam AK, Yangida JI, Ono K & Thapa S. Bacteriology of enteric fever cases at Nepal Police Hospital, Kathmandu. Nepal Med Coll J 2015; 17: 54~7.
5. Nomura H, Yanagida JI, Ueno R, Imura S, Ono K, Sakai H, Kimura K & Rai SK. Analysis of the nutrients intake and the nutritional and health state of people in a Nepalese mountainous village: Dhital VDC. Bull Kobe Tokiwa Univ 2015; 8: 77~84.
6. Sah AK, Joshi B, Khadka DK, Gupta BP, Adhikari A, Singh SK, Rai G, Vaidya GS, Rajbhandari R, Pant B & Rai SK. Comparative study of GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay and Multiplex PCR Assay for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in suspected pulmonary tuberculosis patients. Curr Microbiol 2017; 74: 1-7.
7. Kurokawa M, Ono K, Kimura K, Sakai H, Ueno R, Yanagida J, Imura S, Inoue W, Kaneko E, Yamamoto S, Nomura H, Khadka JB & Rai SK. Reduction of diarrheal disease cases by the introduction of sand filtered drinking water in a rural western hilly area in Nepal. Nepal Med Coll J 2017; 19: 59-65.
8. Rai KR, Mukhiya RK, Thapa S, Rai G, KC S, Thapa PM, Shrestha P & Rai SK. Diarrheal disease outbreak in Gaidatar Village of Rautahat Distrint, Nepal. BMC Research Notes 2019;12: 124. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4156-9.
9. Shrestha J, Bhattachan B, Rai G, Park EY & Rai SK. Intestinal parasitic infections among public and private schoolchildren of Kathmandu, Nepal: prevalence and associated risk factors. BMC Research Notes 2019; 12: 192. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4225-0.
10. KC U, Rai SK, Basnyat S & Upreti M. Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections among Schoolchildren of Kapan VDC, Kathmandu. Int’l J Appl Sci Biotechnol 2019; 7: 22-6. DOI: 10.3126/ijasbt.v7i1.21637.
11. Miya AK, Ansari M, Pant AD, Rai G, Rai KR & Rai SK. Bacteriological profile and antibiotic sensitivity pattern of uropathogens in hemodialysis patients attending tertiary
    care hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal. North Amer Acad Research (Online) 2020; 3: 448-60. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3725002.