Publications

1. Shantha Sankaranarayanan, Eknath Naik, P.S. N. Reddy, et al.
   Impact of school-based HIV and AIDS education for Adolescents in Bombay,India
   Journal of South East Asian Medicine and research 27(4): 692-695
2. Kothari Gopa, Bhattacharjee L. I., Naik E.G., et al.
   Assessment of Vitamin A nutriture in Preschool Children – a multi-approach
   Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 41(5):290-4; Oct 1995
3. Eknath Naik and Gopa Kothari
   The effect of Vitamin A prophylaxis on morbidity and mortality in children in urban slums in Bombay
   The Indian Practitioner XLV(6):3-11; June 1992
4. Kothari Gopa, Bhattacharjee L. I., Udipi S. A., Parulkar R., Naik E. G., McLaren D.
   Keratinization in buccal mucosa- A practical index of vitamin A nutriture
   Bombay Hospital Journal 35(4):65-70; 1993
5. Eknath Naik, and N.P. Pai
   The study of morbidity and mortality patterns of measles in Bombay
   Dissertation accepted by University of Bombay for 'Diploma in Public Health' degree, 1989
6. Eknath Naik, P.S.N. Reddy and Gopa Kothari
   A study of Economic Efficiency of Xerophthalmia project in Bombay slums
   Dissertation accepted by University of Bombay for 'Doctor of Medicine degree' in preventive and Social Medicine, 1991.
7. Eknath Naik, Mahajan T., and C.A.K. Yesudian
   Planning of emergency medical services for the city of Bombay
   Dissertation accepted by Tata Institute of Social Sciences, a deemed University for 'Diploma in Hospital Administration' degree, 1991.
8. Eknath Naik and Richard Kalsow
   HLA associations with Mycobacterium avium complex infection in HIV-1 positive subjects
   Dissertation accepted by University of Alabama at Birmingham for Doctor of Philosophy degree in Epidemiology, 1999.
9. Susan B. Leblanc, Eknath Naik and Richard A. Kaslow
   Association of DRB1*15011, but not DQB1*0503, with disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex in North American AIDS patients
   Tissue antigen 2000, 55, 17-23
10. Tang J, Naik, E, Costello C, Karita E, Rivers C, Allen S, and Kaslow RA
    Characteristics of HLA class I and class II polymorphisms in Rwandan women
    Experimental and Clinical Immunogenetics 2000, 17:185-198.
11. Salihu HM, Naik E, O'Brien WF, Dagne G, Ratard R, Mason T
    Tuberculosis morbidity in the State of North Carolina: trends across two decades, 1980-1999
    Emerging Infectious Diseases 2001, 7(3):570-574.
12. Salihu HM and Naik Eknath
    Are Women Smokers more susceptible to Tobacco Carcinogens than men smokers?
    Florida Journal of Public Health 2001,13(1&2):9-11.
13. Eknath Naik and Amanda Persad
    HIV/AIDS in New Millennium: The Role of Mass Media for HIV/AIDS education in India
    The Indian Practitioner March 2001;54(3):199-202

Articles Submitted and in process

14. 14. Salihu HM, Naik EG, Tchuinguem G, Dagne G.
    Weekly chloroquine prophylaxis and the effect on maternal hemoglobin status at delivery
    Trop Med & IH Accepted.
15. Eknath Naik , Susan. LeBlanc, Jianming Tang, Lisa Jacobson, Richard A Kaslow
    Combinations of HLA-DMA, DMB, DRB1 and DQB1 Polymorphisms Associated with Disseminated Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection HIV-1 Seropositive Caucasians
    Clin Exp Immun
16. Naik E, Patel PS, Salihu HM
    The pattern of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the state of Florida, 1993-1999.
17. Salihu HM, Naik EG, Dagne G.
    Estimating the Impact of the Human Immunodeficiency virus infection on sputum conversion a1 12- months among patients diagnosed with Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A population based study
    Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Poster presentations

1. 1. Eknath Naik, Susan Leblanc, Lisa Jacobson and Richard A. Kaslow
   HLA associations with Mycobacterium avium complex infection in HIV-1 positive subjects-The role of class II genes and their interactions with transporter gene products and DM genes
   Poster presentation at the XIII International AIDS conference, Durban, South Africa, July 9-14, 2000.
2. Eknath Naik, Susan Leblanc, R, Kaslow, et al.
   HLA-DM Polymorphisms in HIV-1 Seropositive Caucasians: Disproportional Allelic Distribution Associated with Disseminated Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection
   Oral Presentation at the Fifth International Meeting of Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics, November 12 -16, 2000, Hyderabad, India.
3. Kaslow RA, Tang J, Naik E, Karita E, Allen S.
   Rwandans and Caucasians Experience Comparable Effects on Their Course of HIV-1 Infection from Polymorphisms in HLA class I, CCR2, and CCR5 Genes
   Retrovirus Meeting, February 2001.

Reviewer

• Abstract reviewer, for American Public Health Association conference, September 2000.
• Grant Reviewer for small grant program, Scientific Advisor for Sustainable Science Institute, San Francisco, CA 94103
• International Editor, The Indian Practitioner Journal, Mumbai, India
• Grant Reviewer, Institute of Black Life, USF

Workshops and Conferences

1. Integrating Technology into Medical Education
   USF College of Medicine, Office of Curriculum and Medical Education
   January 4, 2000, Tampa, Florida
2. Symposium on ABCs of infectious disease for Public Safety personnel
   Bureau of Emergency Medical Services, Florida Department of Health
   March 14-15, 2000, College of Public Health, USF
3. Community Based Research Conference
   Morehouse School of Medicine
   April 7, 2000, Atlanta, GA
4. Ninth Annual Florida Conference of the Florida AIDS Education and training center
   April 25-27, 2000, Orlando, Florida
5. Faculty development seminar in South Africa
   May 6 - 16, 2000, University of South Florida
6. XIIIth International AIDS conference
   July 7-14, Durban, South Africa
7. Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases meeting
   November 12-16, 2000, Hyderabad, India
8. The Society for Prevention Research, 9th Annual meeting
   May 31- June 3,2001, Washington, DC
9. World Epidemiology Congress meeting
   June 12-17, 2001, Toronto, Canada
10. United Nations Special session on HIV/AIDS
    June 25-27, 2001, New York
11. Setting up Tissue Banking
    Nov 2001, Ahmadabad, India
12. HIV Management Workshop
    Pune, India, Jan 26-Feb 1, 2002