effect of infection of the filarial parasite brugia malayi - Pondicherry ...

I wish to express my deep sense of gratitude to my esteemed guide Dr. K.
Balaraman, Deputy Director (Sr. Grade), Vector Control Research Centre, Pondicheny for
his meticulous guidance, invaluable suggestions and critical review of this manuscript.
1 thank Dr. Vijai Dhanda and Dr. P.K. Das, former and present Directors of Vector
Control Research Centre, Pondicheny, for giving me this opportunity and the necessary
facilities to work at this centre.
1 am grateful to Dr. K.C. Varshney, Prof. and Head, Pathology Department, Rajiv
Gandhi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pondicheny, for his help in
histopathological studies, constant encouragement and timely suggestions.
I am grateful to Dr. K.P. Paily, Research officer, VCRC for his help in providing
the parasite colony and also for his help and suggestions throughout the study.
My thanks are due to, Dr. S. Sudha Rani (Dept. Biotechnology, Pondicherry
University), Dr. S.P. Pani and Dr. S.L. Hoti, Deputy and Assistant directors respectively
for their constant help and suggestions throughout the course of work.
The help of Mrs. A. Srividya, Mr. A. Manoharan, Mr. P. Vanamail and Mr. S.
Subramaniurn in the statistical analysis is gratefully acknowledged.
I am grateful to Mr. B. Ravishankar, Research Scholar, Dept. of Endocrinology,
PGIBMS, University of Madras for his help in conducting the Radio Immuno Assay and
Dr. Kumar, Asst. Prof. RAGACOVAS, Pondicheny for his help in histopathological
studies.
I am fortunate in receiving help from Mrs. I. Geetha, Mrs. T. Sumathy, Mrs. M.K.
Vijayalakshmi, Mr. V. Padmanaban, Mrs. Sundrammal, Mrs. Shantha Bheema Rao and
Mr. P. Shakthivel. 1 acknowledge the assistance provided by Mr. A. Ramamoorthy, Mrs.
K. Sahayamary, Mr. V. Anthonysamy and Mr. Y. Krishnan.
I owe my special thanks to my parents Mr. M. Kapali and Mrs. Sivagami Kapali,
my husband Mr. Rajiv Giroti and Sister, K. Nandhini for their patience, encouragement at
the time of crisis, good wishes and appreciation which had been source of inspiration
throughout the period of study.
The finical assistance provided by C.S.I.R. New Delhi is gratefully acknowledged.
Last but not the least, I thank all the staff of VCRC for their kind co-operation
during my stay here.