Avinash Mukkala – Boggild Lab

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Avinash Mukkala

Joined the lab from May 2016 – present as a BSc. Candidate at the University of Toronto, and is currently completing a MSc in the Rotstein Lab.

Featured Publications:

Mukkala AN, Kariyawasam R, Lau R, Valencia BM, Llanos-Cuentas A, Boggild AK.

Elevated baseline expression of seven virulence factor RNA transcripts in visceralizing species of Leishmania: a preliminary quantitative PCR study, Ther Adv Infectious Dis. 2022, 9: 1-9. Doi: 10.1177/20499361221192665.

Lau R, Mukkala AN, Kariyawasam R, Clarke S, Valencia BM, Llanos-Cuentas A, Boggild AK.

Comparison of Whole Genome Sequencing versus Standard Molecular Diagnostics for Species Identification in the Leishmania Viannia Subgenus. Am J Trop Med Hyg; 2021 Jul 16:tpmd210273.

Khatib A, Mukkala AN, Chong-Kit T, Raheel H, Boggild AK.

Erythema Nodosum and a Cavitary Lung Lesion in a Febrile Returned Traveler from Arizona: a Case of Coccidioidomycosis, Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2021 Jan 6, 23(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11908-020-00745-8.

Kariyawasam R, Mukkala A, Lau R, Valencia B.M, Llanos-Cuentas A, Boggild AK.

Virulence factor RNA transcript expression in the Leishmania Viannia subgenus: influence of species, isolate source, and Leishmania RNA virus-1, Trop Med Int Health. 2019 Apr, 47(1).

Mukkala AN, Kwan J, Lau R, Harris D, Kain D, Boggild AK.

An Update on Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests, Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2018 Oct 23, 20(12):49. doi: 10.1007/s11908-018-0655-4.

Kain D, Mukkala AN, Boggild AK.

Prolonged antibiotic use leading to Clostridium difficile colitis in an ill returned traveller with acute fascioliasis, J Travel Med. 2018 Jan, 25(1).