Dr. Muheet Alam Saifi
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Dr. Muheet Alam Saifi

Assistant Professor
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Parasitology from King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Biography

Dr. Muheet Alam Saifi is currently working as Assistant Professor in Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University Riyadh, KSA. He has obtained his Ph.D. in Parasitology from same University. His main area of interest focuses on Parasitology, Histopathology, Zoology, and General Biology. His area of expertise includes Parasitology, Zoology, General Biology, Histopathology, Malaria, Plasmodium, and Eimeria. He has 7 publications in journals contributed as author/co-author.

Area of Interest:

Biomedical Sciences
100%
Parasitology
62%
Histology
90%
Malaria
75%
Drug Resistance Mechanism
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0
Chapters
0
Articles
0
Abstracts
0

Selected Publications

  1. Saifi, M.A., M.S. Alyousif and M.A. Amoudi, 2015. Anopheline species and their Plasmodium infection status in Aligarh, India. Saudi J. Biol. Sci., 10.1016/j.sjbs.2015.01.005.
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  2. Amoudi, M.A., M.S. Alyousif, M.A. Saifi and A.D. Alanazi, 2015. A new species of plasmodiidae (coccidia: hemosporidia) from the blood of the skink Scincus hemprichii (scincidae: reptilia) in Saudi Arabia. Saudi J. Biol. Sci., 22: 312-316.
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  3. Saifi, M.A., M.S. Alyousif and A.D. Alanazi, 2014. Chlroquine: Its biochemical effects on vital tissue of mice. Latin Am. J. Pharm., 33: 1487-1491.
  4. Saifi, M.A., T. Beg, A.H. Harrath, F.S.H. Altayalan and S. Al Quraishy, 2013. Antimalarial drugs: Mode of action and status of resistance. Afr. J. Pharm. Pharmacol., 7: 148-156.
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  5. Saifi, M.A., 2013. Studies on chronic administration of chloroquine on gastrocnemius muscle and spleen of Swiss albino mice. Afr. J. Pharm. Pharmacol., 7: 524-527.
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  6. Saifi, M.A., 2013. Incrimination of malaria vectors in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Life Sci. J., 10: 1378-1381.
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  7. Harrath, A.H., M. Ahmed, S.R. Sayed, M.A. Saifi and S.H. Alwasel, 2013. An ultrastructural study of oogenesis and cell dynamics during cocoon shell secretion in the subterranean freshwater planarian Dendrocoelum constrictum (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida). Tissue Cell, 45: 39-46.
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  8. Saifi, M.A., T. Beg, A.H. Harrath and F.S. Hamad, 2012. Is chloroquine making a comeback? Afr. J. Pharm. Pharmacol., 6: 2646-2648.
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  9. Kumar, M., S. Ahmad, E. Ahmad, M.A. Saifi and R.H. Khan, 2012. In silico prediction and analysis of Caenorhabditis EF-hand containing proteins. PloS one, Vol. 7. 10.1371/journal.pone.0036770.
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  10. Praveen, N., M.A. Saifi and G.G.H.A. Shadab, 2011. Cytogenetic evaluation of Fansidar on human lymphocyte chromosomes in vitro. J. Environ. Biol., 32: 95-98.
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  11. Saifi, M.A., Wajihullah, M.I. Siddiqui and M.S. Al-Khalifa, 2010. Malaria: Patterns of relapse and resistance. J. King Saud Univ.-Sci., 22: 31-36.
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  12. Muheet, A.S., 2009. Malaria: A long way to eradicate. Bull. Biol. Sci., 7: 231-234.
  13. Mohammad Tauqeer Alam, Hema Bora, Praveen K. Bharti, Muheet A. Saifi, Manoj K. Das, Vas Dev, Ashwani Kumar, Neeru Singh, Aditya P. Dash, Brahmananda Das, Wajihullah, and Yagya D. Sharma 2007. Similar Trends of Pyrimethamine Resistance-Associated Mutations in Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 51: 857-863.
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  14. Ahmed, A., M.K. Das, V. Dev, M.A. Saifi and Y.D. Sharma, 2006. Quadruple mutations in dihydrofolate reductase of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Car Nicobar island, India. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., 50: 1546-1549.
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  15. Mehrunnisa, A., M.A. Saifi and H.M. Khan, 2002. Prevalence of malaria in Aligarh. J. Communicable Dis., 34: 70-77.
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  16. Wajihullah and A.S. Muheet, 2001. An. culicifacies, a predominant vector of malaria in Aligarh. J. Parasitic Dis., 25: 53-54.
  17. Saifi, M.A. and Wajihullah, 2001. Intestinal parasitic infestation in school children of Ujhani, Budaun. J. Parasitic Dis., 25: 26-29.
  18. Saifi, M.A. and B. Hasan, 2001. Intestinal parasitic infection in the university campus of Aligarh. J. Communicable Dis., 33: 216-220.
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