Shillong, June 10: Veena Tandon, former professor of North Eastern Hill University (Nehu), and Devendra Kumar Biswal, information officer and co-coordinator of Nehu's bioinformatics centre, have had their research work on parasitic biology published in PLOSOne, a journal from PLOS Group, USA.

The research paper is titled Northeast India Helminth Parasite Information Database (NEIHPID): Knowledge Base for Helminth Parasites.

Biswal said their research was on the neglected group of organisms, some of which emerge as causative agents of diseases in humans, especially in the Northeast.

He also said the research work had been formatted into a web-based database for use by the research community.

The database, he said, is the outcome of projects sanctioned by the Centre's Department of Information Technology (DIT) and Department of Biotechnology (DBT).

"The outcome of the project is a collated compendium of enriched knowledge-base on exotic parasite biology and its impact on human well-being and society, especially in the Northeast," Biswal said.