Laboratory preparedness for SARS-CoV-2 testing in India: Harnessing a network of Virus Research & Diagnostic Laboratories
Nivedita Gupta1, Varsha Potdar2, Ira Praharaj1, Sidhartha Giri1, Gajanan Sapkal3, Pragya Yadav3, Manohar Lal Choudhary2, Lalit Dar4, AP Sugunan5, Harmanmeet Kaur6, Ashok Munivenkatappa7, Jayanthi Shastri8, Krishnasamy Kaveri9, Shanta Dutta10, Bharti Malhotra11, Amita Jain12, Kammilli Nagamani13, GB Shantala14, Sharmila Raut15, MM Vegad16, Ajanta Sharma17, Aashish Choudhary4, Megha Brijwal4, Anukumar Balakrishnan5, Jayaswamy Manjunatha7, Manish Pathak8, Sivasubramanian Srinivasan9, Hasina Banu10, Himanshu Sharma11, Parul Jain12, Pakalpati Sunita13, R Ambica14, Babita Fageria15, Disha Patel16, Gitika Rajbongshi17, Neetu Vijay6, Jitendra Narayan6, Neeraj Aggarwal1, Anu Nagar6, Raman R Gangakhedkar1, Priya Abraham18
1 Division of Epidemiology & Communicable Diseases, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India 2 Influenza Group, ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune, India 3 Maximum Containment Laboratory, ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune, India 4 Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India 5 ICMR-National Institute of Virology Kerala Unit, Alappuzha, Kerala, India 6 Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India 7 ICMR-National Institute of Virology Bangalore Field Unit, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India 8 Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Mumbai, India 9 Department of Virology, King Institute of Preventive Medicine & Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 10 ICMR-National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, West Bengal, India 11 Department of Microbiology, Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India 12 Department of Microbiology, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India 13 Department of Microbiology, Gandhi Medical College & Hospital, Secunderabad, Telangana, India 14 Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India 15 Department of Microbiology, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College & Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India 16 Department of Microbiology, Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat &, India 17 Department of Microbiology, Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India 18 ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr Priya Abraham Director, ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune 411 001, Maharashtra India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_594_20
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