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Divisional Activities

Activities undertaken in the Division

1. Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance for Delhi, Haryana, Uttarakhand, some parts of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
2. Environmental Poliovirus Surveillance Delhi and parts of Uttar Pradesh
3. Measles and Rubella Surveillance Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
4. Diagnostic tests for Other viruses such as Mumps, Varicella Zoster, Parvo Virus B 19, Epstein Barr Virus
5. Environmental Surveillance of COVID-19
6. Hospital Waste-water Surveillance
7. Standardization of Aircraft Waste-water Surveillance

Research and Publications

Current Research projects –

Publications /Guidelines –

1. Kaundal, Nirmal, PurvaSarkate, Charu Prakash, and Narayan Rishi. “Comparison of ELISA and dual stage real time RT-PCR to differentiate Sabin like and non-Sabin like poliovirus isolates.” VirusDisease 28, no. 2 (2017): 141-145.
2. Kaundal, Nirmal, PurvaSarkate, Charu Prakash, and Narayan Rishi. “Environmental surveillance of polioviruses with special reference to L20B cell line.” VirusDisease 28, no. 4 (2017): 383-389.
3. Sarkate PP, Bera P, Kaundal N, Lovekesh, Sood S, Singh SK, Prakash C. Sewage Analysis as a Tool for Environmental Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2: Experience from Delhi, India. J Commun Dis. 2021; 53(2): 1-13

Sewage Sample Collection in the Field

Microscopy for detection of Cytopathic Effect

Molecular Testing for Measles- Rubella

Sewage Concentration for Environmental Surveillance

Cytopathic Effect in Cell Lines

Normal L20B cell line without cytopathic effect

Cytopathic effect (Polio virus) in L20B cell line

Standardization of NCDC Method for Wastewater Surveillance of COVID-19

The Team

Laboratories/ Units under division –

1. Cell Culture Laboratory
2. Virus Isolation Laboratory
3. PCR Laboratory
4. Environmental Surveillance Laboratory
5. Immunodiagnostics Laboratory