Introduction
Staff Details
Activities
Research and Publications
Technical Guidelines
Unit/Laboratories
Contact Us
Introduction
Enterovirus Division
Introduction
The Enterovirus Division has WHO Accredited National Polio Laboratory and National Measles & Rubella Laboratory. It carries out Waste-water Surveillance for Polio, COVID-19 and Other Viruses. It provided diagnostic tests for Epstein Barr Virus, Parvo-B19 Virus, Mumps and Varicella-Zoster Virus.
The Laboratory is a part of
- Global Polio Laboratory Network, WHO
- Measles & Rubella Laboratory Network, WHO
The Division is also carrying out the Project “Genomic monitoring of COVID-19 through Waste Water Surveillance“
Staff Details
Staff Details
Head of the Division
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Dr. Purva Pankaj Sarkate
MBBS, MD, DHM
Joint Director
purva[dot]pankaj[at]gov[dot]in
Other Officer in the Division
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Dr. Purbasha Bera
MBBS, MD
Deputy Director
purbasha[dot]bera[at]ncdc[dot]gov[dot]in
Other Staff in the Division
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Sh. Suresh Chandra
B.Sc.
Assistant Research Officer
sureshchandra244[at]gmail[dot]com
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Dr. Usha Gupta
Ph.D.
Research Assistant
guptaushaa[at]gmail[dot]com
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Sh. R. Vishnu Raj Pillai
B.Sc. (H)
Technician
r[dot]vishnu[at]ncdc[dot]gov[dot]in
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Sh. Deepesh
M.Sc.
Technician
deepesh[dot]sagar[at]dbt[dot]nic[dot]in
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Sh. Bijender Kumar
12th
Technician
bijenderk262[at]gmail[dot]com
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Ms. Chhavi
B.Tech.
Technician
chhavi2094[at]gmail[dot]com
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Mr. Naveen Sharma
B. Sc. (Life Science)
Technician
nsnaveensharma1998[at]gmail[dot]com
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Mr. Rahul Rojha
B.Sc. (H)
Technician
r[dot]rojha47[at]gmail[dot]com
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Mr. Nirmal Singh Balidani
Laboratory Assistant
B.Sc. (PCM)
nirmalsingh[dot]balidanioo7[at]gmail[dot]com
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Sh. Harish Kumar
Laboratory Attendant
12th
harishncdc[at]gmail[dot]com
Activities
Divisional Activities
Activities undertaken in the Division
- Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance for Delhi, Haryana, Uttarakhand, some parts of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
- Environmental Poliovirus Surveillance Delhi and parts of Uttar Pradesh
- Measles and Rubella Surveillance Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
- Diagnostic tests for Other viruses such as Mumps, Varicella Zoster, Parvo Virus B 19, Epstein Barr Virus
- Environmental Surveillance of COVID-19
- Hospital Waste-water Surveillance
- Standardization of Aircraft Waste-water Surveillance
Research and Publications
Research and Publications
Current Research projects –
Publications /Guidelines –
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
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Microscopy for detection of Cytopathic Effect
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Molecular Testing for Measles- Rubella
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Sewage Concentration for Environmental Surveillance
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Cytopathic Effect in Cell Lines
Normal L20B cell line without cytopathic effect
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Cytopathic effect (Polio virus) in L20B cell line
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Standardization of NCDC Method for Wastewater Surveillance of COVID-19
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The Team
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Technical Guidelines
Unit/Laboratories
Laboratories/ Units under division –
- Cell Culture Laboratory
- Virus Isolation Laboratory
- PCR Laboratory
- Environmental Surveillance Laboratory
- Immunodiagnostics Laboratory
Contact Us
Contact Us
Full Mailing Address:
Enterovirus Division, National Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
www.ncdc.gov.in
011- 20832493
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