2020-151-5 Archives - Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volume 151 | Issue 5 | May 2020

Editorial

Lessons learnt during the first 100 days of COVID-19 pandemic in India

Rajesh Bhatia, Priya Abraham

DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1925_20

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p.387-391

Viewpoint

Contact lens use at the time of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic for healthcare workers

Raghav Bhargava

DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1492_20

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p.392-394

Perspective

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health system & Sustainable Development Goal 3

Sonalini Khetrapal, Rajesh Bhatia

DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1920_20

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p.395-399

Review Article

Clinical management of COVID-19

George M. Varghese, Rebecca John, Abi Manesh, Rajiv Karthik, O.C. Abraham

DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_957_20

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p.401-410

Review Article

COVID-19 pandemic from an ophthalmology point of view

Parul Chawla Gupta, M Praveen Kumar, Jagat Ram

DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1369_20

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p.411-418

Protocol

National sero-surveillance to monitor the trend of SARS-CoV-2 infection transmission in India: Protocol for community-based surveillance

Muthusamy Santhosh Kumar, Tarun Bhatnagar, Ponnaiah Manickam, V. Saravana Kumar, Kiran Rade, Naman Shah, Shashi Kant, Giridhara R. Babu, Sanjay Zodpey, C.P. Girish Kumar, Jeromie Wesley Vivian Thangaraj, Pranab Chatterjee, Suman Kanungo, Ravindra Mohan Pandey, Manoj Murhekar, Sujeet K. Singh, Swarup Sarkar, J.P. Muliyil, Raman R. Gangakhedkar, D.C.S. Reddy

DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1818_20

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p.419-423

Original Article

Laboratory surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in India: Performance of testing & descriptive epidemiology of detected COVID-19, January 22 – April 30, 2020

, , , , Priya Abraham, Neeraj Aggarwal, Giridhara R. Babu, Suganya Barani, Balram Bhargava, Tarun Bhatnagar, Ajay Singh Dhama, Raman R. Gangakhedkar, Sidhartha Giri, Nivedita Gupta, Karishma K. Kurup, Ponnaiah Manickam, Manoj Murhekar, Varsha Potdar, Ira Praharaj, Kiran Rade, D.C.S. Reddy, V. Saravanakumar, Naman Shah, Harpreet Singh, Jeromie Wesley Vivian Thangaraj, Naveen Yadav

DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1896_20

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p.424-437

Original Article

A cluster of SARS-CoV-2 infection among Italian tourists visiting India, March 2020

Jeromie Wesley Vivian Thangaraj, Manoj Murhekar, Yatin Mehta, Sushila Kataria, Megha Brijwal, Nitesh Gupta, Aashish Choudhary, Bharati Malhotra, Madhavi Vyas, Himanshu Sharma, Naveen Yadav, Tarun Bhatnagar, Nivedita Gupta, Lalit Dar, Raman R. Gangakhedkar, Balram Bhargava

DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1722_20

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p.438-443

Original Article

Development of indigenous IgG ELISA for the detection of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG

Gajanan Sapkal, Anita Shete-Aich, Rajlaxmi Jain, Pragya D. Yadav, Prasad Sarkale, Rajen Lakra, Srikant Baradkar, Gururaj Rao Deshpande, Deepak Mali, Bipin N. Tilekar, Triparna Majumdar, Himanshu Kaushal, Yogesh Gurav, Nivedita Gupta, Sreelekshmy Mohandas, Ketki Deshpande, Ojas Kaduskar, Malvika Salve, Savita Patil, Shivshankar Gaikwad, A.P. Sugunan, M. Ashok, Sidhartha Giri, Jayanthi Shastri, Priya Abraham, Raman R. Gangakhedkar,

DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_2232_20

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p.444-449

Original Article

Analysis of RNA sequences of 3636 SARS-CoV-2 collected from 55 countries reveals selective sweep of one virus type

Nidhan K. Biswas, Partha P. Majumder

DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1125_20

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p.450-458

Original Article

Healthcare workers & SARS-CoV-2 infection in India: A case-control investigation in the time of COVID-19

Pranab Chatterjee, Tanu Anand, Kh. Jitenkumar Singh, Reeta Rasaily, Ravinder Singh, Santasabuj Das, Harpreet Singh, Ira Praharaj, Raman R. Gangakhedkar, Balram Bhargava, Samiran Panda

DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_2234_20

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p.459-467

Original Article

An overview of mobile applications (apps) to support the coronavirus disease 2019 response in India

Abhinav Bassi, Sumaiya Arfin, Oommen John, Vivekanand Jha

DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1200_20

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p.468-473

Correspondence

Mapping the genomic landscape & diversity of COVID-19 based on >3950 clinical isolates of SARS-CoV-2: Likely origin & transmission dynamics of isolates sequenced in India

Hina Singh, Jasdeep Singh, Mohd Khubaib, Salma Jamal, Javaid Ahmed Sheikh, Sunil Kohli, Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain, Syed Asad Rahman

DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1253_20

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p.474-478

Correspondence

Evaluation of the susceptibility of mice & hamsters to SARS-CoV-2 infection

Sreelekshmy Mohandas, Rajlaxmi Jain, Pragya D. Yadav, Anita Shete-Aich, Prasad Sarkale, Manoj Kadam, Abhimanyu Kumar, Gururaj Deshpande, Shreekant Baradkar, Savita Patil, Gajanan Sapkal, Deepak Mali, Malvika Salve, Dilip Patil, Triparna Majumdar, Annasaheb Suryawanshi, Himanshu Kaushal, Rajen Lakra, Hitesh Dighe, Nivedita Gupta, Priya Abraham, Raman R. Gangakhedkar

DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_2235_20

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p.479-482

Correspondence

Evaluation of RdRp & ORF-1b-nsp14-based real-time RT-PCR assays for confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 infection: An observational study

K. Alagarasu, M.L. Choudhary, K.S. Lole, Priya Abraham, Varsha Potdar, NIC Team

DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1256_20

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p.483-485

Correspondence

Respiratory virus detection among the overseas returnees during the early phase of COVID-19 pandemic in India

Varsha Potdar, Manohar L. Choudhary, Sumit Bhardwaj, Rohan Ghuge, A.P. Sugunan, Yogesh Gurav, Pragya D. Yadav, Anita Shete, Shilpa Tomar, B. Anukumar, Himanshu Kaushal, Gajanan Sapkal, Atanu Basu, Sarah Cherian, Priya Abraham, NIC Team

DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_638_20

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p.486-489

Correspondence

First confirmed case of COVID-19 infection in India: A case report

M.A. Andrews, Binu Areekal, K.R. Rajesh, Jijith Krishnan, R. Suryakala, Biju Krishnan, C.P. Muraly, P.V. Santhosh

DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_2131_20

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p.490-492

Correspondence

A confirmed case of COVID-19 among the first three from Kerala, India

Raman Swathy Vaman, Mathew J. Valamparampil, A.V. Ramdas, A. T. Manoj, Basil Varghese, Flory Joseph

DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_2205_20

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p.493-494

Correspondence

Pandemic SARS-CoV-2 laboratory preparedness in India: An opportunity beyond diagnostics

Bhagirathi Dwibedi

DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1548_20

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p.495-496

Correspondence

Authors’ response

Nivedita Gupta, Varsha Potdar, Ira Praharaj, Sidhartha Giri, Gajanan Sapkal, Pragya Yadav, Manohar Lal Choudhary, Lalit Dar, A.P. Sugunan, Harmanmeet Kaur, Ashok Munivenkatappa, Jayanthi Shastri, Krishnasamy Kaveri, Shanta Dutta, Bharti Malhotra, Amita Jain, Kammilli Nagamani, G.B. Shantala, Sharmila Raut, M.M. Vegad, Ajanta Sharma, Aashish Choudhary, Megha Brijwal, Anukumar Balakrishnan, Jayaswamy Manjunatha, Manish Pathak, Sivasubramanian Srinivasan, Hasina Banu, Himanshu Sharma, Parul Jain, Pakalpati Sunita, R. Ambica, Babita Fageria, Disha Patel, Gitika Rajbongshi, Neetu Vijay, Jitendra Narayan, Neeraj Aggarwal, Anu Nagar, Raman R. Gangakhedkar, Priya Abraham

DOI: 10.4103/0971-5916.286255

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p.496-496