Enterovirus Division

Enterovirus Division

Full Mailing Address:

Enterovirus Division,
National Centre for Disease Control,
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
 

Head of the Division:

Dr. Purva Pankaj Sarkate
MBBS, MD, DHM
Joint Director
Email ID- purva[dot]pankaj[at]gov.in

*Other Officers in the Division

Dr. Purbasha Bera
MBBS, MD
Deputy Director
Email ID- purbasha[dot]bera[at]ncdc[dot]gov[dot]in

 *Other staff in the Division

Sh. Suresh Chandra
B.Sc.
Assistant Research Officer
Email ID- sureshchandra244[at]gmail[dot]com

Dr. Usha Gupta
Ph.D.
Research Assistant
Email ID- guptaushaa[at]gmail[dot]com

Dr. Ishwar Singh
Ph.D.
Technician
Email ID- dr[dot]ishwar[at]ncdc[dot]gov[dot]in

Sh. R. Vishnu Raj Pillai
B.Sc. (H)
Technician
Email ID- r[dot]vishnu[at]ncdc[dot]gov[dot]in

Sh. Deepesh
M.Sc.
Technician
Email ID- deepesh[dot]sagar[at]dbt[dot]nic[dot]in

Sh. Bijender Kumar
12th
Technician
Email ID- bijenderk262[at]gmail[dot]com

Sh. Harish Kumar
12th
Laboratory Attendant
Email ID- harishncdc[at]gmail[dot]com

National programmes implemented though division are as under

The Laboratory is a part of
1. Global Polio Laboratory Network, WHO
2. Measles & Rubella Laboratory Network, WHO

The Division is also carrying out the Project “Genomic monitoring of COVID-19 through Waste
Water Surveillance”

Laboratories/ Units under division -
1. Cell Culture Laboratory
2. Virus Isolation Laboratory
3. PCR Laboratory
4. Environmental Surveillance Laboratory
5. Immunodiagnostics Laboratory

Activities undertaken in the division –
1. Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance
2. Environmental Poliovirus Surveillance
3. Measles and Rubella Surveillance
4. Diagnostic tests for Other viruses such as Mumps, Varicella Zoster, Parvo Virus B 19, Epstein Barr
Virus Human Herpes Virus-6 and Enteroviruses.
5. Environmental Surveillance of COVID-19

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