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Affiliations

¹ Division of Epidemiology & Communicable Diseases, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India.
² Department of Microbiology, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
³ Department of Virology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
⁴ ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Kerala Unit, Alappuzha, Kerala, India.
⁵ Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry, India.
⁶ Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh, Assam, India.
⁷ ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Bangalore Unit, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
⁸ ICMR-Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India.
⁹ Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
¹⁰ Department of Microbiology, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
¹¹ ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
¹² Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, New Delhi, India.

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Ira Praharaj et al. Indian J Med Res. 2021 May.

. 2021 May;153(5&6):700-701.

doi: 10.4103/0971-5916.318158.

¹ Division of Epidemiology & Communicable Diseases, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India.
² Department of Microbiology, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
³ Department of Virology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
⁴ ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Kerala Unit, Alappuzha, Kerala, India.
⁵ Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry, India.
⁶ Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh, Assam, India.
⁷ ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Bangalore Unit, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
⁸ ICMR-Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India.
⁹ Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
¹⁰ Department of Microbiology, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
¹¹ ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
¹² Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, New Delhi, India.

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