GRIEVANCE
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The Department of Microbiology is functioning since the inception of medical college (2005).
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The Department has progressed with time and presently it has 1 Professor, 1 Assistant professor and 3 Tutors headed by Prof. Dr. G. Sucila Thangam.
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The department includes Bacteriology, Serology, Parasitology, Mycology, Mycobacteriology, Immunology and Virology Laboratories for routine microbiological/immunological investigations.
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The Department is also involved in assessing the surgical theatre sterility of government and private hospitals in Theni district.
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The Department plays an important role in detecting and controlling outbreaks of fever & acute diarrheal diseases.
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The department is also the part of Infection control program and Bio Medical Waste Management program of the hospital.
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The Department also motivates MBBS student to involve in various short term Research Projects and also offers Laboratory Training.
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The Department is recognized as State Reference Laboratory for HIV/AIDS and conducting periodical training programs on HIV/AIDS for the Medical officers and Laboratory technicians of Theni, Dindigul & Karur districts.
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The laboratory service provided by qualified technical staff is supervised by well experienced Clinical Microbiologists. We undertake teaching, diagnostic as well as research activities.
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Around 10 Research articles are published every year in national and international journals.
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The Department starts several research projects such as VRDL, STI, Stat Up Grant, IDSP, TNSCST, SSH and TANSACS have been undertaken.
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The Department of Microbiology was sanctioned for Virus Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (VRDL) under the scheme “Establishment of a network of Laboratories for managing epidemics and Natural Calamities” by ICMR in September 2014.
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The Department processed approximately > 10, 00, 000 samples (including COVID-19 testing) for the diagnosis of various viral infections; mainly contributed for the early detection of Dengue and COVID outbreaks.
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During the initial phase of COVID pandemic, our laboratory is one of the two approved centers in Tamil Nadu for the diagnosis of COVID 19.
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Our VRDL was selected as QC/QA Lab for COVID testing and we have been assigned to monitor the performance of 43 COVID testing labs across the southern part of Tamil Nadu.
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Infrastructure is available for participating in ICTC (Integrated Counselling and Testing Centre for HIV) and RNTCP (Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme).
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During 2020, Prepared more than >200 litres of hand sanitizers and distributed through DDHS for public use.
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During 2020, prepared >10,000 tubes of VTM and distributed to DDHS for samples collection.
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The Department conducting Workshop on Viral Diagnostic for every year in Post Graduate students.
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The Department conducting Many Training Programs on HIV/AIDS for the Medical Officers and Laboratory Technicians of Theni, Dindigul & Karur districts under the patronage of NACO & TANSACS.
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The Department conducting CME on “Opportunez – 09: Opportunistic Infections in Immunocompromised” organized in association with IAMM (TN & PY chapter) & The TN Dr. MGR Medical University on 25th July 2009.
Major equipment’s available :
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Real-Time PCR (CFX96 –BioRad)
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Applied Biosystem 7500 Real-Time PCR
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KingFisher Flex System Automated RNA/DNA Extraction 96 test
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Bioteke Corporation -32 samples -Nucleic acid purification system (HELINI-MagPure)-32 test
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Applied BiosystemsVeriti™ Thermal Cycler
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Bio safety level II cabinet
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Deep freezer(-80°C)
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Deep freezer(-20°C)
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Freeze dryers / Lyophilizers
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CO2 Incubator (Thermo scientific)
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Invertedphase contrast fluorescence microscope (Nikon)
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Refrigerator centrifuge
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Electronic weighting Balance
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CytoFLEX Flow Cytometer (Beckman Coulter)
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Flow Cytometry (Sysmex)
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CBNAT
Name : Dr. G. Sucila Thangam, M.D.,
Date of Birth : 03/05/1973
Official address : Professor and Head/PI-VRDL,
Department of Microbiology,
In-charge Dengue EQA Program,
Director-SRL Lab
Government Theni Medical College,
Theni, Tamil Nadu - 625512
E-mail : drgsucilamicro@gmail.com
Mobile : 9442063819
Education
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S. No. |
Institution Place |
Degree Awarded |
Year |
Field of Study |
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1. |
Tirunelveli Medical College, TN Dr. MGR Medical University |
M.B.B. S |
1996 |
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2. |
Tirunelveli Medical College, TN Dr.MGR Medical University |
M.D, |
2008 |
Microbiology |
Position and Employment
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S. No. |
Institution Place |
Position |
From (Date) |
To (date) |
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1. |
Primary Health Centre, Sitheri |
Assistant surgeon |
1/11/2001 |
24/01/2002 |
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2. |
Primary Health Centre,Thirumalaipatti |
Assistant surgeon |
25/01/2002 |
26/05/2005 |
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3. |
Tirunelveli Medical College |
Reserve Tutor |
27/05/2005 |
27/03/2008 |
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4. |
Tirunelveli Medical College |
Tutor in Microbiology |
28/03/2008 |
27/03/2009 |
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5. |
Tirunelveli Medical College |
Assistant Professor |
28/03/2009 |
12/07/2018 |
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6. |
Theni Medical College |
Associate Professor |
13/07/2018 |
19/09/2019 |
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7. |
Madurai Medical College |
Associate Professor |
20/09/2019 |
28/02/2021 |
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8. |
Tirunelveli Medical College |
Associate Professor |
01/03/2021 |
03/02/2023 |
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9. |
Theni Medical College |
Professor |
04/02/2023 |
Till date |
Completed Research Projects: 6
Ongoing Project - 2
Research Publications: 105 (National and International)
Book chapters: 4
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Department of Microbiology- Virus Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (VRDL) funded by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)/ Department of Health Research (DHR), New Delhi- Funded by ICMR/DHR
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To enhance the quality of infectious disease diagnosis in India through implementation of an External Quality Assurance Program– under National Health Research Priority (NHRP) on One Health- Funded by ICMR/DHR
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Ventilator associated Pneumonia in a tertiary care hospital in India: Incidence, Aetiology, Risk factors and Role of multidrug resistant pathogens. - Funded by ICMR
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Exploring antibiotic resistance mechanisms and molecular epidemiology in clinical isolates of gram negative bacteria at a tertiary care hospital: A cross-sectional study. - Funded by TNSRC
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Prevalence and risk factors of intestinal parasitic infections among children aged 3-12 years in Theni District, Tamil Nadu- Funded by TNSRC
Completed research works
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Study on the prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus-2 in Theni District, Tamil Nadu.
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Retrospective Seroprevalence Study of Dengue, Chikungunya and Co-Infection virus: A Hospital Based Study from Theni, Tamil Nadu.
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Seroprevalence of various viral diseases: A hospital based study.
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Determination of ‘missed out Dengue NS1’ proportion in Dengue IgM negative population.
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Serotyping and genotyping of dengue virus circulating in Theni District.
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Prevalence of HSV, EBV, VZV, CMV, HBV and HCV co-infection among HIV positive individuals.
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Prevalence of Measles, Mumps, Rubella IgG antibodies among children less than 5 yrs.
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Prevalence of HSV, EBV, VZV, CMV IgG antibodies among voluntary blood donors.
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Determination of proportion of Dengue positivity in voluntary blood donors: A pilot study.
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Studies on Genomic Epidemiology of SARS-Cov2 from Theni, Tamilnadu.
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Seroprevalence and clinical profile of Leptospirosis and Scrub typhus in clinically suspected patients in a tertiary care center: A Retrospective study from Theni, Tamil Nadu.
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Seroprevalence, Quantification and risk factors for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Viral Load by Real-Time PCR in clinically suspected patients attending a tertiary care hospital.
Ongoing research works :
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Ventilator associated Pneumonia in a tertiary care hospital in India: Incidence, Aetiology, Risk factors and Role of multidrug resistant pathogens.
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Prevalence of Surgical Site Infections (SSI) and Antimicrobial sensitivity pattern from patients attending tertiary care hospital
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Assessing the synergistic activity of Ceftazidime-Avibactam and Aztreonam against Metallo-β lactamase producing Enterobacterales infection in a tertiary care center-A prospective study.
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Antibiotic resistance pattern and biofilm formation among the Acinetobacter spp recovered from clinical specimens in a tertiary care hospital-A cross sectional study.
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Prevalence and Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Clinical Samples in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
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Development of genotyping-based RT-qPCR platform for Hepatitis A Virus Assay using Serum and Stool Specimens
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Exploring Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms and Molecular Epidemiology in clinical isolates of Gram Negative Bacteria at a tertiary care hospital: A cross sectional study.
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Exploring Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms and Molecular Epidemiology in clinical isolates of Gram Negative Bacteria at a tertiary care hospital: A cross sectional study.
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Evaluation of Dried Blood Spots (DBS) for Scrub Typhus Diagnosis using ELISA
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Intestinal Parasitic Infections among Children Aged 3-12 Years in Theni District, Tamil Nadu: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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Clinical and serological differentiation of primary and secondary dengue infections - A cross sectional study in a tertiary care centre.
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Molecular analysis of influenza virus circulating in Theni district.
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Genotyping of Hepatitis A and E viruses circulating in Theni District.
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Anti Dengue virus properties of small molecule natural compounds.
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Antimicrobial potentiality of a new beta lactam antibiotic Fosfomycin among Multidrug resistant, Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase producing, Carbapenem resistant uropathogens.
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Factors influencing the transmission, diagnosis, management and treatment outcome of viral hepatitis with special emphasis on high-risk population
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A prospective study on changes in gut microbiome signatures with the progression of Hepatitis B Virus & C Virus infection before and after treatment.
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Mapping dengue virus (DENV) serotype-specific neutralizing epitopes on envelope E protein by deep mutational scanning.
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Studies on viral load and immune correlates in HIV & HBV and HIV & HCV co-infection.
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Clinical and serological differentiation of primary and secondary dengue infections - A cross sectional study in a tertiary care center.
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Determination of ‘missed out Dengue NS1’ proportion in Dengue IgM negative population.
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Serotyping and genotyping of dengue virus circulating in Theni District.
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Prevalence of HSV, EBV, VZV, CMV, HBV and HCV co-infection among HIV positive individuals.
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Prevalence of Measles, Mumps, Rubella IgG antibodies among children less than 5 yrs.
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Prevalence of HSV, EBV, VZV, CMV IgG antibodies among voluntary blood donors.
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Determination of proportion of Dengue positivity in voluntary blood donors: A pilot study.
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Studies on Genomic Epidemiology of SARS-Cov2 from Theni, Tamilnadu.
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Seroprevalence and clinical profile of Leptospirosis and Scrub typhus in clinically suspected patients in a tertiary care center: A Retrospective study from Theni, Tamil Nadu.
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Seroprevalence, Quantification and risk factors for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Viral Load by Real-Time PCR in clinically suspected patients attending a tertiary care hospital.
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Research publications :
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Ramlingam, Gopinath; Muthukumar, Arundadhi; Aridass, Dhanasezhian; Ganesan, Sucila Thangam. Seroprevalence and Clinical Profile of Leptospirosis and Scrub Typhus in Clinically Suspected Patients at a Tertiary Care Center: A Retrospective Study from Theni, Tamil Nadu. Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Journal 8(3):p 382-386, Jul–Sep 2024. | DOI: 10.4103/bbrj.bbrj_192_24
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Sucila Thangam G, M. Arundadhi, M. Amudhan, R. Gopinath. Antimicrobial Potentiality of a New Beta Lactam Antibiotic Fosfomycin among Multidrug Resistant, Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase Producing, Carbapenem Resistant Uropathogens. International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research 2024; 16(7); 360-366. e-ISSN: 0975-1556, p-ISSN:2820-2643
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Gopinath R, Arundadhi M, Thangam GS. Recognizing The Significance of Scrub Typhus as An Emerging Threat. Natl J Community Med 2024;15(7):615-616. DOI: 10.55489/njcm.150720243946
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Gopinath Ramalingam, Muthukumar A, Sivadoss R, Rajan G, Aridass D, Murugesan A, et al. Genomic epidemiology of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 from Theni, Tamil Nadu. J Family Med Prim Care. 2024;13:1727-33. https://doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1698_23
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Gopinath R.; Arundadhi M.; Dhanasezhian A.; Thangam G. Sucila. From gut to brain: Deciphering the impact of gut microbiota on neurological health. Novel Research in Microbiology Journal (2024), 8(2): 2339-2353. DOI: 10.21608/NRMJ.2024.273319.1479
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Gopinath Ramalingam, Arundadhi M, Revathi R, Sowndarya M, Dhanasezhian A, Thangam GS. Exploring the Potential of Human Papilloma Virus: An Overview. Natl J Community Med 2023; 14(12):866-875. DOI: 10.55489/njcm.141220233369
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Gopinath R, Sundaram AL, Dhanasezhian A, Arundadhi M, Thangam GS. Seroprevalence of various viral diseases: A hospital‑based study. Journal of Global Infectious Diseases.2023; 15:144-8. I.F-1.6
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Gopinath R, Gopinathan R, Jegatheesh R, Dhanasezhiyan A, Amudhan M, Lallitha S. Study on the prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus-2 in Theni District, Tamil Nadu. Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Journal (BBRJ). 2023 Apr 1;7(2):176-80. I.F-1.4
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Gopinath R, Dhanasezhiyan A, Krishnapriya S, Prasanth SM, Thangam GS. A Retrospective Seroprevalence Study of Dengue, Chikungunya and Co-Infection virus: A Hospital Based Study from Theni, Tamil Nadu. Journal of Pure & Applied Microbiology. 2023 Sep 1;17(3). I.F-0.8
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Gopinath R, Arundadhi M, Vijay S, Dhanasezhian A, Thangam GS. A Review on the Seasonal and Pandemic Potential of Influenza a (H3N2) virus. Tuijin Jishu/Journal of Propulsion Technology. 2023 Sep 11;44(3):1339-46.
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Poornakala Ramu, M. Udayashri, M. Basheer Ahamed, Nithyagomatheswari Subbiah, T. Jeyamurugan, V. Kalaivani, R. Gopinath, T. Sankaranarayanan. Evaluation of antimicrobial resistance and characterization of virulence factors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates with special reference to biofilm formation. Biomed Biotechnol Res J 2023; 7:450-7. I.F-1.4
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Aridass Dhanasezhian, Murugesan Amudhan, Sucila Thangam. Low Prevalence of Mumps IgG Antibodiesamong the Paediatric PopulationAttending Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern India- A Pilot Study. Jan 2023 Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research.
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Ganesan M, Sudha R, Amudhan M, Thangam GS. Lesson learned: Retrospective analysis of ‘missed out’ dengue NS1 positives among IgM negative population. Asian Pac J Trop Med.2020 [cited 2020 Oct 20];13:221-6
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Anbalagan A. Meena, Amudhan Murugesan, Surliappan Sopnajothi, Yean K. Yong, P. Sankar Ganesh, Irudhayaraj J. Vimali, Ramachandran Vignesh, Manickan Elanchezhiyan, Meganathan Kannan, Aditya P. Dash, and Esaki M. Shankar. Increase of Plasma TNF-α Is Associated with Decreased Levels of Blood Platelets in Clinical Dengue Infection.Viral Immunology.Feb 2020.54-60.
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Sathappan U. Preeyaa, Amudhan Murugesan, Surliappan Sopnajothi, Yean K. Yong, Hong Y. Tan, Marie Larsson, Vijayakumar Velu, and Esaki M. Shankar. Peripheral Follicular T Helper Cells and Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells Represent Activated Phenotypes During the Febrile Phase of Acute Dengue Virus Infection. Viral Immunology.ahead of print http://doi.org/10.1089/vim.2020.0149
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Murugesan A, Aridoss D, Senthilkumar S, Sivathanu L, Sekar R, Shankar EM, et al. Molecular diversity of dengue virus serotypes 1–4 during an outbreak of acute dengue virus infection in Theni, India. Indian J Med Microbiol 2020;38.
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Rao C, Kaur H, Gupta N, Sabeena SP, Ambica R, Jain A, Yadav A, Dwibedi B, Malhotra B, Kakru DK, Biswas D, Ganesan, M.; Sabat, Jyotsnamayee; Dhingra, Kanwardeep; Lalitha, S. Geographical distribution of primary & secondary dengue cases in India–2017: A cross-sectional multicentric study. The Indian journal of medical research. 2019 Apr;149(4):548.
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Swarna. S, Lallitha. S, Amuthan. M, Ganesan . M, Rajkumar. M, Dhanasezhian. A , Sekhar. R, K. M. Mythreyee, Study on prevalence of dengue fever in a tertiary care hospital, south India, Global journal for research analysis, VOLUME-7, ISSUE-1, JANUARY-2018.
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Ganesan M, Thangam GS, Sekar R, Sudha R. Laboratory Request Form Revamped: Pictogram Based Symptoms Afford Adequate Patient's Clinical Information in High Patient Load Setting. Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research. 2019 Sep 1;13(9).
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Ganesan Mahadevan, Sucila thangam Ganesan,Ramalingam sekar, Robert Sudha. Laboratory Request Form Revamped: Pictogram Based Symptoms Afford Adequate Patient's Clinical Information in High Patient Load Setting. September 2019. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research 13(9):LC19-LC22.
Book Chapter:
Title: Evolution of the Ebola virus into deadliest viruses of mankind
Author: Gopinath Ramalingam, Gowsalya Saminathan, Gopinathan R, Krishnapriya S and Lallitha S
Book: Recent Advances in Microbiology Research
Edition: Volume -1 Edition-1-2021
First Published: 2021
Imprint: Darshan Publishers,
Pages : 1-9
eBook ISBN : 978-81-954602-3-6
Title: Impacts of Delta variant in SARS CoV 2 Evolution
Author: Krishnapriya Subramani, S. Swarna, Lallitha S and Gopinath Ramalingam
Book: Recent Advances in Microbiology Research
Edition: Volume -1 Edition-1-2021
First Published: 2021
Imprint: Darshan Publishers,
Pages: 10-22
eBook ISBN: 978-81-954602-3-6
Title: Emergence of Viral Hemorrhagic Fever as a Global Threat
Author: R. Gopinath, A.L. Meenakshi Sundaram, A. Dhanasezhian and G. Sucila Thangam
Book: Research in Microbiology
Edition: Volume -8
First Published: 2023
Imprint: AkiNik Publications TM,
Pages: 37-55
Book DOI: https://doi.org/10.22271/ed.book.2282
ISBN: 978-93-5570-773-4
Title: Assessing the Prevalence and Seroprevalence of Acute Dengue and Chikungunya Virus Infections from Theni, Tamil Nadu, India: A Retrospective Hospital-Based Study
Author: R. Gopinath , M. Arundadhi , A. Dhanasezhian a, M. Sowndarya, Daya Pauline S. and G. Sucila Thangam
Book: Medical Research and Its Applications
Edition: Volume -1
First Published: 2024
Imprint: BP International
Pages: 109-121
Book DOI: https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/mria/v1/307
Print ISBN: 978-81-973316-2-6
eBook ISBN: 978-81-973316-4-0
Title: Engineered Phage Therapy and Drug Delivery: Mechanisms, Applications, and Challenges
Author: R. Gopinath , M. Arundadhi , A. Dhanasezhian and G. Sucila Thangam
Book: Current Knowledge on Novel Drug Delivery Systems
Edition: Volume -1
Publication Year: June, 2024
Imprint: Prime Publication, New Delhi, India
Pages: 01-23
Print ISBN: 979-65-826159-1-6
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AWARDS / ACHIEVEMENTS – STUDENTS / FACULTIES
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Dr M. Amudhan, M.Sc., Ph.D, Tutor received in Young Scientist award in the International Conference on Infectious Diseases & Antimicrobial Resistance - MICROSUMMIT-2023 from 28th -29th August, 2023 at Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Chennai, India.
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Dr R.Gopinath, M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D, Scientist B awarded best paper in poster presentation for the paper titled on “A Retrospective Seroprevalence Study of Dengue, Chikungunya, and Co-infection Virus: a Hospital-Based Study from Theni, Tamil Nadu in the International Conference on Infectious Diseases & Antimicrobial Resistance - MICROSUMMIT-2023 from 28th -29th August, 2023 at Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Chennai, India.
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Dr. R.Gopinath, awarded International Best Researcher award for the Research & Excellence in Microbiology/ Virology-ISSN Awards, International Research awards and congress on June 30, 2024 at Trichy, India.