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Research contributions through publications by ICMR-NIV on
COVID-19
National Institute of Virology (ICMR-NIV) printed research publications on COVID-19 to reach out to the people. These publications had details about effects of Coronavirus and COVID-19 on the human body. There are forty publication/research papers that were published during the pandemic which focuses on the following:
1) Genetic characterization of SARS-CoV-2 & implications for epidemiology, diagnostics & vaccines in India.
2) PLACID Trial Collaborators. Convalescent plasma in the management of moderate covid-19 in adults in India: open label phase II multicentre randomised controlled trial (PLACID Trial)
3) Guidance for building a dedicated health facility to contain the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak.
4) Evaluation of RdRp & ORF-1b-nsp14-based real-time RT-PCR assays for confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 infection: An observational study.
5) Utility of a modified heat inactivation method for direct detection of SARS-CoV-2 by RT- qPCR in viral transport medium bypassing RNA extraction: A preliminary study.
6) Performance evaluation of Truenat Beta CoV & Truenat SARS-CoV-2 point-of-care assays for coronavirus disease 2019.
7) Lessons learnt during the first 100 days of COVID-19 pandemic in India.
8) The enigmatic COVID-19 pandemic.
9) Time to revisit national response to pandemics.
10) Perspectives for repurposing drugs for the coronavirus disease 2019.
11) Development of in vitro transcribed RNA as positive control for laboratory diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 in India.
12) Neutralizing antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 patients.
13) Safety and immunogenicity of an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, BBV152: a double-blind, randomised, phase 1 trial.
14) Laboratory preparedness for SARS-CoV-2 testing in India: Harnessing a network of Virus Research & Diagnostic Laboratories.
15) Laboratory surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in India: Performance of testing & descriptive epidemiology of detected COVID-19
16) Identification of SARS-CoV-2 clusters from symptomatic cases in India.
17) Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 by gamma irradiation.
18) How artificial intelligence may help the Covid-19 pandemic: Pitfalls and lessons for the future.
19) Evaluation of the susceptibility of mice & hamsters to SARS-CoV-2 infection.
20) Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of BBV152, whole virion inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidates in the Syrian hamster model.
21) Biorisk assessment for infrastructure & biosafety requirements for the laboratories providing coronavirus SARS-CoV-2/(COVID-19) diagnosis.
22) Comparison of the immunogenicity & protective efficacy of various SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidates in non-human primates.
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