ICMR Virus Unit Kolkata

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The ICMR Virus Unit Kolkata was setup in 1989 to conducts research on Viral Diseases viz. Hepatitis, Dengue, Japanese Encephalitis, Chikungunya virus and opportunistic infections etc.

Thrust Areas
Studying the virological basis of chronic hepatitis B in humans, encompassing diagnosis, molecular epidemiology, pathogenesis and molecular characterization.

Multiple viral infections and characterization of occult HBV infection in relation to safety of blood donation.

Dengue, Japanese Encephalitis, Chikungunya virus: Laboratory-based surveillance of outbreaks and cases in the selected area; Hospital-based surveillance of cases in the selected divisions of state health services; Seroepidemiological surveys in the selected communities for infection & attack rates; Molecular characterization of the presently circulated strain; Sample surveys for the detection of CHIK JE and Dengue infections during and following the outbreak of the disease in the state and determination of the seasonal fluctuations of the cases.

Opportunistic infections among HIV seropositive patients from eastern India: Collection of data on clinical, epidemiological, microbiological and virological information on opportunistic infections among the AIDS patients in West Bengal with a view to establish a database.

Scientists
NILANJAN CHAKRABORTY
PROVASH C. SADHUKHAN

Address:-
ICMR Virus Unit Kolkata
GB 4, 1st Floor, ID & BG Hospital Campus 57, Dr. S.C. Banerjee Road , Beliaghata, Kolkata, West Bengal 700010

Phone:-
033 2353 7425