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Journal of Microbiology and Infection

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Circulating multiple respiratory viruses alongside SARS-CoV-2 variants: An open call for vaccine vendors
Shlok Viral Patel1, Stuti Pranav Shah2, L.V. Simhachalam Kutikuppala3, Venkataramana Kandi4, Puneet K. Singh5, Snehasish Mishra5, Ranjan K. Mohapatra6   
snehasish.mishra@gmail.com
1Department of orthopaedics, B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
2Department of Internal medicine, B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
3Department of General Surgery, Dr NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada – 520 008, Andhra Pradesh, India
4Department of Microbiology, Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar-505417, Telangana, India
5School of Biotechnology, Campus-11, KIIT Deemed-to-be-University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha-751024, India
6Department of Chemistry, Government College of Engineering, Keonjhar-758002, Odisha, India
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ABSTRACT

A small cluster of novel viral pneumonia cases from Wuhan, China in 2019 evolved into a great pandemic ever [1,2]. COVID- 19, caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus, impacted countless population worldwide and its long-term consequences are yet unclear. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID-19 as a global pandemic with most of the research diverting its attention to understanding the etiology, pathology and immunology of the fairly unknown pathogen and developing measures to counter it [2]. The ongoing scenario depicts a modest increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalisation, and dramatic rise in cases in the monthof January 2023 worldwide (https://covid19.who.int/).



KEYWORDS

    1. COVID-19 Pandemic
    2. Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
    3. Viral Coinfections
    4. Influenza Infection
    5. Epidemiological Trends
    6. Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs)


Author Info

Shlok Viral Patel1, Stuti Pranav Shah2, L.V. Simhachalam Kutikuppala3, Venkataramana Kandi4, Puneet K. Singh5, Snehasish Mishra5, Ranjan K. Mohapatra6

1Department of orthopaedics, B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
2Department of Internal medicine, B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
3Department of General Surgery, Dr NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada – 520 008, Andhra Pradesh, India
4Department of Microbiology, Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar-505417, Telangana, India
5School of Biotechnology, Campus-11, KIIT Deemed-to-be-University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha-751024, India
6Department of Chemistry, Government College of Engineering, Keonjhar-758002, Odisha, India

Corresponding author: snehasish.mishra@gmail.com

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