Vikas Manchanda, Jayshree Muralidharan, Neeraj Nischal, Kshitij Aggarwal, Swati Gupta, Nivedita Gupta, Anoop Velayudhan, Harmanmeet Kaur, Megha Brijwal, Mala Chhabra, Rajlakshmi Vishwanathan, Rahul Dhodapkar, Sanjay K Mahajan, Saumya Deol, Jerin C Sekhar, Srestha Mitra, Sonal Saxena, Jyoti Kumar, Anju Garg, Rakesh Lodha, V Ravi, Manish Soneja, Valsan Philip Verghese, Camilla Rodrigues
BACKGROUND: Emerging infectious diseases, often zoonotic, demand a collaborative "One-Health" surveillance approach due to human activities. The need for standardized diagnostic and surveillance algorithms is emphasized to address the difficulty in clinical differentiation and curb antimicrobial resistance. OBJECTIVE: The present recommendations are comprehensive diagnostic and surveillance algorithm for ARIs, developed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), which aims to enhance early detection and treatment with improved surveillance...
February 23, 2024: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology