Respiratory virus detection among the overseas returnees during the early phase of COVID-19 pandemic in India

• Published in: Indian journal of medical research (New Delhi, India : 1994) Vol. 151; no. 5; pp. 486 - 489
• Main Authors: Potdar, Varsha, Choudhary, Manohar, Bhardwaj, Sumit, Ghuge, Rohan, Sugunan, A, Gurav, Yogesh, Yadav, Pragya, Shete, Anita, Tomar, Shilpa, Anukumar, B, Kaushal, Himanshu, Sapkal, Gajanan, Basu, Atanu, Cherian, Sarah, Abraham, Priya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01-05-2020; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Scientific Scholar; Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
• Subjects: Adenoviruses, Human - isolation & purification; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Betacoronavirus - isolation & purification; Child; Child, Preschool; Coinfection - diagnosis; Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis; Coronavirus Infections - virology; Coronaviruses; Correspondence; COVID-19; Female; Health aspects; Humans; India; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Influenza A virus - isolation & purification; Influenza B virus - isolation & purification; Laboratories; Laws, regulations and rules; Male; Medical research; Metapneumovirus - isolation & purification; Middle Aged; Nasal Cavity - virology; Pandemics; Pharynx - virology; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis; Pneumonia, Viral - virology; Public health; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human - isolation & purification; Respirovirus - isolation & purification; Rhinovirus - isolation & purification; SARS-CoV-2; Symptom Assessment; Travel; Viruses; Young Adult; India; China
• ISSN: 0971-5916; 0975-9174
• DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_638_20

The initial COVID-19 testing strategy included individuals who had international travel history with symptoms, symptomatic contacts of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients and symptomatic healthcare workers managing respiratory distress/severe acute respiratory illness (SARI)[3]. Only four imported cases were confirmed for SARS-CoV-2. [...]this study highlights the importance of screening for other respiratory viruses in case of patients presenting with respiratory symptoms. Financial support was provided by the Indian Council of Medical Research, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, New Delhi to the ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra, India.