Acknowledgements
National Centre for Disease Control and Indian Council of Medical Research greatly acknowledge the experts who contributed in the development and finalization of these guidelines.
Contributors & Reviewers
Dr A. Rajalakshmi
Senior Consultant, Department of Infectious Diseases, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Trivandrum, Kerala
Dr Akshatha R
Assistant Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka
Dr Amit Mandal
Critical Care Physician, Dept of Pulmonology, Fortis Hospital, Mohali
Dr Anandh Balasubramaniam
Prof & Head, Department of Neurosurgery, Amrita Hospital, Faridabad
Dr Ananta Khurana
Professor, Dept. of Dermatology, RML Hospital Delhi
Dr Anuradha Chowdhary
Professor, Mycology, VPCI University of Delhi
Dr Apurba Shankar Shastry
Additional Professor, Department of Microbiology, JIPMER, Puducherry
Dr Aravind R
Associate Professor & Head, Department of Infectious Diseases, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Dr Ashwini Tayade
Infection Specialist, Tayade's Infectious Disease and Cancer Clinic, Nagpur
Dr Atul Kaushik
Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology, AIIMS Jodhpur
Dr Bansidhar Tarai
Microbiologist, Dept. of Microbiology, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi
Dr Desh Deepak
Chief Medical Officer (SAG), Department of Respiratory Medicine, RML Hospital Delhi
Dr Durga Karki
Director Professor, Dept. of Plastic Surgery, Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi
Dr Hema Paul
Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, CMC Vellore, Tamil Nadu
Dr Jyoti Iravane
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Aurangabad
Dr Jyotsna Suri
Professor, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi
Dr Kalpesh Sukhwani
ID Physician, Infectious Diseases, Sarathi Centre for Infectious Diseases Ahmedabad
Dr Kanakeswar Bhuyan
Professor & Head, Dept. of Surgery, Guauhati Medical College, Guwahati
Dr Kapil Sikka
Professor and Head, Dept of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Surgery, AIIMS New Delhi
Dr Kavita Saravu
Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka
Dr Mala Chhabra
Consultant Microbiologist, Dept of Microbiology, RML Hospital Delhi
Dr Manjari Tripathi
Professor, Department of Neurology, AII India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi
Dr Mathew Verghese
Head, Department of Orthopedics, St. Stephens Hospital, New Delhi
Dr MVS Subbalaxmi
Additional Professor, Department of General Medicine, Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad
Dr. Nitin Bansal
ID Physician, Infectious Diseases, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre Delhi
Dr Nitin Hayaran
Professor, Department of Anaesthesia, RML Hospital Delhi
Dr N N Mathur
Professor & Head, Dept of ENT, Amrita School of Medicine & Hospital, Faridabad
Dr Prasanna Simha Rao
Professor, Department of CTVS, Sri Jayadev Institute of Cardiological Sciences & Research, Bangalore
Dr Purva Mathur
Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, AIIMS Trauma Center, Delhi
Dr Raja Ramachandran
Head, Department of Nephrology, PGIMER Chandigarh
Dr Ram Gopalakrishnan
Infectious Disease Specialist, Department of Infectious Diseases, Apollo Hospital, Chennai
Dr Rohit Chawla
Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi
Captain S Kartik
Senior Advisor, Dept. of Rheumatology, Army Hospital, Delhi
Dr Sanjay Bhattacharya
Consultant in Microbiology, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata
Dr Sanjeev Singh
Head, Dept. of Pediatrics, Amrita Hospital, Faridabad
Dr Siddharth Madan
Assistant Professor, Dept of Ophthalmology, Guru Nanak Eye Centre, Delhi
Dr Sonal Saxena
Director Professor & Head, Department of Microbiology, MAMC Delhi
Dr Sourabh Dutta
Professor, Neonatology unit, Department of Pediatrics, PGIMER, Chandigarh
Dr Sumit Rai
Professor & Head, Dept. of Microbiology, AIIMS Manglagiri, Andhra Pradesh
Dr Sumit Sural
Director Professor & Head, Dept of Orthopedics, Maulana Azad Medical College &Lok Nayak Hospital, Delhi
Dr V Ramasubramanian
ID Physician, Department of Infectious Diseases, Apollo Hospital, Chennai
Dr Vasant Nagavekar
ID Physician, Department of Infectious Diseases, Lilavati Hospital & Research Institute, Mumbai
Dr Vijay Prakash Mathur
Professor and Head, Dept. of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, CDER, AIIMS, New Delhi
Dr Y.K. Chawla
Chairman Academics & Prof. Emeritus, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar
Overall Coordination & Compilation
Dr Kamini Walia
Scientist G, ICMR, New Delhi
Dr Lata Kapoor
Additional Director, NCDC, Delhi
Special thanks to: Dr Rahul Thakur, Consultant, World Bank and Dr Stuti Kaushik, Assistant Director, NCDC for their support in development of these guidelines.
Web App Development
Dr Sanjay K Singh
Consultant, ICMR, New Delhi
Dr Ajay Singh Dhama
Scientist C, ICMR, New Delhi
Pradeep Bhardwaj
Software Engineer, ICMR, New Delhi